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HISTORY  '^^ 

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STATE   OF   CONNECTICUT      "'^ 

A  RECORD  OF  THE  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  HER  PEOPLE  IN  THE 

MAKING  OF  A  COMMONWEALTH  AND  THE 

FOUNDING  OF  A  NATION 


EDITORIAL  STAFF: 

WILLIAM  RICHARD  CUTTER,  A.  M. 

Historian  of  the  New  England  Historic-Genealogical  Society;  Librarian  Emeritus  of 
Woburn  Public  Library ;  Author  of  "The  Cutter  Family,"  "History  of  Arlington," 
"Bibliography   of   Woburn,"   etc.,    etc. 

EDWARD  HENRY  CLEMENT 
Editor  "Boston  Transcript,"  1881-1906. 

SAMUEL  HART,  D.  D.,  D.  C.  L. 

Dean   of  Berkeley  Divinity   School ;    President   of  Connecticut   Historical   Society. 

MARY  KINGSBURY  TALCOTT 
Registrar    Connecticut    Society,    Colonial    Dames;    Member    Connecticut    Historical    Society, 
and  New  England  Historic-Genealogical  Society. 

FREDERICK   BOSTWICK 

Librarian  and  Life  Member  of  New  Haven  Colony  Historical  Society;  Member  Connecticut 
Historical  Society. 

EZRA  SCOLLAY  STEARNS 
Ex-Secretary  of  State,  N.  H. ;  Member  Fitchburg  Historical  Society,  American  Antiquarian 
Society,  New   England   Historic-Genealogical   Society,   New   Hampshire   State   Histori- 
cal  Society,   Corresponding   Member   Minnesota    State   Historical    Society. 


VOLUME  I 


ILLUSTRATED 


NEW  YORK 

LEWIS  HISTORICAL  PUBLISHING  COMPANY 

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COPYRIGHT 

LEWIS   HISTORICAL   PUBLISHING  COMPANY 

1911 


Cl-X  \lAi    cm  kill.    IIAk  I  FORD, 
Founded  by  Rev.  Thomas  Hooker. 


INTRODUCTORY. 


THE    present    work,    "Genealogical    and    Family    History    of    the    State    of 
Connecticut,"    presents    in    the    aggregate    an    amount    and    variety    of 
genealogical  and  personal  information  and  portraiture  unequalled  by  any 
kindred  publication.     No  siradar  work  concerning  Connecticut  Families  has  ever 
before  been  presented,  and  it  contains  a  vast  amount  of  ancestral  history  never 
before  printed.     The  object,  clearly  defined  and  well  digested,  is  threefold  : 

First.  To  present  in  concise  form  the  history  of  Connecticut  Families  of 
the  Colonial  Days. 

Second.  To  preserve  a  record  of  the  prominent  present-day  people  of  the 
State. 

Third.  To  present  through  personal  sketches  the  relation  of  its  prominent 
families  of  all  times  to  the  growth,  singular  prosperity  and  wide-spread  influence 
of  Connecticut. 

There  are  numerous  voluminous  histories  of  the  State,  making  it  unneces- 
sary in  this  work  to  even  outline  its  annals.  What  has  been  published,  however, 
relates  principally  to  civic  life.  The  amplification  necessary  to  complete  the 
picture  of  the  State,  old  and  nowaday,  is  what  is  supplied  by  these  Genealogical 
and  Family  Memoirs.  In  other  words,  while  others  have  written  of  "the  times," 
the  province  of  this  work  is  to  be  a  chronicle  of  the  people  who  have  made  Con- 
necticut what  it  is. 

Unique  in  conception  and  treatment,  this  work  constitutes,  it  is  believed,  one 
of  the  most  original  and  permanently  valuable  contributions  ever  made  to  the 
social  history  of  an  American  commonwealth.     In  it  are  arrayed  in  a  lucid  and 

dignified  manner  all 
the  important  facts  re- 
garding the  ancestry, 
personal  careers  and 
matrimonial  alliances 
of  those  who,  in  each 
succeeding  generation, 
have  been  accorded 
leading  positions  in 
the  social,  professional 
and  business  life  of  the 
State.  It  is  not  based 
upon,  neither  does  it 
minister  to,  aristo- 
cratic prejudices  and 
assumptions.  On  the 
contrary,  its  fundamental  ideas  are  thoroughly  American  and  democratic.  The 
work  everywhere  conveys  the  lesson  that  distinction  has  been  gained  only  by  hon- 
orable public  service,  or  by  usefulness  in  private  station,  and  that  the  development 


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INTRODUCTORY. 

and  prosperit}"  of  the  State  of  which  it  treats  have  been  dependent  upon  the  char- 
acter of  its  citizens,  and  in  the  stimulus  which  they  have  given  to  commerce,  to 
industry,  to  the  arts  and  sciences,  to  education  and  religion — to  all  that  is  com- 
prised in  the  highest  civilization  of  the  present  day — through  a  continual  progres- 
sive development. 

The  inspiration  underlying  the  present  work  is  a  fervent  appreciation  of  the 
truth  so  well  expressed  by  Sir  Walter  Scott,  that  "there  is  no  heroic  poem  in  the 
world  but  is  at  the  bottom  the  life  of  a  man."  And  with  this  goes  a  kindred 
truth,  that  to  know  a  man,  and  rightly  measure  his  character,  and  weigh  his 
achievements,  we  must  know  whence  he  came,  from  what  forbears  he  sprang. 
Truly  as  heroic  poems  have  been  written  in  human  lives  in  the  paths  of  peace  as 
in  the  scarred  roads  of  war.  Such  examples,  in  whatever  line  of  endeavor,  are 
of  much  worth  as  an  incentive  to  those  who  come  afterward,  and  as  such  vjere 
never  so  needful  to  be  written  of  as  in  the  present  day,  when  pessimism,  forgetful 
of  the  splendid  lessons  of  the  past,  withholds  its  effort  in  the  present,  and  views 
the  future  only  with  alarm. 

Ever)'  community  with  such  ample  history  as  Connecticut  should  see  that  it 
be  worthily  supplemented  by  Genealogical  and  Personal  Memoirs  of  its  leading 
families  and  prominent  citizens.  Such  a  work  is  that  which  is  now  presented. 
And,  it  should  be  admitted,  the  undertaking  possesses  value  of  the  highest  import- 
ance— in  its  historic  utility  as  a  memorial  of  the  development  and  progress  of  the 
community  from  its  very  founding,  and  in  the  personal  interest  which  attaches  to 
the  record  made  by  the  individual.  On  both  these  accounts  it  will  prove  a  highly 
useful  contribution  to  literattire,  and  a  valuable  legacy  to  future  generations.  Out 
of  these  considerations  the  authors  and  publishers  have  received  the  assistance  of 
authorities  of  the  highest  standing  as  genealogists,  historians  and  litterateurs. 

In  the  production  of  this  work,  no  pains  have  been  spared  to  ensure  absolute 
truth — that  quality  upon  which  its  value  in  every  feature  depends.  The  material 
comprising  the  genealogical  and  personal  records  of  the  active  living,  as  well  as 
of  the  honored  dead,  have  been  gathered  by  men  and  women  experienced  in  such 
work  and  acquainted  with  local  history  and  ancestral  families.  These  have  ap- 
pealed successfully  to  the  custodians  of  family  records  concerning  the  useful  men 
of  preceding  generations,  and  of  their  descendants  who  have  lived  useful  and  hon- 
orable lives.  Such  custodians,  who  have  availed  themselves  of  this  opportunity 
of  having  this  knowledge  placed  in  preservable  and  accessible  form,  have  per- 
formed a  public  service  in  rendering  honor  to  whom  honor  is  due,  in  preserving 
the  distinction  which  rightfully  belongs  to  the  Colonial  Families,  and  which  dis- 
tinguishes them  from  later  immigrations ;  and  in  inculcating  the  most  valuable 
and  enduring  lessons  of  patriotism  and  good  citizenship. 

Than  Connecticut,  no  other  State  or  region  offers  so  peculiarly  interesting  a 
field  for  such  research.  Its  sons — "native  here,  and  to  the  manner  born,"  and  of 
splendid  ancestry — have  attained  distinction  in  every  field  of  human  effort.  An  ad- 
ditional interest  attaches  to  the  present  undertaking  in  the  fact  that,  while  deahng 
primarily  with  the  history  of  native  Connecticut,  this  work  approaches  the  dignity 
of  a  national  epitome  of  genealog}'  and  biography.  Owing  to  the  wide  dispersion 
throughout  the  country  of  the  old  families  of  the  State,  the  authentic  account  here 
presented  of  the  constituent  elements  of  her  social  life,  past  and  present,  are  of 
far  more  than  merely  local  value.  In  its  special  field  it  is,  in  an  appreciable  degree, 
a  reflection  of  the  development  of  the  country  at  large,  since  hence  went  out  rep- 
resentatives of  historical  families,  in  various  generations,  who  in  far  remote  places 


INTRODUCTORY. 

— beyond  the  JNIississippi  and  in  the  Far  West — were  with  the  vanguard  of  civi- 
lization, building  up  communities,  creating  new  commonwealths,  planting, 
wherever  they  went,  the  church,  the  school  house  and  the  printing  press,  leading 
into  channels  of  thrift  and  enterprise  all  who  gathered  about  them,  and  proving  a 
power  for  ideal  citizenship  and  good  government. 

These  records  are  presented  in  a  series  of  independent  genealogical  and  per- 
sonal sketches  relating  to  lineal  family  heads,  and  the  most  conspicuous  represen- 
tatives in  the  present  generation.  There  is  an  entire  avoidance  of  the  stereotyped 
and  unattractive  manner  in  which  such  data  is  usually  presented.  The  past  is 
linked  to  the  present  in  such  style  as  to  form  a  symmetrical  narrative  exhibiting 
the  lines  of  descent,  and  the  history  of  distinguished  members  in  each  generation, 
thus  giving  to  it  a  distinct  personal  interest.  That  these  ends  have  been  consci- 
entiously and  faithfully  conserved  is  assured  by  the  cordial  personal  interest  and 
recognized  capability  of  the  supervising  editors,  of  prominent  connection  with  the 
leading  patriotic  societies,  all  of  whom  have  long  pursued  genealogical  investiga- 
tions with  intelligence  and  enthusiasm.  The  results  of  the  combined  labors  of 
editors,  writers  and  publishers  make  these  volumes  fitting  companions  to  their 
preceding  works  relating  to  Massachusetts,  Boston  and  Vicinity,  the  Hudson-Mo- 
hawk Valleys,  and  various  others,  all  of  which  have  been  given  most  favorable 
commendation  by  leading  libraries,  genealogical  societies  and  journals,  antiqua- 
rians and  litterateurs. 

If,  in  any  case,  a  narrative  is  incomplete  or  faulty,  the  shortcoming  is  usually 
ascribable  to  the  paucity  of  data  obtainable,  many  families  being  without  exact 
records  in  their  family  line ;  while,  in  some  cases,  representatives  of  a  given  fam- 
ily are  at  disagreement  as  to  the  names  of  some  of  their  forbears,  important 
dates,  etc. 

It  is  believed  that  the  present  work,  in  spite  of  the  occasional  fault  which  at- 
taches to  such  undertakings,  will  prove  a  real  addition  to  the  mass  of  annals  con- 
cerning the  historic  families  of  Connecticut,  and  that,  without  it,  much  valuable 
information  would  be  inaccessible  to  the  general  reader,  or  irretrievably  lost, 
owing  to  the  passing  away  of  custodians  of  family  records,  and  the  consequent 
disappearance  of  material  in  their  possession. 

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CONNECTICUT. 


Dwight  is  an  English  surname 
DWIGHT  of  considerable  antiquity,  de- 
rived from  the  place-name 
thwaite,  meaning  clearing  in  a  forest.  The 
coat-of-arms  is :  On  a  field  ermine;  a  lion  pas- 
•sant;  on  a  chief  gules,  a  crescent,  or:  in  base, 
a  cross  crosslet.  Crest :  On  a  wreath  a  demi- 
lion  rampant  resting  on  an  esquire's  helmet. 
(I)  John  Dwight,  the  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  born  in  England,  and  came  in  1634  or 
1635  from  Dedham,  England,  to  Dedham, 
Massachusetts,  after  staying  a  short  time  at 
Watertown,  Massachusetts.  He  was  present 
at  the  first  town  meeting,  September  i,  1635, 
one  of  twelve  of  the  signers  of  the  famous 
Dedham  Compact.  He  brought  with  him  his 
wife  Hannah,  daughter  Hannah,  sons  John  and 
Timothy,  and  his  brother  Timothy,  of  Dedham 
and  Medfield,  came  about  the  same  time.  He 
was  of  some  wealth  and  standing,  second  on 
the  tax-list ;  one  of  the  founders  of  the  church  ; 
selectman  sixteen  years  between  1639  ^^'^ 
1655.  He  was  admitted  a  freeman  May  2, 
1638.  He  was  one  of  the  citizens  of  Dedham 
who  voted  to  establish  the  first  free-school  in 
the  country,  in  1644,  and  was  one  of  the  five 
trustees  placed  in  charge  of  it  by  the  town. 
He  is  described  in  the  town  records  of  Ded- 
ham as  "having  been  publicly  useful"  and  "a 
great  peace-maker."  His  wife  Hannah  died 
September  5,  1656,  and  he  married  (second) 
January  20,  1657-8,  Elizabeth,  widow  of  Wil- 
liam Ripley,  and  previously  of  Thomas  Thax- 
ter.  She  died  July  17,  1660.  His  will,  dated 
June  16,  1658,  proved  January  24,  1660,  be- 
queathed to  wife  Elizabeth,  son  Timothy, 
daughters  Hannah  Whiting,  Mary  Phillips, 
and  Sarah  Reynolds :  sons-in-law  Nathaniel 
Whiting,  Henry  Phillips  and  Nathaniel  Rey- 
nolds. Children  of  first  wife:  i.  Hannah,  born 
in  England,  1625 ;  married  Nathaniel  Whiting, 
ancestor  of  the  Whitins  of  Whitinsville.  2. 
Captain  Timothy,  born  1629,  mentioned  below. 
3.  John,  born  1632,  died  March  24,  1638.  4. 
Mary,  born   at   Dedham,   July    25,    1635,   the 


first  child  born  in  Dedham ;  married  Henry 
Phillips.  5.  Sarah,  born  at  Dedham,  June 
17,  1638,  married  Nathaniel  Reynolds. 

(H)  Captain  Timothy,  son  of  John  Dwight, 
was  born  in  England  in  1629.  He  came  to 
this  country  with  his  father ;  was  admitted  a 
freeman,  1655 ;  was  town  clerk  ten  years ;  se- 
lectman twenty-five  years  (1664-89);  repre- 
sentative to  general  court  1691-2.  It  is  re- 
corded of  him  that  "he  inherited  the  estate 
and  virtues  of  his  father  and  added  to  both." 
He  is  thus  described  in  the  old  church  records  : 
"Timothy  Dwight,  Esq.,  a  gentleman  truly 
serious  and  godly,  one  of  excellent  spirits, 
peaceable,  generous,  charitable,  and  a  great 
promoter  of  the  true  interests  of  the  church 
and  town,  deceased  Jan.  31,  171 7,  in  the  88th 
year  of  his  age." 

He  was.  cornet  of  a  troop  in  his  younger 
days  and  afterwards  captain.  He  went  out 
ten  times  against  the  Indians,  nine  of  whom 
he  killed  or  took  prisoners — such  was  the  con- 
stant guerilla  warfare  they  kept  up  against  the 
town.  He  represented  the  town  in  the  nego- 
tiations with  King  Philip  for  the  Indian  title 
to  the  land.  He  and  Captain  Fisher  brought 
to  the  selectmen  seven  Indian  deeds  that  had 
been  in  their  custody  until  1681,  four  from  the 
Indians  at  Petumtuck,  one  from  Philip,  one 
from  Nehoiden  and  one  from  Magus ;  and  a 
receipt  from  Philip.  These  writings  were 
ordered  deposited  in  a  box  kept  by  Deacon 
Aldis ;  the  deeds  were  never  recorded  and 
are  now  lost.  He  deeded  land  in  1707  to  son 
Michael,  attempting  to  entail  it  in  the  deed;  he 
gave  property  to  his  sons  May  12,  1710,  vir- 
tually settling  his  estate.  His  tomb  is  to  be 
seen  in  the  Dedham  burial  ground.  He  died 
January  31,  1718,  aged  eighty-eight.  He  mar- 
ried, November  11,  1631,  Sarah  Sibley  (ac- 
cording to  his  father's  will,  but  Sarah  Perman, 
according  to  town  records,  and  she  was  proba- 
bly a  widow).  She  died  May  29,  1652,  and  he 
married  (second)  May  3,  1653,  Sarah,  daugh- 
ter of   Michael    Powell.      She   died  June   27, 


CONNECTICUT 


1664,  and  he  married  (third)  January  9, 
1664-5,  Anna  FHnt,  born  September  11,  1643, 
died  January  29,  1685-6,  daughter  of  Rev. 
Henry  and  Margery  (Hoar)  FHnt,  of  Brain- 
tree.  He  married  (fourth)  January  7,  1686-7, 
Mary  Edwind,  of  Reading,  a  widow,  who  died 
August  30,  1688.  He  married  (fifth)  July 
31,  1690,  Esther,  daughter  of  Daniel  Fisher. 
She  died  January  30,  1690-1.  He  married 
(sixth)  February  i,  1691-2,  Bethiah  Moss, 
who  died  February  6,  1717-8.  Children  of 
second  wife:  i.  Timothy,  born  November  26, 
1654,  a  goldsmith  in  Boston ;  died  Januarv-  2, 

1692.  2.  Sarah,  born  April  2,  1657;  died  Feb- 
ruary 9,  1659.  3.  John,  born  May  31,  1662, 
married  December  3,  1696,  Elizabeth  Hard- 
ing.   4.  Sarah,  born  June  25,  1664;  died  July 

10,  1664.  Children  of  third  wife :  5.  Josiah, 
born  October  6,  1665,  died  young.  6.  Na- 
thaniel, born  November  20,  1666,  died  No- 
vember 7.  171 1.  7.  Samuel,  born  December 
2,  1668,  died  young.  8.  Rev.  Josiah,  born  Feb- 
ruary 8,  1670-71,  died  1748.  9.  Seth,  born 
July  9,  1673,  died  January  22,  1731.  10.  Anna, 
born  August  12,  1675,  died  October  15,  1675. 

11.  Captain  Henry,  born  December  19,  1676, 
died  March  26,  1732.  12.  Michael,  born  Jan- 
uary 10,  1679-80,  died  1761.  13.  Daniel.  iDorn 
September  22,  1681,  died  young.  14.  Jabez, 
born  September  i,  1683,  died  June  15,  1685. 

(HI)  Justice  Nathaniel,  son  of  Timothy 
Dwight,  was  born  in  Dedham,  November  20, 
i666. 

He  renoved  to  Hatfield.  Massachusetts, 
and  afterwards  (about  1695)  to  Northampton, 
where  he  spent  the  rest  of  his  life.  He  was  a 
trader  and  farmer,  justice  of  the  peace,  and 
surveyor  of  land  on  a  large  scale.  His  real 
estate  was  appraised  at  eight  hundred  and 
fifty-five  pounds.     He  married,   December  g, 

1693,  Mehitable,  daughter  of  Colonel  Samuel 
Partridge,  of  Hatfield,  and  Mehitable  (Crow). 
She  was  born  August  26,  1675,  and  died  Oc- 
tober 19.  1756.  He  died  November  7,  1711,  at 
West  Springfield,  and  was  buried  there.  His 
grave  is  the  oldest  in  the  old  burying  ground 
of  that  place.  Children  :  i.  Colonel  Timothy, 
born  October  19,  1694,  mentioned  below.  2. 
Captain  Samuel,  born  June  28,  1696:  died  Oc- 
tober 3,  1763.  3.  Mehitable,  born  November 
II,  1697;  died  December  22,  1697.  4-  R^'^- 
Daniel,  born  April  28,  1699,  died  March  28, 
1748.  5.  Seth,  born  March  3,  1702-3,  died 
September  12,  1703.  6.  Elihu  (twin)  born 
February  17,  1704,  died  June  8,  1727.  7. 
Abiah,  twin  with  Elihu,  died  February  23, 
1748-g.  8.  Mehitable,  born  November  2,  1705, 
died  November  20,  1767.  9.  Jonathan,  born 
March  14,  1707-8,  died  in  Halifax,  Nova  Sco- 
tia.    10.  Anna,  bom  July  2,  1710.     11.  Captain 


Nathaniel,  born  June  20,  1712,  died  March  30, 
1784. 

(IV)  Colonel  Timothy,  son  of  Nathaniel 
Dwight,  was  born  at  Hatfield,  October  19, 
1694.  He  lived  and  died  at  Northampton. 
He  was  a  lawyer  and  surveyor,  a  man  held 
in  high  esteem  for  his  talents  and  his  worth, 
and  much  engaged  in  matters  of  public  and 
private  business.  He  was  for  several  years  a 
selectman  in  the  town,  judge  of  probate  and 
judge  of  the  county  court  of  Hampshire  county 
(1737-41  and  1748-57)  being  some  of  the  time 
its  chief  justice.  He  was  also  for  many  years 
a  representative  of  the  town  at  the  general 
court.  In  the  old  French  war  he  was  captain 
of  a  company,  and  was  stationed  for  a  time  at 
"No.  4,"  now  Charlestown,  New  Hampshire. 
In  1724  he  superintended  the  erection  of  Fort 
Dummer,  at  Vernon  (Brattleboro,  Ver- 
mont), built  by  order  of  the  Massachusetts 
legislature  for  protection  against  the  Indians. 
He  was  the  first  commander  of  the  fort,  a 
position  which  he  occupied  until  the  close  of 
the  year  1726.  There  his  son  Major  Timothy 
Dwight  was  born  in  May,  1726.  In  1726  he 
superintended  also  the  erection  of  another  fort 
at  Northfield  and  was  busy  during  the  next 
year  surveying  land.  During  his  life,  he  was 
much  employed  in  surveying  and  plotting 
tov^'ns  in  this  section  of  the  country,  to  such  an 
extent  that  he  was  often  called  "Surveyor 
Dwight."  In  1724  he  is  styled  Lieutenant  and 
later  Colonel.  He  was  a  very  extensive  land- 
holder in  various  places,  and  at  his  death  left 
an  estate  worth  nine  thousand  pounds.  His 
house,  which  was  in  Market  street,  is  said  to 
have  been  the  handsomest  one  in  Hampshire 
county.  He  married,  August  16,  1716,  Ex- 
perience King,  daughter  of  Lieutenant  John, 
Jr.  (of  Northampton)  and  Mehitable  Pomery. 
She  was  born  April  17,  1693,  and  died  De- 
cember 15,  1763.  He  died  April  30,  1771. 
Children:  i.  Eleanor,  born  August  20,  1717; 
married  General  Phineas  Lyman,  died  April, 
1777.  2.  Gamaliel,  born  December  19,  1718, 
died  January  7,  1719.  3.  Gamaliel,  born  De- 
cember 20,  1 719,  died  young.  4.  Major  Tim- 
otlw,  born  May  27,  1726,  mentioned  below. 

(V)  Major  Timothy,  son  of  Colonel  Tim- 
othy Dwight,  was  born  at  Fort  Dummer,  Ver- 
mont, May  27,  1726,  and  graduated  at  Yale  in 
1744.  He  was  a  man  of  large  bodily  frame, 
six  feet  four  inches  in  height,  of  great  physical 
strength  and  fine  proportions.  His  hair  and 
complexion  were  light,  eyes  hazel,  and  features 
rather  large.  He  was  a  merchant  at  North- 
ampton, and  was  many  years  in  succession 
selectman  (1760-74),  town  recorder  (1760- 
75),  register  of  probate  and  judge  of  common 
pleas  (1758-74).    He  was  also  for  many  years 


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a  representative  of  the  town  to  the  general 
court.  When  the  revolution  broke  out  he  re- 
mained a  loyalist  on  principle  (having  sworn 
allegiance  to  the  British  government  in  accept- 
ing his  office  as  judge),  and  yet  thoroughly 
patriotic  in  his  feelings.  It  was  in  order  to 
solve  his  political  difficulties  that  he  purchased 
largely  of  the  Crown  Grant  at  Natchez,  Mis- 
sissippi, and  set  out  in  the  spring  of  1776  with 
his  sons  Sereno  and  Jonathan  and  his  widowed 
sister,  Mrs.  Lyman  and  her  children,  in  order 
to  found  there  a  religious  and  industrial  col- 
ony. The  hardships  of  travel  and  of  experi- 
ences in  a  new  land  were  so  severe,  however, 
that  his  health  broke  down,  and  he  died  June 
10,  1777.  Both  he  and  his  sister,  who  had 
died  two  months  before,  were  buried  there. 
He  left  some  three  thousand  acres  of  land  in 
Northampton,  besides  other  valuable  property, 
to  his  family.  His  title  papers  concerning  the 
Natchez  grant  were  destroyed  by  the  Span- 
iards. His  real  estate  was  appraised  at  four 
thousand  four  hundred  thirty-three  pounds, 
and  his  personal  at  one  hundred  thirty-four. 
He  married,  November  8,  1750,  Mary,  daugh- 
ter of  Rev.  Jonathan  and  Sarah  (Pierpont) 
Edwards.  She  was  born  April  i,  1734,  and 
died  February  28,  1807.  She  was  so  small 
that  her  husband  would  sometimes  carry  her 
around  the  room  in  his  open  palm  held  at 
arm's  length,  yet  the  smallest  of  her  eight  sons 
was  five  feet,  eight  inches  and  a  half  tall,  and 
weighed  two  hundred  pounds.  She  was  of 
attractive  appearance  and  strong  character,  as 
might  be  expected  of  a  daughter  of  the  most 
famous  minister  of  the  Puritan  church  in  his 
day.  She  possessed  remarkable  intellectual 
gifts  and  executive  ability.  Left  a  widow  at 
the  age  of  forty-two  with  thirteen  children, 
she  brought  them  up  and  to  a  large  extent 
educated  in  her  own  home.  To  increase  her 
burdens  of  sorrow  and  trouble  the  townspeo- 
ple treated  her  and  her  family  with  mahcious 
cruelty,  burning  her  crops  and  making  out- 
casts of  the  children  on  account  of  the  politi- 
cal faith  of  their  dead  father.  Children:  i. 
Timothy,  born  May  14,  1752,  mentioned  be- 
low. 2.  Sereno  (M.  D.).  December  10,  1754. 
3.  Erastus,  September  13,  1756.  4.  Jonathan 
Edwards,  January  29,  1759.  5.  Sarah,  May 
.13,  1761.  6.  Mary,  January  9,  1763.  7.  Hon. 
Theodore,  M.  C,  December  15,  1764.  8.  Mau- 
rice William,  M.  D.,  December  15,  1766.  9. 
Fidelia,  August  7,  1768.  10.  Rev.  Nathaniel, 
M.  D.,  January  31,  1770.  11.  Elizabeth,  Jan- 
uary 29,  1772.  12.  Colonel  Cecil,  June  10, 
1774.  13.  Henry  Edwin,  September  20,  1776. 
(VI)  President  Timothy  Dwight,  S.  T.  D., 
LL.  D.,  son  of  Major  Timothy  Dwight,  was 
born  at  Northampton,  May  14,   1752.     From 


early  youth  he  was  a  precocious  student  and 
fond  of  books.  His  first  instruction  was  given 
him  by  his  mother  and  aunt,  and  he  used  to 
say  that  all  his  knowledge  of  history  and  geog- 
raphy came  from  his  mother,  with  whom  he 
read  such  books  as  Josephus,  Rollin  and 
Pndeaux.  He  spent  one  year  at  Middletown, 
Connecticut,  preparing  for  college  under  Rev. 
Enoch  Huntington,  and  graduated  from  Yale 
College  at  the  age  of  seventeen.  During  the 
next  two  years  he  taught  the  Hopkins  gram- 
mar school  at  New  Haven,  and  from  1771  to 
1777  he  was  a  tutor  in  Yale  College.  During 
this  time  he  studied  philosophy  and  law  with 
the  expectation  of  becoming  a  lawyer.  Not- 
withstanding the  political  views  of  his  father 
he  took  a  decided  stand  for  the  independence 
of  the  colonies,  and  his  earnest  expression  of 
his  views  was  an  important  influence  in  shap- 
ing public  sentiment  in  the  critical  days  just 
before  and  after  the  beginning  of  the  revolu- 
tionary war.  In  1774  he  appears  to  have 
turned  his  thoughts  to  the  ministry  and  joined 
the  church.  In  June,  1777,  he  was  licensed  to 
preach,  and  in  September  following  was  ap- 
pointed a  chaplain  in  Gen.  Parsons's  brigade, 
and  remained  in  the  service  until  March,  1779, 
when,  on  account  of  the  death  of  his  father 
and  the  needs  of  his  mother  and  her  younger 
children,  he  resigned,  and  aided  the  family  by 
farming,  teaching  and  preaching.  He  kept  a 
day  school  for  both  sexes,  and  preached  in 
Deerfield,  Williamsburgh,  Hadley  and  West- 
field.  In  1782  he  was  a  representative  to  the 
general  court  of  Massachusetts,  and  during 
the  session  was  urged  by  a  committee  of  rep- 
resentatives from  his  own  county  to  accept  a 
nomination  for  congress,  but  he  declined. 
While  in  the  legislature  he  advocated  and  se- 
cured a  grant  for  Harvard  College.  He  was 
afterward  invited  to  settle  in  the  ministry  at 
Charlestown,  Massachusetts,  and  also  at  Bev- 
erly, Massachusetts,  and  was  promised  in  con- 
nection with  the  latter  call  a  professorship  in 
Harvard,  but  finally  decided  to  accept  a  call 
to  the  church  at  Greenfield  Hill,  Fairfield 
county,  Connecticut,  and  in  November,  1783, 
began  a  pastorate  that  lasted  twelve  happy  and 
useful  years.  He  continued  to  teach  school, 
and  during  that  period  instructed  more  than 
a  thousand  pupils  from  all  parts  of  the  coun- 
try. In  addition  to  the  duties  of  school  and 
pulpit  he  cultivated  a  farm  of  six  acres,  and 
it  is  interesting  to  note  that  he  is  credited  with 
being  the  first  to  cultivate  strawberries  in  his 
garden  in  this  country.  His  success  as  a 
teacher,  writer  and  preacher  brought  him  into 
prominence,  and  in  1795  he  was  elected  presi- 
dent of  Yale  College,  succeeding  Dr.  Ezra 
Stiles.     From  1795  to  1805  he  was  professor 


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of  theology,  elected  from  year  to  year,  and 
after  that  he  held  the  chair  for  the  remainder 
of  his  life.  His  influence  in  the  church  and  in 
educational  methods  grew  year  by  year.  He 
was  progressive,  and  constantly  suggested  new 
ideas  and  organized  new  agencies  for  the  pro- 
motion of  education  and  Christianity.  He  was 
among  the  few  active  founders  of  the  Ameri- 
can Board,  and  one  of  the  nine  members  of 
the  first  corporate  board  of  that  organization. 
He  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  American 
Home  Missionary  Society  and  a  prime  mover 
in  the  American  Bible  Society.  He  also  first 
proposed  and  brought  about  the  union  of  Con- 
gregational and  Presbyterian  churches,  and 
was  the  organizer  of  the  first  theological 
schools  of  the  country.  As  president  of  the 
college  he  entertained  in  his  home  an  almost 
continuous  procession  of  guests  from  all  parts 
of  the  country ;  he  was  professor  of  divinity, 
chaplain  of  the  college,  professor  of  rhetoric, 
professor  of  logic  and  metaphysics  and  of 
moral  philosophy,  and  during  the  twenty-one 
years  of  his  arduous  and  brilliant  service  the 
college  grew  in  usefulness,  numbers  and  in- 
fluence. He  became  unquestionably  the  most 
conspicuous  man  in  New  England — a  popular 
poet  and  hymn  writer,  an  eloquent  and  influ- 
ential preacher,  a  learned  author  of  many  use- 
ful books,  and  a  distinguished  college  profes- 
sor and  president.  His  political  opponents 
acknowledged  his  power  by  nicknaming  him 
"Old  Pope  Dwight."  The  students  all  but 
worshiped  him,  and  in  later  years  men  were 
proud  of  having  studied  under  him.  He  re- 
ceived the  degree  of  Master  of  Arts  from 
Yale  in  1772,  of  S.  T.  D.  from  the  College  of 
New  Jersey  in  1787,  and  LL.  D.  from  Har- 
vard in  1810.  He  wrote  the  famous  epic 
poem,  "Conquest  of  Canaan,"  dedicated  to 
Washington,  when  he  was  nineteen  years  old ; 
his  pastoral  poem,  "Greenfield  Hill"  in  1794; 
"Theology  Explained  and  Defended,"  five  vol- 
umes, 1818  (London  1819;  second  American 
edition  1846).  The  latter  work  contains  173 
of  his  best  sermons,  and  went  through  a  score 
of  editions  in  this  country  and  at  least  a  hun- 
dred in  England.  He  versified  thirty-three  of 
the  Psalms,  and  more  hymns  that  were  gen- 
erally accepted  by  the  church,  than  any  other 
writer  before  his  time.  His  unpublished  man- 
uscripts would  fill  many  volumes. 

Sparks  says  of  him :  "He  came  upon  the 
stage  of  action  at  the  end  of  a  long  and  strong 
swell  of  revolutionary  excitement,  when  great 
questions  were  agitating  all  hearts ;  when 
men's  minds  were  everywhere  at  white  heat 
with  interest  in  passing  events ;  and  when 
there  was  a  sound  in  the  air  itself  of  coming 
changes  of  high  import  in  church  and  state. 


His  soul  was  charged  to  the  full  with  the  spirit 
of  the  hour.  He  must  speak  and  write  his 
own  earnest  thoughts  to  others.  Great  men 
were  all  around  him,  and  he  was  foremost 
among  the  greatest.  His  temperament  was 
ardent;  his  will  strong;  his  consciousness  of 
inward  power  continual ;  and  his  aspirations 
for  usefulness  were  high  and  mastering.  These 
elements  of  mind  and  character,  guided  by 
habits  of  profound  reflection  and  diligent  ob- 
servation, and  accompanied  by  abounding  in- 
dustry and  a  spirit  of  profound  prayerfulness, 
made  a  man  of  vast  influence  for  good.  Truth- 
fulness of  feeling,  purity  of  motive,  faithful- 
ness of  spirit,  comprehensiveness  of  view  and 
largeness  of  .liberality  constituted  the  moving 
forces  of  his  heart  and  life." 

During  all  his  active  life,  he  was  unable  to 
make  much  use  of  his  eyes,  which  were  weak- 
ened during  an  attack  of  small  pox  in  his 
youth,  and  he  employed  an  amanuensis  to  do 
his  writing.     He  died  January  11,  181 7. 

He  married,  March  3,  1777,  Mary  Woolsey, 
born  April  11,  1754,  daughter  of  Benjamin 
and  Esther  (Isaacs)  Woolsey.  Her  father 
was  of  Dosoris,  Long  Island,  her  mother  of 
Norwalk,  Connecticut.  Great  and  constant  de- 
mands were  made  at  all  times  throughout  her 
married  life  of  forty  years,  upon  her  good 
sense,  energy,  self-government,  tact  and  skill ; 
and  well  were  they  met  with  gentle  strength 
and  beauty  to  the  end  of  her  long  life.  Wid- 
owed when  she  was  sixty-three,  she  spent 
twent3'-eight  years  in  the  home  of  her  eldest 
son  Timothy,  at  New  Haven,  and  died  there 
October  5,  1845.  Esther  Isaacs  was  daughter 
of  Ralph  Isaacs,  a  converted  Jew,  and  Mary, 
daughter  of  Benjamin  Rumsey.  Children  of 
Dr.  Dwight:  i.  Timothy,  March  29,  1778,  at 
Stratford,  Connecticut.  2.  Benjamin  Woolsey, 
M.  D.,  born  at  Northampton,  February  10, 
1780.  3.  James,  September  i,  1784;  men- 
tioned below.  4.  John  (twin  of  James).  5. 
Rev.  Sereno  Edwards,  D.  D.,  May  18,  1786. 
6.  Son,  died  in  infancy.  7.  Rev.  William 
Theodore,  D.  D.,  June  15,  1795.  8.  Henry 
Edwin,  born  at  New  Haven,  April,  1797. 

(VII)  James  Dwight,  son  of  President 
Timothy  Dwight,  was  born  at  Greenfield  Hill, 
September  i,  1784,  and  died  March  24,  1863. 
He  entered  Yale  College  in  the  class  of  1804, 
leaving  at  the  end  of  his  second  year  to  engage 
in  the  hardware  business  with  his  brother  Tim- 
othy in  New  Haven.  He  was  afterward  a 
hardware  merchant  at  Petersburg,  Virginia, 
for  ten  years  or  more,  then  in  New  York  City,, 
where  he  established  the  firm  of  James  & 
George  A.  Dwight.  In  later  life  he  spent  some 
years  in  Columbus.  Georgia,  as  a  merchant. 
In  1854  he  retired  and  spent  his  last  years  in 


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New  Haven.  He  married,  March  13,  181 1, 
Aurelia  Darling,  born  January  11,  1788, 
daughter  of  Dr.  Joseph  and  Aurelia  (Mills) 
Darling.  She  died  September  17,  1813,  and 
he  married  (second)  August  8,  181 5,  Susan 
Breed,  born  in  Norwich,  Connecticut,  Decem- 
ber 17,  1785,  died  August  29,  1851,  daughter 
of  John  McLaren  and  Rebetca  (Walker) 
Breed.  She  was  energetic  and  full  of  enthus- 
iasm, and  an  inspiration  to  all  her  family.  He 
was  tall,  strong  and  vigorous,  though  suffer- 
ing from  birth  from  lameness.  He  was  fond 
of  reading,  and  a  lifelong  student  of  useful 
books.  He  joined  the  Presbyterian  church  at 
Petersburg  in  1824.  Children:  i.  Elizabeth 
Smith,  born  July  20,  1812;  married  Rensselaer 
NichoU  Havens.  By  his  second  wife :  2.  Au- 
relia, July  31,  1816;  married  Rev.  Richard 
Hooker.  3.  Timothy,  June  20,  1820 ;  died 
young.  4'.  John  Breed,  born  at  Norwich,  De- 
cember 8,  1821,  a  tutor  in  Yale  College;  died 
October  20,  1843.  5.  James  McLaren  Breed, 
born  August  11,  1825  ;  graduate  of  Yale,  1846: 
practiced  law  in  New  York ;  married  Cora 
Charlesina  Tallmadge.  6.  President  Timothy, 
mentioned  below. 

(VHI)  President  Timothy  Dwight,  son  of 
James  Dwight,  was  born  at  Norwich,  Novem- 
ber 16,  1828.  He  was  graduated  from  Yale 
College  in  the  class  of  1849,  ^^id  from  1851  to 
1855  was  a  tutor  in  that  institution.  He 
studied  divinity  at  the  New  Haven  Theological 
School  from  1850  to  1853,  and  spent  two 
years,  from  1856  to  1858,  in  study  in  Germany 
at  the  universities  of  Bonn  and  Berlin.  In 
1858  he  was  appointed  professor  of  Sacred 
Literature  and  New  Testament  Greek  in  Yale, 
and  filled  this  chair  until  he  resigned  in  1886. 
He  was  for  some  years  editor  of  the  New 
Englander.  and  in  1870-1  published  in  that 
magazine  a  notable  series  of  articles  on  "The 
True  Ideal  of  an  American  University,"  af- 
terward .published  in  book  form.  He  pub- 
lished a  translation  of  "Godet's  Commentary 
on  John's  Gospel,"  with  additional  notes,  and 
edited  with  additional  notes  several  volumes 
of  "Meyer's  Commentaries  on  the  New  Tes- 
tament :"  a  volume  of  sermons  entitled 
"Thoughts  of  and  for  the  Inner  Life ;"  also 
various  articles  and  addresses  on  educational 
and  other  subjects.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
committee  for  the  revision  of  the  English  Bible 
from  1872  until  its  completion  in  1885.  He 
preached  frequently  in  the  college  pulpit  and 
■  elsewhere  throughout  his  connection  with  the 
college.  In  1886  Professor  Dwight  was  elected 
president  of  Yale  College,  and  served  with 
great  ability  and  success  in  that  ofifice  until 
1899,  when  he  resigned.  The  name  of  the  in- 
stitution was  changed  to  Yale  University  in 


the  early  days  of  his  administration.  Since 
then  he  has  been  living  in  retirement  in  New 
Haven.  His  administration  was  marked  by  a 
period  of  great  development  in  the  curriculum 
and  growth  in  student  membership.  The  uni- 
versity kept  pace  with  the  leading  institutions 
of  learning  of  the  world,  and  under  his  guid- 
ance acquired  additional  prestige  and  influence 
in  the  educational  world.  In  1903  he  published 
"Memories  of  Yale  Life  and  Men."  At  the 
celebration  of  the  Bicentennial  of  Yale  in 
1901,  Dr.  Dwight  was  president  of  the  gen- 
eral bicentennial  committee. 

He  married,  December  31,  1866,  Jane  Wake- 
man  Skinner,  daughter  of  Roger  Sherman  and 
Mary  Lockwood  (DeForest)  Skinner,  of  New 
Haven.  Children:  i.  Helen  Rood,  born  De- 
cember 8,  1868,  died  October  20,  1909;  2.  Win- 
throp  Edwards,  born  December  23,  1872 ; 
graduate  of  Yale  in  the  class  of  1893 ;  now 
an  attorney  at  law  in  New  York  City. 


Clement  English,  the  first  of 
ENGLISH     the  name  in  America,  lived  in 

Salem,  Massachusetts,  where 
he  married,  August  27,  1667,  Mary  Waters, 
of  the  same  place.  He  is  spoken  of  as  a  mer- 
chant, a  man  of  wealth  and  high  consideration. 
He  died  December  23,  1682.  Children :  Mary, 
born  February  18,  1669;  Elizabeth,  February 
19,  1671 ;  Joseph,  born  March  12,  1673;  Ben- 
jamin, October  19,  1678,  mentioned  below; 
Abigail,  born  December  6,  1680;  Clement, 
March  7,  1683. 

(II)  Benjamin,  son  of  Clement  English, 
was  born  in  Salem,  October  19,  1678,  and  re- 
moved to  New  Haven,  Connecticut,  about 
1700.  He  married  (first)  at  Salem,  June  8, 
1699,  Sarah  Ward,  who  died  December  9, 
1700;  (second),  April  21,  1703,  Rebecca 
Brown,  of  East  Haven,  who  died  May  6,  1768. 
Child  of  first  wife:  A  son,  born  May  19,  1700. 
Children  of  second  wife :  Sarah,  born  Febru- 
ary 7,  1704-05;  Benjamin,  October  8,  1705, 
mentioned  below ;  Mary,.  February  10,  1707- 
08;  Joseph,  1709;  Mary,  1714;  Clement,  Oc- 
tober, 1716. 

(III)  Benjamin  (2),  son  of  Benjamin  (i) 
English,  was  born  October  8,  1705,  was  killed 
by  a  British  soldier  while  sitting  in  his  own 
house  in  New  Haven,  situated  on  Water  street, 
east  of  Brown  street,  July  5,  1779.  He  mar- 
ried, September  25,  1735,  Sarah  Dayton,  born 
July  27,  1716,  died  July  29,  1769.  Children: 
Sarah,  born  August  27,  1738;  Abigail,  April 
8,  1741 ;  Benjamin,  December  16,  1742;  Mary, 
September  29,  1744;  Hannah,  November  29, 
1749. 

(IV)  Benjamin  (3),  son  of  Benjamin  (2) 
English,   was   born   December   16,    1742,    and 


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was  for  many  years  a  shipmaster  of  vessels  in 
the  New  Haven,  West  India  and  other  for- 
eign commerce.  In  1801  he  was  appointed  by 
Jeiferson  a  custom  house  officer  in  New  Haven 
and  held  the  office  till  his  death,  April  19, 
1809.  He  married,  November  17,  1768,  Abi- 
gail, born  December  14,  1749,  died  October 
24,  1794,  daughter  of  Isaac  and  Sarah  (Todd) 
Doolittle.  Children:  Benjamin,  born  January 
5,  1770;  Sarah,  November  3,  1771 ;  John 
Todd,  August  3,  1773;  Abigail,  February  i, 
1776;  Mar)'-,  January  12,  1778;  Hannah  Re- 
becca, January  5,  1780;  Isaac,  March  9,  1782; 
James,  July  26,  1784,  mentioned  below ;  Aaron, 
NovemJDer  25,  1786;  Eli,  March  9,  1789;  Na- 
than-Frederick, April  9,  1792. 

(V)  James,  son  of  Benjamin  (3)  English, 
was  born  July  26,  1784,  died  December  2,  1850. 
He  married,  March  29,  1806,  Nancy,  born  Au- 
gust 16,  1786,  died  August  3,  1867,  daughter 
of  Samuel  and  Lucy  (Phipps)  Griswold. 
Children :  Hannah  Eliza,  born  August  26, 
1807;  Benjamin,  January  24,  1809;  John,-  Sep- 
tember 28,  1810;  James  Edward,  (q.  v.), 
March  13,  1812;  Charles  Leverett,  August  5, 
1814:  Flenry,  September  4,  1816,  mentioned 
below  ;  George  Doolittle,  April  14,  1819;  Eliza- 
beth Hannah,  November  23,  1820;  Nancy 
Maria,  February  14,  1823 ;  Caroline  Beers, 
September  15,  1828. 

(VI)  Henry,  son  of  James  English,  was 
born  September  4,  1816,  died  July  5,  1847.  He 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  his  na- 
tive place,  and  early  in  life  engaged  in  busi- 
ness as  a  carriage  dealer.  Subsequently  he 
was  very  successful  in  the  lumber  business, 
though  his  death  cut  short  in  the  prime  of  life 
a  very  promising  career.  He  was  an  able  man 
of  high  character.  He  married,  September  16, 
1839,  Grace  Emeline,  born  April,  1817,  died 
February  21,  1889,  daughter  of  Timothy  Fow- 
ler, a  descendant  of  one  of  the  early  pioneers 
of  Connecticut  and  of  many  of  the  prominent 
families  of  the  colony.  His  son,  Benjamin 
Rice,   is  mentioned  below. 

(VII)  Benjamin  Rice,  son  of  Henry  Eng- 
lish, was  born  in  New  Haven,  February  26, 
1842.  He  received  his  early  education  in  the 
private  schools  of  the  Misses  Bakewell  and 
Miss  Bunnell,  the  Lancasterian  School,  and  in 
the  Collegiate  and  Commercial  Institute  of 
General  Russell,  then  a  large  and  flourishing 
school  at  New  Haven.  In  1856  he  began  his 
business  career  at  the  age  of  fourteen,  as  an 
errand  boy  for  Alden  &  Huntington,  dry  goods 
dealers,  at  the  usual  modest  salary  of  a  hun- 
dred dollars  a  year.  The  following  year  he 
received  twenty-five  dollars  more,  and  on  ac- 
count of  the  panic  he  left  this  concern  at  the 
end  of  the  second  year.     In  1858  he  became 


shipping  clerk  for  the  New  Haven  Clock  Com-j 
pany,  of  which  his  uncle  was  president.  He' 
embarked  in  the  lumber  business  on  his  own 
account  in  1861  in  partnership  with  John  P. 
Tuttle,  their  place  of  business  being  on  Water 
street,  and  there  they  continued  with  marked 
success  until  1878,  when  he  was  called  to  the 
management  of  the  extensive  real  estate  inter- 
ests of  James  E.  English,  his  uncle,  and  after 
the  death  of  his  uncle  in  1890  he  continued  to 
have  charge  of  the  property.  Various  other 
trusts  of  a  similar  nature  came  to  him  from 
time  to  time,  and  he  is  deemed  one  of  the  fore- 
most authorities  in  real  estate  in  the  city.  His 
judgment  as  to  values  and  the  management  of 
property  has  been  sought  by  banks  and  other 
institutions  as  well  as  by  individuals.  Mr. 
English  has  been  a  prominent  figure  in  public 
as  well  as  business  life.  His  first  public  office 
was  that  of  fire  commissioner  of  New  Haven 
and  he  served  as  president  of  the  board.  In 
1883  he  was  elected  by  an  overwhelming  ma- 
jority to  the  board  of  selectmen,  and  became 
president  also  of  this  board.  In  1885  Presi- 
dent Cleveland  appointed  him  postmaster  of 
New  Haven  and  he  served  with  ability  and 
faithfulness  until  1890.  In  politics  he  was  a 
Democrat. 

A  mark  of  the  public  confidence  in  his  in- 
tegrity and  ability  was  given  in  June,  1899, 
when  he  was  made  a  member  of  the  committee 
to  investigate  the  irregularities  in  the  town 
agent's  office.  He  also  served  the  same  year 
on  a  committee  of  three  in  charge  of  the  mu- 
nicipal sinking  fund.  For  a  period  of  four- 
teen years  he  was  clerk  of  the  New  Haven 
school  district.  He  was  a  director  of  the  pub- 
lic library  and  at  present  is  treasurer.  He  is 
vice-president  of  the  First  National  Bank  and 
of  the  New  Haven  Trust  Company;  senior 
trustee  of  the  Connecticut  Savings  Bank  ;  trus- 
tee of  the  bishop's  fund ;  trustee  and  treasurer 
of  the  fund  for  the  aged  and  infirm  clergy; 
trustee  and  treasurer  of  the  clergy^men's  retir- 
ing fund ;  trustee  and  treasurer  of  the  Ever- 
green cemetery  fund  and  director  and  secre- 
tary of  the  Evergreen  cemetery.  He  is  also  a 
director  of  the  New  Haven  County  Historical 
Society ;  treasurer  of  the  Connecticut  Civil 
Service  Association  and  of  the  Florence  Crit- 
tenton  Mission.  He  is  an  Episcopalian  and 
serves  as  warden  of  -St.  Paul's  Church.  He 
belongs  to  the  Quinnipiack  Club,  the  Improved 
Order  of  Red  A'len,  the  Sons  of  the  American 
Revolution,  the  Church  Club  of  Connecticut 
and  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce. 

In  his  younger  days  he  was  active  in  the 
state  militia.  In  February,  1863,  he  joined  the 
New  Haven  Grays,  Company  F,  Second  Regi- 
ment,  and   was   elected  corporal  of  his  com- 


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panv.  He  was  promoted  to  the  rank  of 
sergeant,  but  declined  further  promotion.  Dur- 
ing the  draft  riots  of  the  civil  war  he  did 
guard  duty  with  a  squad,  July  i6,  20,  31,  and 
August  3  at  the  armory.  He  was  on  duty 
Julv  30,  1863,  to  guard  conscripts  from  the 
camp  at  Grape  Vine  Point  to  the  steamboat. 
After  five  years  of  .service  he  was  honorably 
discharged  in  1868.  In  1876  he  joined  the 
Centennial  Grays,  a  company  formed  to  rep- 
resent the  state  of  Connecticut,  one  of  the 
original  states,  at  the  centennial  parade  in 
Philadelphia.  He  was  treasurer  of  the  com- 
pany and  managed  the  business  of  the  trip  so 
carefully  that  he  had  left  a  balance  of  three 
hundred  dollars.  He  served  on  important 
committees  also  at  the  bicentennial  celebra- 
tion of  New  Haven,  at  the  dedication  of  the 
soldiers'  monument  and  was  chief  marshal  at 
the  consecration  of  Bishop  Chauncey  B.  Brew- 
ster in  October,  1897. 

A  New  Haven  newspaper  not  long  ago  said 
of  him:  "Can  you  not  see  the  man?  Courte- 
ous, dignified,  yet  affable,  a  keen  business 
mind,  joined  witli  a  refined  disposition  that  fits 
him  to  worthily  represent  his  city  in  ceremonial 
functions ;  like  jMatthew  of  old,  he  has  conse- 
crated his  ability  to  higher  ends  than  the  mere 
raking  together  of  lifeless  metal.  In  his  wide 
range  of  interests,  embracing  finance,  politics, 
education,  literature,  charity  and  church,  he 
stands  for  a  high  type  of  American  citizenship, 
the  cultured  Christian  business  man." 

He  married.  May  17,  1866,  Teresa  Henri- 
etta, daughter  of  John  S.  and  Polly  Farren. 
Children:  James  Edward,  born  September  17, 
1868,  mentioned  below;  Benjamin  Farren, 
June  25,  1873,  married  August  J.,  daughter 
of  Constant  A.  Moeller,  of  New  Haven;  two 
children  :  Augusta  T.,  born  June  3,  1905,  Ben- 
jamin, August  19,  1906;  Grace  Louisa,  bom 
September  5,  1877,  died  December  5,  1895. 

(VIII)  James  Edward,  son  of  Benjamin 
Rice  English,  was  born  September  17,  1868, 
died  February  2,  1907.  He  married,  Decem- 
ber, 1895,  Gertrude  M.,  born  August  4,  1868, 
daughter  of  Paul  Worth,  of  Brooklyn,  New 
York.  Children :  Worth  and  Grace  Atherton 
(twins),  born  May  27,  1900  ;  Benjamin  Worth, 
November  20,  1902. 


(VI)  James  Edward,  son  of 
ENGLISH     James"  (q.     v.)     and     Nancy 

(Griswold)  English,  was  born 
in  New  Haven,  Connecticut,  March  13,  1812, 
■died  at  his  home  in  New  Haven,  March  2, 
1890.  In  his  boyhood  he  exhibited  singular 
self-reliance,  a  trait  of  character  that  ever  re- 
mained with  him.  At  the  age  of  sixteen  he 
was  apprenticed  to  the  trade  of  a  carpenter, 


and  began  his  first  work  June  27,  1827,  on  the 
old  Lancasterian  school  house.  His  appren- 
ticeship closed  on  his  twenty-first  birthday. 
He  never  worked  as  a  journeyman  at  his  trade, 
but  at  once  became  a  contractor  and  followed 
this  occupation  until  twenty-three  years  of  age, 
bv  which  time  he  became  a  possessor  of  a  mod- 
erate capital.  Having  natural  architectural 
tastes,  he  designed  and  erected  in  this  short 
experience  a  number  of  creditable  buildings  in 
New  Haven.  For  the  following  twenty  years 
he  was  engaged  in  the  lumber  business,  cover- 
ing a  period  when  commercial  enterprises  of 
every  kind  were  subject  to  great  fluctuations, 
a  period  of  general  financial  embarrassment, 
when  many  men  found  it  difficult  and  often 
impossible  to  avoid  commercial  disaster.  Far- 
seeing  and  always  looking  beyond  the  present, 
he  avoided  speculation,  never  being  -sanguine 
nor  despondent.  He  branched  out  in  his  lum- 
ber business,  buying  and  building  vessels,  en- 
gaged in  shipping  clocks  to  Philadelphia,  and 
returning  with  coal  and  general  merchandise 
to  New  Haven  and  other  ports,  and  in  this  was 
successful.  Next  he  became  identified  with 
the  manufacture  of  clocks,  having  successfully 
re-organized  the  former  Chauncey  Jerome 
works  under  the  name  of  the  New  Haven 
Clock  Company.  In  this  enterprise  he  was 
associated  with  Harmanus  M.  Welch,  after- 
ward president  of  the  First  National  Bank, 
and  for  several  years  a  partner  with  him  in 
the  lumber  business  :  also  with  Hiram  Camp, 
these  three  purchasing  the  clock  plant.  In  a 
few  years  they  made  this  company  not  only  a 
success,  but  one  of  the  largest  clock  manufac- 
turing concerns  in  existence.  Mr.  English, 
about  this  time,  became  prominently  identified 
with  the  First  National  Bank  of  New  Haven, 
and  also  with  the  Connecticut  Savings  Bank, 
havinsT  be^n  at  the  head  of  the  latter  institu- 
tion from  its  organization  in  \%^y.  He  was 
lararelv  interested  in  various  manufacturing 
and  commercial  industries  in  this  and  other 
states,  being  also  associated  with  the  manage- 
ment of  the  Adams  Express  Company.  Emi- 
nently successful  in  accumulating-  property,  by 
iudicio'is  investments  in  real  estate,  he  finally 
became  the  owner  of  probablv  more  business 
buildings  than  any  other  individual  in  New 
Haven.  He  was  a  man  of  the  strictest  in- 
tegrity, takine  no  advantag-es  of  the  sfreat 
opportunities  that  arose  during  the  war  by 
changes  in  the  financial  policy  of  the  govern- 
ment, which  greatly  afifected  commercial  val- 
ues, of  which  some  men  of  high  station  availed 
themselves.  Not  a  dollar  of  his  great  fortune 
came  from  speculation.  His  business  sagacity 
made  it  all.  "If  I  have  been  successful  as  a 
business  man,  it  is  because  I  have  been  content 


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with  reasonable  profits,  for  I  know  that  enor- 
mous gains  soon  invite  ruinous  competition." 

Politically  Mr.  English  was  reared  a  Demo- 
crat, and  "ever  remained  faithful  to  the  con- 
viction of  a  lifetime,  that  only  by  adherence  to 
the  principles  and  policy  of  genuine  Jeffer- 
sonian  Democracy  could  the  State  reach  the 
full  proportions  of  a  free  and  prosperous  com- 
munity." He  held  many  public  trusts,  cover- 
ing a  period  of  forty-one  years,  1836-77.  He 
was  selectman  of  his  town  from  1836  to  1848; 
a  member  of  the  common  council  in  1848-49; 
representative  in  the  state  legislature  in  1855- 
56;  state  senator  from  1856  to  1859;  member 
of  congress  from  1861  to  1865 ;  governor  of 
Connecticut  from  1867  to  1869,  ^"d  again  in 
1870;  and  United  States  senator  by  appoint- 
ment from  1875  to  1877.  "The  municipal 
trusts  of  his  early  manhood  were  those  im- 
posed upon  him  by  the  general  conviction  of 
his  fellow  citizens,  irrespective  of  party,  that 
their  interests  might  be  safely  confided  to  his 
recognized  integrity,  capacity  and  public 
spirit."  "His  services  in  both  branches  of  the 
legislature  were  generally  marked  by  attention 
to  the  business  rather  than  to  the  political  as- 
pects of  the  legislation  in  which  he  was  called 
to  act.  When,  subsequently,  he  became  gov- 
ernor of  the  State,  the  practical  cast  of  his 
mind  was  conspicuously  manifested  in  the  em- 
phasis which  he  gave  in  his  messages  to  the 
cause  of  free  public  school  education,  and  in 
the  advocacy  of  which  he  was  ultimately 
successful. 

But  that  which  specially  and  honorably  marks 
Mr.  English's  public  career  is  the  course  he 
pursued  while  a  representative  in  Congress. 
His  term  of  service,  extending  from  1861  to 
1865,  covered  that  period  in  our  history  dur- 
ing which  slavery  ceased  to  disgrace  the  Na- 
tion, and  the  constitutional  amendment  pro- 
hibiting involuntary  servitude  became  the  su- 
preme law  of  the  land.  Mr.  English  went  to 
Washington  a  pronounced  War  Democrat,  be- 
lieving that  the  great  national  exigency  de- 
manded every  sacrifice  to  prevent  our  great 
republic  from  being  divided  into  perpetually 
contending  and  contemptible  fragments.  While 
as  a  Democrat  he  fully  recognized  the  consti- 
tutional right  of  the  Southern  States  'to  the 
possession  of  their  slaves,  he  also  felt  that 
slavery  was  a  monstrous  injustice,  and  there- 
fore had  no  regret  when,  as  a  war  measure, 
he  found  himself  at  liberty  to  record  alike  his 
abhorrence  of  slavery  and  his  sense  of  justice 
toward  the  owners  of  slaves  in  the  District  of 
Columbia,  by  voting  for  the  bill  which  united 
the  emancipation  of  the  slave  with  compensa- 
tion to  the  master.  Long  before  the  close  of 
the  war  it  became  evident  to  all  thoughtful  ob- 


servers that  the  question  of  general  emancipa- 
tion must  be  met  sooner  or  later,  and  Mr. 
English  made  up  his  mind  to  take  the  hazard 
and  incur  the  odium  of  voting  with  his  politi- 
cal opponents  whenever,  in  his  view,  it  became 
a  political  necessity.  More  than  a  year  before 
the  final  passage  of  the  bill  providing  for  the 
necessary  constitutional  amendment,  the  posi- 
tion of  Mr.  English  was  well  understood  in 
Washington.  When  the  bill  was  first  intro- 
duced into  the  House  by  Mr.  Ashley,  of  Ohio, 
he  was  assured  of  Mr.  English's  support  in 
case  it  was  needed.  But  when  it  was  found 
that  the  Administration  party  were  not  united 
on  the  measure,  Mr.  Ashley  advised  Mr.  Eng- 
lish not  to  vote  in  its  favor,  as  it  was  sure  not 
to  pass.  With  a  very  practical  conviction  of 
the  folly  of  striking  when  there  is  a  certainty 
that  nothing  will  be  hit,  Mr.  English  acted 
upon  this  advice,  but  with  the  emphatic  assur- 
ance to  Mr.  Ashley  that  whenever  it  was  nec- 
essary he  might  rely  upon  his  vote.  When 
informed  a  year  later  that  the  bill  would  be 
put  to  vote  the  next  day,  Mr.  English  was  in 
New  Haven,  in  attendance  upon  his  sick  wife.1 
Traveling  all  night,  he  reached  Washington] 
in  time  to  listen  to  a  part  of  the  exciting  de- 
bate, and  to  hear  his  name  called  among  the 
finst  of  the  ten  War  Democrats  who,  as  it  was 
hoped,  would  vote  for  the  bill,  and  whose  votes 
were  necessary  for  its  passage.  When  his  ring-  ■ 
ing  'Yes'  was  heard  in  the  crowded  gathering 
there  was  general  applause.  To  a  "New  Haven 
friend  who  was  in  Washington  a  day  or  two  ■ 
aftervirard  he  said :  T  suppose  I  am  publicly 
ruined,  but  that  day  was  the  happiest  day  of 
my  life.'  Mr.  English's  position  at  this  time 
was  a  very  exceptional  one.  The  number  of 
War  Democrats  in  Congress  was  small,  and 
most  of  them  very  timid.  But  there  was  never 
any  doubt  from  the  first  where  Mr.  English 
stood  or  how  he  would  vote  when  the  final 
crisis  came.  While  thousands  of  men  in  our 
country  have  been  examples  of  conspicuous 
success  in  business,  in  political  life,  and  in 
generous  benefactions,  few  have  had  the  op- 
portunity, and  fewer  still  the  sagacity  and  the 
courage  to  appreciate  a  great  political  emer- 
gency, where  duty  calls  for  a  sacrifice  of  the 
ties  which  ordinaril)'  bind  a  man  in  public  life 
to  act  in  harmony  with  the  party  to  which  he 
is  attached.  It  is  sometimes  a  great  thing  to 
have  the  courage  of  one's  convictions,  and  the 
favorable  mention  of  his  name  at  one  time  as  a 
candidate  for  the  Presidency  of  the  United 
States  was  an  honorable  recognition  of  the 
public  appreciation  of  his  vote,  as  having  been 
dictated  by  conscience  and  a  sense  of  duty." 

Blessed  with  abundant  means,  Mr.  English 
gave  liberally  to  many  institutions  and  objects. 


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Several  years  ago  he  gave  $10,000  to  the  Law 
School  of  Yale  College  to  establish  a  library 
fund,  and  also  $20,000  to  the  Sheffield  Sci- 
entific School  to  found  a  chair  in  mathematics. 
He  later  contributed  the  sum  of  $21,000  to 
build  the  English  Drive  in  East  Rock  Park, 
and  also  made  numerous  generous  donations 
to  the  General  Hospital  and  to  various  other 
charities.  St.  Paul's  Episcopal  Church,  where 
be  regularly  attended  for  over  forty  years, 
bears  him  in  grateful  remembrance. 

Mr.  English  married  (first)  January  25, 
1837,  Caroline  Augusta  Fowler,  of  New 
Haven  and  of  their  four  children,  three  sons 
and  one  daughter,  the  youngest,  Henry  Fow- 
ler, alone  survives.  Mrs.  English  died  October 
23,  1874,  at  the  age  of  sixty-two  years.  Mr. 
English  married  (second)  October  7,  1885, 
Anna  R.  Morris,  of  New  York,  daughter  of 
Lucius  S.  and  Letitia  C.  Morris. 

(VH)  Henry  Fowler,  son  of  James  Ed- 
ward and  Caroline  Augusta  (Fowler)  Eng- 
lish, was  born  in  New  Haven,  Connecticut, 
June  5,  1851.  He  acquired  his  preliminary 
education  at  General  Russell's  Collegiate  and 
Commercial  Institute  at  New  Haven  and  under 
the  preceptorship  of  the  late  Horace  Day,  re- 
maining a  pupil  of  Mr.  Day  for  a  period  of 
two  years.  The  knowledge  thus  obtained  was 
supplemented  by  a  special  course  of  study  at 
the  Sheffield  Scientific  School  of  Yale,  and  by 
attendance  at  the  Yale  Law  School,  graduat- 
ing therefrom  with  the  class  of  1874.  He  was 
admitted  to  the  county  bar  the  year  of  his 
graduation,  and  at  once  established  himself  in 
the  practice  of  his  profession,  also  devoting 
considerable  time  and  attention  to  the  man- 
agement of  real  estate.  He  possesses  the 
characteristics  of  self-reliance,  determination 
to  succeed  in  whatever  he  undertakes,  and  per- 
sistent application  to  each  and  every  duty  re- 
quired of  him.  In  addition  to  his  professional 
interests,  Mr.  English  is  serving  in  the  ca- 
pacity of  vice-president  and  trustee  of  the  Con- 
necticut Savings  Bank,  trustee  in  the  New 
Haven  Trust  Company,  trustee  of- the  Young 
Men's  Christian  Association,  director  of  the 
First  National  Bank,  director  in  the  New 
Haven  Clock  Company  and  chairman  of  its 
executive  committee,  director  and  vice-presi- 
dent in  the  Bristol  Brass  Company,  director  in 
the  Bristol  Manufacturing  Company,  director 
in  the  New  Haven  Dispensary  and  General 
Hospital  Society,  director  in  the  New  Flaven 
Colony  Historical  Society.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  New  Haven  commission  of  public  parks, 
and  has  been  its  secretary  and  treasurer  since 
1887.  In  1903  he  was  appointed  a  member 
of  the  State  police  commission.  He  is  an  at- 
tendant of  St.  Paul's  Episcopal  Church  at  New 


Haven.  He  leans  towards  the  principles  of 
the  Democratic  party,  but  casts  his  vote  for 
the  candidate  who  in  his  opinion  is  best  quali- 
fied for  office,  irrespective  of  party  affiliation. 
He  holds  membership  in  the  fraternity  of 
Delta  Psi  at  Yale,  Graduate  Club,  New  Haven 
Country  Club,  New  Haven  Lawn  Club,  and 
the  Oqoussoc  Angling  Association  of  Maine. 
From  his  early  boyhood  he  has  been  fond  of 
outdoor  sports,  especially  along  the  line  of 
athletics,  fond  of  books,  and  possessing  a  keen 
love  of  nature,  inheriting  the  latter  two  traits 
from  his  mother. 

Mr.  English  is  public-spirited  to  a  notable 
degree  and  is  willing  at  all  times  to  unite  in 
any  movement  calculated  to  advance  the  com- 
mon good  or  promote  the  material  welfare  of 
the  community  at  large.  His  career  is  well 
worthy  of  emulation,  and  his  extensive  and 
varied  experience  should  lend  value  to  his  fol- 
lowing words  of  advice  to  j'oung  men  about 
to  enter  upon  the  active  duties  of  life:  "What 
is  termed  success  in  life  is  due  mainly  to 
earnest  and  persistent  efifort  by  the  individual. 
This  efifort  must  be  governed  by  motives  of 
integrity  and  liberalitv  and  by  the  recognition 
of  the  rights  of  others.  Learn  to  think  and 
act  for  yourself  but  at  the  same  time  be  ever 
ready  to  accept  sound  counsel."  "Be  self- 
reliant  and  yet  willing  to  accept  advice ;  when 
a  man  depends  always  upon  others  he  must 
ever  play  a  secondary  role  in  life ;  yet  if  his 
self-reliance  degenerates  into  conceit,  and  he 
refuses  to  accept  the  advice  of  others,  he  learns 
many  of  life's  most  valuable  lessons  only  after 
bitter  experience  and  often  after  it  is  too  late 
to  use  to  advantage  the  knowledge  he  might 
have  acquired  easily  by  accepting  the  counsel 
of  those  who  are  in  a  position  to  know." 

Mr.  English  married,  June  5,  1888,  Alice 
Nancy  Kimball,  of  Boston,  Massachusetts. 
Children :  Harold  Kimball,  born  August  2, 
i8gi ;  Philip  Henry,  January  31,  1893:  Alice 
Marian,  September  12,  1894. 


The  name  of  Ingalls  is  sup- 
INGALLS     posed    to   be   of   Scandinavian 

origin,  derived  from  Ingialld. 
During  the  ninth  century  the  Scandinavian 
pirates  often  descended  upon  the  east  coast  of 
Great  Britain  and  in  after  years  many  of  this 
nationality  settled  here,  especially  in  Lincoln- 
shire. The  name  appears  in  England  as  In- 
gall,  Engle,  Ingolds  and  Ingles,  and  the  fol- 
lowing coats-of-arms  are  recorded :  Ingles  : 
Gules,  three  bars  gemelle  or,  on  a  canton  ar- 
gent five  billets  en  salire  sable.  Crest :  a  lily 
springing  from  a  crown.  Motto :  Humilis  ex 
corona.  Also,  Ingle :  Argent  two  chevrons 
sable,  on  the  chief  of  the  second  a  lion  pass 


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of  the  first.  Crest :  a  hand  erect  issuing  out  of 
a  cloud,  holding  a  sword,  blade  waved,  per- 
pendicular. The  earliest  record  found  is  that 
of  a  will  of  Henry  Ingalls,  grandfather  of 
Edmund,  the  immigrant,  and  made  in  1655,  he 
probably  having  been  born  about  1580.  The 
next  record  is  the  will  of  Robert,  the  father 
of  Edmund,  made  in  161 7.  The  name  of  In- 
galls is  still  common  in  England  and  signifies 
"by  the  power  of  Thor."  The  Domesday  Book 
records  a  Baron  Ingald,  a  tenant  of  King  Wil- 
liam at  Bersbi  and  Elvestone,  Leicestershire,  in 
1080.     This  baron  came  from  Normandy. 

(I)  Edmund  Ingalls,  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  son  of  Robert  and  grandson  of  Henry  In- 
galls, and  was  born  at  Skirbeck,  Lincolnshire, 
England,  about  1598.  He  came  to  Salem, 
Massachusetts,  in  Governor  Endicott's  com- 
pany in  1629,  and  with  his  brother  Francis  and 
four  others  settled  in  Lynn,  where  they  were 
the  first  settlers.  His  name  is  found  often  on 
the  records  of  the  town,  and  he  was  a  prom- 
nent  citizen.  Once  he  was  fined  "for  bring- 
ing home  sticks  in  both  his  arms  on  the  Sab- 
bath day."  In  March,  1648,  while  travelling 
to  Boston  on  horseback,  he  was  drowned  in 
the  Saugus  river  owing  to'  a  defective  bridge. 
His  will  was  proved  September  18,  1648.  He 
married  Ann .  Children  :  Robert ;  Eliza- 
beth, born  1622,  died  June  9,  1676;  Faith, 
1623:  John,  1625;  Sarah,  1626;  Henry,  1627, 
mentioned  below ;  Samuel,  1634 ;  Mary,  mar- 
ried John  Eaton ;  Joseph,  died  young. 

(II)  Henry,  son  of  Edmund  Ingalls,  was 
born  in  Skirbeck,  England,  1627,  and  came  to 
New  England  with  his  father.  He  owned  land 
in  Ipswich  which  he  sold  in  1652.  He  was 
one  of  the  first  settlers  of  Andover,  Massa- 
chusetts, buying  the  land  of  the  Indians  for 
clothing  and  trinkets.  He  was  admitted  a 
freeman  in  1673,  took  an  active  part  in  town 
affairs  and  held  various  offices.  He  died  Feb- 
ruary 8,  1 71 8-1 9.  His  will  was  dated  July 
5,  1714.  He  married  (first)  July  6,  1653, 
Mary  Osgood,  who  died  in  December,  1686, 
daughter  of  John  and  Ann  Osgood,  of  An- 
dover. He  married  (second)  August  i,  1687, 
Sarah  Farnum,  widow  of  George  Abbott. 
She  died  May  12,  1728,  aged  ninety.  Chil- 
dren, born  in  Andover :  Samuel,  October  3, 
1654;  Henr3^  December  8,  1656,  mentioned 
below ;  Mary,  January  28,  1659  '>  John,  May 
21,  1661 ;  Stephen,  May  21,  1661 ;  Francis, 
September  23,  1663,  died  of  small  pox,  Decem- 
ber g,  1690;  Moses,  June  26,  1666,  died  Sep- 
tember 28,  1667;  James,  September  24,  1669; 
Sarah,  September  7,  1672;  Joseph,  March  24, 
1675,  died  young;  Josiah,  February  28,  1676; 
Sarah,  January  22,  1679. 

(III)  Henry  (2),  son  of  Henry  (i)  Ingalls, 


was  born  December  8,  1656.  at  Andover,  died 
there  February  8,  1698-99.  He  married,  June 
6,  1688,  Abigail  Emery,  born  January  16,  1669, 
died  July  12,  1756,  daughter  of  John,  Jr.,  and 
Mary  (Webster)  Emery,  of  Newbury.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Andover:  Henry,  April  2,  1689; 
Mary,  February  25,  1691 ;  Abigail,  January 
15,  1693,  died  August  11,  1742;  Francis,  De- 
cember 20,  1694,  mentioned  below ;  Joseph, 
April  17,  1697. 

(IV)  Francis,  son  of  Henry  (2)  Ingalls, 
was  born  at  Andover,  December  20,  1694,  and 
resided  there.     His  will  was  proved  February 

26,  1759.  He  married  (first)  November  19, 
1719,  Lydia  Ingalls,  who  died  April  29,  1743, 
daughter  of  James  and  Hannah  (Abbott)  In- 
galls. He  married  (second)  Lydia  Stevens, 
who  made  her  will  in  1787.  Children,  born  in 
Andover :  Ebenezer,  1721 ;  Isaiah,  June  6, 
1723,  died  March  23,  1728-29;  Francis,  Janu- 
ary 2y,  1724,  died  April  3,  1729;  Lydia,  Au- 
gust II,  1727,  died  April  18,  1729;  Francis, 
January  26,  173 1,  mentioned  below;  Lydia, 
August  13,  1732;  Susannah,  June  27,  1734, 
died  September  3,  1736;  Josiah,  1735,  died 
September  8,  1736:  Sarah,  April  5,  1736,  died 
May  31,   1739;  Abijah,    1739;  Jemima,  July 

27,  1740,  died  March  14,  1745. 

(V)  Francis  (2),  son  of  Francis  (i)  In- 
galls, was  born  at  Andover,  January  26,  1731, 
died  there  April  3,  1795.  He  was  a  farmer. 
He  married,  November  12,  1754,  Eunice  Jen- 
nings, who  died  May  23,  1799.  Children: 
Nathan,  born  June  12,  1755;  Isaiah,  July  13, 
1756;  Phineas,  November  14,  1758,  mentioned 
below;  Francis,  May  30,  1760;  Jonathan,  Feb- 
ruary 25,  1762;  Theodore,  March  30,  1764; 
Asa,  January  17,  1766;  Cyrus,  December  13, 
1768;  Eunice,  October   16,   1770. 

(VI)  Phineas,  son  of  Francis  (2)  Ingalls, 
was  born  in  Andover,  November  14,  1758, 
died  January  5,  1844.  He  was  a  soldier  in 
the  revolution  and  was  in  the  battle  of  Bunker 
Hill,  June  17,  177S,  and  in  Albany  in  1776. 
He  removed  to  Bridgton,  Maine,  where  he 
died.  He  married,  October  22,  1783,  Eliza- 
beth Stevens,  born  November  19,  1764,  died 
July  19,  1858,  daughter  of  Jacob  Stevens, 
"children,  born  in  Bridgton,  Maine :  Aaron, 
September  20,  1784;  Asa,  January  14,  1787; 
Theodore.  February  20,  1790;  Elizabeth,  May 
I,  1793;  Eunice.  September  8,  1795,  died  Oc- 
tober 9,  1845;  Phineas.  December  22,  1797, 
mentioned  below;  Cynthia,  June  9.  1800,  died 
September  30,  1866;  Tabitha,  February  15, 
1803 ;  Almira,  December  14,  1806,  died  March 
26,  1840. 

(VII)  Dr.  Phineas  (2)  Ingalls,  son  of 
Phineas  (i)  Ingalls,  was  born  in  Bridgton. 
Maine,  December  22,  1797. 


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He  was  a  physician  at  Gorham  and 
died  there  February  24,  1858.  He  mar- 
ried, March  19,  1845,  Ruth  Huston,  bom  at 
Gorham,  Maine,  July  11,  1815,  daughter  of 
Samuel  and  Nancy  (Mosher)  Elder.  She  was 
a  descendant  of  Josias  Cook,  who  came  in  the 
"Mayflower"  in  1620.  Children  :  Nancy  Eliz- 
abeth, born  February  25,  1847,  died  February 
26,  1847;  Francis,  July  7,  1848,  died  July  8, 
1848;  Frederick,  May  10,  1850,  died  May  11, 
1850  :  Phineas  Henry  mentioned  below. 

( \'HI )  Dr.  Phineas  Henry  Ingalls,  son  of 
Dr.  Phineas  (2)  Ingalls,  was  born  at  Gorham, 
Maine,  April  13,  1856.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  town  and  of  Portland, 
Maine. 

He  graduated  from  Bowdoin  College 
in  1877  with  the  degree  of  A.  B.  and  received 
the  degree  of  A.  M.  in  1885.  He  chose  the 
profession  of  his  father  for  his  life  work,  and 
began  to  study  medicine  under  Dr.  S.  H. 
Tewksbury  and  Dr.  Qiarles  W.  Bray.  He  at- 
tended two  courses  of  lectures  at  the  Maine 
'Medical  School  and  graduated  from  the  Col- 
lege of  Physicians  and  Surgeons  in  New  York 
City  in  1880.  He  was  then  appointed  house 
surgeon  in  the  Woman's  Hospital  in  New 
York  City  and  gained  much  valuable  experi- 
ence in  surgical  work.  In  November,  1881, 
he  returned  to  Portland.  He  located  in  March, 
1882,  in  Hartford  and  has  continued  in  active 
practice  there  wth  the  utmost  success  to  the 
present  time.  For  the  first  three  years  his 
office  was  located  on  Elm  street,  and  since 
then  he  has  been  at  his  present  office,  112 
High  street.  He  makes  a  specialty  of  dis- 
eases peculiar  to  women  and  much  of  his  prac- 
tice is  surgical  in  operations  and  consultations 
in  Hartford  and  vicinity.  His  gynecological 
practice  is  probably  the  largest  of  any  physician 
in  the  state.  In  1884  Dr.  Ingalls  was  appoint- 
ed visiting  gynecologist  of  the  Hartford  Hos- 
pital. In  1899,  after  the  death  of  Dr.  Campbell, 
Dr.  Ingalls  was  appointed  medical  examiner 
of  the  Aetna  Insurance  Company.  The 
extent  and  variety  of  his  surgical  work  may 
be  indicated  by  the  fact  that  he  performs  some 
two  hundred  operations  every  year.  He  has 
taken  an  active  interest  in  municipal  politics 
and  was  appointed  to  the  board  of  police  com- 
missioners by  Mayor  Brainard.  He  was  chair- 
man of  the  building  committe  in  charge  of  the 
new  police  station  and  largely  through  his  ef- 
forts the  building  was  secured. 

In  188^  he  was  appointed  asistant  surgeon 
of  the  First  Connecticut  Regiment ;  in  1885 
he  was  commissioned  adjutant  and  in  i8go 
was  brigade  inspector  on  the  staff  of  General 
Watson.  He  was  an  earnest,  efficient  and  en- 
thusiastic officer  and  his  resignation  in  1892, 


due  to  the  demands  of  his  practice,  was  greatly 
regretted  by  his  associates  in  the  militia.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  city,  county  and  state  med- 
ical societies ;  of  the  American  Gynecologist 
Society,  composed  of  specialists  and  limited  in 
membership  to  one  hundred.  He  was  elected 
to  membership  in  1890  and  is  the  only  member 
from  Connecticut.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Board  of  Censors  of  the  Hartford  Medical 
Society  and  of  the  Alumni  Association  of  the 
Woman's  Hospital  of  New  York  City.  He 
has  contributed  papers  on  technical  subjects 
to  the  various  medical  societies  of  which  he  is 
a  member :  viz :  "Non-Surgical  Treatment  of 
Anteflexion,"  published  in  the  Nezv  York  Med- 
ical Journal,  March  27,  1886;  "Damages  of 
Parturition  and  Their  Repair,"  Connecticut 
Medical  Society,  1886;  "Uterine  Cancer," 
Connecticut  Medical  Society,  1889;  "Slough- 
ing Fibroids  of  the  Uterus."  American  Gyne- 
cological Society,  1891 ;  "Successful  Case  of 
Cjesarean  Section,"  American  Journal  of  Ob- 
stetrics, August,  1892.  Dr.  Ingalls  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Hartford  Club,  the  Country  Club, 
the  Republican  Club,  the  Hartford  Golf  Club, 
the  Colonial  Club,  the  Sons  of  the  American 
Revolution,  the  Society  of  Colonial  Wars  and 
the  Church  Club  of  Connecticut.  He  is  a 
prominent  member  of  Christ  Church  of  Hart- 
ford (Episcopalian).  He  is  fond  of  travel  and 
during  his  vacations  has  seen  much  of  the 
world. 

He  married.  May  13,  1885,  Mary  Helen 
Beach,  born  at  Hartford,  July  12,  1861,  daugh- 
ter of  Joseph  Watson  and  Josephine  E.  (Cof- 
fing)  Beach.  (See  Beach  VII.)  Their  only 
child,  Phineas,  born  June  10,  1886,  died  June 
13,  1886. 

(The   Beach   Line). 

(VII)  Joseph  Watson  Beach,  son  of  George 
Beach  (q.  v.),  was  born  December  28,  1823, 
died  in  Hartford,  March  16,  1887.  He  was 
for  many  years  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Beach 
&  Company,  widely  known  as  a  large  import- 
ing house  of  colors  and  dye-stufifs.  He  was 
also  president  of  the  Weed  Sewing  Machine 
Company,  a  former  president  of  the  Mercan- 
tile Bank,  in  which  he  was  a  director  up  to 
the  time  of  his  death.  He  was  also  a  director 
of  the  Machine  Screw  Company ;  vice-presi- 
dent and  director  of  the  Western  Automatic 
Screw  Company ;  secretary  of  the  Grove 
Works,  and  director  of  the  Broad  Brook  Man- 
ufacturing Company.  He  was  well  informed 
on  all  general  subjects,  and  was  a  student  of 
chemistry,  in  which  he  was  much  interested. 
He  was  a  man  of  happy  disposition  and  charm- 
ing social  qualities,  and  was  extremely  popu- 
lar among  a  large  circle  of  acquaintances  and 
friends.     Of  fine  physique  and  handsome  per- 


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sonal  appearance,  he  was  a  well-known  figure 
in  the  life  of  the  city.  He  married  Josephine 
E.  Coffing-.  Children:  i.  Katharine,  married 
George  H.  Day.  2.  Dr.  Charles  C,  graduate 
of  Yale  Scientific  School,  1877;  College  of 
Physicians  and  Surgeons,  1882 ;  was  house 
physician  in  St.  Luke's  Hospital,  New  York 
City,  and  then  went  to  Berlin  and  Vienna  to 
study;  settled  in  Hartford;  married  Mary  E. 
Batterson  and  had  Goodwin  Batterson,  Joseph 
Watson,  Charles  Bradford  and  Elizabeth 
Goodwin.  3.  George  W.,  in  firm  of  Beach, 
Trieber  &  Company,  Boston.  4.  Mary  Helen, 
born  July  12,  1861  ;  married  Phineas  Henry 
Ingalls,  M.  D.  (See  Ingalls  VIH).  5.  Rich- 
ard J. 


William  Fuller  was  a  locksmith 
FULLER     of   Chelmsford,   England.     He 
had    two   sons,   William,    John, 
mentioned  below. 

(II)  John,  son  of  William  Fuller,  was  born 
in  England  and  came  to  New  England  with 
his  brother  William,  in  the  ship  "Abigal"  in 
May,  1635.  He  settled  in  Ipswich,  Massa- 
chusetts, afterwards  removed  to  Salisbury,  but 
returned  to  Ipswich  about  1648.  In  that  year 
he  was  one  of  the  subscribers  to  the  General 
Denison  fund.  He  served  as  surveyor  in  1663, 
was  a  commoner  in  1664,  and  owned  land  near 
Rocky  Hill.  He  married  Elizabeth,  daughter 
of  Thomas  Emerson.  Their  children  were : 
William,  John,  James,  Thomas,  Nathaniel, 
Joseph,  mentioned  below ;  Susanna,  Elizabeth, 
Mary.  John  Fuller  died  June  4,  1666;  his  will 
proved  September  25,  1666,  bequeathed  to  wife 
and  children,  and  to  a  child  unborn,  money, 
lands,  houses,  stocks,  "moveables  and  debts." 
Will  recorded  at  Salem,  Massachusetts. 

(III)  S'ergeant  Joseph,  son  of  John  Fuller, 
was  born  in  Ipswich,  Massachusetts,  July  4, 
1658.  He  was  a  commoner  in  1707,  and  had 
granted  to  him  the  third  lot  between  Samuel 
Ordway's  shop  and  the  town  bridge  in  Ips- 
wich, March,  1692-93.  He  had  a  seat  in  the 
new  meeting  house  in  1700,  and  subscribed  ten 
shillings  towards  the  new  bell.  In  October, 
1685,  he  married  Mary  Hayward ;  children: 
Joseph,  mentioned  below ;  Thomas,  born  April 
6,  1692;  WilHam,  March  7,  1693;  John,  May 
16,  1698.  Sergeant  Joseph  Fuller  died  Au- 
gust 22,  1 73 1,  aged  seventy-three. 

(IV)  Joseph  (2),  son  of  Sergeant  Joseph 
(i)  Fuller,  was  born  in  Ipswich,  Massachu- 
setts, August  13,  1690.  He  was  a  carpenter 
by  trade.  He  settled  in  Sufifield,  Connecticut, 
in  1715  ;  and  was  the  ancestor  of  all  the  Fuller 
families  in  that  vicinity.  He  received  from 
his  father  in  1714  a  deed  of  lands  bought  in 
1696  of  Samuel  Bush,  including  his   Suffield 


proprietary  grants,  with  an  eighteen-acre  lot 
on  High  street  adjoining  the  land  of  John 
Hanchett.  The  deed  is  recorded  in  Spring- 
field, Massachusetts.  Mr.  Fuller  was  select- 
man in  1 72 1,  surveyor  1727,  constable  1728, 
surveyor  1733,  tythingman  1735.  He  married 
Bathsheba  Hanchett,  September  18,  1715. 
Their  children  were:  Mary  (twin),  born  June 
II,  1716,  died  April  17,  171 7;  Bathsheba 
(twin)  ;  Mary,  May  8,  1718;  Sarah,  May  31, 
1720;  Hannah,  October  3,  1721,  died  January 
2,  1722 ;  Joseph,  mentioned  below.  Joseph 
Fuller  died  March  14,  1744,  his  will,  dated  Oc- 
tober 10,  1743,  is  on  record  at  Northampton, 
]\Iassachusetts.  In  this  will  occurs  this  para- 
graph. "I  bequeath  to  my  son  Joseph  my 
negro  man  named  Ishamel." 

(V)  Joseph  (3),  son  of  Joseph  (2)  Fuller, 
was  born  in  SufBeld,  Connecticut,  August  25, 
1726.  He  married  Rebecca  Norton,  March  11, 
1762;  a  daughter  of  John  and  Rebecca  (Shel- 
don) Norton,  granddaughter  of  Captain 
George  and  Hannah  (Younglove)  Norton,  and 
great-granddaughter  of  George  Norton.  Her 
mother  was  a  daughter  of  Jonathan  and  Mary 
(Southwell)  Sheldon,  and  granddaughter  of 
Isaac  and  !\Iehitable  (Gunn)  Sheldon.  Chil- 
dren: Joseph,  mentioned  below;  Appolos,  born 
1767,  died  the  same  year;  John,  May  19,  1770;- 
Appolos,  May  29,  1772,  died  in  1847.  Joseph 
Fuller  died  March  25,  1807,  aged  eighty-one. 
His  wife,  Rebecca  (Norton)  Fuller,  died  1813, 
aged  eighty. 

(VI)  Captain  Joseph  (4),  son  of  Joseph  (3) 
Fuller  was  bom  November  11,  1765.  He  re- 
sided in  Suffield,  Connecticut,  where  he  was  a 
prominent  citizen  and  well-to-do  farmer.  He 
married,  Juue  30,  1796,  Mary,  daughter  of 
Ensign  William  and  Lucy  (Hathaway)  King, 
granddaughter  of  Lieutenant  William  and 
Bethiah  (Bedlake)  King,  great-granddaughter 
of  James  and  Elizabeth  (Fuller)  King,  and 
great-great-granddaughter  of  William  _King 
(see  King  VII.).  Her  mother  was  daughter 
of  Samuel  (Roe)  Hathaway,  granddaughter 
of  Deacon  Abraham  and  Rebecca  (Welber) 
Hathaway,  great-granddaughter  of  John  Hath- 
away, son  of  Nicholas  Hathaway.  Sarah  Roe 
was  daughter  of  Peter  and  Sarah  (Reming- 
ton) Roe,  granddaughter  of  Hugh  and  Abi- 
gal Roe,  and  of  Thomas  and  Mehitable  Rem- 
ington. Children  of  Joseph  and  Mary  (King) 
Fuller:  George,  born  June  24,  1798,  died  1875, 
married  Eliza  Fuller.  November  24,  1824,  she 
died  in  1865;  Mary,  September  11,  1800,  died 
Tune  28,  1806;  Joseph,  mentioned  below  :  Wil- 
liam Franklin,  April  3,  1805,  married  Harriet 
Jewett,  1827,  who  died  1872.  Captain  Joseph 
Fuller  died  December  17,  1843. 

(VII)  Joseph   (5),   son  of  Captain  Joseph 


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(4)  Fuller,  was  born  in  Suffield,  Connecticut, 
July  13,  1803.  Mr.  Fuller  in  early  life  taught 
school  for  a  time.  From  1835  to  1837  he  was 
a  merchant  in  New  Britain  in  company  with 
Curtis  Whoples.  He  afterwards  returned  to 
Suffield  and  conducted  a  farm.  He  was  also 
interested  in  manufacturing,  and  for  more 
than  thirty-five  years  devoted  a  large  part  of 
his  time  to  fire  insurance  business,  continuing 
until  he  was  eighty-five  years  of  age.  Upon 
the  surrender  of  his  commission  of  the  agency 
of  the  Springfield  Fire  Marine  Insurance  Com- 
pany, President  Dunham  of  that  company 
wrote  him  a  letter,  congratulating  him  upon 
his  success  and  good  work  for  the  company, 
saying :  "There  is  now  no  officer  or  employee 
of  this  company  that  was  here  when  you  began 
to  act  as  agent,  you  have  outlived  all  of  the 
original  officers  and  managers."  Mr.  Fuller 
held  many  important  positions  in  the  church 
and  town.  He  married.  May  25,  1830,  Cor- 
delia Smith,  of  Amherst,  Massachusetts, 
daughter  of  Colonel  Horace  and  Rebecca 
(Moody)  Smith.  Colonel  Smith  was  a  des- 
cendant of  the  Hadley  Smiths.  A  Puritan  and 
an  abolitionist  of  note,  both  of  her  ancestors 
were  among  the  prominent  early  New  Eng- 
land families.  Mrs.  Ftdler  inherited  a  keen 
sense  of  justice  and  a  strictness  in  the  observ- 
ance of  the  older  times ;  to  her  and  her  family 
the  Sabbath  was  always  a  day  for  rest  and 
worship.  She  was  deeply  interested  in  edu- 
cation, a  great  lover  of  nature,  delighted  to 
roam  in  the  fields  and  woods,  and  her  fond- 
ness for  flowers  continued  to  the  last.  Mr. 
Fuller  died  April  22,  1890,  aged  eighty-six; 
his  wife,  Cordelia  (Smith)  Fuller,  died  Febru- 
ary 15,  i8g6,  aged  eighty-seven.  Their  chil- 
dren were:  i.  Reuben  Tinker,  born  July  20, 
1831,  died  September  8,  1831 ;  2.  Caroline  Re- 
becca, September  14,  1832,  a  teacher  in  early 
life,  a  member  of  the  Congregational  Church 
and  the  Woman's  Reading  Club  of  Suffield, 
also  a  member  of  the  National  Society  of  the 
Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution  and 
charter  member  of  the  Sybil  Kent  Chapter, 
No.  15,461,  admitted  November  5,  i8g6.  Mar- 
ried Ashbel  Comfort  Harmon,  May  14,  1873. 
He  was  born  in  Suffield,  March  6,  1841.  He 
enlisted  August  25,  1862,  in  the  Twenty-second 
Regiment.  Connecticut  Volunteers.  He  was  a 
member  of  Samuel  Brown  Post,  Grand  Army 
of  the  Republic  ;  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the 
Veteran  Association  of  Suffield,  and  clerk  of 
the  Congregational  church  in  Suffield.  He  died 
November  4,  1909.  3.  Horace  Smith,  men- 
tioned below.  4.  Dwight  Seymour,  born  Oc- 
tober 5,  1837;  educated  in  the  public  school 
and  Connecticut  Literary  Institute  of  Suffield ; 
an    active    member    of     the    Congregational 


church,  and  a  member  of  the  choir  for  more 
than  fifty  years.  He  is  a  farmer  and  promi- 
nent citizen ;  director  of  the  First  National 
Bank  and  vice-president  of  Suffield  Savings 
Bank :  trustee  of  the  Connecticut  Literary  In- 
stitute, and  a  member  of  the  finance  commit- 
tee. He  was  a  member  of  the  legislature, 
1895-96,  and  on  the  committee  of  humane  in- 
stitutions. He  married,  October  24,  i860, 
Sarah  Jane  Fowler,  of  Suffield,  only  child  of 
Charles  and  Jane  (Tucker)  Fowler.  5.  Sarah 
Jane,  born  February  17,  1841  ;  educated  in  the 
public  school  and  Connecticut  Literary  Insti- 
tute of  Suffield,  with  a  musical  education  at 
Musicvale  Seminary,  of  Salem,  Connecticut. 
She  taught  music  in  Suffield  and  was  for  sev- 
eral years  organist  in  the  Congregational 
church.  Was  married  to  Ashbel  Comfort  Har- 
mon (as  his  first  wife),  October  7,  1868.  She 
died  December  i,  1871.  6.  Frank,  born  May 
13,  1844,  died  July  7,  1847.  7-  Mary,  born 
April  16,  1849;  ^  member  of  the  Congrega- 
tional church  in  Suffield ;  four  years  president 
of  the  Ladies'  Aid  Society,  and  twelve  years 
vice-president  of  the  Home  Missionary  So- 
ciety ;  a  member  of  the  Woman's  Reading 
Club,  and  also  a  member  of  the  National  So- 
ciety of  the  Daughters  of  the  American  Revo- 
lution, and  charter  member  of  the  Sybil 
Dwight  Kent  Chapter,  No.  15,456,  admitted 
November  5,  i8g6.  Married,  September  22, 
1870,  Joseph  Butler  Fairfield,  who  was  born 
in  Hartford,  Connecticut,  July  11,  1846.  He 
was  a  farmer  and  for  ten  years  was  associated 
with  his  father-in-law,  Joseph  Fuller,  in  the 
fire  insurance  business.  He  was  engaged  in 
the  leaf  tobacco  business  in  New  York  City 
for  about  ten  years.  He  was  clerk  in  the  Con- 
gregational church  in  Suffield  for  a  term  of 
years ;  member  of  Washington  Chapter,  No. 
30,  Royal  Arch  Masons,  Suffield,  and  served 
as  secretary  of  the  chapter  for  some  years ; 
also  a  member  of  the  Washington  Command- 
ery.  Knights  Templar,  Hartford.  Children  of 
Joseph  B.  and  Mary  Fairfield :  i.  Julia  Louise, 
iDorn  January  24,  1878,  died  July  12,  1884;  ii. 
Carolyn  May,  born  December  11,  1885;  ^ 
member  of  the  Congregational  church,  Suf- 
field, and  the  leading  singer  in  the  choir. 

(VIII)  Horace  Smith,  son  of  Joseph  (5) 
and  Cordelia  (Smith)  Fuller,  was  born  April 
10,  1835,  in  Suffield,  Connecticut,  a  town  noted 
for  its  educational  facilities  and  social  life.  His 
ancestors,  who  were  all  from  England  and 
were  among  the  very  early  settlers  of  this 
country,  furnished  a  favorable  hereditary  in- 
fluence to  help  in  his  life  work.  He  received 
his  early  education  in  the  public  school  and  in 
the  Connecticut  Literary  Institute  at  Suffield,. 
an  educational  center  long  known  in  the  state 


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for  its  high  standard  and  good  work,  and  was 
the  salutatorian  of  the  class  of  1854.  He 
taught  school  at  Southwick,  Massachusetts, 
for  one  term;  then  entered  Amherst  College, 
was  graduated  in  the  class  of  1858,  and  three 
years  later  received  the  degree  of  A.  M.  from 
his  alma  mater.  Then  followed  several  years 
of  teaching  in  Williamsburg,  Massachusetts, 
in  Kentucky,  and  at  the  Connecticut  Literary 
Institute,  of  which  he  was  a  graduate.  At  this 
time  he  felt  that  his  life  work  should  be  medi- 
cine, and  entered  Harvard  Medical  School  in 
the  fall  of  1862.  He  took  his  second  and  third 
course  at  the  College  of  Physicians  and  Sur- 
geons in  New  York,  where  he  was  graduated 
in  1865.  In  March  of  that  year  he  was  ap- 
pointed acting  assistant  surgeon  in  the  United 
States  army,  and  was  stationed  at  Fort  Schuy- 
ler, New  York  Harbor,  where  he  continued  on 
duty  until  the  close  of  the  war,  doing  good 
service,  which  was  of  great  value  to  him  in 
his  later  practice.  In  the  following  October 
Dr.  Fuller  came  to  Hartford,  Connecticut,  and 
established  himself  in  his  profession,  where  he 
has  gained  the  confidence  and  esteem  of  the 
citizens.  To-day  he  is  one  of  the  noteworthy 
figures  in  the  medical  profession,  and  is  valued 
by  every  one  both  as  a  man  and  a  physician. 
A  sketch  of  him  some  years  ago  says:  "Of 
quiet,  unobstrusive  character,  he  makes  the 
impresson  of  solid  acquirements,  good  judg- 
ment, and  his  personal  history  during  the 
forty-four  years  of  his  Hartford  residence 
bears  this  out."  Dr.  Fuller  is  a  Republican  in 
politics  and  has  held  prominent  places  in  both 
city  and  state.  From  1877  to  1884  he  was 
coroner  and  chairman  of  the  health  commit- 
tee, and  since  that  date  until  the  present  time 
he  has  served  as  medical  examiner  under  the 
new  law.  For  twenty-three  years  he  was  vis- 
iting physician  at  the  Hartford  Hospital  and 
since  then  a  member  of  the  consulting  board. 
He  has  been  president  of  the  Board  of  Medical 
Examiners  of  the  State  of  Connecticut  since 
its  organization.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Board  of  United  States  Pension  Examiners 
from  1873  to  1885.  During  Governor  An- 
drew's adminstration  he  was  surgeon-general 
on  the  governor's  staff,  1879-80.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  American  Medical  Association,  of 
the  Connecticut  Medical  Society ;  of  the  Hart- 
fqrd  County  Medical  Society,  of  which  he  has 
been  president;  of  the  Hartford  Medical  So- 
ciety, of  which  he  was  president  in  1890.  Dr. 
Fuller  frequently  appeared  in  court  as  a  medi- 
cal expert.  Through  his  official  duties  he  has 
made  a  wide  acquaintance  with  the  legislators 
and  members  of  the  bar,  and  has  gained  an 
enviable  reputation  for  ability,  efficiency  and 
integrity.    Dr.  Fuller  is  a  member  of  the  Con- 


necticut Historical  Society,  of  the  Hartford 
Archeological  Society,  of  the  Connecticut 
Congregational  Club,  and  a  member  of  the 
Center  Congregational  Church  of  Hartford. 
Of  college  societies  he  was  a  member  of  the 
Alpha  Delta  Phi  and  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa,  the 
latter  indicating  his  scholarship.  Dr.  Fuller 
has  taken  a  keen  interest  in  genealogy  and 
local  history.  In  the  course  of  many  years  has 
made  a  unique  and  valuable  collection  of  pot- 
tery and  porcelain,  much  of  which  was  used 
during  the  Colonial  period  and  was  obtained 
from  old  New  England  familes.  He  recently 
presented  this  collection  to  the  Wadsworth 
Athenjeum.  It  was  classified  and  labeled  under 
the  direction  of  Dr.  Edwin  A.  Barbour,  direc- 
tor of  the  Penns3dvania  Museum  of  Philadel- 
phia. The  collection  has  now  been  placed  in 
the  Morgan  Memorial  Building  at  Hartford. 
Dr.  Fuller's  record  as  a  citizen  and  physican, 
together  with  the  positions  of  trust  and  honor 
which  he  has  held,  reflects  credit  upon  his 
honored  ancestry.  His  various  activities  have 
so  occupied  his  time  that  he  has  not  been  a 
frequent  contributor  to  medical  literature,  but 
occasionally  a  valuable  paper  has  come  from 
his  pen.  However,  his  high  professional 
standard  shows  that  he  is  a  skillful  and  author-  , 
itative  physician.  The  regard  in  which  Dr. 
Fuller  is  held  by  his  associates  is  shown  by 
the  fact  that  a  loving  cup  was  presented  to 
him  January  3,  1910,  as  a  token  of  the  love 
and  friendship  borne  by  the  Hartford  City 
Medical  Society  to  the  member  whom  "it  most 
desired  to  honor." 


Lieutenant  Samuel  Smith,  immi-" 
SMITH     grant  ancestor  of  this  branch  of 

the  family  in  New  England,  was 
born  in  England  about  1602.  He  sailed  on 
April  30,  1634,  for  New  England  in  the  ship 
"Elizabeth"  of  Ipswich,  with  his  wife  Eliza- 
beth, and  children:  Samuel,  aged  nine,  Eliza- 
beth, aged  seven,  Mary,  aged  four,  and  Philip, 
aged  one.  He  and  his  wife  were  then  called 
thirty-two  years  of  age.  He  settled  first  at 
Salem  and  was  admitted  a  freeman,  September 
3.  1634.  He  was  a  proprietor  there  in  1638. 
He  removed  to  Wethersfield,  Connecticut, 
where  he  was  a  leading  citizen ;  was  chosen 
representative  more  than  any  other  man,  serv- 
ing almost  the  entire  session  from  1641  to 
1653.  He  was  one  of  the  committee  to  make 
settlement  for  the  purchase  of  Saybrook  and 
its  dependencies.  He  also  took  a  very  active 
part  in  the  church  as  well  as  the  state.  It 
may  be  of  interest  here  to  give  a  short  ac- 
count of  the  "Hartford  Controversy,"  showing 
the  strong  feeling  of  the  time  in  matters  of 
conscience  as  well  as  the  reason  why  Samuel 


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Smith  with  others  removed  to  Hadley  in  1659. 
The  church  at  Hartford  was  one  of  the  largest 
and  most  eminent  in  New  England,  and  the 
two  ministers,  Thomas  Hooker  and  Samuel 
Stone,  though  unlike  in  some  respects,  were 
both  great  and  good  men,  whose  praise  was 
in  all  the  churches.  Mr.  Hooker  was  firm  and 
decided,  yet  prudent  and  conciliatory,  and  there 
was  no  serious  trouble  while  he  lived.  A  few 
years  after  his  death  a  contention  arose  with 
a  majority  of  the  church  on  one  side  and  a 
strong  minority  on  the  other.  On  each  side 
were  men  of  distinction  in  the  town  and  col- 
ony. The  first  disturbance  was  occasioned  by 
the  call  of  a  person'  to  supply  the  place  of 
Mr.  Hooker,  who  had  died.  Then  arose  the 
question  about  the  enlarging  of  baptism.  The 
minority  were  attached  to  the  order  professed 
and  practiced  under  Mr.  Hooker.  They  pre- 
ferred to  adhere  to  the  Cambridge  platform, 
and  were  opposed  to  any  changes.  Mr.  Stone 
endeavored  to  introduce  some  new  practices 
into  the  church ;  these  innovations  were  dis- 
pleasing to  the  minority.  The  changes  related 
to  three  subjects:  qualifications  for  baptism, 
churchmanship,  and  the  rights  of  brotherhood. 
Only  the  members  of  the  church  in  full  com- 
munion .  had  their  children  baptized.  The 
synod  held  in  Boston  in  1657  decided  that 
children  could  be  baptized  if  their  parents  were 
not  scandalous,,  though  not  members  of  the 
church  in  full  communion.  Mr.  Stone  ad- 
vocated it.  This  met  with  so  much  opposition 
that  the  minority  formally  withdrew  from  the 
church  and  formed  a  union  with  the  church 
in  Wethersfield  under  Mr.  John  Russell.  The 
matter  was  brought  before  the  court  of  i\las- 
sachusetts,  who  forbid  their  withdrawal.  They 
then  applied  to  the  court  of  Massachusetts  for 
a  grant  of  land  in  Hadley,  which  was  given 
them  on  condition  that  they  should  submit  to 
an  orderly  hearing  of  the  differences  between 
themselves  and  their  brethren.  In  appointing 
the  annual  Thanksgiving  in  November  one 
reason  given  for  thanks  was  the  settling  of  the 
differences  in  Hartford.  The  general  court 
of  Massachusetts,  so  careful  to  have  the  mem- 
bers separate  from  the  church  in  an  orderly 
manner,  never  suggested  that  there  was  any  ir- 
regularity in  the  conduct  of  the  Wethersfield 
members  who  settled  in  Hadley  in  1659.  The 
Saybrook  platform,  in  1708,  was  the  result  of 
this  compromise  between  the  parties.  Mr. 
Smith  was  one  of  the  leading  men  in  Hadley, 
where  he  also  held  important  offices  in  both 
church  and  state.  He  was  representative  from 
1661  to  1673,  2-  commoner  and  magistrate  of 
the  town  in  1661,  lieutenant  of  militia  from 
1663  to  1667.  He  was  a  thrifty  and  substan- 
tial farmer.     He  died  about   1680,  aged  sev- 


enty-eight. The  inventory  of  his  estate  was 
taken  January  17,  1681 ;  amount  a  little  more 
than  seven  hundred  pounds.  Children :  Sam- 
uel, born  about  1625 ;  Elizabeth,  born  about 
1627;  Mary,  born  about  1630;  Philip,  -men- 
tioned below;  Chileab,  born  about  1635;  John. 

(II)  Lieutenant  Philip,  son  of  Lieutenant 
Samuel  Smith,  was  born  in  England,  April 
30,  1633,  and  came  when  an  infant  with  his 
parents  to  New  England.  In  later  years  he 
settled  in  Hadley,  Massachusetts,  and  succeed- 
ed his  father  as  lieutenant  of  the  troop.  He 
served  as  justice,  selectman,  member  of  the 
general  court,  and  deacon  of  the  church ;  a 
man  for  devotion,  sanctity,  gravity,  and  all 
that  was  honest,  exceeding  exemplary.  "He 
was  murdered  January  10,  1685,  with  an  hide- 
ous witchcraft  that  filled  all  this  part  of  New 
England  with  astonishment"  (see  Cotton 
Mather  in  his  "Magnalia").  Philip  Smith 
married  Rebecca,  daughter  of  Nathaniel  Foot, 
of  Wethersfield.  Children :  Samuel,  born 
January,  1659;  child,  died  January  22,  1661 ; 
Jonathan ;  Deacon  John,  mentioned  below ; 
Philip ;  Rebecca,  married  George  Stillman, 
died  October  7,  1750 ;  Nathaniel ;  Joseph ; 
Ichabod,  born  April  11,  1675.  Philip  Smith's 
widow  married  Major  Aaron  Cook,  October 
2,  1688,  died  April  6,  1701. 

(III)  Deacon  John,  son  of  Lieutenant 
Philip  Smith,  was  born  in  Hadley,  December 
18,  1661.  He  married  Joanna,  daughter  of 
Joseph  Kellogg,  November,  29,  1683.  They 
lived  on  the  Springfield  road.  Children  born 
at  Hadley :  John,  mentioned  below ;  Joanna, 
born  September  i,  1686;  Rebecca,  August  5, 
1687,  married  Samuel  Crow;  Joseph,  July  19, 
1690;  Martin,  April  15,  1692;  Eleazer,  Sep- 
tember 25,  1694,  died  October  3,  1721 ;  Sarah, 
November  9,  1698;  Prudence,  March  15,  1701, 
died  April  18,  1774;  Experience,  April  19, 
1703,  died  August  23,  1762;  Elizabeth,  Oc- 
tober 12,  1705,  died  1790;  Mindwell,  May  25, 
1708.  Deacon  John  Smith  died  April  16,  1727, 
aged  sixty-six ;  his  wife  survived  him. 

(IV)  John  (2),  son  of  Deacon  John  (i) 
Smith,  was  born  at  Hadley,  December  3,  1684. 
He  married  Esther,  daughter  of  Ephraim  Col- 
ton,  of  Long  Meadow,  and  lived  on  Cold  hill. 
He  was  made  a  deacon  in  1743  ;  South  Hadley 
was  made  a  district  April  3,  1753,  at  which 
time  he  was  appointed  moderator  and  assessor. 
Their  children,  born  in  Hadley,  were :  Philip, 
born  October  12,  1712;  Ephraim,  November 
17,  1714:  John,  February  20,  1717;  Phineas, 
April  12,  1719;  Silas,  mentioned  below;  Elea- 
zer, January  27,  1725;  Esther,  November  27, 
1726;  Josiah,  1730.  Deacon  John  Smith  died 
December  25,  1761,  aged  seventy-seven;  his 
wife  died  at  the  age  of  eighty-four. 


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(V)  Silas,  son  of  John  (2)  Smith,  was  born 
at  Hadley,  February  13,  1721.  He  was  in  the 
French  and  Indian  war  in  1757  and  served  on 
various  committees  to  carry  on  the  revolution. 
He  married  (first)  in  1749,  Sarah,  daughter 
of  John  and  Mary  (Smith)  Preston,  grand- 
daughter of  John  and  Sarah  (Gardner)  Pres- 
ton. Mary  Smith  was  daughter  of  Luke  and 
Mary  (Crow)  Smith,  granddaughter  of  Chi- 
leab  and  Hannah  (Hitchcock)  Smith,  and 
great-granddaughter  of  Lieutenant  Samuel 
Smith.  He  married  (second)  Rebecca  Allen, 
born  February  9,  1731,  died  July  24.  1804. 
Children:  Philip;  Perez,  born  1753;  Silas, 
mentioned  below;  Sarah,  married  Hugh  Mc- 
Master,  of  Palmer,  Massachusetts.  Silas 
Smith  died  1809,  aged  eighty-eight. 

(VI)  Deacon  Silas  (2),  son  of  Silas  (i) 
Smith,  was  born  November  30,  1754,  died 
March  23,  1813.  He  was  a  deacon  of  the 
church  in  South  Hadley.  He  married  in  1780 
(intentions  dated  March  18,  1780)  Asenath, 
daughter  of  Phineas  and  Bethia  (Chapin) 
Chapin,  granddaughter  of  John  and  Sarah 
(Bridgeman)  Chapin,  great-granddaughter  of 
Hapeth  and  Abilene  (Cooley)  Chapin.  and 
great-great-granddaughter  of  Deacon  Samuel 
and  Cicely  Chapin.  Her  mother  was  a  daugh- 
ter of  Benjamin  and  Hannah  (Colton)  Cha- 
pin, granddaughter  of  Henry  and  Bethia 
(Cooley)  Chapin,  and  great-granddaughter  of 
Deacon  Samuel  Chapin,  mentioned  above. 
Children :  Horace,  mentioned  below ;  Rufus, 
March  2,  1782;  Allen,  December  8,  1783; 
Child,  born  and  died  August  29,  1785;  Ase- 
nath, born  March  3,  1787:  Laura,  March  10, 
1789;  Warren,  September  25,  1790;  Hiram, 
September  23,  1793. 

(VII)  Colonel  Horace,  son  of  Silas  (2) 
Smith,  was  born  in  South  Hadley,  February 
16,  1781.  He  removed  to  Chester  and  his 
name  first  appears  on  the  assessors'  list  of 
1809.  He  took  a  leading  part  in  both  town 
and  church  affairs.  Colonel  Smith  removed 
to  Amherst  about  1821,  where  he  lived  until 
his  death,  November  11,  1862.  He  was  a 
deacon  in  the  First  Church,  colonel  in  the  mi- 
litia and  justice  of  the  peace.  He  was  an  ar- 
dent abolitionfst.  and  as  such  took  a  very 
active  and  prominent  part  in  their  meetings. 
He  was  one  of  those  sturdy  men,  who  was 
always  depended  upon  in  town  meetings  to 
stand  for  the  right,  however  unpopular  a  meas- 
ure might  be.  He  strictly  observed  Saturday 
night,  and  all  secular  work  as  far  as  possible 
must  be  finished  before  the  sun  went  down. 
Colonel  Smith  married.  March  5,  1805,  Re- 
becca Moody,  born  March  28,  1783,  daughter 
of  Josiah  Moody  (see  Moody  VI).  Children: 
Mary  Berintha,  born  December  2,  1806;  Cor- 


delia, August  15,  1808,  married,  May  25, 
1830,  Joseph  Fuller,  of  Suffield  (see  Fuller, 
VII);  Silas  Moody,  May  8,  1810;  Asenath, 
July  8,  1812;  Josiah  White,  June  3,  1819.  His 
wife  died  November  30,  182 1,  aged  thirty- 
eight.  Colonel  Smith  married  (second)  Sarah 
King,  of  Suffield,  Connecticut,  born  June  16, 
1785,  died  July  22,  1866.  Her  father  was 
Seth  King,  born  in  Suffield,  September  20, 
1758,  died  February  10,  1846,  aged  eighty- 
eight.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution. 
Her  grandfather  was  Ensign  William  King, 
born  in  1721,  died  1791.  He  served  in  the 
Lexington  alarm. 

(The    King   Line). 

The  King  family  is  descended  from  ancient 
English  stock.  The  origin  of  the  name  is  un- 
ascertained, but  may  have  come  from  the  prac- 
tice of  having  mock  pageants  and  ceremonies. 
The  person  to  whom  was  assigned  the  part  of 
king  became  known  by  that  name  afterward. 
No  less  than  thirty-eight  coats-of-arms  are 
given  as  belonging  to  King  families,  with  fif- 
teen borne  by  families  spelling  their  name 
Kinge.  The  coat-of-arms  borne  by  the  immi- 
grant ancestor  of  this  branch  of  the  family  is : 
Sable  on  a  chevron,  or,  between  three  crosses 
crosslet  of  the  last,  three  escalops  of  the  first. 
An  esquire  helmet  surmounts  the  shield.  As 
early  as  1389  the  King  family  was  seated  in 
the  vicinity  of  Ugborough,  England.  Fowels- 
combe,  in  the  parish  of  LTgborough.  is  an  estate 
of  considerable  extent,  which  has  for  a  long 
period  been  the  property  of  the  King  family. 
The  manor  house  for  several  years  has  been 
out  of  repair  and  untenanted.  The  following 
is  supposed  to  be  the  ancestry  of  William  and 
James  King,  who  came  to  America. 

(I)  Thomas  Kynge  was  born  before 
the  opening  of  the  parish  registers  at  Ugbor- 
ough in  1538.  and  was  probably  the  father  of 
William,   mentioned  below. 

(II)  William  (i)  Kinge,  married  Mar- 
garet   . 

(III)  William  (2)  Kinge  married,  Septem- 
ber 27,  1621,  Christina  Lapp. 

(IV)  William  (3)  King  was  born  in  Ug- 
borough about  1622.  He  married  there.  Oc- 
tober 16,  1642,  Agnes  Elwill,  who  was  buried' 
April  7,  1662.  He  became  interested  in  the 
fisheries  along  the  American  coast  and  was 
lost  at  sea  on  the  Newfoundland  banks.  Chil- 
dren: William,  baptized  December  31,  1643; 
lames,  mentioned  below. 

(V)  James,  son  of  William  (3)  King,  was 
baptized  at  LTgborough,  November  7,  1647. 
He  came  to  New  England  and  settled  first  at 
Ipswich,  where  he  married,  March  23,  1674,. 
Elizabeth    Fuller,   born    at   Ipswich,    May   31,. 


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1652,  died  June  30,  1715,  daughter  of  John 
and  Elizabeth  (Emerson)  Fuller.  Elizabeth 
Emerson's  mother  was  presented  by  Queen 
Elizabeth  with  certain  household  goods,  par- 
ticularly a  piece  of  fine  linen  cloth,  which 
descended  to  Elizabeth  (Fuller)  King,  who  in 
turn  gave  it  to  her  daughter,  Agnes  King, 
who  married  John  Austin.  James  King  was 
one  of  the  original  proprietors  of  Suffield, 
Connecticut,  where  they  removed  after  the 
birth  of  their  first  child.  He  received  a  grant 
of  land  there  October  30,  1678,  consisting  of 
sixty  acres  on  High  street,  "next  south  of  the 
school  lot."  He  built  a  house  which  was  for 
a  long  period  the  family  homestead.  He  had 
other  grants  of  land.  He  was  prominent  in 
town  afifairs  and  in  1685  was  elected  tything- 
man;  in  1695  selectman;  1701  surveyor  of 
highways;  1702  on  a  committee  to  build  the 
school  house;  1709  town  clerk;  1710  sealer  of 
weights  and  measures  and  for  five  years  af- 
terwards. He  was  a  cooper  by  trade.  He 
married  for  his  second  wife,  Hannah  Loomis, 
February  27,  1715,  widow  of  Sergeant  Samuel 
Loomis;  she  died  1720.  James  King  died  at 
Sufiield,  May  13,  1722.  He  gave  away  most 
of  his  property  before  he  died.  His  will  was 
dated  May  10,  1722,  and  proved  the  following 
August.  Children,  all  by  first  wife,  the  first 
born  in  Ipswich,  the  others  in  Sufiield :  James, 
born  March  14,  1675,  died  July  15,  1757; 
William,  January  4,  1679,  died  September  30, 
16S0;  Agnes,  July  15,  1682,  died  January  7, 
1733;  Benjamin,  November  20,  1683;  Benoni, 
December  5,  1685,  died  June  17,  1686;  Joseph, 
born  June  15,  1687,  died  January  23,  1688; 
Joseph,  May  10,  1689,  died  March  6,  1756; 
Mary,  April  30,  1692,  died  May  8,  1769;  Wil- 
liam, mentioned  below. 

(VI)  Lieutenant  William  (4),  son  of  James 
King,  was  born  at  Sufiield,  September  29, 
1695,  died  January  8,  1774.  He  inherited  most 
of  his  father's  estate  and  left  the  best  landed 
interest  in  Sufiield.  He  was  a  farmer  and 
weaver.  He  served  as  selectman,  and  was 
several  years  deputy  to  the  general  court.  He 
married  (first)  June  29,  1717,  Bethia  Bedlake, 
of  Westfield,   who  died   May   21,    1768.     He 

■married  (second)  February,  1770-72,  Anne 
Adams,  widow.  By  the  first  wife  he  had 
twelve  children,  of  whom  eleven  died  before 
his  death,  ten  of  them  without  families.  His 
eldest  son,  William,  is  mentioned  below. 

(VII)  Ensign  William  (5),  son  of  Lieu- 
tenant William  (4)  King,  was  born  August 
10,  1721,  died  March  8,  I7$i.  He  inherited 
his  father's  estate.  He  was  appointed  in  June, 
1768,  ensign  of  the  second  train  band  of  Suf- 
field.  He  served  in  the  revolution  in  the  Lex- 
ington  alarm,   April    19,    1775.      He    married 


(first)  December  28,  1743,  Sarah  Fuller,  who 
died  July  13,  1744.  He  married  (second)  June 
26,  1747,  Lucy  Hathaway,  born  August  21, 
1725,  died  February  18,  1817,  daughter  of 
Samual  Hathaway.  Children,  all  by  second 
wife:  Sarah,  born  June  13,  1748;  Elizabeth, 
June  22,  1751;  Lucy,  April  4,  1753;  William, 
December  23,  1755  ;  Seth,  September  20,  1758, 
died  February  10,  1846,  soldier  in  the  revo- 
lution; Bethia,  May  23,  1760;  Roxanna,  Au- 
gust 13,  1762;  Mary,  June  23,  1764,  married 
Captain  Joseph  Fuller  (see  Fuller  VI)  ;  Dr. 
Apollos,  November  29,  1766,  died  January  27, 
1810. 

(The  Moody  Line). 

(I)  George  Moody,  progenitor  of  the  Amer- 
ican family,  lived  at  Moulton,  England,  in 
Sufl^olk  county.  The  pedigree  of  the  family 
is  preserved  in  the  Harleian  Manuscripts  6071 
in  the  British  Museum  (page  512,  folio  254). 
He  "was  famous  for  his  good  housekeeping 

and  plain  dealing."   He  married  Lydia . 

Children :  George,  of  Moulton ;  John,  men- 
tioned below;  Samuel,  woolen  draper  of  Bury 
St.  Edmunds,  alderman,  justice  of  the  peace, 
member  of  parliament,  had  his  father's  estate 
after  his  brother's  death ;  children :  George, 
John,  of  further  mention ;  Samuel,  Mary, 
Marg'aret,   Sarah,  Anne   and   Elizabeth. 

(II)  John,  son  of  George  Moody,  was  born 
in  Moulton,  England.  He  came  to  New  Eng- 
land in  1633  and  settled  at  Roxbury,  Massa- 
chusetts. He  was  admitted  a  freeman  of  the 
colony,  November  5,  1633,  and  was  a  deputy 
to  the  general  court  in  1634-35.  He  became 
a  proprietor  of  Hartford  in  1639  and  his  home 
lot  there  was  on  Main  street  opposite  that  of 
George  Wyllys.  He  was  townsman  (select- 
man) in  1639-40;  lieutenant  in  1640.  His 
will  was  dated  July  23,  1655,  and  his  inventory 
was  dated  December  6,  1655.  It  amounted  to 
three  hundred  pounds,  which  he  bequeathed 
to  wife,  son  Samuel  and  daughter  Elizabeth 
Pepper.  His  widow  Elizabeth  died  at  Hadley 
in  167 1.    He  was  called  deacon  in  the  records. 

(HI)  Samuel,  son  of  John  Moody,  was  born 
about  1640.  He  removed  to  Hadley,  Massa- 
chusets,  in  1659,  and  died  there  September  22, 
1689.  He  married  Sarah  Deming,  who  died 
September  29,  1717,  daughter  of  John  Dem- 
ing, of  Wethersfield.  Children :  Sarah,  mar- 
ried John  Kellogg;  John,  born  July  24,  1661, 
died  November  5,  1732;  Hannah,  March  5, 
1663,  died  unmarried  January  6,  1713;  Mary, 
married  twice ;  Samuel,  born  November  28, 
1670;  Ebenezer,  mentioned  below. 

(IV)  Ebenezer,  son  of  John  Moody,  was 
born   October   23,    1675,    died    November    11, 

1757.     He  married  Editha  ,  who  died 

August    19,    1757.    in    her   seventy-fifth   year. 


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Children:  Jonathan,  born  January  13,  1703, 
died  April  3,  1703;  Mary,  December  28,  1705, 
died  November  15,  1787;  Ebenezer,  February 
:22,  1707;  Sarah,  January  13,  1709;  Joseph, 
January  13,  1712;  Daniel,  March  12,  1715, 
■died  April  20,  1792;  Josiah,  mentioned  below; 
Editha,  married  Joseph  White;  Miriam,  mar- 
ried Reuben  Smith. 

(V)  Josiah,  son  of  Ebenezer  Moody,  was 
Iborn  in  1721,  in  South  Hadley.  He  married 
i(first)  January  17,  1745,  Rebecca  White,  who 
died  September  15,  1751,  aged  twenty-seven. 
He  married  (second)  Dorcas  Clapp,  widow  of 
Noah  Clapp,  who  died  November  16,  1762, 
aged  thirty-four.  He  married  (third)  Sarah 
Clark,  widow  of  Matthew  Clark,  who  died 
March  11,  1810,  aged  eighty-two.  Children: 
Eliphaz,  born  November  23,  1745,  died  May 
T5,  1752;  Josiah,  August  7,  1748,  mentioned 
below;  Rebecca,  July  21,  1750,  died  September 
6i,  1758;  Dorcas,  August  8,  1754;  Mercy,  Oc- 
to'heT  18,  1756;  Sarah,  July  16,  1764;  Eliphaz, 
September  20,  1766:  Sylvester,  May  20,  1771. 

(VI)  Josiah  (2),  son  of  Josiah  (i)  Moody, 
was  born  in  South  Hadley,  August  7,  1748, 
died  in  1828.  He  married,  in  November,  1771, 
Mary  Elmer,  of  Ashfield.  He  served  in  the 
revolution  in  Lieutenant  Martin  Wate's  com- 
pany, Colonel  Ruggles  Woodbridge's  regi- 
ment, on  a  four  days'  expedition  to  the  north- 
ern depot,  and  marched  on  the  Bennington 
alarm,  August  17,  1777.  Children:  Asenath, 
■born  1772,  married  Hezekiah  Moody ;  Polly, 
1775'  married  Silas  Smith;  Heman,  1777. 
married  Electa  Moody:  Clarissa,  1779,  mar- 
ried Jonathan  Yeomans ;  Rebecca,  1783,  mar- 
ried Colonel  Horace  Smith  (see  Smith  VII). 


The     surname    Hoadley    was 
HOADLEY     originally     a     place     name. 

There  are  two  parishes  of  the 
name  in  Sussex.  England,  and  as  early  as 
1280  Margaret  de  Hothlegh  and  her  father 
Solomon  are  mentioned  in  Sussex.  In  1296 
William  de  Hodlegh,  in~i3i8  Maurice  de  Hod- 
leye  are  mentioned  in  Sussex  records. 

(I)  William  Hoadley,  or  Hoadle,  as  he 
wrote  it,  was  born  in  England  about  1630  and 
was  the  immigrant  of  this  family.  He  settled 
in  Saybrook,  Connecticut,  as  early  as  1663, 
and  in  1666  bought  the  home  lot  of  Rev.  Abra- 
ham Pierson,  of  Branford,  Connecticut.  This 
lot  was  on  the  west  side  of  the  public  green, 
where  the  Totoket  House  now  stands.  He  was 
a  merchant,  and  his  shop  was  next  his  dwelling 
house.  He  signed  the  Plantation  Covenant 
of  Branford,  January  20,  1667-68,  and  was  ad- 
mitted a  freeman  in  October,  1669.  He  was 
a  representative  from  Branford  in  the  general 
court  between  1678  and  1685,  and  one  of  the 


patentees  of  the  town  on  February  16,  1685-6; 
selectman  several  years  between  1673  and 
1690.  At  a  town  meeting  held  June  26,  1683, 
he  was  appointed  to  keep  the  ordinary  in 
Branford.  The  death  of  his  wife,  perhaps, 
caused  him  to  give  up  the  tavern,  and  his  suc- 
cessor was  appointed  March  28,  1687.  He  was 
one  of  the  grand  jurors  at  a  court  of  quarter- 
sessions  at  New  Haven  in  June,  1688;  one  of 
a  committee  appointed  October  11,  1686,  to 
make  application  to  the  general  assembly  at 
Hartford  for  liberty  for  the  town  to  embody 
into  a  church  estate.  In  1699  he  was  on  a 
committee  to  build  a  meeting  house  and  often 
served  on  committees  to  procure  a  minister 
for  the  town.  The  town  gave  him  permission 
in  December,  1 701,  to  build  a  pew  for  himself 
and  family  in  the  meeting  house,  and  for  two 
of  his  sons  and  their  wives,  he  building  at  his 
own  charge,  and,  after  his  decease  and  his 
wife's,  the  pew  to  revert  to  the  town  provided 
the  town  pay  reasonable  price  for  it.  He  filed 
his  ear  mark — a  capital  T  and  a  half-penny — 
January  28,  1670,  and  December  19,  1674.  He 
was  elected  constable  December  21,  1677; 
served  on  a  school  committee  in  1678;  was  on 
a  committee  to  run  the  line  between  Branford 
and  Wallingford,  March  14,  1678-79 ;  was 
elected  a  lister  or  assessor  of  the  town  Septem- 
ber II,  1679;  from  time  to  time  served  on 
committees  to  lay  out  lots  granted  to  pro- 
prietors of  the  town  and  inhabitants.  He  was 
elected  March  25,  1679,  on  a  turnpike  com- 
mittee, and  June  17,  1680,  on  a  committee  to 
consider  some  claims  of  New  Haven  to  land 
in  Branford.  He  and  Edward  Barker  were 
appointed  a  committee  April  26,  1681,  to  take 
an  account  of  "what  corn  there  is  in  town." 
He  was  a  town  auditor  elected  December  6, 
1 68 1.  He  owned  much  land  and  left  a  con- 
siderable estate,  as  shown  by  the  inventory 
dated  December  27,  1709,  four  pages  in  length, 
as  copied  in  New  Haven  probate  records. 
Among  the  items  were :  House,  barn  and  home 
lot;  ten  acres  of  land  and  meadow  in  the  Mill 
Quarter,  meadow  land  in  the  same  section, 
meadow  in  Little  Mill  Quarter  on  near  side 
of  an  island  ;  various  other  meadows ;  a  par- 
cel at  Ston}'  creek ;  another  at  the  mouth  of. 
Pine  creek ;  plowing  land  at  Great  Island,  Lit- 
tle Plain,  Indian  Neck  and  Beaver  Swamp; 
upland  and  swamp  at  Cole  pit  plain ;  piece  of 
swamp  on  the  back  side  of  the  town ;  pasture ; 
parcel  called  the  hop-ground;  159  acres  of 
fourth  division ;  right  in  undivided  land ;  six- 
teen acres  at  Stratford ;  twenty  acres  at  Hop 
Yard  Plain,  and  twenty  acres  near  the  school 
land,  etc.  Mr.  Hoadley  was  called  captain 
and  doubtless  commanded  accompany  of  militia 
at  some  time. 


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The  name  and  time  of  death  of  the  first  wife 
of  WilHam  Hoadley  are  unknown.  He  had 
eight  children,  according  to  Hst  taken  Janu- 
ary 17,  1676,  iDut  the  names  of  but  seven  are 
known  and  but  six  survived  him.  He  mar- 
ried (second)  about  1686,  Mary,  widow  of 
John  Farrington,  of  Dedham,  Massachusetts, 
and  daughter  of  William  Bullard,  of  Charles- 
town,  Massachusetts,  and  Dedham,  who  died 
May  12,  1703,  in  Branford.  Hoadley  married 
(third)  in  Branford,  about  1704,  Ruth,  widow 
of  John  Frisbie,  and  daughter  of  Rev.  John 
and  Bridget  (Thompson)  Bowers.  She  was 
baptized  December  20,  1657,  in  New  Haven 
and  died  April  26,  1736,  in  Branford.  Chil- 
dren of  first  wife:  i.  William,  mentioned  be- 
low. 2.  Samuel,  born  about  1666.  3.  John, 
married  Mercy  Crane.  4.  Mary,  married, 
about  i6g8,  Nathaniel  Finch  of  Branford.  5. 
Elizabeth,  baptized  February  15,  1668;  died 
before  her  father.  6.  Hannah,  baptized  No- 
vember 8,  1670,  married  Nathaniel  Johnson, 
of  Branford.  7.  Abraham,  married  Elizabeth 
Maltby.  He  died  in  November  or  December, 
1709,  aged  about  seventy-nine  years.  His  will 
was  presented  but  not  allowed  by  the  court 
and  the  settlement  of  his  estate  was  the  occa- 
sion of  a  long  and  unhappy  litigation.  The 
will  is  not  to  be  found  and  its  provisions  are 
now  unknown. 

(H)  William  (2),  son  of  William  (i) 
Hoadley,  married  (first)  Abigail,  daughter  of 
Edward  Frisbie  of  Branford;  married  (sec- 
ond) about  1703,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  John 
and  Mercy  (Paine)  Frost,  born  in  1673,  in 
New  Haven,  Connecticut,  died  March  6, 
1740-41,  in  Branford.  On  the  first  Monday  of 
June,  171D,  he  applied  for  letters  of  adminis- 
tration on  the  estate  of  his  father,  which  the 
court  refused.  He  then  appealed  to  the  court 
of  assistants  which  granted  his  suit.  It  does 
not  appear,  however,  that  he  had  the  adminis- 
tration. He  was  granted  the  privilege  of  set- 
ting up  a  saw  mill  on  Stony  river,  provided  he 
would  agree  to  sell  boards  at  five  shillings  and 
not  take  more  than  half  a  log  to  pay  for  saw- 
ing it.  He  died  in  Branford,'  May  30,  1738. 
Children  of  first  wife,  born  in  Branford  :  Mary, 
May  22,  1691 ;  Hannah,  April  27,  1693 ;  Je- 
mima, March  24,  1695-96;  children  of  second 
wife,  born  in  Branford :  Elizabeth ;  William, 
men*-'oned  below  ;  Lydia. 

(Ill)  William  (3),  son  of  William  (2) 
Hoadley,  was  born  February  13,  1707-08,  in 
Branford.  He  removed  to  Waterbury,  and  was 
one  of  the  first  who  settled  at  Judd's  Mead- 
ow, Salem  Bridge,  now  the  town  of  Nauga- 
tuck.  It  is  probable  that  he  removed  there  at 
the  time  that  he  and  Major  Way  of  Water- 
bury  bought  of  James  Baldwin,  June  i,  1751, 


nearly  all  the  latter's  land,  including  a  grist 
mill  and  half  a  saw  mill,  together  with  all  the 
buildings,  fruit  trees,  etc.  July  6  of  the  same 
year.  Way  sold  his  half  interest  in  the  two 
hundred  acres  and  mills  to  Richard  Smith,  of 
Woodbury,  who  conveyed  them  to  Jonathan 
Beebe.  In  October,  1753,  Beebe  and  Hoadley 
divided  the  land,  the  former  keeping  an  inter- 
est in  the  house  and  mill  place.  They  oper- 
ated the  grist  and  saw  mills  together  until 
May,  1754,  when  Beebe  sold  his  interest  to 
Hoadley,  including  his  half  interest  in  the 
house,  Hoadley  lived,  it  is  supposed,  in  the 
Daniel  Warner  house,  the  first  built  in  that 
section,  until  1763,  when  he  sold  it  with  one 
acre  of  land  to  his  son  Lemuel.  He  appears 
to  have  built  a  house  for  himself  on  the  north 
side  of  the  brook  and  west  of  the  grist  mill. 
He  married,  about  1728,  Sarah,  daughter  of 
Ebenezer  and  Hannah  Frisbie,  born  January 
27,  1707,  in  Branford.  He  died  in  the  spring 
of  1784  in  Waterbury.  His  will,  dated  Au- 
gust 14,  1779,  proved  at  Waterbury,  .^pril  5, 
1784,  mentions  his  wife  Sarah  and  all  his  chil- 
dren but  David.  On  account  of  his  very  dark 
complexion,  which  he  inherited  from  his 
mother,  he  was  known  around  Waterbury  as 
"Black  Will"  Hoadley.  Children,  born  in 
Branford:  Sarah,  baptized  December  6,  1730; 
Eunice,  born  1732 ;  William,  baptized  May  4, 
1734,  mentioned  below;  Lemuel,  baptized  Feb- 
ruary 27,  1737-8;  Ebenezer,  baptized  March 
18,  1739;  Ithiel,  baptized  May  3,  1741 ;  Jude, 
born  February  20,  1743 ;  Elizabeth,  baptized 
February  17,  1745-6,  died  young;  David,  bap- 
tized June  12,  1748,  died  3'oung;  Elizabeth, 
baptized  March  17,  1751. 

(IV)  William  (4),  son  of  William  (3) 
Hoadley,  was  baptized  May  4,  1734,  in  Bran- 
ford. He  came  with  his  father  to  Naugatuck 
and  after  the  latter's  death  operated  the  mills 
till  April,  1810,  when  he  sold  his  house,  grist 
mill,  and  land  to  Ebenezer  Scott,  and  removed 
with  his  son  William  to  Ohio.  After  one 
year's  residence  there  they  returned  to  Nauga- 
tuck. He  was  in  the  war  of  American  revolu- 
tion. He  married,  1761,  in  Naugatuck,  Esther, 
dau^^hte'-  of  Joshua  and  Elizabeth  CBurnham) 
Porter,  born  August,  1740,  in  Naugatuck, 
died  September,  1815,  in  Naugatuck.  She 
is  described  as  a  very  handsom.e  woman 
pnd  1  vil'as'e  belle,  and  belonged  to  a  wealthv 
family.  Children  born  in  Naugatuck:  Ammi, 
born  June  15,  1762,  mentioned  below;  Cul- 
pepper, September  10,  1764;  Lucina,  1767; 
Esther,  1769;  William,  December  28,  1774; 
Ithiel,  1776. 

(V)  Ammi,  son  of  William  (4)  Hoadley, 
was  born  June  15,  1762,  in  Naugatuck,  and 
settled    in    Bethany,    Connecticut,   at   what    is 


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called  Hoadley  Mills,  where  he  owned  a  grist 
mill  and  water  privileges  and  also  manufac- 
tured wooden  clock  wheels.  He  was  a  quiet, 
unobtrusive  man,  deliberate  in  all  his  ways,  of 
strict  integrity  and  firm  principles.  He  was 
an  Episcopalian,  and  thoroughly  devoted  to  the 
interests  of  his  church.  He  married,  April 
20,  1785,  in  Bethany,  Amy,  daughter  of  George 
Thompson,  born  September  12,  1763,  in  Beth- 
any, died  there  April  9,  1834.  He  died  No- 
vember 14,  1834,  in  Bethany.  Children,  born 
in  Bethany  :  Silas,  January  31,  1786,  mentioned 
below;  Ada,  November  25,  1788;  Thompson, 
March  i,  1790;  Albert,  July  18,  1792;  Har- 
riet, October  20,  1795 ;  Lumon,  August  10, 
1797 ;  William  Porter,  March  14,  1800;  Ursula, 
January  i,  1803;  Garry,  May  2,  1806. 

(VI)  Honorable  Silas  Hoadley,  son  of 
Ammi  Hoadley,  was  born  January  31,  1786, 
in  Bethany,  and  spent  his  boyhood  in  his  na- 
tive place.  His  school  advantages  were  very 
limited,  for  at  an  early  age  he  was  appren- 
ticed to  Calvin  Hoadley  to  learn  the  carpen- 
ter's and  joiner's  trade.  He  followed  this 
trade  until  1809,  when  he,  with  Eli  Terr}'  and 
Seth  Thomas,  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of 
wood  clocks  at  a  small  settlement  then  called 
Ireland,  afterwards  Hoadlej^ille,  in  the  south- 
eastern part  of  the  town  of  Plymouth,  Con- 
necticut. Since  the  property  left  the  Hoadley 
famity  the  name  has  been  changed  to  Grey- 
stone.  In  1810  Mr.  Terry  sold  out  to  Hoad- 
ley and  Thomas,  who  carried  on  the  business 
till  1814,  when  Mr.  Thomas  sold  his  interest 
to  Mr.  Hoadley.  The  latter  continued  it  till 
1849,  when  he  rented  the  shops  for  making 
knives  and  shears,  till  his  death.  Mr.  Hoad- 
ley took  an  active  interest  in  the  affairs  of 
state,  town  and  church.  In  politics  he  was  a 
Democrat,  and  was  repeatedly  honored  by  his 
townsmen  with  public  marks  of  esteem,  being 
elected  to  the  general  assemblv  in  1832-37-55, 
to  the  state  senate  in  1844.  Both  positions  he 
faithfully  and  honorably  discharged.  In  the 
legislative  halls  of  his  state,  his  happy  way  of 
illustrating  his  ideas  always  commanded  re- 
spect and  attention..  In  religion  he  was  an 
Episcopalian,  and  attendant  of  St.  Peter's 
Church  in  Plymouth  Centre,  of  which  he  was 
a  vestryman.  The  church  was  generouslv  re- 
membered in  his  will.  He  was  a  Free  Mason 
of  high  standing,  and  one  of  the  most  re- 
spected and  oldest  members  of  Harmony 
Lodge,  No.  42,  F.  and  A.  M.,  of  Plymouth, 
with  which  he  was  connected  for  more  than 
half  a  century,  having  united  with  the  old 
Federal  Lodge  of  Watertown  in  181 7.  He 
married,  September  21,  1807,  in  Plymouth, 
Sarah,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Lucina 
Painter,  born  October  22,  1789,  in  Plymouth, 


died  there  March  i,  1864.  He  died  in  Ply- 
mouth, December  28,  1870.  Children,  born  in 
Plymouth:  Milo,  July  25,  1809;  George 
Thompson,  mentioned  below,  September  22, 
1811;  Luther  Hopkins,  July  29,  1813;  Sarah 
Jane,  June  22,  1817;  Mary  Ann,  May  4,  1819. 

(VII)  George  Thompson,  son  of  Hon. 
Silas  Hoadley,  was  born  in  Plymouth,  Sep- 
tember 22,  181 1,  and  spent  the  early  part  of 
his  life  in  the  house  where  he  was  born,  in 
Hoadleyville,  now  Greystone,  in  the  town  of 
Plymouth.  At  an  early  age  he  commenced 
driving  a  four-horse  team  to  New  Haven  and 
Hartford  two  or  three  times  a  week,  carrying 
clocks  and  returning  with  heavy  loads  of  lum- 
ber. A  few  years  after  his  marriage  he  moved 
to  the  Tomlinson  farm  one  mile  south  of  the 
center,  where  he  lived  for  over  forty  years. 
After  the  death  of  his  wife  he  sold  his  farm 
and  bought  the  place  on  South  street,  where 
he  died.  In  politics  he  was  a  Democrat.  He 
married,  October  2,  1832,  in  Plymouth,  Eu- 
nice, daughter  of  Zecheriah  and  Polly  (Fenn) 
Tomlinson,  born  October  7,  1812,  in  Ply- 
mouth, died  there  March  23,  1874.  He  died 
in  Ph'mouth,  August  24,  1888.  Children,  born 
in  Pl}'mouth :  Harriette  Ann,  September  23, 
1833 ;  Henry  Tomlinson,  June  26,  1835,  men- 
tioned below ;  Robert  Luther,  February  8, 
1838;  Nancy  Jane,  August  20,  1849. 

(VIII)  Henry  Tomlinson,  son  of  George 
Thompson  Hoadley,  was  born  June  26,  1835, 
in  Plymouth.  He  received  a  common  school 
education,  and  worked  on  the  farm  with  his 
father  till  he  was  twenty  years  old,  when  he 
began  mechanical  work  at  Hoadleyville,  now 
Greystone,  in  Plymouth.  In  i860  he  entered 
the  employ  of  Plume  &  Atwood  in  Thomas- 
ton,  where  he  worked  for  twenty  years,  hold- 
ing responsible  and  important  positions,  until 
ill  health  compelled  him  to  give  up  active 
labor.  Mr.  Hoadley  was  never  active  in  poli- 
tics, but  upheld  the  principles  of  the  Demo- 
cratic party.  He  was  prominent  in  Masonry, 
and  at  the  time  of  his  death  had  held  every 
office  in  his  Ipdge.  He  was  a  member  of 
LTnion  Lodge,  No.  96,  F.  and  A.  M.,  in  which 
he  was  raised  to  the  master's  degree  Septem- 
ber 27,  1870,  was  tyler  the  following  year, 
served  as  junior  deacon  in  1873,  was  elected 
junior  warden  in  1874,  and  senior  warden  in 
1875.  On  December  21,  1875.  he  was  unani- 
mously elected  to  preside  in  the  East,  a  posi- 
tion which  he  filled  with  great  credit  to  him- 
self and  to  the  "craft."  At  the  expiration  of 
his  term  he  was  again  elected,  but  owing  to 
ill  health  declined  the  honor.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  Granite  Chapter,  No.  36,  R.  A.  M.  In 
religion  he  was  a  Congregationalist,  and  be- 
came a  member  of  the  church  July,  1859.     He 


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married,  March  30,  1857,  ^^  Watertown,  Con- 
necticut, Sarah  Jennette,  only  daughter  of 
Amos  Murray  and  Elizabeth  Ann  (Titus) 
Judd,  born  February  24,  1836,  in  Watertown. 
He  died  September  26,  1882,  in  Plymouth. 

(IX)  Carleton  Edson,  only  child  of  Henry 
Tomlinson  Hoadley,  was  born  in  Plymouth, 
February  16,  1862.  He  entered  the  Yale  Law 
School  in  1885  and  graduated  with  LL.  B.  in 
1887  and  entered  at  once  into  the  general 
practice  of  law  in  New  Haven.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  common  council  of  the  city  of 
New  Haven,  1899-91.  He  was  appointed 
prosecuting  attorney  of  the  Connecticut  State 
Board  of  Health,  September  13,  1893,  and 
health  officer  of  New  Haven  county  by  Gov- 
ernor Luzon  B.  Morris,  and  was  reappointed 
to  the  same  office  by  the  judges  of  the  superior 
court  and  has  held  it  to  the  present  time  by 
various  reappointments.  In  politics  he  is  an 
independent.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Con- 
necticut Society  of  the  Sons  of  the  American 
Revolution,  by  virtue  of  the  service  in  the 
revolutionary  .war  of  Joseph  Titus,  an  ances- 
tor of  his  mother.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the 
United  Congregational  Church ;  the  Knights 
Templar  Club ;  the  Union  League  Club  of  New 
Haven;  Wooster  Lodge,  No.  78,  Free  Masons, 
of  New  Haven ;  Franklin  Chapter,  Royal 
Arch  Masons ;  Harmony  Council,  Royal  and 
Select  Masters;  New  Haven  Commandery, 
Knights  Templar ;  Pyramid  Temple,  Mystic 
Shrine,  of  Bridgeport;  Lafayette  Consistory, 
and  is  a  thirty-second  degree  Mason  of  the 
Scottish  Rite ;  member  of  the  Connecticut  Bar 
Association,  and  American  Bar  Association. 
He  has  been  active  in  the  Royal  Arcanum 
order  for  more  than  twenty  years,  and  has 
been  grand  secretary  since  1902,  and  formerly 
at  the  head  of  the  order  in  Connecticut,  and 
since  1905  member  of  the  supreme  council, 
the  national  body. 

He  married,  December  12,  1888,  Minnie 
Stotesbury,  of  Matteawan,  New  York,  born 
August  12,  1867,  daughter  of  William  Stotes- 
bury and  Charlotte  Meyers  of  Matteawan, 
New  York.  Children:  i.  Henrietta  Judd,  born 
November  9,  1889,  died  August  11,  1893.  2. 
Charlotte  Stotesbury,  born  December  31, 
1890,  died  September  4,  1897.  3.  Sarah  Jen- 
nette Judd,  born  April  30,  1892.  4.  Carleton 
Leonis,  born  October  4,  1898.  5.  Nelson 
Titus,  bom  August  24,  1893. 


Samuel  Newton,  of  England, 
NEWTON     was    the    progenitor     of    the 
Newton  family  of  Connecticut 
(II)    Rev.   Roger   Newton,   son  of   Samuel 
Newton,  settled  in  Hartford,  and  was  a  stu- 
dent   of    divinity    there    under    Rev.    Thomas 


Hooker,  the  founder.  He  became  the  first  min- 
ister of  Farmington,  Connecticut,  about  1645. 
After  twelve  years  he  prepared  for  a  visit  to 
England,  but  while  waiting  in  Boston  for  the 
ship  to  sail,  there  was  such  a  season  of  storms 
that  the  captain  thought  Newton  was  the  Jo- 
nah, who  was  the  cause  of  the  unfavorable 
weather,  in  seeking  to  escape  the  work  of  the 
Lord  in  this  country,  and  sailed  away  without 
him.  He  was  installed  second  pastor  of  the 
church  at  Milford,  Connecticut,  August  22, 
1660,  succeeding  Rev.  Peter  Prudden,  and 
continued  in  this  parish  until  he  died,  June  7, 
1683.  He  married,  at  Hartford,  Mary,  who 
died  February  4,  1676,  daughter  of  Rev. 
Thomas  Hooker.  Children,  born  at  Hartford  : 
Samuel,  October  20,  1646,  mentioned  be- 
low ;  Roger,  who  became  judge  of  the 
superior  court,  1648;  Susanna,  born  at 
Farmington,  September  20,  1654,  married 
John  Stone ;  Jolm,  born  at  Farmington, 
June,  1656,  married  Lydia  Ford ;  Ezekiel, 
born  at  Hartford,  December  19,  1659; 
Sarah,  born  at  Milford,  January  24,  1662,  mar- 
ried John  Wilson;  Mary,  born  at  Milford, 
married  Edward  Jackson,  of  Newton,  Massa- 
chusetts; Alice,  born  September  18,  1664,  mar- 
ried Daniel  Buckingham. 

(III)  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Rev.  Roger  New- 
ton, was  very  active  in  town  affairs,  represent- 
ing Milford  fifteen  sessions  in  the  general 
court,  and  was  a  famous  fighter  in  the  Milford 
militia  in  all  the  Indian  wars,  having  the  rank 
of  captain.  He  married,  March  14,  1669, 
Martha  Fenn,  born  1650,  baptized  July  7,  1650, 
daughter  of  Benjamin  and  Sarah  (Baldwin) 
Fenn.  Children,  born  at  Milford :  Martha, 
July  14,  1671 ;  Susanna,  July,  1673 ;  Samuel, 
June  26,  1677;  Thomas,  1679;  Mary,  baptized 
August  19,  1681 ;  Roger,  1685 ;  Sarah,  bap- 
tized September  26,  1686.  After  the  death  of 
his  wife,  Martha  Fenn  Newton,  Samuel  mar- 
ried Sarah  (Welch)  Fowler,  widow  of  John 
Fowler,  daughter  of  Thomas  Welch,  and 
granddaughter  of  Thomas  Buckingham.  Sam- 
uel and  Sarah  (Welch)  Newton  had  one  son, 
Abner,  born  May  14,  1699. 

(IV)  Abner,  son  of  Samuel  (2)  and  Sarah 
Newton,  was  baptized  at  Milford,  May  16, 
1699.  He  settled  at  Durham,  on  Main  street, 
in  1724,  afterwards  purchasing  a  farm  over 
the  line  in  Haddam.  This  part  of  Haddam 
was  in  1773  transferred  to  Durham,  and  is 
known  as  Haddam  Quarter.  He  married 
Mary  Burwell,  of  the  John  Burwell  family,  in 
Milford.  Children,  with  dates  of  baptism : 
Abner,  October  23,  1726;  John,  baptized  with 
Abner;  Burwell,  July  20,  1729,  mentioned  be- 
low; Samuel,  November  5,  1732;  Rev.  Roger, 
May  15,  1737,  graduate  of  Yale  in  1758,  pas- 


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tor  of  Greenfield  (Massachusetts)  church  fifty- 
three  years.  His  son  Roger  was  also  a  grad- 
uate of  Yale  in  1785. 

(V)  Burwell,  son  of  Abner  Newton,  was 
baptized  July  20,  1729,  at  Durham.  He  was 
a  soldier  in  the  revolution,  in  Captain  Norton's 
company,  Colonel  Thaddeus  Cook's  Tenth 
Regiment,  Connecticut  militia,  in  1779.  He 
married  Eunice  Johnson.  Children,  born  at 
Durham:  Abiathar,  1754;  Burwell,  1756; 
Mary,  1759;  Submit,  1762;  Abner,  mentioned 
below;  Roger,  twin  of  Abner;  Roger,  1768; 
Isaac,  1770. 

(VI)  Abner  (2),  son  of  Burwell  Newton, 
was  born  at  Durham,  December  27,  I764._  He 
was  a  deacon  of  the  church,  and  a  prominent 
citizen  of  Durham.  As  a  boy  of  fourteen 
years,  he  enlisted  as  a  minute-man  in  the 
revolutionary  war,  and  was  called  into  service 
whenever  Connecticut  was  invaded,  until  peace 
was  declared.  He  died  September  9,  1852. 
He  and  his  son  Abner  were  members  of  the 
first  temperance  society  in  Durham,  organized 
in  1828.  He  married  Abigail  Fairchild.  Chil- 
dren :  Elisha  Fairchild,  Abner,  Horace,  Gay- 
lord,  Roger  Watson,  all  mentioned  below; 
Content,  and  Parnel.  Abner  Newton  and 
Elisha  Fairchild  Newton  enlisted  as  "troop- 
ers" (cavalry)  in  the  war  of  1812,  but  were 
not  called  into  active  service. 

(VII)  Elisha  Fairchild,  born  in  Hartland, 
Connecticut,  August  7,  1793,  eldest  son  of 
Abner  and  Abigail  (Fairchild)  Newton,  re- 
ceived his  name  in  memory  of  his  grandfather, 
Elisha  Fairchild,  who  lost  his  life  in  the  serv- 
ice of  his  country  in  1777.  He  had  two  chil- 
dren— Israel  Camp,  and  Abigail  Maria. 

(VII)  Abner  (3),  second  son  of  Abner  (2) 
and  Abigail  Newton,  married  Sarah  Hall. 
Children:  Rev.  John  Newton,  graduate  of 
Wesleyan  University  in  1847,  then  of  Andover 
and  Yale  Divinity  Schools;  Harriet;  Sarah 
Cornelia  ;  Abner  and  Frances.  Frances  married 
Rev.  Charles  W.  Church,  and  their  son.  Ward 
Church,  is  one  of  the  New  Haven  firm  of 
Newton,  Church  &  Hewitt,  lawyers.  Abner 
Newton  Jr.  was  for  many  years  publisher  of 
the  Middleto-mi  Constitution,  and  his  son 
Abner  succeeded  him  in  that  position. 

(VII)  Horace,  third  son  of  Abner  (2)  and 
Abigail  Newton,  married  Delight  Camp.  Their 
only  daughter,  Elizabeth,  died  at  the  age  of 
twenty-two  years. 

(VII)  Gaylord,  fourth  son  of  Abner  (2) 
and  Abigail  Newton,  was  born  at  Durham, 
July  31,  1804.  He  was  for  forty  years  deacon 
of  the  First  Congregational  Church  in  that 
place.  For  thirty-five  winters  he  taught  a  dis- 
trict school  or  a  select  school  in  Durham,  and 
neighboring  towns;  was  for  many  years  as- 


sessor and  selectman,  and  held  other  town 
offices.  He  married  Nancy  M.,  daughter  of 
Miles  Merwin,  a  descendant  of  Miles  Merwin, 
the  immigrant ;  she  also  was  a  successful 
teacher  before  her  marriage.  They  lived  in 
Durham.  Children:  Ellen  Maria,  born  June 
24,  1841,  died  October  7,  1863;  Henry  Glea- 
son,  born  June  5,  1843  (see  forward)  ;  Caro- 
line Gaylord,  born  January  21,  1845,  married 
Henry  Huntington  Newton. 

(VIII)  Henry  Gleason,  son  of  Gaylord 
Newton,  was  born  at  Durham,  June  5,  1843. 
He  was  named  for  Rev.  Henry  Gleason,  who 
had  joined  his  father  and  mother  in  marriage. 
He  attended  Durham  Academy,  and  entered 
Wesleyan  University  at  Middletown  in  1861 ; 
his  health  failed  and  he  left,  entering  again  in 
1863,  when  his  health  again  failed,  and  finally 
he  graduated  in  the  class  of  1870.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  Eclectic  and  Phi  Beta  Kappa 
societies,  was  third  in  rank  in  his  class,  and 
excelled  in  mathematics.  He  graduated  from 
the  Yale  Law  School  in  1872,  taking  prizes  for 
essaj's  in  civil  and  common  law,  and  was  vale- 
dictorian on  class  day.  He  was  admitted  to 
the  bar  in  1872,  and  has  practiced  law  in  New 
Haven  since  that  time.  For  many  years  he 
retained  his  residence  in  his  native  town  and 
took  an  active  part  in  public  aiTairs.  For 
twenty  years  he  was  school  visitor,  and  at- 
torney for  the  town  for  thirty  years.  He  was 
elected  to  the  general  assembly  of  Connecti- 
cut in  1885,  and  was  chairman  of  the  judiciary 
committee  and  by  virtue  of  his  position  was 
leader  of  the  house.  In  1886  he  was  declared 
elected  by  one  vote  to  the  assembly,  but  he 
himself  claimed  a  miscount  and  contested  his 
own  election,  as  attorney  for  his  opponent,  and 
succeeded  in  having  himself  unseated  and  his 
opponent  declared  elected  at  the  second  day 
of  the  session.  He  was  elected  to  the  general 
assembly  again  in  1895  from  New  Haven,  and 
was  chairman  of  the  committee  of  humane  in- 
stitutions. He  obtained  the  passage  of  a  bill 
to  establish  a  state  reformatory  and  another 
for  a  revision  of  the  state  constitution,  but 
both  measures  were  killed  at  a  subsequent  ses- 
sion. He  was,  however,  instrumental  in  pro- 
curing the  passage  of  a  number  of  important 
laws.  In  politics  he  is  a  RepubHcan.  He  has 
written  several  legal  treatises,  and  "The  His- 
tory of  the  Town  of  Durham"  in  the  "History 
of  Middlesex  County,"  published  by  J.  B. 
Beers.  He  was  president  of  the  day  when  the 
bi-centennial  of  the  town  of  Durham  was  cele- 
brated, July  4,  1899.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Society  of  Colonial  Wars,  Sons  of  the  Ameri- 
can Revolution,  deacon  of  the  Congregational 
Church  of  Durham,  chairman  of  the  board  of 
directors  of  the  New  Haven  Missionary  As- 


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sociation  from  the  time  of  its  organization ;  a 
director  of  the  New  Haven  Young  Men's 
Christian  Association ;  has  been  for  many  years 
referee  in  bankruptcy  for  New  Haven  county, 
since  the  passage  of  the  bankrupt  law  ;  member 
of  the  State  Board  of  Heahh ;  director  and  at- 
torney of  the  Yale  National  Bank,  and  trustee 
of  the  Farmers  and  Mechanics  Savings  Bank 
of  Middletown,  Connecticut.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Union  League,  and  of  the  Graduates' 
Club  of  New  Haven.  He  is  senior  partner 
of  the  well-known  law  firm,  Newton.  Church 
&  Hewitt,  of  New  Haven.  His  office  is  at  8i8 
Chapel  street.  New  Haven,  and  his  home  at 
89  Sherman  avenue. 

He  married,  September  11,  1885,  Sarah 
Allen  Baldwin,  M.  D.,  born  February  14,  1846, 
daughter  of  Isaac  Stebbins  Baldwin.  She  was 
a  native  of  Norwich,  New  York,  but  before 
her  marriage  lived  at  Cromwell,  Connecticut. 

(A^II)  Roger  Watson,  youngest  son  of 
Abner  (2)  and  Abigail  Newton,  married  Cyn- 
'thia  Huntington,  a  relative  of  Governor  Sam- 
uel Huntington.  They  had  six  children,  two 
of  whom  died  in  infancy. 

(VIII)  Henry  Huntington,  eldest  of  the  five 
sons  of  Roger  Watson  and  Cynthia  (Hunting- 
ton) Newton,  was  educated  at  Durham  Acad- 
emy and  Wesleyan  University.  He  was  for 
forty  years  an  officer  of  the  First  Congrega- 
tional Church  in  Durham,  respected  and  loved 
by  all  who  knew  him.  He  married  his  cousin, 
Caroline  Gaylord,  daughter  of  Gaylord 
Newton. 

(VIII)  George  Watson,  second  son  of 
Roger  and  Cynthia  Newton,  graduated  from 
Wesleyan  University  in  1871,  and  afterwards 
studied  for  the  profession  of  civil  engineer,  and 
was  for  many  years  engaged  in  surveying  for 
and  laying  out  railroads  in  all  parts  of  the 
United  States  including  the  Northern  Pacific. 
After  the  decease  of  his  uncle,  Horace  New- 
ton, he  purchased  his  homestead  at  Durham 
Center,  where  he  now  resides. 

(VIII)  Jonathan  Edward,  son  of  Roger  and 
Cynthia  Newton,  was  a  teacher  in  the  schools 
of  his  native  town  for  many  years.  He  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  Foote,  of  Northford.  They  had 
one  son,  Charles  Watson,  a  promising  pupil 
in  the  Middletown  high  school ;  killed  by  acci- 
dent in  his  eighteenth  year.  J.  E.  Newton  is 
proprietor  of  the  large  farm  in  Haddam  Quar- 
ter which  has  been  in  the  possession  of  his 
family  nearly  two  centuries. 

(VIII)  Arthur  Selden  Newton,  youngest 
son  of  Roger  and  Cynthia  Newton,  married 
Mary  Rossiter.  They  have  four  children : 
Katherine  Huntington,  now  a  junior  in  Mt. 
Holyoke  College ;  Roger  Rossiter,  a  graduate 
of  Middletown  high  school,  and  soon  to  enter 


college ;  Gaylord  Arthur,  and  Abner  Bucfciirg- 
ham.  He  occupies  the  farm  in  Haddam  Quar- 
ter formerly  owned  by  his  father. 

The  name  of  Roger  Newton  has  never  faiiled 
in  the  family  since  the  first  Roger  came  from 
England  about  1640,  and  has  always  been 
worthily  borne. 


William  Campbell,  of  Scotch 
CAMPBELL  ancestry,  came  to  this  coun- 
try about  1 718,  the  time  of 
the  beginning  of  the  great  influx  of  Scotch 
from  the  north  of  Ireland.  Tliese  pioneers 
settled  in  Worcester,  Hopkinton,  Pelham,  and 
other  places  in  Massachusetts,  founded  Nut- 
field,  later  called  Londonderry,  New  Hamp- 
shire, and  some  remained  in  Boston  and  east- 
ern Massachusetts,  some  in  Maine.  William 
Campbell  was  in  Charlestown,  Massachusetts, 
as  early  as  17 19.    He  also  lived  in  Boston. 

(II)  James,  son  of  William  Campbell,  was 
born  about  1705,  died  in  November,  1737.  He 
married  Anna  ,  and  lived  in  Charles- 
town.  His  widow  was  appointed  administra- 
trix, December  5,  1737,  and  the  probate  rec- 
ords show  that  he  had  four  children.  He  was 
on  the  tax  list,  1729-33,  and  had  his  taxes 
abated  in  Charlestown  in  1736.  His  widow 
was  in  Woburn  in  1739. 

(III)  James  (2),  son  of  James  (i)  Camp- 
bell, was  born  in  Charlestown,  December  4, 
1728.  He  removed  to  Rehoboth  with  other 
Campbells.  He  had  a  son  James,  mentioned 
below. 

(IV)  James  (3),  son  of  James  (2)  Camp- 
bell, was  born  at  Rehoboth,  Massachusetts, 
December  31,  1753.  He  settled  in  Sutton, 
A^ermont,  May  7,  1835.  He  was  a  farmer. 
He  married,  November  25,  1778,  at  Rehoboth, 
Sabrina,  daughter  of  Ebenezer  Ingalls  (see 
Ingahs  IV). 

(V)  Benjamin,  son  of  James  (3)  Campbell, 
was  born  at  Sutton,  Vermont,  July  14,  1781, 
died  October  14,  1861,  and  was  buried  at 
Turner,  Maine.  He  married,  January  15,  1804, 
Betsey  Wilson,  born  November  20,  1783,  died 
August  II,  1839,  daughter  of  Ezekiel  and 
Sarah  (Turner)  Wilson  and  granddaughter  of 
Benjamin  Wilson,  a  native  of  England,  and 
Elizabeth  (Sprague)  Wilson,  born  at  Reho- 
both, May  26,  1694,  married,  December  15, 
1730.  Ezekiel  Wilson  was  born  May  11,  1744; 
Sarah  Turner  was  born  at  Rehoboth,  and 
married,  September  2,  1770  (see  Turner  V). 
Elizabeth  Sprague  was  daughter  of  Anthony 
Sprague  (see  Sprague  III). 

(VI)  James  (4),  son  of  Benjamin  Campbell, 
was  born  at  Sutton,  September  22,  1811,  died 
June  17,  1885,  at  Antwerp,  Belgium.  He  was 
buried  at  Manchester,  Connecticut,  where  he 


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settled  when  a  young  man.  He  married,  in 
1840,  Esther,  bom  1818,  died  April  20,  1876, 
daughter  of  Daniel  and  Esther  Griswold  (see 
Griswold  VI). 

(VII)  Dr.  James  (5),  son  of  James  (4) 
Campbell,  was  born  at  Manchester,  Connecti- 
cut, March  14,  1848,  died  at  Hartford,  Oc- 
tober 17,  1899.  He  attended  the  public  schools 
of  his  native  town  and  studied  medicine  at 
the  College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons,  New 
York  City,  and  in  the  medical  department  of 
the  University  of  Vermont.  He  began  to  prac- 
tice at  the  age  of  twenty-three  years  in  Min- 
nesota. Afterward  he  resumed  his  medical 
studies  and  spent  a  year  and  a  half  abroad  in 
the  hospitals  and  clinics  of  Berlin,  Prague  and 
Vienna.  In  1874  he  located  in  Hartford,  Con- 
necticut, and  immediately  took  a  place  of 
prominence  in  his  profession.  For  nearly  fif- 
teen years  he  was  president  of  the  board  of 
health  of  the  city  and  for  some  years  was  on 
the  staff  of  the  Hartford  Hospital.  In  1886  he 
was  elected  professor  of  Yale  Medical  School 
and  he  filled  the  chair  with  signal  ability  until 
1899,  when  he  resigned.  In  1891  he  received 
from  Yale  University  the  honorary  degree  of 
Master  of  Arts,  and  when  he  retired  he  had  a 
vote  of  thanks  from  the  corporation  for  his 
long  and  excellent  service  and  with  its  regrets 
that  he  could  not  remain  in  a  position  he  had 
so  long  adorned.  His  resignation,  however, 
was  not  accepted  and  he  remained  a  member 
of  the  faculty  until  his  death.  Dr.  Campbell 
found  time  in  the  midst  of  a  busy  professional 
life  to  devote  much  attention  to  the  sanitary 
conditions  of  the  city  and  for  many  years  he 
served  as  president  of  the  board  of  health. 
The  history  of  the  board  of  health  shows  his 
energy  and  activity  in  this  department  and  his 
extensive  knowledge  of  law  and  business  con- 
nected with  this  important  branch  of  the  city 
government.  The  construction  of  the  inter- 
cepting sewer  was  largely  due  to  his  intelli- 
gent eiJorts  and  good  judgment.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  City,  County,  State  and  Na- 
tional Medical  societies  and  contributed  many 
valuable  papers  to  their  publications.  He  was 
a  member  of  the  national  health  associations 
of  this  country  and  Canada.  Pie  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  New  York  Academy  of  Medicine 
and  of  the  Association  of  Medical  Directors 
of  Life  Insurance  Companies  of  the  United 
States  and  Canada.  He  was  for  many  years 
medical  director  of  the  Aetna  Life  Insurance 
Company,  and  also  its  medical  examiner.  He 
was  director  in  various  business  corporations 
in  Hartford. 

He  was  a  prominent  Free  Mason,  a  member 
of  Lafayette  Lodge ;  of  Pythagoras  Chapter, 
Royal   Arch    Masons;    of   Washington    Com- 


mandery.  Knights  Templar,  and  taken  the 
thirty-second  degree  in  Scottish  Rite  Masonry.' 
He  was  also  a  member  of  the  Hartford  Club; 
Crescent  Lodge,  Knights  of  Pythias ;  Lodge 
of  Odd  Fellows ;  the  Church  Club  of  the  Epis- 
copal Diocese  and  the  Connecticut  Society 
Sons  of  the  American  Revolution. 

"In  a  quiet,  unostentatious  way,  he  did  a 
great  deal  of  good.  He  gave  freely  of  his 
time  and  skill  among  the  families  of  the  poor. 
He  took  pleasure  in  assisting  various  young 
men  in  getting  a  liberal  education.  He  was 
generous  to  the  extent  of  his  means.  His 
kindly  ways  arid  magnetic  personality  drew  to 
him  many  friends  and  made  him  especially  be- 
loved in  the  family.  He  had  a  summer  cot- 
tage at  Northwood,  New  Hampshire,  and  an- 
other at  Fenwick." 

He  married,  October  15,  1874,  Mary  Cor^ 
nelia,  born  at  Hartford,  February  18,  if 
died  there  October  15,  1874,  daughter  of  Wil- 
liam C.  Pettibone  (see  Pettibone  VII).  Chil- 
dren: James  Malcolm,  died  in  infancy;  Jamesj 
Noel  H.,  mentioned  below;  Grace,  born  Oc-i 
tober  9,  1884,  died  July,  1906. 

(VIII)    James    Noel   Howard,   son   of   Dr.! 
James  (5)    Campbell,  was  born  at  Hartford,! 
December  25.   1881.     He  attended  the  publici 
school  of  Hartford,  also  the  high  school,  and! 
then  entered  Yale  College,  receiving  therefrom* 
the  degree  oi  Bachelor  of  Arts  in  1903,  and 
Bachelor  of  Laws  in  igo6.     He  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  in  June,    1906,  and  since  then  has 
practised  his  profession  in  Hartford.     He  is  a 
member  of  the  common  council  of  Hartford. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Church  of  the  Good 
Shepard  (Episcopal)   of  Hartford,  and  a  Re- 
publican in  politics.     He  holds  membership  in 
the  Hartford,  University  and  Golf  clubs,  and 
is  a  Mason,  Knight  Templar  and  Shriner.    He 
married.  May  i,  1907,  Marion  Judith,  daugh- 
ter of  Frank  P.  and  Rachel  (White)  Moulton, 
of  Hartford.    Child  :  James  Howard  Moulton, 
born  February  21,  1908. 

(The  Ingalls  Line). 

(II)  John  Ingalls,  son  of  Edmund  Ingalls 
(q.  v.),  was  born  1625,  in  Skirbeck,  England. 
He  married.  May  26,  1667,  Elizabeth  Barrett, 
of  Salem,  Massachusetts,  born  in  England. 
He  lived  in  Lynn,  Massachusetts,  but  removed 
from  there  previous  to  1687,  as  would  appear 
from  the  following  record :  "John  Ingalls  of 
the  Church  of  Bristol,  Rhode  Island,  1687, 
late  of  Toverton."  He  settled  next  at  Reho- 
both,  Massachusetts,  where  his  death  is  thus 
recorded:  "Old  John  Ingalls  died  Dec.  31, 
1721."  His  will  was  dated  April  16,  1718,  and 
mentioned  his  son  John  and  Edmund,  and 
two  daughters,  Elizabeth  Crabtree  and  Sarah 


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Hayward.  Children  :  John,  born  February  6, 
1668,  Lynn;  Elizabeth,  August  10,  1671,  Lynn, 
died  October  29,  1676;  Elizabeth,  married, 
January  2,  1701,  at  Rehoboth,  Benjamin  Crab- 
tree;  Sarah,  married  (first),  August  7,  1707,  at 
Rehoboth,  William  Howard,  (second)  Wil- 
liam Hayward ;  Edmund,  mentioned  below. 

(IH)  Edmund  (2),  son  of  John  Ingalls, 
was  born  at  Bristol  or  Cumberland,  Rhode 
Island.  He  married,  November  29,  1705,  Eu- 
nice, daughter  of  Benjamin  Luddin,  of  Brain- 
tree.  He  removed  to  Rehoboth,  Massachu- 
setts, where  he  died.  Children :  Benjamin, 
born  December  8,  1706;  Elizabeth,  May  8, 
1709;  Ebenezer,  July  14,  1711,  mentioned  be- 
low; Edmund  (twin),  October  i,  1713;  Eu- 
nice (twin)  ;  Joseph,  November  29,  1718; 
Samuel,  April  20,  1723. 

Eunice  (Luddin)  Ingalls  was  the  daughter 
of  Benjamin  and  Eunice  (Holbrook)  Luddin, 
of  Weymouth. 

Eunice  Ingalls's  father,  Benjamin  Luddin, 
was  the  son  of  Corporal  James  Luddin,  who 
was  born  in  England  and  came  to  Weymouth, 
Massachusetts,  in  1635.  He  died  there  No- 
vember 23,  1693.  Her  mother,  Eunice  Hol- 
brook, was  the  daughter  of  John  and  Elizabeth 
( Strrum )  Holbrook.  John  Holbrook  was  born 
in  England  and  was  captain  at  Weymouth  in 
1624.  He  died  November  23,  1699.  His 
father  was  Thomas  Holbrook,  born   1601,  of 

Broadway,  England.    His  wife  was  Jane . 

He  came  to  America  in  1635.  Eunice  Hol- 
brook's  mother,  Elizabeth  Strrum,  was  the 
daughter  of  John  and  Elizabeth  Strrum.  Both 
were  born  in  England.  He  came  to  Hing- 
ham,  Massachusetts,  in  1635. 

(IV)  Ebenezer,  son  of  Edmund  (2)  Ingalls, 
was  born  July  14,  171 1,  in  Rehoboth.  He 
married,  June  5,  1735,  Elizabeth,  born  June 
9,  1717,  in  Rehoboth,  daughter  of  James,  Jr., 
and  Elizabeth  (West)  Wheeler.  His  last  four 
children  may  have  been  by  a  second  wife.  His 
estate  was  divided  in  1771  at  Rehoboth.  Chil- 
dren: Elizabeth,  born  May  5,  1736;  Henry, 
October  12,  1738;  Frederick,  December  7, 
1740;  Alithea,  November  18,  1741;  Ebenezer, 
June  30,  1744;  Mehitable,  January  3,  1746-47; 
Lois,  February  16,  1750;  Hannah,  married, 
December  3,  1773,  John  Turner;  Benjamin, 
possibly  a  revolutionary  soldier ;  Sabrina,  mar- 
ried, November  25,  1778,  James  Campbell  (see 
Campbell  IV). 

(The  Wheeler  Line). 
(I)  John  Wheeler,  immigrant  ancestor,  was 
from  Salisbury,  England,  and  was  an  inhabi- 
tant of  Hampton,  Massachusetts,  soon  after 
the  settlement  of  that  town.  He  received  land 
in  Salisbury,  Massachusetts,  in  1641.     He  re- 


moved to  Newbury,  Massachusetts,  before 
1650,  but  was  taxed  in  Salisbury  in  1652.  He 
was    a    barber  by   trade.     He   married   Anne 

• ,  who  died  August  15,  1662,  Newbury. 

He  died  in  1670.  His  will  was  dated  March 
28,  1668,  proved  October  11,  1670.  Children: 
Adam,  remained  in  Salisbury,  England,  1668 ; 
Edward,  remained  in  Salisbury,  England, 
1668;  William,  remained  in  England,  1668; 
David,  born  about  1625,  in  England, 
married.  May  11,  1650,  Sarah  Wise;  Anne, 
married  Aquila  Chase;  Mercy,  living  in  1668; 
Elizabeth,  married  a  Bultom  or  Button,  living 
in  1668;  Roger,  married,  December  7,  1653, 
Mary  Wilson ;  Henry,  mentioned  below ; 
George,  married,  April  30,  1660,  Susanna 
Stowers;  Joseph,  died  October  13,  1659. 

(II)  Henry,  son  of  John  Wheeler,  married, 
about  1659,  Abigail  Allen  or  Allan.  She  was 
a  member  of  the  Salisbury  church  in  1687 ;  a 
widow  of  Boston,  1696.  He  was  admitted  to 
the  Salisbury  church,  August  26,  1694,  and 
died  before  1696.  Abigail  Allen  was  the 
daughter  of  William  and  Ann  (Goodale) 
Allen,  and  was  born  January  4,  1639-40.  Her 
father,  William  Allen,  was  a  "house-carpen- 
ter" in  Salisbury  and  received  land  there  in 
the  first  division,  also  in  1640.  His  name  ap- 
pears on  the  list  of  "townsmen  and  common- 
ers" in  1650  and  later  lists.  He  married 
(first)  Ann,  daughter  of  Richard  Goodale,  who 
died  May,  1678;  he  married  (second)  Alice, 
widow  of  John  Roper  and  of  John  Dickison. 
He  died  in  Salisbury,  June  18,  1686.  Children 
of  Henry  Wheeler :  Henry,  born  April  13, 
1659,  Salisbury;  Abigail,  March  7,  1660-61, 
Salisbury;  William,  September  6,  1663,  Sal- 
isbury; Moses,  June  24,  1665,  Salisbury;  Ann, 
(twin)  May  27,  1667,  Salisbury;  James 
(twin),  mentioned  below;  Josiah,  April  23, 
1669,  Salisbury;  Ruth,  July  15,  1671,  Salis- 
bury; Nathaniel,  March  28,  1675,  Salisbury; 
Jeremiah,  July  17,  1677,  Salisbury;  Benjamin, 
January  15,  1681-82,  Salisbury;  Mary,  June  5, 
168.S,  Salisbury. 

(III)  James,  son  of  Henry  Wheeler,  was 
born  May  27,  1667,  in  Salisbury.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  Grizel,  daughter  of  Philip  Squier. 
He  married  (second)  October  2,  1738,  Eliza- 
beth Brintnal,  of  Norton.  He  removed  to 
Rehoboth,  and  was  a  resident  of  Swansea  in 
1738.  He  died  in  1753.  Child:  James,  men- 
tioned below. 

(IV)  James  (2),  son  of  James  (i)  Wheel- 
er, was  bom  March  27,  1697,  in  Rehoboth. 
He  married  Elizabeth  West,  born  November 
30,  1694,  in  Rehoboth,  daughter  of  John  and 
Mehitable  West,  of  Swansea.  Child :  Eliza- 
beth, born  June  9,  1717,  in  Rehoboth. 
married,  June  5,  173S,  in  Rehoboth,  Ebenezer 


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Ingalls,  bom  July  14,  1711,  in  Rehoboth,  died 
1770-71    (see  Ingalls  IV). 

(The  Turner  Line). 
(I)  Humphrey  Turner,  immigrant,  was 
born  in  England  about  1593,  and  is  said  to 
have  been  of  Essex.  He  came  to  Plymouth  in 
New  England  about  1628  and  had  a  house  lot 
assigned  him  in  1629;  built  his  house  and  lived 
in  Plymouth  imtil  1633,  when  he  removed  to 
Scituate  and  had  a  house  lot  granted  him  on 
Kent  street.  He  settled,  however,  on  a  farm 
east  of  Colman's  Hills.  He  was  a  tanner  by 
trade  and  we  are  told  was  possessed  of  that 
"judgment,  discretion,  energy  and  persever- 
ance of  character,  which  eminently  fitted  him 
to  be  one  of  the  pioneers  in  beginning  and 
carrying  forward  a  new  settlement."  Deane 
says  in  his  "History  of  Scituate" :  "He  was  a 
useful  and  enterprising  man  in  the  new  settle- 
ment and  often  employed  in  public  business." 
He  was  a  member  of  the  first  church ;  repre- 
sented the  town  several  years  as  deputy  to  the 
general  court ;  was  commissioner  to  end  small 
causes ;  constable,  etc.  Following  a  not  infre- 
quent but  puzzling  custom  of  his  forbears,  he 
had  two  sons,  of  the  same  name,  John  Turner, 
whom  he  distinguished  in  his  will  as  "John" 
and  "Young  son  John,"  so  named,  tradition 
says,  at  the  instance  of  godfathers.  Both 
brought  up  families  and  died  at  a  good  old  age 
at  Scituate.  At  last  accounts  a  lineal  descend- 
ant of  the  pioneer  owned  and  occupied  the 
Turner  homestead  in  Scituate.  His  will  was 
dated  February  28,  1669,  and  proved  June  5, 
1673.  Besides  his  children,  he  mentions 
grandchildren. 

Humphrey  Turner  married,  in  England, 
Lydia  Gamer,  born  in  England,  died  in  Scitu- 
ate in  or  before  1673.  Children :  John,  born 
in  England,  married,  November  12,  1645.  ^^ 
Scituate ;  John,  bom  about  1628,  mentioned 
below ;  Thomas,  mentioned  below ;  Joseph, 
baptized  January  i,  1636,  never  married;  Dan- 
iel, married,  January  20,  1665,  Hannah  Ran- 
dall ;  Nathaniel,  baptized  March  10,  1638,  mar- 
ried, March  29,  1665,  Mehitable  Rigby ;  Mary, 
baptized  January  25,  1634-35,  married,  at  Sci- 
tuate, November  i,  1651,  William  Parker; 
Lydia,  married  James  Doughty. 

(II)  John,  younger  son  of  Humphrey 
Turner,  was  born  about  1628,  died  in  1687  at 
Scituate,  Massachusetts.  He  married,  April 
25,  1649,  at  Scituate,  Ann  James.  He  lived 
northeast  of  Hicks's  Swamp,  near  the  farm 
lately  owned  by  Leonard  Clap. 

(II)  Thomas,  son  of  Humphrey  Turner, 
married,  January  6,  1652,  Sarah  Hiland.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Scituate:  Nathan,  March  i, 
1654;  Elizabeth,  July,  1656;  Mary,  September 


15,  1658;  Eunice,  April  10,  1661 ;  Humphrey, 
September,  1663 ;  Mace,  1665  ;  Ephraim,  June, 
1667;  Thomas,  December,  1670,  mentioned 
below  ;  Josiah,  January,  1672  ;  Charles,  May  3, 
1675- 

(III)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Thomas  (i) 
Turner,  was  born  at  Scituate,  December,  1670. 
He  was  a  lawyer  of  note  as  early  as  1690.  He 
resided  near  the  harbor. of  Scituate.  He  mar- 
ried Hannah,  daughter  of  Edward  Jenkins,  in " 
1693.  Edward  Jenkins  was  in  Scituate  as 
early  as  1641  and  was  admitted  a  freeman  in 

June,  1647;  married  Lettice ;  died  1699, 

leaving  will  dated  March  2,  1699.  Children, 
born  at  Scituate :  Ephraim,  February  9,  1694 ; 
Rev.  David,  May  5,  1695,  mentioned  below ; 
Hannah,  June  15,  1697;  Thomas,  March  31, 
1699;  Relief,  June  8,  1701 ;  Ruth,  March  26, 
1703;  Sarah,  January  19,  1704-05;  Jemima, 
January  7,  1706-07;  Ephraim,  March  17, 
1708-09;  Lettice,  April  17,  1711;  Mary,  July 
2,  1717;  Silas  ( ?). 

(IV)  Rev.  David,  son  of  Thomas  (2) 
Turner,  was  born  at  Scituate,  May  5,  1695, 
died  at  Rehoboth,  August  9,  1757.  He  set- 
tled in  Rehoboth,  Massachusetts.    He  married 

Sarah  .     Children,  born  at  Rehoboth : 

David,  May  2,  1724;  Sarah,  December  26, 
1725 ;  Thomas,  February  25,  1726-27,  men- 
tioned below;  Nathan,  January  24,  1728-29; 
Nathaniel,  July  8,  1730;  Mary,  February  27, 
1731-32;  Abigail,  December  3,  1733:  Jemima, 
February  19,  1739-40. 

(V)  Thomas  (3),  son  of  Rev.  David 
Turner,  was  born  at  Rehoboth,  February  25, 
1726-27.  He  married,  February  13,  1746-47, 
Hannah,  born  at  Rehoboth,  August  4,  1726, 
daughter  of  James  and  Mary  (Shaw)  Whea- 
ton.  Her  father  was  born  at  Rehoboth,  Oc- 
tober 27,  1685;  married.  May  15,  1712,  Mary 
Shaw,  born  at  Weymouth,  March  5,  1691, 
daughter  of  John  and  Hannah  Shaw,  grand- 
daughter of  John  or  Joseph  Shaw,  sons  of 
Abraham  Shaw,  the  immigrant,  of  Dedham, 
Massachusetts.  Ephraim  Wheaton,  father  of 
James  Wheaton,  was  born  at  Rehoboth,  Oc- 
tober 20,  1659,  died  September  26,  1734;  mar- 
ried Mary  Mason,  born  at  Rehoboth,  February 
7,  1660,  daughter  of  Sampson  Mason,  who 
came  from  England  to  Dorchester,  Massachu- 
setts, in  165 1,  died  at  Rehoboth,  September, 
1676.  Robert  Wheaton,  father  of  Ephraim 
Wheaton,  was  born  in  Wales  and  settled  at 
Rehoboth  about  1643.  Thomas  and  Hannah 
(Wheaton)  Turner  had  a  daughter,  Sarah 
Turner,  married,  September  2,  1770,  Ezekiel' 
Wilson ;  their  daughter  Betsey  married  Ben- 
jamin Campbell  (see  Campbell  V).  They  had 
a  son  Thomas,  born  at  Rehoboth,  December  2„ 
1747- 


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CThe  Eames  Line). 

(I)  Captain  Anthony  Eames  or  Ames,  im- 
migrant ancestor,  was  a  proprietor  of  Charles- 
town,  Massachusetts,  as  early  as  1634.  A  few 
years  later  he  removed  to  Hingham,  Massa- 
chusetts, and  in  1636  owned  a  house  lot  there 
on  the  Lower  Plain.  From  the  first  he  ap- 
pears to  have  been  one  of  the  foremost  citi- 
zens of  Hingham.  He  was  admitted  a  free- 
man. March  g,  1636-37,  and  represented  the 
town  in  the  general  court  in  1637-38-39-43-44. 
He  assisted  in  laying  out  the  boundary  be- 
tween the  Massachusetts  and  Plymouth  pat- 
ents. He  was  lieutenant  of  the  military  com- 
pany, but  when  he  was  chosen  captain  there 
was  a  serious  controversy  between  his  friends 
and  others,  developing  into  a  lasting  difference 
that  continued  for  several  generations  to  divide 
the  citizens  of  Hingham.  June  12,  1643,  the 
town  granted  permission  to  Anthony  Ames, 
Samuel  Ward  and  Bozoun  Allen  to  set  up  a 
corn  mill  for  the  town ;  Gowen  Wilson  had 
been  miller  of  the  town ;  in  future  either 
Thomas  Lincoln  or  John  Pogger  was  to  be  the 
miller.  Anthony  Eames  removed  to  Marsh- 
field,  in  Plymouth  Colony,  about  1650,  and  he 
and  his  son  Mark  bought  a  house  and  land  to- 
gether there  December  10,  165 1,  and  for  many 
generations  the  family  lived  in  that  town.  He 
was  deputy  to  the  general  court  at  Plymouth 
in  1653-54-55-56-57-58-61,  and  was  a  member 
of  the  council  of  war.  He  was  admitted  free- 
man in  the  Plymouth  Colony,  March,  1654-55. 
He  also  served  the  town  as  moderator.  His 
wife  Martjery  was  admitted  to  the  Charles- 
town  church,  September  13,  1635.  Children: 
I.  John,  died  at  Hingham,  1641.  2.  Mark, 
born  1620,  died  September,  1698;  witness  of 
will  of  John  Rogers  at  Marshfield,  with  his 
father,  February  I,  1660-61  ;  appraiser  of  es- 
tate of  Robert  Waterman,  of  Marshfield,  Jan- 
uary I,  1652-53,  also  of  Thomas  Little's  estate, 
July  I,  1672;  deputy  to  the  general  court, 
1662,    and    fourteen    years    out    of    the    next 

twenty.    Married ;  children  :  i.  John,  born 

September  6,  1649,  at  Marshfield ;  ii.  Jona- 
than, born  1656;  iii.  Elizabeth,  married,  De- 
cember 5,  1672,  Andrew  Lane.  3.  Margery, 
married,  October  20,  1653,  John  Jacobs.  4. 
Elizabeth,  married  Edward  Wilder,  of  Hing- 
ham. 5.  Justus,  born  1626,  in  England.  6. 
Millicent,  married  William  Sprague  (see 
Sprague  H).  7.  Daughter,  married  Michael 
Pierce.  (The  foregoing  are  not  in  order  of 
birth.) 

(The  Barlett  Line). 

Robert  Bartlett,  immigrant  ancestor,  came 
to  New  England.  He  had  four  sons,  John, 
He  was  a  cooper  by  trade  and  settled  at  Ply- 
mouth.    He  was  admitted  a  freeman  in  1633 


and  served  on  the  jury  and  as  a  town  officer. 
His  will  was  proved  October  29,  1676,  in 
which  he  bequeathed  his  whole  estate  to  his 
wife.  He  married,  in  1628,  Mary,  daughter 
of  Richard  Warren.  Her  marriage  portion 
was  confirmed  to  him,  March  7,  1636.  Chil- 
dren :  Benjamin,  born  1628;  Joseph,  1629;  Re- 
becca, married,  December  20,  1649,  William 
Barlow;  Mary,  married  (first)  September  10, 
1661,  Richard  Foster,  of  Plymouth,  (second) 
Jonathan  A-Iorey ;  Sarah,  married,  December 
23,  1666,  Samuel  Rider,  of  Plymouth;  Eliza- 
beth, married,  December  26,  1661,  Anthony 
Sprague  (see  Sprague  HI)  ;  Lydia,  born  June 
8,  1647,  married,  December  25,  1668,  John 
Ivey,  of  Boston. 

(The  Warren  Line). 

Richard  Warren,  immigrant  ancestor,  of 
London,  came  over  in  the  "Mayflower,"  and 
was  one  of  the  signers  of  the  famous  Com- 
pact. He  settled  at  Plymouth  and  bore  a  deep 
share  in  the  difficulties  and  troubles  of  the  set- 
tlement. His  wife  and  children  came  in  the 
"Anne"  in  1623.     In  the  division  of  cattle  in 

1627,  shares  were  given  to  him,  his  wife  Eliza- 
beth, children,  Nathaniel,  Joseph,  Mary,  Anna, 
Sarah,  Elizabeth  and  Abigail.    He  died  before 

1628,  and  his  wife  October  2,  1673,  aged 
about  ninety.  Of  his  children,  Mary  married 
Robert   Bartlett    (see   Bartlett   I). 

(The    Sprague    Line). 

The  Sprague  family  is  of  ancient  English 
origin.  In  Prince's  Chronology  we  read 
"Among  those  who  arrived  at  Naumkeag  are 
Ralph  Sprague,  with  his  brothers  Richard  and 
William,  who  with  three  or  four  more  were  by 
Governor  Endicott  employed  to  explore  and 
take  possession  of  the  country  westward. 
They  travelled  through  the  woods  to  Charles- 
town,  on  a  neck  of  land  called  Mishawum,  be- 
tween Mystic  and  Charles  rivers,  full  of  In- 
dians named  Aberginians,  with  whom  they 
made  peace."  Hon.  Edward  Everett,  in  his 
address  commemorative  of  the  bicentennial  of 
the  arrival  of  Winthrop  at  Charlestown  said: 
"Ralph,  Richard  and  William  Sprague  are  the 
founders  of  the  settlement  in  this  place,  and 
were  persons  of  substance  and  enterprise,  ex- 
cellent citizens,  generous  public  benefactors, 
and  the  head  of  a  very  large  and  respectable 
family  of  descendants."  Ralph  Sprague  was 
about  twenty-five  years  of  age  when  he  came 
to  New  England  in  the  ship  "Ann"  in  1623. 
Richard,  Samuel  and  Phineas,  and  a  daugh- 
ter Mary,  who  married  September  28,  1630, 
Daniel  Edmands.  John  and  Richard  were 
born  in  England.  Ralph  was  one  of  a  jury 
impaneled,  which  seems  to  have  been  the  first 


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in  Massachusetts.  Ralph  Sprague  was  a  Heu- 
tenant  in  the  train  band.  In  163 1  Captain 
Richard  Sprague  commanded  a  company  of 
the  train  band,  and  on  Friday  of  each  week 
exercised  his  command  at  a  convenient  place 
near  the  Indian  wigwams.  On  February  10. 
1634,  the  famous  order  creating  a  board  of 
selectmen  was  passed,  and  Richard  and  Wil- 
liam signed  the  order.  Richard  left  no  pos- 
terity. His  sword,  which  is  named  in  his 
brother  William's  will,  was  preserved  in  one 
of  the  old  Sprague  families  in  Hingham  in 
1828. 

(I)  Edward  Sprague,  English  progenitor, 
was  a  resident  of  Upway,  Dorsetshire,  where 
he  died  in  1614.  He  was  a  fuller  by  trade. 
Earlier  in  life  he  lived  at  Fordington,  Dorset- 
shire.   He  married  Christiana .  His  will 

was  proved  June  6,  1614,  in  the  prerogative 
court  at  Canterbury.  Copies  of  the  will  made 
at  this  time  are  still  in  possession  of  the  fam- 
ily. Children.  Ralph,  married  Joan  Warren, 
died  1650  in  New  England;  Alice;  Edward; 
Richard,  came  to  New  England  and  died  with- 
out issue :  Christopher ;  William,  mentioned 
below. 

(II)  William,  son  of  Edward  Sprague,  was 
born  in  Upway,  Dorsetshire,  England,  and 
came  to  New  England,  settling  in  Charles- 
town,  where  he  was  living  until  1636.  He  re- 
moved to  Hingham,  whither  he  went  in  a 
boat,  landing  on  the  side  of  the  cove,  on  a 
tract  of  land  afterward  granted  him  by  the 
town.  He  became  one  of  the  first  planters 
here.  His  house  lot  is  said  to  have  been  the 
pleasantest  in  town.  Many  grants  of  land 
were  made  to  him  from  1636  to  1647.  He 
was  constable,  fenceviewer  and  held  other  of- 
fices at  various  times.  He  deeded  to  his  son 
Anthony,  February  21,  1673,  certain  lands  of 
merchantable  corn.  He  died  October  6,  1675. 
His  will,  dated  October  19,  1674.  bequeathed 
to  wife  Millicent,  children  Anthony,  Samue^, 
William,  John,  Jonathan,  Persis,  wife  of  John 
Daggett,  Joanna,  wife  of  Caleb  Church,  and 
Mary,  wife  of  Thomas  King.  He  gave  to 
Anthony  the  sword  of  his  brother  Richard. 
He  married,  in  1635,  Millicent  Fames,  who 
died  February  8,  1695-96,  daughter  of  Anthony 
Fames  (see  Fames  I).  Children:  Anthony, 
born  September  2,  1635,  mentioned  below; 
John,  baptized  April,  1638,  married  Elizabeth 
Holbrook,  December  13,  1666;  Sprague  Island 
was  given  him  bv  his  father ;  he  died  in  i\Ien- 
don,  1690;  Samuel,  baptized  May  24,  1640; 
removed  to  Marshfield,  and  became  secretary 
of  the  colony  and  register  of  deeds  before 
1692;  Elizabeth,  baptized  May  2,  1641 ;  Jona- 
than, baptized  March  20,  1642,  died  July  4, 
1647;    Persis,    baptized    November    12,    1643, 


married  John  Daggett ;  Joanna,  baptized  De- 
cember, 1644,  married,  December  16,  1667, 
Caleb  Church ;  Jonathan,  May  28,  1648,  re- 
moved to  Providence,  Rhode  Island;  William, 
i\Iay  7,  1650,  married,  December  13,  1674, 
Deborah  Lane,  removed  to  Providence ;  Mary, 
baptized  May  26,  1652,  married  Thomas  King ; 
Hannah,  born  February  25,  1655,  died  March 
31,  1658. 

(Ill)  Anthony,  son  of  William  Sprague, 
was  born  September  2,  1635,  died  September 
3,  1719.  He  was  a  farmer  and  was  selectman 
of  Hingham  in  1688-92  and  1700.  He  resided 
on  the  homestead  at  Hingham  Centre,  and  his 
house  was  burned  by  the  Indians  in  King 
Philip's  war,  April  19,  1676.  He  died  Septem- 
ber 3,  1719,  in  his  eighty-fourth  year.  His 
will  was  dated  July  21,  1716,  and  proved  Oc- 
tober 12,  1719.  He  married,  December  26, 
1661,  Elizabeth  Bartlett,  who  died  February 
17,  1712-13,  daughter  of  Robert  and  Mary 
(Warren)  Bartlett.  Children,  born  in  Hing- 
ham: Anthony,  August  18,  1663;  Benjamin, 
August  16,  1665,  died  September  27,  1690; 
John,  September  30,  1667,  died  October  23, 
1690;  Elizabeth,  September  5,  1669,  died  Oc- 
tober II,  1690;  Samuel,  March  8,  1671-72; 
Sarah,  ]\Iay  22,.  1674,  married,  June  10,  1718, 
Caleb  Bate;  James,  January  23,  1677-78; 
Josiah,  April  23,  1680;  Jeremiah,  July  24, 
1682 ;  Richard,  April  10,  1685 ;  Matthew, 
March  27,   1688. 

(Tire   Griswold    Line). 

Griswold  is  an  ancient  English  surname  de- 
rived from  the  name  of  a  place,  like  a  large 
proportion  of  British  patronymics.  The 
ancient  seat  of  the  family  was  at  Solihull, 
Warwickshire,  prior  to  the  year  1400.  The 
ancient  coat-of-arms  is :  Argent  a  fesse  gules 
between  two  greyhounds  currant  sable. 

John  Griswold  about  the  middle  of  the  four- 
teenth centur)'  came  from  Kenilworth  and 
married  a  daughter  and  heiress  of  Henry 
Hughford,  of  Huddersley  Hall  at  Solihull,  and 
the  family  has  been  known  as  the  Griswolds  of 
Kenilworth  and  Solihull.  Solihull  is  on  the 
northwest  border  of  Warwickshire,  and  Yardly 
in  Worcestershire  is  on  the  south  and  west.  It 
is  but  eight  miles  from  Kenilworth  to  the 
westward  and  twelve  miles  northwest  of 
Stratford-on-Avon,  and  was  a  place  of  im- 
portance before  the  Norman  Conquest.  The 
two  American  immigrants,  Edward  and  Ma- 
thew,  came  to  Connecticut  from  Kenilworth. 
Mathew  came  over  in  1639  and  settled  at 
Windsor,  Connecticut;  died  at  Lyme,  Con- 
necticut, September  21,  1698,  and  was  buried 
at  Saybrook ;  assisted  in  the  settlement  of 
Lyme  and  was  a  large  landowner ;  was  deputy 


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29 


to  the  general  assembly  in  1664  and  after- 
wards. 

(I)  Edward  Griswold,  son  of  George  Gris- 
wold,  and  brother  of  Mathew,  was  born  in 
Warw"ickshire,  England,  about  1607.  He  came 
to  Connecticut,  1639,  at  the  time  of  the  second 
visit  of  George  Fenwick  when  many  other 
settlers  came.  He  was  attorney  for  a  Mr.  St. 
Nicholas,  of  Warwickshire,  who  had  a  house 
built  for  him  at  Windsor  and  a  tract  of  land 
impaled,  as  had  also  Sir  Richard  Saltonstall. 
There  were  many  other  prominent  Puritans  in 
Warwickshire  intending  to  settle  in  the  col- 
onies, when  a  change  in  the  political  conditions 
in  England  caused  them  to  stay  there.  Rev. 
Ephraim  Hewett  and  the  Wylys  family  were 
two  others  from  Warwickshire.  Griswold  had 
a  grant  of  land  at  Poquonock  to  which  he  re- 
moved in  1649,  when  his  house  was  the  out- 
post of  the  colony.  It  was  on  the  site  of 
the  Eliphalet  S.  Ladd  house,  having  the 
Tunxis  river  on  the  south  and  west. 
He  was  active  in  public  affairs.  In  1650 
he  helped  build  the  fort  at  Springfield 
for  P'yncheon.  He  was  a  deputy  to 
the  general  court  from  Windsor  in  1656, 
and  every  season  but  one  afterward  until  the 
new.  charter  was  granted.  He  was  a  promi- 
nent settler  of  Homonosett  or  West  Saybrook, 
whither  about  1663  he  removed  with  his 
younger  children,  deeding  to  his  sons  George 
and  Joseph  his  Windsor  property,  reserving  a 
small  annuity.  The  settlement  was  organized 
as  a  town  in  1667  and  received  the  name  of 
his  English  birthplace  and  home,  Kenilworth, 
which  became  strangely  perverted  in  the  spell- 
ing to  Killing-worth,  and  is  now  Clinton,  Con- 
necticut. He  was  the  first  deputy  from  the 
town,  magistrate  and  deputy  for  more  than 
twenty  years,  1662  to  1688-89,  and  was  suc- 
ceeded in  office  by  his  son  John.  The  colonial 
records  show  him  to  have  been  an  active  and 
influential  member  of  the  legislature,  accom- 
plishing much  good.  He  had  the  pleasure  of 
meeting  his  own  son  Francis  and  brother 
Mathew  in  office,  and  there  has  scarcely  been 
a  time  since  when  the  family  has  not  been 
represented  in  the  legislature  of  the  province 
and  state.  In  1678  he  was  on  the  committee 
to  establish  a  Latin  school  at  New  London ; 
he  was  deacon  of  the  Killingworth  church ;  he 
died  there  in  1691,  aged  eighty-four  years. 

He   married    (first)    in   England,    in    1630, 

Margaret ,  who  died  August  23,  1670. 

Her  gravestone  is  the  oldest  in  the  burial 
ground  at  Clinton,  formerly  Killingworth.  He 
married  (second)  1672-73,  Sarah  Bemis, 
widow  of  James  Bemis,  of  New  London. 
Children  of  first  wife:  Sarah,  born  in  1631,  in 
England;    George,    1633,    mentioned    below; 


Frances,  1635;  Lydia,  1637;  Sarah,  1638;  mar- 
ried (first)  November  10,  1650,  Samuel 
Phtlps,  (second)  July  21,  1670,  Nathaniel 
Pomeroy;  Ann,  baptized  June  19,  1642,  at 
Windsor;  Mary,  baptized  October  i,  1644, 
married,  March  19,  1661,  Timothy  Phelps; 
Deborah,  June  28,  1646,  married  Samuel 
Buell ;  Joseph,  born  and  baptized  March  12, 
1647;  Samuel,  born  and  baptized  November 
16.  1649,  died  July  6,  1672  ;  John,  born  and 
baptized  August  16,  1652. 

(II)  George  (2),  son  of  Edward  Griswold, 
was  born  in  England,  1633,  died  at  Windsor, 
September  3,  1704.  He  remained  in  Windsor 
with  his  brother  Joseph  on  their  father's  lands 
when  the  father  went  to  Killing-worth.  He 
was  also  an  extensive  owner  of  land  bought 
of  the  Indians,  was  admitted  freeman  in  1654 ; 
an  eminently  respectable  and  worthy  citizen. 
He  married,  October  3,  1655,  Mary,  daughter 
of  Thomas  Holcomb.  She  died  April,  1708. 
Children,  born  in  Windsor :  Daniel,  October 
I,  1656,  mentioned  below;  Thomas,  September 
29,  1658;  Edward,  March  19,  1661  ;  Mary,  Sep- 
tember 28,  1663;  George,  December  3,  1665; 
John,  September  17,  1668;  Benjamin,  August 
16,  1671  :  Deborah,  May  30,  1674,  married, 
December  12,  1695,  Thomas  Moore;  Abigail, 
October  31,  1676,  died  May  7,  1638;  Samuel, 
November  5,  1681,  died  June  i,  1682. 

(III)  Daniel,  son  of  George  (2)  Griswold, 
was  born  in  Windsor,  October  i,  1656.  He 
married  there,  February  3,  1680,  Mindwell, 
daughter  of  Nathaniel  Bissell.  She  died  De- 
cember 31,  1728,  granddaughter  of  John  Bis- 
sell. Her  mother,  Mindwell  Moore,  born  July 
10,  1643,  ^"^'^s  daughter  of  Deacon  John  and 
granddaughter  of  Thomas  Moore.  John  came 
in  1630  and  died  September  18,  1877;  mar- 
ried Abigail .  Children  born  in  Wind- 
sor:  Daniel  (twin),  February  14,  1684,  men- 
tioned below;  Ensign  Nathaniel  (twin)  ;  Pela- 
tiah,  September  13,  1689;  Mary,  1692;  Ed- 
ward, March  8,  1695-96;  Deborah,  November 
7,   1698;  David,  August  6,   1701. 

(IV)  Daniel  (2),  son  of  Daniel  (i)  Gris- 
wold, was  born  February  14,  1684,  in  Wind- 
sor. He  married  there,  September  6,  1716, 
Sarah  White  (see  AVhite  HI).  He  removed  to 
Bolton,  Connecticut,  where  his  wife  died  Feb- 
ruary i,  1738,  aged  forty-three  years.  He  mar- 
ried again.  Children,  born  in  Windsor  :  Sarah, 
October  14,  1717.  married  James  Olcott; 
Anne,  March  20,  1718-19.  married  Benjamin 
Smith;  Bathsheba,  December  2,  1720,  married 
labez  Dart,  of  Bolton,  died  February  i,  1746; 
Daniel,  May  26.  1723  ;  Hannah,  February  8, 
1725-26;  White,  October  22,  1727,  mentioned 
below;  George,  January  i,  1730,  married 
(first)  Sarah  Jones,  (second)  Susannah  Cone, 


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died  at  Bolton,  April  26,  1813;  Seth,  April  27, 
1732,  married,  1781,  Susannah  Shurdeff ; 
daughter,  June  12,  1736,  died  aged  ten  hours; 
Reuben,  January  16,  1738. 

{V)  White,  son  of  Daniel  (2)  Griswold, 
was  born  October  22,  1727,  died  at  Philadel- 
phia, Pennsylvania,  December  21,  1797.  He 
removed  to  Harwinton,  Connecticut.  He 
married,  February  14,  1750-51,  Elizabeth 
Cheney,  born  at  East  Hartford,  December  9, 
1728,  died  at  Manchester,  August  i,  1798, 
daughter  of  Benjamin  and  Elizabeth  (Long) 
Cheney.  Her  father  was  born  at  Newbury, 
Massachusetts,  January  6,  1698,  died  at  East 
Hartford,  1759-60;  married,  at  Hartford,  No- 
vember 12,  1724,  Elizabeth  Long,  born  at 
Windsor  in  1696,  died  November  3,  1759. 
Her  grandfather  was  Peter  Cheney,  born  No- 
vember 6,  1663.  Thomas  Long,  father  of 
Elizabeth,  was  born  in  Boston,  removed  to 
Hartford  and  died  there  in  1712;  married 
Sarah  Elmer,  born  at  Hartford  in  1664,  died 
there  December  13,  1741,  daughter  of  Edward 
and  Mary  Elmer.  Elmer  came  in  the  ship 
"Lion"  in  1632  with  Hooker  and  was  killed  in 
King  Philip's  war. 

Children  of  White  Griswold  :  Sarah,  born  at 
Bolton,  December  23,  1752;  Daniel,  mentioned 
below. 

(VI)  Daniel  (3),  son  of  White  Griswold, 
died  at  Manchester  in  1833.  He  married, 
September  30,  1792,  Esther  Case,  born  No- 
vember 10,  1771,  died  November  9,  1850, 
daughter  of  Joseph  Case,  Jr.,  of  East  Hart- 
ford. Joseph  Case,  father  of  Joseph  Case,  was 
born  at  Hartford,  December  27,  1705,  died 
May  26,  1 791 ;  married  Esther  Hills,  born  Sep- 
tember 8,  1710.  Richard  Case,  father  of  Jo- 
seph  Case,   Sr.,   was   born   at  Hartford,   died 

February   22,    1724;    married    Sarah . 

Richard  Case,  father  of  Richard  Case,  was  the 
immigrant,  removed  to  East  Hartford  and  died 
in  1694;  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  John 
Purchase,  who  came  to  Hartford  in  1639  and 
died  in  1645.  Esther  (Hills)  Case  was  a 
daughter  of  Ebenezer  and  Abigail  (Benjamin) 
Hills.  Ebenezer  was  born  at  East  Hartford 
in  1676,  died  there  February  12,  1750;  son  of 
William  and  Sarah  Plills.  William  was  born 
about  1646,  and  was  buried  August  15,  1693. 
William  Hills,  father  of  William,  was  born 
at  High  Ongar,  county  Essex,  England,  and 
came  to  America  in  1632 ;  died  at  Hartford  in 
1683 ;  married  Phillis  Lyman,  baptized  at  Pligh 
Ongar,  September  12,  161 1.  Richard  Lyman, 
immigrant,  father  of  Phillis  Lyman,  married 
Sarah  Osborne.  Abigail  (Benjamin)  Hills 
was  born  at  Wethersfield,  April  27,  1673, 
daughter  of  Caleb  Benjamin.  Caleb  was  of 
Wethersfield  where  he  died  May  8,  1684;  mar- 


ried Mary,  daughter  of  Samuel  Hale,  of 
Wethersfield. 

Daniel  and  Esther  (Case)  Griswold  had  a 
daughter  Esther,  born  at  Manchester  in  1818; 
married  James  Campbell  (see  Campbell  VI). 

(The   White   Line). 

(I)  John  White,  immigrant  ancestor,  came 
from  England  in  the  ship  "Lion,"  which  sailed 
from  London,  June  22,  1632,  and  arrived  at 
New  England,  September  16,  following.  He 
setled  first  in  Cambridge,  Massachusetts,  and 
was  admitted  a  freeman,  March  2,  1633.  He 
removed,  probably  in  June,  1636,  to  Hartford, 
Connecticut,  of  which  he  was  one  of  the  orig- 
inal proprietors.  He  was  also  one  of  the  first 
settlers  of  Hadley,  Massachusetts,  and  was 
deputy  to  the  general  court  in  1664-69.  He 
returned  to  Hartford,  where  he  was  elder  in 
the  South  Church.  He  died  between  Decem- 
ber 17,  1683,  and  January  23  following.     He 

married    Mary    ,    who    was    living    in 

March,  1666.  Children:  Mary;  Nathaniel, 
born  about  1629;  John;  Daniel,  mentioned 
below;  Sarah;  Jacob,  October  8,  1645. 

(II)  Lieutenant  Daniel,  son  of  John  White, 
was  of  Hatfield,  Massachusetts,  where  he  died 
July  27,  1 71 3.  He  married,  November  i, 
1661,  Sarah  Crow,  born  March  i,  1647,  died 
1719,  daughter  of  John  and  Elizabeth-  (Good- 
win) Crow,  granddaughter  of  Elder  William 
and  Susanna  Goodwin.  John  Crow  was  at 
Hartford  in  1637;  died  January  16,   1686. 

(HI)  Captain  Daniel  (2),  son  of  Lieutenant 
Daniel  (i)  White,  was  born  July  4,  1671,  at 
Hatfield,    died    at    Windsor,    Connecticut,    in 

1704.    He  married ;  daughter  of  Thomas 

and  Abigail  (Moore)  Bissell,  granddaughter 
of  John  Bissell,  who  died  at  Windsor,  October 
3,  1677.  Abigail  (Moore)  Bissell  was  a 
daughter  of  Deacon  John  Moore,  born  in  Eng- 
land, came  to  America,  in  the  ship  "Mary  and 
John"  in  1630,  and  died  September  18,  1677; 

married,    June     16,     1639,    Abigail    . 

Thomas  Moore,  father  of  John,  came  also  in 
1630  and  died  at  Windsor  in  1645.  Captain 
Daniel  White's  daughter  Sarah,  born  at  Wind- 
sor, August  20,  1694,  married,  September  6, 
1716,  Daniel  Griswold  (see  Griswold  I\'). 
She  died  February  i,  1738. 

(The  Pettibone  Line). 
(I)  John  Pettibone,  immigrant  ancestor, 
came,  it  is  supposed  from  Wales,  and  was 
possibly  a  soldier  under  Cromwell,  the  follow- 
ers of  whom  were  known  as  "Roundheads." 
He  was  a  freeman  in  Windsor,  Connecticut,  in 
1658.  In  1667  he  lived  in  that  part  of  the 
Farmington  valley  which  in  1670  became  Sims- 
bury.     He  was  a  freeman  there  in  1669.     He 


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married,  February  16,1664,  Sarah,  born  March 
28,  1643,  i"  Windsor,  died  July  8,  1713,  daugh- 
ter of  Begot  Eggleston.  Her  father,  Begot 
Eggleston,  was  from  Exeter,  England,  and  was 
born  in  1590.  He  came  to  America  in  the 
ship  "Mary  and  John"  in  1630  and  died  in 
Windsor  September  i,  1671.  John  Pettibone 
died  July  15,  1713,  in  Simsbury.  Children: 
John,  born  June  15,  1665;  Sarah,  September 
24,  1667;  Stephen,  October  3,  1669;  Samuel, 
September  2,  1672,  mentioned  below ;  Rebecca, 
March  9,  1675-76;  Henry,  June  20,  1677;  Ann, 
March  11,  1679-80;  Benjamin,  May  28,  1682; 
Joseph,  March   11,    168&. 

(H)  Samuel,  son  of  John  Pettibone,  was 
born  September  2,  1672,  in  Simsbury,  and 
spent  his  entire  life  there.  He  was  a  farmer, 
a  well-known  citizen  and  one  of  the  foremost 
men  of  the  town  in  his  day.  He  married  Ju- 
dith, born  January  11,  1679,  daughter  of 
Abraham  and  Judith  (Sill)  Shepard,  of  Con- 
cord, Massachusetts.  Her  father,  Abraham 
Shepard,  was  born  in  Boston,  March  7,  1642, 
died  in  Concord,  January  2,  1673.  His  father 
was  Ralph  Shepard,  born  in  1604,  and  came 
from   London,    1635,   in   the   "Abigail."     His 

wife  was  Thanks ,  borninEngland,  1612. 

Her  mother,  Judith  (Sill)  Shepard,  was  the 
daughter  of  John  and  Joanna  Sill.  Both  were 
born  in  England.  John  came  to  Cambridge, 
Massachusetts,  where  he  was  in  1637.  Joanna 
Sill  died  in  1671.  Children  of  Samuel  Petti- 
bone: Samuel,  born  1700;  Hepsibah,  died 
February  25,  1755  ;  Jonathan,  born  1709,  men- 
tioned below;  Isaac,  June  19,  171 1,  died  1771 ; 
Abraham,   November   8,    1713,   died  July   30, 

1725- 

(HI)  Jonathan,  son  of  Samuel  Pettibone, 
was  born  in  1709,  in  Simsbury.  He  was  well 
educated  and  was  by  occupation  a  farmer.  He 
was  prominent  during  the  opening  scenes  of 
the  revolution,  and  before  the  war  was  com- 
missioned colonel  of  the  Eighteenth  Connecti- 
cut Regiment  of  Militia,  which  was  called  out 
in  1776.  He  died  September  26,  1776,  at 
Rye,  New  York,  while  in  the  service.  Besides 
being  prominent  in  military  affairs.  Colonel 
Pettibone  was  justice  of  the  peace  for  six- 
teen years,  and  represented  the  town  in  the 
general  assembly  for  fourteen  sessions.  A 
monument  was  erectedto  his  memory  in  Sims- 
bury. He  married,  about  1733,  Martha,  born 
in  171 1  or  1712,  in  Simsbury,  died  October 
7,  1796,  daughter  of  Romas  and  Hannah 
(Hillyer)  Humphrey.  Her  father,  Romas 
Humphrey,  was  born  September,  1676,  in 
Simsbury,  died  October  23,  1714.  He  was 
the  son  of  John  and  Hannah  (Griffin)  Hum- 
phrey. John  Humphrey  was  born  June  7, 
1650,  in  Windsor,  died  in  Simsbury,  January 


14,  1679.  His  father  was  Michael  Humphrey. 
Hannah  (Griffin)  Humphrey  was  born  July 
4,  1649,  ii^  Windsor,  daughter  of  Lieutenant 
John  and  Anna  (Bancroft)  Griffin.  John  Grif- 
fin was  from  England,  and  was  the  first  settler 
of  Simsbury.  He  married.  May  13,  1647, 
Anna  Bancroft,  born  in  England,  daughter  of 

John  and  Jane  ( )  Bancroft.      John  Griffin 

died  in  1681.  John  Bancroft  was  from  Lon- 
don, and  came  to  America  in  the  ship  "James" 
in  1632.  He  died  in  1637,  in  Lynn,  Massa- 
chusetts. The  mother  of  Martha  (Humphrey) 
Pettibone,  Hannah  (Hillyer)  Humphrey,  was 
daughter  of  Andrew  Hillyer.  He  was  born 
November  14,  1646,  in  Windsor,  died  in  Sims- 
bury, son  of  John  and  Anne  Hillyer.  John 
Hillyer  came  from  England,  and  was  at  Wind- 
sor in  1640;  he  died  July  16,  1655.  Children 
of  Jonathan  Pettibone :  Giles,  born  December 
9)  1735;  Ozias,  May  9,  1737;  Rosanna,  Au- 
gust 9,  1739;  Jonathan,  August  12,  1741 ; 
Martha,  December  3,  1743,  died  March  25, 
1749;  Annis,  November  17,  1745;  Ahijah,  or 
Abijah,  May  25,  1749,  mentioned  below.  All 
the  sons  served  in  the  revolution,  three  of 
them  as  officers. 

(IV)    Abijah   or  Ahijah,   son  of   Jonathan 
Pettibone,  was  born  May  25,  1749,  died  April 

15,  1784.  He  married,  May  10,  1770,  Dorcas 
Cornish,  born  at  Simsbun',  September  11, 
1750.  Her  father,  Elisha  Cornish,  born  at 
Simsbury,  June  5,  1722,  married,  September 
25,  1740,  Hepsibah  Humphrey,  born  at  Sims- 
bury, October  26,  1724,  died  February  25, 
1755.  Charles  Humphrey,  father  of  Hepsi- 
bah, married.  May  8,  1723,  Hepsibah  Petti- 
bone, daughter  of  Samuel  Pettibone,  men- 
tioned above.  Lieutenant  Samuel  Humphrey, 
father  of  Charles,  was  born  at  Windsor,  May 
15,  1636,  died  at  Simsbury,  June  15,  1736; 
married  Mary  Mills,  born  December  8,  1662, 
at  Windsor.  Simon  Mills,  father  of  Mary, 
was  of  Windsor,  married,  February  23,  1659- 
60,  Mary  Buell,  born  September  3,  1642,  and 
removed  to  Simsbury  in  1669.  William  Buell, 
father  of  Mary,  was  born  in  Wales,  came  to 
Windsor  and  died  in  1681 ;  married  Mary 
,  November  18,  1640,  and  she  died  Sep- 
tember 2,  1684.  Goode  Buell,  father  of  Wil- 
liam, w^as  born  in  Wales,  and  died  at  Wind- 
sor, December  30,  1639.  James  Cornish,  Jr., 
of  Simsbury,  father  of  Elisha  Cornish,  died 
April  2,  1740;  married  Amy  Butler,  born  at 
Hartford  in  1698,  daughter  of  Thomas,  Jr., 
and  Abigail  (Shepard)  Butler.  Thomas,  Jr., 
married  Abigail  Shepard,  August  6,  1691.  He 
was  son  of  Thomas  Butler,  who  died  at  Hart- 
ford in  1697,  and  grandson  of  Deacon  Richard 
and  Elizabeth  (Bigelow)  Butler,  of  Cam- 
bridge, Massachusetts.    Richard  Butler  was  in 


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Cambridge  in  1632 ;  died  in  1684.  James 
Cornish,  Sr.,  father  of  James  Cornish,  Jr., 
was  of  Simsbury,  son  of  James  Cornish,  who 
came  to  Saybrook,  Connecticut,  as  early  as 
1663,  died  October  29,  1698,  at  Simsbury;  wife 
died  December  28,  1664. 

(V)  Elisha,  son  of  Abijah  or  Ahijah  Petti- 
bone,  was  born  at  Simsbury,  March  15,  1781, 
died  September  29,  1859.  He  married,  June, 
1802,  Sarah  Sugden,  born  September  11,  1788, 
died  July,  1832.  Thomas  Sugden,  father  of 
Sarah,  came  from  England,  lived  in  Simsbury 
and  Canton,  Connecticut ;  married,  December, 
1780,  Persis  Mather,  born  January  22,  1760. 
David  Mather,  father  of  Persis,  was  born  at 
Berlin,  Connecticut,  October  7,  1738,  died 
1817;  married  Hannah  Dunham,  June  2,  1757. 
Joshua  Mather,  father  of  David  Mather,  was 
born  at  Windsor,  November  26,  1706,  died  at 
Berlin,  May  16,  1777;  married,  1735,  Hannah 
Booth,  born  July  22,  1716,  died  April  8,  1779. 
Robert  Booth,  father  of  Hannah,  died  Decem- 
ber 17,  1750;  married,  November  27,  1712, 
Ann  Hollister,  born  at  Wethersfield,  March 
16,  1690.  Captain  Stephen  Hollister,  father  of 
Ann,  was  born  at  Wethersfield  in  1658,  built  a 
house  at  Glastonbury  in  1675,  married,  1683, 
Abigail  Treat,  born  at  Wethersfield,  died  in 
1700.  Matthies  Treat,  immigrant,  father  of 
Abigail,  came  to  Wethersfield ;  married  in 
England  in  1648  Mary,  daughter  of  Richard 
Smith,  of  England.  Lieutenant  John  Hollis- 
ter, father  of  Captain  Stephen  Hollister,  was 
born  in  England  in  1633 ;  married,  November 
19,  1663,  Joanna  Treat,  died  October,  1694. 
Hon.  Richard  Treat,  father  of  Joanna,  was 
baptized  in  England,  August  28,  1584,  died  at 
Wethersfield,  in  1669-70;  married,  April  27, 
1 61 5,  Alice  Gaylord,  baptized  at  Munster,  Eng- 
land, May  10,  1594.  The  Treat  line  has  been 
traced  four  generations  further  in  England. 
Joseph  Booth,  father  of  Robert  Booth,  was 
born  at  Stratford,  Connecticut,  in  1656,  died 
September  i,  1703;  married,  1686-87,  Hannah 
Wilcoxson,  born  at  Stratford,  February  14, 
1665.  John  Wilcoxson,  father  of  Hannah,  was 
born  in  England  in  1633,  married,  March  19, 
1663,  Elizabeth  Wells,  a  widow.  William 
Wilcoxson,  father  of  John  Wilcoxson,  came 
from  London,  England,  in  the  ship  "Planter" 
in  1635;  was  born  in  1601-02,  died  at  Strat- 
ford in  1652 ;  married  Margaret .  born 

1610-11.  Richard  Booth,  father  of  Joseph 
Booth,  was  born  in  England  in  1607,  died  at 
Stratford ;  married  Elizabeth  Hawley,  of  Eng- 
land. Atherton  Mather,  father  of  Joshua 
Mather,  was  born  in  Dorchester,  Massachu- 
setts, October  4,  1663,  died  at  Suffield,  Con- 
necticut, November  9,  1734;  married,  Decem- 
ber 17,   1750,  Mary  Lamb,  bom  at  Roxbury, 


Massachusetts,  March  7,  1681.  Caleb  Lamb, 
father  of  Mary,  was  born  at  Roxbury,  April 
9,  1641,  died  1697;  married,  June  30,  1669, 
Mary  Wise,  baptized  at  Roxbury,  February  3, 
1650.  Joseph  Wise,  father  of  Mary,  came 
from  England  in  1636;  married,  December  3, 
1641,  Mary  Thompson.  Thomas  Lamb,  father 
of  Caleb,  was  born  in  England,  came  over  in 
1630,  died  November  28,  1646;  married,  July 
16,  1640,  Dorothy  Harbottle,  of  England. 
Timothy  Mather,  father  of  Atherton,  was  born 
at  Liverpool,  England,  died  at  Dorchester, 
January  14,  1684;  married  Elizabeth  Ather- 
ton, baptized  September  28,  1628.  Major-Gen- 
eral  Humphrey  Atherton  came  from  England 
to   Dorchester  in   1637;   died   September    17, 

1661 ;  married  in  England  Mary .    Rev. 

Richard  Mather,  of  London,  England,  came 
to  Dorchester  in  1642;  died  April  22,  1669; 
son  of  Thomas  Mather,  of  Lowton,  England, 
grandson  of  John  Mather. 

(VI)  William  C,  son  of  Elisha  Pettibone, 
was  born  at  Simsbury,  January  26,  1812,  died 
July  4,  1879,  at  Hartford.  He  married,  March 
28,  1836,  Augusta  E.  Fenton,  born  at  Mans- 
field, Connecticut,  January  19,  1815.  Marvin 
Fenton,  father  of  Augusta  E.,  was  born  at 
Mansfield,  July  30,  1787,  died  June,  1855 ; 
married  Sally  Hibbard,  born  at  Waterford, 
New  York,  in  1794.  Jabez  Hibbard,  father 
of  Sally,  was  born  at  Windham,  Connecticut, 
April  27,  1764,  died  at  Waterford,  New  York, 
1797;  married,  1784,  Barthena  Howard,  of 
Amherst,  Massachusetts,  died  at  Waterford  in 
1844,  aged  eighty-two.  Joseph  Hibbard, 
father  of  Jabez,  was  born  at  Windham,  May 
15,1733,  died  at  Hebron,  Connecticut,  April 
16,  1774;  married,  August  9,  1755,  Temper- 
ance Giles.  Joseph  Hibbard,  father  of  Joseph, 
was  born  in  Windham;  married  Anna  Strick- 
land, who  died  January  31,  1741.  Joseph 
Hibbard,  father  of  Joseph  last-named,  was 
bom  at  Wenham,  Massachusetts,  May  18, 
1678,  died  at  Windham,  February  28,  17.S5 ; 
married  Abigail  Kendall,  born  April  20,  1678 
or  1688,  died  December  6,  1756.  Robert  Hib- 
bard, father  of  Joseph,  was  born  at  Beverly, 
March  7,  1648,  died  at  Windham,  April  29, 
1710;  married  Mary  Walden,  who  died  March 
7,  1736.  Robert  Hibbard,  father  of  Robert, 
was  born  at  Salisbury,  England,  baptized 
March  13,  1613;  camp  to  Salem  about  1635; 
died  at  Beverly,  May  7.  1684;  married  Jane 
Waldron,  who  died  in  i6g6.  daughter  of  Ed- 
ward Waldron.  Elijah  Fenton,  father  of 
Marvin  Fenton,  mentioned  above,  was  born  at 
Mansfield,  August  6,  1754,  died  April  17, 
1790;  married,  November  22,  1774,  Ruby  An- 
derson, born  at  Mansfield,  February  18,  1752. 
George   Anderson,    father  of   Ruby,   married. 


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March  23,  1749,  Abigail,  daughter  of  Stephen 
and  Abigail  Brown,  and  granddaughter  of 
Captain  John  Brown,  of  Swansea,  iVIassachu- 
setts.  Ebenezer  Fenton,  father  of  Elijah  Fen- 
ton,  was  born  at  Mansfield,  August  29,  1710; 
married,  February  11,  1740,  Mehitable  Tuttle, 
who  died  before  1762,  daughter  of  Jonathan 
Tuttle.  Robert  Fenton,  father  of  Ebenezer, 
was  at  Woburn,  Massachusetts,  in  1688,  and 
at  Windham,  Connecticut,  in   1693-94. 

(VII)  Mary  C,  born  at  Hartford,  Febru- 
ary 18,  1846,  daughter  of  William  C.  and 
Augusta  E.  Pettibone ;  she  married,  October 
15,  1874,  Dr.  James  Campbell  (see  Campbell 
VII). 


The  surname  Provost  is  iden- 
PROVOST     tical  with   Provoost,   Prevost 

and  Prevot,  and  is  of  ancient 
French  origin.  One  well-known  branch  of 
the  family  in  America  traces  its  ancestry  to 
William  Provost,  who  was  living  in  Paris  at 
the  time  of  the  massacre  of  St.  Bartholomew 
in  1572,  and  left  France  on  account  ofreligious 
persecution,  being  a  Huguenot ;  married  Tam 
Waart,  of  Dutch  ancestry,  and  perhaps  had 
taken  refuge  in  Holland  before  coming  in  1634 
to  New  Amsterdam.  David  Provoost  came 
from  Holland  to  New  Amsterdam  before  1630. 
Johannes  Provost  settled  among  the  pioneers 
at  Albany,  being  the  eldest  son  of  David,  it  is 
thought  he  suffered  for  his  loyalty  to  Leisler 
and  returned  later  to  The  Hague :  has  des- 
cendants in  New  York.  (See  New  York,  Gen. 
and  Biog.  Rec.  VI.  p.  1-24.)  The  French 
family  had  a  coat-of-arms.  Augustine  Pre- 
vost, born  169s,  died  1740,  buried  at  Besinque, 
Switzerland,  was  father  of  Colonel  James  M. 
Prevost,  who  commanded  the  British  forces 
in  New  Jersey  in  the  revolution ;  married 
Theodora  Bartow,  of  Shrewsbury,  New  Jer- 
sey, and  has  many  descendants.  These  fam- 
ilies are  doubtless  all  of  the  original  French 
stock  but  very  distantly  related  to  the  Cana- 
dian branch  given  below.  The  spelling  in 
Canada  is  generally  Prevost.  sometimes  Pro- 
vost and  Prevot.  The  Canadian  family  sprung 
from  pioneer  ancestors  who  came  before  1644 
to  Montreal  from  St.  Aubin  in  Bretagne,  and 
Rouen  in  Normandy  and  Paris. 

(I)  Martin  Provost  or  Prevost  was  born  in 
161 1  in  France,  died  at  Beauport,  Canada, 
January  26,  1691.  He  came  to  Quebec,  Can- 
ada. He  married  (first),  probably  in  France, 
Marie  Olivier  Sylvestre,  who  died  September 
10,  1665.  He  married  (second)  Marie 
(D'Abancoeur)  Guillot,  widow  of  Godfrey 
Guillot  and  daughter  of  Adrien  D'Abancoeur. 
Children  :  Eustache,  mentioned  below  ;  Louis, 
born     1651,     died     at     Beauport,     May     27, 


1686;  Jean  Baptiste,  1659;  Jean,  1660.  Per- 
-  haps  other  children.  One  Jean  Baptiste,  per- 
haps a  nephew,  born  1653,  is  progenitor  of 
many  of  the  families. 

(II)  Eustache,  son  or  nephew  of  Martin 
Provost,  was  born  in  1644,  died  March  27, 
1730.  He  married,  November  13,  1673,  at 
Montreal,  Elisabeth  Guertin,  born  1659,  "^i^d 
March  21,  1714.  Children:  Rosalie,  baptized 
April  22,  1688,  at  Pointe-aux-Trembles ;  Anne 
Charlotte,  baptized  February  19,  1690:  Eus- 
tache, mentioned  below  ;  Marie  Louise,  Decem- 
ber 28,  1694;  Jean  Baptiste,  April  13,  1702. 

(III)  Eustache  (2),  son  of  Eustache  (i) 
Provost,  was  born  September  20,  1692.  He 
married  (first)  December  8,  1715,  Catherine 
Brazeau;  (second)  February  17,  1727,  Marie 
Madeleine  Sarrault.  Children  :  Eustache,  born 
November  24,  1716;  Marie,  1718;  Paul,  Feb- 
ruary 29,  1719;  Jean  Baptiste,  August  4,  1720; 
Frangois,  May  i,  1722,  died  young;  Claude, 
May  24,  1723,  died  young;  Ignace,  July  4, 
1724,  died  young;  Marie  Jeanne,  May  5,  1726, 
died  young.  Children  of  second  wife :  An- 
toine,  mentioned  below ;  Marguerite  Louise, 
July  16,  1729;  Marguerite,  1731  ;  Pierre,  1733; 
Madeline,  October  22,  1735;  Jean  Baptiste, 
August  5,  1737;  Charles,  October  25,  1739; 
Clotilde  Amarante,  March  7,  1742. 

(IV)  Antoine,  son  of  Eustache  (2)  Pro- 
vost, was  born  at  Montreal,  November  24, 
1727.  He  lived  at  Montreal.  He  was  a  mas- 
ter cooper  by  trade.  He  married  (first)  No- 
vember 26,  1753,  Therese,  daughter  of 
Francois  Coiteux ;  (second)  September  19, 
1757,  Marie  Angelique,  daughter  of  Louis 
Prejean,  of  Lachine.  Children:  Ange- 
lique, born  1761  ;  Louis,  May  25,  1774, 
mentioned  below ;  Marie  Joseph,  May  29, 
1776,  died  July  14,  1776;  Rosalie,  May  29, 
1776,  died  August  9,  1776. 

(V)  Louis  Provost,  of  the  family  given 
above,  and  believed  to  be  the  Louis  born  May 
25,  1774,  while  his  parents  were  in  Detroit.  He 
married  a  Chevalier  of  an  old  French  family 
of  Canada.  Children,  born  in  Canada :  Louis, 
1806:  Adelaide,  1808;  Marie,  1810;  Joseph, 
mentioned  below ;  Hilaire,  1816.  The  exact 
dates  are  not  known. 

(VI)  Joseph,  son  of  Louis  Provost,  was 
born  in  Canada  in  1812.  He  followed  the  sea 
and  was  a  master  mariner.  He  married,  in 
1838,  Archange  Danserault.  Children:  Na- 
zaire,  born  1839;  Vittoire,  1841  ;  Philomene, 
1847;  Joseph,  mentioned  below;  Calixte,  1850. 

(VII)  Rev.  Joseph  (2)  Provost,  son  of 
Joseph  (i)  Provost,  was  born  in  1847  '^^  Can- 
ada. He  was  educated  for  the  ministry  and 
ordained  after  four  years  of  study  in  Switzer- 
land in  1872.     He  was  for  nine  years  pastor 


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in  Ohio,  four  years  in  Montreal,  Canada,  thir- 
teen years  in  Springfield,  Massachusetts,  and 
fourteen  years  at  Torrington,  Connecticut.  He 
married  Sarah  Vernier,  born  September  i8, 
1849,  daughter  of  Jean  and  Lydia  (Boder) 
Vernier.  Her  father  was  a  native  of  France, 
a  missionary  in  Canada  1840-53,  dying  in  the 
wreck  of  the  ship  "Anne  Jane"  in  1853;  her 
mother  was  a  native  of  Switzerland ;  both  were 
of  Huguenot  families.  Children :  Eva  Lydia, 
born  in  Ohio,  March  7,  1872 ;  Vernon  Joseph, 
born  in  Ohio,  September  11,  1873;  Fritz  Flo- 
rian,  July  4,  1876;  Gerald  Harold,  February, 
1878;  Alva  George,  November  2,  1879,  men- 
tioned below ;  Louise  Germaine,  born  in  Ohio, 
August  20,  1882 ;  Olga  Bianca,  born  in  Ohio, 
November  21,  1884;  Chester  Charles,  born  in 
Springfield,  June  21,  1886;  Paul  Richard,  born 
in  Springfield,  January  27,  1889;  Adrian 
Henry,  born  in  Springfield,  June  20,  1893. 

(VHI)  Dr.  Alva  George  Provost,  son  of 
Rev.  Joseph  (2)  Provost,  was  born  at  Mow- 
rystown.  Highland  county,  Ohio,  November  2, 
1879.  He  attended  the  public  schools  and 
graduated  from  the  grammer  school  of  Spring- 
field, Massachusetts,  and  from  the  high  school 
of  Torrington,  Connecticut,  in  igoo.  He  en- 
tered Yale  College  in  1900  and  was  graduated 
in  the  class  of  1905  with  the  degee  of  M.  D. 
He  took  up  the  study  of  medicine  in  Yale 
Medical  School  and  was  on  the  stafif  of  the 
City  Hospital  of  New  York  in  igo6  and  the 
Riverside  Hospital  of  New  York  in  1907.  Since 
1908  he  has  been  in  general  practice  in  New 
Haven,  Connecticut.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Yale  Medical  Society  and  of  Yale  Alumni  So- 
ciety and  City  Hospital  Alumni  Society.  He 
belongs  to  the  Skull  and  Scepter  Club,  So- 
ciety of  Yale,  and  to  the  United  Order  of  the 
Pilgrim  Fathers,  of  which  he  is  medical  ex- 
aminer. In  politics  he  is  a  Republican,  in  re- 
ligion a  Congregationalist.  He  is  unmarried 
His  office  was  at  first  on  Orchard  street,  now 
at  226  Walley  avenue. 


John  Kirby,  the  immigrant  ances- 
KIRBY  tor,  was  baptized  January  4,  1624, 
in  Rowington,  county  Warwick, 
England.  He  was  the  son  of  "Humphrey 
Kerbe."  He  was  registered  as  "Jo  Kerbie 
aged  12  years"  on  the  pasenger  list  of  the 
"Hopewell,"  Captain  Babb,  Master,  which 
sailed  September  11,  1635,  from  London  to 
New  England.  In  1643,  he  was  registered  in 
Plymouth,  Massachusetts,  as  "able  to  bear 
arms."  Before  April,  1645,  he  had  become  a 
resident  of  Hartford,  and  in  that  year,  he  and 
Seth  Grant  had  contracted  to  herd  the  cattle 
there.  In  1654,  he  had  settled  "north  of  the 
rivulet"  later   known  as   "Middletown  Upper 


Houses"  on  what  is  known  as  Pleasant  street, 
in  the  present  village  of  Cromwell,  the  Upper 
Houses  having  been  set  apart  in  1851  as  the 
town  of  Cromwell.  His  homestead  was  sit- 
uated in  the  west  part  of  Cromwell,  at  the 
bend  of  the  Mattabessett  river,  now  known  as 
Kirby  bridge.  In  the  same  year,  September 
31,  1654,  he  sold  a  house  and  land  in  Rowing- 
ton,  county  Warwick,  England,  to  Richard 
Lord  of  Hartford.  In  May,  1658,  he  was 
made  a  freeman  by  the  general  court  of  Con- 
necticut. He  died  April,  1677,  leaving  a  will 
made  on  April  6,  and  an  estate  valued  at  £551. 
He  left  twenty-four  parcels  of  land,  comprising 
1,068  acres.  Part  of  the  original  homestead 
he  had  sold  to  his  son-in-law,  David  Sage. 

He  married  Elizabeth  Hinds,  who  married 
(second)  Abraham  Randall  of  Windsor,  Con- 
necticut. She  outlived  her  second  husband, 
and  died  in  1697.  Children :  Mary,  born  1644, 
in  Hartford :  Elizabeth,  SeptemlDer  8,  1646, 
in  Hartford:  Hannah,  March  2,  1649-50; 
John  (twin),  December  18,  1651,  Wethers- 
field,  Connecticut;  Eunice  (twin),  December 
18,  1651  ;  Esther,  1652,  Middletown,  Connecti- 
cut; Sarah,  January  16,  1654,  Middletown; 
Joseph,  July  17,  1656,  Middletown,  mentioned 
below;  Bethiah,  February  14,  1658,  Middle- 
town;  Susannah,  May  3,  1664,  Middletown; 
Abigail,  March  6,  1666,  Middletown. 

(II)  Joseph,  son  of  John  Kirby,  was  born 
July  17,  1656,  in  Upper  Houses,  and  married 
(first),  December  10,  1681,  Sarah  Markham, 
in  Wethersfield ;  (second),  October  17,  1704, 
Mary,  daughter  of  John  and  Elizabeth  (Nor- 
ton) Plum,  of  Milford,  Connecticut.  He  was 
a  wheelwright  by  trade.  He  inherited  the 
house  and  lot  bought  by  his  father  of  David 
Sage ;  this  he  sold  and  was  given  one  of  the 
four-acre  lots  in  what  was  to  be  "comon  for- 
ever," on  which  he  built.  He  removed  to  South- 
ampton. Long  Island,  and  sold  May  13,  1685, 
350  acres  in  Middletown,  to  John  Haven. 
He  returned  by  November,  1687,  and  went  to 
the  Carolinas,  but  came  home  poor  and  had  a 
law  suit  with  other  heirs,  brothers-in-law, 
Alexander  RoUo  and  David  Robinson,  about 
the  estate  of  his  father,  1706  and  1707.  In 
this  law  suit  he  was  his  own  attorney,  and  was 
partly  successful.  March  i,  1708-09,  he  was 
admitted  with  others  to  be  "attorneys  at  the 
bar"  of  Hartford  county,  and  was  one  of  the 
first  lawyers  in  Connecticut.  From  July,  1706, 
to  June,  1708,  he  lived  in  Milford,  Connecti- 
cut. He  died  December  2,  171 1,  and  was 
buried  in  Riverside  Cemetery,  Lower  Middle- 
town.  He  left  to  his  wife  Mary  his  four-acre 
lot,  on  which  he  had  built  his  home.  Children : 
Elizabeth,  February  20,  1683-84;  Sarah,  Au- 
gust 10,  1685  ;  Deborah,  March  27,  1688  ;  John, 


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February  i6,  1691,  mentioned  below;  Mary, 
June  10,  1693 ;  Joseph,  baptized  June  9,  1695, 
died  young;  Bethiah,  about  1698;  Joseph,  bap-' 
tized  July,  1706;  Susanna,  December,  1706; 
Margaret,  September  2,  1709. 

(III)  John  (2),  son  of  Joseph  Kirby,  was 
born  February  16,  1691,  in  Upper  Houses,  and 
married  March  3,  1718,  Hannah,  born  Febru- 
ary II,  1696,  daughter  of  Thomas  and 
Bethiah  (Stocking)  Stow.  She  died  March 
7,  1780.  He  inherited  a  third  part  of  his  fa- 
ther's estate  and  purchased  mucK  of  his  sis- 
ter's share.  He  was  a  member  of  the  church 
in  the  "North  Society"  organized  January  5, 
1715,  and  died  April  25,  1760.  Children:  Jo- 
seph, January  i,  1719;  Hannah,  April,  1723; 
Daniel,  October,  1724;  Sarah,  July  19,  1726; 
Thomas,  December,  1729;  Bethiah,  December 
31,  1731 ;  Jonathan,  1726,  mentioned  below, 
and  four  others. 

(IV)  Jonathan,  son  of  John  (2)  Kirby, 
was  born  about  1726,  in  Upper  Houses,  and 
married  March  i,  1769,  Lucy,  born  October 
13,  1742,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Hannah 
(Dodd)  Burgis.  She  was  a  woman  of  "Per- 
sonal attractions,  winning  manners  and  great 
energy  of  character,"  and  died  February  28, 
1817.  Her  mother  Hannah  Dodd  was  the 
daughter  of  Samuel  and  Hannah  (Savage) 
Dodd  of  Upper  Houses.  During  the  revolu- 
tion, Jonathan  Kirby  was  a  minute  man,  and 
kept  a  horse  in  the  stable,  with  saddle  and 
bridle  near,  to  be  ready  at  once.  His  wife  had 
his  saddle  bags  packed,  and  any  time  she  saw 
him  coming  quickly  toward  the  house  she 
brought  them  out,  and  put  up  a  lunch  for  him. 
He  was  at  Guilford  when  the  British  came  in 
there,  also  at  New  London  when  Benedict 
Arnold  burned  the  town,  and  at  other  places. 
He  died  May  5,  1782.  Children:  Elisha, 
October  13,  1774,  mentioned  below;  Lucy,  Oc- 
tober I,  1776. 

(V)  Elisha,  son  of  Jonathan  Kirby,  was 
born  October  13,  1774,  in  LTpper  Houses,  and 
married  November  2,  1800,  Betsy,  daughter  of 
Samuel  and  Martha  (Eells)  Spencer.  She 
was  baptized  October  3,  1779.  He  left  his 
farm  to  keep  the  "Washington  Hotel,''  on  the 
corner  of  Washington  and  Main  streets.  The 
Washington  Hotel  Company  was  organized  in 
1812  by  a  number  of  citizens.  They  erected 
a  spacious  house,  and  here  in  1825,  General 
Lafayette  was  entertained  by  Elisha  Kirby. 
This  house,  in  1835,  became  the  property  of 
Rev.  Samuel  Jarvis,  D.  D.,  LL.  D.,  and  later 
was  the  Berkeley  Divinity  School  of  the  Epis- 
copal church,  and  the  home  of  Bishop  John 
Williams  for  forty  years.  Mr.  Kirby  removed 
to  Guilford,  and  then  to  New  Haven,  where 
he  died  February  18,  1868.     His  wife  died  in 


New  Haven,  December  20,  1859.  Children: 
Caroline,  August  9,  1801 ;  John,  October  5, 
1803,  died  January  26,  1812;  William,  July  2, 
1805  :  Giles,  November  2,  1807  ;  Olive,  October 
3,  1810;  John  Burgis,  October  11,  1813,  men- 
tioned below;  Eliab  Burgis,  August  16,  1816; 
Thomas  Spencer,  December  23,  1819. 

(VI)  John  Burgis,  son  of  Elisha  Kirby,  was 
born  October  11,  1813.  He  was  educated  in 
the  public  schools.  He  became  a  prominent 
silversmith  and  jeweler  in  New  Haven.  In 
1876  burglars  entered  his  place  of  business 
and  stole  goods  amounting  in  value  to  sixty 
thousand  dollars  and  none  of  the  goods  were 
ever  recovered.  He  died  in  New  Haven,  Feb- 
ruary 13,  1888.  In  politics  he  was  a  Demo- 
crat, in  religion  an  Episcopalian.  Lie  married 
(first)  February  11,  1841,  Mary  Ann  Thomas, 
born  January  11,  1817,  daughter  of  Thomas 
Burgis,  of  Guilford,  Connecticut.  She  died 
September  11,  1848,  in  New  Haven.  He  mar- 
ried (second),  February  26,  1851.  Lucretia 
Coan,  born,  1824,  in  Guilford,  daughter  of 
John  Bartlett,  born,  1785,  in  Richmond,  Mas- 
sachusetts, and  Clarissa  (Coan)  Bartlett,  born 
February  7,  1803,  'n  Guilford,  and  ma/ried 
August  10,  1823.  Children:  i.  Thomas  Bur- 
gis, born  February  28,  1842 ;  enlisted  Septem- 
ber 8,  1862,  in  the  Twentieth  Connecticut  Reg- 
iment; made  acting  adjutant  in  April,  1863,  in 
the  First  Division,  Twelfth  Army  Corps  ;  made 
assistant  adjutant  general.  May,  1863,  in  the 
Artillery  Brigade,  First  Division,  and  in  De- 
cember, 1863,  adjutant  general,  in  the  same 
division.  He  was  commissioned  captain,  April 
7,  1864,  of  the  Forty-fourth  United  States 
colored  troops;  major,  August  5,  1864;  his 
regiment  surrendered  to  General  Hood.  Oc- 
tober 13,  1864:  he  was  in  the  battles  of  Chan- 
cellorsville  and  Gettysburg;  was  editor  of  the 
Chattanooga  Union  until  1869;  founded  the 
Chattanooga  Times  and  published  it  until  No- 
vember, 1875,  when  he  became  the  private  sec- 
retary of  Postmaster-General  Key ;  afterward 
on  the  editorial  staff  of  the  Washington  Post; 
later  of  the  Wall  Street  Journal.  Married, 
January  16,  1896,  Mrs.  Mary  Elizabeth 
(Frazier)  Alliman,  born  March  i,  1843,  at 
Canal  Dover,  widow  of  William  I.  Alliman, 
and  daughter  of  Thomas  Jefferson  and  Mary 
(Lenhart)  Frazier.  No  children.  He  died  in 
New  York  City,  April  13,  1909.  2.  Samuel 
Hubbard,  September  21,  1843,  mentioned  be- 
low. 3.  John  Walter,  November  11,  1845  ;  died 
December  28,  1874;  served  in  the  First  Con- 
necticut Cavalry  during  the  civil  war.  4. 
Sarah  Deshon,  June  2,  1847,  in  New  Haven ; 
married,  September  18,  1868,  Isaac  Sammis 
Jennings,  born  September  6,  1843,  son  of  Jos- 
eph Hiram  Jennings,  grandson   of  Isaac  and 


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Elizabeth  (Sammis)  Jennings,  great-grandson 
of  Jacob  Jennings,  of  Norwalk;  children: 
Mary  Kirby  Jennings,  March  i,  1871 ;  Walter 
Barry  Jennings,  February  28,  1873;  Burgis 
Deshon  Jennings,  June  3,  1884.  Children  of 
the  second  wife :  5.  Elizabeth  Clarissa,  born 
March  12,  1858,  in  New  Haven;  married 
there,  October,  1877,  Frank  Allyn  Robinson; 
children :  Ally  Kirby  Robinson,  born  April  30, 
1879;  Louise  Robinson,  August  11,  1880; 
Helen  Robinson,  February  28,  1882.  6.  Wil- 
liam Bartlett,  lawyer  of  Lincoln,  Nebraska; 
born  April  17,  1858;  married  Sally  Wood 
Louthan,  of  Jacksonville,  Florida,  born  March 
23,  i860,  in  Alton,  daughter  of  Rev.  Norman 
Wilson  Wood,  D.  D.,  and  Emily  (Dunlap)  ; 
child:  Charles  E.  Kirby,  born  May  11,  1886, 
died  July  31,  1887.  7.  Emma  Henrietta,  May 
I,  1862,  in  New  Haven;  married,  January  11, 
1887,  Elijah  Bell  Lewis,  of  Norwich;  chil- 
dren :  Margaret  Hazard  Lewis,  November  2, 
1888;  John" Kirby  Lewis,  January  15,  1893. 

(Vli)  Samuef  Hubbard,  son  of  John  Burgis 
Kirby,  was  born  at  New  Haven,  September 
21,  1843.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  New  Haven  and  at  the  Cheshire 
Academy.  In  1861  he  enlisted  as  a  private  in 
the  union  army,  but  being  under  age  was  re- 
leased at  the  request  of  his  father,  who  had 
already  given  two  sons  to  his  country.  His 
interest  in  military  affairs  did  not  cease,  how- 
ever, with  his  failure  to  get  to  the  front  dur- 
ing the  war.  He  was  active  in  the  state  militia 
afterward,  and  an  officer  in  the  famous  Gov- 
ernor's Foot  Guards  of  New  Haven.  He  be- 
came associated  with  his  father  in  the  silver- 
ware and  jewelry  business,  and  when  his  father 
died,  succeeded  to  the  business  and  continued 
it  under  his  own  name.  Later  the  sons  were 
admitted  to  partnership  under  the  firm  name 
of  Samuel  H.  Kirby  &  Sons.  Afterward  the 
business  was  incorporated,  but  it  is  still  owned 
bv  the  Kirby  family.  Samuel  H.  Kirby  is 
president  of  the  corporation,  John  Burgis 
"Kirby,  treasurer,  and  Samuel  A.  Kirby,  secre- 
tary.' It  is  the  oldest  and  one  of  the  largest 
jewelry  houses  in  the  state  of  Connecticut,  es- 
tablished in  1830  by  John  Burgis  Kirby.  The 
place  of  business  lias  always  been  on  Chapel 
street.  New  Haven,  now  No.  822.  The  store 
is  popular  and  enjoys  the  best  class  of  trade  in 
New  Haven.  In  politics  Mr.  Kirby  is  inde- 
pendent. In  religion,  he  and  his  family  attend 
St.  John's  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  of  New 
Haven.  He  is  a  veteran  member  of  the  New 
Haven  Grays  and  one  of  the  board  of  trustees. 
He  is  interested  in  local  and  family  history 
and  in  1890  published  a  brief  genealogy  of  his 
family.  He  married,  August  28,  1867,  Susan 
Adolphine    Armstrong,    daughter    of    Captain 


Sereno  Dwight  and  Selina  (Clark)  Arm- 
strong, granddaughter  of  Jerry  and  Betsey 
(York)  Clark,  of  West  Haven,  Connecticut. 
Captain  Sereno  Dwight  Armstrong  was  a 
master  mariner  and  member  of  the  firm  of 
L.  W.  Armstrong  &  Company,  West  India 
merchants.  Children:  i.  Harriet  Ruth,  born 
January  25,  1870;  married  May  21,  1890,  Jo- 
seph Livingstone  Jennings  of  South  Norwalk, 
Connecticut,  born  December  i,  1863,  at  Yon- 
kers,  New  York,  son  of  Samuel  Barry  of  New 
York  and  Matilda  Lewis  (Stone)  Jennings  of 
Montreal ;  children :  Ruth  Jennings,  born 
March  31,  1891 ;  Samuel  Berry  Jennings,  Jr.; 
Mildred  Jennings.  2.  John  Burgis,  born  Feb- 
ruary 25,  1872 ;  treasurer  of  the  Kirby  com- 
pany ;  member  of  the  Ouinnipiac  Club  and  of 
the  Church  of  the  Redeemer  of  New  Haven ; 
married  May  24,  1898,  Harriet  Irene  Brown; 
child :  John  Burgis  Kirby,  Jr.  3.  Ralph  Jay, 
born  December  11,  1874;  married  (first)  Lena 
Hills;  (second)  in  1907,  Caroline  Varney,  of 
Arlington,  Massachusetts,  born  1878.  4.  Sam- 
uel Armstrong,  born  December  i,  1878;  secre- 
tarjr  of  the  Kirby  company ;  member  of  the 
Governor's  Foot  Guards  of  New  Haven,  of 
the  Union  League  Club  and  the  New  Haven 
Yacht  Club ;  married,  October  28,  1908,  Lillian 
May,  born  May  22,  1883,  daughter  of  J.  M. 
Emerson,  of  Ansonia.  Connecticut.  5.  Selina 
Maria  Russell,  born  February  7,  1882.  6. 
Susan  Edwina,  born  May  13,  1885  ;  married, 
October  15,  1906,  Hubert  Miiton  Greist,  born 
October  25,   1883,  in  Chicago.    (See  Griest.) 

(The  Burgis  Line). 
(I)  Thomas  Burgis,  the  immigrant  ances- 
tor, was  born  in  Yorkshire,  England,  and  came 
to  this  country  about  1707.  He  was  impressed 
on  a  British  man-of-war  and  held  in  the  serv- 
ice for  several  years.  Once  when  his  vessel 
was  cruising  near  New  York,  he  escaped,  but 
was  recaptured  at  Newtown,  Connecticut,  and 
received  a  grievous  sabre  cut  in  the  face,  leav- 
ing a  permanent  scar.  After  a  time,  he  escaped 
again  at  Boston,  and  came  to  Guilford,  Con- 
necticut, to  make  his  home.  He  was  by  trade 
a  tanner  and  shoemaker.  He  married,  Au- 
gust 19,  1707,  in  Guilford,  Mercy,  daughter 
of  Thomas  and  Sarah  (Benton)  Wright.  He 
died  October  23,  1736;  she  died  June  29,  1747. 
Children:  i.  Thomas,  born  May  29,  1709, 
mentioned  below.  2.  Jesse,  April  23,  1712, 
died  young.  3.  John,  August  31,  1714;  mar- 
ried, January  14,  1742,  Sarah  Dodd,  sister  of 
Hannah,  who  married  his  brother  Thomas ;  he 
was  deputy  to  the  general  court  1768-89  in 
twenty-four  sessions  "always  in  attendance 
thereon  he  wore  very  large  silver  knee  and 
shoe  buckles  kept  for  that  season  and  at  his 


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death  they  were  given  to  his  niece,  Mrs.  Lucy 
Burgis  Kirby,  who  had  them  made  into  a 
dozen  table  spoons  and  as  many  tea  spoons;" 
he  was  deacon  of  the  Congregational  church 
at  Guilford;  from  November  21,  1775,  until 
his  death,  March  26,  1799.  4.  Phillis,  March 
I,  1 71 6;  died  October  12,  1760;  married  Na- 
thaniel Johnson,  of  Guilford,  born  October  4, 
1715,  died  January  18.  1746,  son  of  Isaac. 
5.  Mercy,  September  26,  1719;  died  February 
24,  1800.  6.  Eliab,  Octolaer  31,  1722,  died 
October  19,  1730.  7.  Abigail,  born  1724,  died 
1802 ;  married  Enos  Bishop. 

(II)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Thomas  (i)  Bur- 
gis, was  born  at  Guilford,  May  29,  1709.  "He 
was  a  man  of  admirable  Christian  character. 
As  the  infirmities  of  age  came  upon  him  and 
confined  him  to  his  home,  his  brethren  in  the 
church  enjoyed  calling  upon  him,  when  after 
a  cheerful  conversation  with  them,  he  would 
repeat  the  passage  of  Scripture,  'They  that 
feared  the  Lord  spake  often  one  to  another  and 
the  Lord  hearkened  and  heard  them  and  a 
book  of  remembrance  was  written  before  him 
for  them  that  feared  the  Lord  and  that  thought 
upon  his  name.'  "  He  married.  May  18,  1737, 
Hannah,  born  July  28,  1712,  daughter  of  Sam- 
uel and  Hannah  (Savage)  Dodd.  Thomas 
Burgis  died  March  28,  1796,  aged  eighty-six 
and  his  wife  July  26,  1795.  Samuel  Dodd,  of 
Guilford,  was  bom  in  1681,  died  May  2,  1757; 
married  January  10,  1705,  Hannah  Savage,  of 
Middletown,  Connecticut,  born  July,  1675, 
daughter  of  John  and  Elizabeth  (D'Aubin) 
Savage ;  children :  Ebenezer  Dodd,  born  De- 
cember 22,  1705;  Samuel  Dodd,  February  28, 
1707;  Hannah,  July  28,  1712.  mentioned 
above;  Sarah  Dodd,  April  24,  1815,  married 
John  Burgis.  Stephen  Dodd,  father  of  Sam- 
uel, was  born  February  16,  1655,  died  October 
26,  1691  ;  married  April  18,  1678,  Sarah  Ste- 
vens, born  January  25,  165 1,  da,ughter  of 
Thomas  and  Mary  Stevens  of  Guilford ;  chil- 
dren:  Daniel  Dodd,  born  1679;  Samuel,  1681, 
mentioned  above.  Daniel  IDodd,  father  of 
Stephen  Dodd,  was  born  about  1620  in  Eng- 
land ;  settled  in  Branford  where  he  died  Jan- 
narv  16,  1665  :  married  in  1646,  Mary,  who 
died  May  25,  1667;  children:  Mary,  Hannah, 
Daniel,  Ebenezer,  Stephen,  mentioned  above, 
and  Samuel,  born  May  2,  1757.  Children  of 
Thomas  (2)  Burgis:  i.  Thomas,  February  24, 
1738;  married  Olive  Dudley.  2.  Hannah,  De- 
cember 5,  1739;  married  William  Starr.  3. 
Lucy,  born  October  13.  1742;  died  1817;  mar- 
ried. March  i,  1769,  Jonathan  Kirby.  ("She 
was  tall  and  had  a  bright,  cheerful  face  and 
sparkling  black  eyes  and  her  presence  gen- 
erally made  a  lasting  and  happy  impression  on 
me.     I  have  heard  much  of  the  loveliness  and 


energy  of  her  character.  She  became  a  widow 
when  her  children  were  young  and  their  farm 
in  Middletown  not  entirely  free  from  encumb- 
rances. By  her  energy  and  careful  manage- 
ment, she  kept  up  the  farm,  cleared  it  of  debt 
and  brought  up  her  children.  When  her  son 
became  old  enough  to  make  choice  of  his  life 
work,  he  told  his  mother  that  a  man  could  not 
make  a  hving  on  that  farm.  Her  reply  was 
that  'if  a  man  could  not,  a  woman  had  done 
it.'")  4.  Mary,  December  9,  1744;  died  Au- 
gust. 7,  1781  ;  married,  April  13,  1765,  John 
Griswold,  born  June  17,  1742,  died  May  16, 
1771,  son  of  Thomas.  5.  Samuel,  December 
26,  1745  ;  died  July  20,  1747. 

(HI)  Thomas  (3),  son  of  Thomas  (2) 
Burgis,  was  born  February  24,  1738,  at  Guil- 
ford. He  graduated  at  Yale  College  in  1758, 
studied  for  the  ministry  and  was  licensed  to 
preach.  But  an  attack  of  measles  injured  his 
eyes  and  made  it  impossible  to  pursue  the  min- 
istry for  a  profession.  He  became  a  farmer 
at  Guilford.  He  held  various  offices  of  trust 
and  honor,  town  clerk,  judge  of  probate  and 
deacon  of  the  church.  "He  was  an  honorable 
man  and  counsellor."  He  died  June  14,  1799, 
at  Guilford.  He  married,  August  9,  1769, 
Olive  Dudley,  born  June  3,  1746,  died  August 
13,  1813,  daughter  of  Oliver  and  Elizabeth 
(Kilburn)  Dudley.  Children:  Thomas,  born 
October  6,  1770,  mentioned  below;  Samuel, 
January  17,  1774;  Olive,  September  14,  1776; 
Eliab,  March  13,  1779;  Hannah,  May  9,  1783; 
Elizabeth,  November  2,  1787;  Harriet,  Sep- 
tember 2,   1790. 

(IV)  Thomas  (4),  son  of  Thomas  (3) 
Burgis,  was  born  at  Guilford,  October  6,  1770. 
He  married,  February  14,  1793,  Sarah  Deshon, 
of  New  London,  born  February  27,  1772, 
daughter  of  Henry  and  Bathsheba  (Rogers) 
Deshon.  Thomas  Burgis  died  May  25, 
1861,  aged  ninety,  and  she  died  January  25, 
1852.  Children,  born  at  Guilford:  Ruth,  No- 
vember 27,  1794,  married  Noah  Fowler; 
Sarah,  December  2,  1796,  married  Samuel 
Hubard;  Harriet,  January  11,  1800,  died  un- 
married, December  23,  1877;  George  T.,  Feb- 
ruary 6,  1803.  died  November  17,  1816;  Lydia 
Maria,  July  3,  1807,  died  June  6,  1808 ;  Eliab 
Thomas,  April  11,  1809;  Mary  Ann  Thomas, 
January  11,  181 7,  died  September  11,  1848, 
married,  February  10,  1841,  her  cousin  John 
Burgis  Kirby,  of  New  Haven,  born  October 
II,  1813. 

(The  Deshon  Line). 

(I)  Daniel  Deshon  was  a  son  of  one  of  the 
thirty  French  Huguenots  who  came  from 
France  in  1686  and  settled  at  Oxford, 
Worcester  county,  Massachusetts.  After  a  time 
the  settlement  was  broken  up  and  most  of  the 


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settlers  sought  homes  elsewhere.  Rene  Grig- 
non  came  to  Norwich,  where  he  died  in  1715, 
and  Daniel  was  a  youth  at  the  time  in  his 
family  and  was  a  legatee  in  his  will.  Daniel 
removed  to  New  London  and  settled  there. 
He  married,  October  4,  1724,  Ruth,  daughter 
of  Richard  and  Grace  (Turner)  Christophers 
and  descendant  of  Elder  William  Brewster. 
Richard  Christophers  was  born,  July  13,  1662, 
in  Devonshire,  Eng'land,  son  of  Christopher 
and  Mary  Christophers.  Grace  Turner 
(Christophers)  was  daughter  of  John  and 
Mary  (Brewster)  Turner  of  Scituate.  John 
Turner  married,  November  .10,  1645,  Mary 
Brewster,  born  April  16,  1627  ;  children  :  Jona- 
than. Joseph,  Ezekiel,  John,  Elisha,  Benjamin, 
Grace  (mentioned  above),  Lydia,  Mary  and 
Ruth  Turner.  Jonathan  Brewster,  father  of 
Mary,  was  born  at  Scrooby,  England,  August 
12,  1593;  settled  in  New  London,  Connecti- 
cut ;  married  Lucretia  Oldham,  who  died 
March  4,  1669.  Elder  William  Brewster,  fa- 
ther of  Jonathan,  was  born  at  Scrooby,  Eng- 
land, came  in  the  "Mayflower,"  was  a  leading 
figure  in  the  Plymouth  colony ;  died  at  Dux- 
bury,  April  16,  1643. 

(II)  Henr3^  son  of  Daniel  Deshon,  was  born 
at  New  London  in  1728,  and  died  March  20, 
1818.  He  married  Bathsheba  Rogers,  daugh- 
ter of  James  and  Grace  (Harris)  Rogers, 
granddaughter  of  Lieutenant  Joseph  Harris. 
She  died  July  23,  1803.  James  was  the  son  of 
John  and  Bathsheba  (Smith)  Rogers,  grand-, 
son  of  Richard  and  Bathsheba  (Rogers) 
Smith,  great-granddaughter  of  Captain  James 
Rogers,  of  New  London.  John  Rogers,  fa- 
ther of  James,  was  born  IMarch  20,  1664,  eld- 
est son  of  John  and  Elizabeth  (Griswold) 
Rogers,  and  grandson  of  Captain  James  and 
of  Matthew  Griswold,  of  Lyme,  and  Ann 
(Wolcott)  Griswold.  Ann  was  daughter  of 
the  immigrant,  Henry  Wolcott,  of  Windsor. 
Sarah  Deshon,  daughter  of  Henry  and  Bath- 
sheba (Rogers)  Deshon,  born  February  27, 
1772;  died  January  25,  1852 ;. married,  Febru- 
ary 14,  1793,  Thomas  Burgis. 


The  surname  Kirby  is  of  Danish 
KIRBY     origin  and  was  originally  spelled 
Kirkby,  from  Kirke — church,  and 
bye — dwelling.    The  word  was  in  use  early  as 
a  town  name,  as  Kirkby  Kendal,  Kirkby  Lons- 
dale, etc. 

The  first  Baron  Kirkby  was  Ivo  Taille- 
bois,  who  came  over  with  William  the  Con- 
queror to  England.  In  1272  John  Kirkby 
was  keeper  of  the  great  seal  in  England.  John 
and  Joseph  Kirkby,  of  the  early  settlers  at 
Hartford,  were  brothers,  and  it  is  thought  John 
and  Richard  Kirby  were  brothers  and  probably 


related  to,  perhaps  brothers  of,  the  Hartford 
Kirbys. 

(I)  Richard  Kirby,  immigrant  ancestor, 
came  from  England  and  settled  in  Lynn,  Mas- 
sachusetts, in  1636.  He  and  William  Wood 
and  others  from  Lynn  removed  in  1637  to 
Cape  Cod  and  settled  at  Sandwich.  He  shared 
in  the  land  division  there  in  1641.  His  name 
is  in  the  list  of  sixty-eight  inhabitants  reported 
as  able  to  bear  arms  in  1643.  He  was  one  of 
the  eleven  males  in  the  first  recorded  list  of  the 
members  of  the  Sandwich  church.  In  165 1  he 
was  presented  for  non-attendance  at  church, 
owing  to  a  disagreement  between  pastor  and 
people.  He  became  interested  in  the  Quaker 
faith,  and  was  accordingly  persecuted  bv  the 
Puritan  authorities.  "Nicholas  Upsiell,  Rich- 
ard Kirby  and  the  wife  of  John  Newland  and 
others  did  frequently  meet  together  at  the 
house  of  William  Allen  at  Sandwich  on  the 
Lord's  Day  and  other  times.  They  used  to 
invey  against  ministers  and  magistrates  to  dis- 
honor God  and  contempt  of  government."  It 
is  not  certain  that  he  became  a  member  of  the 
Society  of  Friends,  but  certainl}'  his  sympathy 
was  with  the  Quakers  and  he  shared  their 
troubles.  In  1684  he  took  the  prescribed  oath 
of  fidelity.  In  1658-60  the  Sandwich  Quakers 
were  fined  six  hundred  and  seventy-nine 
pounds,  and  Kirby  and  his  son  paid  fifty-seven 
pounds  twelve  shillings  of  that  .sum.  After 
1660  he  removed  to  Dartmouth,  Massachu- 
setts. In  November,  1670,  he  bought  of  Sarah 
\\^arren,  Thomas  Molton's  share  in  Dartmouth  ; 
in  1683  he  bought  a  lot  of  Zechariah  Jenkins 
in  Dartmouth,  on  the  east  side  of  the  Cocksett 
river,  at  Nasquamskeesett.     He  married  Jane 

.    He  died  between  j\Iay,  1686,  and  July 

21,  1688.  Children:  Jane,  died  July  21,  1707; 
Sarah,  born  1638,  married  Mathew  Allen ; 
Ruhamah,  married  John  Smith ;  Richard 
(mentioned  below)  ;  Recompense,  died  1720. 

(II)  Richard  (2),  son  of  Richard  (i) 
Kirb}',  was  born  before  1638.  He  was  in  con- 
stant difficulty  on  account  of  his  Quakerism. 
He  was  fined  twenty  shillings  for  refusing  to 
assist  Marshall  Barlow,  and  in  1660  five 
pounds  for  the  same  offence.  He  was  one  of 
the  twenty-four  inhabitants  of  Sandwich  in 
October,  1660,  fined  ten  shillings  each  for  at- 
tending Quaker  meetings  ,and  suffered  with 
his  father  distraint  of  fifteen  cows  to  satisfy 
fines  amounting  to  fifty-seven  pounds  twelve 
shillings.  "He  was  evidently  of  the  sterner 
stuff  of  reformers,  ahead  of  the  time  in  which 
he  lived,  and  acted  fully  up  to  that  line,  re- 
gardless of  personal  consequences."  He  mar- 
ried, October  g,  1665,  Patience,  daughter  of 
William  Gifford,  of  Sandwich.  He  also  re- 
moved to  Dartmouth.    His  wife  Patience  died 


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after  May  20,  1674,  and  he  married  (second) 
December  2,  1678,  Abigail,  widow  of  Zoeth 
Howland,  son  of  Henry  Howland,  of  Dux- 
bury,  who  had  been  killed  by  the  Indians  at 
Pocasset  in  King  Philip's  war,  March  26,  1676, 
leaving  a  widow  with  nine  children.  Richard 
Kirby's  will  was  dated  January  30,  1707-08, 
proved  April  4,  1720.  Children:  Sarah,  born 
May  I,  1667;  Experience  and  Temperance 
(twins).  May  5,  1670;  John,  March  2,  1672; 
Robert,  mentioned  below. 

(III)  Robert,  son  of  Richard  (2)  Kirby, 
was  born  May  10,  1674,  died  1757.  He  mar- 
ried Rebecca,  daughter  of  Nathaniel  Potter. 
He  was  born  1637,  died  October  20,  1704,  son 
of  Nathaniel  Potter,  of  Portsmouth.  Robert 
Kirby  was  a  Quaker,  residing  at  Westport, 
Rhode  Island.  In  1712  he  had  laid  out  to  him 
two  hundred  and  twelve  acres'  there  on  the  east 
?ic'e  of  the  Coaxit  river.  His  wife  Rebecca 
died  in  1773.  His  will  was  dated  March  26, 
1755,  proved  March  16,  1757.  Children:  Pa- 
tience, married  John  Lawton ;  Nathaniel,  men- 
tioned below  ;  Ichabod,  married  Rachel  Allen  ; 
Recompense,  married  Rebecca  Cornell ;  Silas, 
married,  February  8,  1742,  Elizabeth  Russell; 
Robert,  married,  December  13,  1744,  Abigail 
Allen;  Barsheba,  never  married. 

(IV)  Nathaniel,  son  of  Robert  Kirby,  was 
born  about  1710.  He  married,  March  25, 
1731,  Abigail,  born  June  25,  1712,  daughter 
of  James  and  Rebecca  (Howland)  Russell,  of 
Dartmouth.  They  were  members  of  the  So- 
ciety of  Friends.  He  died  1748.  His  will  was 
dated  November  5,  1747,  proved  August  21, 
1748.  Children:  Wesson,  mentioned  below; 
Reiiecca,  born  June  26,  1733;  Lydia,  Novem- . 
ber  20,  1738;  Mary,  March  15,  1743;  Justus, 
April  28,  1746.  Ralph  Russell,  ancestor  of 
Abigail  (Russell)  Kirby,  from  Partepool, 
Monmouth,  England,  was  first  at  Taunton, 
Massachusetts,  where  he  worked  in  the  iron 
works,  afterwards  at  Dartmouth.  John  Rus- 
sell, son  of  Ralph,  was  of  Dartmouth,  where 
he  died  February  13,  1744-45;  had  an  iron 
forge  at  Russell's  Mills ;  deputy  to  the  general 
court  1665-83,  excepting  the  years  1666-73  ■  '" 
1677  he,  John  Smith  and  John  Cooke  served 
on  the  committee  to  distribute  contributions 
from  Ireland  for  the  relief  of  suffering  caused 
by  King  Philip's  war.  His  wife  Dorothy  died 
December  18,  1687;  children:  Joseph  Russell, 
born  May,  1660;  John  Russell,  died  March  20, 
1696;  Jonathan  Russell,  married  Hasadiah 
Smith;  Dorothy  Russell,  died  December  18, 
1687;  Mary  Russell,  married  John  Cornell. 

(V)  Wesson,  son  of  Nathaniel  Kirby,  was 
born  at  Dartmouth,  December  14,  1731,  died 
October  9,  1798.  He  married,  at  Dartmouth, 
December    23,     1750,     Hannah,     born     1731, 


daughter  of  William  White,  Jr.,  of  Dartmouth. 
He  resided  in  that  part  of  Dartmouth  after- 
ward called  Westport,  near  the  small  fork  of 
the  Noquechuck  river,  above  the  bridge.  He 
was  surveyor  of  highways  1771-75-76-80-81, 
also  selectman  and  treasurer  of  the  town  some 
years.  His  widow  Hannah  died  1819.  His 
will  was  dated  January  2,  1798.  Children: 
Nathaniel,  born  July  4,  1752;  William,  March 
21,  1753;  Sarah,  April  11,  1755;  George, 
March  9,  1757,  mentioned  below;  Wesson, 
April  15,  1759;  Elihu,  June  13,  1761 ;  Benja- 
min, June  18,  1763;  Jonathan,  July  14,  1765; 
Mary,  1767;  Hannah,  July  19,  1769;  Ruth, 
October  19,  1771 ;  Paul,  October  20,  1773; 
Abraham,  December  11,  1775;  Elizabeth,  died 
young.  Hannah  (White)  Kirby  was  a  des- 
cendant of  Francis  Cooke,  who  came  in  the 
"Mayflower"  with  the  Pilgrims  to  Plymouth. 
Cooke  was  born  1577,  at  Blyth,  county  York, 
England,  adjoining  Austerfield,  near  Scrooby. 
His  wife  Hester  was  called  "the  Walloon." 
His  son,  John  Cooke,  also  came  in  the  "May- 
flower," and  his  wife  and  other  children  in 
the  ship  "Anne"  in  1623.  Cooke  was  one  of 
the  original  proprietors  of  Dartmouth  in  1652. 
His  will  was  dated  December  7.  1759.  John 
Cooke,  son  of  Francis,  came  with  his  father 
in  the  "Mayflower"  ;  was  deacon  of  the  Ply- 
mouth church ;  deputy  to  the  general  court ; 
defender  of  the  persecuted  Quakers ;  joined 
the  Baptist  church  at  Newport,  Rhode  Island,' 
in  1676,  and  preached  at  Dartmouth  and  else- 
where; married,  March  28,  1734,  Sarah, 
daughter  of  Richard  Warren,  another  "May- 
flower" pioneer.  Sarah,  daughter  of  Rev.  John 
and  Sarah  (Warren)  Cooke,  was  born  1662, 
died  1749;  married  George  Cadman,  son  of 
Hon.  AVilliam  Cadman,  of  Portsmouth,  Rhode 
Island.  Elizabeth  Cadman,  daughter  of 
George  Cadman,  married  William  White ; 
juror,  1713,  constable,  1716,  died  1780.  Wil- 
liam White,  Jr.,  son  of  William,  married,  Oc- 
tober 2.  1729,  Abigail  Thurston,  whose  will 
was  dated  February,  1777,  proved  October  31, 
1780.  Hannah  White,  daughter  of  William, 
Jr.,  was  born  1731,  died  1819;  married,  Febru- 
ary 23,  1750,  Wesson  Kirby,  mentioned  above. 
(VI)  George,  son  of  Wesson  Kirby,  was 
born  at  Westport,  March  9,  1757,  died  at  Paw- 
ling, December  28,  1831.  He  removed,  in 
1790,  to  Quaker  Hill,  Pawling.  He  married 
Anna,  daughter  of  Humphrey  Slocum,  of 
Pawling.  She  died  October,  1828,  at  Pawling. 
Children,  born  at  Pawling:  Humphrey,  died 
October,  1826,  unmarried ;  William,  died  Oc- 
tober 23,  1835,  at  Poughkeepsie :  Clark,  born 
February  20,  1794;  Uriah,  mentioned  below; 
Gideon,  January  21,  1799;  Hannah,  September 
30,  1801 ;  Amy.     Anna   (Slocum)   Kirby  was 


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descended  from  Anthony  Slocum,  who  was 
from  Somersetshire,  England,  and  one  of  the 
first  purchasers  of  Conihasset,  now  Taunton, 
also  purchaser  of  Dartmouth,  whither  he  re- 
moved with  Ralph  Russell  and  settled  near 
Russell's  Mills.  Giles  Slocum,  son  of  An- 
thony, settled  in  Portsmouth,  Rhode  Island, 
and  was  admitted  a  freeman  in  1655 ;  died  in 
1683;  wife  Joan  died  August  31,  1679.  Eliezer 
Slocum,  son  of  Giles,  was  born  December  25, 
1664,  at  Portsmouth,  near  Dartmouth ;  died 
1737;  married  Eliphel  Fitzgerald.  Eliezer, 
Jr.,  son  of  Eliezer  Slocum,  was  born  January 
20,  1693-94;  married,  July  20,  1716,  Deborah 
(Smith)  Howland,  born  May  13,  1695,  daugh- 
ter of  Deliverance  and  Mary  Smith,  grand- 
daughter of  John  and  Ruhamah  (Kirby) 
Smith ;  he  died  1739.  Humphrey  Slocum,  son 
of  Eliezer,  Jr.,  was  born  February  18,  1730; 
settled  at  PawHng;  married,  December  9,  1757, 
Amy,  born  December  6,  1734,  daughter  of 
Nathan  and  Elizabeth  (Shaw)  Chase.  Hum- 
phrey removed  to  Pawling,  and  died  there  in 
1790;  his  daughter  Anna  married  George 
Kirby,  mentioned  above. 

(VII)  Uriah,  son  of  George  Kirby,  was 
born  at  Pawling,  April  4,  1797.  He  married, 
November  23,  1821,  Phebe,  born  February  10, 
1805,  daughter  of  Solomon  Grow,  of  Pawling. 
His  widow  died  October  14,  1865.  Children, 
born  at  Pawling:  William,  April  3,  1827,  mar- 
'ried  Mary  A.  Bassett;  (George,  January  25, 
1829 ;  Solomon,  mentioned  below ;  Daniel, 
1832,  died  young;  John  Bradley,  July  10,  1834; 
Amelia,  October  19,  1836,  died,  July  4,  1866, 
at  Amenia,  married.  May  15,  1863,  Walter 
Stocking;  Amy,  June  10,   1839,  died  young. 

(VIII)  Solomon,  son  of  Uriah  Kirby,  was 
born  at  Pawling,  New  York,  December  2, 
1830,  died  at  Sharon,  Connecticut,  January  2, 
1903.  He  had  a  common  school  education. 
From  an  early  age  he  worked  at  farming  at 
Pine  Plains,  New  York,  in  summer.  He  was 
proprietor  of  a  store  at  Amenia,  then  of  a 
hotel  at  Catskill,  New  York.  In  1872  his 
hotel  was  destroyed  by  fire,  and  he  then  estab- 
lished a  restaurant  in  New  York  city,  near 
Madison  Square,  and  made  his  home  in  Brook- 
lyn. Subsequently  he  had  a  hotel  at  Amenia, 
New  York,  for  a  year.  In  April,  1879,  h^ 
came  to  Sharon,  Connecticut,  and  was  a  pio- 
neer in  the  summer  hotel  business  in  that  town. 
He  began  with  accommodations  for  ten  guests 
and  found  the  venture  successful.  His  house 
was  popular,  and  at  the  time  of  his  death  he 
had  rooms  for  a  hundred.  Mr.  Kirby  was  a 
Republican  in  politics.  He  was  a  Free  Mason. 
He  married,  September  14,  1853,  Susan,  born 
in  Washington,  Dutchess  county.  New  York, 
September  19,  1834,  daughter  of  Job  and  Abi- 


gail (Haight)  Sisson,  of  Washington.  Chil- 
dren: Amy,  bom  July  9,  1855,  in  Pine  Plains, 
married,  December  28,  1880,  George  O.  Cole, 
of  New  York  City;  John  J.,  born  November 
14,  1862,  at  Millbrook,  New  York,  died  Sep- 
tember, 1866;  George  Sisson,  mentioned 
below. 

(IX)  George  Sisson,  son  of  Solomon  Kirby, 
was  born  at  Brooklyn,  New  York,  January  31, 
1875.  He  attended  the  public  schools  in  Sha- 
ron, Connecticut,  the  River  View  Academy, 
of  Poughkeepsie,  New  York,  and  the  Dwight 
School,  in  New  York  City.  When  eighteen 
years  of  age  he  entered  the  employ  of  the 
proprietor  of  the  Murray  Hill  Hotel,  New 
York;  afterward. was  for  a  time  employed  in 
the  Plaza  Hotel.  Then  he  returned  home  and 
was  associated  with  his  father  in  the  hotel 
business  at  Sharon.  Two  years  before  his  fa- 
ther died  he  took  over  the  management  of  the 
business,  on  account  of  the  father's  failing 
health,  and  has  continued  in  this  business  to 
the  present  time  with  much  success.  Under 
his  management  this  hotel  has  become  one  of 
the  largest  and  finest  in  the  state.  In  politics 
he  is  a  Republican.  He  represented  the  town 
of  Sharon  in  the  general  assembly  of  Con- 
necticut in  1903,  and  was  delegate  to  the  con- 
stitutional convention  of  the  state  in  1901.  He 
is  a  member  of  Hamilton  Lodge,  No.  54,  Free 
Masons,  of  Sharon,  and  of  the  Modern  Wood- 
men of  America.  He  married,  in  1900,  Eliza- 
beth Van  Alstyne,  of  Sharon,  daughter  of 
Lawrence  and  Mary  (Eggleston)  Van  Al- 
styne. They  have  one  child, _  George  Van  Al- 
styne, born  March  23,  1901. 


The  surname  Stanton  is  de- 
STANTON  rived  from~a  place  name  and 
is  identical  with  Stonington 
in  origin.  The  family  is  of  ancient  English 
origin.  Robert  Stanton,  an  early  settler  of 
Newport,  Rhode  Island,  was  the  progenitor  of 
Hon.  Edwin  M.  Stanton,  of  Lincoln's  cabinet; 
died  in  Newport  in  1672,  aged  seventy-three 
years.  There  was  a  John  Stanton  in  Virginia 
in  1635  and  Thomas  Stanton,  aged  twenty, 
sailed  for  Virginia  in  1635  in  the  merchant- 
man "Bonaventura."  The  family  historian 
thinks  he  went  to  Virginia,  then  came  to  Con- 
necticut, but  many  ships  whose  records  state 
that  A'lrginia  was  the  destination,  came  to  New 
England.  The  "Bonaventura"  may  have  land- 
er some  passengers  in  Virginia,  others  in 
Conecticut,  or  Boston. 

(I)  Thomas  Stanton,  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  in  Boston  in  1636  and  is  on  recqrd  as  a 
magistrate  there.  If  the  same  man  who  came 
in  1635  his  age  must  have  been  understated, 
for  men  of  twenty-one  were  not  magistrates  in 


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the  colony,  and  in  1636  he  was  acting  as  In- 
dian interpreter  for  Governor  Winthrop.  It 
is  reasonable  to  suppose  that  he  was  a  trader 
and  had  been  to  both  New  England  and  Vir- 
ginia before  1635  in  order  to  have  sufficient 
knowledge  of  the  language  of  the  Indians  to 
become  an  .interpreter.  The  services  of  Mr. 
Stanton  as  interpreter  during  the  Pequot  war 
were  invaluable,  says  the  history  of  New  Lon- 
don, Connecticut.  "He  was,  moreover,  a  man 
of  trust  and  intelligence  and  his  knowledge  of 
the  country  and  of  the  natives  made  him  a 
useful  pioneer  and  counselor  in  all  land  ques- 
tions, as  well  as  difficulties  with  the  Indians." 
DeForest's  history  of  ■  Connecticut  says : 
"Some  time  in  April  (1637)  a  small  vessel  ar- 
rived at  the  fort  (Saybrook),  having  on  board 
Thos.  Stanton,  a  man  well  acquainted  with  the 
Indian  language,  and  long  useful  to  the  co- 
lonial authorities  as  interpreter."  Stanton 
served  through  the  Pequot  war  and  special 
mention  is  made  of  his  bravery  in  the  battle  of 
Fairfield  Swamp,  where  he  nearly  lost  his  life. 
He  must  have  returned  to  Boston  at  the  close 
of  the  war,  for  he  was  one  of  the  magistrates 
in  the  trial  of  John  Wainwright,  October  3, 
1637.  In  February,  1639,  he  and  his  father- 
in-law,  Thomas  Lord,  were  settled  in  Hart- 
ford, Connecticut,  coming  thither  soon  after 
the  colony  of  Rev.  Thomas  Hooker  established 
the  town.  He  was  appointed  official  inter- 
preter for  the  general  court  at  Hartford,  April 
5,  1638,  and  at  the  same  session  was  sent  with 
others  on  a  mission  to  the  Warranocke  In- 
dians and  as  a  delegate  to  an  Indian-English 
council  meeting  at  Hartford.  He  was  inter- 
preter for  the  Yorkshire  (England)  colonists 
at  New  Haven,  November  24,  1638,  when  the 
land  on  which  the  city  of  New  Haven  is  lo- 
cated, was  bought  of  the  Indians.  He  was  an 
Indian  trader  as  early  as  1642,  when  with  his 
brother-in-law,  Richard  Lord,  he  made  a  voy- 
age to  Long  Island  to  trade  and  collect  old 
debts.  That  he  traded  as  far  away  as  Vir- 
ginia, we  know  from  an  ancient  document  on 
file  in  New  London  colony,  without  date,  but 
apparently  entered  in  1668  or  1669:  "Whereas 
Capt.  Morrice  hath  reported  and  informed  the 
King's  Commissioner  that  Mr.  Thomas  Stan- 
ton, Senr.,  did  in  Virginia  some  20  odd  years 
since  (1638-1650)  cause  a  massacre  among 
the  Indians,  whereby  to  gain  their  beaver  to 
himself  and  the  said  Morrice  named  Richard 
Arye,  mariner,  to  be  his  author.  These  may 
certify  all  whom  it  may  concern  that  the  said 
Arye  being  examined  concerning  said  report 
doth  absolutely  deny  that  he  knew  or  reported 
any  such  thing  to  Morrice  nor  ever  heard  of 
any  such  thing  about  Mr.  Stanton  in  Virginia 
to  his  remembrance." 


He  had  the  grant  of  a  monopoly  of  the 
trading  with  the  Indians  at  Pawkatuck  and 
along  the  river  of  that  name.  He  built  a  trad- 
ing house  there  and  about  165 1  removed  to 
Pequot  and  in  1658  occupied  his  permanent 
residence  at  Stonington.  In  1650  the  gen- 
eral court  appointed  him  interpreter  to  the 
elders  who  required  to  preach  the  gospel  to 
the  Indians  at  least  twice  a  year.  Caulkins, 
in  her  history  of  New  London  County  says : 
"On  the  Pawkutuck  River,  the  first  white  in- 
habitant was  Thomas  Stanton.  His  trading 
house  was  probably  coeval  with  the  farming 
operations  of  Cheseborough  (at  Wequetequock 
Cove),  but  as  a  fixed  resident  with  a  fireside 
and  family,  he  was  later  upon  the  ground.  He 
himself  appears  to  have  been  always  upon  the 
wing,  yet  always  within  call.  He  was  required 
to  be  present  wherever  a  court,  conference  or 
treaty^  was  to  be  held.  Never,  perhaps,  did  the 
acquisition  of  a  barbarous  language  give  to  a 
man  such  immediate,  wide-spread  and  lasting 
importance.  From  the  year  1636,  when  he 
was  Winthrop's  interpreter  with  the  Nahantic 
sachem,  to  1670  when  the  Uncas  visited  him 
with  a  train  of  warriors  and  captains  to  get 
him  to  write  his  will,  his  name  is  connected 
with  almost  every  Indian  transaction  on 
record." 

He  sold  his  grant  of  1649  to  George  Tongue 
in  1656.  In  March,  1652,  he  received  three 
hundred  acres  on  the  river  adjoining  his  home 
lot  and  in  1659  Cassawashitt  deeded  to  him 
the  whole  of  Pawkatuck  Neck  and  the  small 
islands  that  lay  near  to  it,  known  as  "The 
Hommocks."  This  deed  was  confirmed  by 
the  court  in  1671.  He  was  elected  a  deputy 
magistrate  by  the  general  court,  May  15,  1651! 
He  was  appointed  with  Rev.  Mr.  Pierson  of 
New  Haven  to  \prepare  a  catechism  in  the 
Narrangansett  or  Pequot  language  for  the 
commissioners  of  the  United  Colonies,  but  Mr. 
Pierson's  removal  prevented  the  undertaking. 
In  1658  he  removed  to  Wequetequock  Cove, 
two  miles  and  a  half  east  of  Stonington,  where 
he  was  the  third  settler ;  it  was  then  called 
Southington,  Massachusetts,  and  part  of  Suf- 
folk county,  and  Stanton  was  appointed  in 
1658  one  of  the  managers.  His  farm  was  on 
the  west  side  of  the  Pawkatuck  river  near  its 
rnouth.  In  1664  he  was  a  commissioner  to  try 
small  causes  and  in  1665  had  authority  to  hold 
a  semi-annual  court  at  New  London.  In  1666 
he  was  re-elected  commissioner  of  county 
judges,  also  overseer-general,  of  the  Coassa- 
tuck  Indians,  a  commissioner  of  appeals  in 
Indian  affairs,  and  he  was  successively  re- 
elected commissioner  until  his  death  in  1677. 
He  was  member  of  the  general  assembly  in 
1666  and  was  elected  in  succeeding  3'ears  with- 


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out  interruption  until  1674.  In  1667  he  was 
granted  two  hundred  and  fifty  acres  on  the 
Pachaug  river  and  in  the  same  year  he  was 
called  upon  to  settle  threatening  trouble  be- 
tween Uncas  and  the  Niantic  tribe.  Almost 
constantly  he  was  engaged  in  the  public  serv- 
ice, especially  in  the  discharge  of  the  duties  of 
his  office  as  Indian  commissioner.  He  and  his 
sons  were  active  in  King  Philip's  war  and  all 
of  his  sons  were  useful  and  prominent  as  In- 
dian interpreters  and  peace-makers. 

Pie  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  church 
at  Stonington,  June  3,  1674,  and  his  name  was 
the  first  on  the  roll.  He  died  December  2, 
1677.  He  was  buried  in  the  family  burial 
ground  between  Stonington  and  Westerly. 

He  married  Ann  Lord,  born  1621  in  Eng- 
land, daughter  of  Dr.  Thomas  and  Dorothy 
Lord.  Her  father  was  the  first  physician  li- 
censed to  practice  in  Connecticut,  by  the  gen- 
eral court,  June  30,  1652,  and  the  rates  he 
could  charge  for  visits  in  Hartford,  Wethers- 
field,  Windsor  and  other  towns  in  this  section 
were  fixed  in  the  license,  a  salary  of  fifteen 
pounds  to  be  paid  by  the  county.  In  Hartford 
his  stipend  was  fixed  at  twelve  pence — about  a 
quarter  of  a  dollar !  The  Lord  coat-of-arms  : 
Argent  on  a  fess  gules  between  three  cinque 
foils  azure  a  hind  passant  between  two  pheons 
or.  She  spent  her  last  days  with  her  daughter, 
Mrs.  Dorothy  Noyes,  of  Stonington,  and  died 
there  in  1688.  The  original  home  site  of 
Thomas  Stanton  at  Hartford  is  now  occupied 
by  the  Jewell  Leather  Belting  Company  fac- 
tory. Children :  Thomas,  born  1638,  died 
April  II,  1718;  John,  1641,  died  October  3, 
1713;  Mary,  1643,  married  Samuel  Rogers; 
Hannah,  1644;  Joseph,  1646,  mentioned  be- 
low; Daniel,  1648;  Dorothy,  1651,  died  Janu- 
ary 19,  1742;  Robert,  1653, 'died  October  25, 
1724;  Sarah,  1655,  died  1713;  Samuel,  1657. 

(II)  Joseph,  son  of  Thomas .  Stanton,  was 
born  in  1646  and  was  baptized  March  21  of 
that  year.  He  removed  with  his  parents  to 
Stonington  and  settled  on  a  large  tract  of 
land  which  his  father  had  bought  of  a  Narra- 
gansett  Indian  chief  for  a  half  bushel  of  wam- 
pum. The  sachem's  child  was  a  captive  and 
was  redeemed  by  the  aid  of  Thomas  Stanton, 
so  the  Indian  sold  the  land  as  part  payment 
of  the  price.  In  1669  he  was  appointed  as- 
sistant magistrate  to  hold  court  in  New  Lon- 
don. In  1685  he  leased  land  in  Charlestown, 
Rhode  Island,  formerly  a  part  of  Westerly 
"where  I  do  now  live,"  showing  that  he  had 
moved  thither.  He  married  (first)  June  19, 
1673,  Hannah  Mead,  of  Roxbury,  who  died  in 
1676,  daughter  of  William  IMead.  He  mar- 
ried a  second,  and  perhaps  a  third  and  fourth 
wife.     Children :  Joseph,  born    1674,  married 


Esther  Gallup ;  Hannah,  1676,  buried  May  6, 
1681 ;  Thomas,  December  16,  1678,  died 
young;  Rebecca,  April,  1681  ;  Thomas,  bap- 
tized April  5,  1691 ;  Daniel,  baptized  April  i, 
1694,  mentioned  below ;  Samuel,  baptized  July 
17,  1698,  died  young. 

(Ill)  Captain  Daniel,  son  of  Joseph  Stan- 
ton, was  baptized  April  i,  1694,  died  Decem- 
ber 28,  1773.  He  married  (first)  Mercy, 
daughter  of  Job  Babcock,  of  Westerly;  (sec- 
ond)   ;  (thii-d)  December  10,  1762,  proba- 
bly Prudence,  daughter  of  Rev.  Salmon  and 
Dorothy  (Noyes)  Treat.  Children:  Daniel, 
married  Mary  Wilcox  and  Elizabeth  Brown ; 
Samuel,  married  Sarah  Browning ;  John,  bom 
February,  1722,  mentioned  below;  Joseph, 
married  Abigail  Sheffield;  George,  died  un- 
married; Mary,  married  Thomas  Richardson; 
Elizabeth,  married  Joseph  Champlin. 

(R^)  John,  son  of  Captain  Daniel  Stanton, 
was  born  in  February,  1722,  in  Charlestown, 
Rhode  Island,  died  at  Paris,  Oneida  county. 
New  York,  Septernber  i,  1814.  He  married 
Dorothy  Richardson,  born  1724,  died  1790, 
daughter  of  Jonathan  and  Anne  (Treat)  Rich- 
ardson, and  granddaughter  of  Dorothy 
(Noyes)  Treat.  Children,  born  at  Westerly: 
Adam,  1749,  mentioned  below;  Daniel,  mar- 
ried Vashti  Dickinson ;  Amos,  born  December 
22,  1756;  George,  married  Prudence  Wood- 
burn  ;  Prudence,  married  Asahel  Parks ;  Anna, 
married Trumbull :  Dorothy,  died  un- 
married;  Mary,  born  1769.  married  James 
Treat ;  Rachel,  married  Samuel  Hayne :  Re- 
becca, born  1773,  married  Amos  Treat. 

(V)  Adam,  son  of  John  Stanton,  was  born 
in  Westerly  in  1749,  died  at  Clinton,  Connecti- 
cut, October  15,  1834.  He  moved  from  Wes- 
terly in  1774-75  and  settled  in  Killingworth, 
Connecticut,  in  the  southern  part,  now  Clinton. 
He  built  his  house  on  the  lot  where  stood  the 
house  of  Abraham  Pierson,  the  first  president 
of  Yale  College.  The  timbers  of  the  Pierson 
house  are  now  in  the  Stanton  house.  His  first 
business  was  making  salt  from  the  water  of 
Long  Island  sound,  sending  it  by  ox  trains  to 
Boston  and  selling  it  for  two  dollars  a  bushel 
He  married,  December  4,  1777,  Elizabeth,  born 
May  28,  1754,  at  Preston,  Connecticut,  died 
Mav  23,  1805,  daughter  of  Rev.  Samuel 
Treat.  Children :  Mary,  born  October  23, 
1778,  died  October  7.  1865,  unmarried;  Eliza- 
beth. May  29,  1780,  died  September  10,  1862; 
John,  April  5,  1783,  mentioned  below;  Sally, 
October  19,  1786,  died  February  2,  1843; 
Nancy,  February  18,  1790,  accidentally  burned 
to  death  February  28,  1879. 

(VI)  John  (2),  son  of  Adam  Stanton,  was 
born  April  5,  1783,  in  Clinton,  Connecticut, 
died  September  9,  1864.     He.  was  a  merchant. 


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In  politics  he  was  a  Whig  and  in  religion  a 
Baptist. 

He  married,  in  Clinton,  March  29,  1825, 
Caroline  Elizabeth  Eliot,  born  March  17, 
1796,  died  May  29,  1866,  sixth  in  descent  from 
John  Eliot,  the  Indian  Apostle  (see  Eliot  VI). 
Children  :  John  Adam,  mentioned  below  ;  Mary 
E.,  July  23,  1829,  died  unmarried  May  4,  1868; 
Lewis  Eliot,  mentioned  below. 

The  following  sketch  of  John  A.  Stanton 
was  prepared  by  his  brother,  Lewis  E.  Stanton, 
of  Hartford,  Connecticut : 

John  Adam,  son  of  John  (2)  Stanton,  late 
of  Clinton,  Connecticut,  was  born  June  26, 
1826,  died  October  23,  1908,  at  the  age  of 
eighty-two  years.  He  obtained  his  early  edu-. 
cation  at  Norwich,  Connecticut.  He  was  af- 
terward a  clerk  in  the  store  of  his  father,  John 
Stanton,  at  Clinton.  He  began  business  as  a 
cotmtry  merchant  in  Guilford,  Connecticut, 
about  1854.  He  moved  back  to  Clinton  not  far 
from  1869,  having  been  in  business  fifteen 
years  in  Guilford.  He  then  had  a  small  for- 
tune, but  no  income  from  business  after  his 
return  to  Clinton.  He  became  a  careful  and 
judicious  investor.  He  wrote  in  a  remarkably 
clear  and  beautiful  handwriting,  and  was  a  fine 
and  accurate  accountant.  He  was  a  director 
in  the  Clinton  National  Bank,  and  for  many 
years  clerk  of  the  First  Ecclesiastical  Society 
of  Clinton,  and  he  held  many  trust  funds, 
most  of  which  he  managed  without  compensa- 
tion. By  a  life  of  economy  he  accumulated  a 
handsome  fortune.  In  his  later  years  he  de- 
veloped a  great  love  for  antiques.  He  used 
to  say  "We  cannot  have  a  new  house :  let  us 
have  an  old  one."  Accordingly  he  brought 
out  every  piece  of  old  and  neglected  furniture 
and  restored  it,  and  in  this  work  he  spent  a 
small  fortune.  Very  few  pieces  were  bought 
by  him.  The  great  merit  of  the  collection 
which  he  has  left  in  the  family  mansion  is  that 
he  restored  ancient  furniture  in  old  styles, 
never  in  new  styles.  He  made  things  look  as 
they  did  when  they  were  new  more  than  a 
century  ago.  He  studied  every  book  which  he 
could  find  upon  the  subject,  and  he  was  never 
deceived  by  imitations.  His  collection  finally 
became  famous.  Thousands  have  visited  it. 
The  writer  of  this  sketch,  Lewis  E.  Stanton, 
his  brother,  with  great  labor  prepared  a  cata- 
logue of  nearly  one  thousand  pieces.  A  young 
lady  was  employed  to  exhibit  them,  and  she 
entertained  over  three  hundred  and  fifty  peo- 
ple in  the  summer  of  1909.  Unfortunately, 
John  A.  Stanton  left  no  written  history  of  his 
labors  and  a  great  amount  of  information  was 
lost  by  his  sudden  death.  His  house  is  packed 
full  of  tables,  chairs,  mirrors,  silver  lustre, 
glassware,   etc.,   constituting   "a   large   collec- 


tion rf  antique  furniture,  pottery,  porcelain, 
and  r.fier  works  of  art,  illustrating  early  New 
England  life."  One  of  the  best  specimens  is 
a  Court  Cupboard,  made  "entirely  of  oak,  no 
metals  used  in  construction,  everything  pinned 
with  wooden  pegs,  all  work  hand  made,  and 
carved  from  riven  timber  before  the  day  of 
saw  mills,  the  workmanship  fine,  and  the  cup- 
board probably  made  about  1670."  Mr.  Stanton 
not  only  employed  experts,  but  he  worked  him- 
self and  restored  many  pieces  with  his  own 
hand.  An  old  lady  gave  him  the  legs  of  a 
dilapidated  Queen  Anne  table,  weatherbeaten 
and  worn,  and  he  repaired  it,  had  a  new  top 
built  for  it,  and  it  stands  in  the  parlor,  one 
of  the  finest  tables  in  New  England.  A  pewter 
platter  or  "plaque"  was  taken  to  an  artist  to 
iDe  restored  and  was  put  into  a  lath  to  be  pol- 
ished. To  the  great  surprise  of  the  owner, 
three  letters  in  the  form  of  a  triangle  came 
out  upon  the  margin.  S.  T.  and  E.  Samuel 
Treat  married  Elizabeth  Stark  in  1751,  and 
this  mute  record  of  their  initials  had  been  cov- 
ered by  the   rust  of  ages. 

Mr.  Stanton  was  often  referred  to  as  a  "gen- 
tleman of  the  old  school."  He  was  a  man  of 
great  information  and  retentive  memor}'.  He 
had  exact  knowledge  and  loved  details.  He 
was  a  person  of  stately  carriage  aad  dignified 
demeanor.  His  highest  happiness  was  to  give 
pleasure  to  others,  and  hundreds  of  guests  re- 
member his  hospitality. 

(A^II)  Lewis  Eliot,  son  of  John  (2)  Stan- 
ton, was  born  in  Clinton,  Connecticut,  July  19, 
1823. 

He  began  his  education  in  the  district 
school  and  attended  the  Bacon  Academy  at 
Colchester.  He  entered  Yale  College  in  185 1, 
graduating  with  honors.  Among  his  class- 
mates were  Hon.  Lyman  D.  Brewster,  of  Dan- 
bury,  Professor  Charles  F.  Johnson,  Professor 
P.  Henry  Woodward,  Major  John  C.  Parsons. 
Theodore  Lyman,  Rev.  Dr.  John  E.  Todd,  and 
William  D.  Alexander,  one  of  the  founders  of 
the  Hawaiian  Republic.  Mr.  Stanton  went  to 
Cleveland,  Ohio,  and  became  principal  of 
Shaw  Academy,  remaining  for  a  year,  when 
ill-health  compelled  him  to  give  up  teaching. 
From  July,  1856,  to  May,  1857,  ^^  studied  law 
at  home,  and  then  entered  Yale  Law  School. 
After  graduation  he  took  a  desk  in  the  law 
office  of  John  S.  Beach,  a  leading  lawyer  of 
New  Haven,  and  in  April,  1859,  was  admitted 
to  the  bar.  Returning  to  Clinton,  he  remained 
until  the  following  November,  and  then  set- 
tled in  Norwich  to  begin  active  practice.  One 
of  his  early  suits  was  against  a  railroad  cor- 
poration to  recover  damages  for  the  death  of 
an  engineer  caused  by  the  carelessness  of  a 
switchman.    He  won  the  case,  and  it  was  set- 


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tied  for  $2,500,  and  the  president  of  the  com- 
pany congratulated  him  upon  his  industry. 
From  June,  1863,  to  July,  1864,  he  was  as- 
sistant clerk  of  the  New  London  county  su- 
perior court,  and  recorder  of  Norwich  from 
July,  1864,  to  September  9,  1865,  when  he  re- 
moved to  Hartford,  and  entered  into  partner- 
ship with  John  C.  Day.  After  six  years  the 
partnership  was  dissolved  and  Mr.  Stanton  has 
since  practiced  alone.  For  fourteen  years, 
since  1870,  he  was  assistant  district  attorney, 
attending  to  all  the  criminal  and  civil  federal 
court  business  in  the  county.  In  1884  he  re- 
ceived the  appointment  of  district  attorney 
from  President  Arthur,  and  remained  in  that 
office  until  April,  1888.  He  then  resumed  his 
private  practice.  He  has  a  large  and  lucrative 
business,  much  of  which  is  with  corporations 
and  firms,  and  is  a  good  court  practitioner. 
Notable  cases  in  which  he  has  been  engaged 
are  the  cases  for  conspiracy  against  the  Char- 
ter Oak  Life  people — Forber,  Wiggin,  Walke- 
lev  and  White — he  being  counsel  for  Wiggin 
and  Walkeley ;  in  the  United  States  supreme 
court  he  appeared  as  a  cotmsel  for  Judge  Ro- 
raback  in  the  case  against  the  Pennsylvania 
company;  in  Febwick  Hall  Company  vs.  Say- 
brook  he  was  leading  counsel,  the  case  going 
before  the  supreme  court  of  the  United  States ; 
he  appeared  for  South  Windsor  in  the  Hart- 
ford bridge  suit.  The  city  of  Hartford,  by  its 
city  attorney,  retained  him  in  Fisk  vs.  Hart- 
ford, an  important  case  involving  the  right  to 
use  the  intercepting  sewer.  Charles  Soby,  the 
tobacco  manufacturer,  recovered  by  his  advice, 
duties  overpaid  to  the  government.  Ex- 
United  States  Marshal  Stong's  case  at  Bridge- 
port against  the  government  was  managed  by 
him. 

He  is  a  good  stump  speaker,  and  has 
spoken  for  the  Republican  party  many  times, 
notably  in  the  campaigns  from  i860  to  1870, 
when  he  was  strongly  against  slavery.  He 
had  the  pleasure  of  meeting  Lincoln  at  Nor- 
wich, where  he  had  come  shortly  after  his 
speeches  on  the  stump  in  Illinois  with  Stephen 
A.  Douglas,  and  Rlr.  Lincoln  repeated  pri- 
vately to  Mr.  Stanton  the  sentiments  which  he 
had  so  many  times  expressed  publicly.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  First  Church  of  Christ  of 
Hartford.  He  is  a  lecturer  of  ability,  and  has 
made  many  addresses  on  literary  and  histori- 
cal subjects.  Among  them  was  an  address  in 
1 87 1  on  the  Wealth  of  Connecticut,  at  the 
opening  exercises  of  the  Morgan  School  in 
Clinton.  He  was  for  twenty  years  president 
of  the  Hartford  County  Bar  Library  Associa- 
tion, and  for  years  has  been  one  of  the  local 
council  of  the  American  Bar  Association.  He 
has  never  married. 


Bennett   Eliot    lived   in   Widford, 
ELIOT     county    Hertford,    England,    and 

married  there  October  30,  1598, 
Letteye  Aggar.  Their  first  four  children  were 
baptized  in  the  church  of  St.  John  the  Baptist 
at  Widford;  the  others  at  Nazing,  county  Es- 
sex. He  was  buried  at  Nazing,  November 
21,  1621,  and  his  wife  was  buried  March  16, 
1620.  Children  and  dates  of  baptism :  Sarah, 
January  13,  1599,  died  March  27,  1673; 
Phillip,  April  25,  1602,  died  October  22,  1657; 
John,  August  5,  1604,  mentioned  below ;  Jacob, 
September  21,  1606;  Lydia,  July  I,  1610; 
Francis,  April  10,  1615;  Mary,  March  11, 
1620. 

(II)  Rev.  John  Eliot,  son  of  Bennett  Eliot, 
was  baptized  at  Widford,  Hertfordshire,  Eng- 
land, August  5,  1604,  died  May  21,  1690.  He 
entered  Jesus  College,  Cambridge  University, 
March  20,  1618.  He  spent  a  part  of  the  time 
between  1622  and  1631  at  Little  Baddow, 
county  Eessex,  as  a  schoolmaster  with  Rev. 
Thomas  Hooker,  who  from  1626  to  1628  was 
lecturer  at  Chelmsford,  receiving  deep  religi- 
ous impressions.  "When  I  came  to  this  blessed 
family,"  Eliot  writes,  "I  then  saw,  and  never 
before  the  power  of  godliness  in  its  lively  vigor 
and  efficacy."  He  embarked  about  the  middle 
of  August,  1631,  in  the  ship  "Lion"  for  Bos- 
ton, arriving  November  2.  He  immedately 
took  charge  of  the  church  at  Boston  in  the  ab- 
sence of  the  pastor,  Rev.  John  Wilson.  In 
1632  he  became  teacher  of  the  church  at  Rox- 
bury,  where  many  of  his  old  friends  and  neigh- 
bors settled.  He  was  wanted  in  the  church  in 
Boston  as  a  colleague  for  Mr.  Wilson,  but  had 
promised  in  England  that  when  his  friends 
came  he  would  join  them.  He  married,  in 
October,  1632,  Flannah  Mumford,  who  came 
in  the  ship  "Lion"  in  September  of  that  year. 
In  1640  the  famous  Bay  Psalm  Book,  trans- 
lated by  Rev.  Richard  Mather,  Rev.  Thomas 
Weld  and  Mr.  Eliot,  was  printed.  He  began 
to  preach  to  the  Indians,  September  14,  1646, 
and  continued  earnestly  in  his  efforts  to  edu- 
cate and  christianize  the  natives  during  his 
whole  life.  He  published  "a  briefe  topographi- 
cal description  of  the  Seuerall  Townes  in  New 
England  with  the  names  of  our  magistrates 
and  Ministers."  In  1650  he  selected  Natick, 
Massachusetts,  as  a  place  for  an  Indian  town 
and  the  foundations  were  made  the  year  fol- 
lowing. In  1653  he  had  so  far  progressed  in 
his  knowledge  of  the  Indian  language  that  he 
had  devised  and  translated  the  Book  of  Psalms. 
In  1654  he  printed  a  catechism  in  the  Indian 
tongue.  In  1655  Genesis  was  printed  and  the 
Book  of  Matthew  begun.  "A  Late  and  Fur- 
ther Manifestation  of  the  Progress  of  the 
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was  published.  In  1657  he  preached  to  the 
Podunk  Indians  at  Hartford  in  their  own  lan- 
guage. In  December,  1658,  he  had  completed 
his  translation  of  the  whole  Bible  into  the 
Massachusetts  dialect.  His  "Christian  Com- 
monwealth" was  said  to  have  been  published 
in  1659.  In  1660  he  was  first  called  "The 
Indian  Apostle,"  a  title  by  which  he  has  since 
been  distinguished.  The  publication  of  the 
Bible  was  completed  in  1663  and  he  began  the 
translation  of  Baxter's  Call.  In  1664  his 
translation  of  the  Psalter  was  published,  and 
in  1666  the  Indian  Grammar.  In  1686,  after 
much  revision  and  delay,  a  second  edition  of 
the  Bible  was  printed  and  distributed  among 
the  Indians.  When  he  was  eighty-four  years 
old  he  continued  to  preach  from  time  to  time 
to  the  Indians.  He  died  May  21,  1690.  The 
Indian  church  at  Natick  languished  after  liis 
death,  and  in  1698  there  were  but  seven  men 
and  three  women  members.  Biographies  of 
Eliot  were  published  by  Cotton  Mather,  Mar- 
tin Moore,  Rev.  John  Wilson  and  Rev.  Con- 
vers  Francis.  Memorial  windows  to  Eliot  are 
in  Memorial  Hall,  Harvard  University,  and  in 
the  church  of  St.  John  the  Baptist  at  Hert- 
fordshire, England,  and  a  panel  framed  in 
Sienna  marble,  representing  "The  Apostle 
Eliot  Preaching  to  the  Indians"  was  placed  in 
position  in  the  State  Blouse,  Boston,  in  1903. 
Various  sermons  and  pamphlets  were  pub- 
lished by  Eliot,  besides  those  mentioned.  Be- 
sides the  memorials  mentioned  is  a  monument 
of  freestone  at  South  Natick,  the  parish  mon- 
ument at  Roxbury,  a  granite  watering  trough 
at  Canton,  an  Eliot  Memorial  Terrace  Fund 
at  Newton,  tablets  in  the  Congregational 
House,  Boston,  and  a  Memorial  at  Tucson, 
Arizona.  Children:  John,  born  August  31, 
1636,  died  October  13,  1668;  Joseph,  Decem- 
ber 20,  1638,  mentioned  below ;  Samuel,  June 
22,  1641,  died  November  i,  1664;  Aaron,  Feb- 
ruary 19,  1643,  died  November  19,  1655 ;  Ben- 
jamin, January  29,  1646,  died  October  15, 
1687. 

(Ill)  Rev.  Joseph,  son  of  Rev.  John  Eliot, 
was  born  December  20,  1638,  died  May  24, 
1694.  He  graduated  at  Harvard  College  in 
1658,  and  became  the  minister  at  Northamp- 
ton, Massachusetts,  and  at  Guilford,  Connecti- 
cut. After  his  graduation  he  worked  with  his 
father  teaching  the  Indians,  and  was  one  of 
those  who  signed  the  covenant  of  the  church 
at  Northampton.  Later  he  was  associated  with 
Rev.  Eleazer  Mather  in  the  ministry  of  the 
Northampton  church,  and  in  1663  the  town 
voted  to  build  him  a  house  if  he  would  settle 
with  them,  but  he  went  to  Guilford..  Of  his 
ministry  there  Rev.  Thomas  Ruggles  says : 
"Mr.   Joseph   Eliot   was   for  many   years   the 


conspicuous  minister  at  Guilford,  whose  great 
abilities  as  a  divine,  a  politician,  and  a  phy- 
sician, were  justly  admired,  not  only  among 
his  own  people,  but  throughout  the  colony, 
where  his  praises  are  in  the  churches,"  and, 
"The  Church  and  Town  Greatly  flourished 
under  his  successful  Ministry,  and  Rose  to 
Great  Fame  in  the  Colony."  He  received  a 
grant  of  two  hundred  acres  from  the  town  of 
Guilford.  In  his  will,  dated  December  i,  1693, 
he  left  "ten  pounds  towards  the  buying  of  a 
bell."  The  bell  was  bought  June  6,  1725,  and 
has  been  recast  and  increased  at  least  four 
times,  and  is  still  in  use.  Rev.  Mr.  Ruggles 
says :  "After  this  Burning  and  Shining  Light 
had  ministered  to  this  Good  people  About  30 
years,  he  deceased  May  24,  1694,  to  the  inex- 
pressible Grief  of  his  beloved  flock,  whose 
memory  is  not  forgotten  to  this  Day."  A  schol- 
arship in  his  memory  at  Yale  College,  called 
"The  Joseph  Eliot  Memorial  Scholarship,"  has 
been  established  by  Dr.  Ellsworth  Eliot  and 
many  others  of  his  descendants.  He  married 
(first)  Sarah,  daughter  of  William  and 
Martha  (Burton)  Brenton.  Her  father  was 
governor  of  Rhode  Island  in  1666-67-68.  He 
married  (second)  Mary,  daughter  of  Samuel 
and  Ruth  (Haynes)  Wyllys,  granddaughter 
of  Governor  George  Wyllys,  and  great-grand- 
daughter of  Richard  or  Timothy  Wyllys,  of 
Warwick,  England.  Her  mother  was  daugh- 
ter of  Governor  John  Haynes,  and  through  his 
second  wife,  Mabel  Harkalenden,  of  royal  des- 
cent. Children  of  first  wife :  Mehitable,  born 
October  4,  1676 ;  Ann,  December  12,  1677, 
died  November  16,  1703;  Jemima,  November 
14,  1679;  Barsheba,  1683.  Children  of  second 
wife :  Jared,  November  7,  1685,  mentioned 
below;  Mary,  1688;  Rebecca,  i6go;  Abial, 
1692. 

(IV)  Rev.  Jared  Eliot,  son  of  Rev.  Joseph 
Eliot,  was  born  November  7,  1685,  died  April 
22,  1763.  He  graduated  at  Yale  College  in 
1706  and  became  a  famous  minister.  He  was 
enrolled  among  the  earliest  pupils  of  the  Col- 
legiate School  of  Connecticut  (afterwarcj  Yale 
College).  Before  his  graduation  he  had  won 
the  affection  and  esteem  of  Rector  Abraham 
Pierson,  and  when  the  venerable  man  lay  on 
his  death  bed,  he  earnestly  advised  his  parish- 
oners  of  Killingworth  (now  Clinton),  to  call 
as  his  successor,  his  favorite  pupil,  young 
Eliot.  They  did  so,  and  Eliot  began  his  duties 
June  I,  1707,  although  he  was  not  formally 
ordained  until  October  26,  1709.  To  accept 
this  call  he  withdrew  as  schoolmaster  in  his 
native  town,  but  he  maintained  through  life  a 
strong  interest  in  educational  matters.  In  1730 
he  was  elected  a  trustee  of  Yale  College,  the 
first  graduate  of  that  institution  to  be  so  hon- 


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ored,  and  he  filled  the  position  till  his  death, 
with  interest  and  energy,  and  in  his  will  left 
the  first  bequest  for  the  development  of  the 
library  of  that  institution.  He  was  an  inde- 
fatigable student  and  acquired  a  broad  culture 
in  science  and  letters,  attainments  which  Har- 
vard recognized  with  an  honorary  A.  M.,  the 
second  on  her  list,  and  which  brought  him  into 
interesting  correspondence  with  President 
Stiles,  Bishop  Berkeley,  and  Benjamin  Frank- 
lin. Eliot's  ministry  in  Killingworth  covered 
a  period  of  fifty-six  years,  full  of  service.  Rug- 
gles,  in  his  discourse  at  his  funeral,  says :  "For 
more  than  forty  years  of  the  latter  part  of  his 
life  he  never  missed  preaching  some  part  of 
every  Sabbath  either  at  home  or  abroad." 
Also  "He  was  sound  in  the  faith,  according  to 
the  true  character  of  orthodoxy,  so  he  was  of 
a  truly  catholic  and  Christian  spirit  in  the  ex- 
ercise of  it.  Difference  in  opinion  as  to  re- 
ligious principles  was  no  obstruction  to  a 
hearty  practice  of  the  great  law  of  love,  be- 
nevolence, and  ti^ue  goodness  to  man,  to  every 
man ;  nor  of  Christian  charity  to  the  whole 
household  of  faith.  Them  he  received  whom 
he  hoped  the  Lord  had  received;  abhorring 
narrowness,  and  the  mean  contractedness  of  a 
party  spirit,  but  heartily  loved  and  freely  prac- 
ticed, in  word  and  behavior,  the  great  law  of 
true  liberty."  This  broad  mindedness  at  one 
time  nearly  led  him  into  Episcopacy.  He  was 
not  only  a  divine,  but  was  a  physician  as  well. 
It  has  been  said  of  him:  "Of  all  those  who 
combined  the  offices  of  clergyman  and  phy- 
sician, not  one,  from  the  foundation  of  the 
American  colonies,  attained  so  high  distinction 
as  a  physician  as  Jared  Eliot."  In  chronic 
complaints  "he  appears  to  have  been  more  ex- 
tensively consulted  than  any  other  physician 
in  New  England,  frequently  visiting  every 
county  of  Connecticut,  and  being  often  called 
in  Boston  and  Newport."  He  trained  so  many 
students  in  medicine  who  subsequently  attained 
distinction  that  he  was  commonly  called  "the 
father  of  regular  medical  practice  in  Connecti- 
cut." He  was  scarcely  less  famotis  in  scientific 
investigation.  He  discovered  the  existence  of 
iron  in  the  dark  red  seasand,  and  as  a  result 
of  successful  experiments  made  America's  first 
contribution  to  the  science  of  metallurgy  in  a 
tract  entitled :  "The  Art  of  Making  very  good 
if  not  'the  best  Iron  from  black  sea  Sand." 
These  investigations  won  for  him  by  unani- 
mous vote  the  gold  medal  of  the  London  So- 
ciety of  Arts,  in  1762.  Some  six  years  before 
he  was  unanimously  elected  a  member  of  the 
Royal  Society.  He  also  published  a  volume 
called  "Field  Husbandry  in  New  England." 

Jared  Eliot  was  distinctly  practical,  and   a 
man  of  affairs,  and  he  utilized  his  knowledge. 


He  had  large  and  profitable  investments  in  the 
ore-fields  of  northwestern  Connecticut.  He 
had  extensive  farming  tracts,  which  were  bet- 
ter cultivated  than  most  of  his  neighbors.  Rug- 
gles  says  :  "Idleness  was  his  abhorrence ;  but 
every  portion  of  time  was  filled  with  action  by 
him.  Perhaps  no  man,  in  this  day,  has  slept 
so  little,  and  done  so  much,  in  so  great  varie- 
ty." He  had  a  rare  charm  of  person  and  man- 
ner. Well  proportioned  and  of  commanding 
presence,  with  a  coimtenance  from  which  a 
grave  dignity  did  not  altogether  banish  a  gen- 
tle kindliness,  he  merits  Ruggles'  characteriza- 
tion :  "He  had  a  turn  of  mind  peculiarly 
adapted  for  conversation,  and  happily  accom- 
modated to  the  pleasures  of  social  life.  .  . 
No  less  agreeable  charming  and  engaging  was 
his  company,  accommodated  to  every  person 
under  every  circumstance.  Nothing  affected, 
nothing  assuming ;  it  is  all  nature,  and  shined 
with  wisdom,  so  that  perhaps  no  person  ever 
left  his  company  dissatisfied,  or,  without  being 
pleased  with  it."  Benjamin  Franklin,  in  one 
of  his  letters  to  him,  says :  "I  remember  with 
pleasure  the  cheerful  hours  I  enjoyed  last  win- 
ter in  your  company,  and  I  would  with  all  my 
heart  give  any  ten  of  the  thick  old  folios  that 
stand  on  the  shelves  before  me,  for  a  little 
book  of  the  stories  you  then  told  with  so  much 
propriety  and  humor."  His  effectiveness  and 
accomplishment,  as  well  as  his  charm  of  man- 
ner, remained  with  him  to  the  end  of  his  long 
life.  His  pastorate  was  the  longest  in  the  his- 
tory of  the  church."  In  addition  to  the  publica- 
tions mentioned,  he  published :  "The  Right 
Hand  of  Fellowship,"  1730;  "The  Two  Wit- 
nesses, or  Religion  Supported  by  Reason  and 
Divine  Revelation,"  1736:  "Give  Cfesar  His 
Due;  or  the  Obligations  that  Subjects  are 
under  to  their  Civil  Rulers  are  shewed  in  a 
Sermon  Preached  before  the  General  Assem- 
bly of  the  Colony,"  1738;  "The  Blessings  Be- 
stowed on  Them  that  Fear  God,"  1739; 
"God's  Marvellous  Kindness,"  1745 ;  "Re- 
peated Bereavements  Considered  and  Im- 
proved," 1748;  Discourse  on  the  Death  of  Rev. 
Wm.  Worthington,  1757.  He  married,  Oc- 
tober 26,  1710,  Elizabeth  Smithson,  died  Feb- 
ruary 18,  1761,  aged  sixty-eight,  daughter  of 
Samuel  Smithson,  of  Guilford.  Children : 
Elizabeth,  born  October  20,  1711,  died  April 
II,  1713;  Hannah,  October  15,  1713,  died 
January  27,  1781 ;  Dr.  Samuel,  March  9,  1716; 
graduated  at  Yale,  1735;  Aaron,  March  15, 
1718,  died  December  30,  1785;  Dr.  Augustus, 
June  18,  1720;  graduate  of  Yale,  1740;  Joseph, 
January  8,  1723,  died  August  i.  1762;  Na- 
than, April  13,  1725,  died  March,  1798:  Jared, 
March  17,  1728,  mentioned  below;  Luke,  Au- 
gust I,  1730,  died  September  8,  1730;  John, 


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December    2,     1732,    died     March    9,     1797; 
George,  March  9,  1736,  died  May  i,  1810. 

(V)  Jared  (2),  son  of  Rev.  Jared  (i)  Eliot, 
was  born  March  17,  1728,  died  in  March, 
181 1.  He  married  (first)  May  10,  1757,  Eliz- 
abeth Walker,  of  Boston,  who  died  May  3, 
1759.  He  married  (second)  April  7,  1760, 
Elizabeth  Lord,  born  1735,  daughter  of  Rich- 
ard Lord,  of  Lyme.  Children,  all  by  second 
wife:  Jared,  born  March  i,  1761,  mentioned 
below;  Richard,  April  7,  1762,  died  June  10, 
1762;  Isaac,  April  17,  1763,  died  July  27, 
1763:  Richard,  June  3,  1764,  died  July  5, 
1848;  Lynde,  March  7,  1766,  died  August  3, 
1817;  Elizabeth,  August  26,  1768,  died  Janu- 
ary 15,  1840;  Nancy,  July  28,  1770,  died  May 
25,  1852;  Rufus,  December  i,  1772,  died  Oc- 
tober 29.  1826;  Sarah,  June  17,  1775;  Cath- 
erine, February'  i,  1777,  died  April  3,  1858; 
Augustus,  August  10,  1779,  died  January  23, 
1816. 

(VI)  Jared  (3),  son  of  Jared  (2)  Eliot,  was 
born  March  i,  1761,  died  September  25,  1841, 
in  Killingworth.  He  was  a  farmer  at  Killing- 
worth,  and  a  justice  of  the  peace  and  member 
of  the  general  assembly.  He  married,  January 
30,  1785,  Clarissa  Lewis,  born  1773,  died  June 
4,  1842,  daughter  of  John  Lewis,  of  Killing- 
worth.  Children :  Amelia  Zipporah,  born 
1790,  died  September  14,  1846;  Mary  Lewis, 
January  18,  1792,  died  November  14,  1838; 
Caroline  Elizabeth,  March  17,  1796,  married, 
March  29,  1825,  John  Stanton  (see  Stanton 
VI). 


The  origin' 
MINER  and  early 
ancestry  of 
the  Miner  family  in 
England  is  given  thus : 
Edward  III  of  Eng- 
land, going  to  war 
against  the  French, 
marched  through  "Som- 
ersetshire,  came  to 
Mendippe  hills,  where 
lived  Henry  Miner, 
who  with  all  careful- 
ness and  loyalty,  hav- 
ing convened  his  domestic  and  menial  servants 
armed  with  battle  axes  proferred  himself  and 
them  to  his  master's  service  making  up  a  com- 
plete hundred."  For  this  service  he  was 
granted  the  coat-of-arms :  Gules  a  fesse  be- 
tween three  plates  argent. 

(I)  Henry  Miner,  mentioned  above,  died 
in  1359.  Children:  Henry,  mentioned  below; 
Edward,  Thomas,  George. 

(II)  Henry  (2),  son  of  Henry  (i)  Miner, 
married  Henrietta,  daughter  of  Edward  Hicks 


of  Gloucester.  Children  ;  William  ;  Henry,  who 
served  in  1384  under  Richard  HI. 

(III)  William,  son  of  Henry  (2)  Miner, 
married  Hobbs,  of  Wiltshire.  Chil- 
dren :  Thomas,  mentioned  below ;  George,  Hved 
in  Shropshire. 

(IV)  Thomas,  son  of  William  Miner,  lived 
in  Herefordshire ;  married  a  daughter  of  Cot- 
ton Gresslap,  of  Staffordshire.  Children  :  Lo- 
dovick,  mentioned  below ;  George,  Mary. 

(V)  Lodovick,  son  of  Thomas  Miner,  mar- 
ried Anna,  daughter  of  Thomas  Dyer,  of 
Staughton,  Huntingdonshire.  Children : 
Thomas,  mentioned  below;  George  (twin), 
born  1458;  Arthur  (twin),  served  the  house 
of  Austria. 

(VI)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Lodovick  Miner, 
was  born  in  1436.  He  married  Bridget, 
daughter  of  Sir  George  Hervie,  of  St.  Mar- 
tin's, county  Middlesex.  He  died  1480,  leav- 
ing two  children  to  the  tutorage  of  their 
mother  Bridget,  but  she  resigned  them  to  her 
father  and  turned  to  monastic  life,  in  Datford. 

(VII)  William  (2),  son  of  Thomas  (2) 
Miner,  married  Isabella  Harcope  de  Folibay, 
and  lived  to  revenge  the  death  of  the  two 
young  princes  slain  in  the  tower  by  their 
uncle,  Richard  III.  Children :  William,  men- 
tioned below ;  George,  Thomas,  Robert,  Na- 
thaniel, John.  Four  others.  John  and  Na- 
thaniel went  to  Ireland  in  1541  when  Henry 
VIII  was  proclaimed  king  of  Ireland. 

(VIII)  Wilham  (3),  son  of  William  (2) 
Miner,  was  buried  at  Chew  Magna,  February 
23,  1585.  Children:  Clement,  mentioned  be- 
low ;  Elizabeth. 

(IX)  Clement,  son  of  William  (3)  Miner, 
died  March  31,  1640,  at  Chew  Magna.  0:11- 
dren :  Clement,  Thomas,  mentioned  below ; 
Elizabeth,  Mary. 

(X)  Thomas  (3),  son  of  Clement  Miner, 
and  the  immigrant  ancestor,  came  to  Stoning- 
ton,  Connecticut,  in  1683.  Children :  John, 
Thomas,  Clement,  Ephraim,  Judah,. Mannas- 
seh,  Joseph,  Samuel,  Ann,  Maria,  Eunice, 
Elizabeth,  Hannah. 

(XI)  Deacon  Manasseh,  son  of  Thomas 
(3)  Miner,  was  born  at  New  London  in  1647, 
the  first  boy  born  of  white  parents  in  that 
town.  He  resided  on  the  old  homestead  at 
Quiambaug  and  was  buried  at  Wequetequod. 
He  was  a  soldier  in  King  Philip's  war.  He 
married,  ~  September  26,  1670,  Lydia  Moore. 
Children,  born  at  New  London :  EInathan,  De- 
cember 28,  1673,  mentioned  below ;  Samuel, 
September  20,  1675 ;  Hannah,  December  8, 
1676;  Thomas,  September  20,  1683;  Lydia, 
married  Sylvester  Baldwin. 

(XII)  EInathan,  son  of  Deacon  Manasseh 
Miner,  was  born  at  New  London,  December 


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28,  1673.  He  lived  at  Stonington.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  March  21,  1694,  Rebecca  Bald- 
win, who  died  March  12,  1700.  He  married 
(second)  March  17,  1702,  Prudence  (Rich- 
ardson) Hallam,  a  widow.  He  married 
(third)  October  14,  1718,  Tamsen  Wilcox. 
Children,  born  at  Stonington :  Samuel,  De- 
cember 12,  1694,  mentioned  below;  Manasseh, 
December  i,  1695;  Elnathan,  June  24,  1697; 
Rebecca,  February  13,  1699.  Child  of  second 
wife:  Richardson,   November  24,    1704. 

(Xni)  Samuel,  son  of  Elnathan  Miner, 
was  born  at  Stonington,  December  12,  1694. 
He  married  there,  December  3,  1719,  Eliza- 
beth Brown.  Children,  born  at  Stonington : 
Elizabeth,  August  18,  1720;  Rebecca  (twin), 
August  18,  1720;  Samuel,  March  14,  1723; 
Nathan,  Jul)'  16,  1724,  mentioned  below; 
David,  September  26,  1726;  John,  December 
22,  1728  ;  Elizabeth,  November  24,  1730  ;  Jona- 
than. February  18,  1733;  Anna,  June  26,  1735. 

(XIV)  Nathan,  son  of  Samuel  Miner,  was 
born  July  16,  1724,  at  Stonington.  He  mar- 
ried, March  7.  1751,  Sarah  Smith.  Children, 
bom  at  Stonington :  Deborah,  December  24, 
1751 ;  Richardson,  September  10,  1753;  Sarah, 
December  7,  1755;  Elizabeth,  July  15,  1759; 
Robert,  November  13,  1763,  mentioned  below; 
Nathan,  September  23,  1764. 

(XV)  Robert,  son  of  Nathan  Miner,  was 
born  in  Stonington,  November  13,  1763.  He 
lived  at  Stonington  and  married  there,  Febru- 
ary 10,  1788,  Mary,  daughter  of  Christopher 
and  Mary  (Randall)  Miner  (married  August 
II,  1765).  Charles  Miner,  father  of  Christo- 
pher Miner,  was  born  November  14,  1709; 
Christopher  Miner  was  bom  March  16,  1745. 
James  Miner,  father  of  Charles  Miner,  mar- 
ried, February  22,  1705,  Abigail  Eldredge. 
Ephraim  Miner,  father  of  James  Miner,  mar- 
ried Hannah  Avery.  June  20,  1666;  he  was 
baptized  at  Hingham,  Massachusetts,  May  i, 
1642,  son  of  Henry  and  Henrietta  (Hicks) 
Miner.  Children  of  Robert  Miner,  born  at 
Stonington  :  Robert,  born  March  7,  1789,  men- 
tioned below ;  Gilbert,  December  26,  1791 ; 
married  Mary  Ann  Frink;  Betsey,  February 
18,  1795;  William,  January  12,  1803. 

(XVI)  Robert  (2),  son  of  Robert  (i) 
miner,  was  born  at  Stonington,  March  7, 
1789.  He  married  Alura,  daughter  of  Captain 
Spicer,  of  Stonington,  Connecticut.  Children: 
Robert  Tyler,  married  Lydia  Baldwin ;  Alura 
Ann,  married  (first)  Julius  Harrison,  of  New 
Milford,  Connecticut;  (second)  Jacob  Eaton, 
of  Meriden,  chaplain  during  the  civil  war  of 
the  Seventh  Connecticut  Regiment,  died  at 
Newbern,  North  Carolina,  in  the  service ;  Gil- 
bert Smith,  married  Virginia  Windsor ; 
Mary     Elizabeth,     married     Joseph     North ; 


George  L.,  married  Jane  Guild;  Emily 
Frances,  married  Colonel  Ira  Pettibone ;  Fred 
William,  married  Belle  Fayer,  of  Texas ; 
Frank  S.,  married  Mary  Houston;  Lucretia 
Victoria,  married  Erastus  Hubbard,  of  Wal- 
lingford,  Connecticut ;  Sarah  Eleanor,  died  un- 
married ;  Ralph  Jay,  mentioned  below. 

(XVII)  Ralph  Jay,  son  of  Robert  (2) 
Miner,  was  born  in  Cornwall,  Litchfield 
county,  Connecticut,  January  16,  1844.  He 
attended  the  district  schools  of  his  native  town. 
He  began  his  business  career  as  clerk  in  the 
general  store  at  Cornwall  Bridge,  Connecti- 
cut, in  1861.  and  in  the  spring  of  1862  entered 
the  employ  of  the  Cornwall  Bridge  Iron  Com- 
pany. In  1862  he  enlisted  in  Company  G, 
Nineteenth  Regiment,  Connecticut  Infantry, 
and  served  in  that  regiment  until  it  was 
changed  to  the  Second  Heavy  Artillery.  In 
1863  he  was  mustered  out  of  service,  dis- 
charged on  account  of  physical  disability. 
Later  in  the  year  he  entered  the  employ  of 
John  Ives  at  Meriden,  Connecticut.  He  came 
to  New  Haven  to  work  for  the  firm  of  T.  P. 
Merwin  &  Company,  August  i,  1865,  and  was 
next  with  the  firm  of  Yale  &  Bryan,  whole- 
sale growers,  State  street.  New  Haven,  and 
continued  there  until  1869.  Then  for  four 
years  he  was  in  the  dry  goods  trade  with 
James  H.  Bunce,  Middletown,  Connecticut, 
returning  to  Yale  &  Bryan,  where  he  was  a 
salesman  again  for  a  period  of  about  nine  years. 
He  was  then  in  business  for  himself  for  two 
years  in  New  York  city  as  partner  in  the 
firm  of  Hollway,  Wright  &  Miner,  manufac- 
turers' agents,  167  Chambers  street.  He  re- 
turned to  the  firm  of  Yale  &  Bryan,  of  which 
he  became  a  partner,  the  firm  name  then  be- 
coming Yale,  Bryan  &  Company,  and  subse- 
quently, Bryan,  Miner  &  Read,  wholesale 
grocers.  After  Mr.  Bryan  died,  the  firm  name 
became  Miner,  Read  &  Garrette,  which  con- 
tinued until  the  present  firm  was  instituted 
January  i,  1910,  under  the  stvle  of  ]\Iiner. 
Read  &  Tullock. 

Mr.  Miner  is  a  member  of  the  Country  Club 
of  New  Haven ;  the  Center  Lodge,  No.  97, 
Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  of  Meriden,  and 
of  the  LTnited  Church  of  New  Haven.  In 
politics  he  is  an  Independent. 

He  married,  November  28,  1866,  Sarah 
Ellen  Yale,  of  Meriden,  born  September  14, 
1846,  daughter  of  Julius  Yale.  They  had  no 
children,  but  brought  up  a  son  of  Mr.  Miner's 
brother,  Frank  Spicer  J\Iiner,  bom  January  14, 
1872,  son  of  Frank  S.  Miner,  of  Cornwall. 
Frank  Spicer  Miner  married  Betsy  Hosmer, 
of  New  Haven;  children:  Edward  Hosmer, 
born  March  14,  1903 ;  Frank  Erastus,  Septem- 
ber 28,  1904. 


Zewis  HistoTical  Fu.l.C. 


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The  surname  Luther  is  derived 
LUTHER     from  the  baptismal  and  Biblical 

name  in  common  use  in  all 
Christian  countries.  The  American  family  is 
of  the  same  German  stock,  according  to  family 
tradition,  as  the  old  immortal  Martin  Luther, 
tracing  direct  from  his  brother,  Johannes 
(John)  Luther,  sons  of  Henry  Luther,  both 
of  whom  were  born  in  Eisleben,  Saxony.  Mar- 
tin Luther  was  born  late  in  the  fifteenth  cen- 
tury, graduated  from  a  university  at  twenty 
years  of  age,  and  two  years  later,  in  1505,  ac- 
cepted a  position  as  teacher.  At  the  age  of 
twenty-four  he  took  orders  in  the  Roman 
Catholic  church.  John  Luther  was  born  be- 
tween 1475  ^nd  1490,  and  his  descendants,  of 
the  third  or  fourth  generation,  emigrated  to 
Holland,  from  which  country,  after  many 
years,  perhaps  a  century,  some  of  them  re- 
moved to  Sussex  county,  England,  among 
them  being  a  Wilhelm  Luther,  who  attained 
the  great  age  of  one  hundred  and  eight  years. 
After  the  settlement  in  England  they,  or  some 
branches  of  the  family,  became  wealthy  and 
owned  an  extensive  manor.  The  family  were 
known  in  local  parlance  as  Luton,  but  in  all 
legal  papers  the  name  was  spelled  Luther. 

(I)  Captain  John  Luther,  immigrant  ances- 
tor, was  born  in  Shrewsbury,  England.  He 
set  sail  from  Dorset  county,  England,  for  the 
new  world,  landing  in  Boston,  Massachusetts, 
in  1635,  and  in  1637  was  one  of  the  first  pur- 
chasers and  settlers  of  Swansea,  and  his  ninety 
acres  of  land  were  said  to  have  been  purchased 
from  the  Indians  for  a  peck  of  white  beans. 
It  is  quite  possible  that  the  land  was  assigned 
by  the  government,  and  the  peck  of  beans 
merely  quieted  any  claim  made  by  the  Indians. 
He  sold  his  interests  there,  and  in  1642  be- 
came one  of  the  first  settlers  of  Gloucester. 
He  was  employed  by  the  merchants  of  Boston 
as  captain  of  a  vessel  to  go  to  Delaware  Bay 
on  a  trading  voyage,  and  while  there  was 
killed  by  the  Indians  in  1644.  Evidently  his 
son  was  captured  at  the  same  time,  as  May  2, 
1646,  the  general  court  of  Alassachusetts  de- 
creed that  the  widow  Luther  should  have  the 
balance  of  her  husband's  wages  according  to 
sea  custom,  after  allowing  to  the  merchants 
what  they  had  paid  for  the  redemption  of  her 
son.  Children:  Sam.uel,  born  in  Taunton, 
1636,  died  December  20,  1716,  married  Mary 
;  Hezekiah,  mentioned  below. 

(II)  Hezekiah,  son  of  Captain  John  Luther, 
was  born  (probably)  in  Taunton,  1640,  died 
July  23,  1723.  He  and  his  brother  Samuel 
were  among  the  first  settlers  of  Swansea,  Mas- 
sachusetts, and  many  of  his  descendants  lived 
there  and  in  the  adjoining  town  of  Rehoboth. 
and   in  various   parts  of  Rhode   Island.     He 


married    (first)    Elizabeth   — ■ ;    (second) 

Sarah .    Children,  by  first  wife,  born  in 

Swansea :  John,  1663,  mentioned  below ;  Na- 
thaniel, 1664,.  married,  June  28,  1693,  Ruth 
Cole ;  children  of  second  wife :  Joseph,  Febru- 
ary 12,  1669,  died  March  23,  1736;  Elizabeth, 
December  29,  1671,  married  John  Kinnicutt; 
Edward,  April  27,  1674,  married  (first),  Sarah 
Callender ;  (second)  Elizabeth  Mason;  Heze- 
kiah, August  27,  1676,  married  Martha  Good- 
win; Hannah,  married  Dr.  Richard  Winslow. 

(III)  John  (2),  son  of  Hezekiah  Luther, 
was  born  in  1663,  and  died  April  14,  1697. 
He  married,  January  25,  1687,  Hopestill  But- 
terworth.  Children :  John,  born  August  10, 
1690,  married  Judith  Martin ;  Nathaniel,  Au- 
gust 17,  1692,  mentioned  below;  Job,  Decem- 
ber 30,  1694,  married  Hannah  ;  Pa- 
tience, January  8,  1697,  married,  November 
10,   1726,  Hezekiah  Luther. 

(IV)  Nathaniel,  son  of  John  (2)  and  Hope- 
still  (Butterworth)  Luther,  was  born  August 
17,  1692,  and  married,  June  4,  1715,  Mercy 
Boomer.  Children:  Job,  born  February  21, 
1716,  married  Hannah  Harding;  Nathaniel, 
September  21,  1719,  married,  January  2,  1752, 
Eleanor  Boomer;  Matthew,  August  26,  1721, 
mentioned  below;  Isaac,  Februar}'  27,  1723, 
married.  June  14,  1750,  Margaret  Luther; 
Mercy,  June  21,  1726;  Hopestill,  July  6,  1729; 
Hepzibah,   December   19,    1730;  John,   March 

9,  1733,  married  Margaret  ;  Jonathan, 

August  22,  1735,  died  September  5,  1735; 
David,  April  10,  1737. 

(V)  Matthew,  son  of  Nathaniel  Luther, 
was  born  August  26,  1721,  and  married,  De- 
cember 20,  1747,  Eleanor  Gansey.  Children: 
Anna,  born  August  23,  1748,  married,  1765, 
Caleb  Briggs ;  Mehitable,  March  23,  1750; 
Job,  .  September  14,  1752;  Nathaniel,  1754; 
Peleg,  August  18,  1756,  mentioned  below; 
Eleanor,  1758. 

(VI)  Peleg,  son  of  Matthew  Luther,  was 
born  August  18,  1756,  and  lived  in  Providence, 
Rhode  Island.  He  married,  in  1780,  Mary 
Nichols,  and  died  November  4,  1810.  Chil- 
dren :  Thomas,  September  9,  1781 ;  Anne,  born 
January  16,  1784;  Lydia,  June  2,  1790,  mar- 
ried Grant  Barneyville;  Job,  April  3,  1793, 
mentioned  below ;   Eleanor,   March   30,    1796, 

married  Allen;  Mary,  1799;  John  N., 

August  20,  1802,  resided  in  Millbury;  Abigail, 
married  Barney. 

(VII)  Job,  son  of  Peleg  Luther,  was  born 
April  3,  1793,  in  Swansea,  and  died  in  Reho- 
both, Massachusetts,  March  22,  1875,  aged 
eighty-two  years.  He  was  a  teamster  during 
his  active  life  and  resided  in  Providence.  In 
religion  he  was  a  Baptist.  He  married  (first), 
December  15,  1823,  Lucy  Ann  Peck  of  See- 


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konk,  born  January  7,  1800,  died  October  10, 
1827,  daughter  of  Darius  Peck.  (See  Peck 
family).  He  married  (second),  October  13, 
1829,  Caroline  Reed  Ormsby,  who  died  April 
15,  1880.  Children  of  first  wife:  Flavel 
Sweeten,  born  November  9,  1825,  mentioned 
below;  Son,  born  September  29,  died  Septem- 
ber 30,  1827.  Children  of  second  wife:  Ed- 
mund Job,  born  January  29,  1834,  died  No- 
vember I,  1891,  married  May  F.  Chase,  no 
issue ;  Charles  VVadsworth,  born  April  29, 
1836,   died  young. 

(Vni)  Flavel  Sweeten,  son  of  Job  Luther, 
was  born  November  9,  1825,  at  Providence. 
He  attended  the  common  schools  of  that  city 
and  a  private  select  school,  kept  by  Benjamin 
Burns,  at  Providence.  He  began  his  career 
as  a  clerk  and  worked  in  various  stores  in  his 
native  city.  He  served  an  apprenticeship  of 
four  3-ears  at  cabinet  making  in  Pawtucket, 
Rhode  Island,  and  afterward  learned  the  busi- 
ness of  organ  building.  He  had  a  farm  at 
Brooklyn,  Connecticut,  where  he  purchased  a 
news  agency,  and  conducted  it  successfully  for 
a  period  of  thirty  3^ears.  He  is  now  living 
in  Winsted,  Connecticut.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Trinity  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  of 
Brooklyn.     In  politics  he  is  a  Republican. 

He  married,  March  26,  1849,  ^t  Brooklyn, 
Jane  Jerusha,  born,  at  Brooklyn,  January  20, 
1824,  daughter  of  Jacob  and  Joanna  (Man- 
ning) Lillie.  (See  Planning  VT.)  Her  father 
was  a  farmer  and  butcher;  was  an  ensign  in 
the  war  of  1812  and  served  at  New  London, 
Connecticut.  She  had  one  brother,  Warren 
Winslow  Lillie.  Children,  born  at  Brooklyn : 
I.  Flavel  Sweeten,  born  March  26,  1850;  men- 
tioned below.  2.  Herman  Lillie,  born  March 
12,  1855,  graduate  of  Racine  College;  took 
post  graduate  at  Harvard,  and  after  a  few 
j'ears  teaching  in  preparatory  schools  studied 
law  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  of  Minnesota 
and  became  a  successful  practitioner  of  that 
state ;  married,  December  29,  1885,  Kate  C.  O. 
Blake:  he  died  February  2,  1904;  child:  Her- 
man Blake,  born  October  31,  1886,  died  Feb- 
ruary 2,  18B7.  3.  Riverius  Manning,  born 
June  30.  1868,  graduate  of  Trinity  College, 
Hartford,  in  the  class  of  1890,  electrical  engi- 
neer by  profession ;  died,  unmarried,  Novem- 
Ijer  28,  1 89 1. 

dX)  Flon.  Flavel  Sweeten  Luther  (2),  son 
of  Flavel  Sweeten  Luther,  was  born  in  Brook- 
lyn, Conn.,  March  26.  1850.  He  attended 
the  district  schools  of  his  native  town  and  en- 
tered the  sophomore  class  of  Trinity  College 
when  he  was  seventeen  years  old,  graduating 
when  he  was  twenty,  the  third  in  his  class. 
He  took  high  rank  in  mathematics,  and  won 
the  first  prize  in  that  subject  in  his  senior  year. 


In  the  fall  of  1870  he  took  charge  of  a  parish 
school  at  Troy,  New  York.  In  addition  to  the 
teaching  of  a  hundred  pupils  he  began  the 
study  of  theology  under  Rev.  Dr.  Coit,  and  as 
soon  as  he  was  of  age  he  was  ordained  a 
deacon  in  the  Protestant  Episcopal  church  by 
Bishop  Doane.  He  was  successful  and  efficient 
as  a  teacher  and  disciplinarian.  In  1873  he 
was  appointed  rector  of  a  large  Episcopal 
school  in  Racine,  Wisconsin.  He  pursued  his 
favorite  study  of  mathematics,  and  in  1876 
was  appointed  professor  ir.  mathematics  in  Ra- 
cine College,  filling  thi?  chair  with  marked 
success  until  1881,  when  he  was  elected  pro- 
fessor of  mathematics  in  Kenyon  College, 
Gambler,  Ohio.  After  two  years  he  resigned 
his  office  at  Gambler  to  accept  the  chair  of 
mathematics  and  astronomy  in  Trinity  Col- 
lege, thirteen  years  after  his  own  graduation 
there.  In  1903  he  became  acting  president  of 
the  college  and  in  the  summer  of  1904,  presi- 
dent, succeeding  Dr.  George  W.  Smith.  While 
teaching  mathematics  at  Hartford,  Professor 
Luther  was  also  consulting  engineer  for  the 
leading  bicycle  company  of  the  country,  the 
Pope  Manufacturing  Company,  in  its  period 
of  development.  One  of  his  inventions  is  used 
on  every  bicycle  and  was  of  so  much  value 
that  the  company  voluntarily  made  him  a 
handsome  present  in  addition  to  his  salary. 
President  Luther  has  demonstrated  that  he  has 
great  inventive  ability  and  mechanical  skill. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  American  Society  of 
Mechanical  Engineers. 

President  Luther's  administration  has  been 
progressive.  The  fine  new  athletic  field  was 
secured  chiefly  through  his  efforts,  and  he  has 
done  much  to  raise  the  standard  of  athletic 
sports  at  Trinity.  He  was  an  athlete  of  some 
note  in  his  youth  and  has  lost  none  of  his 
interest  in  intercollegiate  sports.  President 
Luther  has  been  exceptionally  well  trained  for 
his  present  position  by  his  experience  and  suc- 
cess in  preparatory  schools,  his  long  service  as 
a  college  professor,  by  his  love  and  knowledge 
of  mathematics  and  engineering  and  more 
than  all,  perhaps,  by  his  sound  theological  train- 
ing. His  natural  executive  ability  and  com- 
mon sense,  his  pleasing  personality  and  com- 
plete understanding  of  youth  admirably  equip 
him  for  the  difficult  duties  of  his  position. 
Trinity  is  not  a  wealthy  college  and  a  wise 
and  prudent  administration  of  its  affairs  is 
necessary,  and  also  the  enlistment  of  the  co- 
operation of  its  alumni  and  others  in  increas- 
ing its  endowment.  President  Luthgr  is  an 
able  and  convincing  public  speaker.  As  a 
preacher  he  ranks  among  the  foremost,  and 
his  sermons  to  the  college  boys  are  especially 
earnest,  sensible  and  helpful.     On  the  many 


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occasions  when  he  has  represented  the  col- 
lege his  versatility,  eloquence  and  enthusiasm 
have  won  the  admiration  of  his  audience.  He 
speaks  entirely  without  notes  or  manuscript. 
He  received  the  honorary  degree  of  LL.  D. 
from  his  alma  mater  in  1904.  His  devotion 
to  Trinity  has  been  shown  repeatedly  by  his 
refusal  of  less  difficult  and  in  many  ways  more 
attractive  positions  in  the  church.  He  was 
offered  and  declined  the  presidency  of  Kenyon 
College,  while  a  professor  in  Trinity.  Presi- 
dent Luther  has  always  taken  a  lively  interest 
in  public  affairs  and  is  now  a  prominent  mem- 
ber of  the  state  senate  of  Connecticut,  holding 
a  position  of  leadership  in  that  body  and  serv- 
ing on  important  committees.  In  politics  he 
is  a  Republican.  He  married  Isabel  Blake 
Ely,  born  August  27,  1848.  daughter  of  Alfred 
Eli  and  Mary  (Bull)  Ely.  They  have  no 
children. 

(The  Peck  Line). 

This  name  is  of  great  antiquity.  It  is  found 
in  Belton,  Yorkshire,  England,  at  an  early 
date,  and  from  there  scattered  not  only  over 
England  but  into  every  civilized  country.  A 
branch  settled  in  Hesden  and  Wakefield,  York- 
shire, whose  descendants  removed  to  Beccles, 
county  Suffolk,  and  were  the  ancestors  of 
Joseph  Peck,  of  Hingham,  county  Norfolk,  the 
American  immigrant.  Arms :  Argent  on  a 
chevron  engrailed  gules  three  crosses  formed 
of  the  first.  Crest :  A  cubit  arm  erect,  habited 
azure,  cuff  argent,  hand  proper,  holding  on 
one  stalk  enfiled  with  a  scroll,  three  roses 
gules,  leaved  vert.  The  arms  to  which  Joseph 
Peck  are  entitled  are  as  given  above,  quartered 
with  those  of  the  Brunning  and  Hesselden 
families. 

(I)  John  Peck,  of  Belton,  Yorkshire,  mar- 
ried  a   daughter  of  Melgrave.      (II) 

Thomas   Peck  married  a  daughter  of  

Middleton  of  Middleton.     (Ill)  Robert  Peck, 

of   Belton,   married   Tunstall.      (IV) 

Robert   (2)   Peck,  of  Belton,  married  

Musgrave.      (V)    John    (2)    Peck,  of  Belton, 

married Watford.     (VI)  Thomas  (2) 

Peck,  of  Belton,  married Blaxton,  of 

Blaxton.  Children  :  Thomas,  mentioned  below  ; 
John,    settled    in    Northamptonshire.      (VII) 

Thomas  (3)  Peck,  of  Belton,  married  

Littleton.     (A^III)  John   (3)  Peck,  of  Belton, 

married Carre.     (IX)  John   (4)  Peck, 

of  Belton,  married Flemming.    (X)  John 

(5)  Peck  married  Wembourne.  Chil- 
dren: I.  John,  whose  daughter,  his  .sole  heir, 
married  John  Ratcliffe,  thus  taking  the  estate 
of  Belton  out  of  the  direct  line.  2.  Richard, 
mentioned  below.  (XI)  Richard  Peck  mar- 
ried    Brunnung.      (XII)   Richard   (2) 

Peck,    of    Hesden,    married    Savill. 


(XIII)  Thomas  (4)  Peck,  of  Hesden,  married 

Bradley.     (XIV)   Richard  (3)    Peck, 

of  Hesden  and  Wakefield,  Yorkshire, married  a 
Hesselden.  Children  :  John,  mentioned  below ; 
Richard,  died  young;  Thomas.  (XV)  John 
(6)  Peck  married  Isabel  Lacie,  of  Bromble- 
ton,  and  was  a  lawyer.  Children:  Richard, 
mentioned  below  ;  Thomas  ;  Catherine ;  Rob- 
ert; John:  Margaret.  (XVI)  Richard  (4) 
Peck  was  of  Wakefield,  and  married  Joan, 
daughter  of  John  Harrington,  Esq.  Children : 
Richard,  mentioned  below ;  Margaret ;  Isabel ; 
Joan;  Judith;  Elizabeth.  (XVII)-  Richard 
(5)  Peck  married  Alice,  daughter  of  Sir  Peter 
Middleton.  Children  :  John,  mentioned  be- 
low ;  Margaret;  Ann;  Elizabeth;  Isabel. 
(XVIII)  John  (7)  Peck,  of  Wakefield,  mar- 
ried Joan,  daughter  of  John  Aune,  of  Trick- 
ley.  Children :  Richard,  married  Anne  PIo- 
tham  ;  John  ;  Thomas ;  Ralph ;  Nicholas ;  Fran- 
cis ;  Robert,  mentioned  below. 

(XIX)    Robert   (3)    Peck  was  of  Beccles, 

county  Suffolk.     He  married   (first),  

Norton;  (second)  Waters.    Children: 

John ;  Robert,  mentioned  below ;  Thomas ; 
Joan;  Olivia;  Margaret;  Anne.  (XX)  Rob- 
ert (4)  Peck  was  of  Beccles,  and  died  1593, 
aged  forty-seven.  He  married  Helen,  daugh- 
ter of  Nicholas  Babbs,  of  Guilford.  Children : 
I.  Richard,  died  without  issue,  161 5,  aged 
forty-one.  2.  Nicholas,  born  1576;  married 
Rachel  Yonge,  1610.  3.  Robert,  born  1680; 
took  degree  at  Magdalen  College,  Cambridge, 
A.  B.,  1599,  A.  M.,  1603;  inducted  over  parish 
of  Hingham,  England,  January  8,  1605.  4. 
Joseph,  mentioned  below.  5.  Margaret.  6. 
Martha.     7.  Samuel,  died  1619. 

(XXI)  Joseph  Peck,  the  immigrant  ances- 
tor, was  baptized  in  Beccles,  county  Suffolk, 
England.  In  1638  he  and  other  Puritans,  with 
his  brother,  Rev.  Robert  Peck,  their  pastor, 
fled  from  the  persecutions  of  their  church  to 
America.  They  came  in  the  ship  "Diligent," 
of  Ipswich,  John  Martin,  master.  The  rec- 
ords of  Hingham,  Massachusetts,  state :  "Mr. 
Joseph  Peck  and  his  wife,  with  three  sons  and 
a  daughter  and  two  men  servants  and  three 
maid  servants,  came  from  Old  Hingham  and 
settled  at  New  Hingham."  He  was  granted  a 
house  lot  of  seven  acres  adjoining  that  of  his 
brother.  He  remained  at  Hingham  seven 
years,  and  then  removed  to  Seekonk.  At 
Hingham  he  was  deputy  to  the  general  court 
in  1639.  He  took  an  active  part  in  town  af- 
fairs ;  was  selectman,  justice  of  the  peace,  as- 
sessor, etc.  In  1641  he  became  one  of  the 
principal  purchasers  of  the  Indians  of  that 
tract  of  land  called  Seekonk,  aftervi'ards  the 
town  of  Rehoboth,  including  the  present  towns 
of  Rehoboth,  Massachusetts,  and  Seekonk  and 


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Pawtucket,  Rhode  Island.  He  removed,  1645, 
to  his  new  home.  An  incident  of  the  trip  is 
found  in  the  town  records  of  Rehoboth.  "Mr. 
Joseph  Peck  and  three  others  at  Hingham, 
being  about  to  remove  to  Seaconk.  riding 
thither  they  sheltered  themselves  and  their 
horses  in  an  Indian  wigwam,  which  by  some 
occasion  took  fire,  and,  although  there  were 
four  in  it  and  labored  to  their  utmost,  burnt 
three  of  their  horses  to  death,  and  all  their 
goods,  to  the  value  of  fifty  pounds."  He  was 
appointed  to  assist  in  matters  of  controversy 
at  court,  and  in  1650  was  authorized  to  per- 
form marriages.  He  was  second  on  the  tax 
list.  In  some  instances  land  granted  to  him 
is  still  owned  by  his  descendants.  His  house 
was  upon  the  plain  in  the  northerly  part  of 
the  "Ring  of  the  Town,"  near  the  junction  of 
the  present  Pawtucket  with  the  old  Boston  and 
Bristol  road,  not  far  from  the  Boston  &  Provi- 
dence railroad  station.  He  died  December  23, 
1663.  His  will  was  proved  March  3,  1663-64. 
His  sons  united  in  the  amplification  of  the 
written  will  which  was  made  on  his  death- 
bed, and  the  court  accepted  it  as  a  part  of 
the  will. 

He  married  (first)  Rebecca  Clark,  at  Hing- 
ham, England,  May  21,  1617.  She  died  and 
was  buried  there,  October  24,  1637.  The 
name  of  his  second  wife  is  unknown.  Chil- 
dren:  I.  Anna,  baptized  in  Hingham,  Eng- 
land, March  12,  1618 ;  btiried  there  July  27, 
1636;  Rebecca,  baptized  there  May  25,   1620, 

married    Hubbard ;    Joseph,    baptized 

August  23,  1623;  John,  born  about  1626; 
Nicholas,  baptized  April  9,  1630;  Simon,  born 
about  1635 ;  Samuel,  baptized  in  Hingham, 
Massachusetts,  February  3,  1638-39.  Na- 
thaniel, baptized  October  31,  1641,  mentioned 
below;  Israel,  baptized  March  11,  1644,  died 
young;  Samuel  and  Israel,  baptized  July  19, 
1646. 

(XXII)  Nathaniel,  son  of  Joseph  Peck,  was 
baptized  at  Hingham,  Massachusetts,  October 
31,  1641,  and  removed  with  his  father  to  Re- 
hoboth. He  settled  upon  land  given  him  and 
his  brother  Israel,  in  what  is  now  Barrington, 
Rhode  Island,  near  the  house  afterwards  oc- 
cupied by  Ellis  Peck.    He  was  buried  August 

12,    1676.      He    married   Deliverance  , 

who  died  May  i,  1675.  Children:  Nathaniel, 
born  July  26,  1670,  mentioned  below;  Daugh- 
ter ;  Elisha,  born  April  19,  1675,  died  April 
30,  1675. 

(XXIII)  Nathaniel  (2),  son  of  Nathaniel 
d)  Peck,  was  born  July  26,  1670,  and  died 
August  5,  1751.  He  settled  upon  the  lands 
left  him  by  his  father.  He  was  a  prominent 
man,  and  held  various  public  ofiices.  He  is 
called  lieutenant  and   deacon  on  the  records. 


He  married  (first)  March  8,  1695-96,  Chris- 
tian Allen,  of  Swansea,  who  died  June  8,  1702 : 
(second),  July  18,  1705,  Judith  Smith  of  Re- 
hoboth, who  died  November  10,  1743.  Chil- 
dren: Ebenezer,  born  April  24,  1697;  Na- 
thaniel, July  10,  1699;  Thomas,  October  4, 
1700;  Daniel,  July  28,  1706;  David,  November, 
1707;  Abigail,  August  12,  1709;  Bathsheba, 
January  15,  1710-11,  died  December  13,  1769; 
Solomon,  November  11,  171 2,  mentioned  be- 
low; John,  July  i,  1714,  died  July  23,  1714; 
John,  Eebruary  29,  1716,  died  May  14,  1716. 

(XXIV)  Solomon,  son  of  Nathaniel  (2) 
Peck,  was  born  November  11,  1712,  and  died 
December  8,  1776.  He.  settled  upon  a  part  of 
the  homestead.  He  married,  December  29, 
1737,  Keziah  Barnes,  who  died  July  18,  1792. 
Their  gravestones  are  still  standing.  Children : 
Solomon,  born  October  29,  1738,  mentioned 
below;  Keziah,  August  3,  1740;  Hannah, 
February  4,  1743,  died  August  17,  1752;  Sam- 
uel, December  30,  1744,  died  August  3,  1814; 
Benjamin,  June  3,  1747,  died  October  12, 
1776;  Amos,  May  i,  1749,  died  April  24, 
1816;  Esther,  May  18,  1751 ;  Daniel,  March 
24,  1753,  died  September  10,  1776;  Hannah, 
October  17,  1755;  Nathaniel,  December  7, 
1759,  died  October  9,  1776;  Ebenezer,  Decem- 
ber II,  1762. 

(XXV)  Solomon  (2),  son  of  Solomon  (i) 
Peck,  was  born  October  29,  1738,  and  died 
August  22,  1814.  He  resided  on  the  place 
later  occupied  by  his  grandson,  Asa  Peck,  in 
i860.  He  married,  December  8,  1763,  Abi- 
gail (Peck)  Barney,  widow  of Barney. 

She  died  June  16,  1821.  Children:  Abigail, 
born  May  12,  1765;  Keziah,  September  10, 
1766;  Solomon,  February  13,  1769,  Darius, 
June  25,  1772,  mentioned  below;  Ellis,  August 
2,  1774;  Beebee,  June  i,  1777,  died  April  19, 
1781. 

(XXVI)  Darius,  son  of  Solomon  (2)  Peck, 
was  born  Jime  25,  1772,  and  died  in  Septem- 
ber, 1854.  He  married,  January  24,  1799, 
Lucy,  daughter  of  Deacon  Charles  Peck.  Chil- 
dren:  Lucy  Ann,  born  January  7,  1800,  mar- 
ried, December  15,  1823,  Job  Luther;  Keziah, 
born  September  13,  1801 ;  Calvin  D.,  born 
May  22,  1803 ;  Rachel  S.,  born  March  12, 
1805 ;  Hermon  A.  and  Sylvester  W.,  twins, 
born  July  12,  1807.  Julia  Ann,  born  Febru- 
ary 27,  181 1,  died  unmarried,  March,  1840. 

(The  Manning  Line). 
(I)  William  Manning,  the  immigrant  an- 
cestor, was  born  in  England  as  eariy  as  1592, 
perhaps  earlier,  and  came  to  New  England  at 
an  early  date.  He  came  (from  best  evidence) 
from  county  Essex,  England.  From  his  own 
account,  he  lived  the  first  nine  or  ten  weeks  in 


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Roxbury,  Massachusetts,  after  landing  here. 
He  then  removed  to  Cambridge,  where  docu- 
ments were  first  signed  by  him,  in  1634  and 
possibly  earher.  He  was  on  the  hst  of  land- 
holders in  February,  1635.  An  old  church 
record  says :  "Payd  our  brother  Manninge  for 
a  bell  rope."  This  was  dated  1648,  when  he 
was  engaged  in  "a  business  laudable  and  com- 
mendable." He  had  doubtless  been  a  mer- 
chant in  England.  In  1638  he  bought  four 
acres  of  ground  in  Charlestown.  Fie  was  a 
freeman  in  1640.  After  his  second  marriage 
he  removed  to  Boston  and  united  with  the 
church  there  in  1664.  He  died  in  1665-66. 
Name  of  first  wife  unknown;  he  married  (sec- 
ond)   Susannah   ,    who   died   in    1650; 

(third),  Elizabeth  • ,  who  survived  him. 

Children,  as  far  as  kflown :  William,  mentioned 
below,  Hannah. 

(II)  William  (2),  son  of  William  (i)  Man- 
ning, was  born  in  England  about  1614,  and 
came  to  New  England  about  1634.  He  set- 
tled in  Cambridge,  purchased  lands  and  en- 
gaged in  business  as  a  merchant.  He  also 
owned  a  warehouse,  boathouse,  on  a  canal  to 
which  boats  had  free  access,  and  constructed 
with  his  own  hands  a  wharf  by  his  boathouse. 
He  was  highway  surveyor  in  165 1 ;  ganger  of 
casks  and  constable  1652-53 ;  selectman  in 
1652-66-70-72-75-81-83 ;  member  of  the  grand 
jury  in  1686-88.  In  1668  he  was  sent  to  Eng- 
land to  procure  another  minister,  and  in  1671 
Rev.  Uriah  Oakes  was  received  and  ordained, 
and  afterwards  became  the  president  of  Har- 
vard College.  In  1670  Mr.  Manning  was  ap- 
pointed "to  catechise  the  youth"  of  the  town. 
He  was  selected  as  one  of  the  committee  of 
two,  who  had  in  charge  the  rebuilding  of  Har- 
vard College,  to  receive  and  disburse  funds  for 
that  purpose.     He  died  March  14,  1690.     He 

married  Dorothy  ■.     Their  gravestones 

are  in  the  cemetery  at  Harvard  Square.  Chil- 
dren: Hannah,  born  June  21.  1642:  Samuel, 
July  21,  1644,  mentioned  below;  Sarah,  Janu- 
ary 28,  1646;  Abigail,  January  15,  1647-48. 
died  May  10,  1648;  John,  March  31,  1649,  died 
unmarried,  November  25,  1678 ;  Mary,  about 
165 1 ;   (Perhaps)   Timothy. 

(III)  Samuel,  son  of  William  (2)  Manning, 
was  born  July  21,  1644.  About  the  time  of 
his  marriage  he  settled  in  Billerica,  and  while 
there  his  house  was  twice  attacked  by  Indians. 
In  1696  his  house  was  made  a  garrison.  He 
was  a  corporal  in  1682,  sergeant  in  1684,  and 
ensign  in  1699.  He  was  a  farmer  by  occupa- 
tion, and  was  a  prominent  man.  He  was  sur- 
veyor of  highways  in  1668;  sealer  of  weights 
and  measures  from  1675  to  1700;  constable 
1677;  juryman  1679,  assessor  1694-98  and 
1702;   ty thing  man    1679-82-97  and    1704-09: 


town  clerk  seven  years ;  selectman  eighteen 
years  ;  and  deputy  to  the  general  court  1695- 
96-97.  He  was  admitted  a  freeman  in  1670. 
He  was  a  large  landholder  and  his  will  was 
dated  February  21,  1710.  He  married  (first) 
April  13,  1664,  Elizabeth  Steams,  who  died 
June  24,  1 67 1.  He  married  (second)  May  6, 
1673,  Abiel  Wight,  born  at  Medfield,  January 
I,  1654,  daughter  of  John  and  Ann  Wight. 
He  died  February  22,  1710-11.  Children  of 
first  wife :  Samuel,  mentioned  below ;  John, 
born  1666.  Children  of  second  wife: 
Timothy,  born  February  4,  1674;  died 
March  12,  1674;  Hannah,  March  28, 
1675;  William,  June  27,  1677;  Mary,  Septem- 
ber 12,  1679;  Sarah,  August  26,  1681 ;  Doro- 
thy, June  27,  1683  ;  Isaac,  April  15,  1685 ;  Eph- 
raim,  born  September  11,  1686;  Elizabeth, 
born  March  14,  1689-90;  Timothy,  March  4, 
1691-92;  Eliphalet,  July  28,  1693;  Abiel,  De- 
cember 16,   1698. 

(IV)  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Samuel  (i)  Man- 
ning, was  born  in  Billerica  about  1665.  He 
took  the  oath  of  allegiance  September  8,  1681. 
In  1693  the  town  of  Billerica  granted  him 
liberty  to  set  up -a  shop  and  to  lay  timber 
about,  and  set  a  cart  near  to  the  passage 
over  the  river,  during  the  time  of  his  keeping 
the  ferry.  He  removed  to  Cambridge  before 
1695,  and  in  that  year  had  the  custody  of  the 
town's  ammunition.  In  January,  1698,  his 
father  sold  to  him  the  homestead  at  the  south- 
east corner  of  Dunster  and  South  streets,  Cam- 
bridge, together  with  the  boat  house,  etc.  After 
this,  he  is  called  "waterman"  in  deeds.  In 
1714  he  bought  land  in  Windham,  Connecti- 
cut, between,  Merrick  and  Beaver  brook.  He 
sold  his  Cambridge  property,  and  after  1722 
lived  in  Windham.  His  house  was  in  that  part 
of  the  town  which  became  the  Scotland  parish. 
At  Billerica  he  was  highway  surveyor  in  1693. 
At  Cambridge  he  was  sealer  of  weights  and 
measures  thirteen  years ;  highway  surveyor  in 
1702;  inspector  of  the  "Great  bridge  over  the 
Charlestown  river"  in  1704-05 ;  constable 
1707;  clerk  of  the  market  1715.  At  Windham 
he  was  tything  man  and  school  committee  in 
1722;  selectman  four  years,  1723-24-32-33. 
He  was  also  ensign  of  militia  in  Billerica.  His 
will  was  dated  March  2,  1750,  and  he  died  at 
Windham,  February  20,  1755.  He  married 
(first)  Deborah  Spalding,  born  at  Chelmsford, 
September  12,  1667,  died  August  8,  1727. 
daughter  of  Edward  Spalding.  He  married 
(second)  at  Norwich,  June  10,  1731,  Sarah 
Gale,  of  Canterbury,  who  died  October  11, 
1746,  (perhaps)  widow  of  Richard  Gale.  Chil- 
dren, all  by  first  wife :  Dorothy,  bom  January 
17,  1688-89;  Samuel,  January  14,  1690-91; 
Sarah,  October  i,  1693;  Deborah,  died  Janu- 


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ary  30,  1723-24,  unmarried;  John,  baptized 
January  17,  1696-97,  mentioned  below;  Abi- 
gail, baptized  May  14,  1699;  Elizabeth,  born 
November  21,  1701  ;  Mary,  born  March  17, 
1703-04;  Joseph,  baptized  May  12,  1705. 

(V)  John,  son  of  Samuel  (2)  Manning,  was 
baptized  at  Cambridge,  January  17,  1696-97. 
He  was  a  cordwainer  and  "waterman,"  and  re- 
sided in  Cambridge  until  1725,  and  in  that 
year  removed  to  Hopkinton,  and  about  two 
years  later  to  Windham,  Connecticut.  He  had 
a  saw  mill  there  on  Merrick  brook.  He  was 
fence  viewer  in  1743  and  1747;  sealer  of 
leather  1736-38-43-44;  grand  juror  1736;  con- 
stable and  collector  1738-42-44.  He  was  lieu- 
tenant of  the  second  company  of  the  train  band 
at  Windham,  and  three  years  later  was  made 
captain.  He  was  clerk  of  the  parish  in  1732, 
and  was  a  member  of  the  Scotland  society. 
He  died  May  5,  1760,  intestate.  He  married 
Abigail  Winship,  of  Cambridge,  baptized  Oc- 
tober 16,  1698,  died  July  30,  1770,  daughter 
of  Joseph  and  Sarah  (Harrington)  Winship. 
Children:  Joseph,  born  July  15,  1718;  John, 
July  10,  1720;  Sarah,  January  2,  1721-22,  died 
February  13,  1736-37;  Samuel,  November  3, 
1723,  mentioned  below;  Josiah,  June  14,  1725; 
Phineas,  March  3,  1727;  Abigail,  September 
4,  1728;  Irena,  baptized  September  20,  1730; 
Alice,  born  August  i,  1732;  Susanna,  October 
8,  1734;  Sarah,  October  28,  1737;  Abiah,  bap- 
tized June  10,  1739. 

(VI)  Samuel  (3),  son  of  John  Manning, 
was  born  in  Cambridge,  November  3, 
1723,  and  died  at  Norwich.  November  9, 
1783.  He  settled  at  Norwich  Town,  and  was 
a  stone  mason  by  trade.  He  served  in  the 
revolution  from  July  22  to  November  27, 
1775,  in  Captain  Asa  Kingsbury's  company, 
Colonel  Jedediah  Huntington's  regiment,  sta- 
tioned on  the  sound  until  September  14,  and 
then  ordered  to  Boston  camps  and  to  Rox- 
bury.  He  built  a  house,  in  1750,  on  the  road 
to  the  burying  ground.  He  married  at  Nor- 
wich, September  21,  1746,  his  cousin,  Anne 
Winship,  of  Charlestown,  born  September  24, 
1728,  died  1792,  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Anna 
Winship.  Children,  born  at  Norwich  :  Eunice, 
born  August  3,  1747,  died  June  29,  175 1  ; 
Samuel,  September  13,  1749;  Anne,  died  Sep- 
tember 24,  1753,  aged  two  years;  Anne,  died 
September  3,  1759,  in  her  sixth  year;  Eunice, 
born  January  24,  1756,  died  October  15,  1781 ; 
Roger,  born  May  15,  1758;  Diah,  born  Au- 
gust 24,  1760,  mentioned  below. 

(VII)  Diah,  son  of  Samuel  (3)  Manning, 
was  born  August  24,  1760,  at  Norwich,  Con- 
necticut, and  died  there  August  25,  1815.  He 
was  a  drummer  in  the  revolution  in  Captain 
Asa   Kingsbury's   company    from   July    10  to 


December  16.  He  enhsted  in  the  first  regi- 
ment, which  was  transferred  to  A^alley  Forge 
to  Washington's  Life  Guards.  This  famous 
command  was  formed  in  1776  of  picked  men. 
He  continued  in  the  Life  Guards  until  1780, 
and  beat  the  drum  at  the  execution  of  Major 
Andre.  In  1781  he  was  in  Captain  Paul  Brig- 
ham's  company.  Colonel  Isaac  Sherman's  reg- 
iment. He  was  for  many  years  the  bell-ringer 
of  Norwich,  and  was  jailer  there  during  the 
French  revolution.  In  1800  the  American  ship 
"Trumbull"  took  as  a  prize  a  vessel  with  a 
number  of  passengers  seeking  to  escape  the 
dangers  of  the  San  Domingo  war,  and  several 
of  the  prisoners  were  sent  to  Norwich,  and 
held  there  until  their  release.  One  of  the 
number,  a  young  mulatto,  was  much  impressed 
by  the  kindness  shown  them ;  his  name  was 
Pierre  Boyer,  who  afterwards  became  presi- 
dent of  the  republic  of  Hayti,  and,  nearly 
twenty  years  after  his  experience  at  Norwich, 
he  sent  a  present  of  four  hundred  dollars  to 
Diah's  widow  in  appreciation  of  the  kindness 
shown  him.  Diah  married,  April  27,  1784, 
Anne  Gifford,  of  Norwich,  born  October  14, 
1762,  died  September  30,  1851,  daughter  of 
James  and  Susanna  (Hubbard)  Gifford. 
Children:  i.  Samuel,  born  April  12,  1785.  2. 
Eunice,  born  December  28,    1786;  died   1823. 

3.  Joanna,  born  December  25,  1788;-  died  in 
her  eightieth  year;  married  February  14,  1813, 
Jacob  Lillie,  son  of  Chester  and  Sarah  (Tracy) 
Lillie,  born  June  12,  1785,  at  Windham,  a 
soldier  in  the  war  of  1812;  children:  Warren 
Winslow  Lillie,  born  March  14,  1814;  Jane 
Jerusha  Lillie,  born  January  20,  1824,  married, 
March  26.  18J.9,  Flavel  S.  Luther  (Luther 
VIII)  ;  3.  William  Lord,  born  April  4,  1791. 

4.  Asa,  born  August  31,  1793;  died  September 
10,  1793.  5.  Asa,  born  November  26,  1795. 
6.  Lemira,  born  June  8,  1798.  7.  Joseph  Terry, 
born   November    12,    1801 ;   died   FelDruary   7, 


Bolton  is  an  ancient  and  hon- 
BOLTON     ored    English    surname.      This 

branch  of  the  family  was  seated 
at  Boltby  chapelry,  parish  Feliskirk  Wapen- 
take of  Birdforth,  North  Riding  of  Yorkshire. 

(I)  John  Bolton  was  baptized  July  3,  1693. 
at  Boltby  and  lived  there.  Children,  born  at 
Boltby :  Robert,  mentioned  below ;  William, 
baptized  February  28,  1724,  died  1753;  John. 
May  12,  1728,  married  Frances  Johnson. 

(II)  Robert,  son  of  John  Bolton,  was  bap- 
tized at  Boltby,  August  19,  1722.  He  was  a 
weaver  by  trade.  He  married,  at  Boltby,  De- 
cember 4,  1750,  Mary  Oxendale,  who  was 
buried  at  Boltby,  October  28,  1900.  Children: 
Anne,   baptized   June   16,    1751 ;  Christopher. 


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February  7,  1754,  mentioned  below;  William, 
August  22,  1756;  Anne,  August  10,  1760; 
John,  July  8,  1762,  February  26,  1765;  Eliza- 
beth, June  8,  1766. 

(III)  Christopher,  son  of  Robert  and  Mary 
(Oxendale)  Bolton,  was  baptized  at  Boltby, 
February  7,  1754;  married  there,  January  29, 
1774,  Catherine  Jackson.  Children,  born  at 
Boltby:  Thomas,  born  November  24,  1774, 
mentioned  below ;  Elizabeth,  born  1788,  de- 
ceased;  Mary,  baptized  March  ig,  1793;  Rob- 
ert, born  1796,  died  1803;  Christopher,  bap- 
tized March  22,  1789,  married  Elizabeth 
Terry. 

(IV)  Thomas,  son  of  Christopher  and 
Catherine  (Jackson)  Bolton,  was  born  at 
Boltby,  November  24,  1774,  and  died  in  Hali- 
fax, Nova  Scotia,  May  12,  1846.  He  came  to 
America  in  1807,  with  his  wife  and  four  chil- 
dren, resided  for  a  short  time  in  Newfound- 
land, and  removed  to  Halifax,  Nova  Scotia, 
where  he  made  his  permanent  home,  and  suc- 
cessfully engaged  in  the  watch,  clock  and 
jewelry  business. 

Thomas  Eolton  married  at  Leeds,  Au- 
gust 19,  1 80 1,  Sarah  Siminson,  born  at  High 
Kilburn,  Yorkshire,  April  9,  1782.  She  died 
at  Halifax,  December  28,  1858.  Children:  i. 
James,  born  July,  1802  ;  died,  Halifax,  October 
28,  1825.  2.  Thomas,  February  9,  1804;  died, 
Halifax,  July  17,  1876;  married  Anne  For- 
syth. 3.  Elizabeth,  baptized  May  24,  1805,  at 
Chester-la-Street,  Durham ;  died  September 
10,  1873;  married,  Halifax.  Thomas  Laidlaw. 
4.  Robert,  baptized  at  Hamsterley,  county 
Durham;  lost  at  sea  in  1848,  on  a  voyage  from 
Calcutta  to  London;  married  (first)  Charlotte 
Dixon.  5.  Christopher,  born  July  5,  1808,  in 
Newfoundland;  died  September  29,  1855; 
married  Elizabeth  Granville  Wright ;  she  died 
July  I,  1879.  6.  John  Barnett,  born  Septem- 
ber 18,  1810;  died  in  Boston,  Massachusetts, 
December  26,  1893;  married  October  26,  1837, 
Sarah  Ann  Davis;  she  died  May  i,  1896.  7. 
William,  born  June  25,  1812;  married  (first), 
Mary  Ann  King,  born  at  Rye,  England;  died 
at  Hartwick,  New  York;  (second)  Harriet 
Self,  born  at  Bunnell,  England,  June  23,  1824; 
died  at  Wallingford,  Connecticut,  May,  1901. 
8.  Mary  Ann,  born  February  9,  1814;  married 
January  6,  1839,  Joseph  Wilson.  9.  Cathar- 
ine, born  April  7,  1816;  died  March  17,  1894; 
married  (first)  Henry  S.  McNeil;  (second) 
Rev.  A.  Martell.  10.  George  Siminson,  born 
October  29,  1817;  mentioned  below.  11. 
Charles,  born  1819;  died  September  20,  1820. 
12.  Charles  Henry,  born  1821 ;  died.  New 
Haven,  Connecticut,  April  4,  1881 ;  married 
Isabel  Lay ;  she  died.  New  Haven,  1898.  13. 
Sarah  Jane,   born   1824;   died   1885;  married 


Gideon  D.  Martin.     14.  Margaret,  bom  1827; 
died  1879. 

(V)  George  Siminson,  son  of  Thomas  and 
Sarah  (Siminson)  Bolton,  was  born  in  Nova 
Scotia,  October  29,  1817,  and  died  September 
20,  1900.  He  married,  September  24,  1843, 
Elizabeth  Walker,  who  died  May  5,  1901. 
Children  born  in  Hahfax:  George  Walker, 
September  18,  1844;  David  Thomas,  July  26, 
1846,  married,  October  11,  1873,  Fannie  H. 
Fagneau;  Anne  Wyman,  February  11,  1850; 
James  Robert,  September  5,  1852,  mentioned 
below ;  Maria  Lyle  and  Arthur  Hugh,  twins, 
July  15,  1855,  he  married,  April  15,  1886, 
Amelia  Platts ;  Inglis  Havelock,  February  3, 
1858,  died  in  1876. 

(VI)  James  Robert,  son  of  George  Simin- 
son and  Elizabeth  Granville  (Wright)  Bolton, 
was  born  at  Halifax,  September  5,  1852.  He 
was  educated  at  Halifax  and  came  to  New 
Haven,  Connecticut,  in  1872.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Young  Men's  Republican  Club.  He 
married.  May  14,  1884,  Frances  S.  Sheldon, 
born  September  22,  1863,  daughter  of  Hon. 
Joseph  Sheldon.  (See  Sheldon  VIII.)  Mrs. 
Bolton  is  a  member  of  the  Daughters  of  the 
American  Revolution,  and  of  the  Mothers' 
Club  of  New  Haven.  Children :  Clarence 
Havelock,  born  August  31,  1891 ;  Joseph  Shel- 
don Gerry,  October  6,  1893 ;  Dorothea,  Sep- 
tember 5,  1895  ;  Frances,  May  29,  1904. 


John   Sheldon,  progenitor  of 
SHELDON     the  Sheldon  family  here  con- 
sidered,  had   a  son  William, 
who  had  sons :     John,  mentioned  below,  and 
William. 

(HI)  John  (2),  son  of  William  Sheldon, 
settled  in  Kingston,  Rhode  Island,  where  he 
died  in  1706.  He  and  forty-one  others  of 
Narragansett  signed  a  petition  to  the  king 
July  29,  1679,  "to  end  the  differences  about 
the  government  thereof  which  hath  been  so 
fatal  to  the  prosperity  of  the  place,  animosi- 
ties still  arising  in  people's  minds,  as  they 
stand  affected  to  this  or  that  government."  He 
bought  two  hundred  and  thirty  acres  of  land, 
October  20,  1683,  near  Pettasomscott  of  Ben- 
jamin Congdon  for  seven  pounds.  He  was 
taxed  in  1687.  His  will  was  dated  August  15, 
1704,  and  proved  January  16,  1706.  His 
eldest  son  John  was  executor  and  residuary 
legatee.  Children :  John ;  Isaac,  mentioned 
below ;  Joseph ;  Elizabeth,  married  Daniel 
Sunderland  ;  Abigail ;  Mary ;  Dinah. 

(IV)  Isaac,  son  of  John  (2)  Sheldon,  was 
born  and  lived  at  South  Kingston,  Rhode  Is- 
land. He  was  admitted  a  freeman  in  1712. 
He  died  in  1752.  He  married  (first)  Susanna 
Potter,   who  died,  and  he  married    (second) 


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Sarah 


His   will   was   dated   May   3, 


1751,  and  proved  August  25,  1752.  Isaac  was 
exe.cutor  and  residuary  legatee.  Children,  born 
at  South  Kingston:  Thomas,  February  18, 
1709,  settled  at  Pawlings,  New  York;  Roger, 
December  15,  1710,  mentioned  below;  Eliza- 
beth, November  8,  1713 ;  Isaac,  March  4, 
1716,  lived  at  North  Kingston;  John.  August 
21,  1718,  called  "Pedlar  John";  Susanna,  Oc- 
tober 23,  1720;  Joseph,  March  17,  1721.  set- 
tled at  Stephentown,  New  York;  Palmer 
(Valmer  or  Parmelee),  May  16,  1724;  Benja- 
min, March  4,  1727,  settled  at  Stephentown; 
child  of  second  wife:  Sarah,  January  3,  1733. 

(V)  Roger,  son  of  Isaac  Sheldon,  was  born 
at  South  Kingston,  December  15,  1710.  He 
married  Gifife  Sweet.  Children,  born  at  South 
Kingston :  Susanna,  1744,  married  George 
Babcock  ;  Charles,  1746,  of  Sangerfield,  New 
York;  Alice,  1748,  married  Lewis  Stephen; 
Mary,  1750;  William,  mentioned  below;  Amy, 
1753,  married  John  Lewis ;  Sarah,  1755,  of 
Sterling,  Connecticut;  Roger,  1757;  Gifife, 
I7SQ. 

(A^I)  William  (2),  son  of  Roger  Sheldon, 
was  born  at  South  Kingston,  in  1751.  He 
married  Ruth  Bishop.  Children :  AVilliam, 
born  1779;  John,  1781,  died  1817;  Joseph, 
mentioned  below;  Susan,  1787;  Mary,  1789; 
Lucinda,  1791 ;  William,  1793;  Daniel  Bishop, 
1799. 

(VII)  Colonel  Joseph  Sheldon,  son  of  Wil- 
liam (2)  Sheldon,  was  born  in  1783.  He  set- 
tled in  Watertown,  New  York,  and  became 
prominent  in  public  affairs  and  the  state  mi- 
litia. He  married  Hepzibah  Richardson. 
Children,  born  at  Watertown:  Tilly  R.,  1810. 
lived  at  Rodman,  New  York;  Mary,  181 1,  died 
young;  Susan,  1812.  married  Jenckes  P. 
Thompson ;  Mary,  1814.  married  Willard  L. 
Eddy;  Harriet,  1820;  Bishop,  1822,  of  San 
Francisco;  John,  1824,  of  San  Francisco;  Jo- 
seph, mentioned  below ;  Mark,  1829,  of  San 
Francisco ;  Seth,  1834,  died  young. 

(VIII)  Hon.  Joseph  (i)  Sheldon,  son  of 
Colonel  Joseph  (2)  and  Hepzibah  (Richard- 
son) Sheldon,  was  born  January  7,  1828.  at 
Watertown,  Jefferson  county.  New  York.  His 
early  boyhood  was  passed  on  his  father's  farm, 
in  work  and  in  attending  the  district  school. 
When  fourteen  years  of  age,  he  began  teach- 
ing school,  and  taught  through  the  winters  of 
1842-43,  1843-44,  with  flattering  success.  He 
then  decided  upon  a  college  course,  and  in  the 
spring  of  1845,  began  preparing  to  enter  Ham- 
ilton College  at  Clinton,  New  York.  He 
studied  at  Union  Academy,  at  Rodman,  New 
York,  and  later  at  the  Black  River  Literan,' 
and  Religious  Institute  at  Watertown,  which 
was  then   under  the  direction  of  Rev.    ].   R. 


Boyd,  a  Presbyterian  clergyman.  Owing  to 
failing  health,  however,  he  was  obliged  to  give 
up  the  plan  of  a  college  course,  but  continued 
to  study  at  Union  Academy  at  Belleville,  New 
York.  The  years  of  1846  and  1847  he  al- 
ternated in  study  and  teaching  at  various 
places  in  New  York  state.  In  May,  1848,  he 
gave  up  the  charge  of  the  large  school  at 
Watertown  and  set  out  on  a  tour  of  investiga- 
tion in  order  to  discover  what  help  the  newly 
established  scientific  and  agricultural  schools 
at  New  York,  New  Haven  and  Cambridge 
could  bring  to  practical  farming.  He  found 
the  expense  of  a  course  of  study  at  any  one  of 
these  institutions  too  great  for  him  to  under- 
take. Accidentally,  however,  he  met  in  New 
Haven  the  late  Dr.  Taylor,  who  persuaded 
him  to  enter  the  undergraduate  department  of 
Yale  College.  In  the  fall  of  1848  he  accord- 
ingly joined  the  sophomore  class,  and  gradu- 
ated in  1851.  While  in  college,  he  distin- 
guished himself  in  debate  and  English 
composition. 

Upon  his  graduation,  he  at  once  began  prep- 
aration for  the  law,  studying  first  at  Water- 
town,  and  later  in  the  Yale  Law  School,  from 
which  he  graduated  in  1853,  with  the  degree 
of  M.  A.  In  the  winter  of  1852,  when  Kos- 
suth, the  Hungarian  patriot,  visited  the  LTnited 
States,  Mr.  Sheldon  was  selected  by  the  stu- 
dents from  all  departments  of  Yale  to  prepare 
the  address  which  was  sent  from  that  institu- 
tion to  the  patriot.  Both  before  and  after  his 
graduation,  Mr.  Sheldon  was  a  student  in  the 
law  office  of  Hon.  E.  K.  Foster,  of  New 
Haven,  and  soon  found  considerable  legal 
business  on  his  hands.  He  speedily  won  repu- 
tation in  his  profession  and  a  lucrative  prac- 
tice. He  early  formed  a  partnership  with 
Lyman  E.  Munson,  which  was  continued  until 
the  latter  was  appointed  by  President  Lincoln 
a  district  judge  of  Montana.  In  1854  he  also 
taught  in  the  famous  Military  and  Scientific 
School  of  General  Russell  and  Major  Skinner, 
at  New  Haven.  At  the  same  time  he  insti- 
tuted and  for  two  years  conducted  very  suc- 
cessfullv  "The  People's  Lectures,"  chiefly  with 
a  view  of  aiding  the  slavery  question  and 
partly  with  the  idea  of  exciting  a  more  stir- 
ring intellectual  life.  These  lectures  took  up 
so  much  of  his  time,  however,  that  he  was 
obliged  to  abandon  them. 

In  politics  he  has  been  most  of  his  life  a 
Republican.  In  the  campaign  of  1856,  he  took 
an  active  part  for  Fremont.  As  a  young  man, 
he  was  bitterly  opposed  to  slavery  and  took  a 
leading  part  in  the  debates  of  that  period.  He 
was  among  the  active  Abolistionists  of  New 
Haven,  and  was  one  of  the  few  who  never 
shrank  from  assisting  the  fugitive  slaves.  Soon 


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after  the  election  of  President  Lincoln,  for 
which  Mr.  Sheldon  labored  zealously,  the  lat- 
ter was  employed  by  several  of  the  leading 
carriage-makers  of  New  Haven  upon  the  per- 
ilous undertaking  of  settling  their  claims  in 
the  southern  states.  He  went  south  by  way 
of  Baltimore,  Norfolk  and  Weldon,  and  at 
Wilson,  a  little  town  forty  miles  below  Wel- 
don, he  was  finally  compelled  by  a  drunken 
mob  to  turn  back.  A  guard  was  placed  over 
him  to  make  sure  that  he  actually  did  leave 
the  state.  On  his  return  to  New  Haven,  he 
addressed  a  large  audience  in  Music  Hall  on 
his  "Southern  Experiences." 

During  the  civil  war  he  assisted  in  sustain- 
ing an  advanced  public  sentiment  and  in  pro- 
curing enlistments.  He  believed  that  the 
negro  must  eventually  be  employed  as  a  sol- 
dier, and  at  one  time,  when  negro  orphan  asy- 
lums were  being  sacked  in  New  York,  Mr. 
Sheldon  quietly  got  together  a  company  of 
thirty  or  forty  colored  men,  and  at  midnight, 
in  the  basement  of  Music  Hall,  instructed 
them  in  military  drill,  under  strict  secrecy. 
Later  when  the  negroes  were  called  out,  al- 
most every  one  of  these  men  became  a  non- 
commissioned officer  in  the  twenty-ninth  or 
thirtieth  Regiment  and  inspired  confidence  by 
his  militar}'  knowledge  and  aptness.  In  1872 
Mr.  Sheldon  supported  Horace  Greeley  for 
the  presidency.  On  a  number  of  occasions  he 
has  frankly  differed  from  the  Republican  party 
on  questions  of  public  policy.  Early  in  the 
seventies,  he  vigorously  opposed  the  financial 
policy  of  the  government,  which  was  leading 
towards  the  "resumption"  that  finally  pre- 
vailed. In  the  fall  of  1875,  he  began  a  series 
of  public  meetings  in  New  Haven  to  resist 
the  destruction  of  the  greenbacks  and  to  favor 
the  remonetization  of  silver.  In  May  of  the 
following  year,  he  delivered,  by  invitation  of 
the  New  Haven  Chamber  of  Commerce,  an 
address  before  that  body  on  the  "Currency," 
which  has  been  widely  published.  He  has  long 
been  known  as  an  enthusiastic  and  efficient 
advocate  of  temperance  and  woman's  suffrage. 
From  1879  to  1882,  he  served  the  city  of  New 
Haven  as  alderman.  He  was  chairman  of  the 
committees  to  which  were  referred  the  proj- 
ect of  the  Western  Boulevard  sewer  and  the 
retention  and  repair  of  the  State  House,  and 
the  reports  of  those  committees  were  drawn 
by  him.  In  1881-83  he  held  the  judgeship  of 
the  city  court.  In  1881  he  was  appointed  by 
Governor  Bigelow  to  represent  the  state  in 
the  Tarifif  Convention  in  New  York,  where  he 
delivered  an  address.  In  1884,  he  was  dele- 
gated by  the  government  of  the  United  States 
and  also  by  the  National  Association  of  the 
Red  Cross,  to  a  conference  of  the  treaty  na- 


tions of  the  Societies  of  the  Red  Cross  held  at 
Geneva.  He  drew  and  delivered  the  address 
of  the  American  delegation  on  one  of  the 
most  important  controverted  questions  before 
the  conference,  and  the  question  was  carried 
unanimously 

Judge  Sheldon  has  been  connected  with  a 
number  of  business  enterprises  and  as  a  man- 
ager of  business  corporations  has  been  remark- 
ably successful.  He  has  also  given  a  great  deal 
of  attention  to  the  development  of  real  estate. 
He  became  the  owner  of  the  foreign  patents 
for  a  singularly  ingenious  machine  for  the 
manufacture  of  brushes,  the  perfecting  of 
which,  and  of  the  other  necessary  machinery, 
and  the  establishment  in  London,  of  the  busi- 
ness, occupied  much  of  his  time  for  six  years. 
In  1874,  he  sold  out  his  holdings  to  a  joint 
stock  corporation,  which  continued  and  en- 
larged the  business  on  the  lines  originally  laid 
out  by  him,  until  the  establishment  has  become 
the  largest,  most  perfect  and  most  profitable 
brush-making  concern  in  the  world. 

Judge  Sheldon  became  a  Free  Mason  in 
1883,  and  in  the  following  year  became  a 
member  of  the  Connecticut  Society  of  Arts 
and  Sciences.  Besides  his  political  efforts  in 
public  speaking,  he  is  well  known  for  his 
Fourth  of  July  Memorial  addresses  and  his 
oration  on  the  death  of  President  Garfield. 
For  thirty  years  he  has  been  an  indefatigable 
student  of  political  economy  and  finance.  It 
has  been  the  dominant  feature  of  the  best 
years  of  his  life,  and  he  has  worked  tirelessly 
and  sacrificed  his  own  interests  consciously 
and  constantly  in  order  to  arouse  the  people 
to  an  appreciation  of  the  great  importance  of 
an  intelligent  understanding  of  national  finan- 
cial policy.  He  is  a  strong  bimetallist,  and  has 
delivered  a  great  many  addresses  on  the  sub- 
ject, the  most  important  one  being  before  the 
American  Social  Science  Association  at  Sara- 
toga. He  was  for  twenty  years  a  leading 
member  of  the  National  Bimetallic  League  and 
was  one  of  the  few  Eastern  Republicans  who 
left  their  party  in  i8g6  because  of  their  at- 
titude on  the  money  question,  and  worked  vig- 
orously for  William  J.  Bryan  in  that  year  and 
again  in  1900.  Every  department  of  thought 
or  action  to  which  Judge  Sheldon  has  turned 
his  attention  has  felt  the  power  of  his  search- 
ing criticism  and  vigorous  personality.  As  a 
thinker  he  is  farsighted  and  consistent,  an  un- 
daunted opponent  of  evil  and  fearless  exponent 
of  the  truth  as  he  sees  it.  Every  great  reform 
of  the  last  half,  of  the  nineteenth  century  has 
found  in  him  a  zealous  and  able  champion. 
In  religion  he  is  a  Unitarian,  but  as  there  was 
no  church  of  that  denomination  in  New 
Haven,   he  became   identified   with   the    Uni- 


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versalist  Society,  and  for  years  took  an  active 
part  in  the  Sabbath  school  and  the  conference 
meetings  of  that  church.  He  has  also  been  a 
generous  contributor  to  the  Society's  support. 
September  7,  1861,  Judge  Sheldon  mar- 
ried Abby,  daughter  of  Samuel  Elbridge 
Barker,  of  Onondaga  county.  New  York,  a 
grandnephew  of  Hon.  Elbridge  Gerry,  of  Mas- 
sachusetts. Mrs.  Sheldon,  like  her  father,  was 
on  terms  of  special  friendship  with  the  early 
Abolitionists  of  central  New  York,  Gerrit 
Smith,  Samuel  J.  May  and  Fred  Douglass. 
They  have  had  two  daughters,  i.  Frances, 
born  September  22,  1863,  married  James  Rob- 
ert Bolton  (see  Bolton  VI).  2.  Elizabeth 
Barker  Sheldon   Tillingham. 


The  surname  Atwood  orig- 
ATWOOD  inated  in  the  custom  of  desig- 
nating persons  by  the  locality 
in  which  they  lived  to  distinguish  them  from 
others  bearing  the  same  baptismal  name,  hence 
John  At-the-wood,  later  Atwood,  in  the  same 
way  that  such  surnames  as  Rivers,  Hill, 
Bridge,  Pond,  etc.,  came  into  use.  The  me- 
dieval spelling  of  this  surname  was  Atte 
Wode,  modified  to  Atwood  and  in  most  cases 
to  Wood.  Some  branches  of  the  family,  how- 
ever, have  retained  the  prefix  and  spell  the 
name  Atwood.  There  were  several  immi- 
grants named  Wood  and  Atwood,  closely  re- 
lated, who  settled  early  in  the  Plymouth 
Colony. 

(I)  Dr.  Thomas  Atwood,  immigrant,  a 
descendant  of  Thomas  Atwood,  of  Bromfield, 
Essex,  England,  was  born  in  England  and  was 
one  of  Ohver  Cromwell's  captains  of  horse 
during-  what  is  known  as  the  first  civil  war 
in  England,  and  he  took  part,  it  is  said,  in  the 
four  great  battles  of  that  mighty  struggle  be- 
tween Puritan  and  the  King,  including  that 
of  Marston  Moor,  July  2,  1644.  He  settled  at 
Plymouth  about  1650,  but  as  early  as  1663 
removed  to  Wethersfield,  Connecticut,  where 
he  died  in  1682.    At  the  age  of  fifty-nine  years 

he  married,  in  1667,  Abigail  ,  a  girl  of 

seventeen,  whom  he  had  seen  a  baby  in  arms 
at  the  first  house  at  which  he  stayed  after 
coming  to  the  New  World.  He  built  a  brick 
mansion  at  Wethersfield.  He  was  engaged 
in  the  West  India  trade.  As  a  doctor  he  rode 
from  Saybrook  to  Woodbury.  He  owned 
much  land.  Children :  Abigail,  born  Septem- 
ber 30,  1668;  Andrew,  September  i,  1671 ; 
Jonathan,  June  8,  1675,  mentioned  below ; 
Josiah,  October  4,  1678;  Mary,  May  29,  1681. 

(II)  Dr.  Jonathan  Atwood,  son  of  Dr. 
Thomas  Atwood,  was  born  June  8,  1675,  died 
January  i,  1733.  He  settled  in  Woodbury, 
Connecticut,  among  the  earliest.     He  owned 


land  there,  now  known  as  the  Dr.  G.  H.  At- 
wood homestead,  having  remained  in  the  fam- 
ily to  the  present  time.  He  was  a  physician, 
one  of  the  first  in  this  section.  He  married, 
November  15,  1701,  Sarah  Terrill.  Children, 
born  at  Woodbury:  Nathan,  September  6, 
1702;  Mary,  April  20,  1705;  Lieutenant  Jona- 
than, September  9,  1710;  Oliver,  mentioned 
below. 

(III)  Oliver,  son  of  Dr.  Jonathan  Atwood, 
was  born  in  Woodbury,  March  11,  1717,  died 
January  30,  1810.  He  married  (first)  Novem- 
iaer  12,  1740,  Lois  Wheeler;  (second)  Nancy 
Wells;  (third)  Naomi  Fairchild.  Children, 
born  at  Woodbury:  Nathan,  1741,  mentioned 
below;  Gideon,  March  3,  1743;  Elisha,  April 
27,  1745,  died  May  24,  1825;  Ann,  June  3, 
1747;  John,  March  19,  1749.  Children  of  sec- 
ond wife :  Wells,  married  Lydia  Carrington ; 
Nancy,  married  twice. 

(IV)  Deacon  Nathan,  son  of  Oliver  At- 
wood, was  bom  in  1741  at  Woodbury,  died  in 
1803.  He  married,  January  4,  1763,  Rhoda 
Warner.  Children,  born  at  Watertown,  for- 
merly Woodbury,  Connecticut :  Mary,  June  i , 
1765;  Nathan,  May  30,  1767,  mentioned  be- 
low; Joseph,  September  28,  1770;  Daniel,  July 
8,  1772;  Abel,  February  13,  1779. 

(V)  Nathan  (2),  son  of  Deacon  Nathan 
(i)  Atwood,  was  born  at  Watertown,  May 
30,  1767,  died  in  1853.  He  married  (first) 
Susanna  Minor;  (second)  Althea  Gillette. 
Children,  born  at  Watertown :  Salina.  baptized 
February  8,  1789;  Rev.  Anson  S.,  baptized 
October  17,  1790;  Norman,  baptized  1792, 
mentioned  below ;  Nathan  W. ;  z\lma,  married 
Lester  Sutleff. 

(VI)  Norman,  son  of  Nathan  (2)  Atwood, 
was  baptized  at  Watertown  in  1792.  He  set- 
tled in  Goshen,  Connecticut.  He  married  Abi- 
gail Woodward,  of  Watertown,  a  descendant 
of  Henry  Woodward,  who  was  one  of  the 
early  settlers  of  Boston.  Children :  Lucius, 
settled  in    Bristol;   Lucinda    (twin),   married 

West;  Belinda  (twin),  married  Henry 

Daniels ;  Rebecca ;  Frederick,  married  in  Cin- 
cinnati ;  George ;  Cornelia,  married  Joshua 
Reed  ;  Lewis  John,  mentioned  below ;  William. 

(VII)  Lewis  John,  son  of  Norman  Atwood. 
was  born  in  Goshen,  April  8,  1827.  Healthy 
and  active  in  his  boyhood,  he  learned  in  early 
life  habits  of  industry  and  self-reliance.  His 
youth  was  spent  partly  on  a  farm  in  the  coun- 
try, partly  in  the  village.  He  attended  the 
public  schools  and  had  little  time  for  play.  He- 
was  fond  of  mechanics  and  early  in  life  de- 
veloped much  skill,  but  he  was  obliged  to  earn 
his  livelihood  and  took  the  opportunity  first 
at  hand  and  worked  as  clerk  in  a  store  at  Wa- 
tertown, beginning  at  the  age  of  twelve.    For 


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five  years  he  divided  his  time  between  the 
store,  the  farm,  the  grist  mill  and  saw  mill. 
In  1845  he  left  Watertown  for  Waterbury  and 
continued  in  mercantile  business  there.  At 
the  age  of  twenty-one  he  entered  partnership 
with  Samuel  Maltby,  of  Northford,  Connecti- 
cut, in  the  manufacture  of  buckles  and  buttons, 
but  they  lacked  capital,  and  he  soon  returned 
to  mercantile  business,  as  clerk  in  a  flour  and 
feed  store.  He  next  embarked  in  business  on 
his  own  account  as  a  manufacturer  of  daguer- 
reotype cases,  lamp  burners  and  other  brass 
goods.  In  January,  1869,  he  and  others  organ- 
ized the  firm  of  Holmes,  Booth  &  Atwood,  now 
f.ie  well-known  Plume  &  Atwood  Manufac- 
turing Company.  At  first  he  had  charge  of  a 
department  in  the  manufacture  of  lamp  burn- 
ers for  kerosene  lamps,  etc.  When  the  con- 
cern was  incorporated  as  the  Holmes,  Booth 
&  Atwood  Manufacturing  Company  he  was 
one  of  the  principal  stockholders.  The  busi- 
ness grew  rapidly  to  large  proportions  and  be- 
came one  of  the  most  prosperous  industries  of 
the  city  of  Waterbury.  From  1874  to  1890  he 
was  secretary  of  the  corporation ;  since  that 
time  until  his  death  he  was  the  president.  In 
1865  he  became  interested  also  in  the  Ameri- 
can Ring  Company  and  for  many  years  was 
the  manager  of  that  company. 

From  the  time  he  engaged  in  manufactur- 
ing, Mr.  Atwood  displayed  his  great  inventive 
genius  in  many  patented  devices.  During  a 
period  of  forty  years  he  took  out  seventy 
patents,  many  of  which  proved  of  great  value 
and  usefulness  to  the  world  and  brought  him 
a  handsome  financial  return.  Perhaps  no  me- 
chanic in  the  world  did  more  to  develop  the 
science"  of  domestic  lighting.  He  devised  many 
burners  for  oil  and  kerosene  lamps,  various 
lamps  and  fixtures  for  all  kinds  of  uses.  He 
built  an  ingenious  hydraulic  press  for  forcing 
scrap  metal  into  a  compact  form  to  prepare  it 
for  remelting,  a  process  formerly  accom- 
plished by  pounding  the  metal  with  hammers 
in  a  cast-iron  vessel,  technically  known  as 
"cabbaging."  Mr.  Atwood's  process  is  in  gen- 
eral use  at  the  present  time.  Mr.  Atwood's 
substantial  success  as  an  inventor  and  manu- 
facturer gave  him  a  place  in  the  front  rank  of 
the  industrial  and  financial  leaders  of  this  city 
of  large  and  varied  manufacturing  interests. 

Mr.  Atwood  was  an  earnest  and  practical 
Christian,  a  member  for  many  years  of  the 
Second  Congregational  Church,  of  which  he 
was  deacon  since  1884,  and  he  served  on  the 
building  committee  when  the  present  fine  edi- 
fice was  erected.  He  was  president  of  the 
Young  Men's  Christian  Association  of  Water- 
bury for  five  years  and  was  chairman  of  the 
building  committee  of  that  organization  when 


the  present  home  was  constructed  and  paid  for. 
He  was  generous  in  other  charities  and  active 
in  other  benevolent  organizations.  In  politics 
he  was  a  Republican.  He  died  February  23, 
1909,  after  a  short  illness.  Faithful,  upright 
and  conscientious  in  business  and  private  life, 
Mr.  Atwood  expected  others  to  follow  his  ex- 
ample, and  his  influence  has  been  most  whole- 
some as  an  employer  and  citizen. 

He  married,  January  12,  1852,  Sarah  Eliza- 
beth, daughter  of  Almon  Piatt.  Children: 
Elizabeth  Elvina,  died  in  childhood;  Frances 
Finnette,  married  Albert  J.  Blakesley;  Irving 
Lewis,  born  May  19,  1861,  married  Jennie 
Ford,  of  Lakeville,  Connecticut ;  he  is  the  only 
surviving  child ;  now  a  resident  of  Waterbury. 

At  the  funeral  his  pastor,  Rev.  Dr.  J.  G. 
Davenport,  said : 

"Of  the  notable  group  of  far-seeing  and  en- 
ergetic men,  who  have  built  their  life  into  this 
rapidly-growing  community,  I  suspect  that  there 
is  scarcely  one  whose  influence  has  been  more 
uniformly  valuable  and  inspiring,  conservative  of 
all  that  was  best  among  us  and  ever  looking 
for  something  better,  with  clearer  vision  and 
more  progressive  spirit  establishing  our  city's 
industrial  life  upon  sound  and  enduring  foun- 
dations, than  he  whom  we  mourn  to-day.  To 
him  and  his  fellow  workers  our  city  owes  more 
than  it  can  ever  repay.  To-day  it  honors  this 
our  brother's  memory.  In  the  humble  home  of 
many  a  laborer  his  name  is  mentioned  with  re- 
spect and  regard.  In  every  class  of  society 
among  us  his  departure  awakens  keen  regret. 
This  great  gathering  testifies  to  the  place  he 
held  in  the  thought  and  esteem  of  Waterbury, 
Through  skillful  management  of  men  and  of 
matters,  by  the  exercise  of  habitual  integrity 
and  faithfulness  to  obligation,  by  business  fore- 
sight and  enterprise  which  never  failed  him,  he 
has  made  his  way  quite  to  the  front  among  our 
useful  and  honored  citizens.  We  rejoice  in  all 
that  he  has  accomplished;  we  are  proud  of  his 
successes;  we  feel  that  in  many  respects  he 
presents  a  model  for  the  imitation  of  our  youth." 

"One  of  our  city  papers  represents  him  as  say- 
ing what  in  one  form  or  another  many  of  us 
have  heard  him  declare  as  advice  to  the  young 
man  who  would  make  a  success  of  life:  'Be  hon- 
est and  truthful;  lose  sight  of  yourself  in  your 
interest  in  your  employer's  prosperity;  have  the 
courage  of  your  convictions  in  matters  of  right 
and  wrong;  use  the  best  judgment  at  your  com- 
mand in  dealing  with  men  and  afifairs;  be  kindly, 
considerate  in  your  relations  with  others;  give 
good  heed  to  the  needs  of  your  higher  nature 
and  you  will  not  fail  to  succeed  in  life.'  These 
are  sentiments  worthy  to  be  written  in  letters 
of  gold  and  placed  in  sight  of  all  the  youths 
of  our  city.  I  wish  that  they  might  be  hung 
upon  the  walls  of  our  Young  Men's  Christian 
Association,  where  those  who  gather  there  could 
read  and  think  upon  them  and  apply  them  to 
their  own  profit.  *  *  *  y^^  would" have  been 
glad_  for^  many  years  to  sit  under  the  shadow 
of  his  wisdom  and  grace,  but  he  had  more  than 
completed  four-score  years,  the  work  of  his  life 
was  done  and  well  done,  he  has  made  an  im- 
pression for  good  that  will  abide,  he  has  left 
with  us  a  noble  and  inspiring  memory,  and  has 


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gone    on   to    the    realization    of  the   hopes   he    so 
fondly   cherished." 

Bryant's  poem,  "The  Old  Man's  Funeral," 
was  read  at  the  close  of  the  address. 


Hungerford  is  an  an- 
HUNGERFORD  cient  English  surname, 
derived  originally  from 
the  name  of  a  locality.  All  of  the  name  appear 
to  be  descended  from  a  family  to  which  Sir 
Thomas  Hungerford,  the  first  of  the  name  of 
any  historical  prominence,  belonged.  He  is 
said  to  have  begun  life  in  the  humble  situation 
of  register  of  Wyvie,  Bishop  of  Salisbury,  and 
he  was  elected  mayor  of  that  city  in  1360.  Sir 
Thomas  is  reported  to  have  been  the  first 
speaker  (1377)  of  the  House  of  Commons. 
He  afterwards  passed  into  the  service  of  John 
of  Gaunt  as  his  steward ;  and  when  that  noble 
was  tried  before  a  parliament  held  at  Salisbury 
on  a  charge  of  treason.  Sir  Thomas  fortified 
his  castle  at  Farley,  for  which  he  was  after- 
ward fined. 

Farley  Castle,  the  home  of  Sir  Thomas,  was 
at  Blark  Bounton,  County  Oxford,  and  his 
monument  there  shows  that  he  died  in  1398. 
The  remains  of  this  castle  where  Sir  Thomas 
and  his  proud  line  of  descendants  lived  for  six 
centuries  or  more,  is  now  recognized  by  a  few 
embattled  turrets,  and  some  monumental  effi- 
gies and  inscriptions.  A  curious  fragment  of 
painted  glass  in  a  window  of  the  parish  church 
(not  the  chapel  within  the  castle  walls)  com- 
memorates the  purchase  of  this  Manor  of  Far- 
ley and  has  a  portrait  of  Sir 'Thomas.  This 
relict,  according  to  the  rector  of  the  parish, 
from  whom  this  ancient  history  of  the  family 
was  obtained,  confirms  what  is  related  by  Dug- 
dale,  that  Sir  Thomas  was  buried  in  the  north 
aisle  of  the  Church  of  St.  Ann  at  Farley.  The 
rector  found  also  this  account  of  the  castle : 

"The  sayde  Castell,  standeth  in  a  Parke,  leny- 
ing  into  a  hyllside,  portly  and  very  strongly 
buylded.  having  inward  and  outward  wardes, 
and  in  the  inward  warde,  many  fayne  chambers. 
a  fayne,  large  hall,  on  the  hedde  of  whych  hall 
ijj  or  iij  goodly  chambers  with  fayre  and  strong 
rofs,  and  dyo's  other  fayre  lodgings  with  man 
howses  of  office.  The  parke  wherein  the  sayde 
Castell  standeth,  ys  ij  myles  and  iij  q'rtes  in 
circuit,  a  very  fayre  and  sikley  grounds,  being 
envyroned  rounde  about  with  high  hylls,  and 
in  the  myddel,  a  broke,  and  depe  rounying 
streme  rounying  throw  it,  and  harde  by  the 
■  Castell  wall,  a  very  well  set  with  great  Okes, 
and  other  Woodde,  whych  is  valued  to  be 
worthe  ccccij  and  is  replenished  with  xxxj  dere 
of  antler  and  xiiij  of  rascall  and  the  Kings  hugh- 
ness  doeth  gyve  by  reason  of  the  sayde  Castell 
iij  advowsons  and  ij  chauntyres,  while  ij  Chaun- 
tryes  doe  stand  within  the  walls  of  the  Castell 
and  the  sayde  Castle  ys  worthe  in  rents,  farmes 
and    causalities    111,111. in, iii.iii." 


Sir  Thomas  Hungerford  purchased  the 
charter  of  a  fee  warren  at  Down  Anney, 
Gloucestershire,  in  1398.  The  place  is  partly 
in  Wiltshire.  There  remains  a  stately  gate- 
way leading  to  the  mansion  in  which  are  some 
traces  of  the  ancient  building.  This  portal  is 
flanked  by  two  handsome  turrets  and  is  grand 
and  appropriate  in  its  style  of  architecture. 
This  ancient  mansion  still  retains  more  of  its 
baronial  grandeur  than  any  other  existing  resi- 
dence of  the  Hungerfords;  especially  in  its  old 
hall  and  gateway.  The  burial  vaults  there 
contain  the  remains  of  Sir  Edward  and  Lady 
Margaret  (Holliday)  Hungerford,  Culme  or 
Columb  Hungerford  and  others  of  the  family. 
The  vault  underneath  the  Hungerford  Chapel 
at  Farley  Castle,  mentioned  above,  is  remark- 
able for  a  number  of  leaden  coffins  shaped  like 
the  Egyptian  mummy  cases  tapering  from  the 
shoulders  to  the  feet  and  having  the  features 
of  a  face  in  strong  rehef  on  the  coffin.  The 
Farley  estate  remained  in  the  Hungerford 
family  until  171 1,  when  the  last  of  the  direct 
male  line  died.  He  was  extravagant,  it  is 
said,  and  to  him  is  attributed  the  demolition 
of  the  family  house  in  London,  on  the  site  of 
which  now  stands  the  Hungerford  Market. 
The  name  is  extinct  in  England,  but  branches 
of  the  family  survive  in  Ireland,  it  is  said,  as 
well  as  in  America.  A  saying  of  Sir  Thomas 
has  been  preserved :  "Tyme  Tryeth  Truth." 
The  sickle  was  the  emblem  on  the  ancient 
coat-of-arms  of  the  family  and  is  to  be  seen 
in  various  buildings  in  the  vicinity  of  the  old 
seat  of  the  family,  notably  in  Salisbury  Cathe- 
dral. Two  almshouses,  we  are  informed,  are 
still  in  existence  in  England,  founded  before 
1450  by  members  of  the  Hungerford  family. 

(I)  Thomas  Hungerford,  immigrant  ances- 
tor, was  born  in  England  and  came  to  this 
country,  as  a  mariner,  when  a  young  man.  In 
1639  he  owned  a  triangular  piece  of  land,  with 
a  house,  at  Hartford,  Connecticut.  He  moved 
to  Pequot,  now  New  London,  and  shortly  af- 
terward cleared  the  land  on  which  the  fort 
now  stands.  He  died  in  1663,  leaving  four 
children.  He  married  (second),  in  1650, 
Hannah,  daughter  of  Isaac  WyUis  of  New 
London.  She  married,  later,  Samuel  Spen- 
cer. Children  of  the  first  wife :  Thomas,  men- 
tioned below;  Sarah,  bom  about  1751,  married 
Lewis  Hughes.  Children  of  second  wife : 
Hannah,  May  i,   1759. 

(II)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Thomas  (i)  Hun- 
gerford, was  born  about  1648,  and  removed 
from  New  London  to  Hadlyme,  Connecticut, 
about  1692.  He  was  a  blacksmith  by  trade. 
He  had  a  grant  of  land  at  Haddam,  Connecti- 
cut, and  lived  in  the  part  now  called  Hadlyme. 
He  mentions  his  wife  and  children  in  his  will. 


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dated  January  ii,  and  proved,  February  5, 
1713-14.  Children :  Thomas,  mentioned  below, 
John ;  Green ;  Elizabeth ;  Susanna ;  Sarah ; 
Mary  Esther. 

(III)  Thomas  (3),  son  of  Thomas  (2) 
Hungerford,  was  born  about  1680.  He  was 
a  seafaring  man,  and  died  in  1750  at  New 
London  on  his  return  from  a  voyage.  His 
family  lived  on  a  farm  on  Eight-Mile  river, 
Haddam.  He  married  Elizabeth  Smith.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Haddam:  Hannah,  August  16, 
1700;  Thomas,  July  11,  1702;  Benjamin,  De- 
cember 15,  1705;  Elizabeth,  December  4,  1707; 
David,  baptized  May  21.  1710,  and  died  during 
the  French  and  Indian  war  in  the  service ; 
Jonathan,  baptized  April  17,  1715;  John,  men- 
tioned below. 

(IV)  Captain  John  Hungerford,  son  of 
Thomas  (3)  Hungerford,  was  born  at  Had- 
dam, March  4,  1718-19.  He  was  prominent 
in  military  affairs.  In  1751-52  he  removed  to 
Farmington  and  in  May,  1754,  was  commis- 
sioned by  the  general  assembly  of  Connecti- 
cut, ensign  of  the  train  band  of  that  town,  the 
sixth  company.  In  May,  1757,  he  was  ap- 
pointed lieutenant  of  the  train  band  in  the 
parish  of  New  Cambridge,  now  Bristol,  for- 
merly in  the  town  of  Farmington,  and  in  May, 
1758,  he  became  captain  of  this  company  in 
the  First  Company.  He  died  in  Southington, 
December  24,  1787,  and  was  buried  in  the  old 
burial  ground  at  Plainville,  Hartford  county. 
His  epitaph  is  as  follows : 

"Behold  and  see  as  you  pass  by 
As  you   are  now,   so   once  was   I. 
As  I  am  now,   so  you  must  be. 
Prepare  for   death   and   follow   me." 

He  had  a  seat  in  the  meeting  house  in  1785 ; 
was  assessed  on  one  hundred  and  eighty  seven 
pounds  in  1786,  at  Southington. 

He  married  (first),  December  27,  1739,  De- 
borah, daughter  of  John  Hungerford,  a  dis- 
tant relative.  She  died  March  6,  1745,  and  he 
married  (second)  Lucy ,  who  died  Feb- 
ruary 10,  1798,  aged  seventy-seven  years.  Chil- 
dren of  first  wife  :  Levi  and  Thomas.  Children 
of  second  wife :  Oliver,  Uriah,  Amasa,  De- 
borah, John,  Lucy,  Elizabeth,  Huldah  and 
Lydia. 

(V)  John  (2),  son  of  Captain  John  (i) 
Hungerford,  was  born  about  1755.  He  was 
assessed  for  eightv-five  pounds  two  shillings, 
three  pence,  in  1786.  In  1790  he  was  the  only 
head  of  family  of  the  name  in  Southington 
and  had  four  sons  under  sixteen  and  two  fe- 
males in  his  family.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the 
revolution,  1777-81,  in  Captain  Holmes's  com- 
pany. Colonel  Jedediah  Huntington's  regiment. 

(VI)  John  (3).  son  of  John  (2)  Hungerford, 
was  born  in  1787  in  Southington  and  lived  in 


Harwinton.  He  died  in  1856.  He  was  a  suc- 
cessful general  merchant  until  1836  when  he 
engaged  in  business  as  a  woolen  manufacturer. 
He  built  the  building  occupied  later  by  the 
firm  of  Agard  &  Church ;  removed  the  dwell- 
ing built  by  John  Brooker,  and  on  that  site 
he  built  the  house  lately  owned  by  J.  W.  Coe. 
His  mill  was  destroyed  by  fire  in  1844.  He 
then  formed  the  Union  Manufacturing  Com- 
pany in  partnership  with  F.  H.  Holly,  and 
built  the  present  woolen  mill  at  Torrington. 
He  had  been  previously  one  of  three  equal 
stockholders  of  the  brass  mill,  and  finally  suc- 
ceeded to  the  ownership  of  the  entire  property. 
He  became  one  of  the  most  substantial  and 
prosperous  business  men  of  Torrington.  He 
was  kindly  and  benevolent,  upright  and  honor- 
able in  all  the  relations  of  life.  He  married 
(first)  Elizabeth  Webster,  of  Albany,  who 
came  to  Wolcottville  about  18,13.  She  died 
June  12,  1819,  and  he  married  (second),  June 

5,  1820,  Charlotte  Austin.  Children  of  first 
wife  :  I.  John  Taylor,  born  June  4,  1815  ;  mar- 
ried Susan  McQuarter  in  Georgia.  2.  Eliza- 
beth, married  Dr.  White  of  Connecticut.  Chil- 
dren of  second  wife :  3.  Walter  M.,  born  Feb- 
ruary 6,  1822  ;  married  Amy  Swift,  of  Dutchess 
county,  New  York ;  merchant  with  store  at 
Torrington,  succeeding  his  father ;  removed  in 
1874  to  Mount  Pleasant,  Iowa;  children: 
Mary,  Frances,  Morton  S.,  Charles  B.  and 
Harry.  4.  Austin  N.,  born  October  20,  1824; 
married  Sarah  Prindle;  died  November,  1873; 
son:  Flarvey  Prindle.  5.  Charlotte,  April  15, 
1825;  died  October  15,  1826.  6.  Rev.  Edward, 
September  11,  1829;  married  Maria  Buell,  of 
Burlington,  Vermont ;  minister  at  Meriden, 
Connecticut;  children:  Caroline,  Charles  L., 
Charlotte,  Frederic  B.,  and  Catharine.  7. 
Dana  L.,  born  April  19,  1827 ;  merchant  in 
New  York  City :  married  Caroline  Grace,  of 
Hartford.  8.  Charlotte  A.,  born  July  8,  1831  ; 
died  June  13,  1909;  married  Dr.  Roger  01m- 
stead,  of  Brooklyn,  New  York.  9.  Frances 
A.,  October,  1833 ;  married  Dr.  J.  B.  Whiting. 
10.  Ellen  L.  (twin),  born  July  13,  1837;  mar- 
ried George  Foot.  11.  Helen  (twin),  born  July 
13,  1837,  died  January  7,  1838.  12.  George 
D.,  August  25,  1840;  died  August  25,  1840. 
13.  Uri  T.,  December  14,  1841  ;  married  Delia 
Hyde,  who  died  March  18,  1870;  one  child 
died  in  infancy.     14.  Frank  Louis,  November 

6,  1843;   mentioned  below. 

(VII)  Frank  Louis,  son  of  John  (3)  Hun- 
gerford, was  born  at  Torrington,  November 
6,  1843.  He  attended  the  public  schools  and 
by  private  study  fitted  for  college.  After  two 
years  in  the  University  of  Vermont,  he  ac- 
cepted an  opportunity  to  study  law  in  the 
office  of  Senator  George  F.  Edmunds,  at  Burl- 


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ington,  Vermont.  He  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  in  1865  and  could  have  remained  in  Burl- 
ington in  charge  of  Senator  Edmund's  prac- 
tice, but  he  preferred  to  return  to  Connecticut, 
and  he  opened  his  office  in  his  native  town  in 
1866.  He  'was  successful  from  the  first,  and 
soon  afterward  was  elected  judge  of  probate. 
In  1869  he  removed  to  New  Britain,  Connecti- 
cut, to  become  the  partner  of  Hon.  Charles  E. 
Mitchell,  afterward  Commissioner  of  Patents 
of  the  United  States,  under  the  firm  name  of 
Mitchell  &  Hungerford.  Some  twenty  years 
later  John  P.  Bartlett  was  admitted  to  the 
firm  and  the  name  changed  to  Mitchell,  Hun- 
gerford &  Bartlett.  His  firm  occupied  a  posi- 
tion of  prominence  among  the  lawyers  of  the 
state  for  a  generation  and  Judge  Hungerford 
was  one  of  the  foremost  attorneys  of  the 
county.  He  was  city  attorney  of  New  Britain 
and  corporation  counsel,  and  his  influence  and 
wisdom  contributed  substantially  to  the  devel- 
opment of  the  thriving  city  in  which  he  lived. 
He  was  a  director  of  the  Russell  &  Erwin 
Manufacturing  Company,  the  Stanley  Rule  & 
Level  Company,  the  New  Britain  National 
Bank,  the  Burritt  Savings  Bank  and  the  New 
Britain  Institute.  He  was  an  active  and  prom- 
inent member  of  the  First  Church  of  Christ, 
and  was  elected  deacon  in  1874.  He  was  one 
of  the  mainstays  of  the  Young  Men's  Chris- 
tian Association,  and  from  1889  to  1901,  a 
period  of  twelve  years  was  its  president.  In 
1897  Judge  Hungerford's  law  firm  was  dis- 
solved and  he  became  the  head  of  the  firm  of 
Hungerford,  Hyde,  Joslyn  &  Oilman  of  Hart- 
ford and  continued  in  this  relation  until  his 
death.  This  firm  ranks  among  the  best  known 
and  most  successful  in  the  state.  In  politics 
he  was  a  Republican,  but  he  declined  public 
office  in  later  years,  though  his  advice  was 
often  sought  in  shaping  useful  legislation,  and 
his  influence  was  acknowledged  by  the  leaders 
of  his  party.  He  received  from  the  University 
of  Vermont  the  honorary  degree  of  Master  of 
Arts  in  recognition  of  his  achievements  in  law 
and  public  life.  Frank  Louis  Hungerford 
married,  December  21,  1869,  Sarah  A.,  born, 
New  Britain,  July  6,  1841,  daughter  of  Wil- 
liam A.  Churchill.  Children  :  William  Church- 
ill, see  forward ;  Florence,  died,  aged  six- 
years  ;  Belle,  died,  aged  two  years ;  Frank 
Mills,  died,  aged  fourteen  years. 

From  the  eulogy  of  Charles  Elliott  Mitchell, 
formerly  his  partner,  at  a  special  meeting  of 
the  Hartford  County  Bar,  held  in  the  Superior 
Court  room  at  Hartford,  June  25,  1909,  we 
quote : 

"From  the  first  he  exhibited  great  aptitude 
for  all  forms  of  legal  business,  especially  those 
which    brought    into    requisition    the    exercise    of 


sound    judgment    and    the    faculty    of    presenting 
causes   in   such   a   way   as   to    be    thoroughly   un- 
derstood   by    men    of   common    sense.      Early    in 
the   development   of  the  partnership  life,   my   at- 
tention  was   diverted  in   the    direction    of    patent 
litigation,   and   a   mutual   arrangement  was   made 
which    caused   the   major   portion    of   the   general 
law    business   to   devolve   upon    Mr.    Hungerford, 
while    his     partner     devoted    himself    largely    to 
causes    involving    the    law    of   patents.      This    di- 
vision   of    labor    proved    a    happy    one,    and    was 
maintained   for  the   most  part   during  the  whole 
life    of    the    partnership    of    nearly    thirty    years. 
Mr.   Hungerford  served  as  judge  of  probate  first 
in    Torrington    and    afterwards    in    New    Britam, 
acquitting    himself    in    those    positions    with    his 
customary   judgment    and   integrity.      In    1897   he 
became   the   senior  partner   of  the   firm   of   Hun- 
gerford, Hyde,  Joslyn  &  Oilman  in  this  city.    As 
the  head  of  the  firm  he  met  all  the  demands   of 
a  large  business,  keeping  him  closely  confined  to 
his  law  practice,  acquiring  a  great   reputation   as 
a    trial    lawyer    and    never    seeking    or    accepting 
office,    excepting   where    the    legal    function    was 
the    dominant    one.     *     *     *     He    drew    to    him- 
self the  respect  of  all  by  the  influence  which  he 
unconsciously  exerted,  and  this  respect  increased 
as    the    sphere    of   his    influence    broadened    from 
year  to  year.     He  became  the  corporation  Coun- 
sel of  the  city  of  New  Britain  at  a  time  of  rapid 
change    in    the   growth    and    needs    of   the    rising 
young  city.     The  city  grew  with  the   rapidity   of 
a  western  township.     The  old  charter,  which  had 
served    its    day,    had    become    an    outworn    gar- 
ment.     The    town    and    city    governments    were 
to    be    amalgamated.      The    sewer    problem    pre- 
sented  unending  perplexities.     The   public  water 
system   called   for   enlargement  and  an   increased 
supply.      In    all    directions,    change    and    growth 
presented   problems   which    called   for   command- 
ing ability  and  a   legal   leader.     Mr.   Himgerford 
was  corporation  counsel  during  nearly  the  whole 
of  this   period   of   development.      His   advice  was 
followed   without   misgiving;    such   was   the   pub- 
lic   confidence    in    his    legal    knowledge,    his   wis- 
dom    and     probity     and     personal     disinterested- 
ness,  that  practically  all  of  his  decisions  and   di- 
rections   were   accepted    as    decisive   by   political 
opponents  as  well  as  political  adherents.     If  any 
exception    existed,    it    was    so    rare   as    to    prove 
the    rule.      It    rarely    happens    that    public    confi- 
dence is  so  completely  centered  in  any  one  legal 
adviser    as   it   was    in    Mr.    Hungerford.      All    be- 
lieved   that    he    had    the    learning    and    wisdom 
called   for  by  all   the   complexities  and   problems 
of  the  city   and  its  government,   and  no   one   for 
a    moment   entertained   a   thotight   that    he    could 
be     diverted    from    his     devotion    to    the    public 
good.     The  present  public-spirited  mayor  of  New 
Britain  placed  a  very  high   value  upon   his   serv- 
ices,   and    mourns    his    death    as    an    almost   irre- 
parable   loss    to    the    city    and    community;    and 
the    same    feeling    finds    expression    upon    every 
tongue.     *     *     *     But  during  the  past  winter  the 
demands   of  the   city  have   been   specially   exact- 
ing.    After  strenuous  days   at   Hartford  he  gave 
the  still  more  strenuous  evenings  to  the  require- 
ments of  New  Britain,     .^las,  that  it  should  have 
been  necessary,  but  a  necessity  within  him  com- 
pelled him  to  do  his  duty.     *     *     *     I  reioice  in 
the    fact    that    Mr.    Hungerford's    name    has    be- 
come  permanently    a   part   of   the    city's    history, 
and    that    while    the    city    lives    his    well-earned 
reputation  will  not  die. 

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was  as  native  to  Frank  Hungerford  as  his  vital 
breath.  He  was  not  content  to  scratch  the  sur- 
face of  decisions.  He  searched  for  the  law  at 
the  fountains;  he  laboriously  delved  for  legal 
principles  in  mines  that  yield  their  treasures 
only  to  unremitting  toil.  He  delighted  in  the 
mastery  of  legal  problems.  Except  in  a  sudden 
exigency,  it  was  impossible  that  he  should  come 
into  a  case  without  preparation.  And  how  he 
did  enjoy  a  lawsuit!  He  would  establish  peace 
between  litigants  if  it  were  possible,  but  when 
a  real  controversy  was  on,  he  delighted  in  the 
labor  of  preparation,  he  delighted  in  the  give- 
and-take  of  the  contest,  and  he  delighted  in  the 
sensation  of  a  hard-won  victory.  Any  man  who 
entrusted  his  cause  to  Frank  Hungerford  had 
no  reason  to  fear  that  he  was  working  pri- 
marily  to   secure   a   fee. 

"*  *  *  Just,  sincere  and  affectionate  in  the 
very  roots  of  his  nature,  his  life  could  not  avoid 
exhibiting,  unconsciously,  of  course,  the  exalted 
character  of  the  sweet  soul  of  Frank  Hunger- 
ford. I  never  knew  him  give  utterance  to  an 
impure  word  or  an  impure  sentiment.  Dishon- 
esty was  not  conceivable  of  him.  There  was 
never  a  written  contract  between  us  and  we 
never  had  a  difference.  When  the  lawyer  said 
he  would  give  a  great  sum  of  money  for  Hun- 
gerford's  face  as  a  means  of  prevailing  in  the 
presence  of  a  jury,  he  forgot  that  the  face  which 
he  coveted  simply  reflected  the  sincerity  of  char- 
acter which  was  the  secret  of  its  prevailing 
power.  Nor  should  any  one  associate  his  purity 
of  character  with  any  supposed  weakness  in  any 
direction.  Mr.  Hungerford  was  a  full,  strong 
man,  a  lover  of  life  and  of  the  good  things  of 
life,  which  he  was  not  accustomed  to  reject  as 
they  came  along.  He  was  a  lover  of  fine  horses, 
as  his  stables  witnessed.  He  loved  an  intelli- 
gent dog  and  an  unflawed  diamond.  He  loved 
the  broad  horns  of  the  farmyard,  and  a  day  by 
the  brookside  with  his  trout  rod  in  the  cher- 
ished intervals  of  an  exacting  business  supplied 
him  not  only  with  sorely  needed  rest,  but  with 
almost    unutterable   joy. 

"It  remains  to  be  added  that  Mr.  Hungerford 
had  one  quality  which,  whether  a  felicity  or  a 
failing,  undoubtedly  stood- in  the  way  of  political 
preferment,  if  indeed  he  ever  desired  political 
preferment.  His  nature  was  so  ingrainedly 
truthful  and  sincere  that  he  could  not  stoop  to 
the  insincerities  which  sometimes  characterize 
the  professional  politician.  His  reticence  was 
remarkable  and  increased  with  his  years,  but  his 
infrequent  words  were  like  the  scarcest  of  metals 
— all   gold  throughout. 

"*  *  *  jjg  believed  in  the  truth  of  the  say- 
ing, 'In  my  Father's  house  are  many  mansions,' 
and  he  ordered  his  life  in  complete  subordina- 
tion to  that  belief.  He  was  made  a  deacon  in 
the  Congregational  Church  thirty-three  years 
ago.  He  was  a  student  of  the  Bible  from  earliest 
youth.  At  the  time  of  his  death  he  was  the 
head  of  a  Bible  class  of  nearly  si.xty  adult,  think- 
ing men.  On  Thursday  evenings  he  was  a 
teacher  of  the  Sunday-school  teachers.  He  was 
for  a  dozen  years  president  of  the  Young  Men's 
Christian  Association,  and  he  lived  his  life,  year 
in  and  year  out,  as  ever  'in  his  great  taskmas- 
ter's eye.'  Such  a  man  could  not  be  indifferent 
to  man's  infirmities,  and  accordingly  he  was  at 
the  time  of  his  death  president  of  the  New 
Britain  Hospital,  giving  the  time  which  he  could 
ill  spare  to  the  sweet  charities  which  flourish  in 
,=uch   institutions. 


"*  *  *  What  were  the  sources  of  his  un- 
questioned strength,  both  before  the  court  and 
the  jury.  If  I  should  try  to  state  them,  I  should 
specify  the  love  of  law  as  a  science  felt  in  his 
3routh  and  the  controlling  element  in  all  his  ef- 
forts; capacity  for  thorough  preparation  never 
omitted  when  preparation  was  possible;  loyalty 
to  truth  and  conscience  which  made  him  more 
than  ready  to  settle  doubtful  cases;  profound 
knowledge  of  legal  principles  and  a  capacity  for 
clear  statement,  seldom  excelled,  which  made  the 
development  of  each  proposition  an  aid  to  a 
clear  understanding  of  those  which  still  re- 
mained to  be  unfolded  in  the  natural  order  of 
thought,  and  perhaps  I  should  add  also  that  joy 
of  the  contest  which  marks  the  born  advocate. 
And  attending  these  qualities  all  along  the  line 
was  the  faculty  of  sound  judgment,  more  rare, 
I  sometimes  think,  than  genius  itself,  a  faculty 
which,  as  by  intuition,  separates  the  immaterial 
from  the  important,  and  laying  due  stress  upon 
the  latter  relegates  the  former  precipitately  to 
the   rear." 

(VIII)  William  Churchill,  son  of  Hon. 
Frank  Louis  and  Sarah  A.  (Churchill)  Hun- 
gerford, was  born  at  New  Britain,  February 
25,  1871.  His  preliminary  education  was  ob- 
tained «n  the  Connecticut  public  schools,  and 
at  a  private  school  in  Bridgeport.  In  1890  he 
entered  Sheffield  Scientific  School,  graduating 
in  1893.  He  studied  law  in  the  offices  of 
Mitchell,  Hungerford  &  Bartlett,  until  Sep- 
tember, 1894,  when  he  entered  Yale  Law 
School,  graduating  in  1895,  being  immediately 
afterward  admitted  to  the  bar.  The  firm  of 
Mitchell,  Hungerford  &  Bartlett  had  at  that 
time  offices  in  New  Britain,  Hartford  and 
New  York  City,  and  Mr.  Hungerford  entered 
their  Hartford  office  as  clerk,  remaining  until 
1897,  when  the  firm  was  dissolved.  He  then 
became  the  junior  member  of  the  firm  of 
Hungerford,  Hyde,  Joslyn  &  Oilman,  with  of- 
fices in  New  Britain  and  Hartford.  The  firm 
name  was  changed  after  the  death  of  Hon. 
F.  L.  Hungerford,  in  June,  1909,  to  Hyde, 
Joslyn,  Oilman  &  Hungerford.  Mr.  Hunger- 
ford is,  politically,  a  Republican,  although  he 
has  never  sought  nor  held  public  office.  He 
attends  the  Congregational  First  Church  of 
Christ,  in  New  Britain,  of  which  he  is  the 
clerk  and  a  member  of  the  society  committee. 
His  college  fraternity  was  the  Chi  Phi,  and 
he  belongs  to  the  Hartford  Club ;  New  Britain 
Club ;  Farmington  Country  Club ;  University 
Club,  and  Connecticut  Field  Trial  Club.  He 
married,  November  2,  1898,  at  Torrington, 
Connecticut,  Charlotte,  daughter  of  Dr.  Roger 
S.  and  Charlotte  (Hungerford)   Olmstead. 


Thomas  Slayton,  the  immi- 
SLAYTON     grant   ancestor,   was   born   in 

England,  September  20,  1682, 
according  to  one  record,  that  of  Joshua  Slay- 
ton,  and  emigrated  to  America ;  married  Han- 


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nah  Culwood,  in  1707,  and  had  two  sons, 
Phineas  and  Thomas,  and  one  daughter,  Han- 
nah. There  is  another  tradition  in  the  family, 
which  says  that  he  was  born  in  Scotland  near 
the  river  Tweed,  and  when  seven  or  eight 
years  old,  either  ran  away  or  was  stolen  as  a 
cabin  boy,  or  sent  away  to  prevent  his  inherit- 
ing property,  and  perhaps  titles ;  that  the  mas- 
ter of  the  vessel  gave  him  the  name  Slayton 
because  it  would  never  be  heard  of  elsewhere ; 
that  he  was  landed  at  Pl3rmouth  or  Boston 
about  1690;  that  he  was  well  educated  and 
later  taught  school.  Where  he  lived  or  when 
or  where  he  died  is  unknown.  Children:  i. 
Thomas,  June  15,  1709,  mentioned  below.  2. 
Phineas.  3.  Hannah,  died  aged  eighty-eight. 
(H)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Thomas  (i)  Slay- 
ton,  was  born  June  15,  1709.  He  was  an  in- 
habitant of  Weston,  Massachusetts,  in  1732, 
and  according  to  the  town  records  of  that 
place,  married,  September  21,  of  that  year, 
Abigail  Harrington,  of  Watertown,  born 
March  21,  1712-13,  daughter  of  George  and 
Abiel  Parker  (married  November  15,  1711), 
daughter  of  James  Parker  of  Groton.  They 
were  married  by  the  Rev.  Wareham  Williams 
and  the  intentions  of  their  marriage  were  pub- 
lished in  Weston,  October  14,  1732.  It  is  not 
known  how  long  he  lived  in  Weston.  Three 
of  his  children  were  born  there.  In  1735,  he 
bought  the  fortieth  part  of  a  tract  of  land  in 
Worcester,  "said  tract  including  a  mine  or 
minerals,  with  all  the  mines,  minerals,  precious 
stones,  pearls,  waters  and  water  courses, 
rights,  etc.,"  for  thirty  pounds ;  seven  years 
later,  he  sold^the  same  for  twentjf-three  pounds. 
April  7,  1738,  he  is  called  a  husbandman  in 
the  records  of  Weston,  and  recorded  as  having 
sold  one  half  of  a  mansion  house  and  barn 
and  land,  about  one  hundred  and  twenty  acres. 
From  1737  to  1745  he  had  twelve  purchases 
of  land  recorded  in  different  places  in  Massa- 
chusetts. In  April,  1739,  the  settlement  of 
the  town  of  Tyringham,  Hampden  county, 
began,  and  at  that  time,  he,  with  Lieutenant 
Isaac  Garfield  and  John  Chadwick,  moved  into 
that  place.  His  land  there  he  had  doubtless 
bought  previously,  for  the  records  of  Hamp- 
den county,  say  that  he  bought  land  near 
Housatonic,  May  24,  1737,  in  "New  Township 
No.  I."  He  sold  his  last  land  in  Weston,  April 
16,  1739,  and  it  is  likely  that  he  moved  to 
Brookfield,  Massachusetts,  shortly  after,  as  his 
fourth  child  was  born  there  in  1740.  June 
12,  1749,  he  first  bought  land  in  the  latter 
place.  Upon  this,  about  1770,  he  built  a  house, 
which  remained  standing  until  i860.  He  and 
his  wife  were  admitted  to  full  communion  in 
the  church  in  Weston,  December,  1738,  and 
dismissed  from  there  to  the  Brookfield  church. 


July  27,  1755.  He  died,  August  or  September, 
1778,  and  was  buried  in  the  lot,  which  he  had 
given  as  a  cemetery.  His  wife  was  buried 
beside  him.  His  will  was  filed  September  22, 
1778.  Children:  Thomas,  born  February  20, 
1734,  Weston:  Abiel,  1735,  Weston,  died  June 
26,  1740;  Phineas,  September  4,  1737,  Wes- 
ton; David,  June  2,  1740,  Brookfield;  Joshua, 
December  16,  1744,  Brookfield ;  Ruth,  Febru- 
ary 10,  1746,  Brookfield;  Reuben,  May  30, 
1748,  mentioned  below;  Samuel,  September 
26,  1751 ;  Patience,  December  13,  1757,  Brook- 
field. 

(III)  Reuben,  son  of  Thomas  (2)  Slayton, 
was  born  May  30,  1748,  in  Brookfield.  He 
served  in  the  revolution ;  a  sergeant  in  Cap- 
tain John  Wolcott's  Company  of  Rangers 
from  Brookfield  and  Spencer,  which  marched 
on  the  Lexington  alarm,  April  19,  1775.  The 
men  of  this  company  enlisted  for  eight  months, 
and  went  into  camp  at  Roxbury,  iMay  19. 
He  was  commissioned  ensign  in  Captain  Joel 
Green's  company,  Fourth  Massachusetts  Regi- 
ment, May  19,  1775.  He  was  also  a  captain 
in  Colonel  William  Shepard's  Third  Massachu- 
setts Regiment  in  1780,  at  White  Plains,  New 
York.  He  was  appointed  captain  in  Ball's 
company.  Fourth  ^Massachusetts  Regiment, 
Colonel  William  Shepard,  January  i,  1777. 
resigned  March  20,  1779.  He  married  Mary 
Moore  of  Brookfield.  The  date  given  in  the 
Brookfield  records  is  May  30,  1777,  but  wheth- 
er that  is  the  date  of  the  marriage  or  of  the 
intentions  is  not  known.  He  was  named  ex- 
ecutor of  his  father's  will,  and  was  at  home 
and  filed  the  same  in  probate  court,  September 

22,  1778.  Between  1781  and  1786,  he  bought 
and  sold  lands  in  Brookfield  nine  times,  in 
some  of  the  deeds  being  styled  "yeoman"  in 
others,  "gentleman."  About  1785,  he  moved 
to  "Chester,  Hampshire  county,  State  of  Mas- 
sachusetts," and  from  there  to  Springfield, 
Otsego  county.  New  York,  about  1800.  He 
first  bought  land  there  in  1801  and  sold  it  in 
i8og.  In  181 1,  he  went  to  Chautauqua  county 
and  helped  his  son  Reuben  build  a  sawmill. 
In  the  autumn  of  that  year,  he  returned  to 
Springfield  after  his  family,  but  was  taken  ill 
on  the  way  and  died  in  ten  days.  Children: 
Washington,  born  December  27,  1778,  Brook- 
field, mentioned  below  :  Reuben,  Jr.,  September 

23,  1780,  Brookfield;  Thomas  (3),  about  1783, 
Brookfield;  Catharine,  1785,  Brookfield;  Polly, 
born  in  Chester,  Massachusetts;  Susan,  Ches- 
ter; Ruth,  Chester;  James,  April  30,  1790, 
Chester;  Sophia,  1800,  Chester. 

(IV)  Washington,  son  of  Reuben  Slayton, 
was  born  December  27,  1778,  in  Brookfield, 
and  married  Dorcas  Waite,  born  October  19, 
1776,   died  October  4,    1823,   in   Springfield, 


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New  York.  He  went  with  his  father  to 
Springfield  about  1800.  He  first  bought  land 
there  in  1806,  and  sold  his  last  in  1827.  He 
was  a  mechanic  by  trade,  a  musician,  a  danc- 
ing master  and  a  very  fine  penman.  He  lived 
during  his  old  age  with  his  daughter  Laura 
near  Conneautville,  Pennsylvania,  and  amused 
himself  by  copying  much  from  the  Bible.  He 
died  March  4,  1862,  at  Conneautville.  Chil- 
dren:  Cornelius  C,  May  2,  1800;  Horace 
Watson,  July  24,  1802 ;  George  W.,  May  7, 
1804;  Laura  Adelia,  February  8,  1807;  Nancy 
Lorinda,  March  25,  1809;  Thomas  M.,  June 
29,  181 1,  mentioned  below;  Helen  Amelia 
(twin),  August  23,  1813;  Harriet  Corneha 
(twin),  August  23,  1813;  Reuben   H.,  April 

11,  1816;  Josiah  Waite,  August  28,  1818;  Os- 
mond Birdsley,  March  12,  1822. 

(V)  Thomas  M.,  son  of  Washington  Slay- 
ton,  was  born  June  29,  1811,  and  married, 
about  1840,  at  Conneautville,  Pennsylvania, 
Elvira  Treadway,  born  October  10,  1814, 
Shoreham,  Vermont,  died  February  25",  1856, 
in  Elba,  Lapeer  county,  Michigan.  He  mar- 
ried (second)  Polly  Treadway,  a  sister  of  his 
first  wife.  She  was  born  December  18,  1812, 
at  Shoreham,  and  died  August  11,  1896,  at 
Lapeer.  He  moved  with  his  family  to  Lapeer 
in  1847,  ^iid  a  few  years  later  to  a  farm  in 
Elba,  Lapeer  county.  He  died  April  11,  1859, 
in  Elba,  and  was  buried  in  Lapeer.  Children : 
Eugene  Treadway,  April  20,  1843,  mentioned 
below;  Laura  Elizabeth,  July  12,  1850,  Elba, 
Lapeer  county,  Michigan,  married  J.  Rollin 
Johnson,  of  Lapeer ;  children :  i.  Janette  E. ; 
ii.  Chester  R. 

(VI)  Eugene  Treadway,  son  of  Thomas  M. 
Slayton,  was  born  April  20,  1843,  Conneaut- 
ville, Pennsylvania.  He  removed  early  in  life 
to  Lapeer,  and  in  1878  removed  to  Ogemaw 
county,  where  he  was  engaged  in  farming  and 
lumbering.  In  the  latter  place  he  had  the  Slay- 
ton  Post  Office  for  a  time.  In  1883  he  went 
to  Schoolcraft  county,  where  he  was  secretary 
of  the  Delta  Lumber  Company  and  was  em- 
ployed in  estimating  pine  and  lumber  until 
September  i,  1887,  when  he  went  to  Cali- 
fornia for  four  years,  and  was  engaged  in 
purchasing  timber  lands  for  Detroit  capital- 
ists. In  1891  he  returned  to  Lapeer  and  be- 
came interested  in  insurance,  and  since  1902 
has  been  postmaster.  He  married  (first)  Ra- 
chel Truesdale,  August  15,1862,  Conneautville. 
She  was  born  March  6,  1839,  died  April  2, 
1865,  Conneautville.  He  married  (second),  Oc- 
tober 10,  1866,  Julia  P)ell,  daughter  of  Asahel 
Wolcott  Abbott  and  Martha  Lamb  (White) 
Abbott.     (See  Abbott).     She  was  born  May 

12,  1843,  in  Lapeer.  Children:  Minnie  V., 
August   27,    1863,   died    September   29,    1863, 


Conneautville;  Lena  E.,  January  26,  1865, 
died  August  17,  1895,  Conneautville.  Children 
of  the  second  wife :  Lucius  Cary,  December 
31,  1872,  Lapeer,  mentioned  below;  Mabel  E., 
August  12,  1876,  married  Harry  Demorest,  of 
Flint,  Michigan ;  children :  George  Eugene, 
Slayton  Jack  and  !\Iax  Harrison ;  Martha 
Lamb,  October  31,  1879,  married  Leon 
Schunemann  ;  children  :  Louise  and  Sarah. 

(VII)  Lucius  Cary,  son  of  Eugene  Tread- 
way Slayton,  was  born  in  Lapeer,  Michigan, 
December  31,  1872,  and  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  and  the  Agricultural  College, 
Lansing,  Michigan.  Since  1893  he  has  been 
engaged  in  the  life  insurance  business,  first  in 
Detroit,  Michigan,  later  for  a  short  time  in 
Buffalo,  New  York,  and  since  May,  1900,  he 
has  been  state  agent  of  the  Penn  Mutual  Life 
Insurance  Company,  with  oflSce  at  No.  82 
Church  street.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Quinni- 
piack  Club  of  New  Haven  and  of  Annaxon 
Lodge,  No.  115,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons 
of  West  Haven.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Con- 
gregational Church  of  West  Haven. 

He  married,  August  11,  1896,  Kate  Agnes, 
born  March  10,  1875,  daughter  of  Martin  I. 
and  Cecelia  (Clark)  Whitman.  Children: 
Harry  Whitman,  born  January  3,  1898;  Eric 
Randolph,  September  3,  1901  ;  Cecelia  Grace, 
August  5,  1904. 

(The  Abbott  Line). 
(I)  George  Abbott,  the  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  probably  born  in  England,  and  died  in 
Rowley,  Massachusetts,  in  1647.  He  was  one 
of  the  first  settlers  of  Rowley,  coming  from 
England  in  1642.  He  deeded  most  of  his 
estate  to  his  oldest  son,  Thomas,  before  his 
death.  He  had  two  acres  granted  him  for  a 
house  lot  and  had  other  land.  He  was  one  of 
the  thirty  contributors  towards  buying  the  land 
of  the  Rogers  Company  in  Rowley.  He  had 
four  sons,  two  of  whom  were  named  Thomas, 
one  being  called  senior,  the  other  junior.  This 
practice  was  somewhat  common  in  England 
at  that  time,  but  seems  to  have  confused  the 
genealogist  of  the  family,  who  concludes  the 
younger  was  adopted.  The  younger  Thomas 
was  apprenticed  to  John  Bo^mton,  and  at  the 
death  of  his  father,  Humphrey  Reynor  and 
George  Mighhill  were  appointed  as  guardians 
of  the  minor  sons,  George,  Nehemiah  and 
Thomas.  The  elder  Thomas  had  received 
land  from  his  father,  being  the  eldest  son,  and 
was  doubtless  of  age  at  the  time  of  his  father's 
death.  Mark  Simons  was  executor  of  the  es- 
tate, and  George  Abbott's  will  is  referred  by 
the  general  court  to  the  Salem  court,  Novem- 
ber II,  1647,  though  no  will  has  been  found. 
Children:  i.  Thomas,  Sr.,  received  land  from 


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his  father  by  deed  of  gift;  died  September, 
1659;  married,  July  13,  1655,  Dorothy  Swan; 
resided  at  Rowley ;  bequeaths  in  his  will  to  his 
brothers  George,  Nehemiah,  and  Thomas,  in  a 
nuncupative  will,  dated  August  31,  1659.  2. 
George,  mentioned  below.  3.  Nehemiah.  4. 
Thomas,  Jr. 

(II)  George  (2),  son  of  George  (i)  Ab- 
bott, was  born  in  England  about  163 1,  and 
came  to  New  England  with  his  father  about 
1642.  and  lived  at  Rowley  for  about  fourteen 
years.  In  1655  he  settled  in  that  part  of  An- 
dover,  afterwards  North  Andover,  but  now 
Andover  Center.  He  was  a  tailor  and  hus- 
bandman, and  was  one  of  the  five  wealthiest 
men  in  the  town.  He  was  a  member  of  Ser- 
geant James  Osgood's  military  company  and 
previously  of  Sergeant  Stevens'  company.  He 
was  admitted  a  freeman.  May  19,  1669,  and 
was  elected  constable  June  3,  1680.  For  many 
years  he  had  charge  of  the  North  meeting 
house  at  Andover.  He  had  land  granted  him 
and  his  first  house  was  probably  on  the  site 
occupied  by  the  house  of  John  Bannon  in 
1900.  He  died,  intestate,  March  22,  1688-89, 
aged  about  fifty-eight  years.  He  married  in 
Ipswich,  April  26,  1658,  Sarah,  daughter  of 
Ralph  and  Alice  Farnum,  who  came  from 
England  in  1638.  She  married  (second)  Au- 
gust I,  1689,  Sergeant  Henry  Ingalls,  arid  died 
in  1728.  aged  ninety.  Children:  George,  born 
January  28,  1659;  Sarah,  September  6,  1660; 
died  November  6,  1738,  married.  October  19, 
1681,  John  Faulker;  John,  August  26,  1662; 
Mary,  March  20,  1664-65,  married.  May  13, 
1687,  Lieutenant  Stephen  Barker;  Nehemiah, 
July  20,  1667 ;  Hannah,  September  22,  1668. 
married,  April  18,  1695,  James  Ingalls;  Me- 
hitable,  February  17,  1671,  died  young;  Lydia. 
March  31,  1675,  died  March  11,  1739,  married, 
November  28,  1695,  Henry  Chandler;  Samuel. 
May  30,  1678 ;  Mehitable,  April  4,  1680,  died 
March  28,  1757,  married,  June  i,  1701,  Ger- 
shom  Cutter. 

(III)  George  (3),  son  of  George  (2)  Ab- 
bott, was  born  January  28,  1659,  in  Andover, 
and  resided  there.  He  was  a  farmer  and  shoe- 
maker. His  father  gave  him  sixteen  acres  of 
upland  on  which  he  built  his  house,  probably 
opposite  his  father's.  The  vacant  site  is  now 
probably  a  part  of  the  Kittredge  estate.  He 
died  January  24,  1724,  aged  sixty-five  years. 
His  will  was  dated  October  i,  1724,  and  proved 
December  7,  1725,  his  son  Uriah  being  execu- 
tor. He  married  (first)  September  13,  1689, 
Elizabeth  Ballard,  who  died  May  5,  1706, 
daughter  of  Joseph  and  Elizabeth  (Phelps) 
Ballard,  and  granddaughter  of  William  Bal- 
lard, a  pioneer  settler  of  Andover.  He  mar- 
ried   (second)    July  21,   1707,  Hannah  Estey, 


born  in  Topsfield,  1667,  died  November  5, 
1741,  daughter  of  Isaac  and  Mary  (Towne) 
Estey  and  granddaughter  of  Jeffrey  Estey,  of 
Salem,  in  1638.  Her  mother,  Mary  Estey,  was 
executed  in  Salem  for  witchcraft,  September 
22,  1692,  a  "woman  of  sound  judgment  and 
exalted  Christian  character."  Children,  all  by 
the  fir.st  wife:  George,  born  July  28,  1691, 
mentioned  below ;  Uriah,  November  20,  1692 ; 
Captain  Jacob,  March  19,  1694,  died  April  22, 
1771,  married,  May  i,  1722,  Ruth  Foster; 
Elizabeth,  November  5,  1695,  died  December  i, 
1715.  married,  November  25,  1714,  Deacon 
David  Foster.  Obed,  March  16,  1696-97 ; 
Moses,  February  14,  1714;  Peter,  July  27, 
1701 ;  Sarah,  March  17,  1702-03,  married, 
September  6,  1728,  Deacon  Comfort  Barnes; 
Hannah,  April  16,  1706,  married,  August  30. 
1727,  David  Gilbert. 

(IV)  George  (4),  son  of  George  (3)  Ab- 
bott, was  born  July  28,  1691,  in  Andover,  and 
married,  in  Cambridge,  Massachusetts,  Febru- 
ary £,  1714-15,  Rebecca,  supposed  to  be  a 
daughter  of  Eben  Swan,  yeoman,  of  Cam- 
bridge. He  was  a  blacksmith  by  trade,  and 
lived  in  Cambridge,  Framingham  and  Hard- 
wick,  Massachusetts,  and  finally  in  Benning- 
ton, Vermont,  where  he  died  about  1771.  No- 
vember 15,  1 71 5,  he  bought  a  half  acre  of 
land  in  Cambridge  on  condition  that  he  "build 
and  settle  himself  upon  it."  He  remained 
there  for  twelve  years.  December  25,  1725,  he 
sold  this  land.  He  is  supposed  to  be  the 
George  Abbott  mentioned  in  the  "History  of 
Framingham"  by  Barry,  as  having  been  a 
town  officer  there  in  1731.  December  26,  1733, 
he  drew,  in  the  assignment  of  land  to  the  set- 
tlers of  Hardwick,  a  lot  of  100  acres,  and  be- 
came one  of  the  earliest  white  settlers  of  the 
place.  He  was  chosen  constable  February  9, 
1737,  and  in  1738,  he  was  poundkeeper  for 
that  year.  In  1749  he  was  selectman.  He 
was  an  original  member  of  the  first  church  in 
Hardwick  but  afterwards  joined  an  organiza- 
tion called  the  "Separate  Church,"  and  moved 
with  all  the  members  of  the  latter  to  Benning- 
ton, in  1 761.  He  became  a  member  of  the 
church  when  it  was  organized  there  Decem- 
ber 3,  1762.  This  was  the  first  church  or- 
ganization within  the  limits  of  the  present 
state  of  Vermont,  and  the  only  one  in  Ben- 
nington for  sixty-four  years.  April  25,  1740. 
he  sold  about  seventy  acres  of  land  in  Hard- 
wick, and  October  23,  1753,  about  eighty  acres. 
His  descendants  in  some  lines  have  been  quite 
distinguished.  Children,  born  in  Cambridge: 
Jacob,  born  January  25,  1715-16,  mentioned 
below  ;  George,  October  2,  1718  ;  Rebecca,  bap- 
tized June  24,  1721,  died  young;  Rebecca,  No- 
vember 22.  1724;  Samuel,  i\Iarch  12,  1726-27; 


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Sarah,  married,  April  i,  1752,  John  Roberts 
of  Morristown,  Vermont;  Isaac,  1736,  Hard- 
wick;  Ruth,  May  8,  1737,  Hardwick;  Timothy, 
1738  (?),  Hardwick;  Mary,  June  7,  1741, 
Hardwick,  died,  May  5,  1753. 

(V)  Sergeant  Jacob  Abbott,  son  of  George 
(4)  Abbott,  was  born  January  25,  1715-16,  in 

Cambridge  ,and  married,  Mercy ,  April 

4,  1742,  he  was  admitted  to  church  in  Hard- 
wick, where  he  spent  most  of  his  youth.  His 
military  service  against  Indians,  in  the  colonial 
wars  on  the  frontier  in  the  Connecticut  river 
valley  about  Deerfield,  Massachusetts,  is  as 
follows :  Private,  twelve  weeks,  six  days ; 
Colonel  John  Stoddard's  regiment,  December 
II,  1747,  to  March  9,  1747-48;  private,  thir- 
teen weeks,  two  days,  same  regiment,  March 
10  to  June  10,  1748;  private,  three  weeks,  six 
days.  Major  Israel  Williams's  company,  under 
Sergeant  Ebenezer  Stratton,  at  Morrison's 
fort,  June  11  to  July  7,  1748;  private,  thirty- 
one  weeks  at  Fort  Colrain,  with  detachment 
same  company  March  16  to  October  18,  1756; 
private,  thirteen  weeks,  six  days.  Captain  Is- 
rael Williams's  company.  Fort  Colrain,  Oc- 
tober 19,  1756,  to  January  23,  1757;  private, 
nineteen  weeks,  two  days  same  company,  from 

■  to  April  14,   1758;  private,  11   weeks. 

Captain  John  Burk's  company,  at  "Morrison's 
Garrison,  Colrain,"  April  15  to  June  30,  1758; 
sergeant,  sixteen  weeks,  one  day,  same  com- 
pany, July  I  to  October  21,  1758,  in  charge  of 
the  north  fort  Colrain  and  nine  men ;  also 
served  five  weeks,  at  Fort  Colrain,  same  com- 
pany, October  22  to  November  30,  1758;  pri- 
vate, forty-two  weeks,  five  days.  Fort  Colrain, 
December  i,  1758.  to  September  25,  1759, 
Captain  Samuel  Wells's  company.  By  occu- 
pation he  was  a  farmer  and  lived  after  about 
1759  in  Amherst,  Massachusetts,  where  he 
bought,  December  7,  of  that  year,  about  sixty- 
six  acres  of  land,  a  portion  of  the  Hadley 
Commons.  Here  he  lived  and  added  to  by 
purchase  until  it  amounted  to  seventy-five 
acres.  He  died  in  1773.  His  will  was  dated 
September  8,  1772,  and  was  probated  June 
21,  1773-  His  widow  Mercy  was  executrix, 
and  to  her  he  left  one-third  of  his  estate,  the 
rest  to  be  divided  among  his  children.  Chil- 
dren, born  in  Amherst:  Daniel,  July  25,  1764, 
mentioned  below;  Percis,  October  8,  1766; 
Amos,  April  28,  1769;  Eliab,  September  24, 
1771. 

(VI)  Daniel,  son  of  Jacob  Abbott,  was  born 
July  25,  1764,  in  Amherst,  and  married,  Feb- 
ruary 25,  1790,  Naomi  Graves,  born  November 
4,  1769,  died  September  18,  1804.  He  mar- 
ried (second),  March  27,  1807,  Mrs.  Hannah 
(Wiggins)  Porter,  widow  of  Pierpont  Porter 
of  Hadley,  born   in   Suffield,   Connecticut,  of 


English  parents.  He  was  a  farmer  by  occupa- 
tion, and  lived  in  Amherst,  Hadley  and  Lever- 
ett,  Massachusetts.  He  enlisted  during  the 
revolution  for  three  years,  April  17,  1781, 
when  sixteen  years  old,  was  then  five  feet, 
three  inches  tall,  light  complexion  and  light 
hair.  He  died  at  Leverett,  November  11,  1809. 
His  estate  was  inventoried  for  $1,541.47,  and 
Erastus  Field  was  appointed  administrator 
December  6,  1809.  His  widow  died  in  Hadley, 
August  30,  1846,  aged  sixty-nine  years.  Chil- 
dren, born  in  Hadley :  Philena,  born  April  16, 
1791 ;  Achsah,  May  15,  1793;  Mose  and  Lucy 
Willard  (twins),  August  31,  1795;  Roswell 
Itheram,  October,  1797;  Daniel  S.,  April  22, 
1800;  Eli,  July  14,  1802.  Children  of  the 
second  wife,  born  in  Leverett :  Asahel  Wol- 
cott,  March  13,  1808,  mentioned  below;  Julia 
Maria,  July  22,  1809. 

(VII)  Asahel  Wolcott,  son  of  Daniel  Ab- 
bott, was  born  March  13,  1808,  in  Leverett, 
and  married,  there,  July  3,  1836,  Martha 
Lamb,  born  in  South  Hadley,  Massachusetts, 
June  3,  1819,  daughter  of  Enoch  and  Martha 
(Lamb)  White  of  South  Hadley  and  grand- 
daughter of  Gad  and  Jerusha  (Ripley)  Lamb 
of  Springfield,  Massachusetts.  Mr.  Abbott  re- 
mained in  Leverett  till  of  age  in  1829,  then 
lived  at  Durham,  Connecticut,  two  years,  and 
in  Columbus,  Ohio,  two  years.  In  1833  he 
took  up  a  grant  of  land  in  Lapeer,  Lapeer 
county,  Michigan,  where  he  died  of  paralysis, 
March  20,  1873.  He  was  a  shoemaker,  tanner 
and  currier,  but  abandoned  his  trade  on  ac- 
count of  ill  health  and  took  to  farming  and 
stock  raising.  He  was  a  Republican  in  poli- 
tics and  for  a  time  was  justice  of  the  peace  in 
Lapeer  township.  In  religion  he  was  a  Uni- 
versalist.  Children:  i.  Louisa,  born  August 
30,  1837;  died  in  Lapeer,  March  17,  1848.  2. 
Austin,  August  11,  1840.  3.  Julia  Bell,  May 
12,  1843 ;  married  Eugene  Treadway  Slayton, 
October,  1866.  4.  Martha,  December  4,  1847; 
died  in  Lapeer,  March  30,  1848.  5.  Antha 
Maria,  June  6,  1849;  died  in  Lapeer,  December 
28,  1857.  6.  Fidelia  Elizabeth,  December  8, 
1852 ;  died  in  Saint  Ignace,  Michigan,  March 
25,  1888 ;  married  in  Lapeer,  February  8, 
1885,  William  Jay  Kenworthy,  born  December 
4,  1844;  had  two  children.  7.  Lucy  Hubbard, 
November  17,  1856:  died  in  Lapeer,  July  19, 
1858.     8.  Henry  Kirk,  December  24,  1864. 


The  first  Moulton  in  Eng- 
MOULTON     land    was    Sir    Thomas    de 

Moulton,  who  came  over 
with  William  the  Conqueror  in  1066,  A,  D., 
and  fought  at  the  battle  of  Hastings.  For 
service  in  this  battle  Sir  Thomas  was  rewarded 
with   great  tracts  of  land  in   Lincolnshire  to 


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which  was  afterwards  added  immense  estates 
acquired  by  marriage  and  otherwise.'  By  the 
year  iioo  a  village  by  the  name  of  Moulton 
had  sprung  up,  which  secured  for  its  founder 
grants  from  the  king  for  the  establishment  of 
public  markets  and  all  necessary  municipal 
privileges.  For  two  hundred  and  fifty  years 
descendants  of  Sir  Thomas  held  the  peerage, 
and  were  foremost  in  their  military  and  civil 
offices  to  the  English  kings.  In  1313  the  eighth 
baron  of  the  name  died,  leaving  as  his  heir 
an  only  daughter,  Margaret,  and  by  her  mar- 
riage to  Randolph  de  Dacre,  Lord  of  the 
North,  his  immense  estates,  together  with  the 
Barony  of  Moulton,  passed  to  the  Dacre 
family. 

The  origin  of  the  name  has  never  been  def- 
initely settled.  In  the  old  English  records  it 
is  often  spelled  "Molton"  or  "Multon."  The 
original  coat-of-arms  is  described  as  follows : 
A  plain  field,  either  of  silver  or  blue ;  crossed 
b)'  three  horizontal  bars,  generally  red,  some- 
times sable.  This  continued  until  1751,  when 
a  more  elaborate  form  was  granted :  Argent ; 
three  bars  (gules)  between  eight  escallop 
shells,  sable ;  three  two,  two  and  one  Crest,  on 
a  pellet  a  falcon  rising  argent. 

(I)  Robert  Moulton,  the  immigrant,  came 
from  England  in  1629,  and  is  described  as  a 
freeman  in  Salem,  Massachusetts,  May  18, 
1631 ;  a  ship  builder  of  Salem,  1629;  repre- 
sentative from  Charlestown  in  1634.  He  was 
a  man  of  influence  in  Salem,  both  politically 
and  socially.  From  1630  to  1635  he  lived  in 
Charlestown,  where  the  navy  yard  now  stands. 
The  place  was  then  known  as  Moulton's  Point, 
and  it  was  here  that  the  British  landed  when 
they  crossed  from  Boston  to  fight  the  battle 
of  Bunker  Hill.  He  died  in  1655.  Children : 
Robert,  mentioned  below ;  Dorothy. 

(II)  Robert  (2),  son  of  Robert  (i)  Moul- 
ton, was  doubtless  born  in  Salem,  Massachu- 
setts. He  was  rector  of  the  church  at  Salem 
in  1640.  He  married,  February,  1640,  Abigail 
Goode,  niece  of  Samuel  Downing.  She  died 
in  1665-66,  and  he  died  in  the  fall  of  1665. 
Children:  Abigail;  Robert,  mentioned  below; 
John,  born  April  25,  1654-55;  Samuel;  Joseph, 
January  3,  1656-57 ;  Miriam,  January,  1658- 
59;  Mary,  June  15,  1661 ;  Hannah. 

(III)  Robert  (3),  son  of  Robert  (2)  Moul- 
ton, was  baptized  June  23,  1644,  died  1730-31. 
He  married,  July  17,  1672,  in  Salem,  Mary 
Cook.  Children  :  Mary,  born  Januarv  2,  1674; 
Robert.  September  or  October  3,  1675,  men- 
tioned below ;  Ebenezer,  April  23,  1678 ;  Abi- 
gail, February  28,  1681 ;  Samuel ;  Martha ; 
Hannah. 

(IV)  Robert  (4),  son  of  Robert  (3)  Moul- 
ton, was  born  September  or  October  3,   1675, 


in  Salem,  died  August  25,  1756.  He  married, 
in  Beverly,  April  11  or  12,  1698,  Hannah 
Groves,  of  Beverly.  They  lived  first  in  Salem, 
then  in  Windham,  Connecticut,  and  lastly  in 
Brimfield,  Massachusetts.  Children,  born  in 
Salem:  Hannah,  born  August  i,  1699;  Robert, 
December  18,  1700;  Mary,  September  30, 
1702;  Abigail,  March  13,  170 — •;  Lois,  April 
3,  1706;  Lydia,  January  13,  1708-09.  Children 
born  in  Windham,  Connecticut :  Ebenezer,  De- 
cember 25,  1709;  ]\Iehitable,  March  24,  1712; 
Samuel,  June  15,  1714;  Susanna,  June  15, 
1714;  Joseph,  August  24,  1716;  Freeborn, 
April  3,  1717,  mentioned  below;  John,  Febru- 
ary I,  1720-21,  recorded  in  Brimfield. 

(V)  Freeborn,  son  of  Robert  (4)  Moulton, 
was  born  in  Windham,  Connecticut,  April  3, 
1717,  died  before  June  28,  1792.  He  served 
in  the  revolution.  He  married,  June  23,  1737, 
in  Brimfield,  Rebekah  Walker ;  she  died  before 
March,  1797.  Children:  Joseph,  bom  Janu- 
ary 15,  1738-39;  Rebekah,  November  29,  1740; 

,  September  30,  1742;  Hannah,  Novem- 

bre  29,  1743;  Freeborn,  April  9,  1746;  Abner, 
June  27,  1748;  Phineas,  May  15,  1751 ;  Calvin 
Elijah,  August  10,  1753,  mentioned  below; 
Luther;  Daniel,  1762. 

(VI)  Calvin  Elijah,  son  of  Freeborn  [Moul- 
ton, was  born  in  Brimfield,  Massachusetts, 
August  10,  1753.  He  married  Ruth,  probably 
sister  of  Mar\'  Blodgett,  daughter  of  James 
Blodgett.  Mary  married  his  brother,  Phineas 
Moulton,  of  Brimfield,  and  both  families  set- 
tled at  Randolph,  Vermont.  Calvin  E.  Moul- 
ton was  a  resident  of  Randolph  in  1793  when 
he  quit-claimed  to  his  brother,  Freeborn,  his 
interest  in  his  father's  estate.  He  enlisted  as 
a  soldier  from  Monson  in  the  revolution,  and 
after  the  close  of  hostihties  removed  to  Can- 
ada and  settled  on  Moulton  Hill  on  the  St. 
Francis  river.  His  children  were  born  at 
West  Randolph,  Vermont. 

(VII)  Calvin,  son  of  Calvin  Elijah  Moulton, 
was  born  at  West  Randolph,  Vermont,  No- 
vember II,  1797.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the 
revolution.  He  settled  on  Moulton  Hill,  Ascot, 
Canada.  He  married,  December  3,  1822, 
Adaline,  daughter  of  Elihu  Hudson.  Among 
their  children  was  Rev.  Tyler  Calvin,  men- 
tioned below ;  Edwin  Franklin,  educator,  su- 
perintendent of  schools  in  Oberlin,  Cleveland 
and  Warren,  Ohio ;  Rice,  deceased ;  and  Rev. 
George  Hollis,  residing  at  Weeping  Water, 
Nebraska. 

(VIII)  Rev.  Tyler  Calvin  Moulton,  son  of 
Calvin,  was  born  on  Moulton  Hill,  Ascot, 
Canada,  January  26,  1826.  He  became  a  Uni- 
tarian minister  and  was  settled  at  Austinburg, 
Ohio,  then  at  New  Bedford,  Massachusetts, 
for  eleven  years,  and  in  1869  he  was  called  tO' 


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Franklin,  Ohio,  where  he  died  in  the  summer 
of  1870.  During  the  civil  war  he  was  chaplain 
of  the  Third  Regiment,  Massachusetts  Volun- 
teer Cavalry.  He  was  a  member  of  Rodman 
Post,  No.  I,  G.  A.  R.,  New  Bedford.  He 
married,  September  10,  1862,  Susan  Abigail 
Seymour,  born  in  Oswego  county.  New  York, 
January  10,  1834.  Children:  Mary  Brincker- 
hofT,  born  November  17,  1865,  at  New  Bed- 
ford, Massachusetts,  died  unmarried,  May  26, 
1889,  at  Oberlin,  Ohio;  Dr.  Edward  S. 

(IX)  Dr.  Edward  Seymour  Moulton,  son  of 
Rev.  Tyler  Calvin  Moulton,  was  born  at  New 
Bedford,  Mass.,  April  26,  1868.  He  attended 
the  public  schools  of  Oberlin,  Ohio,  the  Grand 
River  Institute  at  Austinburg,  Ohio,  and  Ober- 
lin College,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in 
the  class  of  1891  with  the  degree  of  Bachelor 
of  Arts  and  from  which  in  1894  he  received 
the  degree  of  Master  of  Arts.  He  entered  the 
Yale  Medical  School  and  received  the  degree 
of  Doctor  of  Medicine  in  1894.  He  had  val- 
uable hospital  experience  in  New  York.  He 
began  the  practice  of  his  profession  at  Oak- 
land, California,  and  in  1895  came  to  New 
Haven,  Connecticut.  He  spent  the  winter  of 
1898-99  in  South  America  as  surgeon  of  the 
South  American  Development  Company,  and 
after  another  short  stay  in  California  returned 
to  New  Haven,  Connecticut,  where  he  has 
since  been  engaged  in  general  practice  with 
marked  success.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Con- 
necticut State  Medical  Society,  the  New 
Haven  County  and  City  Medical  societies,  and 
has  held  the  position  of  clerk  of  the  county 
society.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Association 
of  Military  Surgeons  of  the  United  States, 
assistant  surgeon  with  the  rank  of  captain  in 
the  National  Guard  of  Connecticut,  and  mem- 
ber of  the  Connecticut  Society,  Sons  of  the 
American  Revolution.  He  was  formerly  a 
member  of  the  New  Haven  Grays,  a  prominent 
military  organization,  and  is  president  of  the 
Grays  Club.  He  is  secretary  of  the  board  of 
United  States  pension  examiners  of  this  dis- 
trict, and  from  time  to  time  has  contributed  to 
various  medical  journals  and  periodicals.  In 
politics  he  is  a  Republican.  Dr.  Moulton  mar- 
ried, February  28,  1898,  Fanchon  Wilson,  born 
in  Sutter  county,  California,  daughter  of 
James  Thomas  and  Mary  (Stewart)  Smith. 
Children :  James  Seymour,  born  at  Zaruma, 
Ecuador,  South  America,  February  7,  1899; 
'Janet,  born  at  New  Haven,  Connecticut,  No- 
vember 8,  1908. 


The  surnames  of  Twiss  and  Twist 
TWISS     are   identical.     The   family   orig- 
inated in  England  and  dates  back 
to  remote  antiquity.     An  old  coat-of-arms  is 


described :  Gules  a  chevron  between  three 
bucks  trippant  or.  Crest :  A  demi-griffin 
proper.  Perhaps  an  even  older  armorial  was : 
Argent  a  bend  between  three  mullets.  The 
Twiss  family  of  Kerry  is  descended  from 
Richard  Twiss,  Esq.,  who  settled  in  Ireland  in 
the  reign  of  Charles  I  and  became  a  magis- 
trate in  Kerry.  The  coat-of-arms :  Or  on  a 
fesse  wavy  vert  between  three  stags  courant 
proper  three  pheons  of  the  field  on  a  chief 
azure  three  escallops.  About  the  same  time 
that  Thomas  Twiss  settled  in  Connecticut, 
Peter  Twiss  settled  at  Marblehead,  where  he 
married,  October  26,  1680,  Anna  Kellum. 
Peter  was  doubtless  the  ancestor  of  the  fam- 
ilies of  this  name  at  Beverly,  Marblehead,  and 
elsewhere  in  Essex  county,  Massachusetts,  and 
at  Antrim,  and  other  towns  in  New  Hamp- 
shire. The  account  of  the  family  as  given  in 
the  history  of  Antrim,  New  Hampshire,  as  far 
as  it  relates  to  three  brothers,  Daniel,  Robert 
and  Nathan,  is  not  supported  by  the  records 
and  is  doubtless  due  to  careless  family  tradi- 
tion. Both  Peter  and  Thomas  Twiss,  how- 
ever, are  thought  with  some  reason  to  be  des- 
cended from  Dr.  William  Twiss,  who  lived  in 
England  from  1575  to  1646,  according  to  the 
"Biographical  Dictionary"  of  Dr.  Chalmers 
(vol.  30).  His  father  was  a  successful  clothier 
at  Newbury,  county  Berks,  England.  The 
grandfather  of  Dr.  Twiss  was  by  nativity  Teu- 
tonic, according  to  Wood's  "Oxoniensis"  (by 
Philip  Bliss,  vol.  iii,  column  169),  and  it  is 
related  that  he  settled  in  the  prime  of  life  with 
his  family  near  Newbury,  England.  Sketches 
of  Dr.  Twiss  also  appear  in  Middleton's  "Bio- 
graphic Evangelica"  (vol.  3)  ;  in  Thomas 
Fuller's  "Worthies"  (vol.  i,  page  134),  and  in 
other  writers  of  that  period.  Wood  says  that 
Dr.  William  Twiss  had  a  son  Robert  who 
preserved  his  original  manuscripts.  Dr.  Twiss 
iDecame  reduced  financially.  He  was  a  Puri- 
tan and  it  is  natural  that  his  sons  or  grandsons 
should  have  emigrated  to  New  England. 

(1)  Thomas  Twiss,  the  pioneer  in  Connecti- 
cut, was  born  about  1675,  died  1750,  and  is 
believed  to  have  been  the  son  or  grandson  of 
one  of  the  three  brothers,  Daniel.  Nathan  and 
Robert  Twiss,  who  came  from  England  and 
landed  at  Salem,  Marblehead,  or  somewhere 
near  Boston  about  1650-60.  Thomas  Twiss 
lived  for  a  time  at  Farmington,  Connecticut, 
as  ■;hown  by  the  land  records,  but  most  of  his 
life  was  spent  at  Cheshire,  formerly  part  of 
Wallingford,  Connecticut.  He  married,  De- 
cember 2,  1702,  Abigail,  daughter  of  Nathaniel 
Howe,  of  Wallingford.  Children :  Benjamin, 
see  forward;  Daniel,  about  1705;  Abigail, 
June,  1707;  Catherine,  June  14,  1709;  Thomas, 
Julv    I.    1712;    Mehitable.    January   4,    1714; 


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John,  August  15,  1716;  Joseph,  April  i,  1719. 
As  far  as  known  all  of  the  children  were  born 
in  Cheshire. 

(II)  Benjamin,  son  of  Thomas  and  Abigail 
(Howe)  Twiss,  was  born  about  1703,  died  at 
Wallingford  before  April,  1743,  when  Desire 
Twiss,  a  minor  daughter,  had  Benjamin  Gray 
appointed  her  guardian.  He  married,  1728, 
Ruth  Kerns,  who  bore  him  one  son,  Joseph, 
see  forward. 

(III)  Joseph,  son  of  Benjamin  and  Ruth 
(Kerns)  Twiss,  was  born  January  31,  1729. 
He  married,  September  3,  1751,  Mehitable 
Burr,  of  Farmington,  Connecticut.  Children: 
Susannah,  born  1752,  died  August  9,  1762; 
Benjamin,  December  23,  1754;  Sarah,  March 
19,  1759;  Joseph,  see  forward;  Daniel,  March 
26,  1762;  Thomas,  February  7,  1763. 

(IV)  Joseph  (2),  son  of  Joseph  (i)  and 
Mehitable  (Burr)  Twiss,  was  bom  April  13, 
1761,  died  May  16,  1842.  He  was  a  soldier 
from  Cheshire,  Connecticut,  in  the  revolution, 
in  Captain  William  Sizer's  company,  1777-78, 
also  in  the  regiment  of  artificers  under  Colonel 
Jeduthan  Baldwin.  He  was  enjoying  a  United 
States  pension  for  his  service  in  the  revolution 
and  living  in  New  Haven  county  in  1832;  he 
was  a  pensioner  living  in  1840  at  Meriden ; 
he  took  part  in  the  battles  of  Brandywine,  Ger- 
mantown.  Monmouth  and  '  others.  Meriden 
was  set  off  from  Wallingford  in  1806.  and 
Joseph  Twiss  lived  in  what  is  now  known  as 
"Meriden.  He  married,  October  11,  1786,  Lois 
Austin,  of  East  Haven,  Connecticut.  Chil- 
dren :  Abigail,  born  August  15,  1788,  died  Jan- 
uary 24,  1789;  Austin,  April  29,  1790,  died  in 
Montreal,  Canada,  May  18,  1826;  Joseph,  May 
17,  1791,  died  April  3,  1799;  Abigail,  August 
21,  1792,  died  August  28,  1793;  Lois,  March 
3,  1794,  died  December  20,  1822 ;  Abigail,  May 
10,  1795,  died  June  2,  1819;  Ira,  April  17, 
1797,  died  September  14,  1870;  Benjamin, 
October  31,  1798,  died  January  23,  1854; 
Sarah,  January  9,  1801,  died  October  30,  1872  ; 
Joshua  A.,  May  6,  1803,  died  May  29,  1829; 
Joseph  B.,  May  6,  1803,  twin  of  Joshua  A., 
"died  in  Canada,  March  31,  1877;  Hiram,  May 
2,  1805,  died  in  Nashville,  Tennessee,  Novem- 
ber 12,  1845 ;  Russell,  see  forward. 

(V)  Russell,  son  of  Joseph  (2)  and  Lois 
(Austin)  Twiss,  was  born  September  4,  1807, 
died  at  St.  Ligouri,  Canada,  May  14,  185 1. 
He  was  one  of  the  first  clock-makers  in  this 
country  and  made  many  for  the  market  of 
Canada.  He  also  made  fanning  mills  there. 
He  was  married  to  Permela  Hall,  daughter 
of  Augustus  Hall,  of  Meriden,  Connecti- 
cut, at  Montreal,  Canada,  in  the  American 
Chapel,  by  Rev.  Mr.  Perkins,  in  1834.  Chil- 
dren:  I.  Joshua  Austin,  born  July  15,  1835,  at 


Montreal,  died  October  26,  1835.  2.  Julius, 
see  forward.  3.  Nelson  W.,  March  29,  1839, 
at  St.  Ligouri,  Canada.  4.  Albert  Hall,  March 
16,  1841,  at  St.  Ligouri,  Canada,  died  at  Meri- 
den, November  i,  1862.  5.  Gustavus  D.,  De- 
cember 30,  1847,  at  St.  Ligouri,  Canada;  mar- 
ried, April  22,  1875,  at  New  Haven,  Connecti- 
cut, Maria  E.  Sherman ;  one  daughter,  Carrie 
E.,  born  June  12,  1882,  at  New  Haven.  Con- 
necticut. Julius,  Nelson  W.  and  Gustavus  D. 
Twiss  are  now  living  in  New  Haven,  Con- 
necticut. 

(VI)  Julius,  son  of  Russell  Twiss,  was  born 
in  Joliette,  Province  of  Quebec,  Canada,  April 
18,  1838.  He  lived  in  Canada  and  attended 
school  there  until  he  was  si.xteen  years  old, 
when  after  his  father's  death  he  came  to  [Meri- 
den and  was  first  employed  as  clerk  in  the  post 
office,  his  uncle,  Hiram  Hall,  being  postmaster 
then.  He  was  not  in  good  health  during  his' 
boyhood,  but  he  persevered  in  his  efforts  to 
get  an  education  and  succeeded  in  spite  of 
many  handicaps.  He  was  especially  well 
versed  in  history,  religious  works,  and  the  best 
fiction  in  English.  He  prepared  for  college 
at  the  Flopkins  Grammar  School  at  New  Ha- 
ven, entered  Yale  College,  and  was  graduated 
with  the  degree  of  A.  B.  in  the  class  of  1863. 
He  studied  his  profession  at  the  Yale  Law 
School,  where  he  received  his  LL.  B.  in  1865. 
In  September  of  that  year  he  opened  an  office 
on  Church  street.  New  Haven,  and  continued 
in  general  practice  with  gratifying  success 
until  1894.  He  has  been  active  and  prominent 
in  public  aft'airs.  In  1886  he  was  elected  to  the 
common  council  of  the  city  of  New  Haven, 
and  was  a  member  of  that  body  for  more  than 
eight  years  in  all.  From  1869  to  1872  he  was 
clerk  of  the  New  Haven  city  court,  and  in 
1882  he  was  appointed  member  of  the  tax 
commission.  He  was  a  candidate  for  the  of- 
fice of  probate  judge,  but  always  when  his 
party  was  in  the  minority.  He  has  been  a  very 
active  and  just  magistrate.  From  June,  1872, 
to  February,  1882,  there  were  brought  before 
him  as  justice  of  the  peace  eighteen  hundred 
and  thirty  civil  suits.  He  declined  to  serve 
longer  in  this  office.  He  is  a  Republican,  but 
inclined  to  independence  in  municipal  afifairs. 

From  1866  to  1869  he  was  an  active  member 
of  the  New  Haven  Grays,  and  is  now  a  mem- 
ber of  the  A^eteran  Grays.  He  is  very  promi- 
nent in  Masonic  afifairs,  having  been  treasurer, 
of  Hiram  Lodge,  No.  i,  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons,  for  three  years,  master  one  year,  and 
trustee  since  1880.  He  was  a  director  of  the 
Masonic  Mutual  Benefit  Association  of  Con- 
necticut for  several  years,  and  member  of  the 
New  Haven  Commandery,  Knights  Templar. 
In  religious  and  philanthropic  interests  he  has 


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been  equally  active.  Since  1880  he  has  been 
a  member  of  the  Society's  committee  of  the 
Calvary  Baptist  Ecclesiastical  Society,  and 
member  of  the  executive  committee  of  the 
New  Haven  Baptist  Union  since  1893,  and 
also  president  for  a  number  of  years.  He  has 
been  a  director  of  the  Organized  Charities 
since  i8g8,  and  member  of  the  board  of  man- 
agers of  the  Calvary  Industrial  Home  since 
its  organization  until  it  went  out  of  existence. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Young  Men's  Repub- 
lican Club,  the  New  Haven  Historical  Society, 
the  Chamber  of  Commerce,  the  Union  League 
Club  and  the  Yale  Graduates'  Club  of  New 
Heaven,  also  Young  Republican  Club  and 
Knights  Templars  Club.  In  March,  1894,  he 
was  elected  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  Na- 
tional Savings  Bank  of  New  Haven  and  soon 
after  he  accepted  this  office  he  gave  up  the 
practice  of  law  to  devote  all  his  attention  to  the 
bank.  Under  his  management  the  business  of 
the  institution  has  greatly  increased.  Mr. 
Twiss  has  never  married. 

(The  Hall  Line). 

The  immigrant  ancestor  of  the  Halls  of 
Walhngford,  Connecticut,  was  John  Hall,  born 
about  1605,  in  England.  He  came  to  America 
in  1633,  and  was  a  freeman  of  the  Massachu- 
setts Colony  1634.  His  autograph  signature 
is  found  on  the  colonial  records  of  New 
Haven,  Connecticut,  in'  1639.  His  name  ap- 
pears often  in  these  records,  mostly  in  refer- 
ence to  pieces  of  land.  He  fought  in  the  Pe- 
quot  war,  and  was  freed  from  training  in  1665, 
being  then  in  his  sixtieth  year  of  age.  Several 
of  his  sons  joined  a  company  and  settled  Wal- 
hngford in  1670.  The  father  went  with  them 
at  that  time,  or  soon  after,  and  became  one  of 
the  original  proprietors.  He  was  selectman 
in  1675.  He  married  Jean  or  Jane  Woolen. 
She  had  lived  with  William  Wilkes  in  Boston, 
and  probably  came  over  with  him,  as  he  paid 
her  fare,  and  gave  her  three  pounds  a  year 
for  services  in  his  family  for  five  years.  He 
also  promised  her  ten  pounds  when  she  should 
marry,  but  did  not  do  so,  and  her  husband  ob- 
tained it  from  his  estate  by  litigation,  an  ac- 
count of  which  is  found  on  the  records  of  New 
Haven.  He  died  March  3,  1676-77,  making 
an  oral  will  on  his  deathbed.  Children :  John 
and  Sarah,  twins,  baptized  August  9,  1646 ; 
Richard,  born  July  11.  1645;  Samuel,  May 
21,  1646,  mentioned  below;  Daniel,  1647-48; 
Thomas,  March  25,  1649;  Jonathan,  April  5, 
1651;  David,  March  17,   1652-53. 

(II)  Samuel,  son  of  John  Hall,  was 
born  in  New  Haven,  May  21,  1646,  and  mar- 
ried. May,  t668,  Hannah,  daughter  of  John 
Walker.     She  was  born  September  26,   1646, 


and  died  December  20,  1728.  He  removed  to 
Walhngford  in  1670,  and  became  a  deacon  of 
the  church  there.  He  was  four  times  repre- 
sentative to  the  general  court,  a  land  owner 
and  military  man.  He  died  March  5,  1725. 
Children :  John,  born  December  23,  1670,  see 
forward;  Hannah,  March  11,  1673;  Sarah, 
June  20,  1677;  Samuel,  December  10,  1680; 
Theophilus,  February  5,  1686;  Elizabeth, 
March  6,  1690. 

(III)  John  (2),  son  of  Samuel  Hall,  was 
born  December  23,  1670,  and  married,  about 
1691,  Mary  Lyman.  She  died  October  16, 
1740.  This  John  may  have  been  the  repre- 
sentative called  the  Honorable  John  Hall.  He 
fought  several  times  in  the  Indian  wars.  He 
died  April  29,  1730.  Children:  John,  born 
September  15,  1692-93;  Esther,  August  30, 
1694;  Samuel,  October  4,  1695,  mentioned 
below ;  Caleb,  September  14,  1697 ;  Eunice, 
March  7,  1700;  Benjamin,  August  28,  1702; 
Benjamin,  December  17,  1704;  Sarah,  April 
15,  1706;  Elialim,  August  9,  171 1 ;  Elihu,  Feb- 
ruary 17,  1714;  Nancy. 

(IV)  Reverend  Samuel  (2)  Hall,  son  of 
John  (2)  Hall,  was  born  October  4,  1695. 
He  graduated  at  Yale  in  1716,  and  was  tutor 
from  1716  to  1718.  He  became  pastor  of  the 
Church  of  Cheshire,  1724.  His  election  ser- 
mon in  1746  was  published.  This  church  had 
eleven  members  when  he  became  the  pastor, 
and  in  1770,  had  increased  to  three  hundred 
members.  He  married,  January  25,  1726. 
Anna,  daughter  of  Jonathan  Law,  governor  of 
Connecticut.  She  was  born  in  Milford,  Au- 
gust I,  1702,  and  died  August  23,  1775.  He 
died  February  26,  1776.  Children:  Samuel, 
born  July  23,  1727;  Jonathan,  July  11,  1728; 
Benoni,  November  4,  1729;  Lucy,  September 
II,  1730;  Samuel,  January  11,  1732.  Ann, 
May  10,  1733;  Samuel,  May  31,  1735;  Alary, 
November  5,  1736;  Brenton,  April  2,  1738, 
mentioned  below  ;  Elisha,  born  March  10,1740; 
Sarah,  August  8,  1742;  Jonathan,  July  19, 
1745  ;  Abigail,  born  December  7,  1748,  mar- 
ried Reverend  John  Foote,  and  their  son,  Sam- 
uel Foote,  became  governor  of  Connecticut 
and  United  States  Senator.  Lyman  Hall,  a 
nephew  of  Samuel,  became  governor  of  Geor- 
gia, a  representative  in  Congress,  and  one  of 
the  signers  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence 
for  that  state. 

(V)  Brenton,  son  of  Samuel  (2)  Hall,  was 
born,  in  Cheshire,  April  2,  1738.  He  became 
a  large  landed  proprietor  in  the  eastern  part 
of  Meriden,  and  was  active  in  getting  that 
town  set  off  from  Walhngford.  He  was  the 
first  representative  of  Meriden  in  the  general 
assembly.  He  married  (first),  February  18, 
1762,     Lament     Collins;      (second)      Abigail 


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,  who  died  May  5,  1837.     He  died  in 

Meriden,  November  25,  1820.  Children:  Wil- 
liam Brenton,  born  May  31,  1764;  Collins, 
January  8,  1766;  Samuel,  born  June  10,  1768; 
Lament,  July  14,  1776;  Augustus. 

(VI)  Augustus,  son  of  Brenton  Hall,  was 
born  in  Meriden,  Connecticut.  He  married, 
and  had  a  daughter,  Permela,  who  married 
Russell  Twiss.      (See  Twiss). 


Thomas  Dickerman,  immi- 
DICKERMAN     grant  ancestor,  came  over 

■yvith  his  wife  Ellen,  and 
settled  in  Dorchester,  Massachusetts,  as  early 
as  1636.  He  owned  land  there  in  that  year, 
and  bought  more  the  following  year.  He 
also  owned  a  house  and  land  in  Boston  Neck 
in  1652,  to  which  he  added  in  1656.  He  was 
a  tailor  by  trade,  and  also  cultivated  a  farm. 
The  inventory  of  his  estate  was  two  hundred 
and  thirty-five  pounds,  eleven  shillings,  four 
pence.  He  died  June  11,  1657,  in  Dorchester. 
His  widow  married  (second)  John  Bullard, 
and  went  to  live  in  Medfield  before  July  14, 
1663.  Children :  Thomas,  1623,  died  before 
1691 ;  Abraham,  born  about  1634,  mentioned 
below;  Isaac,  December,  1637;  John,  baptized 
October  29,   1644,  died  young. 

(11)  Abraham,  son  of  Thomas  Dickerman, 
was  born  about  1634.  He  married,  January 
2,  1658-59,  Mary  Cooper,  born  about  1636, 
England,  died  January  4.  1705-06,  daughter  of 
John  Cooper.  Her  father  had  been  with  the 
New  Haven  colony  from  the  first,  and  was  a 
planter,  freeman  and  signer  of  the  "funda- 
mental agreement."  He  was  constantly  en- 
gaged in  public  affairs,  and  held  many  posi- 
tions of  dignity  and  honor,  attorney,  appraiser 
of  estates,  deputy  to  the  general  court,  select- 
man, etc.  Soon  after  his  marriage,  Abraham 
Dickerman  removed  to  New  Haven,  and  re- 
ceived as  his  wife's  dowry  a  considerable 
amount  of  real  estate.  April  17,  1668,  he 
bought  a  house  and  lot  on  the  corner  of  Church 
and  Elm  streets,  and  made  his  home  there. 
April  26,  1669,  he  was  chosen  townsman,  or 
selectman,  and  with  the  exception  of  four  years 
was  annually  chosen  to  this  office  for  thirty- 
one  years,  until  1699.  In  1683  he  was  chosen 
deputy  to  the  general  court,  and  was  re-elected 
until  1696.  In  October,  1683,  he  was  con- 
firmed and  approved  to  be  lieutenant  of  the 
New  Haven  Train  Band.  When  the  town  of 
Wallingford  was  settled,  he  was  on  a  com- 
mittee of  thirteen,  including  his  father-in-law, 
to  la}'  out  the  boundaries,  which  were  agreed 
upon,  January  28,  1673-74.  In  1669  he  was 
one  of  a  committee  of  seven,  vested  with  power 
to  manage  the  affairs  of  the  new  settlement. 
June  19,   1685,  he  was  again  on  a  committee 


"to  procure  a  patent  for  the  town  bounds"  of 
New  Haven.  June  26,  1671,  he  "was  by  vote 
appointed  to  keep  the  ordinary,"  and  continued 
to  do  so  until  1680.  He  lived  for  fifty-three 
years  in  New  Haven,  and  devoted  most  of 
that  time  to  the  public  good.  He  was  moder- 
ately prosperous,  and  added  to  the  property 
given  him  by  his  father-in-law.  He  also  shared, 
with  the  other  citizens  in  the  various  allot- 
ments of  land,  and  received  in  this  way  at 
least  fifty  acres.  He  died  November  2,  1711, 
aged  seventy-seven.  His  will  was  dated  April 
20,  1 710,  and  mentions  his  sons  Abraham  and 
Isaac,  daughters  Mary  Bassett,  Sarah  Sperry, 
Ruth  Bradley,  Abigail  Sperry  and  Rebecca 
Foot,  and  four  grandchildren,  the  children  of 
Hannah,  who  married  Caleb  Chidsey.  Chil- 
dren:  Mary,  born  about  1659;  Sarah,  July  25, 
1663 ;  Hannah,  November  16,  1665 ;  Ruth, 
April  5,  1668 ;  Abigail,  September  26,  1670 ; 
Abraham,  January  14,  1673-74;  Isaac,  Novem- 
ber 7,  1677;  Rebecca,  February  27,  1679. 

(Ill)  Isaac,  son  of  Abraham  Dickerman, 
was  born  November  7,  1677.  He  married 
(first)  June  30,  1709,  Mary,  born  December 
31,  1686,  daughter  of  Jonathan  and  Ruth 
(Peck)  Atwater.  Jonathan  was  the  son  of 
David  Atwater.  He  married  (second)  Eliza- 
beth Ailing,  born  November,  1691,  died  April, 
1767,  widow  of  John  Morris,  and  daughter  of 
Samuel  and  Sarah  (Chidsey)  Ailing.  Samuel 
was  the  son  of  Roger -Ailing,  the  immigrant. 
He  appears  to  have  had  unusual  aptitude  for 
public  affairs,  and  held  many  positions  of  trust 
and  honor.  He  was  appointed  constable,  Oc- 
tober, 1710.  In  October,  1713,  he  was  ensign 
of  militia,  and  in  1722,  captain.  December 
15,  1 712,  he  was  chosen  selectman,  and  after- 
ward continuously  until  1719,  then  from  1722 
till  1725,  and  from  1730  till  1732.  He  was 
deputy  to  the  general  court  for  fifty-nine  terms 
between  1718  and  1757,  and  was  appointed 
justice  of  the  peace  for  New  Haven  in  May, 
1735,  and  every  year  afterward  as  long  as  he 
lived,  for  twenty-four  years.  In  church  affairs 
he  was  as  prominent  as  in  civil  matters.  He 
was  chosen  deacon  of  the  First  Church  in 
1727,  and  held  the  office  until  1754,  when  he 
resigned.  He  then  transferred  his  member- 
ship to  the  White  Haven  church,  and  was  at 
the  same  time  chosen  a  deacon  there,  and  re- 
tained the  office  until  his  death.  December 
24.  1 716,  when  Yale  College  was  about  to  be 
removed  from  Saybrook  to  New  Haven,  and 
the  latter  town  had  made  it  a  grant  of  eight 
acres  of  land,  he  was  one  of  a  committee  to 
make  the  transfer,  and  in  1718  was  one  of  a 
number  of  proprietors  who  made  a  gift  of 
land  for  the  support  of  the  institution.  In  that 
same  year  he  was  first  sent  to  the  general  as- 


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sembly,  and  seems  to  have  been  regarded  from 
the  first  as  the  special  representative  of  Yale 
interests.  During  the  religious  upheaval 
which  followed  the  visit  of  Rev.  George 
Whitefield  to  America  (1739),  and  the  con- 
troversy which  took  place  between  tthe  orig- 
inal church  in  New  Haven  and  the  Separat- 
ists, Isaac  Dickerman,  as  a  magistrate  and  an 
officer  in  the  church,  for  many  years  preserved 
a  neutral  attitude.  In  1754,  however,  he 
joined  the  White  Haven  church  and  thus 
united  with  the  Separatists.  He  showed 
throughout  his  life  the  traits  of  a  good  citizen 
and  many  qualities  of  the  statesman.  He  was 
energetic,  of  judicial  temper,  and  tirelessly  de- 
voted to  public  interests.  He  died  September 
7,  1758.  His  will  was  dated  May  11,  1756. 
Before  his  death  he  had  transferred  large  por- 
tions of  his  real  estate  to  his  sons.  The  estate 
was  appraised  at  seven  hundred  and  eleven 
pounds,  four  shillings,  nine  pence.  Children : 
Isaac,  born  March  3,  171 1,  died  young;  Sam- 
uel, January  12,  1712,  died  young;  Ruth,  De- 
cember 13,  1712;  Isaac,  January  31,  1714, 
graduate  of  Yale  College,  1736;  Samuel, 
March  4,  1716;  Jonathan,  July  4,  1719;  Ste- 
phen, mentioned  below ;  Mary,  December  16, 
1723;  Rebekah,  July  2,  1726;  Abigail,  August 

4,  1728. 

(IV)  Stephen,  son  of  Isaac  Dickerman,  was 
born  August  or  October  14,  1721,  died  Febru- 
ary  28,    1779.      He    married,    September    25, 

1752,  Eunice,  born  November  22,  1733,  died 
February  16,  1779,  daughter  of  Andrew  and 
Eunice  (Sherman)  Tuttle  (Thomas,  Thomas, 
William).  He  lived  in  New  Haven,  in  a 
house  given  him  by  his  father,  together  with 
large  tracts  of  land  in  the  north  and  north- 
western parts  of  the  town.  He  and  his  wife 
died  the  same  year,  leaving  seven  children, 
the  youngest  only  three  years  old.  These  chil- 
dren all  grew  up,  married,  and  lived  in  New 
Haven.      Children:      Stephen,    born   July    26, 

1753,  died  July  18,  1755;  Stephen,  December 
10,  1755.  revolutionary  soldier;  Mary,  Janu- 
ary 17,  1758;  Isaac,  April  15,  1760;  Eunice, 
married  Jared  Atwater  ;  Elisha,  March  5,1769, 
mentioned  below ;  Rebecca,  married  Ebenezer 
R.  Peck;  Chloe,  1773;  Abigail,  1776. 

(V)  Elisha,  son  of  Stephen  Dickerman,  was 
born  March  5,  1769,  died  July  26,  1855.  He 
married  (first),  December  27,  1794,  at  New 
Haven,  Anna,  born  about  1770,  died  March  6, 
1798,  daughter  of  William  and  Mary  Scott. 
He  married  (secortd),  Pamelia,  born  Decem- 
ber, 1774,  died  June  11,  1861,  daughter  of 
Bartholomew  and  Hannah  (Baldwin)  Good- 
rich (Timothy,  Bartholomew,  Bartholomew). 
Children  of  first  wife :  Mary  Ann,  born  June 

5,  1796;  EHsha,  November  19,  1797.    Children 


of  second  wife:  Eunice,  March  3,  1801,  died 
September  30,  1803;  Grace,  May  17,  1802; 
John  Goodrich;  Eunice,  October  10,  1806; 
Thomas  Punderson,  October  28,  1808 ;  Ed- 
mund Bartholomew,  November  29,  1810;  Wil- 
liam, July  28,  1812  ;  George  Chapman,  Novem- 
ber 14,  1814;  Charles,  mentioned  below. 

(VI)  Charles,  son  of  Elisah  Dickerman, 
was  born  September  10,  1816.  He  married, 
February  22,  1848,  at  Branford,  Connecticut, 
Jane,  born  October  24,  1826,  died  October  18, 
1875,  daughter  of  Merritt  and  Betsey  (Palm- 
er) Foote.  Her  father,  Merritt  Foote,  was 
born  June  19,  1775,  died  March  4,  1876.  Her 
mother  was  born  May  6,  1794,  died  April  25, 
1837.  They  were  married  June  18,  1818. 
About  1836  Charles  Dickerman,  with  two 
brothers,  Edmund  and  William,  went  to  Nat- 
chez, Mississippi,  and  established  themselves 
in  mercantile  business  there.  Ten  years  later 
William  and  Charles  went  to  Milwaukee,  Wis- 
consin, and  made  successful  investments  in 
real  estate.  About  1850  Charles  returned  to 
New  Haven  and  entered  into  partnership  with 
William  in  the  manufacture  of  carriages, 
which  they  continued  till  the  breaking  out  of 
the  civil  war.  Mr.  Dickerman  gave  much  at- 
tention to  fruit  culture  and  was  an  expert  in 
pomology.  He  grew  nearly  three  hundred 
varieties  of  pears,  besides  other  fruits,  and 
received  a  number  of  medals  for  exhibits  on 
various  occasions,  among  them  the  Wilder 
medal  of  1873.  He  took  great  delight  in  giving 
to  others  grafts  from  his  choice  trees  and  thus 
encouraged  an  important  industry.  He  also 
took  much  interest  in  tracing  the  family  his- 
tory and  in  preserving  memorials  of  early 
times.  In  politics  he  was  a  Republican.  He 
died  May  6,  1897.  Children:  Ella  Palmer, 
born  November  12,  1848;  George  Lewis,  April 
12,  1852,  mentioned  below;  Caroline  Ives,  Sep- 
tember 23,  1856. 

(VII)  George  Lewis,  son  of  Charles  Dicker- 
man,  was  born  in  New  Haven,  April  12,  1852, 
died  there  May  30,  1909.  He  prepared  for 
college  at  the  famous  old  Hopkins  grammar 
school  and  entered  Yale  College,  from  which 
he  was  graduated  with  the  degree  of  A.  B.  in 
the  class  of  1874.  He  studied  law  at  Colum- 
bia Law  School  and  received  his  degree  there 
in  1876.  He  continued  his  study  of  law  in 
the  office  of  Hon.  Benjamin  D.  Silliman,  of 
New  York  City,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
at  New  Plaven,  Connecticut,  May  17,  1878. 
He  opened  an  office  in  New  Haven  and  took 
a  prominent  place  in  his  profession.  He  was  a 
Republican  in  politics,  and  served  the  city  with 
ability  and  distinction  in  the  board  of  alder- 
men for  four  years.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Graduates'    Club    of    New    Haven    and    the 


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Country  Club.  He  married,  October  14,  1885, 
Elizabeth  Spence  Shoemaker,  born  at  Wilkes- 
Barre,  Pennsylvania,  February  11,  1856, 
daughter  of  Lazarus  Denison  and  Esther 
(Wadhams)  Shoemaker,  Lazarus  D.  Shoe- 
maker was  grandson  of  Elizur  or  EHjah  and 
Elizabeth  Shoemaker,  and  Esther  (Wadhams) 
Shoemaker  was  daughter  of  Samuel  Wad- 
hams, of  Pennsylvania.  Mr.  Dickerman  lived 
at  320  Temple  street.  New  Haven,  the  present 
home  of  his  widow.    They  had  no  children. 


(HI)  Abraham  (2)  Dick- 
DICKERMAN  erman,  son  of  Abraham 
(i)  Dickerman  (q.  v.), 
was  born  January  14,  1673-74,  at  New 
Haven,  died  there  May  or  June,  1748.  He 
married  (first)  January  16,  1697-98,  Eliza- 
beth, daughter  of  John  and  Joanna  Daniels 
Glover  Henry,  born  February  23,  1676,  at 
New  Haven,  died  there  October  22,  1742.  Her 
mother,  Joanna  Daniels,  was  a  daughter  of 
Stephen  and  Anne  (Gregson)  Daniels.  Anne 
Gregson  was  a  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Jane 
Gregson.  He  married  (second)  Susannah, 
widow  of  Joshua  Hotchkiss,  Sir.,  of  New  Ha- 
ven. Children  of  first  wife :  Abraham,  born 
October  19,  1698,  mentioned  below;  John, 
March  24,  1701 ;  Mary,  1703;  Elizabeth,  June 
12,  1706;  Hannah,  May  9,  1709;  Joseph,  about 
1710;  Sarah,  December  22,  1716;  Daniel,  Sep- 
tember 16,  1719,  died  young. 

(IV)  Abraham  (3),  son  of  Abraham  (2) 
Dickerman,  was  born  October  19,  1698,  at 
New  Haven,  died  there  in  1743.  He  married, 
December  15,  1726,  Eleanor,  daughter  of  Jon- 
athan and  Mary  (Ellcock)  Perkins,  iDorn 
March  7,  1702,  at  New  Haven.  Mary  Ell- 
cock was  a  daughter  of  Anthony  Ellcock. 
Abraham  Dickerman  was  an  ensign  of  the 
militia.  No  will  or  administration  of  his  estate 
appears  in  the  New  Haven  records.  Children : 
John,  born  October  2,  1727,  mentioned  below: 
Abraham,  January  13,  1729-30,  died  October 
30,  1739;  Mary,  November  30,  1732:  Ashbel 
June  17,  1736,  died  May  23,  1739;  Elizabeth, 
April  8,  1739. 

(V)  John,  son  of  Abraham  (3)  Dickerman, 
was  born  October  2,  1727,  at  New  Haven, 
died  about  1822-23,  at  Lyndon,  Vermont,  at 
the  home  of  his  son  Ely  Dickerman.  He 
married,  June  8,  1752,  Esther,  daughter  of 
Joseph  and  Anna  (Wilmot)  Sperry,  born  De- 
cember 4,  1 73 1,  at  New  Haven.  Joseph 
Sperry  was  son  of  Joseph,  and  the  latter  a  son 
of  Richard.  Children :  Rachel,  born  February 
23.  I7'^3.  New  Haven;  Abraham,  October  25, 
1754,  New  Haven;  Esther,  July  8,  1759,  New 
Haven ;  William  was  living  in  1800,  died  at 
Guilford,  New  York;  John,  born  March   17, 


1764,  mentioned  below;  Grigson,  supposed  to 
have  been  killed  in  the  revolution ;  Polly,  mar- 
ried a  Hazelton,  in  Woodbury,  Vermont ;  Na- 
thaniel, died  in  Brattleboro,  Vermont,  aged 
twenty-two;  Ely,  born   1772. 

(VI)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Dicker- 
man,  was  born  March  17,  1764,  in  Vermont, 
the  exact  town  unknown.  At  the  age  of  six- 
teen he  enlisted  as  a  soldier  in  the  revolution, 
and  served  for  about  nine  months  in  Captain 
James  Blakeley's  company.  Colonel  Samuel 
Fletcher's  regiment.  During  the  latter  part  of 
his  service  he  was  employed  as  a  scout,  and 
was  accounted  the  hardiest  and  fleetest  man  in 
his  division.  It  is  highly  probable  that  he 
served  also  under  Ethan  Allen.  For  several 
years  before  he  drew  a  pension  of  thirty-six 
dollars  a  year.  When  a  young  man  he  went 
to  New  Haven  and  learned  the  blacksmith 
trade.  He  then  returned  to  Brattleboro,  and 
worked  at  his  trade  until  1800,  when  he  re- 
moved to  Guilford,  Chenango  county.  New 
York,  and  lived  there  and  near  by  until  he 
died.  Besides  working  as  a  blacksmith,  he  was 
also  a  farmer.  In  religion  he  was  a  ^letho- 
dist  Episcopalian.  He  was  a  man  of  candor 
and  great  integrity,  simple  in  his  habits,  faith- 
ful and  diligent  in  his  pursuits.  He  married, 
1789,  Thankful,  daughter  of  Seth  and  Thank- 
ful Smith,  born  April  7,  1768,  probably  at 
Granby,  Massachusetts,  died  October  7,  1856, 
near  Rockdale,  in  the  township  of  L^nadilla, 
Otsego  county.  New  York.  Her  father,  Seth 
Smith,  was  a  descendant  in  the  sixth  genera- 
tion of  Lieutenant  Samuel  Smith,  born  at 
Hadleigh,  England,  about  1602,  came  with  his 
wife  Elizabeth  and  four  oldest  children  to  this 
country  in  1634,  and  is  supposed  to  have  lo- 
cated at  Watertown,  Massachusetts,  1635 ;  re- 
moved to  what  is  now  Wethersfield,  Connecti- 
cut, where  he  remained  until  1649  >  removed 
then  to  Hadle)^,  Massachusetts,  where  he  lived 
until  his  death,  one  of  the  original  settlers  of 
the  latter  place.  Seth  Smith  was  a  colonel  of 
militia  in  the  revolution.  When  the  news  first 
reached  the  town  (Granby)  of  the  invasion  of 
the  British  he  was  in  church,  but  instantly  left, 
mounted  a  horse,  and  rode  all  over  the  town 
to  raise  volunteers.  The  next  morning  with 
his  new  recruits  he  marched  about  thirty  miles, 
and  arrived  in  time  to  participate  in  the  battle 
of  Bennington.  He  had  a  brother  Israel, 
whose  daughter  Chloe  married  a  man  named 
Hayes,  of  Brattleboro,  A-^ermont.  Their  fifth 
child  was  Rutherford  Hayes,  father  of  Ruther- 
ford B.  Hayes,  afterwards  president  of  the 
United  States.  John  (2)  Dickerman  died 
November  6,  1848,  near  Rockdale.  Children : 
Henry,  born  October  7,  1790;  Esther,  Decem- 
ber 21,  1792;  Charlotte,  June  13,  1795:  Na- 


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thaniel,  September  27,  1797,  mentioned  below; 
Nancy,  September  23,  1800;  Sarah,  June  16, 
1801 ;  Clark,  June  12,  1803. 

(VII)  Nathaniel,  son  of  John  (2)  Dicker- 
man,  was  born  September  27,  1797,  at  Brat- 
tleboro,  died  December  4,  1845,  at  Masonville, 
New  York.  He  spent  most  of  his  life  in  Guil- 
ford and  Masonville,  New  York.  He  received 
his  education  in  the  common  schools  and  was 
afterwards  a  farmer.  He  was  also  engaged 
in  lumbering  to  some  extent.  He  held  the 
offices  of  constable  and  justice  of  the  peace, 
and  after  removing  to  Masonville  was  town 
treasurer  for  one  year.  As  justice  of  the 
peace  he  tried  very  few  cases,  and  usually  pre- 
vailed upon  the  parties  to  settle  their  difficul- 
ties themselves.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Presbyterian  church,  a  devoted  Christian,  and 
had  the  universal  respect  of  everyone  who 
knew  him,  as  a  man  of  perfect  honesty,  sincere 
piety  and  exemplary  character.  He  married, 
May  9,  1832,  at  Masonville,  Mary  Ann, 
daughter  of  Aaron  Ferry  and-Achsa  Smith. 
She  was  born  in  Brunswick,  Jlensselaer 
county,  New  York,  January  4,  1809,  died  July 
6,  1859,  at  Masonville.  Her  mother  was  the 
seventh  generation  from  the  same  Lieutenant 
Samuel  Smith  who  was  the  ancestor  of  her 
husband's  mother,  in  a  different  line.  She 
was  educated  in  the  common  schools,  and 
taught  school  herself  in  Masonville  and  Guil- 
ford. At  the  time  of  her  husband's  death  she 
was  left  with  a  family  of  six  young  children 
and  in  very  much  reduced  circumstances.  She 
managed,  however,  to  bring  them  up  in  a 
manner  highly  creditable  to  herself  and  to  them. 
She  married  (second),  July  8,  1856,  Erastus  S. 
Stebbins.  Children  of  Nathaniel  Dickerman, 
the  first  three  born  at  Guilford,  the  others  at 
Masonville :  John  Henry,  March  10,  1833,  died 
April  24,  1833  •  Norris  Henry,  March  16, 
1834;  Sidney  Ferry,  September  30,  1835, 
mentioned  below  ;  Achsa  Smith,  April  22,  1838, 
died  1867 ;  Albert,  March  26,  1840,  mentioned 
below;  Mary  Elizabeth,  December  15,  1841 ; 
infant  son,  died  August  21,  1843;  Julia  Emel- 
ine,  November  i,  1845,  died  about  1850. 

(VIII)  Sidney  Ferry,  son  of  Nathaniel 
Dickerman,  was  born  September  30,  1835,  in 
Guilford.  As  a  boy  he  worked  regularly  on 
his  father's  farm.  He  attended  the  Oxford 
Academy,  at  Oxford,  New  York,  but  did  not 
graduate.  After  leaving  school  he  became  a 
farmer  in  Newburg,  Ohio,  and  at  the  end  of 
a  few  years'  experience  at  farming  spent  six 
years  as  a  bookkeeper  in  Cleveland,  Ohio.  He 
then  went  to  Winsted,  Connecticut,  1868.  and 
established  himself  in  the  hardware  business, 
in  which  he  has  been  ever  since.  Since  his 
residence  in  Winsted  he  has  taken  an  impor- 


tant part  in  town  and  church  affairs,  as  well 
as  b  siness.  He  has  served  on  the  board  of 
burgesses  for  several  years,  and  was  a  member 
of  the  board  of  relief  for  the  town  and  bor- 
ough. In  politics  he  is  a  Republican,  in  re- 
ligion a  Congregationalist.  He  has  been  a 
deacon  in  the  Second  Congregational  Church 
since  1898.  He  was  formerly  a  member  of 
the  Royal  Arcanum,  and  was  treasurer  of 
the  local  council  of  that  order  for  fourteen 
years.  At  the  time  of  the  civil  war  he  served 
for  one  hundred  days  in  the  United  States 
army.  One  Hundred  and  Fiftieth  Ohio  Regi- 
ment, stationed  in  the  rear  of  Washington,  D. 
C,  for  defence  of  city ;  also  served  five  years  in 
the  Ohio  state  militia.  He  married,  October 
16,  1867,  Adelaide  Lucinda  Whiting,  who  died 
April  16,  1900.     They  have  no  children. 

(VIII)  Albert,  son  of  Nathaniel  Dicker- 
man,  was  born  March  26,  1840,  at  Masonville. 
He  was  brought  up  on  his  father's  farm,  and 
attended  the  district  school  until  he  was  six- 
teen years  old.  He  then  attended  an  academy 
in  Chenango  county  for  two  terms.  When  he 
was  seventeen  he  removed  with  his  family  to 
Cleveland,  Ohio.  From  that  time  until  the 
breaking  out  of  the  civil  war  he  studied  and 
taught,  part  of  the  time  in  Chester,  Ohio,  about 
six  months  at  Oberlin,  Ohio,  and  a  year  and  a 
quarter  in  Missouri.  In  July,  1863,  he  en- 
listed as  a  private  in  Company  E,  One  Hundred 
and  Fifth  Regiment,  Ohio  Infantry.  On  reach- 
ing camp  he  was  appointed  sergeant  major, 
after  about  four  months  second  lieutenant,  and 
two  months  later  first  lieutenant.  In  the  latter 
capacity  he  served  until  the  *close  of  the  war, 
and  twice  declined  a  captain's  commission. 
His  regiment  was  in  the  Fourteenth  Army 
Corps,  under  Thomas,  and  later  Sherman,  and 
participated  in  the  movements  of  that  corps 
through  Kentucky  and  Tennessee,  in  the  At- 
lanta campaign,  the  March  to  the  Sea,  through 
the  Carolinas  to  Goldsboro,  to  Raleigh,  Rich- 
mond and  Washington,  also  taking  part  in 
the  Grand  Review.  It  was  mustered  out  and 
disbanded  in  June,  1865.  Judge  Albian  W. 
Tourgee,  who  wrote  the  history  of  this  regi- 
ment, speaks  of  the  subject  of  this  sketch  as 
follows :  "He  was  a  man  of  strong  character 
and  brilliant  qualities,  systematic,  prompt, 
cool  and  courageous,  one  of  those  men  who 
never  lose  their  heads  nor  forget,  nor  omit 
any  routine  duty.  His  career  since  the  close 
of  the  war  has  fully  justified  the  promise  of 
his  military  service.''  After  he  was  mustered 
out  he  studied  law  at  Union  Law  College,  in 
Cleveland,  Ohio,  being  admitted  to  practice 
June,  1866.  In  August  of  the  same  year  he 
located  at  Hillsdale,  Michigan.  While  living 
there  he  served  three  years  as  director  of  the 


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public  schools,  four  years  as  circuit  court  com- 
missioner, four  years  as  probate  judge,  and 
state  senator  through  the  general  session  of 
1881  and  the  special  session  of  1882.  In  the 
spring  of  1883  he  moved  to  Muskegon,  Michi- 
gan. There  he  served  two  years  as  member  of 
the  board  of  trustees  of  the  public  schools,  and 
in  1887  was  elected  circuit  judge  of  the  four- 
teenth judicial  circuit,  serving  six  years.  At 
the  close  of  his  term  he  declined  to  be  a  candi- 
date for  re-election.  In  1894  he  removed  to 
Watsonville,  California,  where  he  has  since 
lived  and  continued  to  practice  his  profession. 
In  1869  he  published  a  small  pamphlet  con- 
taining a  record  of  his  grandfather's  family, 
and  has  always  taken  a  deep  interest  in  the 
genealogy  of  family.  He  married,  July  15, 
1871,  at  Manchester,  Michigan,  Eva  C.  Stone, 
born  July  22,  1848,  at  Leroy,  Lake  county, 
Ohio.  Children:  Kate,  bom  March  31,  1874, 
at  Hillsdale,  Michigan ;  Florence,  June  28. 
1876,  Hillsdale,  died  there  November  22',  1877; 
Alice,  January  19,  1880,  at  Hillsdale,  died 
December  27,  1889,  Muskegon;  infant,  July 
25,  1889,  at  Muskegon,  died  same  day. 


(IV)  Jonathan  Dicker- 
DICKERMAN  man,  son  of  Isaac  Dicker- 
man  (q.  v.),  was  born 
July  4,  1719,  died  July  28,  1795.  He  married 
(first)  Jantiary  27,  1742,  Rebecca,  daughter 
of  Cornet  John  and  Elizabeth  (Thompson) 
Bassett.  She  was  born  July  23,  1721,  died 
November  26,  1760.  Her  father,  John  Bas- 
sett, was  the  son  of  John  and  grandson  of 
William  Bassett.  He  married  (second)  Han- 
nah Leavenworth,  of  Derby,  widow  of  Nicho- 
las Moss,  son  of  William  and  Abigail  (Riggs) 
Moss.  She  died  October  15,  1780,  aged  sev- 
enty. He  married  (third)  about  1789,  De- 
borah Todd,  of  North  Haven,  who  died  De- 
cember 8,  1830,  aged  ninet)"-one.  He  lived  at 
Mt.  Carmel,  Connecticut,  where  he  was  a 
farmer.  October,  1767,  he  was  appointed  en- 
sign of  the  Fifteenth  Company  or  train  band 
in  the  Second  Regiment,  and  October,  1770, 
was  made  lieutenant  of  the  same  company. 
Children,  all  by  first  wife :  Enos,  born  Novem- 
ber 2,  1743;  Rebecca,  1744,  died  September  5, 
1751 ;  Jonathan,  January  13,  1747;  Hezekiah, 
1748-49,  died  August  29,  1751 ;  Joel,  1750, 
died  September  8,  1751 ;  Hezekiah,  November 
6,  1754,  mentioned  JdcIow  ;  Joel,  January  2, 
1757,  served  in  the  revolution;  Amos  and 
Rebecca  (twins),  January  12,  1759. 

(V)  Hezekiah,  son  of  Jonathan  Dickerman, 
was  born  November  6,  1754,  died  May  2, 
1814.  He  married  Hannah,  daughter  of  Amos 
Rice,  born  about  1764,  died  April  20,  181 5. 
He  was  a  farmer  by  occupation  and  lived  in 


Mount  Carmel.  In  the  revolution  he  was  a 
corporal  in  Captain  Bunnel's  company,  Fifth 
Battalion  of  General  Wadsworth's  brigade. 
He  was  a  captain  of  militia,  and  of  his  services 
Atwater's  history  says :  "Not  long  after  the 
departure  of  Arnold  and  his  men  Captain  Hez- 
ekiah Dickerman  with  nine  members  of  his 
militia  company  followed  their  townsmen  to 
the  camp  at  Cambridge.  Both  these  squads 
went  as  volunteers  and  without  assurance  of 
pay  from  any  public  treasury,  but  doubtless 
with  assurance  from  their  neighbors  of  con- 
tributions for  their  support  while  engaged  in 
the  common  cause."  Children :  Joel,  born  May 
25,  1785 ;  Jason,  August  14,  1786,  mentioned 
below;  Asahel,  May  3,  1788;  Hannah,  April 
30,  1790;  Bede,  November  17,  1791 ;  Esther, 
August  22,  1793;  Arba,  March  29,  1795; 
Martha,  April  6,  1797;  Jared,  October  2,  1798; 
Hezekiah,  1801 ;  Micah,  March  12,  1804. 

(VI)  Jason,  son  of  Hezekiah  Dickerman, 
was  born  August  14,  1786,  at  Mount  Carmel, 
died  August  12,  1870.  He  married  (first) 
Laura  Walters.  He  married  (second),  1822, 
Lucretia,  daughter  of  Levi  Talmage,  of  North- 
ford,  Connecticut,  a  soldier  in  the  revolution. 
He  married  (third),  1839,  Nancy  Bassett,  who 
died  at  Watertown,  Connecticut.  Children  of 
first  wife:  Willis  Walter,  born  about  181 1; 
Henr}r,  August  30,  1813;  Jason,  July  18,  1816. 
Children  of  second  wife :  Edwin,  born  Janu- 
ary 17,  1823,  mentioned  below;  Laura  Walter, 
March   31,    1824. 

(VII)  Edwin,  son  of  Jason  Dickerman,  was 
born  January  17,  1823,  died  April  17,  1868. 
He  received  a  common  school  education,  and 
learned  the  trade  of  blacksmith,  at  which  he 
worked  most  of  his  life.  He  lived  in  North 
Haven  and  New  Haven.  Fie  married,  Novem- 
ber 17,  1846,  Lydia  Lucretia,  daughter  of 
Ward  and  Lydia  (Humiston)  Peck,  born  May 
29,  1826.  Fier  father.  Ward  Peck,  was  a  son 
of  Ward  Peck  who  served  seven  years  in  the 
revolution  and  was  one  of  Washington's  staff. 
Children :  Emma  H.,  Frederick  E.,  mentioned 
below. 

(VIII)  Frederick  E.,  only  son  of  Edwin 
Dickerman,  was  born  in  Hamden,  Connecti- 
cut, October  i,  1845.  He  attended  the  public 
schools,  the  Lovell  School  of  New  Haven, 
and  a  private  school  conducted  by  Mr.  Lovell. 
He  began  railroading  when  a  young  man, 
starting  as  brakeman.  He  was  appointed  a 
conductor  in  1868,  and  continued  in  the  em- 
ploy of  the  same  railroad  corporation  as  con- 
ductor under  different  ownership  and  man- 
agement for  thirty-seven  years.  He  retired 
from  the  employ  of  the  New  York,  New 
Haven  &  Hartford  railroad,  as  the  concern  is 
now  called,  in  1905,  after  a  continuous  service 


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of  forty-three  years.  Until  1888  he  lived  at 
Watertown,  Connecticut,  then  removed  to 
Winsted,  where  he  has  since  Hved.  Since  1908 
he  has  been  superintendent  of  the  state  capitol 
and  grounds.  In  pohtics  he  is  a  RepubHcan, 
and  in  1907  represented  the  town  of  Winches- 
ter in  the  general  assembly.  He  served  on  the 
committees  of  new  towns,  probate  districts  and 
was  a  delegate  to  visit  agricultural  colleges. 
He  is  a  member  of  St.  Andrews  Lodge,  Free 
and  Accepted  Masons,  of  Meridian  Chapter, 
Royal  Arch  Masons ;  of  Tyrene  Council,  Royal 
and  Select  Masters ;  of  Pyramid  Temple,  Mys- 
tic Shrine,  of  Bridgeport ;  of  Clark  Command- 
ery.  Knights  Templar,  of  Waterbury :  also  of 
Clifton  Lodge,  Odd  Fellows,  and  the  Encamp- 
ment. He  is  a  member  of  the  Congregational 
church  at  Watertown.  He  married,  July  24, 
1876,  Ella  L.,  born  at  Killingworth,  Connecti- 
cut, daughter  of  Harvey  and  Lydia  (Wright) 
Willcox.     They  have  no  children. 

Harvey  and  Lydia  (Wright)  Willcox  had 
children :  Frederick  Washington,  who  died 
March  8.  1909.  was  a  member  of  congress 
from  Chester,  Middlesex  county,  Connecticut ; 
Mary ;  William,  lives  in  Texas ;  Edward, 
served  in  civil  war  four  years  and  was  in 
Libby  prison  six  months ;  Looniis ;  Evelyn  ; 
Elizabeth ;  Ella  L.,  married  Frederick  E. 
Dickerman,  mentioned  above.  Harvey  Will- 
cox lived  at  Killingworth  and  was  the  son  of 
Elihu  Willcox  of  that  town. 


William  Simpson  Har- 
HARMOUNT  mount- was  born  in  Phila- 
delphia, and  made  his 
home  in  New  Haven,  Connecticut.  He 
married  Jane  Morgan,  of  West  Haven,  Con- 
necticut. Children :  William  Robert,  married 
Cornelia  Blossom,  of  Milwaukee,  Wisconsin ; 
George  Alexander,  mentioned  below ;  Jennie, 
married  Robert  Noble ;  children :  Robert,  Isa- 
bel, Mary,  Thomas,  William  and  Joseph 
Noble ;  Anna,  married  Edward  Ailing :  chil- 
dren :  Mortimer  Ailing,  of  Providence,  Rhode 
Island,  and  Grace  Ailing,  who  married  Theo- 
dore Abbott  and  lives  at  Saltillo,  Mexico ; 
Adoniram  Judson.  married  Mary  Loomis,  of 
New  Haven  ;  children  :  William,  George  Simp- 
son, Adoniram  Judson,  Dwight  and  Paul. 
Mary,  married  Joseph  A.  Graves,  of  Hartford, 
Connecticut ;  children  :  Dr.  Arthur  H.  Graves, 
professor  in  Yale  College ;  Helen  Graves. 

(II)  George  Alexander,  son  of  William 
Simpson  Harmount,  was  born  in  New  Haven, 
June  3,  1843.  He  served  all  through  the  civil 
war :  he  was  lieutenant-colonel  of  the  ninety- 
seventh  colored  infantry.  He  married,  July 
28,  1868,  Jennette  Camp,  born  September  21, 
1843,   daughter  of  Hiram   Camp    (see   Camp 


VI).  Mrs,  Harmount  is  a  woman  of  educa- 
tion and  culture  and  is  widely  known  as  a 
gifted  public  speaker  and  lecturer.  She  is 
president  of  the  Study  Club  of  New  Haven 
and  prominent  in  the  social  life  of  the  city. 

(The   Camp   Line). 

Edward  Camp,  immigrant  ancestor,  was 
born  in  England,  and  settled  early  at  New 
Haven.  Children,  born  at  New  Haven :  Ed- 
ward, July  8,  1650;  Mary,  April  21,  1652; 
Sarah,  November  25,  1655;  Samuel,  mentioned 
below. 

(II)  Samuel,  son  of  Edward  Camp,  was 
born  at  New  Haven,  died  April  22,  1741.  He 
married,  July  17,  1712,  Dorothy  Whitmore, 
widow  of  Josiah  Whitmore,  of  Middletown. 
They  moved  to  Waterbury  about  1733  and  she 
died  September  2,  1749.  Children,  born  at 
New  Haven:  Mehitable,  August,  1713;  Joel, 
May,  1715;  Abel;  Stephen,  February,  1720; 
Joab,  mentioned  below. 

(HI)  Joab,  son  of  Samuel  Camp,  was  born 

about    1725.      He   married   Thankful , 

Children,  born  in  Waterbury :  Samuel,  men- 
tioned below;  Thankful,  July  11,  1750;  John, 
April  14,  1753;  Ephraim,  June  23,  '1756; 
Sarah,  April  3,  1758;  Phebe,  May  3,  1760; 
Benajah,  July  20,  1762;  Joab,  July  5,  1764. 

(IV)  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Joab  Camp,  was 
born  probably  in  Waterbury.  He  was  captain' 
in  the  revolution.  He  was  well  acquainted 
with  General  Washington  and  General  Lafay- 
ette and  did  efficient  service  at  Crown  Point 
and  Staten  Island.  His  four  brothers,  John, 
Benajah,  Job  and  Ephraim,  were  also  soldiers 
in  the  revolution.  John  became  a  Congrega- 
tional minister;  Samuel  settled  in  Plymouth 
and  was  deacon  of  the  Congregational  church, 
dying  at  the  age  of  eighty  years,  leaving  the 
homestead  to  his  son  Samuel.  Captain  Sam- 
uel Camp  was  captain  of  the  Tenth  Regi- 
ment in  1777,  the  Seventeenth  in  1780,  and  in 
the  regiment  of  Colonel  Increase  Moody  in 
1779.  He  married  (first)  Mary  Row,  Decem- 
ber 7,  1769,  daughter  of  Daniel  Row,  of  Farm- 
ington.  She  died  December  27,  1777,  and  he 
married  (second)  Tryphena  — .  Chil- 
dren of  second  wife,  born  at  Waterburv : 
Mary,  May  i,  1781 ;  Rhoda,  March  17,  1783; 
Phineas  Royce,  July  14,  1785 ;  Samuel,  men- 
tioned below. 

(V)  Samuel  (3),  son  of  Captain  Samuel 
(2)  Camp,  was  born  February  2,  1787.  He 
settled  in  Plymouth,  Connecticut,  and  died  in 
1876,  aged  eighty-nine  years.  He  married 
Jennette  Jerome,  sister  of  Chauncey  Jerome, 
daughter  of  Rev.  Charles  Jerome.  He  re- 
mained on  the  farm  until  1829,  then  removed 
to  Plainville,  Connecticut.     He  was  a  student 


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of  the  Bible  and  had  a  remarkable  memory, 
having  committed  to  memory  half  of  the  Scrip- 
tures.    His  was  a  long  and  useful  life. 

(VI)  Hiram,  son  of  Samuel  (3)  Camp,  was 
born  in  Plymouth,  April  9,  181 1,  died  in  New 
Haven,  July  8,  1893.  He  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools.  Early  in  life  he  displayed  a 
taste  for  mechanics,  and  at  the  age  of  eight- 
een he  left  the  farm  to  work  in  Bristol,  Con- 
necticut, in  a  clock  factory  under  his  uncle, 
Chauncey  Jerome.  At  that  time,  1829,  clock- 
making  was  an  infant  industry  in  this  country. 
He  had  much  to  do  with  the  development  and 
improvement  of  the  modern  clock,  and  he  saw 
the  industry  grow  to  mammoth  proportions. 
In,  1845  he  went  to  New  Haven  and  for  forty 
years  was  president  of  the  New  Haven  Clock 
Company.  He  was  interested  in  public  affairs 
and  held  many  offices  of  trust  and  honor.  He 
was  selectman  of  the  town  and  chief  of  the 
volunteer  fire  department.  He  represented 
New  Haven  in  the  general  court  and  served 
in  the  common  council  of  the  city.  During 
the  last  twelve  years  of  his  life  he  devoted 
much  time  and  gave  generously  to  the  Mount 
Hermon  School  for  Boys  at  Northfield,  Mas- 
sachusetts. He  was  a  Congregationalist  and 
one  of  the  oldest  deacons  of  the  church.  He 
died  at  New  Haven,  July  8,  1893,  aged  eighty- 
two  years.  He  was  the  last  and  one  of  the 
most  distinguished  and  remarkable  of  the 
clock  manufacturers  who  went  out  from  Ply- 
mouth, Connecticut,  to  engage  elsewhere  in 
the  manufacture  of  clocks.  In  politics  he  was 
a  Republican.  He  married  Elvira,  daughter  of 
Daniel  Skinner,  of  Windsor,  Connecticut. 
Children:  Mary,  born  October  8,  1836;  mar- 
ried John  Grove  White,  of  Belfast,  Ireland,  a 
cousin  of  the  Duke  of  Devonshire,  England, 
no  children;  Sarah,  born  December  21,  1839; 
married  George  O.  Cruttenden,  of  Guilford, 
Connecticut,  two  children  who  died  in  infancy ; 
Jennette,  born  September  21,  1843,  married, 
July  28,  1868,  George  Alexander  Harmount 
(see  Harmount  II). 


William  Bradley,  immigrant 
BRADLEY  ancestor,  was  born  in  Eng- 
land, and  settled  early  at  New 
Haven,  where  in  1644  he  took  the  oath  of 
fidelity.  He  came  from  the  West  Riding  of 
Yorkshire.  He  married  Alice,  daughter  of 
Roger  Prichard,  of  Springfield,  Massachusetts, 
and  Milford,  Connecticut,  February  18,  1645. 
His  will  is  recorded  at  New  Haven.  He  died 
in  1691,  and  his  widow  in  1692.  Children: 
Joseph,  baptized  January  4,  1646,  mentioned 
ijelow;  Martha,  born  October,  1648,  died  Jan- 
uary 9,  1707;  Abraham,  October  24,  1650,  died 
October  19,  1718;  Mary,  April  30,  1653,  died 


October,  1724;  Benjamin,  April  8,  1657,  died 
1728;  Esther,  September  29,  1659;  Nathaniel, 
February  26,  1661,  died  August  17,  1743; 
Sarah,  June  21,  1665. 

(II)  Joseph,  son  of  William  Bradley,  was 
born  at  New  Haven,  and  baptized  there  Jan- 
uary 4,  1646.  He  died  in  January,  1705.  He 
married,  October  25,  1667,  Silence  Brockett. 
Among  their  children  was  Samuel,  mentioned 
below. 

(III)  Samuel,  son  of  Joseph  Bradley,  was 
born  in  1681,  died  1757.  He  married,  Decem- 
ber 16,  1722,  Eunice  Munson.  They  lived  in 
New  Haven  and  Wallingford,  Connecticut. 
Among  their  children  was  Titus,  mentioned 
below. 

(IV)  Titus,  son  of  Samuel  Bradley,  was 
born  in  1746,  died  February  9,  181 1.  He  mar- 
ried, in  1769,  Lydia  Yale  Todd  and  lived  in 
North  Haven,  Connecticut.  They  had  a  son 
Titus,  mentioned  below. 

(V)  Titus  (2),  son  of  Titus  (i)  Bradley, 
was  born  in  1776,  died  in  1822.  He  married, 
February  6,  1805,  Mary  Munson,  born  about 
1785,  died  August  19,  1861.  They  resided  at 
North  Haven.  She  inherited  part  of  the  home- 
stead and  pew  8  in  the  church.  She  was  a 
daughter  of  Stephen  and  Mary  (Goodyear) 
Munson,  granddaughter  of  Jabez  and  Eunice 
(Atwater)  Munson,  great-granddaughter  of 
Stephen  and  Lydia  (Bassett)  Munson,  great- 
great-granddaughter  of  Samuel  and  Martha 
(Bradley)  Munson.  Children,  born  at  North 
Haven  :  Seymour,  mentioned  below  ;  Barzillai, 
of  North  Haven;  Henry  Munson,  baptized 
June  24,  1821 ;  Harriet  B.,  married  Benjamin 
H.  Jackson,  and  lived  on  High  street.  New 
Haven ;  Mary  J.,  married  Jesse  Andrews,  and 
lived  on  George  street.  New  Haven. 

(VI)  Seymour,  son  of  Titus  (2)  Bradley, 
was  born  August  14,  1806,  died  April  25, 
1890.  He  had  a  store  on  Chapel  street,  New 
Haven,  for  many  years,  establishing  it  when  a 
young  man.  He  married,  September  30,  1829, 
Delia,  born  June  6,  1809,  died  January  4,  1880, 
daughter  of  Frederick  and  Eunetia  (Blakes- 
lee)  Barnes,  granddaughter  of  Joshua  and 
Mercy  (Tuttle)  Barnes,  great-granddaughter 
of  Captain  Joshua  and  Deborah  (Wooding) 
Barnes,  great-great-granddaughter  of  Thomas 
and  Mary  (Leek)  Barnes,  and  great-great- 
great-granddaughter  of  Thomas  and  Abigail 
(Frost)  Barnes.  Children:  Robert  Barnes, 
mentioned  below ;  Franklin  Seymour,  men- 
tioned below. 

(VII)  Robert  Barnes,  son  of  Seymour 
Bradley,  was  born  at  North  Haven,  March 
10,  1832,  died  at  New  Haven,  January  22, 
1890.  He  attended  the  public  schools  in  New 
Haven  and  was  a  pupil  at  the  Lovell  Lancas- 


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trian  School  and  later  at  the  select  school  con- 
ducted by  Mr.  Thomas.  Until  1858  he  as- 
sisted his  father  in  the  store.  He  then  em- 
barked in  business  on  his  own  account  as  a 
dealer  in  hardware  and  agriculturaj  tools  in  a 
store  on  the  corner  of  State  and  Court  streets. 
He  continued  in  business  until  his  death,  and 
was  one  of  the  best-known  merchants  in  the 
city.  His  business  was  continued  by  the  firm 
of  Bradley  &  Dann.  He  was  a  prominent 
member  and  for  many  years  treasurer  of  the 
Center  Church.  He  married,  December  30, 
1858,  Cornelia,  born  July  13,  1835,  daughter 
of  Truman  and  Eunice  (Feet)  Minor,  grand- 
daughter of  Seth  and  Susannah  (Frisbie) 
Minor,  great-granddaughter  of  Israel  and 
Anna  (Lake)  Minor,  great-great-granddaugh- 
ter of  Josiah  and  Mary  (Barnum)  (Shove) 
Minor,  great-great-great-granddaughter  of 
Ephraim  and  Rebecca  (Curtis)  Minor,  great- 
great-great-great-granddaughter  of  Captain 
John  Minor,  who  was  born  in  1634,  died  Sep- 
tember 17,  1719,  married  October  19,  1658, 
Elizabeth  Booth,  born  September  12,  1647, 
died  October  24,  1732. 

Truman  Minor,  father  of  Mrs.  Bradley,  was 
a  member  of  the  firm  of  Minor,  Horton  & 
Company,  manufacturers  of  plows  of  Peeks- 
kill,  New  York,'  and  Mrs.  Bradley  spent  her 
childhood  in  that  town.  Eunice  (Feet)  Minor, 
mother  of  Mrs.  Bradley,  was  daughter  of 
Jehiel  and  Lois  (Manville)  Feet,  granddaugh- 
ter of  Jehiel  and  Joanna  (Walker)  Feet,  great- 
granddaughter  of  Richard  and  Sarah  (Cur- 
tiss)  Feet.  Richard  Feet  was  a  son  of  Ben- 
jamin and  Friscilla  (Fairchild)  Feet,  grand- 
son of  Benjamin  and  Fhebe  (Butler)  Feet, 
great-grandson  of  John  Feet,  the  immigrant 
ancestor,  who  came  from  England  in  1635  in 
the  ship  "Hopewell,"  and  settled  at  Stratfield, 
Connecticut.  Children  of  Robert  Barnes  and 
Cornelia  (Minor)  Bradley:  Frederick  Tru- 
man, mentioned  below ;  Robert  Seymour,  born 
August  5,  1863,  died  February  i,  i8go;  edu- 
cated at  New  Haven  public  school,  Hopkins 
grammar  school,  and  graduated  from  Yale 
College  in  1885  and  from  Yale  Medical  School 
in  1887  with  the  degree  of  M.  D. ;  Delia 
Barnes,  born  May  26,  1871,  died  September 
25,  1902;  married,  November  25,  1891,  Charles 
W.  Whittlesey ;  children  :  i.  Ethel,  born  March 
25,  1894;  ii.  Robert  Bradley,  born  October  11, 
1895 :  Cornelia  Minor,  born  May  15,  1876. 

(VIII)  Frederick  Truman,  son  of  Robert 
Barnes  Bradley,  was  born  November  28,  i860. 
He  attended  the  public  schools  of  New  Haven 
and  prepared  for  colleee  at  the  Hopkins  gram- 
mar school  of  New  Haven,  graduating  with 
honor.  He  entered  the  Sheffield  Scientific 
School   of  Yale  College,   and  was   graduated 


with  the  degree  of  Fh.  B.  in  the  class  of  1883. 
He  entered  partnership  with  his  father  and 
continued  in  this  firm  until  1890,  when  his 
father  died.  During  the  following  three  years 
he  was  engaged  in  the  same  business  in  part- 
nership with  George  E.  Dann,  under  the  firm 
name  of  Bradley  &  Dann.  He  became  a  mem- 
ber of  the  firm  of  English  &  Mersick,  January 
I,  1894,  and  when  it  was  incorporated  June 
28,  1895,  he  became  secretary  of  the  company, 
Edwin  F.  Mersick,  president,  and  John  B, 
Kennedy,  vice-president.  When  Mr.  Mersick 
died  Mr.  Kennedy  succeeded  him,  Mr.  Brad- 
ley became  treasurer,  and  Carl  W.  Johnson 
secretary  of  the  company.  Since  then  the 
corporation  has  been  successfully  conducted 
by  these  officers.  The  concern  manufactures 
carriage  and  automobile  hardware  trimmings 
■  and  supplies  and  automobile  radiators.  Mr. 
Bradley  is  a  member  of  the  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce, and  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  Eng- 
lish &  Mersick  Lamp  &  Foundry  Company, 
manufacturers  of  lamps.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Sons  of  the  American  Revolution,  Yale 
Club  of  New  York  City,  Quinnipiack  Club  and 
the  Graduates'  Club  of  New  Haven.  In  poli- 
tics he  is  a  Republican.  He  married  (first) 
June  15,  1887,  Sarah  Emily  Mersick,  died 
September  15,  igo6,  daughter  of  Edwin  F. 
Mersick,  of  New  Haven.  He  married  (sec- 
ond) June  27,  1908,  Mary  English  Mersick, 
born  May  6,  1868,  daughter  of  Charles  S. 
Mersick.  Children  of  first  wife :  Seymour 
Mersick,  born  April  25,  1888;  Mildred,  born 
May  I,  1900. 

(VII)  Franklin  Seymour,  son  of  Seymour 
Bradley,  was  born  in  New  Haven,  May  17, 
1839,  died  April  26,  1908.  He  was  educated 
at  the  school  conducted  by  Miss  Miller,  and 
later  attended  Russell  school  and  the  school 
at  Southbtiry.  Returning  to  New  Haven  he 
entered  Yale  and  graduated  in  the  class  of 
1861.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Alpha  Delta 
Fhi  of  the  college.  After  his  graduation  he 
engaged  in  the  hardware  business,  in  which 
he  continued  until  he  sold  out  to  Bronson  & 
Townsend  several  years  prior  to  his  death. 
He  was  very  successful  as  a  business  man,  and 
after  having  served  as  a  director  for  some 
years  was  elected  president  of  the  Yale  Na- 
tional Bank,  a  post  which  he  filled  until  1889, 
a  period  of  over  twenty-five  years,  when  he 
retired.  He  acted  as  administrator  for  many 
large  estates,  but  was  not  engaged  actively  in 
business  since  his  resignation  from  the  bank, 
of  which  he  still  remains  a  director.  His  offices 
for  a  number  of  years  were  at  No.  82  Church 
street.  He  was  formerly  director  of  the  Free 
Public  Library  and  was  assistant  secretary  of 
the  board.    He  was  a  member  and  deacon,  also 


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clerk  and  treasurer,  of  Center  Congregational 
Church,  a  constant  attendant  at  its  services, 
and  his  death  was  sincerely  mourned  by  all 
the  members  of  that  body.  He  was  a  great 
lover  of  music  and  many  years  ago  played  the 
organ  in  churches.  He  was  a  Republican  in 
politics,  but  never  aspired  to  political  office. 

Mr.  Bradley  was  always  alert  in  both  mind 
and  body,  and  during  his  most  active  period 
he  could  accomplish  a  great  amount  of  busi- 
ness with  celerity  and  ease.  He  was  quick  in 
comprehension  and  quick  in  decision,  and 
though  not  especially  aggressive  he  was  tena- 
cious and  persistent.  Though  a  thorough  bus- 
iness man,  he  did  not  allow  business  to  ab- 
sorb him  to  the  exclusion  of  other  important 
matters. 

He  was  highly  appreciativ«  of  excel- 
lence in  literary  work,  and  could  write  well 
himself.  He  kept  abreast  of  the  progress  of 
thought  and  was  especially  concerned  with  all 
that  affected  the  conduct  of  public  affairs  in 
this  country.  He  was  a  well-rounded  citizen, 
a  man  who  neglected  no  duty  of  home,  church, 
society  or  city.  All  who  came  in  contact  with 
him  appreciated  that  he  was  a  broad  man,  a 
substantial  man,  and  a  man  in  every  way  ad- 
mirable. In  a  word,  he  was  all  his  life  a  no- 
table example  of  that  steady,  sterhng,  reliable 
manhood  which  is  typical  of  Connecticut  and 
New  England.  His  life  was  well  regulated, 
active  and  useful,  and  his  death  was  sincerely 
lamented,  leaving  the  keenest  of  voids  in  the 
hearts  of  those  whom  it  touched. 

Mr.  Bradley  married  (first)  in  1861,  Louise 
Trowbridge,  daughter  of  the  late  Le  Grand 
Cannon.  Children :  Henry  Le  Grand,  treas- 
urer of  the  Atlas  Manufacturing  Company; 
Franklin  Trowbridge,  who  died  at  his  home  in 
Saybrook ;  Annie  Delia,  wife  of  Julian  F.  Den- 
nison ;  Louise  Cannon,  wife  of  Herman  Shaf- 
fer, of  Fort  Washington.  He  married  (sec- 
ond) February  5,  1890,  at  Seneca  Falls,  New 
York,  Ella  Maria  Chatham,  born  December 
29,  1857,  daughter  of  Luther  Calvin  and 
Frances  Amelia  (Bockoven)  Chatham,  of 
Seneca  Falls.  Her  father  was  born  in  1820. 
Mrs.  Bradley  had  a  brother,  George  Chatham, 
born  in  i860,  died  aged  seven  years;  her  sis- 
ter, Frances  Amelia  Chatham,  was  born  in 
1861,  married  Charles  Lee  Burt,  of  Virginia, 
who  died  in  1902,  leaving  one  child,  Chatham 
Lee  Burt,  born  in  August,  1886,  now  living  in 
Seattle,  Washington.  Through  her  mother 
Mrs.  Bradley  is  related  to  the  Woodruffs  of 
Connecticut  (see  Woodruff).  Her  maternal 
great-grandmother  was  Rachel  (Riggs)  Bock- 
oven, of  Auburn,  New  York.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Bradley  have  one  child,  Dorothea  Chatham, 
born  October  23,  1893. 


(The  Woodruff  Line). 
(Vni)  Benjamin  Woodruff,  son  of  Benja- 
min Woodruff  (q.  v.),  was  born  about  1706. 
He  married  and  had  children  :  Benjamin,  men- 
tioned belt)w;  Charles,  James,  Susanna,  Icha- 
bod  and  others. 

(IX)  Benjamin,  son  of  Benjamin  Woodruff, 
was  born  in  1744.  He  married  Phebe  Pier- 
son,  born  1 741.  She  was  of  the  same  family 
as  President  Abraham  Pierson,  of  Yale  Col- 
lege, son  of  Abraham  Pierson.  Abraham 
Pierson,  the  immigrant,  was  born  in  York- 
shire, England,  and  graduated  at  Trinity  Col- 
lege, Cambridge,  in  1632;  came  to  America 
in  1639  and  located  at  Southhaven,  Long  Is- 
land, remaining  until  1642,  when  he  removed^ 
to  Branford,  Connecticut.  In  1666  he  went 
to  Newark,  New  Jersey,  and  died  August  9. 
1678.  He  married  Abigail,  daughter  of  Rev. 
John  Wheelwright.  Abraham  Pierson,  Jr., 
graduated  from  Harvard  College  in  1668;  set- 
tled in  Newark  as  colleague  of  his  father  there 
in  1669 ;  removed  to  Woodbridge,  .New  Jer- 
sey ;  succeeded  his  father  at  Newark  and  was 
pastor  from  1678  to  1692,  then  returned  to 
Connecticut  and  in  1694  located  at  Killing- 
worth  in  that  colony ;  was  the  first  president  of 
Yale  College,  an  excellent  preacher,  "exceed- 
ingly pious  and  good."  He  married  Abigail,, 
daughter  of  George  Clark.  Children :  Abra- 
ham, Sarah,  Susanna,  Mary,  Hannah,  Ruth, 
James,  Abigail  and  John  Pierson.  Children  of 
Benjamin  and  Phebe  Woodruff:  James,  born 
1772;  Charles.  1774;  Phineas,  1776;  Hannah, 
1779;  EHzabeth,  1781 ;  Benjamin,  1783;  Oba- 
diah,  1785;  John,  1788;  Timothy,  1791. 

(X)  Charles,  son  of  Benjamin  Woodruff, 
was  born  in  1774.  He  married,  in  1797,- 
Sarah  Bartley ;  she  was  of  Scotch  descent,  and 
was  left  an  orphan  at  an  early  age ;  she  was 
considered  the  prettiest  woman  of  New  Jer- 
sey, but  her  beauty  was  of  character  as  well 
as  of  face. 

(XI)  Maria,  daughter  of  Charles  and  Sarah 
(Bartley)  Woodruff,  married  George  Bock- 
koven. 

(XII)  Frances  Amelia,  daughter  of  George 
and  Maria  (Woodruff)  Bockoven,  married 
Luther  Calvin  Chatham. 

(XIII)  Ella  Maria,  daughter  of  Luther 
Calvin  and  Frances  Amelia  (Bockoven) 
Chatham,  married  Franklin  S.  Bradley  (see 
Bradley  A^I). 


The  first  mention  of  the 
BRADLEY     name  found  in  England  was 

in  1 183,  at  the  feast  of  St. 
Cuthbert  in  Lent,  when  Lord  Hugh,  Bishop 
of  Durham,  caused  all  the  revenues  of  his  dis- 
trict to  be  described.     The  Surrey  of  Bolton. 


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(Burke)  mentions  in  Walsingham  Roger  de 
Bradley  as  holding  forty  acres  at  Bradley  and 
rendering  half  marc  besides  forest  service. 
The  Heralds  visitation  for  the  county  of  York 
1563-64,  in  the  Normanton  pedigree,  mentions 
the  marriage  of  Arthur  Normanton  to  Isabel, 
daughter  of  Sir  Francis  Bradley.  This  would 
be  in  the  early  part  of  the  fourteenth  century. 
Burke  gives  fifteen  coats-of-arms  to  the  Brad- 
leys,  many  of  them  being  variations  of  the 
same  coat,  having  a  boar's  head,  etc.  Probably 
all  were  derived  from  the  same  family. 

The  first  Bradleys  in  the  United  States  are 
said  to  have  come  from  the  market  town  of 
Bingley,  in  the  West  Riding  of  Yorkshire, 
about  twelve  miles  northeast  of  Leeds  on  the 
river  Aire.  The  town  of  Bradley  (or  Broad- 
lea)  was  about  seven  miles  to  the  north  of 
Bingley.  The  name  Bradley  is  Anglo-Saxon, 
meaning  a  broad  field  or  pasture.  The  father 
of  the  American  pioneer  of  the  family  is  not 
known,  nor  is  the  name  of  his  first  wife.  Their 
son,  William  Bradley,  according  to  tradition 
handed  down  in  difTei-ent  branches  of  the 
family,  was  a  friend  of  Cromwell,  and  the 
"History  of  Bingley,  England,"  states  that  he 
was  a  major  in  the  parliamentary  army,  and 
removed  to  New  Haven,  United  States  of 
America.  He  was  the  first  of  the  family  to 
come  to  Connecticut  and  sojourned  for  a  time 
in  Branford  and  Guilford,  later  removing 'to 
New  Haven,  where  he  took  the  oath  of  fidel- 
ity in  August,  1644.  He  later  lived  in  North 
Haven  and  had  large  landed  interests  there. 
He  located  on  the  west  side  of  East  (Quinni- 
piac)  river,  about  nine  miles  north  of  New 
Haven,  and  soon  gained  possession  of  the  cot- 
ters one  hundred  and  eighty-nine  acres  in  ad- 
dition to  his  other  lands.  Thorpe's  "History 
of  North  Haven"  states  that  he  was  the  first 
landowner  in  the  village. 

His  stepmother,  Elizabeth  Bradley,  with 
her  four  sons  and  one  daughter,  is  said  to 
have  followed  him.  to  America  in  1648.  These 
children  were :  Daniel ;  Joshua,  of  New 
Haven;  Ellen,  married  John  Allin;  Nathan, 
born  1638;  Stephen,  born  1642.  She  married 
(second)  in  this  country,  John  Parmalee,  who 
died  November  8,  1659;  married  (third).  May 
27,  1663,  John  Evarts.  who  died  May  10,  1669. 
She  died  in  January,  1683.  Both  her  Ameri- 
can husbands  were  of  Guilford. 

(I)  William  Bradley,  of  New  Haven,  was 
born  in  England  about  1620.  He  settled  in 
New  Haven,  Connecticut,  and  married  there, 
February  18,  1645,  Alice,  daughter,  of  Roger 
Pritchard,  of  Springfield,  Massachusetts.  He 
died  in  1690  and  she  in  1692.  Children,  with 
dates  of  baptism :  Joseph,  January  4,  1646 ; 
Isaac,     1647     ( ?)  ;    Martha,    October,     1648; 


Abraham,  mentioned  below;  Mary,  April  30, 
1653;  Benjamin,  April  8,  1657;  Hester  (or 
Esther),  September  29,  1659;  Nathaniel,  Feb- 
ruary 26,  1660-61 ;  Sarah,  June  21,  1665. 

(II)  Abraham,  son  of  William  Bradley,  was 
baptized  October  24,  1650,  died  October  19, 
1718.  He  married,  December  25,  1673,  Han- 
nah, daughter  of  (John  Sr.  ?)  George  Thomp- 
son, born  September  22,  1654,  died  at  New 
Haven,  October  26,  1718.  Children,  born  at 
New  Haven :  John,  October  12,  1674,  died 
August  13,  1747 ;  Daniel,  1679,  died  Novem- 
ber 2,  1723;  Hannah,  November  8,  1682; 
Lydia,  November  28,  1685 ;  Ebenezer,  Septem- 
ber 9,  1689;  Abraham,  mentioned  below; 
Esther,  March  19,  1696.  He  was  a  deacon  in 
the  First  (now  called  Center)  Church  of  New 
Haven,  and  at  one  time  justice  of  the  peace. 
His  will  was  dated  December  5,  1716,  and 
proved  in  the  New  Haven  probate  court,  No- 
vember 18,  1718.  (Recorded  Probate  Rec- 
ords, liber  4,  page  546.)  It  contained  the  fol- 
lowing clause:  "As  a  token -of  my  love  to  ye 
first  church  of  Christ  in  New  Haven  I  give  my 
silver  cup,  or  the  value  of  it,  to  be  improved 
at  ye  Lord's  table;  yt  is  after  my  decease." 

(III)  Abraham  (2),  son  of  Abraham  (i) 
Bradley,  was  born  at  New  Haven,  April  9, 
1693,  died  December  4,  1761.  He  married, 
October  5,  1719,  Sarah  Wilmot,  who  died  De- 
cember 5,  1775.  They  had  five  sons  and  two 
daughters.  His  second  son  was  Isaac,  men- 
tioned below. 

(IV)  Isaac,  son  of  Abraham  (2)  Bradley, 
was  born  at  New  Haven,  November  7,  1722, 
died  November  21,  1784.  He  married  (first) 
Sarah  Mix,  May  29,  1750,  who  died  February 
4,  1762;  (second)  Lois  (Bishop)  Lewis,  wid- 
ow of  Nehemiah  Lewis,  born  1735,  died  April 
4,  1813.  They  had  six  daughters  and  five  sons. 
Their  fifth  child  was  Lewis,  mentioned  below. 

(V)  Lewis,  son  of  Isaac  Bradley,  was  born 
January  14,  1767.  He  lived  in  Westville 
(New  Haven)  until  1854,  dying  December  14 
of  that  year.  He  married,  about  1792,  Lydia 
Woqdin,  of  Hamden,  Connecticut.  Children : 
Chauncey,  born  May  21,  1793,  died  July,  1826; 
Isaac,  January  31,  1795,  mentioned  below; 
Anna,  April  i,  1796,  died  December  18,  1826; 
Wealthy,  November  8,  1797,  died  February 
19,  1875;  Lydia,  January  13,  1803,  died  Sep- 
tember 24,  1 881 ;  Lewis,  June  7,  1805,  died 
October  7,  1872;  Elias,  June  21,  1807,  died 
December  26,   1845. 

(VI)  Isaac  (2),  son  of  Lewis  Bradley,  was 
born  in  New  Haven,  January  31,  1795,  died 
November  7,  1858.  He  was  engaged  in  the 
manufacture  of  carriages  in  New  Plaven  until 
1854,  when  he  retired  to  a  farm  in  West 
Haven.    He  married  (first)  November  8,  1820, 


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Louisa  Ann  Hervey,  born  August  27,  1798, 
died  August  27,  1824,  daughter  of  Frederick 
William  and  Ann  Hervey,  granddaughter  of 
Rev.  Dr.  Ebenezer  Dibblee,  a  noted  mission- 
ary of  the  English  Society  for  the  propogation 
of  the  Gospel  in  foreign  parts,  verbose  juris- 
diction extended  from  Stamford,  Connecticut, 
on  the  east  to  Tarrytown,  New  York,  on  the 
west.  He  married  (second)  May  27,  1827, 
Abigail  Knowles  Hervey,  sister  of  his  first 
wife,  who  died  January  18,  1891.  Children  of 
first  wife:  William  Hervey,  born  August  13, 
1821,  died  October  9,  1890;  Jane  Louisa,  No- 
vember 19,  1822,  died  November  8,  1832; 
Maria,  August  14,  1824,  died  August  19,  1824. 
Children  of  second  wife :  Frederick  Isaac,  No- 
vember 7,  1828,  died  at  Hamilton,  Missouri, 
October  24,  1896;  Robert  Lewis,  April  25, 
1830,  died  in  New  Haven,  December  28,  1883  ; 
Emily  Justine,  Januar)'  25,  1832,  died  July  20, 
1894;  married  Erastus  A.  Doolittle;  Louisa 
Ann,  November  6,  1833,  died  October  30, 
1870 ;  married  George  E.  Leonard ;  Francis 
Henry,  November  11,  1835,  died  October  28, 
1837;  Henry  Minot,  September  21,  1837,  died 
July  23,  1854;  Albert  Francis,  September  30, 
1839,  now  living  in  Bloomington,  Illinois ; 
Samuel  Isodore,  July  13,  1842,  died  in  New 
York  City,  April  4,  1901 ;  Edward  Elias,  see 
forward. 

(VII)  Hon.  Edward  Elias,  son  of  Isaac  (2) 
Bradley,  was  born  in  New  Haven,  January  5, 
1845.  ^^s  a  boy  he  was  robust  and  healthy. 
The  first  ten  years  of  his  life  were  spent  in  the 
city ;  he  then  lived  for  five  years  in  the  coun- 
try, at  the  end  of  that  time  returning'  again 
to  the  city.  He  was  particularly  fond  of  read- 
ing and  study,  and  though  obliged  to  work  on 
a  farm  summers,  his  tastes  were  those  of  a 
student.  When  he  was  thirteen  years  old  his 
father  died,  and  at  fifteen  he  was  obliged  to 
give  up  school  to  go  to  work.  In  i860  he  be- 
came shipping  clerk  for  the  New  Haven  Wheel 
Company.  His  rise  in  the  business  to  which 
he  has  devoted  most  of  his  life  is  shown  in 
the  fact  that  he  remained  with  the  same  con- 
cern during  nearly  his  entire  business  career, 
rising  step  by  step  from  his  original  position 
to  that  of  president  and  general  manager.  In 
1865  he  accepted  a  position  with  Lawrence, 
Bradley  &  Pardee,  the  largest  carriage  manu- 
facturers at  that  time  in  Connecticut.  He 
then  became  connected  with  John  English  & 
Company,  who  succeded  the  firm  of  English, 
Atwater  &  White,  hardware  merchants.  After 
a  few  months  of  poor  health,  during  which  he 
had  to  give  up  business  entirely,  he  returned 
late  in  1865  to  New  Haven  and  became  an 
owner  in  the  New  Haven  Wheel  Company, 
and  in   1866  was  elected  secretarv  and  treas- 


urer, succeeding  Hon.  H.  G.  Lewis,  who  was 
elected  president.  The  manufacture  of  wheels 
was  begun  in  1845  on  the  present  location  of 
this  concern  by  Henry  Stowe.  He  was  suc- 
ceeded a  year  or  two  later  by  Smith,  Umber- 
field  &  Stowe,  and  later  by  Theodore  D.  Reed, 
Zelotes  Day,  Carrington  &  Stowe,  and  finally 
in  1853,  by  the  New  Haven  Wheel  Company. 
The  business  was  incorporated  June  4,  1853, 
with  a  capital  of  $60,000  and  Chandler  Cowles 
was  the  first  president.  In  1865-66  the  stock 
of  the  company  was  bought  by  William  H.  and 
E.  E.  Bradley,  William  and  Henry  G.  Lewis 
and  Frederick  Ives,  new  buildings  were  erect- 
ed and  a  new  impetus  given  to  the  concern. 
The  company  prospered,  bought  more  land 
and  built  new  buildings.  In  1874  the  com- 
pany were  turning  out  four  hundred  sets  of 
wheels  per  week.  Two-thirds  of  the  plant  was 
destroyed  by  fire  September  8,  1874,  causing 
a  loss  of  $130,000,  but  was  promptly  rebuilt, 
and  in  five  months  was  in  operation  again,  and 
turning  out  six  hundred  sets  of  wheels  per 
week.  The  company  also  made  other  parts 
for  wagons  and  carriages.  Their  trade  grew 
to  large  proportions  both  in  America  and 
abroad.  In  1887  Mr.  Bradley,  who  had  been 
general  manager  of  the  company  for  many 
years,  became  its  president  and  still  holds  that 
office,  though  he  retired  from  active  business 
life  in  1904. 

In  addition  to  his  connection  with  the  New 
Haven  Wheel  Company,  General  Bradley  has 
been  president  of  the  Boston  Buckboard  and 
Carriage  Company,  also  of  the  News  Publish- 
ing Company,  the  Charles  W.  Scranton  Com- 
jany,  brokers,  of  New  Haven,  the  New  Eng- 
land Dairy  Company,  and  of  the  New  Haven 
Chamber  of  Commerce  from  1901  to  1903,  and 
is  still  a  member  of  its  executive  committee. 
He  is  president  of  the  Governor's  Stafif  Asso- 
ciation of  Connecticut,  the  Defender's  Monu- 
ment Association,  which  has  in  hand  the  rais- 
ing of  funds  and  the  erection  of  a  defender's 
monument  to  commemorate  the  successful  de- 
fense at  West  River  made  by  the  citizens  at 
the  time  of  the  invasion  of  New  Haven  by  the 
British  in  1779;  president  of  the  Young  Men's 
Institute :  a  director  in  the  New  Haven 
County  National  Bank;  a  director  of  the  Red 
River  Valley  Cattle  Company,  which  owns 
718,000  acres  of  land  in  New  Mexico,  and  a 
herd  of  over  35,000  cattle  and  1,000  horses ;  a 
director  of  the  Organized  Charities  Associa- 
tion, and  also  a  director  of  the  New  Haven 
Colony  Historical  Society.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Connecticut  Civil  Service  Reform  As- 
sociation, the  Civic  Federation  of  New  Haven, 
and  of  various  other  associations  organized 
for  the  public  good.     He  is  a  member  and  on 


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the  board  of  managers  of  the  Connecticut  So- 
ciety Sons  of  the  American  Revolution.  His 
great-grandfather  was  in  the  war  of  the  revo- 
lution, and  his  father  a  minute-man  in  the  war 
of  1812. 

In  1876  he  removed  to  West  Haven  in  the 
town  of  Orange,  and  while  there  served  as  a 
member  of  the  board  of  burgesses  and  on  the 
Union  school  district  committee.  In  1882  he 
represented  the  town  of  Orange  in  the  gen- 
eral assembly.  He  was  a  Democrat,  and  no 
representative  of  his  party  had  been  elected 
there  before  him  for  a  generation  or  more. 
He  was  appointed  member  of  the  standing 
committee  on  banks.  In  1883  he  was  re- 
elected and  became  house  chairman  of  the 
joint  standing  committee  on  roads  and  bridges, 
and  clerk  of  the  committee  on  cities  and  bor- 
oughs. He  introduced  and  ably  advocated  the 
constitutional  amendment  for  biennial  sessions 
of  the  legislature  which  was  finally  adopted. 
He  was  one  of  the  most  prominent  men  of  the 
session  and  was  selected  to  make  the  speech 
of  farewell  to  the  speaker  on  behalf  of  the 
members  of  the  house,  over  which  he  presided 
during  the  closing  hours  of  the  session.  In 
the  fall  of  1885  he  was  nominated  by  the 
Democratic  convention  of  his  district  for  state 
senator,  and  was  elected  in  a  Republican  dis- 
trict. He  took  an  active  part  in  the  work  of 
the  legislature,  especially  in  legislation  affect- 
ing education  and  sanitary  laws.  He  was 
chairman  of  the  joint  select  committee  on  new 
counties  and  county  seats  and  participated  in 
one  of  the  most  exciting  controversies  of  a 
decade  between  Bridgeport  and  Norwalk  for 
the  honor  of  being  the  county  seat  of  Fair- 
field county.  He  advocated  the  cause  of 
Bridgeport,  which  finally  won  the  contest.  In 
1886  he  again  became  a  resident  of  New 
Haven,  and  in  the  fall  of  that  year  became  the 
candidate  of  the  Democratic  party  for  lieuten- 
ant-governor, receiving  nearly  two  thousand 
more  votes  than  his  leading  opponent,  but  was 
not  elected,  as  the  state  constitution  then  re- 
quired for  election  a  majority  over  all  other 
candidates  for  the  same  office.  This  threw  the 
election  into  the  general  assembly,  a  majority 
of  which  being  of  a  different  political  party, 
seatei  the  candidate  of  its  party.  He  was  a 
commissioner  of  public  parks  in  New  Haven 
from  1888  to  1 90 1.  He  voted  the  party  ticket 
most  of  his  life,  until  the  silver  issue  of  1896 
compelled  him  to  protest,  and  he  then  joined 
the  Gold  Democrat  wing  of  the  party  and  was 
nominated  for  ma3'or  by  it.  Since  then  he  has 
classed  himself  as  an  Independent. 

He  has  also  taken  an  active  part  in  the  mili- 
tary life  of  his  native  state,  enlisting  in  the 
New  Haven  Grays  as  a  private  in  1861,  and 


rising  through  the  different  grades  to  the  cap- 
taincy in  1866,  holding  that  position  at  the 
time  of  the  famous  celebration  of  the  semi- 
centennial of  the  company ;  colonel  of  the  sec- 
ond regiment  in  1869,  in  which  capa.city,.  act- 
ing under  orders  of  the  adjutant-general  of 
the  state,  he  commanded  the  troops  which  cap- 
tured a  large  number  of  New  York  roughs 
who  had  come  to  Charles  Island,  in  the  town 
of  Milford,  to  hold  a  prize  fight ;  served  as 
paymaster-general  of  the  Connecticut  National 
Guard  from  1876  to  1878,  with  rank  of  briga- 
dier-general, and  as  adjutant-general  of  the 
state  forces  from  1893  to  1895.  He  is  presi- 
dent of  the  New  Haven  Grays'  Association, 
which  includes  all  past  and  present  members 
of  the  company.  He  was  one  of  the  original 
members  of  the  New  Haven  Country  Club, 
and  is  prominent  socially  in  New  Haven.  He 
is  also  a  member  of  the  New  York  Army  and 
Navy  Club. 

General  Bradley  is  an  Episcopalian,  attend- 
ing as  a  child  Trinity  and  St.  Thomas  churches 
in  New  Haven,  and  Christ  Church  in  West 
Haven  with  his  parents.  As  a  young  man  he 
attended  St.  Paul's  Church,  New  Haven,  and 
in  1866  became  one  of  its  communicant  mem- 
bers. In  1876  he  removed  to  West  Haven 
and  was  a  vestryman  eleven  years  and  clerk 
of  the  Parish  of  Christ  Church  there  ten  years. 
In  1886  he  again  became  a  resident  of  New 
Haven  and  since  then  has  again  been  identi- 
fied with  the  work  of  St.  Paul's  church.  In 
all  he  has  served  thirty  years  as  one  of  its 
vestrymen  and  for  the  past  six  years  was  one 
of  its  two  wardens.  This  year  he  declined  fur- 
ther service  in  that  position,  but  was  at  once 
re-elected  on  the  vestry.  He  has  been  a  dele- 
gate to  the  diocesan  conventions  of  the  Epis- 
copal church  in  Connecticut  for  twenty  years 
and  an  alternate  delegate  six  years.  He  has 
been  a  director  of  St  Paul's  Missionary  and 
Benevolent  Society  thirty-one  years  and  was 
its  secretary  and  treasurer  four  years.  He 
has  been  a  trustee  for  many  years  of  the  Epis- 
copal Academy  of  Connecticut,  founded  in 
1794,  and  located  in  the  town  of  Cheshire.  He 
is  also  a  director  of  the  Missionary  Society  of 
the  Diocese  of  Connecticut. 

He  has  always  been  fond  of  outdoor  sports 
and  exercise,  such  as  shooting,  fishing,  walk- 
ing, driving,  autoing  and  boating,  but  has 
never  given  any  special  attention  to  athletics. 
From  the  experiences  he  has  had  in  life,  which 
are  those  of  a  self-made  man,  General  Brad- 
ley believes  that  constant  reliability  (which  he 
says  includes  energy,  honesty,  good  habits  and 
always  keeping  promises)  does  the  most  to 
promote  true  success  in  life  and  also  to 
strengthen  the  ideals  of  young  men. 


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General  Bradley  married,  April  26,  1871, 
Mary  Elizabeth,  born  April  22,  1847,  only  child 
of  Nathaniel  and  Mary  (Jones)  Kimberly,  of 
West  Haven,  Connecticut.  She  was  a  lineal 
descendant  of  Thomas  Kimberly,  one  of  the 
original-  settlers  of  New  Haven  in  1638  and 
the  father  of  the  first  male  child  born  in  New 
Haven.  Children,  born  at  New  Haven:  i. 
Edith  Mary,  March  24,  1873,  died  March  7, 
1906.  2.  Bertha  Kimberly,  July  29,  1875 ; 
married,  December  10,  1902,  Edward  Na- 
thaniel Loomis,  born  in  Brooklyn,  New  York; 
children :  i.  Elizabeth  Loomis,  born  in  New 
York  City,  April  18,  1905;  ii.  Edward  Brad- 
ley Loomis,  July  23,  1907,  in  South  Orange, 
New  Jersey ;  iii.  Horace  Loomis,  April  13, 
1909,  in  South  Orange;  iv.  Robert  Nathaniel 
Loomis,  born  in  South  Orange.  May  15,  1910. 
3.  Mabel  Louisa,  born  August  7,  1880;  mar- 
ried Professor  George  Blumer,  dean  of  the 
medical  department  of  Yale  University,  June 
26,  1909:  one  child,  Mary  Kimberly  Blumer, 
born  in  New  Haven,  May  15,  1910. 


•  The  Kendall  family  is  of  an- 
KENDALL  cient  English  origin.  Among 
the  early  representatives  of 
that  family  was  John  Kendall,  sheriff  of  Not- 
tingham, who  was  killed  in  the  battle  of  Bos- 
worth  in  1485,  fighting  in  the  army  of  Richard 
ni.  Francis  Ivendall,  of  a  much  later  genera- 
tion, was  banished  to  the  Barbadoes  in  1687 
by  Bloody  Judge  Jeffries,  for  participating  in 
the  Monmouth  rebellion.  He  is  believed  to 
have  been  a  near  relative  of  Francis  Kendall. 

(I)  Francis  Kendall,  ancestor  of  all  of  the 
name  in  America,  except  his  brother,  Thomas, 
who  came  with  him  and  settled  in  Maine  and 
had  descendants,  came  from  England  in  1642. 
In  December,  1658,  he  deposed  that  his  age 
was  about  thirty-eight  years,  and  on  April  2, 
1662,  he  deposed  that  his  age  was  about  forty- 
eight.  Possibly  the  date  of  his  birth  was  be- 
tween the  two  dates  indicated  by  these  state- 
ments, say  1618.  With  thirty-one  others,  he 
signed  the  town  orders  of  Woburn,  December 
18,  1640.  He  had  been  living  in  Charlestown, 
of  .which  Woburn  was  then  a  part,  and  was  a 
taxpayer  there  in  1645.  He  had  a  brother 
Thomas,  living  in  Reading,  Massachusetts, 
where  he  was  a  proprietor  in  1644.  Thomas 
Kendall  had  ten  daughters,  but  no  descendants 
in  a  direct  line.  The  father  of  Francis  and 
Thomas  Kendall  is  believed  by  some  writers 
to  have  been  John  Kendall.  A  curious  char- 
acteristic of  the  family  of  Francis  Kendall 
and  his  descendants  is  the  occasional  birth  of 
a  child  having  extra  fingers  or  toes.  Down  to 
the  present  generation,  this  peculiarity  of  the 
familv  has  survived. 


Francis  Kendall  married,  December  24, 
1644,  Mary,  daughter  of  John  Tidd.  In  the 
records  he  is  called  Francis  Kendall,  alias 
Miles.  There  are  several  explanations  of  this 
record.  It  was  common  with  emigrants  to 
America  to  take  assumed  names  to  avoid  vexa- 
tious laws,  and  there  is  a  tradition  that  Ken- 
dall left  England  against  the  wishes  of  his 
family,  using  the  name  of  Miles  until  he  was 
settled  in  this  country.  He  was  admitted  a 
freeman  May  10,  1648. '  Sewall  says  of  him : 
"He  was  a  gentleman  of  great  respectability, 
and  influence  in  the  place  of  his  residence." 
He  served  the  town  at-  different  times  for 
eighteen  years  as  selectman,  and  on  important 
committees,  such  as  those  for  distributing 
grants  to  the  pioneers,  and  on  building  the 
meeting  house.  He  was  tythingman  in  1676. 
He  was  not  entirely  in  accord  with  the  Puritan 
church,  and  was  fined  for  some  infraction  of 
church  rules  about  infant  baptism  or  attend- 
ance at  communion,  or  attending  meetings  of 
the  Anabaptists.  He  was  a  miller  by  trade, 
and  owned  a  corn  mill,  which  he  left  to  his 
sons,  Samuel  and  John.  This  mill  has  been 
in  the  possession  of  the  family  down  -to  the 
present  time.  The  mill  now  or  lateh'  on  the 
Kendall  place  is  one  built  by  Samuel  Kendall 
soon  after  1700,  and  is  some  distance  from 
the  location  of  the  first  mill.  He  died  in  1708 
at  the  age  of  eighty-eight,  corroborating  the 
affidavit  of  1658.  His  wife  jMary  died  in  1705. 
His  will  was  dated  May  9,  1706.  His  sons 
Thomas  and  John  were  executors. 

Children:  i.  John,  born  July  2,  1646.  2. 
Thomas,  January  10,  1648-49,  mentioned  be- 
low. 3.  Man',  January  20,  1650-51,  married, 
about  1669,  Israel  Reed.  4.  Elisabeth,  Janu- 
ary 15,  1652-53;  married  (first)  Ephraim 
Winship;  (second)  James  Pierce.  5.  Han- 
nah, January  26,  1654-55 ;  married,  as  his  sec- 
ond wife,  William  Green,  Jr.  6.  Rebecca. 
March  2,  1657;  married,  December,  1706, 
Joshua  Eaton.  7.  Samuel,  March  8,  1659 ; 
married  (first)  Rebecca  Mixer;  (second) 
Mary  Locke.  8.  Jacob,  January  25,  1660-61. 
9.  Abigail,  April  6.  1666;  married.  May  24, 
1686,  William  Reed. 

(II)  Thomas,  son  of  Francis  Kendall,  \\'as 
born  at  Woburn,  January  10,  1648-49,  died 
May  26,  1730.  He  resided  in  Woburn,  and 
was  a  farmer.  His  farm  adjoined  his  father's. 
He  married  (first)  Ruth ,  who  died  De- 
cember 18,  1695.  He  married  (second) 
March  30,  1696,  Abigail  Broughton,  who  died 
December  31,  17 16.  Children,  all  by  first 
wife,  born  at  Woburn:  i.  Ruth,  February  17, 
1674-75 ;  married  John  Walker,  son  of  Deacon 
Samuel  Walker ;  lived  in  Woburn,  Lexington 
and  Framingham.    2.  Thomas,  May  19,  1677: 


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married  Sarah  Cheever,  lived  in  Sherborn 
and  Framingham.  3.  Mary,  February  27, 
1680;  married,  1698-99,  Joseph  Whitcomb. 
4.  Samuel,  October  29,  1682;  mentioned  be- 
low. 5.  Ralph,  May  4,  1685 ;  lived  in  Lan- 
caster. 6.  Eleazer,  November  16,  1687.  7. 
Jabez  (twin),  September  10,  1692.  8.  Jane 
(twin),  September  10,  1692;  married,  1712, 
Joseph  Russell.  9.  Infant,  born  and  died  De- 
cember 16,  1695. 

(III)  Samuel,  son  of  Thomas  Kendall,  was 
born  October  29,  1682.  He  married  Eliza- 
beth   .     Children,  all  born  in  Woburn : 

I.  Rev.  Samuel,  born  June  30,  1708,  died  Jan- 
uary 31,  1792;  pastor  of  church  at  New  Sa- 
lem, Massachusetts,  many  years ;  married 
Annie  Green.  2.  James,  born  April  28,  1710, 
died    November    25,    1796;    married     (first) 

Lydia  ;  (second)  July  21,  1735,  Sarah 

Richardson;  (third)  March  i,  1740,  Lydia 
Richardson.  3.  Josiah,  born  September  i, 
1712.  4.  Ezekiel,  born  March  14,  1715,  died 
December  28,  1802 ;  married  (first)  March  3, 
1742,  Hannah  Pierpont;  (second)  December 
21,  1752,  Mary  May.  5.  Timothy,  born  March 
23',  1717,  died  July  21,  1780;  married,  Novem- 
ber 13,  1740,  Esther  Walker.  6.  Elizabeth, 
born  September  3,  1719;  married  John  Brooks. 
7.  Jonas,  born  March  10,  1721,  died  July  22, 
1799;  married,  August  8,  1751,  Elizabeth 
Bennet.  8.  Sarah,  born  April  16,  1723;  mar- 
ried John  Kendall.  9.  Susanna,  born  July  5, 
1724;  unmarried.  10.  Obadiah,  born  Septem- 
ber 3,  1725,  died  February  10,  1841 ;  married, 
October  17,  1755,  Elizabeth  Miles.  11.  Jesse, 
mentioned  below.  12.  Seth,  born  January  4, 
1728-29,  died  July  5,   1790;  married  Deborah 

.     13.  Abigail,  born  February  27,  1730- 

31  :  married  Jacob  Pierce.  14.  Ephraim,  born 
November  9,  1732,  died  February  16,  1732-33. 
15.  Jerusha,  born  February  13,  1734-35;  mar- 
ried Reuben  Richardson,  Jr.,  of  Woburn. 

(IV)  Jesse,  son  of  Samuel  Kendall,  was 
born  May  15,  1727,  at  Woburn,  died  at  Athol, 
April  14,  1797.  He  resided  at  Woburn,  Med- 
ford  and  Athol,  Massachusetts.  He  married, 
March,  1749,  Elizabeth  Evans,  who  died  June 
20  or  22,  1813,  in  her  eighty-first  year  (grave- 
stone record).  Children,  born  at  Woburn, 
Athol  and  Medford:  Elizabeth,  August  17, 
1751;  Mary,  November  25,  1753;  Jesse,  Feb- 
ruary II,  1756;  Hannah,  December  18,  1757; 
Olive,  March  31,  1760;  Joel,  March  11,  1762; 
Samuel,  January  20,  1764;  Andrew,  April  17, 
1766;  David,  March  20,  1768;  Calvin,  July 
15,  1770;  Lois,  September  16,  1772;  Anna, 
May  4,  1775. 

(V)  Rev.  David,  son  of  Jesse  Kendall,  was 
born  in  Athol,  Massachusetts,  March  20,  1768. 
He  graduated  from   Harvard   College  in  the 


class  of  1794.  Fie  was  called  to  the  pastorate 
of  the  Congregational  church  of  Hubbardston, 
Worcester  county,  Massachusetts,  July  i, 
1802,  and  settled  as  minister  with  a  salary  of 
$400  a  year.  His  letter  of  acceptance  has 
been  preserved : 

"To  the  Church  and  People  of  Hubbardston : 
Beloved  in  the  Lorde  Jesus  Christ:  Your  invita- 
tion requesting  me  to  settle  with  you  in  the  gospel 
ministry  has  been  taken  into  serious  and  deliberate 
consideration ;  counsel  has  been  sought  of  heaven, 
and  christian  advice  received.  Thus  far  appears  no 
obstacle  in  the  way  of  my  compliance  with  your 
wishes,  but  as  it  is  a  duty  enjoined  by  the  gospel 
that  'every  one  should  provide  for  his  own,  espec- 
ially those  of  his  own  house' ;  and  as  it  is  required 
that  'they  who  preach  the  gospel  should  live  of  the 
gospel'  and  that  he  who  ministers  to  a  people  'in 
spiritual  things,  should  be  partaker  of  their  tem- 
poral things',  it  is  highly  fit  and  proper  that  the 
means  for  a  comfortable  and  decent  support  should 
be  taken  into  consideration,  when  we  deliberate  on 
a  subject  of  so  much  importance  as  the  devoting 
one's  self  to  the  service  of  a  people  in  the  work  of 
the  ministry.  Candid  deliberation  and  friendly  ad- 
vice have  accordingly  been  taken  on  this  part  of 
the  subject.  From  which  it  appears  that  the  stipu- 
lation proposed  for  an  annual  salary  would  of  itself 
alone,  be  rather  inadequate  to  the  numerous  ex- 
penses incident  to  a  clerical  life,  taking  into  view, 
at  the  same  time,  the  propriety  of  making  suitable 
provision  for  those  whom  it  may  please  God  to 
give  us  the  care  of,  together  with  the  very  high 
price  of  land,  which  is  the  foundation  of  all  tem- 
poral subsistence.  But  I  have  further  taken  into 
account  the  friendly  and  benevolent  disposition  of 
the  people  of  this  town,  heretofore  manifested  to- 
ward their  pastor,  and  the  assurances  which  have 
been  given  me,  that  the  same  would  be  continued 
toward  his  successor.  Particular  encouragements 
have  been  specified,  upon  which  I  am  requested  to 
rely  with  implicit  confidence,  and  I  do  not  scruple 
the  sincerity  of  these  proposals,  and  it  would  no 
doubt  be  deemed  a  want  of  christian  candor  to 
anticipate  a  dereliction  from  them,  so  long  as  the 
relation  of  pastor  and  people  should  continue  be- 
tween us,  provided  it  be  once  formed. 

"The  above  particulars  being  duly  weighed  and 
considered,  I  have  seen  fit,  with  submission  to  di- 
vine Providence,  to  accept  of  your  invitation  and 
encouragements,  so  long  as  these  encouragements 
are  realized.  And  I  do  therefore  make  known  to 
you  by  these  presents,  my  willingness  to  serve  you 
in  the  work  of  the  gospel  ministry,  according  to  the 
grace  which  is,  or  may  be  given  unto  me,  to  en- 
able me  to  fulfil  this  arduous  and  important  serv- 
ice. And  may  this  decision  in  all  its  effects  and 
consequences  be  attended  with  the  blessing  of 
Almighty  God,  'to  whom  I  now  commend  you 
and  to  the  word  of  his  grace,  and  to  the  Spirit 
of  all  truth  which  are  able  to  build  you  up  in 
faith  and  holiness,  to  establish  you  in  every  good 
word  and  work,  and  to  give  you  an  inheritance 
among  all  them  that  are  sanctified.'  That  this 
may  be  your  happy  lot  and  portion  may  God  in 
his  infinite  mercy  grant,  through  Jesus  Christ 
our  Lord.     Amen. 

"D.wiD   Kendall." 

"Note. — The  liberty  of  being  absent  three  or  four 
Sabbaths  in  a  year,  if  need  so  require,  is  usually 
reserved  by  ministers,  at  the  time  of  their  settle- 
ment ;   this  indulgence  will  also  be  expected  by  me. 


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He  was  ordained  October  20,  1802.  "He 
was  a  man  of  sound  principles,  but  apparently 
of  very  different  temper  and  spirit  from  his 
predecessor.  When  they  wanted  to  get  rid  of 
him,  they  did  not  find  him  the  man  to  sacri- 
fice all  his  own  interests  to  accommodate  them. 
The  relation  between  pastor  and  people  did 
not  long  remain  harmonious.  Grievances  were 
magnified  by  prejudice  and  bitter  criminations 
followed.  The  people  charged  the  minister 
with  a  want  of  sympathy  for  them  generally 
and  he  complained  of  their  neglect  to  fulfill 
their  implied,  though  unwritten,  promises,  of 
pecuniary  aid,  made  at  the  time  of  settlement. 
He  was  finally  dismissed  though  a  majority  of 
the  church  members  appeared  to  wish  him  to 
remain.  He  was  installed  pastor  of  the  Con- 
gregational church  at  Augusta,  New  York,  in 
1810,  and  dismissed  in  1814.  He  was  never 
settled  as  pastor  afterward.  He  died  Febru- 
ary 19,  1853,  aged  eighty-five. 

He  married,  February  3,  1803,  Susannah, 
daughter  of  Nathaniel  Jarvis,  of  Cambridge, 
Massachusetts.  His  wife  died  February  3, 
1832.  Children,  born  at  Hubbardston  and  Au- 
gusta :  Mary  Ann,  January  10,  1804;  married 
George  Gaylord ;  Rebecca  Parkman  Jarvis, 
May  9,  1805 ;  Elizabeth  Wyeth,  September  28, 
1806;  David  Luther,  April  13,  1808,  married 
Covell ;  Leonard  Jarvis,  mentioned  be- 
low;  Mary  Jarvis,  August  4,  1813,  died 
young;  Samuel  Austin,  October  11,  1815;  Na- 
thaniel Wyeth,  January  14,  1818. 

(VI)  Leonard  Jarvis,  son  of  Rev.  David 
Kendall,  was  born  in  Augusta,  New  York, 
July  31,  1810.  He  was  by  occupation  a 
"farmer.  He  married  (first)  Olive  Kendall,  a 
cousin,  daughter  of  Calvin  Kendall,  who  lived 
at  Athol.  He  married  (second)  October  i, 
1840,  Sarah  Rebecca  Spencer,  of  Utica,  New 
York,  who  died  in  1855.  He  married  (third) 
Sarah  Maria  Coburn,  a  widow,  born  1820,  died 
March  4,  1910,  aged  eighty-nine  years,  eight 
months.  Only  child  by  first  wife:  i.  Susan 
Olive,  born  January  16,  1837 ;  married  Moses 
M.  Sawin;  children:  Jennie  Olive,  Charles 
Austin,  Susan  Kendall,  Herbert  Edward,  Alice 
Laura  and  George  Alfred  Sawin.  Children  by 
second  wife :  2.  Austin  Jarvis,  married  Oc- 
tober 25,  1865,  Lucinda  Miller:  children:  i. 
Willis  Austin,  born  October  16,  1867;  ii.  Lena 
Elizabeth,  June  23,  1871 ;  iii.  Nathaniel  Wyeth, 
April  24,  1876.     3.  Sarah  E.,  born  December 

4,  1843 ;   married   Jackson ;   children : 

Frederick,  Mildred  Elizabeth.  Charlotte  May, 
and  Herbert  Spencer  Jackson.  4.  Nathaniel 
Wyeth,  born  May  12,  1848,  mentioned  below. 

5.  Albert  Spencer,  born  March  6,  1850;  mar- 
ried, August  I,  1876,  Katherine  M.  Shaw; 
children :   Waldo   Shaw,   Leonard   Jarvis   and 


Marion  Elizabeth.  6.  Herbert  Parkman,  born 
March  6,  1850  (twin  of  Albert  S.)  ;  married 
Lotta  K.  Brown ;  children  :  Grace  Louise,  Ella 
Leore,  Clara  Maude,  Herbert  Parkman,  Jr., 
and  Harriet.  7.  Eugene  Miles,  born  May  20, 
1852;  married  Mary  Jennie  Jones;  children: 
Alary  Louisa  and  Leonard  Jarvis  Kendall. 
Child  of  third  wife:  8.  Calvin  Noyes,  born 
February  9,  1858;  married  Alia  Field;  child, 
David. 

(VII)  Nathaniel  Wyeth,  son  of  Leonard 
Jarvis  Kendall,  was  born  at  Augusta,  Oneida 
county.  New  York,  May  12,  1848.  He  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools.  Since  1896  he 
has  made  his  home  at  Kenmore,  a  beautiful 
country  estate  at  New  Haven,  Connecticut. 
The  house  is  situated  on  an  elevation  giving  a 
most  picturesque  view  of  Long  Island  sound, 
river,  harbor,  and  city  of  New  Haven.  He 
has  large  business  interests  in  New  Haven. 
Since  1885  he  has  been  president  of  the  Yale 
Brewing  Company  of  New  Haven.  He  is  a 
director  of  the  Mechanics  Bank  of  New 
Haven ;  president  of  the  Cashin  Card  and 
Glazed  Paper  Company  ;  vice-president  and  di- 
rector of  the  Consumers'  Malting  Company  of 
Minneapolis,  Minnesota;  director  of  the  Na- 
tional Brewers'  Insurance  Company  of  Chi- 
cago, Illinois ;  president  of  the  Connecticut 
Brewers'  Association ;  director  of  the  Under- 
writers' Agency  Company.  He  was  formerly 
president  of  the  United  States  Brewers'  As- 
sociation. He  is  also  a  member  of  Crystal 
Wave  Lodge,  No.  638,  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons,  of  Brooklyn,  New  York,  and  is  past 
worshipful  master  of  this  lodge ;  member  of 
Constellation  Chapter,  No.  209,  Royal  Arch 
Masons,  also  of  Brooklyn :  of  the  Sons  of  the 
American  Revolution;  the  Union  League 
Club,  the  Ouinnipiack  Club,  the  Farmers'  Club 
and  the  Chamber  of  Commerce.  In  politic? 
he  is  a  Republican.  He  married,  December 
20,  1894,  Harriet  Frances,  born  July  2,  1862, 
daughter  of  William  R.  Terry.  Child :  Na- 
thaniel Wyeth,  Jr.,  born  May  31,  1898. 


(VI)  Daniel  (2)  Denison,  son 
DENISON  of  Daniel  (i)  Denison  (q.  v.), 
was  born  December  16,  1730. 
He  married,  July  i,  1756,  Katherine  Avery, 
daughter  of  his  mother's  second  husband.  He 
settled  in  Stephentown,  New  York,  about 
1773,  and  he  and  his  wife  were  both  buried 
there.  He  died  in  1793  and  she  died  in  1825, 
aged  eighty-eight.  Children :  r.  Katherine, 
born  July  24,  1757.  2.  Daniel,  September  26, 
1758.  3.  Ebenezer  A.,  January  26,  1760,  men- 
tioned below.  4.  Jonathan,  May  17,  1761.  5. 
George,  April  12,  1763.  6.  Griswold,  August 
21,   1765.     7.  Asenath,  February  24,  1767.    8. 


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87 


David,  March  19,  1769.  9.  Latham,  March 
8,  1771.  10.  A  child,  born  and  died  August 
18,  1773..  II.  Samuel,  August  24,  1774.  12. 
Elihu,  April  14,  1777.  13.  Thomas,  May  5, 
1779. 

(VII)  Ebenezer  A.,  son  of  Daniel  (2)  Den- 
ison,  was  born  January  26,  1760.  He  mar- 
ried, in  1784,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  (Spencer)  Jones. 
Children:  i.  Katherine,  1786.  2.  Ebenezer  A. 
Jr.,  1788.  3.  Hannah,  1790.  4.  Polly,  1792. 
5.  Child,  born  and  died,  1794.  6.  William, 
1795,  mentioned  below.  7.  Alma,  1797.  8. 
Orpha.  1799.    9.  Avery,  1802. 

(VIII)  William,  son  of  Ebenezer  A.  Deni- 
son,  was  born  in  1795,  died  January  16,  1874. 
He  was  a  farmer  in  Berne,  New  York,  but 
lived  for  several  years  in  later  life  at  Still- 
water, New  York.  He  married,  July  15,  1823, 
Eunice,  born  October  5,  1800,  died  June  5, 
1878,  daughter  of  Nathaniel  and  Lucy  (La- 
tham) Gallup  (see  Gallup  XII).  Children:  i. 
William  Latham,  born  April  11,  1824;  mar- 
ried. December  22,  1847,  Margaret  Crary ;  he 
was  a  manufacturer  of  cotton  knit  goods  at 
Stillwater,  New  York,  under  the  name  of  the 
Denison  Manufacturing  Company.  2.  Sabina, 
July  II,  1826;  married,  January  9,  1847,  Hi- 
ram Holmes  ;  who  died  May  2,  1881,  at  Wash- 
ington, D.  C.  3.  Lucy  Latham,  February  24, 
1829 ;  married  December  26,  1848,  Harvey  H. 
Hart,  and  lived  at  Stillwater.  4.  Albert  Gal- 
lup, mentioned  below.  5.  Elizabeth,  August 
26,  1833 ;  married,  August  26,  1855,  and  lived 
at  Stillwater.  6.  Caroline,  September  23, 
1837 ;  married,  January  7,  1858,  Lucius  F. 
Spencer,  and  lived  at  Passaic,  New  Jersey.  7. 
Emily,  May  8,  1840;  married,  August  29, 
i860,  Thomas  Morey ;  she  died  October  21, 
1891. 

(IX)  Albert  Gallup,  son  of  William  Deni- 
son, was  born  March  24,  1830,  at  Berne,  Al- 
bany county.  New  York,  died  May  28,  1883. 
He  was  a  manufacturer  of  knit  goods  at  Still- 
water, in  partnership  with  his  brother, 
William  L.  He  married,  February  15, 
1852,  Maria  Neilson,  born  September 
23,  1833,  died  June  3,  1909,  daughter 
of  Charles  and  Elizabeth  (Reed)  Neil- 
son.  Children:  i.  Louise  Neilson.  born 
March  2,  1853  ;  married,  November  18,  1880, 
Dr.  George  P.  Harvey  Taylor ;  children :  i. 
Helen  Denison,  born  September  13,  1881  ;  ii. 
Lewis  Dunscombe,  born  July  28,  1884,  died 
September  21,  1884.  2.  Dr.  Rial  Newland, 
born  December  15,  1855  ;  married  Helen  Dur- 
kee,  daughter  of  George  and  Sarah  (Durkee) 
Crary :  children :  George  Crary,  born  August 
23,  1881,  died  July  24,  1883 ;  ii.  Rial  New- 
land,  Jr.,  born  June  2,  1885,  died  January  29, 
1907 ;    married,    August    2,     1903,    Genevive 


Whitehead,  of  Newark,  New  Jersey,  and  have 
one  daughter,  Ruth,  born  Felaruary  15,  1905. 
Dr.  Denison  graduated  from  Long  Island  Col- 
lege Hospital  at  Brooklyn,  New  York,  with 
the  degree  of  M.D.  in  1877,  also  from  the 
New  York  Homeopathic  Medical  Colleg-e  in 
1878;  he  practiced  his  profession  in  Brooklyn, 
New  York.  3.  Dr.  Charles  Neilson.  mentioned 
below. 

(X)  Dr.  Charles  Neilson  Denison,  son  of 
Albert  Gallup  Denison,  was  born  at  Still- 
water, New  York,  July  9,  1870.  He  attended 
the  public  schools  of  his  native  town  and  the 
Polytechnic  Institute  of  Brooklyn,  New  York. 
He  was  employed  for  two  years  in  a  manu- 
facturing concern  and  afterward  in  a  Wall 
Street  banking  house  for  a  time.  In  Septem- 
ber, 1890,  he  entered  the  Long  Island  College 
Hospital  of  Brooklyn  and  was  graduated 
there  with  the  degree  of  M.D.,  March  21, 
1893.  Two  months  later  he  was  appointed 
interne  at  Ward's  Island  Hospital,  now  known 
as  the  Metropolitan  Hospital,  Blackwell's  Isl- 
and, New  York  City.  He  began  to  practice  at 
White  River  Junction,  Vermont,  and  re- 
mained there  six  months,  removing  thence 
to  Cheshire,  Connecticut,  October  20,  1894, 
and  practicing  in  that  town  a  year  and  a  half. 
From  April,  1896,  to  November.  1898,  he  prac- 
ticed at  Wallingford,  Connecticut,  and  since 
then  he  has  been  located  at  Cheshire,  Con- 
necticut. He  is  a  member  of  the  New  Haven 
County  Medical  Society ;  Connecticut  State 
Medical  Society.  He  is  medical  examiner  for 
the  town  of  Cheshire,  and  also  health  officer. 
He  is  a  member  and  past  master  of  Temple 
Lodge,  No.  16,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  of 
Cheshire ;  member  of  Franklin  Chapter,  No. 
2,  Royal  Arch  Masons,  of  New  Haven ;  of  L. 
A.  Thomas  Lodge,  No.  9,  Independent  Order 
of  Odd  Fellows,  of  Cheshire;  of  Patrons  of 
Husbandry.  He  was  for  a  time  a  member  of 
the  school  board.  He  enlisted  in  the  Second 
Company  of  the  Governors  Foot  Guard  as 
a  private,  was  advanced  to  assistant  surgeon 
with  the  rank  of  lieutenant,  and  then  surgeon 
with  the  rank  of  captain  under  Major  Smith 
G.  Weed.  He  was  honorably  discharged  after 
seven  years  of  service.  He  is  an  examiner  for 
several  life  insurance  companies. 

He  married,  January  23,  1895,  Minnie 
Louise  Conkey,  born  March  19,  187 1,  daugh- 
ter of  WilHam  S.  and  Louise  J.  (Brazier) 
Conkey,  of  Troy.  They  have  no  children. 
Her  grandfather,  John  Conkey,  was  probate 
judge  of  Troy,  New  York.  The  family  came 
from  Essex  county,  Massachusetts,  and  one 
of  her  progenitors  was  the  first  white  child 
born  at  Salem,  New  York.  Her  father  was 
a  soldier  in  the  civil  war,  in  Company  B,  Thir- 


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tieth   New    York    Volunteers,   under   Captain 
Scott,    and   was    discharged    for   disability    in 


The  surname  Gallup,  also 
GALLUP  spelled  Gollop,  is  said  to  be  de- 
rived from  the  German  words 
Gott  and  Lobe,  God  and  Praise,  in  the  same 
way  as  the  surname  Godfrey  is  derived  from 
Gott  and  Freude,  God  and  Peace.  The  name 
is  also  spelled  Kollop,  Golloppe,  Golop,  etc. 
There  is  a  very  ancient  tradition  in  Lorraine, 
where  there  is  a  family  of  that  name,  that 
one  of  their  number  went  to  western  Europe 
as  a  follower  of  William,  Duke  of  Normandy, 
and  never  returned.  In  the  American  family 
of  Gallup,  there  is  also  a  tradition  that  the 
founder  of  the  English  branch  came  from 
France  to  England  at  the  time  of  the  Con- 
quest. The  coat-of-arms  of  the  English  fam- 
ily from  which  the  America  immigrant  de- 
scended is :  Gules  on  a  bend  or  a  lion  passant 
guardant  sable.  Crest:  A  demi-lion  barry  or 
and  sable  holding  in  his  dexter  paw  a  broken 
arrow  gules.  Motto  :  Be  bolde  ;  Be  wyse.  The 
following  pedigree  in  England  of  John  Gol- 
lup,  inDiiigrant  ancestor,  is  taken  from  the 
vizitation  of  Dorset,   1623. 

(I)  John  Gollop  came  out  of  the  north  in 
the  fifth  year  of  the  reign  of  Edward  IV  in 
1465.  He  married  Alice,  daughter  and  heir 
of  William  Temple,  of  county  Dorset,  where 
he  also  lived. 

(II)  John  (2),  of  North  Bowood  and 
Temple,  county  Dorset,  son  of  John  (i)  Gol- 
lop, died  in  1533  in  the  twenty-fifth  year  of 
the  reign  of  Henry  VIII.  He  married  Joan 
Collins,  of  Snails  Croft,  county  Dorset. 

(III)  Thomas,  of  North  Bowood,  son  and 
heir  of  John  (2)  Gollop,  died  April  8,  1610, 
in  the  reign  of  James  I.  He  married  Agneta, 
daughter  of  Humphrey  Watkins,  of  Holwell, 
county  Dorset.  Children:  Egedins,  went  to 
Rome  and  became  a  priest :  Humphrey,  died 
without  issue  ;  John,  mentioned  below  ;  Thom- 
as, heir  of  North  Bowood  and  Strode ;  died 
December,    1622. 

(IV)  John  (3),  Gallup!  son  of  Thomas 
Gollop,  married  —  Crabbe. 

(V)  John  (4),  son  of  John  (3)  Gallup, 
immigrant  ancestor,  was  born  in  England  in 
1590,  as  he  was  forty-three  years  old  at  the 
time  of  the  visitation  of  Dorset,  England,  in 
1633.  The  family  from  which  he  descended 
has  descendants  who  still  occupy  the  estate  at 
Strode.  He  sailed  from  Plymouth,  England, 
March  20,  1630,  in  the  ship,  "Mary  and  John," 
arriving  at  Nantasket,  May  30  following.  His 
wife  and  children  came  over  in  1633.  He 
came   from   the   parish   of    Mosterne,   county 


Dorset,  England.  He  went  first  to  Dorchester, 
Massachusetts,  but  was  soon  living  in  Bos- 
ton. An  extract  from  a  letter  written  by 
Governor  Winthrop  to  Rev.  John  White,  of 
England,  says :  "I  have  much  difficultye  to 
keepe  John  Gallup  here,  by  reason  his  wife 
will  not  come.  I  marvayle  at  the  woman's 
weaknesse.  I  pray,  persuade  and  further  her 
coming  by  all  means.  If  she  will  come,  let 
her  have  the  remainder  of  his  wages :  if  not, 
let  it  be  bestowed  to  bring  over  his  children, 
for  so  he  desired.  It  would  be  about  40  pounds 
losse  to  him  to  come  for  her."  This  was 
dated  July  4,  1632.  John  Gallup  was  admit- 
ted to  the  First  Church,  January  6,  1634,  and 
made  a  freeman  in  April  of  the  same  year. 
He  was  one  of  the  earliest  grantees  of  land 
at  the  northerly  part  of  the  town,  where  he 
had  a  wharf  right  and  a  house.  The  place 
was  known  as  Gallup's  Point.  He  owned 
Gallup's  Island,  where  he  had  a  farm,  with 
a  meadow  on  Long  Island,  a  sheep  pasture 
on  Nix  ]\Iate,  and  a  house  in  Boston.  He 
was  a  skillful  mariner,  well  acquainted  with 
the  harbor  around  Boston,  and  in  the  habit  of 
making  frequent  trading  expeditions  along  the 
coast  in  his  own  vessels.  One  of  these  ex- 
peditions was  made  memorable  as  being  the 
first  naval  encounter  in  this  country,  when 
he  found  the  murderers  of  his  friend,  John 
Oldham,  in  July,  1636.  The  following  is  an 
account  given  in  a  deposition  by  his  son  John, 
to  Governor  Winthrop :  "That  his  father 
(John  Gallup!  and  another  of  his  brethren, 
a  lusty  young  man  also,  and  a  strong,  stout 
fellow,  who  was  his  father's  servant,  sayelinge 
to-wards  Block  Island,  to  trade  thereabouts, 
not  knowing  of  any  mischief  done  by  those 
Indians.  As  they  drew  neere  to  the  Island 
they  espied  a  vessel  making  off  from  the 
shore,  but  by  They'r  contrary  handling  of 
They'r  sails,  they  supposed  they  were  Indians, 
which  had  taken  some  English  vessel  and 
made  towards  them,  and  then  perceiving  it 
to  be  so,  shot  at  them  three  or  four  vollies, 
as  they  sometimes  came  neare  the  villains,  and 
then  cleared  off  again  to  make  ready,  and 
so  after  a  third  or  fourth  charge  upon  the 
Indians,  all  those  Indians  got  into  the  hold, 
but  old  John  Gallop  coming  with  his  vessell 
close  by  the  other  side,  espied  a  skein  hang 
down,  and  resolved  to  hale  down  that,  and 
take  it  with  them  to  catch  Basse  withal  and 
then  perceived  a  dead  body  under  it,  with  the 
head  cut  off :  he  got  up  into  the  vessel,  bid- 
ding his  two  sons  follow  him,  and  stand  by 
him  with  their  guns  ready  charged  which  they 
did :  and  he  taking  the  bloddy  head  and  wash- 
ing it,  knew  it  to  be  ]\Ir.  Oldham's,  and  said: 
'Ah,  Brother  Oldham,  is  it  thee?     I  am  re- 


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solved  to  avenge  thy  blood,'  and  taking  his 
dagger  to  the  scuttle  hole  in  which  the  In- 
dians were  guoyd,  as  thick  as  they  could  stud, 
head  by  head,  and  he  jobd  his  dagger  very 
often  with  all  his  strength  upon  them,  and 
then  lasht  that  vessel  to  his  vessel,  hoping  to 
tow  them  along  with  them.  Upon  which  one 
Indian  first  got  out  and  begg'd  quarter  for 
his  life,  and  he  could  tell  how  many  were 
in  the  hold,  and  who  they  were  and  what 
they  had  done ;  they  granted  him  that  quarter, 
and  took  and  bound  him,  and  put  him  down 
into  they'r  hold ;  presently  after,  another,  a 
very  proper  fellow,  got  out  and  got  to  them, 
and  desired  like  quarter  for  himself;  but  they 
considering  if  they  spared  and  bound  him 
also,  in  they'r  hold,  they  iTiight  in  the  night 
unbind  each  other  and  do  them  mischief, 
being  but  four  persons,  and  much  tyred, 
whereupon,  without  further  debate,  they  chopt 
off  his  head,  and  heaved  his  carcass  over- 
board ;  upon  which  the  other  Indian  con- 
fessed to  them  that  he  was  they's  sachem 
whom  they  had  killed,  and  that  it  was  he 
who  stirred  the  Block  Islanders  to  take  that 
English  vessel  and  cramb  (kill)  the  men  in  it. 
Now  the  wind  waxing  higher  and  contrary, 
they  could  not  tow  the  other  vessel  and  far- 
ther cut  they'r  rope  and  let  her  drive  and 
hasted  to  Saybrook  fort  with  the  captive  In- 
dian to  give  them  full  information  what  sort 
of  Indians  they  were  who  mirthered  the  Eng- 
lish ;  whereupon  that  just  war  was  commenced 
against  the  bloody  Pequots  and  they'r  asso- 
ciates." After  the  settlement  of  Rhode  Island 
and  Connecticut,  his  vessel  was  about  the 
only  method  of  communication  between  the 
two  colonies,  and  once  when  he  was  delayed 
in  his  trip,  Roger  Williams  wrote  to  Gover- 
nor Winthrop,  "God  be  praised  John  Gallop 
has  arrived."  He  achieved  great  distinction 
by  piloting  the  ship  "Griffin"  in  1633  through 
a  new  channel,  when  Rev.  John  Cotton,  Rev. 
Thomas  Hooker,  Rev.  Mr.  Stone,  and  other 
notables  were  aboard  among  her  two  hun- 
dred passengers.  It  is  supposed  that  his  wife 
and  children  were  on  board  also.  He  died 
in  Boston,  January  11,  1650.  His  will  was 
dated  December  20,  1649.  He  married,  in 
England,  Christobel ,  who  died  in  Bos- 
ton, September  27,  1655.  She  was  admitted 
to  the  First  Church,  June  22,  1634.  Her  will 
was  dated  July  24,  1655.  Children :  John, 
mentioned  below ;  Joan,  married,  1637,  Thom- 
as Joy ;  Samuel,  married,  November  20,  1650, 
Mary  Philips;  Nathaniel,  married,  April  11, 
1652,  Margaret  Eveley. 

(VI)  Captain  John  (5),  son  of  John  (4), 
Gallup,  was  born  in  England,  and  came  to 
this  country  in  1633.    He  was  with  his  father 


in  the  engagement  off  Block  Island,  and  after- 
wards engaged  in  the  Pequot  war.  The  gen- 
eral court  of  Connecticut  granted  him  a  hun- 
dred acres  of  land  for  his  services  in  that  war. 
He  settled  in  New  London,  .Connecticut,  in 
1650-51.  On  February  9,  1652-53,  he  re- 
ceived three  hundred  acres  of  land  on  the 
Mystic  river,  in  consideration  of  his  father's 
military  services,  and  in  the  next  year,  one 
hundred  and  fifty  acres  more,  about  which 
there  had  been  some  disagreement.  In  1654 
he  moved  with  his  family  to  the  east  side  of 
the  Mystic  river,  now  Stonington,  and  was 
one  of  the  early  settlers  of  that  town.  He 
was  deputy  to  the  general  court  in  1665-67. 
He  was  also  an  Indian  interpreter.  Although 
he  was  over  sixty  years  old  when  King 
Philip's  war  broke  out,  he  joined  with  Cap- 
tain John  Mason,  of  Norwich,  at  the  head 
of  the  Mohegans.  These  troops  were  en- 
gaged" in  the  Swamp  fight  at  Narragansett, 
December  19,  1675.  He  was  one  of  the  six 
captains  who  were  killed  in  this  fight.  He 
married,  in  1643,  ^t  Boston,  Elizabeth  Han- 
nah, daughter  of  John  and  Margaret  Lake, 
and  granddaughter  of  Edmund  Read,  Esq.,  of 
Wickford,  county  Essex,  England.  Her 
mother  was  sister  of  Elizabeth  Read,  who 
married  John  Winthrop,  Jr.,  governor  of  Con- 
necticut. Children :  Hannah,  born  at  Boston, 
September  14,  1644  ;  John,  mentioned  below  ; 
Esther,  born  at  Taunton,  Massachusetts, 
March  24,  1653 ;  Benadam,  at  Stonington, 
1655 ;  William,  1658 ;  Samuel ;  Christobel, 
married,  December  31,  1677,  Peter  Crary, 
of  Groton ;  Elizabeth,  married  Henry  Stevens, 
of  Stonington ;  Mary,  married  John  Cole,  of 
Boston ;  Margaret,  married  Joseph  Culver,  of 
Groton. 

(VII)  John  (6),  son  of  Captain  John  (5) 
Gallup,  was  born  in  1646,  died  April  14,  1735. 
He  settled  in  Stonington  and  was  deputy  to 
the  general  court  in  1685-96-97-98.  Pie  served 
with  his  father  in  King  Philip's  war,  and  was 
on  friendly  terms  with  the  Indians,  and  often 
acted  as  interpreter.  He  acted  as  interpreter 
in  1 70 1  for  the  committee  for  renewing  the 
bounds  of  the  Winthrop  land  purchase  at 
Plainfield,  Connecticut,  where  he  owned  land. 
He  married,  in  1675,  Elizabeth,  born  at  Ips- 
wich, February  8,  1654,  daughter  of  Thomas 
and  Martha  (Lake)  Harris,  and  granddaugh- 
ter of  Madame  Margaret  Lake.  Children : 
John,  born  1675  ;  Thomas,  1682 ;  Martha,  bap- 
tized April  2,  1683 ;  Samuel,  baptized  Octo- 
ber 9,  1687 ;  Elizabeth,  baptized  July  14,  1689: 
Nathaniel,  baptized  July  4,  1692,  mentioned 
below ;  William,  baptized  May  26,  1695  ;  Ben- 
jamin, baptized  November  i,  1696. 

(VIII)  Nathaniel,  son  of  John  (6)  Gallup, 


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was  born  at  Stonington,  1692.  He  married 
Margaret,  daughter  of  Benadam  and  Esther 
(Prentice)  Galkip,  June  4,  1717.  He  and  his 
wife  were  admitted  to  the  First  Church  of 
Stonington,  July  20,  1718.  He  died  April  3, 
1739,  and  his  wife  died  March  2,  1761.  Chil- 
dren: Nathaniel,  born  April  29,  1718,  men- 
tioned below ;  John,  January  29,  1720 ; 
Thomas,  April  19,  1722,  died  young;  Mercy, 
April  7,  1725;  Thomas,  August  26,  1727; 
Margaret,  October  12,  1730;  Martha,  July  30, 
1733  ;  Benjamin,  July  26,  1736. 

(IX)  Nathaniel  (2),  son  of  Nathaniel  (i) 
Gallup,  was  born  at  Stonington,  April  29, 
1718.  He  married  Hannah  (Gore)  Burrows, 
widow  of  Silas  Burrows,  and  daughter  of 
Samuel  Gore,  of  Roxbury,  Massachusetts, 
November  24,  1742.  Her  ancestors  were 
among  the  founders  and  earlier  officers  of 
Harvard  College.  Christopher  Gore,  fellow  of 
Harvard  College,  commissioner  of  England 
and  governor  of  Massachusetts,  gave  to  it 
the  endowment  which  bears  its  name.  Nath- 
aniel Gallup  lived  in  Stonington,  and  died  Jan- 
uary II,  1786.  His  wife  died  March  19,  1810, 
aged  ninety.  Children:  Nathaniel,  born  June 
4,  1744.  drowned  at  sea,  aged  twenty;  Sam- 
uel, August  9,  1746,  mentioned  below;  Silas, 
March  9,  1749;  George,  March  20,  1751 ; 
Margaret,  March  20,  1753;  Amos,  August  i, 
1755;  Hannah,  August  22,  1757;  Levi,  March 
26,  1760:  Ezra,  March  13,  1763. 

(X)  Samuel,  son  of  Nathaniel  (2)  Gallup, 
was  born  at  Stonington,  August  9,  1746.  He 
married  (first)  Jemima  Enos,  at  Stonington, 
January  i,  1768.     He  married   (second)   Sara 

.     Soon  after  the  revolutionary  war  he, 

with  his  brothers  Levi,  Silas  and  Ezra,  their 
cousin,  John  Gallup,  and  several  other  fam- 
ilies from  Groton  and  Stonington,  established 
a  settlement  in  Albany  county.  New  York,  in 
the  towns  of  Knox  and  Berne.  He  died  April 
25,  1826;  his  first  wife  died  December  15, 
1795,  aged  forty-nine,  and  his  second  wife 
died  September  i,  1802.  Children:  Joshua, 
August  4,  1769;  Nathaniel,  November  16, 
1770,  mentioned  below;  Samuel,  July  8,  1772; 
Anna,    February   3,    1774;    Hannah,    October 

-  15,  1775;  John  Enos,  July  17,  1777:  Jemima, 
September  27,  1780;  Lydia,  February  16, 
1784;  Nathan,   May   3,    1786. 

(XI)  Nathaniel  (3),  son  of  Samuel  Gal- 
lup, was  born  at  Stonington,  November  16, 
1770.  He  married  Lucy,  daughter  of  Captain 
William  Latham  and  his  wife  Eunice,  of  Gro- 
ton, March  27,  1794.  Captain  Latham  was 
second  in  command  at  the  massacre  of  Fort 
Griswold,  and  was  severely  wounded,  but  re- 
covered ;  he  died  January  27,  1792,  and  his 
wife  died  March  5,  1799.    Lucy  Latham  was 


twelve  years  old  at  the  time  of  the  battle  and 
often  related  to  her  grandchildren  the  story 
of  that  memorable  day.  Lamby,  the  old  col- 
ored servant,  gathered  the  family  together  as 
soon  as  the  British  appeared  at  Eastern  Point,, 
and  drove  them  to  the  Avery  house  two  miles 
away,  and  then  hurried  back  to  the  fort,  and 
fought  by  the  side  of  his  master,  and  was 
killed.  His  name  is  on  the  monument  at 
Groton  as  Sambo,  but  it  should  be  Lambo,  as 
his  name  was  Lambert.  Samuel  Gallup,  fath- 
er of  Nathaniel,  moved  with  his  family  to- 
Albany  county,  New  York,  soon  after  the  rev- 
olution. Nathaniel  returned  to  Groton  and' 
married  there.  There  is  a  record  that  he 
sailed  from  Groton  for  Albany  in  Captain 
Berry's  sloop,  in  1795.  He  settled  in  Berne,. 
Albany  county,  after  his  return  to  New  York 
state.  He  died  April  20,  1834,  and  his  wife 
died  February  i,  1862.  Children:  Albert,, 
born  January  30,  1796;  Nathaniel,  October  2,. 
1798;  Eunice,  mentioned  below. 

(XII)  Eunice,  daughter  of  Nathaniel  (3) 
Gallup,  was  born  at  Berne,  Albany  county,. 
New  York,  October  5,  1800.  She  married 
William  Denison,  July  15,  1823  (see  Deni- 
son  VIII).  They  lived  at  Berne  for  some 
years,  and  at  Stillwater  for  several  years  be- 
fore their  death.  He  died  January  16,  1874,, 
and  she  died  June  5,  1878.  Children:  Wil- 
liam Latham,  born  April  11,  1824:  Sabina, 
July  II,  1826;  Lucy  Latham,  February  24^ 
1829;  Albert  Gallup,  March  24,  1830;  EHza- 
beth,  August  26,  1833 ;  Caroline,  September 
23,  1837 ;  Emily,  May  8,  1840. 


The  Coan  family  is  of  German  de- 
COAN  scent,  and  has  long  been  estab- 
lished in  New  England.  In  1715, 
three  brothers  came  from  Worms,  Germany. 
Their  parents,  who  accompanied  them  on  the- 
emigrant  ship,  died  on  the  voyage,  and  the- 
boys  consequently  landed  in  America  in  a  des- 
titute condition.  The  two  older  brothers  were 
apprenticed  to  Deacon  Mulford,  of  East; 
Hampton,  Long  Island,  where  they  remained 
until  their  marriage,  after  which  they  removed' 
to  Guilford,  Connecticut,  where  they  passed' 
the  remainder  of  their  lives.  The  other 
brother,  Abraham,  left  no  record  of  his  lift 
or  family. 

(I)  Peter  Coan,  one  of  the  brothers  afore- 
mentioned, was  born  in  Worms,  Germany, 
1697.  He  resided  in  East  Hampton,  Long 
Island,  where  he  married  Hannah  Davis,  and; 
subsequently  removed  to  North  Guilford,  Con- 
necticut, where  his  death  occurred  October  31,. 
1799.  Children:  John,  mentioned  below;  Lu- 
cretia,  Rebecca,  Jacob,  born  1734;  MabeL 
Abraham,  Hannah,  Martha,  Elisha ;  Williamj. 


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born  February  24,  1747;  Mary,  born  July  30, 
1750. 

(II)  John,  eldest  son  of  Peter  and  Hannah 
(Davis)  Coan,  was  born  in  East  Hampton, 
Long  Island,  December,  1729,  died  at  Guil- 
ford, Connecticut,  October  18,  1795.  He  ac- 
companied his  parents  to  Guilford  in  1736, 
and  there  spent  the  remainder  of  his  days. 
He  married  (first)  in  1752,  Mabel  Chitten- 
den, born  November  5,  1737,  died  May  12, 
1787.  He  married  (second)  Widow  Francis. 
Children:  Olive,  died  February  12,  1849;  Ma- 
bel, born  1758;  Josiah,  November  20,  1760; 
John,  January,  1763 ;  Rebecca,  1765 ;  Sime- 
on, died  November  5,  1815;  Submit,  born 
December  7,  1769;  Lucretia;  Abraham,  N~o- 
vember  9,  1774 ;  Richard  Davis,  mentioned 
below. 

(III)  Richard  Davis,  youngest  son  of  John 
and  Mabel  (Chittenden)  Coan,  was  born  at 
Guilford,  Connecticut.  He  spent  the  greater 
part  of  his  life  in  the  place  of  his  birth,  and 
iDeing  a  builder  by  occupation  erected  many 
houses  and  public  buildings  there.  Later  he 
removed  to  New  Haven,  where  he  was  ac- 
tively engaged  in  the  building  business,  a 
member  of  the  lumber  and  manufacturing  firm 
of  Lewis  &  Beecher  Company,  who  conducted 
large  planing  mills,  and  was  one  of  the  lead- 
ing industries  of  the  city.  He  was  known 
by  the  title  of  major,  commanding  the  Guil- 
ford troops  on  muster  day.  He  was  very 
prominent  in  the  work  of  St.  Paul's  Episcopal 
Church,  and  later  in  the  Church  of  the  As- 
cension, and  being  a  musician  of  note  was 
active  in  the  choirs  of  both  churches.  After 
his  removal  to  New  Haven,  Mr.  Coan  built 
a  fine  residence  on  Wooster  street,  which  was 
at  that  time  the  finest  residential  section  of 
the  city. 

He  married  Flora  Hitchcock.  Chil- 
dren :  Charles  Richard,  mentioned  below ; 
Francis,  Bennett  Fowler,  Ella,  Augusta.  Wil- 
liam Arthur.  Mr.  Coan  died  of  old  age,  ?ibout 
1890. 

(IV)  Charles  Richard,  son  of  Richard  Da- 
vis and  Flora  (Hitchcock)  Coan,  was  born 
at  Guilford,  Connecticut,  August  5,  1838.  He 
came  to  New  Haven  during  his  boyhood,  and 
he  began  his  business  career  by  assisting  his 
father  in  his  building  operations.  Later  he 
entered  the  New  Haven  County  National 
Bank,  serving  as  teller,  after  which  he  en- 
gaged in  the  insurance  business  with  the  Se- 
curity Insurance  Company.  While  in  their 
employ,  in  1861,  he  enlisted  in  the  United 
States  army  for  service  in  the  civil  war,  and 
recruiting  a  company,  nearly  all  of  whom 
were  from  his  old  home  in  Guilford,  he  was 
made  first  lieutenant,  and  served  under  Cap- 


tain White,  Company  E,  Fifteenth  Regiment, 
Connecticut  Volunteers;  subsequently  he  was 
taken  sick  and  was  honorably  discharged 
from  service.  Returning  to  New  Haven  he 
engaged  in  the  book  and  stationery  business, 
conducting  the  same  for  many  years,  and 
after  disposing  of  it  accepted  the  position  of 
manager  of  the  local  department  of  the  Se- 
curity Insurance  Company,  with  which  he  was 
identified  early  in  life.  He  retired  from  busi- 
ness in  1905,  and  is  now  enjoying  the  fruit 
of  his  former  activity.  He  is  a  Republican 
in  politics,  but  takes  no  active  part  with  the 
exception  of  casting  his  vote.  He  resides  in 
New  Haven,  and  is  honored  and  respected  by 
all  with  whom  he  is  brought  in  contact.  He 
married  Anna  Read,  daughter  of  George  Bald- 
win, and  granddaughter  of ' —  and  Maria 

(Sherman)  Baldwin,  the  former  of  whom  was 
a  soldier  in  the  revolution.  Among  their  chil- 
dren was  George  Richard,  who  is  further  men- 
tioned below. 

(V)  George  Richard,  son  of  Charles  Rich- 
ard and  Anna  Read  (Baldwin)  Coan,  was 
born  in  New  Haven,  Connecticut,  December 
21,  1865. 

He  acquired  his  education  in  the  pub- 
lic schools,  and  after  completing  his  stud- 
ies became  associated  with  his  father  in  the 
book  business.  Later  he  accepted  a  position 
as  salesman  for  a  cigar  and  tobacco  firm,  in 
which  capacity  he  served  until  1890,  when  he 
resigned  in  order  to  engage  in  the  insurance 
business  with  his  father.  For  many  years  he 
was  a  member  of  the  firm  of  C.  R.  Coan  & 
Son,  now  Coan  &  Bunnell,  general  insurance 
agents,  and  manager  of  local  department  of 
the  Security  Insurance  Company,  with  offices 
at  No.  ^y  Center  street,  New  Haven.  Mr. 
Coan  is  a  man  of  enterprise  and  integrity,  pro- 
gressive and  straightforward  in  his  methods, 
and  is  well  known  and  esteemed  in  the  busi- 
ness circles  of  his  native  city.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  St.  Paul's  Protestant  Episcopal  Church 
of  New  Haven,  and  his  political  affiliations 
are  with  the  Republican  party.  He  holds  mem- 
bership in  the  New  Haven  Colony  Historical 
Society,  the  Union  League  Club,  the  Young 
Men's  Institute,  the  Young  Men's  Republican 
Club  of  New  Haven,  the  Automobile  Club  of 
New  Haven,  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  of 
New  Haven,  the  Veteran  Association  of  the 
New  Haven  Bicycle  Club.  He  married 
(first)  December  21,  1887,  Lucy  Mansfield 
Bulkeley,  born  March  19,  1870,  died  July  16, 
1888.  He  married  (second)  in  1892,  Mary 
Lenora,_  daughter  of  John  B.  and  Helen 
(Baldwin)  Bunnell,  of  Waterbury,  Connecti- 
cut. The  only  child  of  the  first  wife  died  in 
infancy. 


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Richard  Billings,  immigrant 
BILLINGS     ancestor,     was     granted     six 

acres  of  land  in  Hartford  in 
1640.  He  signed  a  contract  with  Governor 
Webster  and  others  to  remove  and  settle  at 
Hadley  in  1659.  In  1661  he  removed  there 
and  lived  in  that  part  of  the  town  which  be- 
came Hatfield.  He  died  March  3,  1679.  He 
married  Margery ,  who  died  Decem- 
ber 5,  1679.  They  had  a  son  Samuel,  men- 
tioned below. 

(II)  Samuel,  son  of  Richard  Billings,  re- 
sided in  Hatfield  and  died  there  February  i, 
1678.  He  married,  in  1661,  Sarah,  daughter 
of  Richard  and  Ursula  Fellows.  She  married 
(second)  October  9,  1678,  Samuel  Belden  Jr., 
and  died  February  5,  1713.  Children:  Sam- 
uel, born  January  8,  1665,  mentioned  below; 
Ebenezer,  October  29,  1669;  Sarah,  died,  July 
15,  1674;  Richard,  born  April  7,  1672;  John, 
October  11,  1674,  killed  by  the  Indians,  July 
15,  1698;  Sarah,  October  18,  1676. 

(III)  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Samuel  (i)  Bil-- 
lings,  was  born  in  Hatfield,  January  8,  1665. 
He  married  (first)  November  18,  1686,  Han- 
nah Wright,  who  died  November  18,  1687; 
(second)  Rebecca  Miller,  widow,  born  March 
26,  1661,  daughter  of  John  and  Sarah 
(ITeald)  Miller.  Children:  Samuel;  Sarah, 
March  15,  1697;  Joseph,  November  15,  1700, 
mentioned  below ;  Zechariah,  November  29, 
1702 :  Benjamin,  January  18,  1705. 

(IV)  Joseph,  son  of  Samuel  (2)  Billings, 
was  born  in  Hatfield,  November  15,  1700,  died 
there  about  1783.  He  was  one  of  a  company 
organized  to  fight  the  Indians.  He  married, 
January  7,  1726,  Elizabeth  (Colton)  Kellogg, 
born  April  5,  1686,  daughter  of  Thomas  and 
Sarah  Colton,  of  Springfield.  He  had  a  son 
Joseph,  mentioned  below. 

(V)  Joseph  (2),  son  of  Joseph  (i)  Bil- 
lings, was,  with  his  father,  his  father's  broth- 
ers, Benjamin,  Zechariah  and  Samuel,  and 
his  own  cousin,  Benjamin,  Jr.,  among  a  com- 
pany of  about  seventy  men  who,  in  or  about 
1763,  petitioned  Governor  Benning  Went- 
worth,  of  New  Hampshire,  for  a  grant  of 
land.  On  August  17,  1763,  they  were  gran- 
ted a  royal  charter  by  George  III,  of  twenty- 
three  thousand  and  forty  acres  of  land  on  the 
borders  of  Lake  Champlain,  to  be  incorpora- 
ted into  the  town  of  Swanton,  yielding  and 
paying  therefor,  for  the  space  of  ten  years 
from  December  25,  1763,  annually,  if  de- 
manded, the  rent  of  one  ear  of  Indian  corn, 
also  one  shilling  to  be  paid  annually  forever, 
by  each  proprietor,  for  every  hundred  acres 
he  owns,  settles  or  possesses.  This  charter 
is  a  remarkably  interesting  document,  begin- 
ning: "George  the  Third — by  grace  of  God, 


of  Great  Britain,  France  and  Ireland,  King, 
defender  of  the  Faith  etc.,"  and  ending:  "By 
His  Excellency's  Command,  B.  Wentworth, 
Province  of  New  Hampshire,  Aug.  17,  1763." 
The  names  signed  to  this  charter  as  grantees 
include  those  of  the  four  brothers,  Joseph, 
Benjamin,  Zechariah  and  Samuel  Billings; 
Joseph  Billings,  Jr.,  Benjamin  Billings,  Jr., 
also  Asa,  David,  Silas  and  Samuel  Billings. 
Joseph,  Jr.,  was  possibly  later  of  Windsor, 
Vermont.  No  Billings  was  ever  an  original 
land  holder  in  Windsor. 

(VI)  Rufus,  son  of  Joseph  (2)  Billings, 
was  a  resident  of  Windsor,  Vermont,  and  had 
a  son  Ethan  F.,  mentioned  below. 

(VII)  Ethan  F.,  son  of  Rufus  Billings, 
was  born  in  Windsor,  Vermont,  January  27, 
1807,  died  September  11,  1848.  He  was  a 
blacksmith  by  trade.  He  married  Clarissa  M., 
daughter  of  James  Marsh,  of  Rockingham, 
Vermont.  Child :  Charles  Ethan,  mentioned 
below. 

(VIII)  Charles  Ethan,  son  of  Ethan  F.  Bil- 
lings, was  born  December  5,  1835,  i"  Wind- 
sor, Vermont.  His  parents  removed  to  Wea- 
thersfield,  Vermont,  when  he  was  young,  and 
he  received  his  early  education  in  the  public 
schools  of  that  town.  In  1852,  when  seven- 
teen years  of  age,  he  was  apprenticed  for 
three  years  to  the  Robbins  &  Lawrence  Com- 
pany, machinists  and  gun  makers  at  Windsor. 
By  the  terms  of  indenture  the  mother  agreed 
to  provide  for  her  son  at  her  own  expense, 
board,  lodging,  clothing,  etc.,  and  the  com- 
pany agreed  to  instruct  him  in  the  art  and 
trade  of  a  machinist,  and  to  pay  him  for  his 
services  fifty,  fifty-five  and  sixty  cents  per 
day  for  the  first,  second,  and  third  years  re- 
spectively. Along  in  the  middle  fifties  he 
went  to  Hartford,  Connecticut,  and  in  June, 
1856,  was  employed  by  the  Colt  Arms  Com- 
pany, working  as  a  die-sinker  in  the  forging 
department.  The  drop  hammer  then  in  use 
was  quite  complicated  and  expensive  to  keep 
in  repair,  and  the  young  machinist  soon  be- 
came convinced  that  the  work  could  be  done 
in  an  easier  way.  In  1862  he  began  working 
in  the  gun  factories  of  E.  Remington  &  Sons 
in  Utica,  New  York,  where  he  formulated 
his  ideas  gained  from  experience  and  obser- 
vation in  the  Colt's  Armory,  and  built  up, 
though  with  doubts  of  his  employers,  a  plant 
for  drop  forgings  which  increased  the  effi- 
ciency of  labor  forty-fold  in  the  production  of 
various  parts  of  their  pistols.  Here  he  de- 
vised a  new  method  of  forcing  the  metal  into 
the  frame,  which  saved  the  company  $50,- 
000  on  their  contracts.  Returning  to  Hart- 
ford in  1865,  he  was  for  the  next  three  years 
acting    superintendent   of   the    manufacturing 


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department  of  the  Weed  Sewing  Machine 
Company.  Here  he  introduced  drop  hammers 
for  forging  several  parts  of  the  machine,  not- 
ably the  shuttles,  which  before  had  been  made 
in  several  pieces,  brazed  together.  In  1867 
Mr.  Billings  patented  his  invention  for  forg- 
ing them  from  a  single  piece  of  bar  steel, 
running  four  pairs  of  dies  for  the  operation. 
This  process  reduced  the  cost  of  shuttles  one- 
half,  and  has  been  universally  adopted.  His 
present  compan)^  has  made  upwards  of  four 
millions  of  them.  After  a  short  absence  in 
Amherst.  Massachusetts,  at  the  close  of  his 
term  with  the  Weed  Compan)',  jMr.  Billings, 
in  1869,  settled  permanently  at  Hartford,  and 
at  this  time  associated  with  C.  M.  Spencer 
and  organized  the  Roper  Sporting  Arms  Com- 
pany, which  at  the  very  outset  experienced 
severe  reverses  in  the  manufacture  of  the  Ro- 
per sporting  gun.  Mr.  Billings  tiaen  organ- 
ised the  Billings  &  Spencer  Company,  which 
in  1870  took  up  drop  forgings  as  a  specialty, 
and  soon  advanced  to  a  commanding  posi- 
tion. 

Mr;  Billings's  life  work  has  been  in  the 
main  given  to  the  development  of  the  business 
of  drop  forgings.  He  early  saw  the  great  sav- 
ing of  labor  to  be  effected,  as  well  as  the  im- 
provement which  could  be  made  in  numerous 
small  parts  of  machines.  Starting  from  the 
crude  efforts  of  several  persons  who  preceded 
him  in  that  line,  he  has  brought  the  art  up  to 
its  present  high  standard.  By  his  method, 
bars  of  iron,  steel  bronze  or  copper  can  be 
transformed  into  pieces  of  irregular  shape 
and  size  with  rapidity  and  precision.  The 
dies  are  made  from  blocks  of  the  best  bar 
steel,  and  in  these  are  cut  the  form  of  the 
article  to  be  forged  one-half  of  the  thickness 
in  the  lower  and  the  other  half  in  the  upper 
die,  and  both  parts  are  then  hardened  to  the 
proper  temper.  One  die  is  fastened  to  the 
base,  and  its  counterpart  to  the  hammer  of 
the  drop.  Where  the  shape  to  be  produced 
is  unusually  complicated,  a  series  of  dies  is 
used,  and  red-hot  bars  are  subjected  to  the 
blows  of  the  hammer  until  the  desired  figure 
is  reached.  Guided  by  the  uprights  of  pow- 
erful frames,  hammers  weighing  from  three 
hundred  to  three  thousand  pounds  fall  from 
one  to  six  feet,  and  a  few  rapid  blows  com- 
plete this  part  of  the  process.  The  forgings 
are  then  passed  on  to  other  rooms,  to  be  fin- 
ished and  polished.  At  this  time  the  company 
operates  seventy-five  drop  hammers.  While 
passing  through  the  Edison  Electric  Works  in 
1886,  Mr.  Billings  noted  the  existing  method 
of  making  commutator  bars.  These  are  "L" 
shaped  pieces  of  copper  set  at  an  angle  to 
each  other.     Horizontal  bars,  thin  and  wedge- 


like, separated  by  some  non-conducting  sub- 
star  ce,  are  placed  side  by  side  around  the 
shaft  of  the  dynamo  and  bound  firmly  to- 
gether. Electricity  is  generated  by  the  fric- 
tion of  metallic  brushes  revolving  at  high 
speed  against  the  edges  of  the- bars.  These 
bars  were  then  made  in  two  pieces,  united 
pins  and  solder,  and,  as  the  current  was 
partly  broken,  the  best  results  could  not  be  ob- 
tained. Mr.  Bilhngs  here  saw  an  opportun- 
ity, and  returning  home,  he  cut  the  dies,  and 
in  less  than  three  weeks  sent  to  the  Edison 
Company  an  invoice  of  bars  forced  in  a  sin- 
gle piece  from  pure  copper,  and  having  a 
homogeneous  molecular  structure  throughout. 
The  material  is  of  the  greatest  possible  den- 
sity. By  this  invention  of  Mr.  Billings,  the 
cost  of  bars  was  greatly  diminished  and  their 
efficiency  increased  in  like  degree.  A  good 
proof  of  their  success  is  the  fact  that  they 
almost  immediately  sprang  into  favor  with 
electric  companies.  The  catalogue  of  the 
Billings  &  Spencer  Company  embraces  a  large 
variety  of  standard  articles,  made  of  sizes  to 
suit  the  trade,  and  carried  in  stock.  It  in- 
cludes screw  plates,  dies,  reamers,  wrenches, 
ratchet  drills,  lathe-dogs,  clamps,  lathe  tools, 
combination  pliers,  admitting  a  wide  range  of 
adjustment,  vises,  surface  guages,  sewing  ma- 
chine shuttles,  thumb-screws,  pistol  frames 
and  barrels,  breech-loading  shot  gims,  solid 
eye  bolts,  carbon  tongs,  magazine  screw  driv- 
ers, spinning  rings  and  similar  articles,  many 
being  the  invention  of  Mr.  Billings  himself. 
His  adjustable  pocket  wrench,  graduated  to 
one  thirty-second  of  an  inch,  is  specially  suited 
to  the  bicycle,  and  one  million  have  been  sold. 
Manufacturers  of  electrical  apparatus,  sewing 
machines,  gas  fittings,  guns,  pistols,  pumps, 
automobiles  and  other  standard  goods,  have 
many  pieces  which  enter  into  their  product 
forged  here  at  the  works  of  the  Bilhngs  & 
Spencer  Company. 

The  company  has  made  frequent  enlarge- 
ments in  the  endeavor  to  keep  up  with  the  de- 
mand for  their  goods.  In  1889  they  built  a 
new  forge  room,  forty  by  ninety  feet,  and  the 
next  year  continued  it  to  Lawrence  street  with 
an  L  forty  feet  square,  for  a  repair  shop. 
At  the  same  time  the  capacity  of  the  steam 
plant  was  doubled.  In  the  summer  of  1892 
they  broke  ground  for  a  new  building,  which 
extends  two  hundred  and  twenty-eight  feet  on 
Lawrence,  and  one  hundred  and  seventy  feet 
on  Russ  street,  with  a  breadth  of  forty  feet. 
Two  stories  of  brick  rest  on  a  brownstone 
basement.  At  the  corner,  where  the  offices 
are  located,  the  structure  rises  to  three  stories, 
surmounted  by  a  tower.  Everywhere  in  the 
new  construction  careful   provision  has  been 


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made  for  the  comfort  and  health  of  the  em- 
ployees. The  forge  rooms  are  very  high,  and 
ventilated  under  the  roof.  The  offices  are 
high,  and  finished  in  hard  woods.  Besides 
these,  nearly  every  season  brings  less  con- 
spicuous additions.  At  the  close  of  1896  the 
floor  space  exceeded  eighty-one  thousand 
square  feet.  The  appliances  in  use  have  been 
so  modified  and  improved  by  the  patented  in- 
ventions of  Mr.  Billings,  that  other  concerns, 
requiring  drop  hammers  as  a  part  of  their 
outfit,  come  to  him  for  equipment.  The  rapid 
growth  of  electric  equipment  and  the  demand 
for  safe  and  durable  methods,  led  the  com- 
pany to  enter  this  field  also,  and  they  now 
furnish  a  full  line  of  drop  forgings  for  this 
purpose.  Over  three  hundred  men  are  em- 
ployed at  the  works  located  at  Broad,  Law- 
rence &  Russ  streets,  Hartford,  and  the  com- 
pany is  the  leading  concern  in  its  line  in  the 
world.  The  company  is  up-to-date  in  every 
particular,  and  uses  the  utmost  care  in  every 
department  of  their  great  works.  Their  dies 
are  stored  in  fireproof  brick  vaults,  warmed 
sufficiently  by  steam  to  prevent  rust,  and  sep- 
arated by  a  safe  distance  from  the  other  build- 
ings. The  manufactured  stock  is  also  stored 
in  another  fire-proof  vault,  similarly  kept  dry 
and  warm.  An  all-pervasive  force  in  the  de- 
velopment of  this  great  business  has  been  the 
inventive  genius  of  Mr.  Billings.  The  drop- 
forging  business  owes  much  to  his  ability 
and  persistence.  His  success  as  a  manager 
of  industries  in  phenomenal. 

Mr.  Billings  is  president  of  the  Billings  & 
Spencer  Company,  of  the  National  Machine 
Company  of  Hartford,  of  the  C.  E.  Billings 
Manufacturing  Company  of  Rocky  Hill,  Con- 
necticut ;  president  and  trustee  of  the  State 
Savings  Bank ;  vice-president  of  the  Ameri- 
can Specialty  Company  of  Hartford ;  trustee 
of  the  Hartford  Trust  Company  and  the  State 
Savings  Banks,  and  a  director  of  the  Hart- 
ford Board  of  Trade.  He  is  not  only  a  man 
of  much  local  prominence,  but  is  also  well 
known  throughout  the  country.  On  October 
2.  1895,  '""S  was  elected  president  of  the  z^mer- 
ican  Society  of  Mechanical  Engineers,  to  com- 
plete the  unexpired  term  of  E.  F.  C.  Davis, 
who  was  accidentally  killed.  After  the  ex- 
piration of  his  term  he  was  made  an  hon- 
orary member  in  perpetuity  and  a  member  of 
the  honorable  council  of  the  society.  He  had 
previously  been  senior  vice-president.  This 
society  comprises  two  thousand  or  more  of 
the  leading  mechanical  engineers  of  America 
and  Europe.  At  one  time  Mr.  Billings  was 
a  member  of  the  First  Regiment,  National 
Guard  of  Connecticut. 

In  the  midst  of  his  varied  business  inter- 


ests Mr.  Billings  has  not  turned  a  deaf  ear 
to  the  solicitations  of  his  friends  and  fellow- 
citizens  to  take  part  in  civil  affairs.  He  has 
been  a  member  of  the  common  council  of 
Hartford,  for  four  years  represented  the  third 
ward  of  that  city  in  its  board  of  aldermen, 
and  in  that  capacity  exerted  an  important  in- 
fluence in  molding  legislation  for  the  best  in- 
terests of  the  city.  He  also  held  the  office 
of  president  of  the  board  of  fire  commission- 
ers for  twelve  years.  He  is  a  prominent  and 
influential  Republican.  As  a  Free  Mason  of 
the  thirty-third  degree  he  is  familiar  with  all 
the  York  and  Scottish  degrees ;  is  an  honorary 
member  of  the  Supreme  Council,  Ancient  and 
Accepted  Scottish  Rite ;  also  of  the  Royal  Or- 
der of  Scotland,  and  has  local  membership  in 
the  Washington  Commandery,  Knights  Tem- 
plar, having  previously  held  the  position  of 
grand  commander  of  the  grand  commandery 
of  the  state.  He  is  connected  with  the  Sec- 
ond Congregational  Church  of  Hartford.  He 
is  a  member  also  of  the  Hartford  Club,  the 
Home  Market  Club  of  Boston  and  the  Amer- 
ican Protective  Tariff  League.  He  has  a 
farm  and  summer  home  at  Dividend,  town  of 
Rocky  Hill,  Connecticut,  and  finds  much 
pleasure  in  outdoor  work  and  sports,  espe- 
cially hunting  and  fishing.  A  gentleman  of 
the  most  attractive  personal  character  and  one 
of  the  foremost  business  men  of  New  Eng- 
land, Mr.  Billings,  both  in  private  life  and 
as  a  public  official,  is  honored  and  highly  es- 
teemed by  the  residents  of  the  flourishing 
community  in  which  he  has  so  long  lived  and 
deservedly  prospered,  and  in  which  he  occu- 
pies so  enviable  a  position.  Mr.  Billings  mar- 
ried (first)  January  5,  1857,  Frances  M.  Hey- 
wood,  who  died  in  1872,  daughter  of  Williard 
Heywood,  of  Cornish,  New  Hampshire.  He 
married  (second)  September  9,  1874,  Evelina 
C,  daughter  of  L.  H.  Holt,  of  Hartford. 
Children  of  first  wife:  Charles  H.,  born 
Springfield,  Massachusetts,  July  13,  1861,  died 
in  infancy;  Fred  Edward,  born  Utica,  New 
York,  October  21,  1864,  superintendent  and 
vice-president  of  the  Billings  &  Spencer  Com- 
pany ;  Harry  E.,  born  Hartford,  Connecticut, 
December  23,  1868.  Children  of  second  wife : 
Mary  E.,  born  October  22,  1877,  Hartford, 
Connecticut,  married  William  B.  Green,  of 
New  York;  Lucius  H.,  born  June  26,  1879,  at 
Hartford,  Connecticut. 


The  surname  Storrs  is  of  Scan- 
STORRS     dinavian     or     rather     Teutonic 

origin,  the  word  meaning  great, 
in  the  sense  of  rule,  power,  authority.  In 
old  Norse  it  is  Stor ;  in  Anglo-Saxon,  Stor  or 
Stur;   in   German,    Stur;    in    English.    Stor, 


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Storr,  Storrs.  The  surname  has  been  spelled 
in  a  great  variety  of  ways.  We  find  the  sur- 
name as  early  as  1278  when  Rogerus  de 
Stures  and  son,  Rudolphus  de  Stures,  of  Beck- 
fontes,  England,  were  of  record.  It  is  thought 
that  all  the  English  Storrs  are  of  the  same 
stock. 

(I)  William  Storrs,  to  whom  the  American 
family  is  traced  in  England,  lived  in  Notting- 
hamshire. Flis  will  dated  1557  expressed  his 
wish  to  be  buried  in  St.  Bartholomew's.      He 

married  Dorothy  .     Children :  Robert, 

William,  Elizabeth,  Dyonice  and  Ellen. 

(II)  Robert,  son  of  William  Storrs,  lived 
in  Nottinghamshire  and   died  there  in    1588. 

He  married    (first)    Mabel ,  who  may 

have  been  of  the  Cordall  family,  for  their  son 
Cordall  was  the  first  of  the  family  bearing 
the  surname  of  this  old  Devonshire  family  as 
a  personal  name.  Child  of  the  first  wife : 
Cordall,  mentioned  below.  Children  of  sec- 
ond wife :  Robert,  who  died  in  1658,  John, 
Dorothy  and  Anne. 

(III)  Cordall,  son  of  Robert  Storrs,  in  his 
will  of  February,  161 5,  mentions  his  mother 
Mabel  and  brothers,  John  and  Robert ;  sisters, 
Dorothy  and  Anne ;  uncles,  John  and  Nicho- 
las Hammond,  supervisors.  Children  :  Thom- 
as, William  and  Mary. 

(IV)  Thomas,  son  of  Cordall  Storrs,  was 
baptized   April  25,   1605.     He  married  Mary 

.    The  names  of  his  children  are  found 

in  the  will  of  his  uncle,  Robert  Storrs,  a  very 
aged  man,  who  died  in  1661  and  was  buried 
December  23,  1661.  Children:  Thomas,  bap- 
tized January  27,  1632,  at  Sutton  cum  Lound, 
Nottinghamshire,  England ;  Cordall,  baptized 
there  September  21,  1635,  died  1698;  George, 
bapBzed  April  29,  1638,  died  1653  ;  Samuel, 
baptized  December  7,  1640,  mentioned  below ; 
Joseph,  baptized  August  20,  1643 !  Elizabeth, 
baptized  February  8,  1648;  Mary,  baptized 
November  2,  1650. 

(V)  Samuel,  son  of  Thomas  Storrs,  was 
the  immigrant  ancestor,  born  at  Sutton  cum 
Lound,  Nottingham,  and  baptized  there  De- 
cember 7,  1640.  In  1663  he  came  to  Barn- 
stable, Massachusetts,  and  was  admitted  to 
the  church  there  March  8,  1685.  He  removed 
to  Mansfield  in  1698  and  died  there  April  3, 
1719,  in  his  seventy-ninth  year.  He  is  buried 
in  the  old  burying  ground  in  the  south  parish, 
the  oldest  in  Tolland  county.  He  was  one 
of  the  original  members  of  the  Mansfield 
church.  The  first  deed  of  record  in  that  part 
of  Windham,  now  Mansfield,  was  given  to 
Samuel  Storrs  by  a  number  of  Norwich  men 
in  1700.  He  owned  various  other  parcels  of 
land  later.  He  was  active  in  town  affairs, 
held  various  town   offices,   and  many  of   the 


early  town  meetings  were  held  at  his  house. 
A  monument  was  erected  to  his  memory  in 
1879,  by  Charles  Storrs,  of  New  York,  the 
family  historian.  His  will  was  dated  May  17, 
1717.  He  married,  December  6,  1666,  Mary 
Huckins,  of  Barnstable,  born  1646,  died  Sep- 
tember 24,  1683,  daughter  of  Thomas  Huc- 
kins, who  was  a  member  of  the  Boston  Ar- 
tillery Company  and  standard  bearer  in  1639. 
She  was  a  member  of  the  church  in  1683.  He 
married  (second)  December  14,  1685,  Esther 
Agard,  widow,  who  had  a  son  John  by  her 
first  marriage.  Children  of  first  wife:  Mary, 
born  December  31,  1667;  Sarah,  January  26, 
1670;  Hannah,  March  28,  1672;  Elizabeth, 
May  31,  1675;  Samuel,  May  17,  1677;  Lydia, 
June,  1679 ;  Mehitable,  baptized  September 
17,  1683 ;  Children  of  second  wife :  Thomas, 
October  27,  1686:  Esther,  October,  1688;  Cor- 
dall, October  14,  1692. 

(VI)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Samuel  Storrs, 
was  born  at  Barnstable,  October  27,  1686, 
died  at  Mansfield,  April  4,  1755.  He  removed 
to  Mansfield  about  1698,  and  was  clerk  of  the 
proprietors  there  and  clerk  of  the  town.  From 
1740  to  1748  he  was  justice  of  the  peace; 
member  of  the  general  assembly  of  Connec- 
ticut forty-three  sessions  between  October, 
1 716,  and  May,  1747.  He  held  various  other 
offices  of  trust  and  honor  and  was  a  very 
capable  and  prominent  citizen.  He  was  called 
captain  in  records  as  early  as  1742,  and  in 
that  year  was  on  a  committee  to  look  for  a 
minister  to  succeed  Rev.  Eleazer  Williams. 
He   married,   at   Mansfield,   March    14,    1708, 

Mehitable  ,  who  died  March   10,  1776, 

according  to  her  gravestone  at  Mansfield. 
Children :  Mehitable,  born  March  30,  1709 ; 
Rebecca,  August  29,  1710;  Zerviah,  August 
27,  1812;  Cornelius,  December  30,  1714; 
Thomas,  January  16,  1716-17;  mentioned  be- 
low; Prince,  March  12,  1718-19;  Josiah, 
March  25,  1721 ;  Judah,  September  26,  1723; 
Lemuel,  March  13,  1725;  Amariah,  June  11, 
1728;  Anne,  January  18,   1731-32. 

(VII)  Thomas  (3),  son  of  Thomas  (2) 
Storrs,  was  born  at  Mansfield,  January  16, 
1716-17.  He  was  a  farmer  all  his  life  at 
Mansfield,  and  died  there  May  14,  1802,  ac- 
cording to  his  gravestone.  He  married,  Feb- 
ruary 27,  1743,  Eunice,  daughter  of  Robert 
Paddock,  of  Mansfield.  She  died  May  2,  1795, 
according  to  her  gravestone.  Children,  born 
at  Mansfield :  Zervia,  January  6,  1744 ;  Dan- 
iel, February  7,  1748,  mentioned  below;  Eu- 
nice, May  28,  1750;  Martha,  June  i,  1752; 
Thomas,  August  25,  1754 :  Seth,  January  24, 
1756;  Zalmon,  August  30,  1758;  Heman,  Sep- 
tember 27,   1761. 

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Sforrs,  was  born  February  7,  1748,  at  Mans- 
field. He  was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution, 
one  of  the  Lexington  alarm  men,  a  quarter- 
master of  a  Connecticut  regiment  and  was 
at  White  Plains.  He  was  an  active  and 
enterprising  citizen,  assisting  the  government 
materially  by  the  manufacture  of  salt-peter, 
and  by  his  ardent  patriotism.  He  earnestly 
supported  Washington  and  opposed  the  poli- 
cies of  Jefferson.  He  was  for  many  years  a 
merchant  at  Mansfield,  both  wholesale  and 
retail,  and  for  twenty-five  years  conducted  a 
hotel  there,  known  far  and  wide  as  the  Dan 
Storrs  Tavern,  which  is  still  standing.  He 
was  also  a  prosperous  farmer  and  owned 
much  land.  He  left  a  large  estate  in  Mans- 
field, Ashford,  Willington  and  Tolland.  He 
was  for  many  years  banker  for  this  section. 
His  store  \vas  on  the  corner  of  Main  street, 
Mansfield,  and  the  road  to  Ashford.  In  phy- 
sique he  was  tall,  large  and  robust,  and  in 
manner  courteous  and  obliging.  After  the 
fashion  of  his  day  he  wore  a  queue.  He  died 
January  3,  183 1.  His  gravestone  is  at  Mans- 
field. He  married,  January  5,  1775,  Ruth, 
daughter  of  Colonel  Shubael  Conant,  of 
Mansfield,  granddaughter  of  Rev^  Eleazer 
Williams.  His  wife  died  April  18,  1792 
(gravestone  record)  and  he  married  (second) 
October  28,  1793,  Mary,  daughter  of  Constant 
Southworth  of  Mansfield.  Children,  born  at 
Mansfield:  Origen,  October  11,  1775;  Zal- 
mon,  December  18,  1779,  mentioned  below; 
Juba,  March  9,  1782;  Sophronia,  March  2, 
1784;  Selina,  June  29,  1786;  Lucius,  June  23, 
1789:  Egbert,  February  7,  1792.  Children  of 
second  wife :  Egbert,  January  18,  1795 ;  Ma- 
ria, July  9.  1800;  Delia,  July  i,  1806. 

(IX)  Zalmon,  son  of  Dan  Storrs,  was  born 
December  18.  1779.  He  graduated  from 
Yale  in  the  class  of  1801,  and  studied  law  in 
the  office  of  Thomas  S.  Williams,  then  of 
Mansfield,  later  of  Hartford,  Connecticut,  and 
chief  justice  of  the  state.  Zalmon  gave  up 
the  practice  of  law  when  his  brother  Origen 
died  and  went  to  work  for  his  father  in 
the  store,  succeeding  his  father  in  business. 
He  was  postmaster  for  twenty  years  and  of- 
ten represented  the  town  in  the  general  as- 
sembly of  the  state.  He  was  justice  of  the 
peace  until  he  reached  the  age  limit.  He  held 
various  other  offices  of  trust,  and  in  1831  and 
1834  was  the  candidate  for  governor  of  the 
state,  nominated  by  the  anti-Masonic  party, 
but  was  not  elected.  Fie  was  one  of  the 
prime  movers '  in  manufacturing  silk  thread 
by  machinery  in  that  part  of  Connecticut.  He 
had  a  factory  at  Mansfield  Hollow  in  1835  in 
partnership  with  his  son,  Dan  P.  Storrs.  Zal- 
mon   Storrs    was    a    prominent    member    and 


leader  in  the  First  Congregational  Church  of 
Mansfield.  In  person  he  was  tall  and  slender, 
quick  to  move,  upright  and  conscientious  in 
business.  He  died  February  17,  1867.  He 
married  (first)  April  26,  1804,  Cynthia,  born 
December  12,  1780,  died  April  17,  1833, 
daughter  of  Josiah  Stowell,  of  Mansfield.  He 
married  (second)  November  10,  1835,  Clar- 
issa M.  Stowell,  widow,  of  Middlebury,  Ver- 
mont, and  she  died  December  9,  1869.  Chil- 
dren of  first  wife :  Origen,  born  February  22, 
1805  ;  Dan  Paddock,  February  6,  1807 ;  Aus- 
tin C,  June  2,  1810;  Zalmon  A.,  July  31,  1813, 
mentioned  below ;  Cynthia  S.,  February  27, 
1816,  married  Herbert  Campbell ;  Susan  M., 
February  14,  1823,  married,  October  22,  1844, 
Leonard  C.  Dewing;  Delia,  October  27,  1824, 
married,  October  27,  1852,  Joab  E.  Cushman. 

(X)  Zalmon  Austin,  son  of  Zalmon  Storrs, 
was  born  at  Mansfield,  July  31,  1813.  He  at- 
tended the  district  schools  of  his  native  town 
and  the  academy  at  Greenwich,  Connecticut, 
and  Monson,  Massachusetts,  and  graduated 
from  Middlebury  College,  Vermont,  in  the 
class  of  1835.  He  studied  law  in  the  school 
at  Litchfield,  Connecticut,  with  his  cousin, 
Origen  Storrs  Seymour,  afterward  chief  jus- 
tice of  the  state,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
and  began  to  practice  in  the  town  of  Tol- 
land, Connecticut.  He  was  elected  judge  of 
probate  of  Tolland  district,  and  after  a  num- 
ber of  years  judge  of  the  Tolland  county 
court.  He  removed  to  Hartford,  Connecticut, 
December  2,  1852,  and  practiced  his  profession 
with  ability  and  credit  until  1868.  For  a  time 
he  was  a  law  partner  of  W.  W.  Eaton,  after- 
ward United  States  senator.  From  July  29, 
1868,  he  was  vice-president  of  the  Charter 
Oak  Life  Insurance  Company  until  the  close 
of  1872.  He  was  elected  treasurer  of  the 
Society  for  Savings  at  Hartford,  January  8, 
1873,  3^"d  filled  that  office  to  the  utmost  sat- 
isfaction of  all  concerned  to  the  end  of  his 
life.  He  died  February  22,  1890.  He  held 
various  other  private  and  public  trusts,  and 
was  for  many  years  one  of  the  prominent 
figures  in  the  financial  circles  of  Hartford. 
He  was  slender  in  build,  of  medium  height, 
having  dark  hair,  attractive  in  personality, 
and  enjoying  the  respect  and  confidence  of 
the  entire  community.  In  politics  he  was  a 
Republican.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Pearl 
Street  Congregational  Church,  which  is  known 
since  the  change  of  location  as  the  Farming- 
ton  Avenue  Church.  He  married,  July  28, 
1864,  Mary,  daughter  of  Lewis  and  Ruth 
(Burnham)  Rowell  (see  Rowell  VII).  They 
had  but  one  child,  Lewis  Austin,  mentioned 
below. 

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Storrs,  was  born  at  Hartford,  August  28, 
1866.  He  attended  the  public  schools  there 
and  graduated  from  the  Brown  grammar 
school  in  1881  ;  from  the  Hartford  public  high 
school,  April  24,  1885,  and  from  Yale  Col- 
lege in  the  class  of  1889  with  the  degree  of 
A.B.  He  took  a  special  course  in  natural 
history  at  Trinity  College,  Hartford,  from 
which  he  received  the  deg'ree  of  M.A.  in  1905. 
He  attended  the  Columbia  Law  School  in 
1889-90  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  New 
York  City,  September  17,  1891.  He  was  as- 
sociated for  a  time  with  the  law  firm  of  Car- 
rington  &  Emerson  of  New  York,  .and  he 
practiced  in  that  city  until  May,  1898.  He 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  of  Connecticut,  Janu- 
ary 10,  1899,  and  since  then  has  practiced  his 
profession  in  Hartford,  Connecticut.  He  was 
for  two  years  a  member  of  Troop  C,  National 
Guard  of  New  York.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Yale  Club  of  New  York,  the  University 
Club  of  Hartford,  the  Hartford  Yacht  Club 
and  the  Connecticut  Society,  Sons  of  the 
American  Revolution.  He  and  his  family  at- 
tend the  Farmington  Avenue  Congregational 
Church.  He  married,  July  3,  1894,  at  Brook- 
lyn, New  York,  Bessie,  born  in  Brooklyn,  Au- 
gust 29,  1870,  daughter  of  William  Titus  and 
Elizabeth  (Himrod)  Whitmore.  Her  father 
was  assistant  paymaster  in  the  United  States 
navy  in  the  civil  war,  stationed  mostly  off 
Virginia  in  the  North  Atlantic  squadron  ;  took 
part  in  the  battle  at  Fort  Fisher  on  board  the 
United  States  gunboat  "Mackinaw,"  of  which 
he  was  paymaster  about  two  years  ;  he  had 
formerly  been  on  the  "Valley  City" ;  he  was  a 
woolen  merchant  in  New  York  for  many 
years.  Children :  John  Whitmore,  born  Au- 
gust 17,  1895,  at  Brooklyn ;  Ruth  Rowell,  Feb- 
ruary 8,  1897,  at  Brooklyn;  Una  Hampton, 
June  13,  1898,  at  Southampton,  New  York; 
Marabeth,  November  26,  1899,  at  Hartford ; 
Lewis  Austin  Jr.,  August  12,  1903,  at  Hart- 
ford :  Robert,  August  14,  1907,  at  Madison, 
Connecticut. 

(The  Rowell  Line). 

The  surname  Rowell  is  of  ancient  English 
origin,  derived  from  some  place  name  at  the 
time  of  the  adoption  of  surnames  in  England. 
Many  of  the  family. in  England  as  well  as 
America  have  been  distinguished  in  various 
walks  of  life.  There  are  several  coats-of- 
arms  borne  by  Rowley  families  in  the  old  coun- 
try. The  name  was  spelled  in  various  ways, 
and  some  of  the  common  forms  are  Rowell, 
Rowley,  Rowlee,  all  of  which  are  still  in 
common  use.  The  immigrant,  mentioned  be- 
low, from  whom  this  branch  of  the  family 
descended,  spelled  his  name  Rowley. 

(I)     Henry    Rowley,    immigrant    ancestor, 


was  born  in  England  and  died  in  Barnstable 
or  Falmouth,  Massachusetts,  in  1673.  He  was 
one  of  the  early  planters  of  Plymouth  and 
was  a  taxpayer  as  early  as  1632.  According 
to  some  accounts  he  came  with  the  Pilgrims 
from  Leyden  in  1630.  He  was  admitted  a 
freeman  in  1634,  after  removing  to  Scituate, 
where  he  and  his  wife  Anne  joined  the 
church,  January  8,  1634.  In  1638  he  removed 
with  Rev.  John  Lothrop  to  the  new  settlement 
at  Barnstable  on  Cape  Cod.  He  was  deputy 
to  the  general  court  at  Plymouth.  In  1650 
he  removed  to  West  Barnstable,  and  later  to 
Falmouth.  He  married  (first)  Sarah,  daugh- 
ter of  William  Palmer;  (second)  October  17, 
1633,  Anne,  daughter  of  Deacon  Thomas 
Blossom,  who  started  for  New  England  in  the 
"Speedwell"  from  Holland  in  1620,  but  had 
to  return,  and  came  to  Plymouth  in  1629. 
Children :  Moses,  mentioned  below ;  Joseph, 
said  to  have  gone  to  the  Barbadoes ;  Sarah, 
married  Jonathan  Hatch. 

(II)  Moses  Rowell,  son  of  Henry  Rowley, 
was  born  about  1630,  died  in  1705  at  East 
Haddam,  Connecticut.  He  married,  April  11, 
1652,  at  Barnstable,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of 
Captain  Matthew  Fuller,  soldier  and  surgeon- 
general  of  the  colony.  She  died  at  East  Had- 
dam or  Colchester,  Connecticut,  after  1714. 
Mose?  is  mentioned  in  the  will  of  William 
Palmer  as  legatee,  as  "Moses  whom  I  love." 
The  Grandfather  Palmer  gives  evidence  of 
some  unfriendliness  towards  the  father  and 
wishes  young  RoAvley  placed  with  Mr.  Part- 
ridge that  he  "might  be  brought  up  in  the 
feare  of  God  &  to  that  end  if  his  father  suf- 
fer it,  I  give  Mr.  Partridge  five  punds."  Ap- 
parently Moses  lived  with  his  grandfather,  and 
March  7,  1653-54,  the  court  allowed  him  a 
cow  from  Palmer's  estate.  He  was  admit- 
ted a  freeman  in  1657.  He  bought  sixty  acres 
of  land  of  Jonathan  Gilbert  at  Haddam,  Con- 
necticut. He  probably  removed  to  Haddam 
in  1691,  but  his  wife  did  not  approve  of  the 
removal,  for  she  refused  to  sign  the 
deeds,  and  in  a  deed  of  her  dower 
rights  in  1714,  she  declares  that  her  husband 
left  her  without  support  and  dependent  on  the 
bounty  of  her  sons  John  and  Moses.  His  will 
was  dated  August  16,  1704,  at  Haddam.  Chil- 
dren:  Mary,  born  March  20,  1653;  Moses, 
November  10,  1654;  child,  died  August  15, 
1656;  Shubael,  born  January  11,  1660  (twin), 
mentioned  below:  Mehitable  (twin):  Sarah, 
September  16,  1662;  Aaron,  May  16',  1666; 
John,  October  22,  1667 ;  Matthew :  Nathan. 

(III)  Shubael,  son  of  Moses  Rowell,  was 
born  January  11,  1660,  in  Barnstable,  died  at 
Colchester,  Connecticut,  March  28,  1714.  He 
was  in  East  Haddam  as  early  as  1693,  and,  in 


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1700  sold  his  Haddam  lands  and  removed  to 
Colchester.  He  married  Catherine,  daughter 
of  Thomas  Crippen,  of  Falmouth  and  East 
Fladdam.  Children :  Isaac,  Shubael,  Thomas, 
Matthew,  Elizabeth,  Elnathan,  Mary,  Jabez, 
mentioned  below. 

(IV)  Jabez,  son  of  Shubael  Rowell,  was 
born  about  1702  at  Colchester.  He  married, 
February  20,  1724,  Tabitha  Harris.  Children: 
Tabitha,  born  October  20,  1724 ;  Jabez,  Janu- 
ary 10,  1726;  William,  October  15,  1727,  men- 
tioned below;  Phineas,  October  7,  1729;  Lois, 
November  14,  1731  ;  Simeon,  June  17,  1733; 
Eunice,  April  3,  1735  :  Nathan,  February  12, 
1737;  Lydia,  June  27,  1739;  Dorothy,  April 
28,  1741. 

(V)  William,  son  of  Jabez  Rowell,  was 
born  October  15,  1727.  He  married,  Febru- 
ary I,  1753,  Sarah,  widow  of  James  Gor- 
dien.  Children,  born  at  Waterbury,  Connecti- 
cut :■  Chauncey,  April  5,  1756,  died  1779:  Eli 
Smith,  April  25,  1764,  mentioned  below  ;  Wil- 
liam, ;  June  26,  1766,  married  Catherine 
Benham. 

(VI)  Eli  Smith,  son  of  William  Rowell, 
was  born  at  Waterbury,  April  25,  1764.     He 

removed  to  Windham.     He  married  . 

Child  :     Lewis,  mentioned  below. 

(VII)  Lewis,  son  of  Eli  Smith  Rowell,  was 
born  in  Windham,  December  21,  1802.  He 
married  Ruth  Burnham.  Children :  Ellen, 
Harriet,  Mary,  Albert.  Mary,  born  at  Hart- 
ford, married,  July  28,  1864,  Zalmon  Austin 
Storrs  (see  Storrs  X). 


John  Pickett,  immigrant  an- 
PICKETT  cestor,  was  born  in  England. 
He  came  to  Salem,  Massachu- 
setts, as  early  as  1648,  accordmg  to  some  auth- 
orities, and  was  in  Stratford  in  1650,  but  the 
John  Pickett  of  Salem  moved  to  Rowley,  Mas- 
sachusetts, had  a  family  and  died  there.    John 

of  Stratford  married,  first,  Margaret  , 

who  died  October  6,  1683.  Children:  John; 
James  (mentioned  below)  ;  Thomas,  married 
Abigail  Seymour ;  Sarah,  married  Robert 
Lane;  Rebecca,  born  June  30,  1650;  Daniel, 
January  25,   1652. 

(II)  James,  son  of  John  Pickett,  was  born 
before  1650.  He  resided  at  Stratford  and 
Danbury,  Connecticut,  and  from  him  are  de- 
scended the  Picketts  of  Danbury,  New  Mil- 
ford  and  Sherman,  Connecticut.  He  married 
Rebecca,  daughter  of  Ralph  Keeler,  July  17, 
1673.  Children:  James  (mentioned  below); 
John,  September  16,  1675,  and  perhaps  others. 
(HI)  James  (2),  son  of  James  (i)  Pickett, 
was  born  at  Stratford,  May  7,  1674.  He  mar- 
ried, April  14,  1726,  Deborah,  daughter  of 
Ensign  James  Stewart.    They  settled  in  Nor- 


walk.  Children :  Sarah,  born  September  12, 
1728;  Esther,  November  14,  1730;  James, 
April  24,  1732;  Deborah,  October  3,  1734; 
John,  September  6,  1737;  Ezra  (mentioned 
below). 

(IV)  Ezra,  son  of  James  (2)  Pickett,  was 
born  at  Stratford  or  Norwalk,  July  12,  1740. 
According  to  the  first  federal  census  in  1790 
he  was  living  in  Norwalk. 

(V)   Pickett,  son  of   Ezra  Pickett, 

was  born  in  Norwalk  and  was  a  soldier  in 
the  revolution. 

(VI)  Rufus  Pickett,  grandson  of  Ezra 
Pickett,  was  born  in  Norwalk  or  Ridgefield, 
Connecticut,  in  1798.  He  married  Betsey, 
born  April  20,  1794,  died  June  13,  1868, 
daughter  of  Abraham  Parsons,  who  was  born 
February  10,  1764,  and  died  March  16,  1852, 
at  Ridgefield.  Her  father  was  a  farmer  at 
Redding,  Connecticut,  and  a  soldier  in  the 
Continental  army  in  the  revolution  and  late  in 
life  a  pensioner  of  the  United  States  on  ac- 
count of  his  service.  Urana .  Starr,  wife  of 
Abraham  Parsons,  was  born  in  Danbury, 
March  23,  1765,  and  died  there  September  30, 
1848.  (see  Starr  VII.)  Children  William  H. ; 
Rufus  Starr  (mentioned  below);  Isabella; 
Francis,  and  Edwin,  who  was  killed  at  Gettys- 
burg; while  serving  in  the  Union  army. 

(VII)  Rufus  Starr,  son  of  Rufus  Pickett, 
was  born  in  Ridgefield  February  28,  1829, 
and  died  June  9,  1903,  at  New  Haven.  He 
attended  the  public  schools,  and  Bank's  Acad- 
emy of  Ridgefield.  He  worked  at  odd  times 
with  his  father,  who  was  a  cabinet  maker,  and 
when  he  was  but  eighteen,  took  over  the  man- 
agement of  the  business,  his  father  having 
failed  in  health.  In  1854,  six  years  later,  he 
went  to  New  Haven  and  worked  in  the  loco- 
motive shops  of  the  New  York,  New  Haven 
&  Hartford  railroad,  building  and  repairing 
the  engines.  When  he  began  work  this  road 
had  but  twenty-four  locomotives.  He  becante 
a  Republican  in  politics  when  a  young  man, 
and  was  associated  in  the  Lincoln  campaign 
with  his  friend  and  classmate,  Cyrus  North- 
rop, then  a  professor  in  Yale  College,  after- 
wards president  of  the  University  of  Minne- 
sota, and  was  a  stump  speaker  at  meetings 
at  which  Professor  Northrop,  Hon.  N.  D. 
Sperry,  John  Woodruff  and  others  also  spoke. 
When  Lincoln  became  president  and  appointed 
James  F.  Babcock  collector  of  the  port  of  New 
Haven,  Mr.  Pickett  was  appointed  a  weigher 
and  ganger  in  this  office.  After  several  years 
he  resigned  this  position  to  enter  the  Yale 
Law  School.  At  the  end  of  the  first  year 
he  took  the  Jewell  prize  for  the  best  essay. 
He  graduated  in  1873,  and  entered  upon  the 
practice  of  law  in  New  Haven.     In   1877  he 


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was  appointed  city  attorney  and  for  six  years 
faithfully  and  efficiently  discharged  the  duties 
of  the  office.  In  1885  he  was  appointed  assist- 
ant judge,  and  in  1887  judge  of  the  city 
court  of  New  Haven.  He  heard  some  of  the 
early  boycott  cases",  and  his  opinions  were 
widely  quoted  and  substantially  confirmed  by 
the  higher  courts.  He  was  a  Republican  in 
politics  and  always  gave  hearty  and  loyal  sup- 
port to  his  party.  He  was  a  member  of  Ply- 
mouth Congregational  Church,  and  a  deacon 
for  more  than  forty  years.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Congregational  Club  and  of  the 
Connecticut  Society  of  the  Sons  of  the  Ameri- 
can Revolution  (elected  February  2,  1891). 
He  was  a  man  of  strong  character,  devout,  up- 
right and  conscientious  in  all  the  relations  of 
life.  He  married,  in  New  Haven,  Sarah  Eliz- 
abeth, born  October  i,  1840,  daughter  of  Ed- 
ward and  Sarah   (Bates)    Read. 

(VIII)  Edwin  Starr,  son  of  Rufus  Starr 
Pickett,  was  born  in  New  Haven,  May  13, 
1876.  He  attended  the  public  schools  and 
the  Hopkins  Grammar  School  of  New  Haven, 
graduating  in  1895.  He  entered  Yale  College 
and  was  graduated  with  the  degree  of  A.B.  in 
the  class  of  1899,  and  with  the  degree  of 
LL.B.  from  the  Law  School  in  1901.  He  be- 
gan to  practice  immediately  at  New  Haven, 
and  has  achieved  a  position  of  prominence  at 
the  bar.  He  is  a  member  of  Trumbull  Lodge, 
No.  22,  Free  Masons,  of  New  Haven ;  of 
Franklin  Chapter,  Royal  Arch  Masons ;  of 
Harn-'ony  Council,  No.  5,  of  New  Haven;  of 
New  Haven  Commandery,  Knights  Templar, 
and  to  the  other  bodies  of  the  Scottish  Rite 
including  the  thirty-second  degree ;  of  the 
Knights  Templar  Club  of  New  Haven ;  the 
Young  Men's  Republican  Club ;  of  Quinnipiac 
Lodge  of  Odd  Fellows  of  New  Haven ;  of 
Golden  Rule  Encampment  of  Odd  Fellows ;  of 
the  Improved  Order  of  Red  Men ;  the  Hepta- 
sophs :  the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America ; 
the  New  Haven  County  Bar  Association,  and 
the  Connecticut  Society  of  Sons  of  the  Ameri- 
can Revolution.  He  is  a  Republican  in  poli- 
tics. He  is  now  assistant  clerk  of  the  court 
of  common  pleas  at  New  Haven.  In  religion 
he  is  a  Congregationalist  and  attends  with  his 
family  Plymouth  Church.  His  office  is  at  82 
Church  street,  New  Haven. 

He  married  (first)  in  September,  1899, 
Fannie  Ada,  born  May  21,  1877,  daughter  of 
John  and  Martha  Taylor.  She  died  March 
14,  1905,  and  he  married  (second),  June  13, 
1907,  Lelia  Alinda  Grenville,  born  May  17, 
188 1,  daughter  of  Dr.  Charles  G.  and  Delia 
(Hamilton)  Surridge.  Children  of  first 
wife :  Marion  Dorothy,  born  October  22, 
1900;  Fannie  Martha,  March  10,  1905.     Chil- 


dren of  second  wife:  Lyndell  S.,  born  April 
24,  1908;  Janyce  R.  S.,  March  26,  1910. 

(The   Starr  Line). 

(I)  Dr.  Comfort  Starr,  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  born  at  Ashford,  County  Kent,  England, 
about  forty-five  miles  southeast  of  London. 
He  practiced  there  as  a  physician  and  surgeon 
before  he  emigrated  to  America.  He  came 
in  March,  1634,  in  the  ship  "Hercules"  with 
three  children  and  three  servants.  He  was 
warden  of  the  church  at  Ashford,  St.  Mary's. 
His  brother  Jehosephat  Starr  lived  and  died 
there ;  his  brother,  Joyful  Starr,  married  Mar- 
garet    :  his   sister,   Suretrust,   married 

Faithful  Rouse,  and  lived  at  Charlestown, 
Massachusetts ;  his  sister  Constant  married 
John  Morley,  and  lived  at  Charlestown.  The 
family  name  is  now  extinct  at  Ashford.  Com- 
fort Starr  settled  first  at  Cambridge,  Massa- 
chusetts, and  bought  land  June  19,  1638,  at 
Duxbury,  of  Jonathan  Brewster,  removing 
thither  soon  afterward.  He  was  reported  as 
able  to  bear  arms  in  1643  ^^  Duxbury.  He 
deeded  his  house  there  to  his  son  John  after- 
ward, and  returned  to  Boston,  where  he  lived 
at  the  north  end  near  the  Charlestown  ferry. 
After  1649  his  name  often  appears  in  the  Bos- 
ton records,  especially  in  the  probate  records. 
His  wife  died  June  25,  1658,  aged  sixty-three 
years.  He  died  January  2,  1659.  His  will 
was  proved  February  3,  following,  bequeath- 
ing to  Samuel  Starr,  to  the  five  children  of 
deceased  daughter  Maynard :  to  the  children 
of  deceased  son  Thomas  and  his  widow  Han- 
nah in  England ;  to  grandson  Simon  Eire  for 
his  education ;  to  son  John ;  to  daughter  Eliz- 
abeth Ferniside  ;  to  brothers-in-law  John  Mor- 
ley and  Faithful  Rouse ;  mentioning  property 
at  Boston  and  Ashford  in  Kent,  England. 
Children:  Thomas;  Elizabeth,  born  162 1  ; 
Comfort,  1624;  Mary  ;  John  ;  Samuel,  baptized 
March  2,  1628;  Hannah,  born  July  22,  1632, 
and  Lydia,  March  22,  1634. 

(II)  Dr.  Thomas  Starr,  son  of  Dr.  Com- 
fort Starr,  was  born  in  Ashford,  Kent,  Eng- 
land, as  early  as  1615.  He  came  to  Amer- 
ica with  his  father  and  studied  medicine  un- 
der his  instruction.  He  was  a  surgeon  in  the 
Pequot  war  in  1637.  Evidently  he  was  a  man 
of  his  own  opinions,  for  we  find  the  courts 
fining  him  for  "speaking  against  the  order  of 
the  court  against  swine."  The  fine  was  after- 
ward reduced  and  finally  was  paid  by  deduct- 
ing it  from  his  pay  as  surgeon  in  the  army. 
He  resided  at  Duxbury,  Yarmouth,  Scituate 
and  Charlestown,  where  he  was  clerk  of  the 
writs  in  1652.  He  was  deputy  to  the  general 
court  at  Boston  in  1658.  His  widow  was 
granted  land  on  account  of  his  service  in  the 


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war.  He  died  October  26,  1658.  His  widow 
Rachel  went  with  the  young  children  to  live 
at  Hempstead,  Long  Island.  Children :  Sam- 
uel, born  1640,  ancestor  of  the  New  London 
branch ;  Comfort,  1644,  ancestor  of  the  Mid- 
dletown  branch ;  Elizabeth,  1646,  married 
John  Treadwell ;  Benjamin,  February  6, 
1647-8;  Jehosephat,  January  12,  1649-50;  Con- 
stant, 1652 ;  William,  March  18,  1654-5,  and 
Josiah,  September  i,  1657. 

(III)  Captain  Josiah  Starr,  son  -of  Dr. 
Thomas  Starr,  was  born  at  Charlestown,  Sep- 
tember I,  1657.  He  was  but  three  years  old 
when  his  father  died.  He  evidently  went 
with  his  mother  to  Hempstead.  He  was  there 
February  17,  1678-9,  when  he  petitioned  for  a 
grant  of  one  hundred  acres,  and  was  a  farmer 
there  in  1683.  He  was  one  of  the  seven  pat- 
entees who  founded  the  town  of  Danbury, 
Connecticut,  in  1702,  and  was  elected  first 
town  clerk  and  second  justice  of  the  peace. 
Later  he  was  highway  surveyor  and  held  other 
town  offices;  in  1710  he  was  lieutenant  and  in 
1713,  captain  ;  deputy  to  the  general  court  in 
1702,  and  a  leading  man  in  church  and  town 
affairs.  He  died  January  4,  1715-16,  and  was 
buried  in  the  old  grounds  at  the  rear  of  the 
court  house,  the  slab  of  native  stone  that 
marks  his  resting  place  being  the  oldest  mon- 
ument to  a  Starr  in  New  England.  His  wife 
and  son  Thomas  were  appointed  adminis- 
trators February  3,  1715-16.  She  died  July  15, 
^739-  Children:  Thomas;  Benjamin,  born 
1683;  John,  1684;  Hannah;  Rachel,  1690; 
Josiah,  1693 ;  Samuel,  1700,  and  Comfort, 
October  20,   1706. 

(IV)  Captain  John  Starr,  son  of  Captain 
Josiah  Starr,  was  born  in  Long  Island,  in 
1684,  and  settled  early  at  Danbury,  where  he 
owned  a  large  tract  of  land  along  Beaver 
Brook  in  the  northeast  part  of  the  town, 
now  in  the  town  of  Brookfield.  He  was 
wealthy  and  prominent.  He  was  deputy  to 
the  general  assembly  in  1731-33-34-3S ;  was 
elected  lieutenant  May  10,  1723,  and  captain 
May  14,  1733,  holding  this  command  to  the 
time  of  his  death.  He  died  intestate  July  27, 
1739,  aged  fifty-five  years.  The  name  of  his 
wife  is  unknown.  Children:  John,  born  171 1 ; 
Jonathan  (mentioned  below)  ;  Eleazer. 

(V)  Lieutenant  Jonathan  Starr,  son  of 
Captain  John  Starr,  was  born  in  Danbury,  and 
resided  there  in  the  west  part  of  the  town, 
near  what  is  now  Ridgefield.  He  was  elected 
sergeant  in  May,  1747,  and  lieutenant  May  6, 
1751,  holding  this  command  until  he  died. 
His  estate  was  inventoried  at  4,500  pounds. 
He  died  in  1751.  He  married  Rachel,  daugh- 
ter of  Joseph  and  Sarah  Taylor.  His  widow 
married  Samuel  Gregory.     Children  of  Lieu- 


tenant Jonathan  Starr,  born  at  Danbury :  Jon- 
athan ;  Rebecca,  married  Nathan  Hoyt ;  Mica- 
jah,  April  2,  1746;  Benjamin  (mentioned  be- 
low); Elijah,  1751,  and  Nathaniel  (?),  died 
April  26,  1777. 

(VI)  Benjamin,  son  of  Lieutenant  Jona- 
than Starr,  was  born  at  Danbury,  and  lived  on 
Mill  Plain  in  the  west  part  of  that  town,  now 
in  Ridgebury.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  revolu- 
tion and  was  ill  with  camp  fever  at  White 
Plains.  He  started  home  on  a  furlough  and 
died  on  the  way,  September  3,  1777.  His 
widow  and  Asa  Church  were  appointed  to 
administer  the  estate,  November  14,  1777.  He 
married  Christina  Church,  who  married  (sec- 
ond) September  9,  1782,  Josiah  Rockwell  and 
had  more  children.  Children  of  Benjamin 
Starr :  Gideon,  born  January  29,  1763  :  Urana 
(mentioned  below);  Martin,  1767;  Orange, 
January  13,  1768;  Samuel,  September  27, 
1770. 

(VII)  Urana,  daughter  of  Benjamin  Starr, 
was  born  at  Danbury,  March  23,  1765,  and 
died  September  30,  1848,  at  an  advanced  age. 
She  married  Abraham  Parsons,  born  Febru- 
ary 10,  1764,  a  farmer  at  Redding;  soldier  in 
the  revolution  at  the  age  of  eighteen  years ; 
pension  granted  on  the  evidence  of  his  re- 
ceipt for  a  gun  used  in  the  service.  He  died 
March  16,  1852,  at  Ridgefield.  Children:  i. 
Starr  Parsons,  born  February  15,  1793.  2. 
Betsev  Parsons,  April  20,  1794,  married  Rufus 
H.  Pickett, of  Ridgefield  (see  Pickett  VI)  ;  died 
June  13,  1868.  3.  Laura,  February  18,  1798; 
married,  March  27,  1833,  Moses  Gregory 
Betts,  of  Reading;  died  September  30,   1835. 


William  Swift,  immigrant  ances- 
SWIFT     tor,  came  probably  from  Bocking,. 

county  Suffolk,  England,  to  New 
England  in  1630.  He  settled  in  Watertown, 
Massachusetts,  where  he  was  a  proprietor  in 
1636.  In  1637  hs  sold  his  estate  there,  and 
removed  to  Sudbury.  On  June  28,  1641,  he 
sold  his  house  and  land  in  Sudbury,  and  re- 
moved to  Sandwich,  where  he  died  in  Janu- 
ary, 1643-44.    He  married  Joan ,  whose 

will  was  proved  October  12,  1662,  showing 
that  she  died  before  that  date.  She  bequeath- 
ed to  Daniel  Wing's  two  sons,  Samuel  and 
John ;  grandchildren  Hannah  Swift  and  Ex- 
perience Allen ;  to  Mary  Darby ;  to  Hannah 
Wing  the  elder  and  her  daughters ;  to  Zebe- 
diah  Allin ;  her  son  William  was  executor. 

(II)  William  (2),  son  of  William  (i) 
Swift,  was  born  in  England  about  1627,  died 
at  Sandwich,  January,  1705-06.  He  was  dep- 
uty to  the  general  court  in  1673-74-77-78.  He 
married  Ruth .  Children,  born  at  Sand- 
wich :  Hannah,  March  11,  1651;  William,  Au- 


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gust  28,  1654;  Ephraim,  June  6,  1656;  Mary, 
April  7,  1659;  Samuel,  August  10,  1662; 
Josiah  ;  Jirah,  mentioned  below  ;  Temperance ; 
Esther ;  Dinah. 

(III)  Jirah,  son  of  William  (2)  Swift, 
was  born  in  1665,  died  in  April,  1749.  Rev. 
Benjamin  Fessenden,  minister  of  the  Sand- 
wich church,  in  a  manuscript  mentions  Jirah 
Swift  as  one  of  the  heads  of  families  of  his 
church  in  1730.  He  is  the  ancestor  of  the 
New  Bedford  branch  of  the  family.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  November  26,  1697,  Abigail  Gibbs, 
of  Sandwich.  He  married  (second)  Novem- 
ber 19,  1741,  Mary  Besse,  of  Wareham,  Mas- 
sachusetts. She  survived  him  and  is  men- 
tioned as  a  legatee  with  all  his  children  and 
Catherine  Curby,  probably  daughter  of  his 
niece,  Sarah  Kirby  (Curby),  in  his  will  dated 
March  29,  1744,  and  filed  May  i,  1749.  He 
was  a  busy  and  prominent  citizen  of  Ware- 
ham,  where  he  died  April,  1749,  aged  eighty- 
four.  Children  of  first  wife :  Alice,  born  July 
23,  1698;  Susannah,  October  6,  1699;  Jabez, 
March  16,  1700-01 ;  Zephaniah,  March  6, 
1702-03;  William,  July  5,  1703-04;  Nathan- 
iel, March  14,  1707-08 :  Jirah,  November  23, 
1709;  Job,  October  3,  171 1;  Silas,  August  2, 
1713  ;  Abigail,  July  26,  1715  ;  Isaac,  May  3, 
1720;  Rowland,  mentioned  below. 

(IV)  Rowland,  son  of  Jirah  Swift,  was 
born  at  Wareham,  March  24,  1721-22,  and 
died  February  13,  1795.  Just  before  the  rev- 
olution he  removed  to  Lebanon,  Connecticut. 
He  married,  December  5,  1745,  Mary  Dex- 
ter, of  Falmouth,  Massachusetts.  She  died 
at  Lebanon,  October  19,  1798.  Children,  all 
born  at  Wareham :  Barzillai,  January  9,  1747, 
mentioned  below;  Abigail,  February  3,  1749; 
.A.bigail,  July  8,  1751  ;  Rowland,  December  10, 
1753-  soldier  in  the  revolution;  Jirah,  De- 
cember 6,  1755,  lost  at  sea;  Zephaniah.  Feb- 
ruary 27,  1759;  Mary,  March  i,  1761 ;  Wil- 
liam, January  19,  1764;  Thankful,  October  14, 
1766. 

(V)  Captain  Barzillai,  son  of  Rowland 
Swift,  was  born  in  Wareham,  Massachusetts, 
January  9,  1747;  died  at  Tolland.  He  mar- 
ried. December  23,  1769,  at  Wareham,  Sarah 
Fearing,  and  soon  afterward  removed  to 
Mansfield,  Connecticut.  Children,  born  at 
Mansfield  Center;  Hannah,  June  28,  1771 ; 
Lucy ;  Cynthia,  August  20,  1773 ;  George, 
September  28,  1779 ;  Washington,  September 
13,  1781  ;  Earl,  mentioned  below;  Fearing, 
Aueust  20,  1787. 

(VI)  Dr.  Earl,  son  of  Captain  Barzillai 
Swift,  was  born  in  Mansfield  Center,  April 
8,  1784,  died  there  June  14,  1869.  He  grad- 
uated at  Yale  College  in  the  class  of  1805  and 
studied  medicine  and  surgery  afterward.     He 


was  admitted  to  practice  in  1808,  and  loca- 
ted in  that  year  at  Windham,  Connecticut.  He 
practiced  there  for  two  years,  then  at  Weth- 
ersfield  two  years  and  at  Mansfield,  his  native 
town,  the  remainder  of  his  life.  He  married, 
April  18,  1810,  Laura  Ripley,  born  at  Wind- 
ham, Connecticut,  July  4,  1792,  died  at  Mans- 
field, April  17,  1870,  sister  of  General  Rip- 
ley, at  one  time  in  charge  of  the  Springfield 
arsenal,  daughter  of  Captain  Ralph  and  Eu- 
nice (Huntington)  Ripley.  Her  father  was 
great-great-grandson  of  Joshua  and  Hannah 
(Bradford)  Ripley.  Hannah  Bradford  was 
daughter  of  William  Bradford,  Jr.,  and 
granddaughter  of  Governor  William  Brad- 
ford, who  came  over  on  the  "Mayflower." 
Her  mother  was  a  lineal  descendant  of  Si- 
mon Huntington,  who  settled  in  Windsor, 
Connecticut,  in  1633.  Children:  Albert  E., 
born  at  Windham,  January  27,  181 1;  Har- 
riet, born  at  Wethersfield,  October  17,  1812 ; 
Alathea,  born  at  Mansfield,  June  11,  1815; 
Laura,  March  7,  1818;  Ralph  Ripley,  Sep- 
tember 29,  1821 ;  Sarah  F.,  August  19,  1823; 
James,  October  20,  1825 ;  Henry  F.,  January 
4,  1829;  General  Frederick  W.,  January  31, 
1831,  of  Detroit,  Michigan;  Rowland,  men- 
tioned below. 

(VII)  Rowland  (2),  son  of  Dr.  Earl  Swift, 
was  born  at  Mansfield,  February  22,  1834, 
died  at  Hartford,  June  13,,  1902.  As  a  boy 
he  was  ambitious  to  follow  his  father's  pro- 
fession, but  an  attack  of  varioloid  contracted 
while  nursing  one  of  his  father's  small-pox 
patients,  left  his  eyes  in  such  condition  that 
though  he  repeatedly  returned  to  his  studies, 
he  was  finally  obliged  to  abandon  hope  of  a 
college  and  medical  education.  He  came  to 
Hartford  at  the  age  of  sixteen  and  worked 
as  clerk  in  the  dry  goods  store  of  Joseph 
Langdon.  Shortly  after  the  organization  of 
what  was  known  as  the  Hartford  County 
Bank,  which  in  1865  became  the  American 
National  Bank,  he  entered  its  services  as  a 
clerk  and  would  have  been  fifty  years  con- 
tinuously in  this  concern  had  he  lived  a  few 
months  longer.  He  was  made  cashier  in  1854 
before  he  had  attained  his  majority,  succeed- 
ing James  B.  Powell.  He  was  elected  presi- 
dent in  1871,  succeeding  George  M.  Bartho- 
lomew. He  held  this  office  at  the  time  of  his 
death  and  was  senior  by  about  ten  years  of 
service  of  any  other  bank  president  in  Hart- 
ford. He  was  on  duty  until  within  a  fort- 
night of  his  death.  He  was  also  trustee  of 
the  Society  of  Savings,  director  of  the  Re- 
treat for  the  Insane  and  the  American  School 
for  the  Deaf.  He  was  treasurer  of  the  Wat- 
kinson  library  of  reference,  and  was  senior 
member  of  the  board  of  trustees  of  the  Hart- 


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ford  Theological  Seminary.  He  was  for  many 
years  an  active  member  of  the  Connecticut 
Historical  Society,  and  was  one  of  the  origi- 
nal members  of  the  Republican  Club  of  Hart- 
ford. These,  with  other  positions  of  trust, 
indicate  the  esteem  in  which  he  was  held  by 
his  townsmen.  He  was  a  director  of  the  Pratt 
&  Whitney  Company  for  many  years.  The 
Hartford  C  our  ant  said  of  him : 

"Mr.  Swift  was  a  man  of  intense  patriotism  and 
the  Civil  War  fired  the  loyalty  of  his  whole  na- 
ture. Unable  himself  to  enlist  he  doubled  his  bank 
work  to  keep  open  the  place  of  one  who  had  gone 
to  the  front.  He  entered  with  enthusiasm  into  the 
politics  of  the  day  as  president  for  many  years  of 
the  Young  Men's  Club.  He  was  throughout  his 
life  a  staunch,  clean  and  aggressive  Republican  and 
was  in  frequent  demand  even  in  his  last  years  for 
chairman  of  the  party  caucuses.  He  never  sought 
distinction,  however.  There  .was  no  touch  of  cant 
or  sanctimoniousness  about  him.  Soon  after  com- 
ing to  Hartford,  he  joined  the  South  Church  and 
was  superintendent  of  the  Sunday  school  for  many 
years.  At  the  time  of  the  organization  of  the  City 
Missionary  Society  he  threw  himself  into  the  work 
of  that  society  and  worked  zealously  in  raising  the 
needed  funds  for  the  Park  Street  Sunday  school, 
of  which  he  was  superintendent.  Soon  after  he 
joined  the  Center  Church  in  1865  he  was  elected 
Sunday  school  superintendent  and  he  continued  in 
this  position  with  great  fidelity  and  success  until 
about  1885.  He  was  repeatedly  elected  deacon  of 
this  church  and  held  the  oiTice  to  the  time  of  his 
death. 

"As  a  lad  he  had  practiced  scales  and  hymns 
upon  a  violin  in  the  attic  of  his  home  until  he 
became  so  proficient  that  the  embargo  on  his  muse 
was  removed  and  he  was  permitted  to  play  in  the 
living  room.  This  love  of  music  made  him  es- 
pecially interested  in  the  development  of  the  musi- 
cal services  in  Center  Church.  Mr.  Swift  was  not 
one  whose  christian  spirit  e.xhausted  itself  in  the 
administration  of  ecclesiastical  office.  It  was  of 
his  very  nature.  There  was  about  him  an  urbanity 
of  manner  and  an  eminent  kindliness  that  grew 
out  of  a  loving  charitableness.  He  was  a  man  of 
intense  convictions,  absolutely  fearless  in  the  proc- 
lamation of  them  and  exceedingly  tenacious  in  ad- 
hering to  them.  Yet  there  was  nothing  but  the 
finest  courtesy  at  any  time  in  his  absolute  and 
courageous  upholding  of  what  he  believed  was 
right. 

"Long  before  the  present  interest  in  family 
history  prevailed  he  had  traced  his  ancestry,  and 
was  a  careful  and  eager  student  of  the  early  his- 
tory of  New  England.  Before  nature  study  became 
fashionable,  he  studied  and  loved  the  flowers  and 
birds  with  a  care  and  thoroughness  that  was  char- 
acteristic. He  loved  the  broad  fields,  the  sweep 
of  the  hill,  the  open  sky.  In  the  quiet  of  his  coun- 
try home  on  Cedar  Mountain,  he  found  for  many 
years  the  greatest  delight  and  tranquillity.  Children 
knew  him  for  a  friend  and  he  loved  them  and 
studied  ways  of  augmenting  the  happiness  of  his 
young  friends.  He  represented  in  a  remarkable 
degree  the  strong,  sturdy,  religious,  and  eminently 
practical  traits  of  the  best  type  of  New  England 
character.  He  had,  moreover,  something  of  courtly 
graciousness  and  a  strain  of  aesthetic  appreciation, 
a  quality  of  native  lovingness  and  lovableness  al- 
together unusual.  His  home  was  at  i  Wethersfield 
avenue,   Hartford." 


He  married,  September  12,  1855,  Sarah 
Benton,  daughter  of  Norman  H.  and  Jane 
(Shepard)  Gillett,  granddaughter  of  Mary 
(Webster)  Shepard,  descendant  of  Governor 
John  Webster,  a  sketch  of  whom  appears  in 
this  vi'ork  (see  Gillett  H).  Children:  Robert, 
died  young;  Howard,  died  in  1889;  Mary, 
married  Arthur  L.  Gillett,  she  died  in  Janu- 
ary, 1901. 

Captain  Justus  Gillett,  grandfather  of  Sa- 
rah B.  (Gillett)  Swift,  was  of  one  of  the  old- 
est and  most  distinguished  families  of  Wind- 
sor. He  was  born  in  1783,  probably  at  Win- 
tonbury,  formerly  Windsor,  now  Bloomfield, 
Connecticut,  and  died  at  Wintonbury,  October 
27,  1825.  He  lived  at  Wintonbury.  He  mar- 
ried   Sylvia   ■.      Children :   Justus    Pen- 

noyer,  baptized  September  3,  181 5;  Anson 
Center ;  Norman  Hubbard,  mentioned  below ; 
Sylvia  Permelia ;  Edward,  baptized  Novem- 
ber 5,  1820;  Simeon,  baptized  October  13, 
1822:  Flavia  Eliza,  baptized  May  21,  1826. 

Norman  Hubbard  Gillett,  son  of  Captain 
Justus  Gillett,  and  father  of  Sarah  B.  (Gil- 
lett) Swift,  was  born  at  Wintonbury,  Janu- 
ary 20,  1807,  died  at  Hartford,  July  5,  1879. 
He  married,  in  April,  1834,  Jane  Shepard, 
daughter  of  Mary  (Webster)  Shepard  and 
descendant  of  Governor   John  Webster. 


Thomas  Bingham,  the  first 
BINGHAM     American     ancestor    of    this 

family,  was  baptized  in  Shef- 
field, England,  June  i,  1642.  He  came  to 
America  when  about  eighteen  years  of  age, 
with  his  widowed  mother.  After  living  for 
a  period  at  New  London  and  Saybrook,  he 
went  to  Norwich,  with  his  mother's  second 
husband,  Mr.  Backus,  they  being  among  the 
original  founders  of  the  last  named  town.  He 
married  Mary  Rudd,  supposed  to  have  been 
the  daughter  of  Lieutenant  Jonathan  Rudd,  of 
Saybrook.  and  his  wife,  who  was  then  the 
celebrated  "Bride  of  Bride  Brook"  (Caul- 
kins'  Hist.  New  London,  p.  48). 

(II)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Thomas  (i)  and 
Mary  (Rudd)  Bingham,  was  born  in  Nor- 
wich, December  11,  1667.  He  was  the  eldest 
of  eleven  children,  and  succeeded  to  the  priv- 
ileges of  his  father  as  a  proprietor  of  the 
town.  He  married  Hannah,  daughter  of  Lieu- 
tenant William  Backus. 

(III)  Joseph,  son  of  Thomas  (2)  and  Han- 
nah (Backus)  Bingham,  was  born  at  Norwich, 
June  4,  1709,  died  at  Bennington,  Vermont, 
November  4,  1787.  He  was  a  lieutenant  of 
provincial  troops  during  the  French  war.  He 
broke  his  hip  and  could  not  go  to  the  battle 
of  Bennington  (where  he  then  lived),  but 
spent  the  time  during  the  battle  in  prayer  at 


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the  meeting-house.    He  married  Ruth  Post,  of 
Norwich. 

(IV)  Calvin,  youngest  of  ten  children  of 
Joseph  and  Ruth  (Post)  Bingham,  was  born 
at  Norwich,  October  8,  1750.  He  married 
Lydia  Denton,  of  Amenia,  New  York. 

(V)  Rev.  Hiram,  son  of  Calvin  and  Lydia 
(Denton)  Bingham,  was  born  at  Bennington, 
Vermont,  October  30,  1789.  He  graduated  at 
Middlebury  College,  1816,  and  later  at  An- 
dover  Theological  Seminary,  and  in  1819  re- 
ceived an  M.A.  degree  from  Yale.  He  was  a 
pioneer  missionary  and  labored  in  the  Sand- 
wich Islands  twenty-one  years.  His  first  wife 
and  the  mother  of  his  seven  children  was  Sybil 
Moseley,  of  Westfield,  Massachusetts. 

(VI)  Rev.  Hiram  (2),  son  of  Hiram  (i) 
Bingham,  was  born  at  Honolulu,  August  16, 
1 83 1.  When  ten  years  of  age  he  came  to 
the  United  States  with  his  parents.  He  was 
educated  at  Yale  College,  graduating  in 
the  class  of  1853,  ^"d  studied  for  the 
ministr}'  at  Andover.  He  married,  No- 
vember 18,  1856,  Minerva  Clarissa  Brew- 
ster, of  Northampton,  Massachusetts,  and  they 
soon  after  sailed  from  Boston  in  the  first 
"Morning  Star"  as  missionaries  of  the 
American  board,  and  landed  at  Apaiang,  Gil- 
bert Islands,  November  19,  1857.  Upon  this 
coral  island  he  labored  in  the  midst  of  great 
deprivations.  In  the  seven  years  spent  there 
he  reduced  the  native  language  to  writing, 
began  the  translation  of  the  New  Testament, 
translated  and  composed  hymns,  preached  and 
taught,  until  the  failure  of  his  health  com- 
pelled him  to  return  to  the  Hawaiian  Islands, 
where  he  gradually  recovered.  He  returned 
to  tlie  United  States  in  1865,  but  in  the  fol- 
lowing year  sailed  for  the  Pacific  as  captain 
of  the  missionary  vessel,  "Morning  Star,"  No. 
2,  and  arrived  at  Honolulu  four  months  later. 
He  later  continued  his  translation  of  the  New 
Testament  into  the  Gilbertese  language,  which 
he  completed  in  the  spring  of  1873,  ^'id  de- 
voted himself  with  increased  zeal  to  providing 
a  Christian  literature  for  the  Gilbert  Islanders. 
Dr.  Bingham  prepared  a  grammar  of  the  Gil- 
bertese language,  compiled  an  enlarged 
Hymn  and  Tune  Book,  edited  a  Gilbertese 
Bible  Dictionary  and  a  commentary  on  the 
Acts  of  the  Apostles,  finished  the  translation 
of  the  entire  Bible  into  Gilbertese,  and  pre- 
pared a  Gilbertese-English  Dictionary  of 
eleven  thousand  words  for  commercial  and 
missionary  use.  Besides  these  he  published 
through  the  American  board  in  1866,  "The 
Story  of  the  Morning  Star,"  and  often  pub- 
lished descriptions  of  the  Gilbert  Islands  and 
accounts  of  the  missionary  work  done  there. 
Dr.  and  Mrs.  Bingham  were  for  many  years 


the  sole  authors  of  the  literature  accessible  to 
the  thirty  thousand  people  of  the  islands.  In 
1892  he  came  to  the  United  States  to  super- 
intend the  printing  of  the  Gilbertese  Bible  at 
the  Bible  House  in  New  York,  and  in  1893 
received  the  honorary  degree  of  D.D.  from 
Yale  and  later  from'  Western  Reserve  Uni- 
versity and  Oahu  College.  Nine  editions  of 
the  Bible  have  been  printed,  the  first  in  1893. 
Dr.  Bingham  died  suddenly  at  Johns  Hopkins 
Hospital,  Baltimore,  Marylaiid,  October  25, 
1908,  at  the  age  of  seventy-seven  years.  His 
ashes  were  taken  to  Honolulu,  where  his  de- 
voted wife,  who  died  in  1903,  was  buried. 

(VII)  Hiram  (3),  son  of  Hiram  (2)  and 
Minerva  Clarissa  (Brewster)  Bingham,  survi- 
vor of  the  two  sons,  was  born  at  Honolulu, 
November  19,  1875.  His  early  education  was 
received  at  private  schools,  and  he  prepared 
for  college  at  Phillips  Academy,  Andover, 
Massachusetts  ;  graduated  from  Yale  Univer- 
sity, 1898,  and  took  post-graduate  courses  at 
the  University  of  California.  1899-1900,  re- 
ceiving the  degree  of  M.A.  He  also  pursued 
post-graduate  courses  at  Harvard  University 
from  1900  to  1903,  receiving  the  degree  of 
M.A.  and  Ph.D.  He  taught  in  Harvard  Col- 
lege from  1903  to  1905.  He  was  appointed  a 
member  of  the  faculty  of  Princeton  Univer- 
sity in  1905,  as  preceptor  in  History,  Eco- 
nomics and  Politics.  In  1906-07  he  spent  six 
months  in  making  an  expedition  across  Vene- 
zuela and  Coloirbia,  studying  the  country  and 
following  routes  taken  by  I3olivar,  the  great 
liberator  of  Venezuela.  Professor  Bing- 
ham's journal  of  his  expedition  in  Venezuela 
and  Colombia  has  lately  been  published  by  the 
Yale  University  Press.  He  has  also  published 
numerous  reviews  in  the  Nation  and  in  the 
American  Historical  Reznew.  and  has  contrib- 
uted articles  to  the  Geographical  Journal,  the 
American  Political  Science  Reviezv,  and  other 
periodicals.  The  record  of  observations  and 
impressions  day  by  day  throws  much  light 
upon  the  social  and  economic  conditions  ex- 
isting in  the  interior  of  northwestern  South 
America.  Very  few  travelers  in  recent  years 
have  been  able  to  penetrate  into  the  heart 
of  that  country  and  to  study  intimately  the 
character  and  the  temper  of  the  people  who 
have  been  dominated  by  President  Castro. 
In  1907  Professor  Bingham  became  lecturer 
on  South  American  Geography  and  History 
at  Yale,  and  in  1908  lecturer  on  Latin-Amer- 
ican History.  In  1908  he  was  appointed  a 
delegate  of  the  United  States  government  to 
the  first  Pan-American  Scientific  Congress 
held  in  Santiago  de  Chili,  in  December  and 
January,  1908-09.  In  1910  he  was  made  as- 
sistant professor  of .  Latin-American  History 


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in  Yale  University.  Professor  Bingham  is  a 
fellow  of  the  Royal  Geographical  Society ;  a 
corresponding  member  of  the  Hispanic  Soci- 
ety of  America ;  an  honorary  member  of  the 
National  Academy  of  History  of  the  Republic 
of  Colombia,  this  honor  being  conferred  on 
him  in  recognition  of  the  contribution  made 
by  him,  during  his  expedition,  to  a  correct 
understanding  of  some  of  the  most  impor- 
tant episodes  in  the  history  of  that  country ; 
a  member  of  the  American  Antiquarian  So- 
ciety ;  American  Historical  Association ;  Con- 
necticut Academy  of  Arts  and  Sciences ;  Con- 
necticut Civil  Service  Reform  Association ; 
American  Political  Science  Association,  and 
the  American  Association  for  the  Advance- 
ment of  Science. 

Dr.  Bingham  married,  November  20,  1900, 
Alfreda  Mitchell,  born  December  29,  1874, 
daughter  of  Alfred  Mitchell,  of  Salem,  Con- 
necticut, and  niece  of  Donald  G.  Mitchell  (Ik 
Marvel),  and  granddaughter  of  Charles  L. 
Tiffany,  the  art-jeweler,  of  New  York  City. 
They  are  the  parents  of  five  children.  They 
reside  on  Prospect  street.  New  Haven,  in  the 
winter,  and  on  Woodbridge  Farms,  Salem, 
Connecticut,  in  the  summer.  On  one  of  these 
farms  the  "Reveries  of  a  Bachelor"  was 
written. 


Edward  Culver,  the  immigrant 
CULVER     ancestor,  was  born  in  England 

and  settled  first  at  Dedham, 
Massachusetts,  with  his  wife  Ann,  afterwards 
locating  at  New  London,  Connecticut,  and  at 
Groton  and  New  Haven,  in  that  colony.  He 
had  a  grant  of  land  at  Pequot  in  1653  ^^^ 
bought  a  house  lot  of  Robert  Burrows.  He 
was  a  baker  and  brewer  and  was  permitted 
by  the  court  to  brew  ale  as  early  as  May  5, 
1662.  He  was  at  Mystic,  Connecticut,  in 
1664,  and  had  the  farm  that  the  Indians 
called  "Chepadaso."  He  released  his  home- 
stead to  his  son  John  in  1664  and  removed 
to  the  head  of  the  Mystic  river  in  New  Lon- 
don. He  had  a  grant  on  the  water  side  next 
south  of  the  fort  land,  February,  i66it62.  He 
was  elected  May  7,  1663,  to  drum  for  the 
town — if  he  should  brew,  "else  not" — and 
would  engage  always  to  have  good  beer,  good 
diet  and  lodging  for  man  and  horse  and  keep 
good  order.  He  was  a  soldier  in  King  Philip's 
war. 

(II)  Joshua,  son  of  Edward  Culver,  was 
born  in  1642-43,  and  died,  April  2,  1713,  aged 
seventy  years.  He  had  three  brothers  in  New 
Haven  and  vicinity.  He  was  among  the  first 
settlers  in  the  town  of  Wallingford.  Connec-; 
ticut.  He  married  Elizabeth  Ford.  Children, 
born  at  AVallingford,  except  the  eldest  two: 


Elizabeth,  May  2,  1676,  at  New  Haven  ;  Anna, 
died  September  8,  1677;  Joshua  (twin),  Sep- 
tember 21,  1684;  Samuel  (twin),  mentioned 
below :  Abigail,  December  26,  1686 :  Sarah, 
January  23,  1688 ;  Ephraim,  September  7, 
1692. 

(III)  Samuel,  son  of  Joshua  Culver,  was 
born  at  Wallingford,  September  21,  1684.    He 

married  first ;  second,  January  3,  1728, 

Ruth  Sedgwick.  Children,  born  at  Walling- 
ford: Elizabeth,  February  12,  1715;  Sarah, 
December  23,  1716;  Abigail,  December  17, 
1718;  Anna,  October  3,  1719;  Esther,  March 
17,  172 1 ;  Caleb,  mentioned  below;  Enoch, 
January  30,  1725 ;  Ebenezer,  December  9, 
1726.  Child  of  second  wife:  Samuel,  Sep- 
tember 25,  1728. 

(IV)  Caleb,  son  of  Samuel  Culver,  was 
born  February  18,  1723,  at  Wallingford.  He 
married  Lois,  born  October  26,  1727,  daugh- 
ter of  Amos  Hall  (4)  (Nathaniel  (3),  John 
(2).  John  (i)  ).  Children,  born  at  Walhng- 
ford:  Ruth,  January  10,  1746;  Josiah,  Sep- 
tember 7,  1748;  Samuel,  July  5,  1750;  Ruth, 
November  25,  1751;  Moses,  mentioned  below. 

(A')  Moses,  son  of  Caleb  Culver,  was  born 
about  1765,  in  Wallingford.  He  married 
Lucy  Hall,  born  December  14,  1775,  daughter 
of  Titus  Hall  (5).     (See  Hall  V.) 

(VI)  Hon.  Moses  (2)  Culver,  son  of 
Moses  (i)  Culver,  was  iDorn  at  Wallingford, 
June  20,  1817,  and  died  October  21,  1884. 
He  attended  the  public  schools  and  studied 
his  profession  in  the  office  of  Hon.  Ely  War- 
ner of  Chester,  Connecticut,  whither  he  went 
in  1837.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1845 
and  in  May  of  that  year  located  at  Colchester 
where  he  practiced  about  a  year.  He  came 
to  East  Haddam  in  1846,  and  succeeded  to 
the  law  practice  of  Hon.  E.  A.  Bulkeley  who 
removed  to  Hartford.  He  resided  in  East 
Haddam  and  practiced  there  for  ten  years, 
representing  that  town  in  the  general  assem- 
bly and  serving  as  judge  of  probate  in  the 
district.  He  came  to  Middletown,  Connecti- 
cut, in  1856,  and  practiced  there  for  six  years. 
He  was  made  state  attorney  for  the  county 
in  1865.  In  June,  1875,  he  was  elected  judge 
of  the  superior  court  for  eight  years,  and 
at  the  expiration  of  his  term,  was  re-elected. 

Mr.  Culver  was  an  able  and  astute  lawyer, 
sparing  no  pains  to  secure  the  best  interests 
of  his  clients.  He  was  successful  as  a  lawyer 
and  of  stainless  reputation  and  high  charac- 
ter. As  a  magistrate  he  was  honored  alike 
by  bench  and  bar  and  enjoyed  the  confidence 
and  respect  of  the  entire  community.  He  was 
a  member  of  the  Congregational  Church.  He 
died  at  Middletown,  "October  21,  1884.  He 
married,  May  18,  1845,  "i  Chester,  Connecti- 


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cut,  Lucinda,  born  January  25,  1822,  died  Au- 
gust 23,  1897,  daughter  of  David  Baldwin. 
(See  Baldwin  V).  Children:  Anna,  born  Au- 
gust 4,  1850,  living  in  Hartford,  Connecticut ; 
Moses  Eugene,  mentioned  below. 

(VII)  Moses  Eugene,  only  son  of  Moses 
(2)  Culver,  was  born  at  East  Haddam,  July 
ID,  1854.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of 
Middletown,  and  Wesleyan  University,  from 
which  he  was  graduated  in  the  class  of  1875. 
He  traveled  in  the  west  for  several  months 
after  graduation  and  on  his  return  com- 
menced the  study  of  law  under  the  personal 
supervision  of  his  father.  He  was  admit- 
ted to  the  bar  March  13,  1878,  and  has  been 
in  active  practice  since  then  at  Middletown. 
He  received  the  honorary  degree  of  A.M.  from 
Wesleyan  in  1878.  He  was  appointed  prose- 
cuting attorney  for  Middlesex  county  and 
served  in  1880-81.  He  was  elected  prose- 
cuting attorney  of  the  city  court  of  Middle- 
town  and  continued  in  that  office  for  twenty 
years,  being  elected  ten  successive  terms.  He 
has  had  a  leading  position  at  the  bar  and  a 
very  large  practice  from  the  beginning. 

Mr.  Culver  has  been  a  director  of  the  Mid- 
dletown National  Bank  since  1904.  He  is 
attorney  for  and  a  director  of  the  Middletown 
Loan  and  Building  Association,  a  most  suc- 
cessful institution,  that  has  been  in  existence 
since  1889.  He  is  a  member  of  the  South 
Congregational  Church  and  for  thirteen  years 
was  its  clerk.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Uni- 
versity Club  of  Middletown,  of  the  Connecti- 
cut Bar  Association,  of  the  American  Bar  As- 
sociation and  of  the  Twentieth  Century  Club, 
of  Middletown.  In  politics  he  is  a.  Republi- 
can. 

Mr.  Culver  married  June  10,  1896,  at  Man- 
kato,  Minnesota,  Lizzie  Huntington,  daughter 
of  Philip  Bradford  and  Elizabeth  (Isham) 
Sparrow.  They  have  one  child :  Francis 
Baldwin,  born  December  8,  1901. 

^  (The  Hall  Line). 

(II)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Hall, 
(q.  v.),  was  born  about  1641  and  died  Sep- 
tember 2,  1 72 1.  He  was  the  first  deacon  of 
the  Wallingford  Church.  He  was  selectman 
in  1675,  and  deputy  to  the  general  assembly, 
at  Hartford,  in  1687.  One  of  his  descendants, 
Rev.  Aaron,  late  minister  at  Keene.  New 
Hampshire,  had  a  silver  spoon  marked  John 
and  Mary  Hall.  He  married  December  6, 
1666,  Mary,  who  died  September  22,  1725, 
daughter  of  Edward  Parker,  of  New  Haven. 
Children:  Elizabeth,  born  August  11,  1670,  in 
New  Haven;  Daniel,  July  26,  1672;  Mary, 
June  23,  167s  ;  Nathaniel,  February  8,  1677, 
mentioned  below;  John,  March  14,  1681 ;  Ly- 


dia,  January  22,  1683  ;  Samuel,  December  24, 
1686;  died  November  i,  1689;  Esther,  Au- 
gust 30,   1693 ;  Caleb,  September  14,   1697. 

(HI)  Nathaniel,  son  of  John  (2)  Hall,  was 
born  February  8,  1677.  ^^  married.  May 
1699,  Elizabeth  Curtis  who  died  September 
30,    1735,   and  married    (second),    September 

15,  1736.    Lydia   Johnson.      He  died   August 

16,  1757.  Children,  born  at  Wallingford: 
Amos,  January  24,  1700,  mentioned  below ; 
Margaretta,  December  21,  1701,  died  Octo- 
ber 30,  1707;  Caleb,  January  5,  1703,  men- 
tioned below ;  Moses,  June  6,  1706 ;  Mary, 
October  30,  1707;  Nathaniel,  April  17,  1711  ; 
James,  April  23,  1713  ;  Elizabeth,  September 
22,  1715  ;  Desire,  June  19,  1719;  Harmon,  Oc- 
tober 17,  1720. 

(IV)  Amos,  son  of  Nathaniel  Hall,  was 
born  at  Wallingford,  January  24,  1700,  and 
died  November  30,  1752.  He  married,  June 
8,  1720,  Ruth  Royce  who  died  November  2, 
1775,  aged  seventy-five  years.  Children,  born 
at  Wallingford ;  Reuben,  December  20,  1721  ; 
Amos,  September  9,  1722 ;  Eunice,  August 
21,  1724,  married  Abner  Atwood ;  Lois,  Oc- 
tober 26,  1727,  married  Caleb  Culver;  (see 
Culver).     Moses,  August  25,  1735. 

(IV)  Caleb,  son  of  Nathaniel  Hall,  was 
born  at  Wallingford,  January  3,  1703,  and 
died  May  11,  1766.  He  married  Esther  Um- 
berfield.  Children,  born  at  Wallingford: 
Margaret,  March  28,  1727 ;  Esther,  April  24, 
1729;  Nathaniel,  April  8,  1732;  Caleb,  Sep- 
tember 12,  1734;  Moses,  May  13,  1736;  Ly- 
dia, July  9,  1738 ;  Desire,  June  20,  1740 ; 
Sarah,  April  10,  1742;  Margaret,  August  31, 
1744;  Titus,  mentioned  below;  Rhoda,  June 
15,  1748;  Jonah,  February  23,  1750;  Rhoda, 
July  4,   1753;  Lucretia,  February  16,  1757. 

(V)  Titus,  son  of  Caleb  Hall,  was  born 
at  Wallingford,  August  16,  1746,  at  Walling- 
ford. He  married  November  26,  1767,  Olive 
Barnes.  Children:  Abigail,  September  21, 
1768;  Caleb,  January  21,  1771 ;  Lucy,  De- 
cember 14,  1775,  married  Moses  Culver  (see 
Culver)  ;  Caleb,  August  26,  1781  ;  Rensaley, 
February  7,   1784. 

(The  Baldwin  Line). 
(I)  Richard  Baldwin,  the  immigrant  ances- 
tor, was  son  of  Silvester  Baldwin,  who  died 
on  the  ship  "Martin"  during  the  voyag-e  from 
England  to  America,  June  21,  1638.  Richard 
was  baptized  at  Parish  Ashton,  Clinton,  Buck- 
inghamshire, August  25,  1622.  He  settled  at 
Milford,  Connecticut.  He  was  well  educated 
and  versed  in  the  law,  having  studied  under 
his  uncle  Henry  Baldwin,  it  is  thought.  His 
handwriting  is  like  engraved  script.  He 
joined  the  church,  May  9,  1641.     His  home- 


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stead  in  1646  consisted  of  three  acres  on  the 
west  side  of  the  Wepawaug  river.  He  was 
on  a  committee  to  equalize  lots  in  1647.  He 
and  Thomas  Tibbals  were  granted  Beaver 
Pond  Meadow  on  condition  that  they  drain 
it  within  six  months.  He  was  sergeant  in  the 
militia.  He  was  an  active,  intelligent  citizen. 
He  was  prominent  in  the  settlement  of  the 
town  of  Derby.  He  kept  a  tavern  and  was 
licensed  to  sell  liquor.  His  predecessor,  it  is 
interesting  to  note,  had  broken  a  court  order 
by  selling  strong  drink  "at  higher  prices  than 
allowed."  The  high  cost  of  living  was  then 
a  subject  for  court  interference.  Not  only 
prices  were  regulated,  but  citizens  were  for- 
bidden to  buy  certain  luxuries  unless  the  court 
considered  them  within  their  means.  Men 
had  to  pay  taxes  on  a  certain  minimum  before 
they  could  indulge  their  vanity  in  top-boots, 
or  their  wives  could  appear  in  silken  bonnets. 
Baldwin  was  a  member  of  the  general  as- 
sembly in  May,  1662.  and  May,  1664.  He 
died  July  23,  1665.  He  married  Sarah  Bryan. 
She  married  (second)  in  1670,  William  Fow- 
ler, Jr. 

He  mentions  his  children  in  his  will. 
Children :  Elizabeth,  baptized  at  Milford.  Sep- 
tember, 1644:  Sylvanus,  baptized  November 
20,  1646.  Sarah,  baptized  April  i,  1649; 
Temperance,  baptized  June  29,  165 1  ;  Mary, 
baptized  November  6,  1653  •  Theophilus,  April 
26,  1659;  Zachariah.  .September  22,  1660,  men- 
tioned below;  Martha,  April  i,  1663;  Barna- 
bas, 1665. 

(H)  Zachariah,  son  of  Richard  Baldwin, 
was  born  at  Milford,  Connecticut,  September 
22,  1660,  and  settled  there.  He  was  sergeant 
of  the  militia  and  dignified  in  the  records,  also 
with  the  then  title  "Mr."  He  was  auditor  in 
1696,  member  of  the  general  assembly,  1705- 
18,  during  fourteen  sessions.  He  married, 
perhaps  his  second  wife,  Elizabeth,  widow  of 
Ezekiel  Sanford.  Her  will  was  dated  May 
22,  1732,  and  proved  April  6,  1733.  Children, 
born  at  Milford:  Mary,  baptized  May  2,  1680; 
Zachariah,  mentioned  below ;  Sololon :  Eben- 
ezer,  baptized  August  6,  1693 :  Elizabeth,  bap- 
tized January  i,  1694-95  >  Susanna,  baptized 
November  15,  1696;  Stephen,  October  11, 
1699;  Temperance,  baptized  June  13,  1703; 
Sarah,  June  9,  1706 ;  Richard,  September  9, 
1709. 

(HI)  Zachariah  (2),  son  of  Zachariah  fi) 
Baldwin,  was  born  in  Milford ;  married,  there, 
August  25,  1708,  Sarah  Merwin.  He  owned 
land  in  Waterbury,  Connecticut,  and  bought 
land  in  Stratford  in  1714.  He  lived  there  in 
what  is  now  the  town  of  Hunting-ton,  on  Wal- 
nut Tree  Hill.  By  leave  of  the  general  court, 
he  established   a   ferry  at   Stratford   in    1723. 


He  died  November  6,  1766,  according  to  the 
records  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church, 
of  Huntington,  of  which  he  was  a  communi- 
cant, and  where  his  children  were  all  bap- 
tized. Children :  Zachariah,  September  6, 
1709;  Abraham,  baptized  August  12,  1722; 
Isaac,  Jacob,  Sarah,  Israel,  (see  forward), 
baptized  with  Abraham  and  those  preceding, 
August  12,  1722,  order  of  birth  and  dates 
not  known;   Patience,  baptized  July,   1726. 

(IV)  Israel,  son  of  Zachariah  (2)  Bald- 
win, was  baptized  at  Stratford,  August  12, 
1722,  and  died  there,  November  13,  1805.  He 
married  Widow  Chatterton,  of  New  Haven, 
and  had  at  Wolcott,  Connecticut:  Hannah, 
born  August  12,  1679,  married  Judah  Fris- 
bie ;  David,  mentioned  below. 

(Y)  David,  son  of  Israel  Baldwin,  was  born 
at  Wolcott,  May  27,  1787,  and  married  at 
Kilingworth,  Cynthia  Snow.  He  lived  in 
Chester,  Connecticut.  Children :  Cynthia,  Sep- 
tember    15,     1808;     Mary    Ann,     September 

18,  1810;  William  Snow,  June  8,  1812; 
Heman,   September  27,    1814;   Emily,   March 

19,  1817;  Augustus,  December  18.  1819 ;  Lu- 
cretia,  January  25,  1722;  Lucinda  (twin  of 
Lucretia)  born  January  25,  1822,  married 
'Moses  Culver.  (See  Culver.)  William  Au- 
gustus, February  23,  1824,  lived  in  Chicago; 
Emily,  October  8,  1827;  David  Judson,  June 
19,   1830;  Henry  Austin,  July  19,  1832. 


John    Littlejohn,    was    of 
LITTLEJOHN     the    Littlejohn   family   of 

New  York  City,  de- 
scended from  an  old  English  family  which 
immigrated  to  this  country  early  in  the  sev- 
enteenth century.  The  father  of  John,  Wil- 
liam Littlejohn,  was  captured  by  the  "Press 
Gang"  in  the  streets  of  New  York  in  1812, 
was  made  to  serve  in  the  British  navy,  and 
was  supposed  to  have  been  killed  in  one  of 
the  numerous  naval  engagements  of  that  time 
as  he  was  never  heard  from. 

(Ill)  Elliott,  son  of  John  Littlejohn,  was 
born  in  Newark,  New  Jersey,  March  21,  1832. 
He  was  paymaster  in  the  United  States  navy, 
with  the  rank  of  lieutenant  during  the  civil 
war,  and  was  for  ten  years  after  that  date 
superintendent  of  the  Hargous  line  of  steam- 
ers between  New  York  and  Panama.  Of  late 
years  he  was  in  the  manufacturing  business  in 
New  York  and  in  New  Flaven,  and  at  pres- 
ent has  permanently  retired  from  business. 
Elliott  Littlejohn  married  Sarah  Virginia  Mal- 
lory,  in  1865,  the  latter  being  born  in  West- 
ville,  Connecticut,  daughter  of  Albert  B.  Mal- 
lory  (see  Mallory  VIII).  Children:  Grace 
Virginia,  born  in  New  Haven,  1870,  well 
known  musician;   Percy  Duncan,   mentioned 


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below;  Mildred  Emily,  born  in  New  Haven, 
1880;  Louis,  died  in  infancy. 

(IV)  Dr.  Percy  Duncan,  son  of  Elliott 
and  Sarah  V.  (Mallory)  Littlejohn,  was  born 
in  New  Haven.  December  4,  1874.  He  at- 
tended the  public  schools  of  his  native  city, 
and  was  graduated  from  the  New  Haven  high 
school  in  the  class  of  1892.  The  following- 
year  was  a  student  at  Sheffield  Scientific 
School  of  Yale  University,  and  in  1894  en- 
tered the  Yale  Medical  School  from  which 
he  was  graduated  in  1897,  obtaining  the  de- 
gree of  Doctor  of  Medicine.  Dr.  Littlejohn 
served  as  house  physician  and  surgeon  on 
the  staff  of  the  New  Haven  Hospital  for  the 
following  two  years,  and  in  1899  began  the 
general  practice  of  medicine  in  New  Haven,' 
Connecticut.  From  1899  to  1903  he  was  clin- 
ical assistant  in  medicine  in  the  Yale  Medical 
School,  from  1904  to  1906  was  instructor  in 
Genito-LTrinary  Diseases  in  the  New  York 
Post-Graduate  Medical  School  of  New  York- 
City.  In  1907  Dr.  Littlejohn  was  appointed 
assistant  attending  dermatologist  in  the  New 
York  and  Belle vue  Medical  College,  from 
which  he  resigned  in  1909.  From  1899  to 
1907  his  occupation  was  the  general  practice 
of  medicine,  but  since  that  time  he  has  spe- 
cialized in  Dermatolog-y  and  Genito-Urinary 
Diseases.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Connec- 
ticut State  Medical  Society,  the  New  Haven 
County  Medical  Society,  the  New  Haven  City 
Medical  Society,  the  American  Urological  So- 
ciety, the  American  Medical  Association,  the 
New  York  Reno-A^esical  Society,  the  Conec- 
ticut  Society  for  Mental  Hygiene,  the  Con- 
necticut Society  for  Aloral  Prophylacis,  etc., 
etc.  Dr.  Littlejohn  has  read  and  published  a 
number  of  articles  on  special  medical  subjects. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal 
church,  of  Wooster  Lodge,  Free  and  Ac- 
cepted Masons,  of  New  Haven,  of  the  Second 
Company  Governor's  Foot  Guard,  of  which 
an  ancestor  was  a  member  at  the  time  the  com- 
pany marched  to  Boston  in  1776,  an  ex-mem- 
ber of  the  Connecticut  Naval  Militia,  with 
which  command  he  turned  out  when  they  were 
called  into  camp  at  the  time  of  the  Spanish 
war ;  a  member  of  the  Union  League  Club,  of 
the  New  Haven  Yacht  Club,  and  of  the  Sons 
of  the  American  Revolution.  (By  descent 
from  Captain  Abner  Mallory,  see  Mallory  V). 
Residence,  25  Wall  street,  office  193  York 
street. 

(The  Mallory  Line). 

Peter  Mallory.  immigrant  ancestor,  was 
born  in  England  and  came  early  to  New 
Haven,  being  one  of  the  signers  of  the  plan- 
tation covenant  in  1644.  He  died  after  1675. 
Children  :  Rebecca,  born  at  New  Haven,  May 


18,  1649;  Mary,  October,  1655,  died  young; 
Mary.  September  28,  1656;  Peter,  July  27, 
i6=;8:  Thomas,  September  15,  1659,  mentioned 
below  ;  Daniel,  November  25,  1661 ;  John,  May 
ID,  1663;  Joseph,  1666;  Benjamin,  January 
4,  1668 ;  Samuel,  March  10,  1673 !  William, 
September  2,  1675. 

(II)  Thomas,  son  of  Peter  Mallory,  was 
born  in  New  Haven,  September  15,  1659.  He 
married  there,  IMarch  26,  1684,  Mary  Umber- 
field.  Children,  born  at  New  Haven ;  Thom- 
as, January  i,  1685-86:  mentioned  below; 
Daniel,  January  2,  1687. 

(III)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Thomas  (i) 
Mallory,  was  born  at  New  Haven,  January 
I,  1685-86,  died  in  1783,  aged,  according  to 
one  account,  one  hundred  and  one,  though 
but  ninety-eight  if  the  date  of  death  is  given 
correctly.  He  married,  January  13,  1706, 
Elizabeth  Bartlett,  who  died  November  5, 
1719.  He  removed  to  Woodbury,  Connecti- 
cut, from  New  Haven.  Children,  born  in 
New  Haven  and  Woodbury :  Mary,  December 
4,  1707 ;  Thomas,  1709,  mentioned  below ; 
Bartlett.  March  2,  1710:  Aaron.  February  16, 
1712  ;  John  :  Jesse,  April  5,  1717. 

(IV)  Thomas  (3),  son  of  Thomas  (2) 
Mallory,  was  born  in  New  Haven  or  Wood- 
bury, 1709.  He  married,  at  Woodbury,  Au- 
gust 10,  1720,  or  1722,  Hannah  Minor.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Woodbury:  Abner,  mentioned 
below ;  Eunice,  June  26,  1725  ;  Gideon,  bap- 
tized June  9,  1728:  Mary,  December  14,  1730, 
Jemima,  May,  1733 ;  Simeon,  February  18, 
1737:  Silas  (adopted),  baptized  March  29, 
1778. 

(V)  Captain  Abner,  son  of  Thomas  (3) 
Mallory,  was  born  at  Woodbury,  July  28, 
1723.  Following  is  the  official  report  of  the 
revolutionary  service  of  Captain  Mallory : 
"This  is  to  certify  that  Abner  Mallory  served 
in  the  War  of  the  Revolution  and  the  follow- 
ing is  said  service,  according  to  the  records 
of  this  office."  On  page  547  Connecticut  Men 
in  the  Revolution  appears  the  following :  "Ab- 
ner Mallory,  captain,  in  the  list  of  militia 
captains  whose  companies  turned  out  to  re- 
pel the  enemy  at  New  Haven  July  5,  1779. 
Tryon's  Invasion  of  Connecticut,  July  1779, 
New  Haven  Alarm,  on  pages  207-8  Revolu- 
tion Rules  and  Lists  1775-83,  appears  the  fol- 
lowing: Militia  service,  the  United  States  Dr. 
to  the  State  of  Connecticut,  for  services  of 
State  Troops  and  militia  between  the  first  of 
April  and  first  of  November  raised  for  the 
defense  of  the  state  and  allowed  by  act  of  Con- 
gress December  28,  1779,  computed  according 
to  the  Continental  establishment  of  Pay.  In 
the  list  of  official  Pay  Rolls  is  Captain  Abner 
Mallory.     On  page  222   same  book,   appears 


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the  following:  Service  at  Peekskill,  the  Uni- 
ted States  Dr.  to  the  State  of  Connecticut 
for  sundry  expenditures  for  bounties,  extra 
allowances,  wages,  etc.,  of  militia  from  said 
state,  who  served  with  the  main  army  at  and 
near  Peekskill  in  the  state  of  New  York  (page 
224,  August  24,  1779).  Captain  Abner  Mal- 
lory,  13th  regiment.  In  testimony  whereof 
we  have  affixed  unto  the  seal  of  this  office. 
(Signed)  W.  E.  F.  Landers,  Col.  and  Ass't 
Adjutant  General."  He  was  in  Colonel  In- 
crease Moseley's  regiment  in  1779.  He  mar- 
ried, June  25,  1747,  at  Woodbury,  Susanna 
Walker.  Children,  born  at  Woodbury:  Elec- 
ta, April  19,  1748 ;  Hannah,  February  16, 
1749,  died  young ;  Hannah,  January  17,  1752 ; 
Walker,  mentioned  below. 

(VI)  Walker,  son  of  Captain  Abner  Mal- 
lory,  was  born  in  Woodbury,  February  25, 
1754.  He  married  there,  October,  1776,  Mar- 
tha Meicor,  of  Woodbury.  Children,  born  at 
Woodbury:  Peggy,  February  4,  1778;  Polly, 
June  8,  1780;  Abner,  March  2,  1782;  Polly, 
April  30,  1784 ;  Richard  Burke  (or  Burke 
Richard),  mentioned  below:  Deacon  Marcus 
D.,  January  10,  1788:  Betsey,  married  Asa- 
hel  Strong  :  Jeanette  ;  Sarah. 

(A^I)  Richard  Burke,  son  of  Walker  Mal- 
lory,  was  born  at  Woodbury  about  1785.  He 
lived  at  Westville,  Connecticut.  He  married 
Eunice  Plotchkiss,  of  New  Haven.  Children : 
Albert  B.,  mentioned  below ;  Burton  M.,  mar- 
ried Mary  Beecher ;  Sarah,  married  Morris 
Smith. 

(VIII)  Albert  B.,  son  of  Richard  Burke 
Mallory,  was  born  at  Westville.  He  mar- 
ried Grace  Electa  Sherwood,  of  New  Haven, 
Connecticut.  Their  daughter.  Sarah  Virginia, 
married  Elliott  Little  John  (see  Little- 
john  III). 


William  Henry  Simpson  was 
SIMPSON     born    in    1806   in    Wales,    of 

Welsh  stock,  and  came  when 
a  boy  of  fourteen  to  this  country.  He  made 
his  home  in  Baltimore,  Maryland,  and  mar- 
ried Mary  Gartside,  who  was  born  in  Scot- 
land, or  the  north  of  Ireland,  of  Scotch-Irish 
parents,  in  1813.  She  died  in  1893  at  Jef- 
ferson City,  Tennessee,  of  old  age.  He  died, 
in  1879,  at  Marysville,  Tennessee.  They  had 
two  children,  Mark  and  George,  mentioned 
below. 

(II)  George,  son  of  William  Henry  Simp- 
son, was  born,  April  2,  1838,  at  Baltimore 
and  died  May  19,  1899,  at  Mossy  Creek,  Jef- 
ferson City,  Tennessee.  He  married,  Novem- 
ber 20,  1861,  Frances  Virginia  Shewalter, 
born  December  8,  1841  at  Winchester,  Vir- 
ginia, and  died  December  25,   1909,  at  Jef- 


ferson City,  Tennessee,  daughter  of  Jacob  and 
Arabella  (Aby)  Shewalter.  (See  Shewalter 
in  Hulett  HI.)  He  settled  at  Kingsport, 
Tennessee,  and  followed  the  trade  of  machin- 
ist there.  During  the  civil  war  he  was  a 
staunch  supporter  of  the  Union.  Children: 
I.  Mary  Arabella  (Belle),  born  at  Kingsport, 
Tennessee,  September  13,  1862 ;  unmarried.  2. 
William  Henry,  born  at  Rockford,  Tennes- 
see, May  4,  1865  ;  son,  William  Edward,  lives 
at  Knoxville,  Tennessee.  3.  Laura  Gertrude, 
born,  at  Jefferson  City,  November  29,  1867; 
married  O.  L.  Fisher ;  children :  Annie  and 
Frances  Fisher,  both  born  at  Jefferson  City. 
4.  Ella,  born  March  6,  1870;  died  November 
28,  1899,  at  Jefferson  City;  married  William 
■  Ore ;  one  child  died  in  infancy.  5.  Earnest 
Clyde,  mentioned  below.  6.  Katharine  Aby, 
born  February  25,  1875 ;  (A.  B.,  Carson 
and  Newman  College,  Jefferson  City,  1895 ; 
unmarried.)  7.  Anne  Poole,  born  February  i, 
1878 :  unmarried.  8.  Jacob  Wilbur,  born  July 
10,  1880;  died  February  2,  1881,  at  Jefferson 
City.  9.  Lillian  Ruth,  born  May  25,  1882; 
died  March  29,  1883,  at  Jefferson  City.  10. 
Sophie  Tazewell,  born  March  30,  1884 :  un- 
married. 

(Ill)  Hon.  Earnest  Clyde  Simpson,  son 
of  George  Simpson,  was  born  at  Jefferson 
City,  April  28,  1872,  and  attended  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  town.  He  entered  Car- 
son and  Newman  College,  at  Jefferson  City, 
and  was  graduated,  with  the  degree  of  B.S., 
in  the  class  of  1893.  He  entered  Yale  Law 
School  in  1896  and  graduated  in  1899  with 
the  degree  of  LL.B.  He  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  in  1900,  and  has  been  in  general  practice 
in  New  Haven  since  then.  In  1905  he  was 
appointed  city  attorney  of  New  Haven  and 
served  until  September  8,  1908,  when  he  re- 
signed to  accept  the  appointment  of  judge  of 
the  court  of  common  pleas  for  New  Haven 
county,  a  position  he  has  filled  wisely  and  well 
to  the  present  time.  His  term  is  four  years, 
from  September  9,  1908.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  New  Haven  and  State  bar  associations ;  of 
the  Graduates  Club  of  New  Haven:  of  the 
Union  League  Club  and  the  Young  Men's 
Republican  Club  of  New  Haven;  of  the  New 
York  Southern  Society ;  the  Tennessee  Soci- 
ety of  New  York  City  and  of  the  Benevolent 
and  Protective  Order  of  Elks.  He  belongs 
to  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church.  He  is 
corporal  of  the  New  Haven  Grays,  a  crack 
military  company  to  which  he  has  belonged 
since  1904.  He  was  editor  of  the  Yale  Lazv 
Journal  for  two  years  and  is  interested  in 
history,  genealogy  and  general  literature  and 
public  education. 

Mr.  Simpson  is  unmarried. 


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(The  Hiilett  Line). 
Charles  Hulett  was  born  in  England  and 
came  to  this  country  when  a  boy.  He  was 
a  soldier  in  the  revolution  in  Frelinghuysen's 
eastern  company  of  artillery,  state  of  New 
Jersey,  he  volunteered  as  a  musician  May  7, 
1778,  in  Captain  Isaac  Morrison's  company. 
Colonel  Ogden's  First  New  Jersey  regiment 
and  took  part  in  the  battles  of  Princeton, 
Monmouth  and  Yorktowm ;  was  wounded  in 
the  leg  at  the  battle  of  Monmouth  and  there 
or  soon  afterward  taken  prisoner  by  the  Brit- 
ish and  sent  to  the  West  Indies.  To  regain 
his  freedom  he  enlisted  as  a  musician  in  the 
British  service,  but  deserted,  returned  to  this 
country  and  joined  the  American  army  in 
the  south.  He  was  a  drum  major  at  the  end 
of  the  war.  Jonas  Alby  (Aby)  applied  for 
a  pension  in  behalf  of  his  heirs  August  9, 
1845,  ^"d  the  application  states  that  Hulett 
was  a  native  of  New  Jersey,  giving  also  most 
of  the  facts  related  here  concerning  his  war 
record.  The  pension  was  granted.  He  was 
at  one  time  sheriff  of  his  county.  He  lived 
at  Winchester,  Virginia.  He  married  at  Win- 
chester, Virginia,  January  16,  1787,  Cather- 
ine Miller,  who  died  August  20,  1836,  aged 
seventy-six  years.  He  died  at  Winchester, 
May  20,  1835,  aged  seventy-five.  Children: 
Richard ;  James  Madison ;  Barbara,  married 
Jonas  Aby,  mentioned  below ;  Harriet,  mar- 
ried Henry  Worrel. 

(II)  Barbara,  daughter  of  Charles  Hulett, 
was  born  in  Winchester  in  1794;  married  in 
1808,  Jonas  Aby  (Abby  or  Alby).  Aby  was 
a  soldier  in  the  war  of  1812.  Children  of 
Jonas  and  Barbara  (Hulett)  Aby:  Amanda, 
died  in  infancy ;  Arabella,  married  Jacob  She- 
waiter ;  Samuel;  George,  died  young;  Ade- 
line, married  Benjamin  Stine;  Ellen,  died 
young;  Elizabeth,  married  Carrington  Ander- 
son ;  Jane,  married  Barnes,  of  Mis- 
sissippi; Kate,  married  A.  J.  Turner;  Thomas 
J. ;  (iiharles  W. ;  Harriet,  married  Joseph 
Nixon;  Sophia,  married  Dr.  John  Guyer; 
Frances,  married  William  Summerville. 

(III)  Arabella,  daughter  of  Jonas  and  Bar- 
bara (Hulett)  Aby,  was  born  in  Winchester  in 
1812;  married,  at  Middletown,  Virginia,  in 
1833,  Jacob  Shewalter,  son  of  John  and  Eliza- 
beth Shewalter  and  descendant  of  the  immi- 
grant who  came  from  Germany  and  settled  in 
Lancaster  county,  Pennsylvania,  about  1744. 
John  Shewalter  settled  in  Frederick  county, 
Virginia  ;  children:  Jacob,  (mentioned  above)  ; 
Elias ;  Eliza  who  married  Jacob  Barnes,  Wes- 
ley, Hamilton  and  Edward.  Children  of  John 
and  Arabella  Aby  Shewalter:  i.  James  Hu- 
let,  born  1834,  at  Millwood,  Virginia ;  mar- 
ried Mary  Prior,  and  lives  at  Kingsport,  Ten- 


nessee ;  had  nine  children.  2.  Laura  Jane, 
born  1836  and  died,  unmarried,  August  8, 
1874.  3.  James  Summerfield,  born  1838; 
married,  in  1868,  Elizabeth  Gerry,  who  died 
in  1877 ;  children :  Bessie  and  Wilbur ;  mar- 
ried (second)  Anna  Chenowith,  and  had  four 
children ;  lives  at  Spring;field,  Ohio.  4.  Emma 
Gertrude,  born  1840 ;  married,  in  1857,  Henry 
Lyle,  at  Kingsport ;  had  three  children ;  hus- 
band died  in  1901,  at  Bristol,  Tennessee.  5. 
Frances  A^irginia,  born  1841  :  married,  in 
1861,  George  Simpson.  (See  Simpson  II.) 
6.  Ann  Cornelia,  born  1843;  married,  in  1871, 
James  S.  Larrick  ;  lives  at  Middletown,  Vir- 
ginia ;  has  seven  children.  7.  Ella  Adeline, 
born  1845  ;  married,  in  1887,  Frederick  Klee- 
ver ;  lives  in  Tennessee ;  no  children.  8. 
Charles  W.,  born  in  1846;  married,  in  1894, 
Mrs.  George  Erskine ;  lives  in  Washington, 
D.  C,  and  has  two  children.  9.  Alice  Eliza- 
beth, born  1848 ;  died  1869,  unmarried.  10. 
Thomas  Emory,  born  185 1 ;  died,  in  1870,  un- 
married. II.  Cora  Arabella,  born  1856;  mar- 
ried, in  1894,  James  P.  Taylor,  has  no  chil- 
dren ;  lives  in  Embreeville,  Tennessee. 


John  Blake,  immigrant  ancestor, 
BLAKE     was  the  son  of  "Captain"  Blake 

and  Elizabeth  •.     He  was 

born  probably  in  Maiden,  England,  about 
1652.  His  father  died  when  he  was  a  child, 
and  his  mother  married  (second)  about  1660, 
George  Durant.  He  undoubtedly  came  to 
America  with  his  mother  and  stepfather  about 
1660  or  1661.  They  settled  on  a  farm  in 
Maiden,  Massachusetts,  where  they  lived  for 
a  year  or  more  before  removing  to  Middle- 
town,  Connecticut.  The  first  child  of  George 
and  Elizabeth  Durant  was  Edward,  whose 
birth  record  at  Middletown  is  June  2,  1661. 
This  Edward  Durant  was,  like  his  father,  a 
blacksmith  by  trade,  and  married  Ann  Hall, 
supposed  to  have  been  the  sister  of  John 
Blake's  wife.  He  settled  in  Boston,  and  had 
a  smithy  on  the  corner  of  Newbury  and  Win- 
ter streets,  on  land  deeded  to  him  by  Ben- 
jamin Pemberton,  June  13,  1728.  August 
18,  1738,  he  conveyed  the  same  to  Samuel 
Brown,  of  Worcester,  tailor.  John  Blake 
married,  at  Maiden,  in  1673,  Sarah,  daughter 
of  Richard  Hall.  She  survived  him  and  mar- 
ried (second)  Edward  Turner,  Jr.  She  had 
the  following  children  by  her  second  husband : 
Abigail,  born  October  11,  1694:  Stephen,  died 
December  16,  1726.  In  1683  John  Blake 
bought  from  his  stepfather  a  piece  of  land 
in  Middletown.  He  died  at  Middletown,  No- 
vember II,  1690.  His  children  were  not  bap- 
tized until  after  his  death,  which  may  indi- 
cate that  he  was  not  a  churchman.     Children, 


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recorded  in  Middletown,  February  8,  1683, 
Mercy,  born  November  16,  1673;  Sarah, 
February  15,  1675;  Mary,  July  29,  1677;  Eliz- 
abeth, March  16,  1679-80;  Abigail,  January 
25,  1681 ;  John,  May  19,  1683 ;  Jonathan, 
July  27,  1685,  (mentioned  below)  ;  Stephen, 
July  15,  1687:  Richard,  died  at  age  of  elev- 
en months. 

(II)  Jonathan,  son  of  John  Blake,  was 
born  July  27,  1685,  at  Middletown,  died  there 
October  17,  1733.  He  married,  September 
19,  1 710,  Mary,  daughter  of  Isaac  and  Mary 
(Harris)  Johnson.  Her  father,  Isaac  John- 
son, was  born  in  Roxbury,  Massachusetts, 
1644,  the  son  of  Isaac  Johnson,  born  in  Eng- 
land, 1617.  The  latter  was  the  son  of  John 
Johnson  and  his  wife  Margery,  who  came 
from  England  in  the  fleet  with  Winthrop  in 
1630.  Her  mother,  Mary  Harris,  was  born 
at  Rowley,  Massachusetts,  1651,  daughter  of 
Daniel  Harris,  born  in  England,  1619,  was  at 
Rowley  in  1643  and  Mary  (Weld)  Harris, 
his  wife,  born  in  England  about  1627.  Mary 
Weld  was  the  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Eliza- 
beth Weld,  who  came  from  England  to  Rox- 
bury, 1635.  Jonathan  Blake  was  a  farmer  by 
occupation.  His  wife  died  January  10,  1761. 
Children:  Daniel,  born  April  24,  1712;  Abi- 
gail, February  12,  1713;  died  August  7,  1727; 
Mary,  January  27,  1714-15;  Elizabeth,  Feb- 
ruary 18,  1716-17;  Prudence,  April  8,  1719, 
died  March  28,  1739-40;  Jonathan,  May  12, 
1 72 1,  died  at  age  of  five  months;  Jonathan, 
August  29,  1722:  Mercy,  January  12,  1724- 
25 ;  Sarah,  July  29,  1727 ;  Stephen,  (men- 
tioned below). 

(III)  Stephen,  son  of  Jonathan  Blake,  was 
born  February  18,  1730.  at  Middeltown,  and 
married,  October  18,  1750,  Rachel  Alvord.  He 
was  a  tanner  and  currier  by  trade,  and  at 
the  time  of  his  death  was  town  clerk  of  Mid- 
dletown. He  and  his  son  Jonathan  were 
drowned  "the  evening  after  the  6th  of  Janu- 
ary, 1767,  in  the  mill  brook."  Children : 
Rachel,  born  April  8,  1752:  Jonathan,  Janu- 
ary 31,  1754;  Elijah,  June  18,  1756,  (men- 
tioned below)  ;  George,  October  30,  1758,  sol- 
dier in  the  revolution;  Mary,  May  7,  1761, 
died  October  14,  1762;  still-born  son,  1763; 
Mary,  April  7,  1765  ;  Stephen,  April  27,  1767. 

(IV)  Elijah,  son  of  Stephen  Blake,  was 
born  June  18,  1756,  at  Middletown,  died  Oc- 
tober 2,  1833,  at  Winchester,  Connecticut.  He 
was  a  United  States  pensioner.  He  removed 
to  Torrington,  Connecticut,  in  early  life,  later 
to  Winchester.  He  was  a  tanner  and  currier 
by  trade.  He  married,  September  27,  1779, 
Sarah  Hamlin,  born  1755,  died  October  27, 
1811.  Children:  Sally,  born  December  12, 
1780,   died  June   17,   1793;   Polly,   September 


15,  1782;  Elijah,  June  26,  1784;  Jonathan, 
August  13,  1786,  mentioned  below ;  Harry, 
June  29,  1788:  Ithuel,  August  i,  1790;  Al- 
len, May  19,  1792;  Sally,  December  16,  1794; 
Maria,  October  18,  1797;  Lavinia,  October  16, 
1799. 

(V)  Jonathan,  son  of  Elijah  Blake,  was 
born  August  13,  1786,  at  Torrington  or  Mid- 
dletown, died  May  14,  1868,  at  Winchester. 
He  married,  at  Winchester,  May  12,  1808, 
Sabra  Bronson.  She  died  March  30,  1870, 
aged  eighty-six  years.  He  was  a  justice  of 
the  peace  and  representative  to  the  legisla- 
ture 1851.  Children:  Marcia,  born  February 
13,  1812;  Mary  Ann,  January  17,  1814; 
Charles   Hamlin  mentioned  below. 

(VI)  Charles  Hamlin,  son  of  Jonathan 
Blake,  was  born  October  17,  1817,  at  Win- 
chester, died  at  Winsted,  Connecticut,  April 
4.  1 88 1.  He  received  a  common  school  edu- 
cation. He  learned  the  trade  of  carpenter, 
became  a  contractor  and  builder,  and  followed 
his  trade  for  a  number  of  years.  During  the 
latter  part  of  his  life  he  lived  retired  from 
active  business.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Congregational  church,  also  of  the  parish 
committee,  and  superintendent  of  the  Sunday 
school.  He  married.  May  11,  1842,  Jane, 
daughter  of  James  C.  and  Lucy  (Northrup) 
Cleveland  (see  Cleveland  VII).  Children: 
James  Cleveland,  born  February  9,  1847,  died 
January  24,  1848 :  James  Cleveland,  mentioned 
below ;   Lorenzo   Mitchell,   mentioned  below. 

(VII)  James  Cleveland,  son  of  Charles 
Hamlin  Blake,  was  born  July  12,  1849,  died 
April  15,  1891.  He  went  to  Winona,  Minne- 
sota, in  1871,  and  was  first  engaged  in  the 
grocery  business.  Later  he  became  engaged 
in  the  manufacture  of  wagons,  and  was  sec- 
retary of  the  Winona  Wagon  Company  at  the 
time  of  his  death.  He  married,  October  4, 
1870,  Anna,  born  July  6,  1848,  at  Colebrook, 
died  March  22,  1910,  daughter  of  Rollin  and 
Susan  (Holmes)  Beecher.  Children:  Susan 
J.,  deceased;  Charles  Beecher,  married  Helen 
Mann ;  child,  Buel  Beecher ;  Mary  Cleveland, 
deceased ;  James  Bronson ;  Ward  Mitchell, 
married  Genevieve  MulHns,  of  Minneapolis. 

(VII)  Lorenzo  Mitchell,  son  of  Charles 
Hamlm  Blake,  was  born  April  26,  185 1,  at 
Winsted,  and  educated  in  the  town  and  select 
schools.  He  has  always  lived  in  Winsted, 
except  for  three  years,  when  he  worked  in 
a  savings  bank  in  Hartford.  Before  going 
to  Hartford  he  was  in  the  banking  business 
in  Winsted.  He  has  been  retired  from  active 
business  for  a  number  of  years.  He  is  now 
director  and  vice-president  of  the  First  Na- 
tional Bank  of  Winsted,  trustee  of  the  Gilbert 
Home  and  School,  and  a  member  of  the  Gil- 


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bert  Home  Committee.  He  is  a  director  in 
the  Winsted  Hosiery  Company,  director  and 
secretary  of  the  Winsted  Real  Estate  Com- 
pany, and  director  of  the  Litchfield  County 
Hospital.  He  is  also  deacon  in  the  First 
Congregational  Church,  of  Winsted.  He 
married,  October  ^8,  1888,  Nellie,  daughter 
of  William  Ward  and  Lucy  (Goodwin)  Mit- 
chell, of  Chicopee,  Massachusetts,  (see  Mit- 
chell VI).  Children:  Faith  Cleveland,  born 
January  3,  1890 ;  Allen  Mitchell,  March  26, 
1892. 

(The  Cleveland  Line). 

(III)  Sergeant  Joseph  Cleveland,  son  of 
Samuel     Cleveland     (q.     v.),     was    born     in 

Chelmsford,  Massachusetts,  July  18,  1689, 
died  in  Canterbury,  Connecticut,  March  11, 
1766.  He  married  (first)  in  Canterbury,  Feb- 
ruary 7,  1710-11,  Abigail  Hyde,  born  in  Cam- 
bridge. Massachusetts.  August  8,  1688,  died 
in  Canterbury,  December  16,  1724,  daughter 
of  Jonathan  and  Dorothy  (Kidder)  Flyde. 
He  married  (second)  in  Canterbury,  March 
31,  1725,  Sarah  Ainsworth  or  Ensworth,  born 
in  Plainfield,  Connecticut,  June  12,  1699,  died 
June  21,  1761,  daughter  of  Tyxall  and  Lydia 
or  Sarah  Ainsworth.  Children,  born  in  Can- 
terbury by  first  wife :  Ephraim,  February  3, 
1711-12:  Jonathan,  May  9,  1713;  Benjamin, 
mentioned  below;  Dorothy,  March  31,  1716; 
John,  died  March  5,  1754;  Elijah,  born  Janu- 
ary 5,  1720-21  ;  Persis,  1723.  By  second  mar- 
riage:  Ezra,  born  1726;  Samuel,  June  7,  1730. 

(IV)  Benjamin,  son  of  Sergeant  Joseph 
Cleveland,  was  born  in  Canterbury,  May  20, 
1714,  died  in  East  Brookfield,  Orange  county, 
Vermont,  1797.     He  married,  in  1736,  Rachel 

,   who  died   at  Lyme,   Grafton  county, 

New  Hampshire,  in  1792.  He  was  a  resident 
of  Canterbury  until  about  1780.  A  deed  of 
land  by  Joseph  Cleveland  to  his  "well-beloved 
son  Benjamin  Cleveland"  is'  dated  Canter- 
bury, December  23,  1735,  with  the  reservation 
that  he  and  his  family  be  able  to  have  their 
firewood  from  the  land.  Within  a  fortnight, 
during  the  month  of  November  in  the  year 
1749,  three  of  their  five  children  sickened  and 
diecl.  In  the  following  spring  another  daugh- 
ter was  born  and  christened  for  her  mother 
Rachel.  They  had  four  more  children  after 
this.  In  1780  Benjamin  Cleveland  moved  to 
Lyme,  Grafton  county.  New  Hampshire. 
About  1792  he  removed  with  his  son-in-law, 
Rev.  Samuel  Hovey,  to  East  Brookfield,  Ver- 
mont, where  he  died  1797.  His  wife  died  in 
Lyme  in  1792.  It  is  thought  that  her  maiden 
name  may  have  been  Stebbins,  and  many  other 
conjectures  are  made  also.  Children :  Jo- 
seph, born  May  14,  1737;  Benjamin,  probably 
1740;  Dorothy,  June  10,   1744;  Abigail,  Au- 


gust 13,  1746;  Zenas,  September  21,  1748; 
Rachel,  May  18,  1750;  Persis;  Rufus,  men- 
tioned below;  Mary,  April  14,  1756;  Phebe, 
June  25,  1758. 

(V)  Rufus,  son  of .  Benjamin  Cleveland, 
was  born  June  14,  1754,  in  Canterbury,  died 
at  Barkhamsted,  Litchfield  county,  Connecti- 
cut, February  22,  1828.  He  married  (first) 
in  Ellington,  Tolland  county,  Connecticut, 
September  9,  1779,  Mary,  who  was  born  in 
Coventry,  Connecticut,  August  7,  1759,  died 
at  Barkhamsted  or  Winsted,  November  13, 
1807,  eldest  daughter  of  Captain  James  and 
Abigail  (Boynton)  (Palmer)  Chamberlain. 
He  married  (second)  in  Winsted,  May  i,  1808 
Mrs.  x\lice  (Jenkins)  Kent,  born  in  Boston 
or  Bridgewater,  Massachusetts,  1771,  died  in 
Winsted,  October  14,  1833,  aged  sixty-two, 
widow  of  John  Kent,  daughter  of  Edward 
and  Jerusha  (Neal)  Jenkins.  Rufus  Cleve- 
land was  of  medium  height,  florid  complexion, 
with  light  curly  hair  and  blue  eyes.  He  served 
as  a  soldier  during  the  revolutionary  war,  and 
paid  his  marriage  fee  of  one  hundred  dol- 
lars of  continental  currency.  Corporal  Rufus 
Cleveland  enlisted  July  9,  1775,  and  was  dis- 
charged October  17,  1775.  The  regiment  was 
stationed  on  the  sound  until  September  14, 
and  at  Roxbury,  Massachusetts,  to  expiration 
of  term,  December,  1775.  While  employed 
on  Captain  James  Chamberlain's  farm  he  mar- 
ried his  first  wife,  Mary  Chamberlain,  and 
when  his  father-in-law  moved  from  Elling- 
ton, in  1782-83,  to  Warehouse  Point,  in  East 
Windsor,  he  accompanied  them,  remaining 
there  until  spring  of  1787,  when  he  removed 
to  Barkhamsted  and  purchased  a  farm  on  Wal- 
len's  Hill.  Here  his  wife  died  in  1807,  of  a 
fever  contracted  from  nursing  a  neighbor's 
wife,  who  also  died,  as  it  was  an  epidemic 
in  the  neighborhood  at  that  time.  Her  kind- 
ness to  the  sick,  and  her  readiness  to  watch 
and  care  for  them  at  all  times,  made  her 
greatly  beloved,  and  her  death  was  deeply 
mourned.  In  the  old  burying-ground  on  the 
"Hill"  may  be  seen  the  graves  of  the  couple, 
with  inscriptions  as  follows :  "In  memory  of 
Rufus  Cleveland,  who  died  Feb.  22,  1838, 
aged  82  years."  "In  memory  of  Mrs.  Mary 
Cleveland,  wife  of  Rufus  Cleveland,  and 
daughter  of  Capt.  James  Chamberlain,  who 
died  Novem.  13,  1807,  in  the  49th  year  of  her 
age."  Rufus  Cleveland  and  wife  Mary,  were 
members  of  the  Congregational  church,  and 
he  and  all  his  sons  were  Whigs.  His  second 
wife  was  buried  in  the  cemetery  at  Winsted. 
Mary  Chamberlain's  father  was  Captain 
James  Chamberlain,  born  February  11,  1734, 
her  grandfather  was  Joseph  Chamberlain,  of 
Tolland,    Connecticut,    her    great-grandfather 


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was  Thomas  Chamberlain,  of  Newton,  born 
Billerica,  February  20,  1659;  her  great-great- 
grandfather was  Wilham  Chamberlain,  born 
about  162 1,  of  Woburn,  Massachusetts.  Chil- 
dren of  Rufus  and  Mary  Cleveland:  Chester, 
born  June  30,  1780 ;  Clarissa,  February  6, 
1782;  Alexander,  October  16,  1783;  Oren, 
Rlay  3,  1785;  James  C.  (mentioned  below)  ; 
Horace,  February  25,  1789;  Mary,  March  21, 
1791 ;  Nancy,  August  22,  1792 ;  Betsey,  August 
31,  1794;  Mary,  May  23,  1796;  son.  born  and 
died  June  5,  1798;  daughter,  born  and  died 
February  17,  1800;  daughter,  born  and  died 
September  14,  1801  ;  Charles  Chester  War- 
ner, born  January  20,  1803.  By  second  mar- 
riage: Alice,  born  October  2,  1809;  John  Kent, 
May   12,   181 1. 

(VI)  James  Chamberlain,  son  of  Rufus 
Cleveland,  was  born  January  9,  1787,  in  East 
Windsor,  Connecticut ;  died  in  Winsted,  Sep- 
tember I,  1875,  aged  eighty-eight.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  in  Winchester,  Connecticut,  Feb- 
ruary 3,  1813,  Philenda,  born  in  Winchester, 
August  29,  1793,  died  in  Philadelphia,  Penn- 
sylvania, May  19,  1814,  daughter  of  Lewis 
and  Mary  (Allen)  Miller.  He  married  (sec- 
ond) in  Hartland,  Connecticut,  September  19, 
1816,  Sally,  born  December  8,  1791,  died  in 
Winchester,  December  27,  1819,  daughter  of 
Prince  and  Lucy  (Adams)  Taylor.  He  mar- 
ried (third),  in  Salisbury,  Connecticut,  Au- 
gust 21,  1820,  Lucy  Northrup,  born  April  20, 
1798,  died  March  26,  1884,  daughter  of  Jo- 
seph and  Mary  (Bradley)  Northrup.  Hon. 
James  Chamberlain  Cleveland  removed  to 
Philadelphia  in  1813,  and  engaged  in  business 
selling  groceries  and  clocks ;  also  taught 
school  six  months.  The  early  death  of  his 
wife  greatly  disheartened  him,  and  he  sold 
out  his  entire  business,  stock  and  fixtures,  re- 
turning June,  1814,  to  Winsted,  where  he  al- 
ways dwelt  afterward.  He  was  a  clock  man- 
ufacturer and  farmer.  He  represented  his 
town  in  the  legislature  in  1834;  was  assessor 
for  fifteen  years,  and  filled  several  offices  of 
trust  with  ability.  He  was  of  small  size,  had 
light  hair  and  blue  eyes.  He  was  a  man  of 
few  words,  but  of  plain  speech  when  occasion 
required.  He  died  after  a  short,  but  severe 
illness,  universally  esteemed  and  respected. 
His  third  wife  survived  him.  Child  of  first 
marriage:  Charles  Miller,  born  May  4,  1814; 
children  of  third  marriage :  Jane,  mentioned 
below :  son,  born  and  died  April  28,  1825. 

(VII)  Jane,  daughter  of  James  Chamber- 
lain Cleveland,  was  born  July  21,  1821,  in 
Winsted,  Connecticut,  died  in  Winsted,  Au- 
gust 29,  1888.  She  married  in  Winsted,  May 
IT,  1842,  Charles  Hamlin  Blake  (see  Blake 
VI). 


(The  Mitchell  Line). 

(I)  Experience  Mitchell,  immigrant  ances- 
tor, came  from  England  in  the  third  ship, 
"Ann"  to  Plymouth,  in  1623.  He  was  ad- 
mitted a  freeman  in  1633.  He  sold  his  place 
in  Plymouth  to  Samuel  Eddy  in  163 1,  and 
removed  to  Duxbury,  wliere  he  purchased 
William  Peabody's  house  and  farm  in  1650. 
He  was  one  of  the  original  proprietors  of 
Bridgewater,  but  sold  his  right  to  Thomas 
Hayward.  He  came  to  Bridgewater  late  in 
life  with  his  son  Edward.  While  at  Plymouth 
he  lived  at  Spring  Hill  and  at  Duxbury,  at 
a  place  called  Blue  Fish  River.  At  Bridge- 
water  his  home  was  at  Joppa,  where  at  last 
accounts  descendants  were  still  living.  He 
died  in  1689,  aged  eighty  years.  His  will 
was  dated  December  5,  1680,  proved  Septem- 
ber 4,  1689,  bequeathing  to  wife  Mary,  sons 
Edward  and  John,  daughters  Mary  Shaw, 
Sarah  and  Hannah  Haward,  and  grandchil- 
dren Experience,  Thomas  and  Alary  Mitchell. 
He  was  in  Leyden,  Holland,  with  the  Pil- 
grims, and  left  a  brother  Thomas,  who  lived 
and  died  there.  Experience  had  a  share  in 
the  first  division  of  lots  at  Plymouth  in  1623,. 
and  of  the  livestock  in  1627.  It  is  said  that 
he  married  Jane,  daughter  of  Francis  Cook, 
who  came  in  the  "Mayflower,"  for  his  first 
wife.  The  wife  of  his  old  age  was  Mary 
whose  family  name  is  unknown.  Experience 
had  a  sister  Constant  who  married  John 
Fobes.  The  names  of  his  children,  as  ap- 
pears from  wills,  deeds  and  other  records,, 
were :  Thomas,  John,  Jacob,  Edward,  Eliza- 
beth, Mary,  Sarah  and  Hannah. 

(II)  Ensign  Edward,  son  of  Experience 
Mitchell,  was  born  about  1630.  He  married 
Mary  Hayward  and  lived  with  her  forty  years,, 
having   no   children.      He   married    (second) 

1708,  Alice,  daughter  of  Major  John  Brad- 
ford, of  Kingston,  son  of  John  Bradford, 
grandson  of  Governor  William  Bradford,  who 
came  in  the  "Mayflower."  She  was  born  in 
1678,  died  in  1746.  He  died  in  1717,  and' 
was  nearly  seventy  years  old  when  his  young- 
est child  was  born.  His  widow  married  Dea- 
con Joshua  Hersey,  of  Hingham  and  removed 
tliither  with  her  children.  Edward  Mitchell, 
sold  the  family  estate,  which  he  had  at  Blue 
Fish  River  from  his  father,  to  Samuel 
Sprague,  in  1708.  Children  of  Ensign  Ed- 
ward  Mitchell   by    second,  wife :   Mary,   born 

1709,  married  Joshua  Hersey :  Alice,  17 14, 
married  Noah  Hersey ;  Edward,  mentioned' 
below. 

(III)  Colonel  Edward  (2),  son  of  Ensign* 
Edward  (i)  Mitchell,  was  born  at  Bridge- 
water,  1 71 6,  and  married  Elizabeth,  daughter 
of  Elisha  Cushing  of  Hingham,  in  1738.    She- 


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died  in  1799,  aged  eighty-five.  He  returned 
to  East  Bridgewater  to  live.  He  died  in  1801. 
Children:  Edward,  born  1739:  Cushing,  1740; 
Elizabeth,  1742;  Alice,  1744;  Elisha,  1746; 
John,  1748;  VVilliam,  1750,  mentioned  below; 
Bradford,  1752;  Mary,  1754;  Ceha,  1757;  Sa- 
rah, 1759:  Bela,  1761. 

(IV)  Winiam,  son  of  Colonel  Edward  (2) 
Mitchell,  was  born  in  East  Bridgewater,  1750, 
and  settled  in  Cummington,  Massachusetts. 
He  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  William 
Ward.  She  died  1839;  he  died  1837.  Both 
he  and  his  father  had  twelve  children,  all  of 
whom  lived  to  be  married.  Children:  Piam, 
married  Sally  Orcutt ;  Cushing,  settled  in 
Windsor ;  William,  married  Clarissa  Beebe ; 
Chester,    mentioned   below ;     Elisha,    married 

Lucinda     Brewster;     Bela,     married — 

Streeter ;  Betsey,  married  Elijah  Warner ; 
Clarissa,  married  Stephen  Warner,  Jr. ;  Sally, 
married  Roswell  Hubbard;  Laura,  married 
Otis  Tileston :  Polly,  married  Seth  Porter,  Jr., 
Jennet,  married  Chester  Gaylord. 

(V)  Chester,  son  of  William  Mitchell,  mar- 
ried  Venelia    Richards. 

(\I)  William  Ward,  son  of  Chester  Mit- 
chell, was  born  in  Cummington,  Massachu- 
setts, January  24,  1816.  He  married  Lucy 
Goodwin,  born  Ashfield,  Massachusetts,  De- 
cember 14,  1824.  Their  daughter  Nellie  mar- 
ried Lorenzo  M.  Blake  (see  Blake  VII).  She 
is  a  member  of  the  Daughters  of  the  Revolu- 
tion. 


Thomas  Hurlburt,  immi- 
HURLBURT     grant    ancestor    of    Samuel 

W.  Hurlburt,  was  born,  it 
is  thought,  in  Scotland,  as  early  as  1610,  and 
came  to  America  with  Lion  or  Leion  Gardi- 
ner, in  the  "Bachelor"  sailing  from  London, 
August  II,  1635.  He  is  supposed  to  have 
been  one  of  the  eleven  passengers  which  the 
ship  carried.  After  coming  to  America,  Lion 
Gardiner  built  and  commanded  the  fort  at 
Saybrook,  Connecticut ;  under  him  Thomas 
Hurlburt  served  in  the  Pequot  war,  and  was 
wounded  by  an  arrow.  This  appears  from 
a  letter  of  Lion  Gardiner,  written  in  June, 
1660.  Thomas  Hurlburt  was  a  blacksmith, 
and  after  the  war  settled  in  Wethersfield,  Con- 
necticut, where  he  was  one  of  the  first  set- 
tlers. He  served  the  town  in  various  public 
offices,  was  clerk  of  the  train  band  in  1640, 
constable  and  grand  juror  in  1644,  and  dep- 
uty to  the  general  court.  From  the  records, 
1647,  it  appears  that  he  received  a  number 
of  tracts  of  land  in  the  several  divisions  of 
the  town.  October  12,  1671,  the  assembly 
voted  him  one  hundred  and  twenty  acres  for 
his  services  in  the  Indian  war.    It  is  supposed 


that  he  died  soon  after  that  date.     His  wife 

was   Sarah  — ' .     Children:   Thomas,   Jr.; 

John,  born  March  8,  1642;  Samuel,  born 
about  1644;  Joseph,  mentioned  below;  Ste- 
phen, born  about  1649;  Cornelius,  born  about 
1654. 

(II)  Joseph,  son  of  Thomas  Hurlburt,  was 
born  about  1646,  in  Wethersfield,  died  July 
13,  1732.     He  removed  to  Woodbury  as  early 

as   1681.     He  married  Rebecca  ,   who 

died  February  2,  1712,  in  Woodbury.  Chil- 
dren :  Joseph,  Jr.,  born  about  1677 ;  John, 
born  about  1680 ;  Sarah ;  Cornelius,  born 
about  1682,  mentioned  below;  Jonathan;  Re- 
becca :  Mary ;  Phebe. 

(III)  Cornelius,  son  of  Joseph  Hurlburt, 
was  born  in  Wethersfield,  about  1682,  baptized 
in  Woodbury  in  1705,  died  in  Roxbury,  Con- 
necticut, August  9,  1751.  He  settled  in  Wood- 
bury and  became  a  farmer.  He  married  Sa- 
rah    .      Children,    born    in    Woodbury : 

Gamaliel,  born  December  20,  1714;  Mercy, 
April  20,  1717;  Kesiah,  born  March  2,  1719; 
David,  May  10,  1721,  mentioned  below;  Han- 
nah, July  15,  1723 :  Noah,  baptized  June  7, 
1730;  Timothy,  born  February  13,  1731-32; 
Sarah,  baptized  September  5,  1733 ;  Ruth, 
baptized  June  15,  1735. 

(IV)  David,  son  of  Cornelius  Hurlburt, 
was  born  May  10,  1721,  in  Woodbury,  died 
in  Hinesburg,  Vermont.  He  married  (first) 
in  Roxbury,  June  27,  1749,  Hannah  San- 
ford.  She  died  in  Roxbury,  December  23, 
1760,  and  he  m.arried  (second)  Sarah,  daugh- 
ter of  Jonathan  Pettit,  of  New  Milford,  Con- 
necticut. She  died  in  Roxbury  at  the  home 
of  her  son,  Major.  Children  of  first  wife : 
Solomon,  born  in  Woodbury,  March  21,  1750; 
Cornelius,  born  in  Woodbury,  November  13, 
1752:  Hannah,  baptized  September  15,  1754; 
Mabel,  baptized  May  15,  1757;  David,  born 
in  Roxbury,  December  9,  1760.  Children  of 
second  wife :  Major^  mentioned  below ;  Heze- 
kiah. 

(V)  Major,  son  of  David  Hurlburt,  was 
bom,  it  is  supposed  in  1768,  in  Roxbury,  died 
there  December  16,  1813.  He  married  Phebe 
Jackson,  of  Roxbury.  Before  his  marriage 
he  lived  in  Sharon,  Connecticut,  where  his 
name  appears  on  the  town  records  of  I795- 
His  wife  died  in  Roxbury,  August  30,  1856. 
Children:  Major  Horace,  born  July  25.  1800; 
WilHam,  July  8,  1802;  Ira,  July  4,  1806; 
George,   mentioned  below. 

(VI)  George,  son  of  Major  Hurlburt,  was 
born  in  Roxbury,  October  14,  1809.  He 
learned  the  hatter's  trade  under  Colonel  Wil- 
liam Odell,  of  Washington,  Connecticut,  and 
worked  at  it  until  i860,  when  he  became  a 
general   merchant ;   later   in   life    he   engaged 


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in  farming.  He  was  appointed  postmaster  by 
President  Lincoln,  and  was  a  member  of  the 
state  legislature.  He  married,  January  7,  1833, 
Thalia  A.  Merwin,  of  Brookfield,  Connecti- 
cut. Children :  Caroline  S.,  born  October  22, 
1833:  Thalia  M.,  February  9,  1836:  Emily  E., 
May  7,  1839 ;  George  W.,  March  10,  1841  ; 
Samuel  W.,  December  29,  1843 !  William 
Henry,  March  11,  1846;  Charles  W.,  June 
8,  1849;  Adelaide,  June  12,  1851 ;  Frank  W., 
September  20.  1853. 

(VH)  Samuel  W.,  son  of  George  Hurl- 
burt,  was  born  in  Roxbury,  Connecticut,  De- 
cember 29,  1843.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  of  Roxbury  and  Bridgewater,  Con- 
necticut, and  then  became  associated  with  his 
father  in  the  manufacture  of  hats,  but  on  ac- 
count of  his  health  he  left  the  hat  business 
to  engage  in  mercantile  business  in  1866  at 
Bridgewater,  Connecticut.  In  partnership 
with  William  T.  Northrop  he  bought  the  gro- 
cery business  of  David  W.  Buckingham  at 
the  corner  of  Chapel  and  High  streets.  New 
Haven.  March  2,  1869.  In  1875  Mr.  North- 
rop withdrew  from  the  firm  and  Mr.  Hurl- 
burt  continued  the  business  alone  until  1883, 
when  he  took  into  partnership  Frank  W.  Hurl- 
burt  and  the  name  became  Hurlburt  Brothers 
and  continued  until  1898.  From  1898  to  1902 
S.  W.  Hurlburt  conducted  the  business  alone. 
In  1902  the  business  was  incorporated  and 
Mr.  Hurlburt  became  president  and  treasurer 
of  the  company.  In  the  spring  of  1889  he 
built  the  "Roxbury"  on  the  site  of  the  old 
store  building.  His  store  occupies  over  one 
half  of  the  ground  floor  of  this  building, 
the  three  upper  floors  being  rented.  His  store 
is  the  finest  retail  provision  and  grocery  store 
in  the  city  of  New  Haven,  if  not  in  the  entire 
state.  The  location.  1074  Chapel  street,  is 
perhaps  the  finest  in  the  city  and  the  busi- 
ness has  been  very  successful.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Quinnipiac  Club  of  New  Haven. 
He  belongs  to  Trinity  Protestant  Episcopal 
Church.     In  politics  he  is  independent. 

He  married  Frances  Irene  Keeler,  who  died 
September  22,  1901,  at  Portland,  Maine, 
daughter  of  Daniel  and  Minerva  (Peck) 
Keeler  (see  Peck  V).  Child,  Frederick  Sam- 
uel, born  May  25,  1876:  married,  June  22, 
1898,  Bella  Notten  Manville ;  he  died  April 
18,   1908:  no  children. 

(The  Peck  Line). 
Joseph  Peck,  immigrant,  was  born  in  Eng- 
land, and  settled  at  New  Haven,  Connecticut, 
as  early  as  1643,  removing  thence  to  Mil- 
ford  in  1649.  Hs  was  a  member  of  the  Mil- 
ford  church  in  1652.  He  is  thought  to  be  a 
brother  of  Henry  Peck,  of  New  Haven,  and 


probably  came  with  him.  He  married  (first) 
Alice  Burwell,  died  December  19,  1666,  at 
Milford,   widow  of  John   Burwell;    (second) 

Richards.      His   home    was   near    the 

residence  now  or  lately  occupied  by  Captain 
Cornelius  B.  Peck.     He  died  in   1700-01. 

(II)  Joseph  (2),  son  of  Joseph  (i)  Peck, 
was  born  in  1653.  He  settled  in  Milford. 
He  married  there  January  27,  1678-79,  Mary 
Camp.  He  settled  his  own  estate  by  deeding 
his  property  to  his  children.  Children,  born 
at  Milford:  Joseph,  born  February  25.  1680; 
Mary,  December  15,  1682;  John,  September 
4,  1685:  Jeremiah,  1687;  Samuel,  1690;  Eph- 
raim,  mentioned  below :  Henry,  1695 :  Eliza- 
beth, 1697 ;  Nathaniel,  1699 :  Abigail,  Septem- 
ber 25,  1701  ;  Seth,  October  3,  1703. 

(III)  Ephraim,  son  of  Joseph  (2)  Peck, 
was  born  at  Milford  in  September,  1692,  died 
July  23.  1760,  at  Newtown,  Connecticut.  He 
married,  November  7,  1716,  Sarah  Ford,  born 
February,  1697.  Children,  born  at  Newtown: 
Sarah,  July  14,  1717;  Henry,  mentioned  be- 
low: Ephraim,  May  21,  172 1 ;  Ruth,  January 
28,  1723-24 :  Gideon,  July  2,  1725  ;  ElDenezer, 
July  2,  1727:  Ann,  September  3,  173 1  :  Da- 
maris. 

(IV)  Henry,  son  of  Ephraim  Peck,  was 
born  at  Newtown.  April  14,  1719,  and  lived 
in  his  native  town.  He  married  (first)  De- 
cember 23,  1755,  Ann  Smith:  (second)  Au- 
gust 6,  1765,  Hannah  Leavenworth.  His  chil- 
dren were:  Zalmon,  born  March  15,  1758; 
Lemuel,  April  3,  1766;  Mercy,  August  10, 
1767:  Hannah,  April  6,  1770;  Andrew,  May 
21,    1773,  mentioned  below;  Samuel,  July  2, 

1775- 

(V)  Andrew,  son  of  Henry  Peck,  was  born 
May  21,  1773,  at  Newtown,  died  August  25, 
1826.  He  removed  from  his  native  town  to 
New  Milford,  now  Bridgewater,  Connecticut, 
in  1S13.  He  married  Lucinda  Terrill,  who 
died  September  5,  1848.  Children,  born  at 
Newtown :  Mercy,  April  26,  1795  ;  Sherman, 
March  8,  1797;  Amy,  October  4,  1799; 
George,  November  5,  1802 :  Sally,  January  17, 
1807;  Minerva,  June  15,  1810.  married  Dan- 
iel Keeler,  their  daughter,  Frances  Irene,  mar- 
ried Samuel  W.  Hurlburt  (see  Hurlburt 
VII):  John,  April  15,  1813:  Maria,  January 
19,  1816. 


Roger  Sumner  was  a  husband- 
SUMNER     man  of  Bicester,  Oxfordshire, 

England.  He  married  there, 
November  2,  1601,  Joane  Franklin.  He  died 
there  December  3,  1608,  and  his  widow  mar- 
ried (second)  January  10,  161 1,  IMa'rcus 
Brian.  Roger  Sumner  had  a  brother  William 
who   died    at    Bicester    in    1597.      Only   child 


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"5 


of  Roger  and  Joane  Sumner ;  William,  men- 
tioned below. 

(II)  William,  son  of  Roger  Sumner,  was 
born  at  Bicester,  England,  in  1605,  and  set- 
tled at  Dorchester,  Massachusetts.  He  was 
admitted  a  freeman.  May  17,  1637,  and  be- 
came a  prominent  man  of  the  province.  He 
was  selectman  there  in  1637,  and  for  more 
than  twenty  years.  From  1663  to  1680  he 
was  one  of  the  feoff es  of  the  school  land,  and 
from  1663  to  1 67 1  was  a  commissioner  to 
end  small  causes.  In  1663  he  was  chosen 
clerk  of  the  train  band.  He  was  deputy  to 
the  general  court  many  years.  His  wife  died 
at  Dorchester,  June  7,  1676,  and  he  died  De- 
cember 9,  1688.  Children:  William,  men- 
tioned below :  Joane,  born  at  Bicester ;  Roger, 
born  1632;  George,  1634;  Samuel,  born  at 
Dorchester,  May  18,  1638 ;  Increase,  February 
23,   1643. 

(III)  Wilham  (2),  son  of  William  (i) 
Sumner,  was  born  at  Bicester,  England,  and 
was  a  mariner.  He  came  to  New  England 
with  his  parents  and  settled  first  in  Dorches- 
ter. He  removed  to  Boston,  where  he  died 
in  February,  1675.  He  married  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  Augustine  Clement,  of  Dorches- 
ter. She  died  before  1687.  Children,  the 
first  two  born  in  Dorchester,  the  others  in  Bos- 
ton :  Elizabeth,  1652;  Mary,  '1654;  William, 
February  9,  1656;  Hannah,  June  10,  1659; 
Sarah  ;  Experience,  September  22,  1664  ;  Eben- 
ezer,  October  30,  1668 :  Deliverance,  March 
18,  1669:  Clement,  September  6,  1671,  men- 
tioned below ;  Mercy,  January,  1675,  died 
young. 

(IV)  Clement,  son  of  William  (2)  Sum- 
ner, was  born  at  Boston,  September  6,  167 1, 
and  lived  there.  He  married.  May  18,  1698, 
Margaret  Harris.  Children,  born  at  Boston: 
William,  March  18,  1699,  mentioned  below ; 
Ebenezer,  September  i,  1701  ;  Margaret,  De- 
cember 7,  1702,  died  same  day;  Margaret, 
July  18,  1705;  Elizabeth,  October  8,  1707; 
Samuel,  August  31,  1709;  Benjamin,  May  28, 
1711. 

(V)  Dr.  William  (3)  Sumner,  son  of  Clem- 
ent Sumner,  was  born  at  Boston,  March  18, 
1699,  died  March  4,  1778.  He  was  dismissed 
in  1732  from  the  Second  Church,  Boston,  to 
the  church  at  Hebron,  Connecticut.  He  was 
a  physician  there,  and  removed  in  1767  to 
Claremont,  New  Hampshire,  where  he  died. 
He  riiarried,  October  11,  172 1,  Hannah  Hunt, 
who  died  April  2,  1781,  daughter  of  Thomas 
Hunt,  of  Lebanon,  Connecticut.  Children,  the 
first  born  at  Lebanon,  the  others  at  Hebron : 
William,  February  6,  1723 ;  Mary,  February 
8,  1725  ;  Reuben,  May  29,  1727,  mentioned  be- 


15,  173 1  ;  Thomas,  May  7,  1733,  died  May  25 
following;  Thomas,  May  11,  1734;  Jonathan, 
March  15,  1735;  Benjamin,  February  5,  1737; 
Elizabeth,    May    22,    1742;    Sarah,    May   2.-2, 

1749- 

(VI)  Reuben,  son  of  Dr.  William  (3) 
Sumner,  was  born  at  Hebron,  Connecticut, 
May  29,  1727,  died  there  April  2,  1807.  He 
married.  March  6,  1754,  Elizabeth  Mack,  of 
Hebron,  who  died  July  10,  1805.  Children; 
born  at  Hebron:  Hannah,  December  29,  1754; 
Elizabeth,   January  29,    1757;  Lydia,  August 

25,  1759 ;  William,  September  22,  1761  ;  Reu- 
ben, March  19,  1764;  Sibyl,  June  15,  1766; 
Abigail,  September  8,  1768;  Mary,  April  21, 
1771,  died  young;  Henry  Peterson,  June  10, 
1773,    mentioned    below;    Abigail,    November 

26,  1775  ;  Mary,  May  24,  1778. 

(VII)  Rev.  Henry  Peterson  Sumner,  son  of 
Reuben  Sumner,  was  born  at  Hebron,  June  10, 
1773,  died  January  18,  1838.  He  was  a  Meth- 
odist minister,  and  lived  at  Hebron.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  October  11, 1796,  Jerusha,  who  died 
February  4,  1798,  daughter  of  Solomon  Per- 
rin,  of  Hebron.  He  married  (second)  Sep- 
tember II,  1798,  Mary  S.,  who  died  at  Bol- 
ton, July  9,  1875,  daughter  of  Timothy  Gos- 
lee,  of  Glastonbury.  Child  of  first  wife:  Je- 
rusha, born  at  Hebron,  January  22,  1798. 
Children  of  second  wife,  born  at  Hebron : 
Henry  Tudor,  January  21,  1800;  Matilda,  De- 
cember 19,  1801,  died  young;  William  Orse- 
mus,  March  17,  1804;  Caroline  Elizabeth,  Jan- 
uary 5,  1806;  Hester  Ann,  February  6,  1808; 
Mary  Matilda,  June  25,  1810 ;  John  Wesley, 
September  16,  1812,  mentioned  below;  Nancy 
Lorey,  January  24,  1815 ;  Charles  Fletcher, 
March  28,  1817;  Harriet  Newell,  December 
I,  1819;  Sherman  Peterson,  October  12,  1822. 

(VIII)  John  Wesley,  son  of  Rev.  Henry 
Peterson  Sumner,  was  born  at  Hebron,  Sep- 
tember 16,  1812,  died  February  8,  1892,  at 
Bolton.  He  was  a  resident  of  Bolton,  Con- 
necticut, and  was  representative  to  the  assem- 
bly in  1877-78.  At  the  time  of  his  death  the 
Hartford  Coitrant  said  of  him :  "Mr.  Sumner 
was  cast  in  an  unusually  rugged  mould  men- 
tally and  bodily.  He  was  clear  sighted  and 
positive  in  his  ideas  of  right  action,  and  in 
the  advocacy  of  them  as  well,  as  in  all  re- 
lations of  life  he  scarcely  knew  the  feeling 
of  fear.  He  was  active  and  effective  in  the 
affairs  of  his  town  and  section,  and  in  poli- 
tics," at  his  funeral.  Rev.  Luther  H.  Barber, 
former  pastor  of  the  Congregational  church 
at  Bolton,  gave  the  following  summing  up 
of  his  life : 

"Mr.  John  W.  Sumner  had  lived  to  fill  up  a  full 
and  useful  life.  His  life  covered  a  period  of  almost 
four-r.ccre  j'ears,   a   life  longer   than   but   few,    com- 


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pared  to  the  whole,  are  permitted  to  spend  here. 
The  years  of  his  life  have  been  eventful  ones  in 
the  history  of  our  country.  His  birth  was  in  1812, 
in  the  year  of  the  last  war  with  Great  Britain,  and 
what  scenes  our  country  has  passed  through  since 
that  time !  In  the  passing  events  during  Mr.  Sum- 
ner's life  he  has  taken  a  deep  and  lively  interest. 
He  has  occupied  a  prominent  position  in  this  com- 
munity through  a  period  of  some  forty  years  or 
more.  The  regard  in  which  he  has  been  held  by  his 
fellow  townsmen  is  shown  in  the  responsible  posi- 
tions of  public  trust  in  which  he  has  been  placed 
by  them.  From  all  we  have  known  and  learned 
of  him  we  believe  you  who  have  known  him  would 
testify  he  had  been  faithful  to  trusts  committed 
to  him,  that  he  has  endeavored  to  act  conscientiously 
in  all  matters  intrusted  to  him.  Were  I  to  speak 
of  the  marked  characteristics  in  our  deceased  friend, 
among  these   I  should  mention : 

"First,  his  earnest  convictions.  Descending,  as  he 
did,  from  those  who  were  possessed  of  the  Puritan 
principles  of  character,  we  should  have  expected  to 
find  in  him  such  fixedness  of  opinion  that  when 
his  mind  was  once  made  up  in  any  direction  it 
would  not  be  an  easy  matter  to  turn  him  from  it. 
He  meant  there  should  be  just  grounds  for  his  opin- 
ions, and,  once  formed,  he  would  adhere  to  them. 
What  he  was  one  day,  he  was  found  to  be  the  next. 

"Second,  he  was  one  who  might  be  called  a  wise 
counselor.  I  doubt  whether  there  was  a  man  in 
this  town  whose  counsel  was  sought  by  so  many  as 
was  his.  Holding  the  office  of  magistrate  as  he  did, 
it  was  natural  his  advice  should  be  sought  many 
times,  but  beyond  and  outside  of  this  many  took 
counsel  with  him.  When  those  came  to  him  with 
grievances  such  that  they  were  inclined  to  resort 
to  the  civil  law  for  redress,  he  would  do  all  he 
could  to  dissuade  from  this,  and  use  all  his  in- 
fluence to  have  their  grievances  settled  in  some 
other  way;  and  just  here,  in  this  connection,  we 
might  speak  of  him  as  a  peacemaker. 

"Third,  he  was  a  peacemaker.  When  there  came 
up  that  which  tended  to  mar  the  peace  between 
neighbors,  instead  of  saying  or  doing  anything  to 
widen  the  breach,  he  would  do  what  he  could  to 
bring  the  parties  together.  Sometimes  when  troubles 
arose  between  members  of  the  same  family,  and 
aggrieved  ones  came  to  him  he  would  counsel  for 
those  things  making  peace,  and  many  times  his  coun- 
sel, 'Be  at  peace  among  yourselves'  was  so  followed 
that  harmony  was  restored  when  otherwise  lasting 
alienation    would    have   been   the    result. 

"Fourth,  he  was  emphatically  a  lover  of  good  or- 
der. He  would  frown  upon  anything  and  every- 
thing that  tended  to  destroy  this  or  work  against 
it.  He  earnestly  desired  to  see  propriety  of  con- 
duct on  the  part  of  the  young.  He  seemed  greatly 
interested  in  the  welfare  of  the  young.  He  would 
have  them  take  such  courses  as  to  render  them  valu- 
able and  useful  members  of  society.  He  would  have 
them  avoid  associates  and  places  from  which  there 
would  be  danger,  their  morals  would  be  corrupted 
or  in  any  way  suffer.  Rarely  do  we  find  one  in 
advanced  life  more  interested  in  the  young  than 
he  was,  and  he  wanted  they  should  be  prepared  to 
act   well   their  part   in   life. 

"Fifth,  he  had  great  kindness  of  heart.  You  who 
have  known  him  longest  and  best  have  known  him 
as  a  kind  neighbor.  Those  kind,  neighborly  acts, 
which  do  so  much  to  render  neighborhoods  what 
they  should  be,  he  was  ready  and  wont  to  perform. 
Who,  when  they  wanted  some  kind  and  neighborly 
act  done,  was  not  likely  to  think  of  Mr.  Sumner, 
and  who  went  to  him  for  a  favor  who  did  not 
expect  to  get  it,  if  in  his  power  to  grant  it  ?     When 


he  knew  there  was  want  in  a  family,  where  poverty 
had  entered,  he  would  bestow  unasked  relief.  How 
many  of  the  poor  and  hungry  have  had  food  and 
shelter  under  his  hospitable  roof.  I  doubt  if  he 
ever  turned  a  poor  tramp  away  without  food,  when 
he  asked  for  it,  or  shelter,  when  it  was  evident  he 
needed  it.  Has  it  not  been  true  in  the  community 
when  some  poor  wayfarer  has  sought  a  shelter  on 
some  cold,  stormy  night,  when  he  had  called  at  our 
dwellings  for  shelter  he  has  been  directed  to  Mr. 
Sumner  with  a  feeling  that  he  would  be  sure  to 
care  for  him?  When  I  speak  of  the  kindness  of 
heart  of  our  departed  friend,  I  feel  sure  you  will 
all  agree  with  me.  But,  may  I  not  here,  in  this 
presence,  speak  of  his  kindness  as  manifested  to 
me  and  mine?  When  I  came  to  be  the  pastor  of  the 
people  thirteen  years  ago  last  June,  coming  up  the 
hill  east  of  us,  Mr.  Sumner  was  in  his  field  just  by 
the  wall.  As  I  halted  for  a  moment,  Mr.  Sumner 
said,  '1  have  always  been  the  friend  of  the  minister, 
and  I  shall  always  be  your  friend  as  long  as  you  are 
minister  here.'  That  promise  he  redeemed  all  along 
in  the  eleven  years  of  my  ministry  here,  and  it  has 
not  failed  since  I  have  been  from  you.  In  multi- 
tudes of  instances  have  the  kind  acts  of  this  friend 
been  manifested  to  me  and  mine.  I  think  of  him 
to-day  as  I  was  wont  to  meet  him  in  his  home  and 
elsewhere,  the  warm,  kind  grasp  of  his  hand  I  seem 
to  feel.  I  think  of  him  as  he  was  wont  to  sit  in  the 
seat  just  down  there.  I  think  of  him  as  the  attentive 
listener,  never  drowsy — hearing  every  word  uttered." 

Mr.  Sumner  married,  November  23,  1836, 
Mary,  born  January  12,  1814,  daughter  of 
George  Gleasbn.  Children:  i.  Henry  Peter- 
son, born  at  Hebron,  January  21,  1838,  died 
at  Bolton,  August  29,  1873.  2.  Mary  Eliza- 
beth, May  23,  1839,  died  same  day.  3.  George 
Gleason,  January  14,  1841  ;  lawyer  of  Hart^ 
ford ;  representative  1867 ;  alderman  four 
years ;  city  attorney  one  term ;  associate  judge 
of  city  court  and  police  commissioner  three 
years  ;  recorder  of  city  court  four  years  ;  chair- 
man of  Democratic  state  central  committee, 
1873-74  ;  mayor  of  Hartford,  1878  :  lieutenant- 
governor  of  Connecticut,  1883  ;  state  senator 
1887-88 ;  married,  October,  1870,  Julia  E.  Gal- 
lup ;  children :  i.  William  Gallup,  born  Decem- 
ber 5,  1871,  died  January,  1873;  ii.  Ella  Gal- 
lup, March,  1875,  died  young.  4.  Ella  Mary, 
born  at  Canton.  Connecticut,  April  24,  1848 ; 
married,  February  8,  1871,  Jabez  L.  White, 
of  Bolton,  died  October  6,  1876.  5.  Frank 
Chester,  mentioned  below. 

(IX)  Frank  Chester,  son  of  John  Wesley 
Sumner,  was  born  in  Canton,  Connecticut, 
June  8,  1850.  He  received  his  education  in 
the  public  schools  of  Bolton,  and  in  the  Hart- 
ford high  school.  At  the  age  of  seventeen 
he  entered  the  employ  of  the  Hartford  Trust 
Coinpany,  as  messenger.  He  was  prorhoted 
from  time  to  time,  and  now  holds  the  re- 
sponsible position  of  treasurer  of  the  com- 
pany. He  is  a  director  of  the  State  prison, 
of  Peck,  Stow  &  Wilcox  Company,  of  the 
Gray  Telephone  Pay  Station,  trustee  of  the 
Mechanics  Savings  Bank.     He  served  as  jury 


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com;rissioner,  water  commissioner,  and  was 
a  member  of  the  board  of  health  twelve  years, 
up  to  1900.  He  is  now  a  member  of  the 
bridge  commission.  He  married,  June  17, 
1896,  Mary  L.,  daughter  of  George  S.  and 
Adelaide  L.  (Catlin)  Cathn,  and  granddaugh- 
ter of  Hon.  George  S.  Catlin. 


The  original  Howlands  in 
HOWLAND     America  were  Arthur,  John 

and  Henry.  The  last  named 
was  one  of  the  "Mayflower"  number,  and 
the  others  appeared  in  the  early  days  of  the 
settlement  of  Plymouth,  Massachusetts,  but 
how  and  from  what  place  in  England  they 
catre  from  has  never  been  definitely  ascer- 
tained. 

(I)  Henry  Howland,  the  youngest  of  the 
three  brothers  mentioned  above,  is  first  heard 
of  in  Plymouth  in  1624,  when  his  name  ap- 
pears in  the  allotment  of  cattle  to  the  differ- 
ent families.  In  the  court  records  of  Ply- 
mouth, the  name  of  "Henery  Howland"  is 
found  in  a  list  of  freeman,  under  date  of 
1633.  He  appears  in  Duxbury  among  its  ear- 
liest settlers,  where  he  is  referred  to  as  living 
"by  the  bay  side,  near  Love  Brewster's"  and 
the  record  says  that  he  was  "one  of  the  sub- 
stanial  landholders  and  freeman."  He  was 
chosen  constable  for  Duxbury  in  1635,  and 
was  for  several  years  surveyor  of  highways 
in  the  town.  In  1643  ^e  was  on  a  list  of 
freemen,  and  of  men  able  to  bear  arms.  He 
served  on  the  grand  jury  in  the  years  1636- 
37-39-40-49-51-52-53-56.  In  the_  following 
year,  he  apparently  joined  the  Friends'  sect, 
which  was  just  beginning  to  spread  in  Amer- 
ica, and  as  a  result  endured  for  the  remainder 
of  his  life  the  various  persecutions  to  which 
this  sect  was  subjected  by  the  civil  authori- 
ties of  the  time.  Towards  the  end  of  his  life, 
he  became  a  large  possessor  of  real  estate. 
In  1652  he  was  associated  with  others  in  a 
large  tract  of  land  in  Dartmouth,  and  in  1659 
he  bought  with  twenty-six  others  what  was 
then  called  Assonet,  and  is  now  Freetown. 
It  appears  from  his  will  that  he  owned  a  house 
in  Duxbury,  where  he  doubtless  died.  He 
married  Mary  Newland,  who  died  June  6, 
1674.  He  died  January  17,  1671.  Children: 
Joseph,  Zoeth,  John,  Samuel,  mentioned  be- 
low :  Sarah,  Elizabeth,  Mary,  Abigail. 

(II)  Samuel,  son  of  Henry  Howland,  was 
born  in  Duxbury.  He  appears  in  the  Ply- 
mouth county  records  in  1662  for  breach  of 
the  sabbath  in  carrying  a  grist  from  mill,  and 
was  "fined  ten  shillinges  or  be  whipt."  He 
does  not  appear  in  the  records  after  this  year, 
and  it  is  probable  that  he  went  to  Freetown 
and  settled  on  his  father's  land.     He  is  men- 


tioned as  one  of  the  original  proprietors  of 
that  town,  and  was  prominent  there  in  civil 
affairs.  His  will  is  dated  February  15,  1715, 
and  proved  May  7,  1716,  so  he  must  have 
died  between  these  two  dates.  His  wife  was 
named  Mary.  Children :  Content,  Samuel, 
Isaac ;  Abraham,  born  1675  ;  John ;  Joshua, 
mentioned  below ;  Gershom,  Alice,  Mary,  born 
1673. 

(III)  Joshua,  sori  of  Samuel  Howland, 
was  born  in  Freetown.  He  lived  for  a  time 
in  Taunton,  but  was  later  a  resident  of  Free- 
town. He  married  (first)  May  12,  1709,  Eliz- 
abeth HoUoway,  of  Taunton,  Massachusetts ; 
(second)  February  17,  1725,  Dorothy  Lee. 
Children  of  first  wife:  John,  born  June  26, 
1710;  Malachi,  December  7,  171 1 ;  Job,  Eliza- 
beth, Gershom,  Joshua.  Children  of  second 
wife  :  Samuel,  February  6,  1726  :  Isaac,  March 
4,  1727,  mentioned  below ;  Philip,  November 
15'  1730;  Georg-e,  June  18,  1732;  Gershom, 
March  3,  1734;  Phebe,  March  18,  1739;  Bet- 
sey, September  3,  1741. 

(IV)  Isaac,  son  of  Joshua  Howland,  was 
born  March  4,  1727,  died  in  1812.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  1749,  Katharine  Howard,  of  Free- 
town ;  (second)  1767,  Ruth  Alitchell.  Chil- 
dren :  George,  mentioned  below  ;  Samuel ;  Wil- 
liam, born   1767;  Rachel,  Robea,  Hannah. 

(V)  George,  son  of  Isaac  Howland,  was 
born  in  Freetown.  He  married  (first)  De- 
borah Shaw ;  (second)  Betsey  Shaw.  Chil- 
dren :  Deborah,  James,  mentioned  below ; 
Michael. 

(VI)  James,  son  of  George  Howland,  date 
and  place  of  birth  unknown.  He  settled  in 
Monmouth  county.  New  Jersey,  near  Long 
Branch,  where  he  owned  a  farm.  He  died  at 
Long  Branch,  August  6,  1806.  He  married 
(first)  Hannah,  perhaps  a  daughter  of  Joseph 
Cook,  who  died  in  1798;  (second)  Mrs.  Flem- 
ing. Children  of  first  wife :  Susannah,  born 
March  9,  1779;  George,  August  12,  1783; 
Michael,  about  1785,  mentioned  below;  Cook, 
May  8,  1787;  John,  August  19,  1789;  Mar- 
garet; Philey,  May  15,  1793;  Asher,  March 
10,  1795 ;  Charles,  January  10,  1798.  Chil- 
dren of  second  wife :  Ann,  March  2,  1805  ; 
Lydia,  April   16,    1808. 

(VII)  Michael,  son  of  James  Howland, 
was  born  about  1785,  at  Long  Branch,  New 
Jersey.  He  married,  March  4,  1840,  Meribab 
Williams.  They  settled  in  Farmingdale 
Howell  township.  New  Jersey,  where  their 
children  were  born.  He  was  for  about  forty 
years  a  merchant  in  his  native  county,  and 
for  the  last  fifteen  years  of  his  life  a  farmer 
at  Farmingdale.  He  was  an  active  worker 
and  giver  in  every  public  and  benevolent  work. 
He  died  at  Farmingdale,  November  21,  1862 


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In  1869  his  widow  and  children  moved  to 
New  Haven,  Connecticut.  Children :  Elihu, 
born  March  2,  1841,  lives  in  New  Jersey, 
married  Emma  J.  Allen ;  child,  Norma  How- 
land,  married  Walter  Allen ;  James  W.,  born 
February  17,  1843,  lives  in  Hartford,  married 
Emma  French;  Elizabeth,  born  April  15,  184S, 
died  April  17,  1845 ;  Michael  Asbury,  born 
July  5,  1848,  died  December  16.  1874,  married 
Delia  Camp :  Charles  Hubbard,  mentioned  be- 
low. 

(VIII)  Charles  Hubbard,  son  of  Michael 
Howland,  was  born  in  Farmingdale,  New  Jer- 
sey, October  10,  1850.  On  his  mother's  side 
he  traces  his  descent  from  one  of  the  numer- 
ous Williams  families  who  were  early  set- 
tlers of  Monmouth,  New  Jersey,  headed  by 
Elihu  Williams,  a  Quaker,  who  arrived  there 
about  1700.  He  attended  the  public  schools 
until  fourteen  years  old,  when  he  entered  the 
employ  of  an  uncle  in  New  York  City,  re- 
maining for  three  years.  While  at  work  with 
him,  he  attended  night  school  during  the  win- 
ter. He  returned  to  Long  Branch,  New  Jer- 
sey, in  1867.  He  came  to  New  Haven  in 
1869,  and  the  following  year  went  to  Gen- 
eral Russell's  Military  School  at  New  Haven, 
where  he  prepared  for  and  passed  his  exami- 
nations for  the  Sheffield  Scientific  School  of 
Yale  College.  Desiring  to  take  the  academic 
course,  however,  he  went  to  the  Hopkins 
Grammar  school,  class  of  1875.  He  entered 
Yale  College  in  the  class  of  1879,  but  on  ac- 
count of  failing  health  was  able  to  remain 
only  till  the  spring  term,  when  he  was  corri- 
pelled  to  give  up  both  work  and  study  for 
two  years.  In  1877  he  entered  the  Medical 
School  of  Yale  and  graduated  as  M.D.  in 
1880.  He  took  a  post-graduate  course  at 
the  College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons,  New 
York.  In  1881  he  settled  and  began  practice 
in  Meriden,  Connecticut,  and  in  1888  removed 
to  New  Haven,  Connecticut.  His  health  fail- 
ing again,  he  went  to  Florida,  where  he  raised 
fruit,  and  also  practiced  medicine  near  the 
Indian  river.  He  returned  to  New  Haven  in 
1895,  where  he  is  now  practicing.  He  is  a 
Republican  in  politics,  a  member  of  the  Con- 
gregational church,  and  of  the  Royal  Arca- 
num. He  married.  May  3,  1882,  Allice, 
daughter  of  Henry  Broughton,  of  New  Haven, 
Connecticut.  Children:  Harold  Broughton, 
born  January  9,  1885,  died  January  22,  1889 ; 
Kenneth  Wilbur,  August  5,  1891. 


Thomas  Harrison,  immi- 
HARRISON     grant  ancestor,  was  born  in 

England.  With  his  broth- 
ers, Richard,  Benjamin  and  JSTathaniel,  he 
came  to  New  England,  and   settled  as   early 


as  1654  in  New  Haven,  Connecticut.  Rich- 
ard removed  to  New  Jersey;  Benjamin  and 
Nathaniel  to  Virginia.  Thomas  took  the  oath 
of  fidelity  at  New  Haven,  April  4,  1654.  He 
settled  in  Branford,  Connecticut,  in  1667.  He 
married  (first)  the  widow  of  John  Thomp- 
son. He  married  (second)  March  29,  1666, 
Elizabeth  Stint  or  Stent,  of  Branford.  Chil- 
dren:  Thomas,  born  March  i,  1657;  Na- 
thaniel, mentioned  below ;  Elizabeth,  January, 
1667  ;  John  ;  Samuel ;  Isaac  ;  Mary. 

(II)  Captain  Nathaniel  Harrison,  son  of 
Thomas  Harrison,  was  born  at  New  Haven, 
December  13.  1658,  died  at  Branford,  Janu- 
ary I,  1728.  He  was  a  prominent  citizen,  cap- 
tain of  the  militia.  He  married  Hannah  Fris- 
bie.  Children,  born  at  Branford:  i.  Mary, 
April  24.  1696 ;  married  William  Hoadley.  2. 
Josiah,  June  i,  1698,  mentioned  below.  Prob- 
ably other  children. 

(HI)  Josiah,  son  of  Captain  Nathaniel  Har- 
rison, was  born  at  Branford,  June  i,  1698.  He 
married  Lydia,  born  December  23,  1701, 
daughter  of  Samuel  Hoadley,  who  died  Feb- 
ruary 8,  1714;  married,  March  6,  1689,  Abi- 
gail, daughter  of  John  and  Mary  (Bullard) 
Farrington.  Abigail  Hoadley  was  born  April 
30,  1668,  at  Dedham,  Massachusetts,  died 
February  26,  1745,  in  Branford.  Samuel  was 
son  of  William  Hoadley.  the  immigrant. 

(IV)  Nathan,  son  of  Josiah  Harrison,  was 
born  about  1740.  He  lived  at  North  Bran- 
ford, Connecticut.     He  married  Lola  Cook. 

(V)  Albert,  son  of  Nathan  Harrison,  was 
born  at  North  Branford.  He  was  a  farmer. 
He  married  Ann  or  Anna  Hall,  daughter  of 
Elihu  and  Lucy  (Williams)  Foote  (see  Foote 
A^I).  Lucy  Williams  was  a  descendant  of 
Robert  Williams,  of  Roxbury,  Massachusetts, 
the  immigrant ;  of  Rev.  John  Williams,  who 
with  his  family  was  taken  captive  by  the 
Indians  at  the  time  of  the  Deerfield  massacre 
in  1703.  Rev.  Wareham  \\'illiams.  another 
ancestor,  of  Northfield,  Connecticut,  was  left 
a  large  fortune  for  his  day  (1678)  some  eight 
hundred  pounds.  His  son  of  the  same  name 
preached  in  Waltham,  Massachusetts.  The 
tombstone  of  the  second  Wareham  Williams 
was  lately  found  by  workmen  digging  in  the 
streets  of  Waltham.  "Rev.  Wareham  Wil- 
liams" said  a  local  newspaper,  "was  one  of 
the  leading  preachers  of  colonial  days,  and 
antiquarians  have  long  searched  for  his 
grave ;"  Williams  was  best  known  as  one  of 
the  children  in  charge  of  Hannah  Dustin  at 
the  time  of  the  Deerfield  massacre  in  1703. 
He  was  taken  with  her  by  the  Indians  to 
Canada.  "The  rescue  was  one  of  the  best 
known  incidents  of  early  colonial  history." 
Lucy  Williams  was  daughter  of  Rev.  Ware- 


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ham  Williams,  of  Northfield,  Connecticut,  pas- 
tor of  the  Congregational  church,  and  Ann 
or  Anna  (Hall)  Williams,  daughter  of  Rev. 
Samuel  Hall,  pastor  of  the  Congregational 
church  at  Cheshire,  Connecticut.  Rev.  Elea- 
zer  Mather,  another  ancestor,  was  one  of  the 
pioneers  and  ministers  of  Deerfield.  Children 
of  Albert  Harrison:  i.  Nathan,  born  1835, 
a  farmer ;  married  Louise  Strickland,  of  New 
Haven.  2.  Ann  D.,  1838,  married  Thomas 
A.  Smith,  of  Northfield;  child,  Albert  H. 
Smith.  3.  Lucy  Williams,  married  Charles 
A.  Still,  of  Michigan;  child,  Louise  A.  Still. 
4.  Jonathan  Law,  1839 ;  married  Nellie  E. 
Dudley,  of  Madison;  child.  Bertha  A.,  mar- 
ried        Beckley,    of    New     Haven.    5. 

Charles  Albert,  mentioned  below. 

(VI)  Charles  Albert,  son  of  Albert  Har- 
rison, was  born  at  North  Branford,  July  21, 
1843.  ^^  obtained  his  early  education  in  his 
native  town  and  at  North  Branford,  and  at 
the  Mills  Military  School  in  New  Haven. 
He  began  the  study  of  law  in  the  office  of 
Judge  Chandler  Richards  and  Judge  Alfred 
J.  Mills,  in  -Van  Buren  county,  Michigan, 
where  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1878  and 
built  up  an  excellent  practice.  While  in  Mich- 
igan he  was  elected  to  various  offices  of  trust 
and  honor.  He  was  deputy  registrar  of  deeds 
and  deputy  county  clerk,  was  ex-officio  clerk 
of  the  circuit  court  from  1867  to  1^75,  and 
member  of  the  executive  board  of  the  Michi- 
gan State  Board  of  Agriculture  from  1878  to 
1883.  He  was  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the 
Van  Buren  County  Mutual  Fire  Insurance 
Company,  and  a  director  of  the  Michigan  Ag- 
ricultural Society.  He  removed  to  Walling- 
ford,  Connecticut,  in  July,  1883,  and  has  prac- 
ticed since  then  in  that  town.  In  1886  he 
was  elected  from  that  town  to  the  general 
assembly.  He  was  prosecuting  attorney  of 
Wallingford  borough  for  three  terms.  He  en- 
listed in  Company  B,  Twenty-seventh  Con- 
necticut Regiment  of  Volunteer  Infantry,  and 
served  in  the  civil  war.  He  took  part  in  the 
battles  of  Fredericksburg  and  Chancellorsville. 
He  is  a  member  of  Arthur  H.  Button  Post, 
No.  36,  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  of  Wal- 
lingford, and  is  past  commander.  In  1893 
he  was  judge  advocate  of  the  Grand  Army 
for  the  state  of  Connecticut.  He  is  a  member 
of  Compass  Lodge,  No.  9,  of  Wallingford, 
Free  and  Accepted  Masons ;  of  St.  Elmo  Com- 
mandery,  Knights  Templar ;  of  Pyramid  Tem- 
ple, Mystic  Shrine,  of  Bridgeport.  He  has 
taken  all  the  degrees  of  Free  Masonry  to 
and  including  the  thirty-second.  He  is  also 
a  member  of  the  Union  League  Club  of  New 
Haven.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican.  He 
is  a   member   of   the   Congregational  church. 


He  married,  October  5,  1876,  Ann  Isabel, 
born  March  30,  1857,  daughter  of  George  H. 
Munger,  of  Madison,  Connecticut.  Children  : 
I.  Lillian  Munger,  born  July  28,  1877,  mar- 
ried William  E.  Conklin,  graduate  of  Trin- 
ity and  Yale  colleges,  teacher  of  Latin  and 
Ancient  History  in  the  Hartford  high  school;, 
child,  Charity  Conklin.  2.  Blanche  Eddy,  born 
February  26,  1879 ;  married  Walter  S.  Valen- 
tine, of  Wallingford,  electrician  with  the  Kerr- 
Westinghouse  Company,  New  York  City. 

(The  Foote  Line). 

(IV)  Daniel  Foote,  son  of  Joseph  Foote. 
(q.  v.),  was  born  August  16,  1701,  died  in 
November,  1742.  He  married,  in  1726,  Sa- 
rah, daughter  of  John  Thompson,  of  East 
Haven,  Connecticut.  She  married  (second) 
May  5,  1746,  John  Taintor.  She  died  Sep- 
tember 6,  1774.  Children:  Sarah,  born  De- 
cember I,  1727;  Hannah,  April  22,  1730; 
Jacob.  March  20,  1732;  Daniel,  June  5,  1734, 
mentioned  below ;  Asa,  July  5,  1737 ;  Samuel, 
May    12,    1740;  Desire,  died  unmarried. 

(V)  Daniel  (2),  son  of  Daniel  (i)  Foote, 
was  born  June  5,  1734,  died  March  6,  1797. 
He  married,  February  13,  1755.  Mary,  daugh- 
ter of  Isaac  and  Hannah  Ingraham.  She 
died  June  23,  1822,  aged  eighty-five  years. 
Children :  Daniel,  born  March  23,  1756,  died 
young;  Elihu.  August  19,  1757,  mentioned  be- 
low ;  Edwin,  August  20,  1759 ;  Daniel,  De- 
cember 7,  1760  ;  John,  January  30,  1763  ;  Jacob 
June  30,  1764;  Isaac,  March  15,  1766,  died 
young;  Sarah,  October  i,  1767;  Isaac,  Sep- 
tember 7,  1769;  Rufus,  March  24,  1771  ;  Asa, 
December  28,  1773;  David,  March  28,  1776; 
Benjamin,  August  i,  1778;  Polly.  May  17, 
1780. 

(VI)  Elihu,  son  of  Daniel  (2)  Foote,  was 
born  August  19,  1757,  in  Northford,  Con- 
necticut. He  married  November  11,  1789, 
Lucy,  daughter  of  Wareham  Williams,  first 
irinister  in  Northford,  and  Ann  or  Anna, 
daughter  of  Rev.  Samuel  Hall,  first  minister 
in  Cheshire,  Connecticut.  Samuel  Hall  mar- 
ried, 1727,  Ann  Law,  third  child  of  Governor 
Jonathan  Law,  of  Milford.  Jonathan  Law 
married  Ann  Eliot,  granddaughter  of  Rev. 
John  Eliot,  apostle  to  the  Indians,  of  Rox- 
bury,  Massachusetts.  Rev.  Samuel  Hall's 
son,  Lyman,  was  a  signer  of  the  Declaration 
of  Independence,  from  Georgia.  Rev.  Ware- 
ham  Williams,  son  of  Rev.  Stephen  Williams, 
of  Long  Meadow,  Massachusetts,  and  grand- 
son of  Rev.  John  Williams,  of  Deerfield,  Mas- 
sachusetts, and  his  wife.  Eunice  Mather, 
daughter  of  Rev.  Eleazer  Mather,  of  North- 
ampton, Massachusetts,  was  of  Welsh  origin. 
His  father.  Rev.  John  Williams,  with  his  fam- 


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ily,  were  captured  by  the  Indians  and  taken 
to  Canada,  February  29,  1703-04.  His  wife 
and  two  children  were  killed  by  them.  She, 
Eunice  Mather  Williams,  on  her  mother's  side 
was  granddaughter  of  Rev.  John  Wareham, 
of  Windham,  Connecticut,  formerly  of  Exe- 
ter, England.  He  died  June  i,  1840;  she  died 
December  21,  1839.  Elihu  Foote  was  a  soldier 
and  pensioner  of  the  revolutionary  war.  Chil- 
dren; Edwin,  born  December  2,  1790;  Delia, 
June  23.  1792 ;  Wareham  Williams,  August 
■20,  1798;  Ann  or  Anna  Hall,  December  28, 
1804,  married  Albert  Harrison  (see  Harri- 
son A^). 


As  early  as  1277,  lands  were 
BRYAN     held    in    the    parish    of    Bulha- 

mough  by  William  and  Robert 
Brian,  and  the  family  has  held  an  important 
place  in  England  to  the  present  day.  Roger 
Bryan  was  a  knight  of  the  shire  in  Hert- 
fordshire in  the  twenty-third  and  twenty-fifth 
parliaments  during  the  reign  of  Edward  I. 
The  ancestry  of  the  American  family  is  traced 
unbroken  to  Thomas  Bryan,  of  the  parish  of 
Aylesbury,    Buckinghamshire,    England. 

(I)  Thomas  Bryan,  born  about  1575,  lived 
at  Aylesbury,  Buckinghamshire.  Children:  i. 
Elizabeth,  baptized  November  2,  1600.  2.  Alex- 
ander, mentioned  below.  3.  Frances,  baptized 
March  29,  1604.  4.  Mary,  baptized  April 
19,   1606. 

(II)  Alexander,  son  of  Thomas  Bryan,  was 
born  in  Aylesbury,  in  1602.  He  came  to  this 
country  in  1639  and  settled  at  Milford,  Con- 
necticut. Later  he  removed  to  Meriden  and 
finally  located  at  Watertown,  Connecticut. 
The  English  ancestry  is  proved  by  a  deed 
made  by  Alexander  and  son  Richard,  July  20, 
T663,  to  Edward  Baldwin,  of  Beaconsfield, 
county  Bucks,  England.  Alexander  Bryan 
bought  land  at  Eaton's  Neck,  east  of  Oyster 
Bay,  Long  Island,  now  Huntington,  and  his 
sons  Alexander,  Ebenezer  and  John  settled 
in  Long  Island.  He  owned  a  large  estate  in 
England.  Fle  was  a  man  of  education  and 
was  a  lawyer.  He  was  one  of  the  five  trus- 
tees who  purchased  the  land  where  Milford, 
Connecticut,  was  founded.  He  was  a  mer- 
chant, and  in  1640  sent  a  vessel  to  Boston 
with  a  cargo  of  beaver,  otter  and  other  furs. 
He  built  a  wharf  in  1650,  conveying  it  to 
the  town  in  1653.  He  sent  ships  to  the  Azores, 
England,  Virginia  and  Nova  Scotia.  He 
was  assistant  in  May,  1666;  commissioner  in 
the  same  year ;  deputy  to  the  general  court 
in  1667  and  assistant  again  in  1668-69-70-71- 
72-73.  He  was  baptized  at  Aylesbury,  Eng- 
land, September  9,  1602.  He  msrried  ffirst) 
in  England,  Ann  Baldwin,  Robert  (3)  ;  Henry 


(2)  ;  Richard  (i).  She  died  at  Milford,  Con- 
necticut, February  20,  1661.  Fie  marrieil 
(second)  Susannah  Fitch,  widow  of  Samuel 
Fitch,  of  Hartford.  She  was  the  first  wife  of 
William  Whitiny ;  married  (second)  Samuel 
Fitch;  (third)  Alexander  Bryan,  and  died  at 
Middletown,  Connecticut,  July  8,  1673.  His 
will  was  proved  May  27,  1679.  Children; 
Richard,  mentioned  below ;  Susanna ;  Joanna, 
married  Owen  Morgan. 

(Ill)  Richard,  son  of  Alexander  Bryan, 
was  born  at  Aylesbury,  England.  He  came 
to  this  country  with  his  father  and  settled  in 
Milford.  Connecticut,  of  which  he  was  a  lead- 
ing ■  citizen.  He  was  the  second  of  seven 
who  had  the  patent  for  the  township  from 
the  general  court.  May  25,  1685.  He  was  a 
wealthy  merchant.  He  bought  Eaton's  Neck, 
Huntington,  Long  Island,  November  13,  1684, 
and  three  sons  settled  there.  He  married 
(first)  Mary,  daughter  of  WilHam  and  Mar- 
garet Pantry.  He  married  (second)  July  15, 
1699,  Mary  Wilmot,  of  New  Haven,  born 
February  16,  1647,  daughter  of  Benjamin  and 
granddaughter  of  Benjamin  Wilmot.  She 
was  a  member  of  the  Milford  church.  He 
married  (third)  Elizabeth  HoUingsworth, 
widow  of  Richard  HoUingsworth,  daughter  of 
i\Iichael  and  Abigail  Powell,  of  Boston  and 
Dedham.  She  was  born  June  -16,  1641  ;  mar- 
ried, August  23,  1659,  Richard  HoUings- 
worth. As  Widow  Bryan  she  married,  Octo- 
ber 24,  1705,  Governor  Robert  Treat,  of  Con- 
necticut. Children;  Alexander,  born  1651  ; 
Mary,  1653;  Hannah,  August  i,  1654;  Sarah, 
April  24,  1657,  died  young;  Samuel,  baptized 
1659 ;  John,  born  1662 ;  Abigail,  November 
22.  1663  ;  Richard,  October  8,  1666,  mentioned 
below;  Frances,  February  13,  1668:  Sarah, 
1670;  Abigail,  January  12,  1671-72;  Eliza- 
beth, 1679;  Joseph,  January  15,,  1682;  Eliza- 
beth, baptized  November,  1685. 

(I\^)  Richard  (2),  son  of  Richard  (i) 
Bryan,  was  born  in  Milford,  October  8,  1666. 
In  1698  he  was  town  clerk  of  Milford.  He 
had  a  deed  from  his  brother  Alexander,  in 
1698,  of  land  at  New  Milford,  sold  again  in 
1706  to  John  Noble.  He  sold  land  also  to 
Benjamin  Bunnell  and  Caleb  Mallory,  and  his 
brother,  Joseph  Bryan.  He  married  Sarah 
Piatt,  who  died  January  18,  1734,  daughter 
of  Josiah  and  Sarah  (Canfield)  Piatt.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Milford :  Mary,  baptized  No- 
vember, 1701 ;  Sarah,  born  or  baptized  August 
1699 ;  Richard,  mentioned  below  ;  Samuel,  bap- 
tized August.  1699 ;  Frances,  born  September 
22,  1704;  Augustine,  January  28,  1706-07; 
Alexander,  October  13,  1707;  Hannah,  Janu- 
ary 21,  1711-12;  Nathan,  December  11,  1714. 

(V)     Richard    (3),    son    of    Richard    (2) 


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Bryan,  was  born  at  Milford,  and  baptized  in 
August,  1699.  He  married  (first)  October 
20.  17 19,  Mehitable  Clark,  who  died  in  1721, 
daughter  of  Samuel  Clark.  He  married  (sec- 
ond)  March  15,   1721-22,  Sarah,  daughter  of 

Joseph .     Children,   born   at   Milford : 

Richard,  mentioned  below ;  Mehitable,  August 
15,  1721,  married  David  Ingraham ;  Sarah, 
June  2,  1723,  died  young;  Frances,  August, 
1726;    Ann,    February,    1731 ;    Mary,    March, 

1736- 

(VI)  Captain  Richard  (4),  son  of  Richard 
(3)  Bryan,  was  born  in  Milford  abovtt  1720. 
He  married,  January  13,  1742,  Sarah,  daugh- 
ter of  John  and  Susan  Fowler.  He  was  en- 
sign in  the  First  Company  of  Milford  in  1756; 
lieutenant  of  the  Second  Company,  Second 
Regiment  of  the  colony,  and  is  called  captain 
in  the  records  later.  Children,  born  at  Mil- 
ford: Sarah,  June  17,  1746,  died  young;  Me- 
hitable, baptized  September  4,  1746;  Rich- 
ard ;  David,  February,  1748,  removed  to  Sher- 
burne, Chenango  county.  New  York ;  Oliver, 
mentioned  below. 

(VII)  Major  Oliver,  son  of  Captain  Rich- 
ard (4)  Bryan,  was  born  about  1760.  He 
was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution,  sergeant  in 
Captain  Peck's  company,  Colonel  Douglass's 
regiment  in  Washington's  army,  New  York, 
in  1776.  He  was  a  pensioner  in  New  Haven 
county,  1832.  In  1790  the  federal  census 
shows  that  he  had  four  females  in  his  fam- 
ily. Children :  Esther,  baptized  at  Milford, 
June,  1790;  Sarah,  baptized  with  Esther;  mar- 
ried, October  22,  1800,  Anthony  Stow ;  Su- 
sanna, baptized  with  Esther  and  Sarah  ;  mar- 
ried, February  15,  1807,  David  Stow;  Oliver, 
mentioned  below. 

(Yll)  Oliver  (2),  son  of  Oliver  (i) 
Bryan,  was  baptized  at  Milford  in  April,  1793. 
He  was  educated  in  the  district  schools,  and 
when  a  young  man  came  to  New  Haven,  en- 
gaging in  the  business  of  merchant  tailor 
which  he  followed  until  the  time  of  his  death 
at  the  age  of  sixty-nine  years.  He  was  pros- 
perous, and  invested  largely  in  New  Haven 
real  estate,  effecting  many  improvements  in 
his  section  of  the  city.  He  built  the  house  in 
which  the  widow  of  his  son,  William  Dag- 
gett, resides,  about  1840.  He  also  put  up  the 
buildings  at  Nos.  200-202-210  Crown  street 
and  at  194-96  Crown  street,  now  the  quarters 
of  the  Young  Men's  Republican  Club.  He 
married  Phebe  Gorham,  born  in  New  Haven, 
died  there  aged  sixty-seven.  Children:  i. 
William  D.,  mentioned  below.  2.  Jane,  mar- 
ried Frank  G.  Phipps.  3.  Oliver,  a  real  estate 
broker  of  New  Haven.  4.  Benjamin  Sherman, 
born  in  1826;  went  to  California  with  the 
"Forty-niners"and  remained  there  severalyears 


keeping  a  hotel ;  died  at  Sa3'brook,  Connecti- 
cut, at  the  age  of  fifty ;  married,  November 
16,  1868,  M.  Louise  Hayden,  a  native  of  Es- 
sex, Connecticut ;  son  Oliver,  born  November 
15,  1870,  married  Bessie  Ida  Gitt,  born  Au- 
gust 18,  1872,  of  New  Oxford,  Pennsylvania ; 
they  have  one  son,  Hayden  Gitt  Bryan,  born 
August  12,  1907.  5.  Harry  C,  married  An- 
nie Morris.  6.  Stephen,  married  Emma  (first) 
Powers;    (second)    Mildred    St.    Claire. 

(IX)  William  Daggett,  son  of  Oliver  (2) 
Bryan,  was  born  May  13,  1819,  in  New 
Haven.  He  was  educated  there  in  the  public 
schools,  and  learned  the  trade  of  tailor  of  his 
father.  He  succeeded  to  his  father's  business 
and  carried  on  the  establishment  successfully 
until  he  died,  June  i,  1884.  He  was  a  man  of 
upright  and  honorable  character,  attractive  in 
social  life,  and  highly  respected  in  business 
circles.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Quinnipiac 
Club,  the  New  Haven  Grays,  the  Conecticut 
Volunteer  Militia,  the  Odd  Fellows,  and  the 
Masonic  fraternity,  in  which  he  attained  the 
thirty-second  degree,  being  a  member  of 
Wooster  Lodge,  the  local  Chapter,  Council 
and  Commandery.  In  politics  he  was  always 
a  Republican  and  a  staunch  friend  of  Gover- 
nor English.  He  was  an  Episcopalian,  at- 
tending first  St.  Thomas  Church,  and  later 
Trinity  Church,  New  Haven.  He  married, 
September  i,  1852,  Mary  Miles  Brown,  born 
December  20,  1825,  now  living  at  198  Crown 
street.  New  Haven,  daughter  of  Jacob  and 
Henrietta  Minor  (Miles)  Brown,  grand- 
daughter of  Captain  John  Miles,  of  New 
Haven.  Children,  born  in  New  Haven :  Hen- 
rietta Miles,  June  3,  1853,  died  May  30,  1898 ; 
unmarried;  William  Daggett,  March  17,  1856, 
died  in  infancy;  Mary  Miles,  March  11,  i860, 
died  in  infancy. 

Mercy  (Beecher)  Brown,  grandmother  of 
Mrs.  Bryan,  was  born  in  Woodbridge,  Con- 
necticut, a  sister  of  Thaddeus  Beecher,  who 
planted  the  famous  elm  tree  in  the  New  Hav- 
en common.  Mercy  Beecher  married  Walter 
Brown.  Mrs.  Bryan  had  one  sister,  Hen- 
rietta Brown,  who  married  her  cousin, 
Thomas  H.  Miles,  and  had  two  children : 
George  Washington  Miles  and  another  who 
died  in  infancy.  Jacob  Brown  had  one 
brother,  Webster  Brown,  and  two  sisters. 
Mary  and  Elizabeth  Brown.  Jacob  was  the 
son  of  Captain  Walter  Brown,  of  New  Haven, 
a  sea  captain,  who  married  Henrietta  Miles. 
His  vessel  was  captured  by  the  French  and 
this  claim  was  one  of  the  famous  French 
spoliation  claims.  Captain  John  Miles  was 
in  Captain  Daniel  Collins's  company,  at  the 
New  Haven  alarm  in  1775.  He  was  a  lieu- 
tenant in  the  Connecticut  Line   1777-80.     In 


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1780  he  was  a  captain  in  tiie  seryice.  He 
was  commissioned  lieutenant,  January  6,  1777, 
captain-lieutenant  October  26,  1779,  and 
served  until  1783.  He  took  part  in  nearly 
all  the  battles  of  the  north  and  was  at  the 
siege  of  Yorktown.  He  was  admitted  to  the 
Society  of  the  Cincinnati,  September  11,  1787, 
with  four  others.  He  was  pensioned  as  a 
captain  of  artillery  and  was  on  the  list  of 
1818.     He  died  aged  eighty-one  years. 


The    Ford    family   was   prominent 

FORD  in  Devonshire,  England,  and  con- 
nected with  the  Drakes  of  x\she. 
Sir  Henry  Ford,  born  1620,  was  only  son  of 
John  Ford,  of  Bagtor,  by  wife  Catherine, 
daughter  and  heir  of  George  Drake,  of 
Sprattsbays,  lieutenant-colonel  under  his  kins- 
man, Sir  John  Drake,  of  Ashe. 

(I)  Timothy  Ford,  believed  to  be  of  the 
Devon  family,  was  born  in  England,  and 
came  in  1637  to  Charlestown,  Massachusetts. 
He  removed  two  years  later  to  New  Haven, 
Connecticut,  where  he  died  August  28,  1684. 
His  wife  died  July  25,  1681.  He  was  one 
of  the  original  proprietors  of  New  Haven. 
His  will,  dated  August  11,  1682,  bequeathed 
to  children,  Samuel,  Mary,  Bethia,  Elizabeth. 
Mathew,  John,  Joshua  Culver  and  Mathew 
Bellany.  The  inventory  is  dated  December  19, 
1694.  The  name  is  spelled  Fford  sometimes. 
Timothy  sold  to  his  son  half  his  homestead 
on  October  13,  1679.  Children:  Samuel,  mar- 
ried, in  1673,  Elizabeth  Hopkins;  Mary,  mar- 
ried, in  1661,  Nathaniel  Thorpe;  Bethia,  mar- 
ried, in  1671,  Mathew  Bellany;  Elizabeth, 
married,  in  1672,  Joshua  Culver;  Mathew, 
mentioned  below. 

(H)  Mathew,  son  of  Timothy  Ford,  was 
born  about  1650.  Mathew  and  John  divide 
land  received  from  their  father,  August  19, 
1682. 

He  married,  at  Cheshire,  Connecticut, 
January,  1675.  Mary,  daughter  of  John 
Brooks.  Children,  born  at  New  Haven : 
Mathew,  mentioned  below ;  Mary,  August  9, 
1678;  John,  November  11,  1680;  Mary,  1682; 
Mary,  August  9,  1684;  Jonathan,  January  26, 
1686;  Daniel,  1688;  Benjamin,  1691 ;  Eben- 
ezer.  1691  ;  Barbabas  (mentioned  in  deeds). 

(HI)  Mathew  (2),  son  of  Mathew  (i) 
Ford,  was  born  October  31,  1675,  died  Octo- 
ber 7,  1751. 

His  will  was  proved  December  16, 
1 75 1,  his  son  Timothy,  executor.  His 
property  was  divided  March  3,  1753,  by  Nath- 
an, Daniel,  Timothy  and  Mathew.  He  sold 
land  April  18,  1709,  and  deeded  land  to  his 
son  Daniel  in  1750.  He  mentioned  all  his  chil- 
dren in    his    will.      Children,    born    at    New 


Haven:  Nathan,  January  12,  1699;  Sarah,  No- 
vember 15,  1702;  Elizabeth,  April  22,  1704; 
Lydia,  November  13,  1707 ;  Esther,  March  30, 
1710;  Daniel,  December  31,  1712;  Timothy, 
mentioned  below;  Mathew,  June  25,  1719; 
Lydia,  July  29,  1722. 

(IV)  Timothy  (2),  son  of  Mathew  (2) 
Ford,  was  born  at  New  Haven,  December  3, 
1715.  Timothy  Ford  and  Caleb  Bradley  were 
executors  of  his  will,  dated  December  16, 
1754- 

He  bought  land,  in  1761,  and  deeded 
land  March  26,  1753.  He  married  Mary,  born 
March,  1715,  baptized  July  8,  1716,  daughter 
of  Caleb  Tuttle,  who  was  born  August  29, 
1678,  married,  March  i,  1699,  Mary,  daugh- 
ter of  Samuel  and  Sarah  (Talmadge)  Hotch- 
kiss.  Mrs.  Tuttle  died  November  12,  1723, 
and  he  married  (second)  February  17,  1725,. 
Hannah  (Butler)  Todd,  widow  of  John  Todd, 
daughter  of  John  Butler,  of  Branford.  Caleb 
Tuttle  was  prominent  in  the  first  secession 
from  the  First  Society,  a  movement  which 
took  place  in  face  of  a  powerful  opposition 
in  the  organization  of  the  Second  Ecclesias- 
tical Society  in  New  Haven,  now  known  as 
the  North  Church.  Caleb  and  others  owned 
the  lot  which  was  conveyed  to  the  church  for 
a  parsonage  and  is  now  the  site  of  the  St.. 
Thomas  Protestant  Episcopal  Church.  Han- 
nah Tuttle  died  October  27,  1748;  Caleb  died 
in  1 75 1,  intestate,  and  Enos  was  appointed, 
administrator.  President  Stiles  wrote  of  h\m,. 
in  his  history  of  the  Judges :  "He  was  a. 
plain,  good  man,  whom  I  knew  well,  a  man 
of  integrity,  very  intimate  with  Gov.  Jones's 
son,  they  having  married  sisters  *  *  *  he 
was  a  zealous  religionist,  and  warmly  captiva- 
ted with  characters  distinguished  for  holiness 
and  piety  and  according  to  my  idea  of  the 
man,  whom  I  well  remember,  he  would,  I 
should  think,  have  listened  to  the  anecdotes 
and  history  of  those  pious  and  heroic  sufferers 
with  avidity  and  curious  and  feeling  attention. 
I  doubt  not  he  knew  more  about  the  subject 
than  all  his  posterity,  and  he  is  the  source  of 
the  information  concerning  the  Whalley 
Stone."  Children  of  Caleb  Tuttle :  Sarah, 
born  November,  1699,  married  Noah  Wolcott ; 
Caleb,  December,  1701  :  Thomas,  November 
24,  1705  ;  James,  November  30,  1707 ;  Enos, 
November  11,  171 1  ;  Timothy,  February  21, 
1713;  Mary,  March,  1715,  married  Timothy 
Ford,  mentioned  above ;  Eliphalet,  December 
2,  1718;  Levi;  Abraham,  February  16,  1722;, 
Joshua,  January  31,  1731  ;  Stephen. 

Thomas  Tuttle,  son  of  William  Tuttle,  the- 
immigrant,  was  born  in  England  in  1634; 
married.  May  21,  1661,  Hannah,  born  in  1641, 
died   October    10,   1710,  daughter  of  Thomas; 


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Powell.  Thomas  Tuttle  was  a  cooper  by- 
trade  ;  was  chosen  by  the  town  packer  in 
Alarch,  1672,  and  1674;  juryman  1682;  con- 
stable 1683 ;  gauger  and  packer,  1704.  He 
lived  and  died  on  what  is  now  part  of  the 
College  square.  His  lot  fronted  on  Market 
place  (upper  Green)  nearly  one  hundred  and 
seventy  feet,  and  extended  back  about  half 
the  square.  On  the  Tuttle  homesteads  the 
most  ancient  of  the  Yale  College  buildings 
were  afterwards  erected.  Thomas  Tuttle  left 
his  homestead  to  his  son  Joshua  who  deeded 
some  of  the  land  to  the  college  in  1750. 
Thomas  Tuttle  died  October  19,  1710.  His 
will  was  dated  May  6,  1704,  and  proved  the 
second  Tuesday  of  November,  1710.  Children 
of  Thomas  Tuttle :  Hannah,  born  February 
24,  1662 ;  Abigail,  January  17,  1663 ;  Mary, 
June  14,  1665;  Thomas,  October  27,  1667; 
John,  December  5,  1669;  Esther,  April  9, 
1672;  Joshua,  December  19,  1675;  Caleb,  men- 
tioned above ;  Martha,  May  23,  1679. 

Mary  (Tuttle)  Ford  joined  the  first  church 
in  New  Haven  in  1736.  Children,  born  at 
New  Haven:  Martha,  February  24,  1736,  died 
October  9,  1748 ;  Laurana,  May  22,  1737 ; 
Timothy,  January  21,  1739-40;  Moses,  men- 
tioned below;  Caleb,  January  22,  1743-44; 
Sarah,  May  22,  1747;  Esther,  March  17, 
1749-50. 

(V)  Moses,  son  of  Timothy  (2)  Ford,  was 
born  November  13,  1741,  at  New  Haven,  died 
June  II,  1822.  He  married  Eunice  Potter, 
who  died  May  7,  1833,  in  the  ninety-third 
year  of  her  age.  He  was  deacon  of  the  church. 
James  Potter  deeded  land  to  his  daughter 
Eunice,  wife  of  Moses  Ford,  November  16, 
1667.  Moses  and  Eunice  Ford  quitclaimed 
their  title  in  certain  lands  January  16,  1764. 
Children :  Jonah,  mentioned  below ;  Moses, 
born  1776,  died  August  11,  1858;  Rhoda,  mar- 
ried Bronard  Lindley ;  Huldah,  married  Eli- 
sha  Peck ;  Sarah,  married  Leveret  Mix ;  Eu- 
nice, born  March  9,  1779,  married  Joel  Ford. 

(A^I)  Jonah,  son  of  Moses  Ford,  was  born 
in  New  Haven  in  1765,  died  October  i,  1804 
(gravestone).  Mary,  his  wife,  died  October 
20,  1837,  aged  seventy ;  administration  granted 
to  sons  Joel  and  Moses.  His  widow  had  land 
near  Stephen  Hotchkiss.  Children :  Amelia, 
Harvey,  mentioned  below.  Thankful,  Maria, 
Eunice. 

(VH)  Harvey,  son  of  Jonah  Ford,  was 
born  about  1800.  He  lived  at  Hamden  Plains, 
New  Haven.  He  married  Betsey  Coats.  Chil- 
dren ;  Harvey,  Howard,  living  in  Hamden, 
Connecticut,  the  last  surviving  member  of  the 
family,  he  has  three  children :  Carrie,  Emily, 
Lena,  deceased. 

(Vni)    Harvey    (2),    son    of   Harvey    (i) 


Ford,  was  born  at  New  Haven,  June  3,  1830. 
He  married,  at  New  Haven,  June  7,.  1855, 
Clara  Wyatt,  daughter  of  Holsey  Cleveland. 
He  lived  in  New  Haven  and  Fair  Haven, 
Connecticut,  and  was  an  iron  dealer.  Chil- 
dren, born  in  New  Haven:  i.  Charles  Cleve- 
land, mentioned  below.  2.  William,  married 
Emma  Johnson;  children:  Harold  and  Wil- 
liam. 3.  Curtis  Howard,  born  April  6,  1862 ; 
married,  at  New  Haven,  July  16,  1882,  Ella 
Mat  Perkins,  born  at  Springfield,  February 
22,  1865,  daughter  of  Luther  M.  and  Antoi- 
nette (Hanover)  Perkins;  children:  i.  Clif- 
ford De  Witt,  born  February  21,  1883;  ii. 
Marguerite  Perkins,  December  16,  1885 ;  iii. 
Curtis  H. ;  Curtis  Howard  is  a  pharmacist  in 
charge  of  a  drug  store  in  New  Haven.  4. 
Robert  Harvey,  born  July  21,  1866;  married 
Iva  Hills;  children:  Horace  and  Harriet.  5. 
Edward,  born  July  21,  1866,  died  July  29, 
1866.  6.  Clara  Victoria,  born  July  13,  1869; 
married  Elmer  E.  Okeson ;  children:  Elea- 
nor; Ralph,  died  aged  ten  months;  Sylvia. 
7.  Fluvia  Bissell,  born  December  21,  1874; 
married  Harry  Goodyear.  8.  Horatio  Holsey, 
born  March  28,  1876;  married  Belle  Pickets; 
one  son.  9.  Mabel  Helen,  born  April  6,  1880; 
married  John  Nixon  ;  children :  Cleveland  and 
Fluvia. 

(IX)  Charles  Cleveland,  son  of  Harvey  (2) 
Ford,  was  born  March  10.  1856,  at  New 
Haven.  He  is  a  lawyer  at  Ansonia,  Conec- 
ticut.  He  married,  at  New  Haven,  May  4, 
1876,  Sarah  Alice,  born  at  New  Haven,  De- 
cember 20,    1855,  only  daughter  of  Jeremiah 

-Porter.  Child:  Alice  Porter,  mentioned  be- 
low. 

(X)  Dr.  Alice  Porter  Ford,  daughter  of 
Charles  Cleveland  Ford,  was  born  at  New 
Haven.  December  30,  1877.  She  attended 
Mrs.  Cady's  private  school,  until  ready  for 
high  school  in  New  Haven;  moved  to  An- 
sonia, Connecticut,  and  graduated  from  the 
Ansonia  high  school.  She  was  a  member  of 
the  class  of  1901  of  Wellesley  College.  She 
studied  her  profession  at  the  Woman's  Medi- 
cal College  of  Pennsylvania,  graduating  with 
the  degree  of  M.D.  in  1904.  She  was  ap- 
pointed an  interne  at  the  Women's  Hospital 
at  Detroit,  Michigan,  and  after  was  resident 
physician  there.  She  has  practiced  since  1906 
in  New  Haven  with  an  office  at  1302  Chapel 
street,  making  a  specialty  of  diseases  of 
women  and  children.  She  is  a  member  of  the 
New  Haven  County  Medical  Society ;  the  New 
Haven  City  Medical  Society;  the  Connecticut 
State  Medical  Society ;  the  American  Medical 
Association.  She  belongs  to  Alpha  Eta  Iota, 
a  college  fraternity.  In  religion  she  is  a  Con- 
gregationalist. 


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Samuel  Blakeslee,  immi- 
BLAKESLEE  grant  ancestor,  was  a 
planter  of  Guilford,  Con- 
necticut, in  1650,  and  is  supposed  to  have  been 
a  brother  of  Thomas  Blakeslee,  who  came  in 
the  "Hopewell"  from  London  to  Massachu- 
setts, in  1635,  was  in  Hartford  in  1641,  and 
removed  to  Branford,  Connecticut,  in  1645. 
He  was  probably  a  blacksmith,  as  appears 
from  the  inventory  of  his  estate.  He  bought 
his  home  lot  in  Guilford  from  Henry  Dowd 
about  1649,  ^nd  February  24,  1653-54,  sold 
it  to  Richard  Hubball.  He  removed  to  New 
Haven  between  1653  and  1657,  and  by  the 
New  Haven  records  died  May  17,  1672.  He 
married,  December  3,  1650,  Hannah,  daughter 
of  John  and  Elizabeth  Potter,  of  New  Haven. 
John  Potter's  mother  was  Hannah  Beecher, 
and  he  had  two  sons,  John  and  Samuel.  De- 
cember 21,  1676,  Hannah  Blakeslee  married 
Henry  Brooks.  She  died  November  7,  1723. 
Administration  on  the  estate  of  Samuel  Blake- 
slee was  granted  to  his  widow,  June  16,  1672, 
and  February  6,  1676-77,  Henry  Brooks  and 
his  wife  appeared  before  the  court  for  the  set- 
tlement of  the  estate  and  distribution  was  or- 
dered to  Hannah  Brooks,  John,  the  eldest  son, 
to  Samuel  and  Ebenezer,  and  to  Mary,  daugh- 
ter. In  November,  1702,  Hannah  Brooks  ren- 
dered the  final  account  of  the  distribution. 
Children:  John,  born  October  22,  1651,  died 
September  2,  1653;  John,  born  about  1654; 
Moses,  baptized  December  13,  1655 ;  Mary, 
baptized  December  13,  1655 ;  Hannah,  born 
October  22,  1657;  Mary,  November  2,  1659; 
Samuel,  April  8,  1662;  Ebenezer,  July  17, 
1664,  mentioned  below ;  Hannah,  May  22, 
1666,  died  July  8,  1669 :  Jonathan,  March  3, 
1669,  died  July  11,  1669;  son,  April,  1672, 
died  April  1672. 

(II)  Ebenezer,  son  of  Samuel  Blakeslee, 
was  born  July  17,  1664,  died  September  24, 
1735.  He  married  Hannah,  born  May  27,  1665, 
died  at  the  home  of  her  son  Jacob  in  Water- 
bury,  July  23,  1749,  daughter  of  Thomas  Lup- 
ton,  of  Waterbury,  and  his  wife,  Hannah 
(Morris)  Lupton.  Ebenezer  Blakeslee  lived 
in  North  Haven,  where  he  was  prominent  in 
church  affairs,  first  with  the  Congregational 
and  later  with  the  Episcopal.  Before  he  died 
he  settled  his  own  estate,  giving  land  to  sev- 
eral of  his  sons,  and  providing  otherwise  for 
his  other  children.  In  these  deeds  of  land 
he  names  three  sons,  Samuel,  Jacob  and 
Thomas,  of  whom  there  are  no  birth  records. 
Children:  Abigail,  no  birth  record  ;■  married. 
May  19,  1709,  John  Nash,  Jr. ;  Ebenezer 
(twin)  February  4,  1685,  mentioned  below; 
Hannah  (twin);  Susanna,  May  21,  1689; 
Grace,  January  i,  1693-94;  Abraham,  Decem- 


ber 15,  1695;  Isaac,  July  21,  1703;  Samuel, 
no  birth  record ;  Jacob,  no  birth  record ; 
Thomas,  no  birth  record. 

(HI)  Ebenezer  (2),  son  of  Ebenezer  (i) 
Blakeslee,  was  born  February  4,  1685.  He 
married,  December  5,  1706,  Mary,  daughter 
of  Matthew  and  Mary  Ford,  of  New  Haven. 
He  lived  in  North  Haven.  Administration  on 
his  estate  was  granted  to  his  son  Ebenezer, 
January,  1761.  Distribution  was  made  April 
15,  1761,  to  Ebenezer,  Jonathan,  Matthew, 
Hannah  and  Desire  Taylor.  His  wife  died 
August  13,  1760.  Children:  Matthew,  born 
October  25,  1707,  died  January  26,  1707-08; 
Desire,  November,  1708 ;  Ebenezer,  May  12, 
1711;  Jonathan,  September,  1713;  Matthew, 
December  10,  1715,  mentioned  below;  Mary, 
June  15,  1718,  died  December,  1725;  Han- 
nah, January  17,  1720-21;  Seth,  April  11, 
1725,  died  April   13,   1725. 

(IV)  Matthew,  son  of  Ebenezer  (2) 
Blakeslee,  was  born  December  10,  1715.  He 
was  one  of  the  subscribers  to  the  Second  Ec- 
clesiastical Society  at  its  formation,  and  be- 
came one  of  its  first  two  wardens.  He  mar- 
ried, December  27,  1736,  Rhoda  Beach.  Chil- 
dren: Macock,  born  November  17,  1739;  Oli- 
ver, August  15,  1741,  mentioned  below:  Mat- 
thew, August  II,  1743;  Phebe,  August  25, 
1745,  died  October  26,  1750 ;  Mary,  Septem- 
ber 6,  1747;  Rufus,  April  19,  1749;  Phebe, 
February  22,  1750-51  ;  Jordan,  October  23, 
1752 ;  "Cearfull,"  December  7,  1767. 

(V)  Oliver,  son  of  Matthew  Blakeslee,  was 
born  in  North  Haven,  August  15,  1741.  He 
was  known  in  his  day  as  "Master  Blakeslee." 
His  boyhood  was  spent  in  hard  work,  as  a 
large  family  and  a  lean  larder  in  his  father's 
house  made  the  crosses  there  greater  than 
the  comforts.  Tradition  has  it  that  the  ma- 
ternal hand,  often  perplexed  by  the  wants  of 
the  hungry  children  around  her,  was  wont  to 
prepare  in  a  huge  wooden  bowl  ,a.  porridge 
of  meal  and  the  water  in  which  any  vegetables 
or  meat  had  been  cooked,  and  placing  it  on 
the  floor  give  each  of  the  children  a  wooden 
spoon  and  unlimited  liberty  to  help  them- 
selves. Oliver  was  apprenticed  in  early  youth 
to  Squire  Ward,  of  Pond  Hill,  where  he 
learned  the  trade  of  reed  maker  for  the  hand 
looms  of  those  days.  He  became  skillful  and 
it  is  supposed  most  of  the  reeds  now  preserved 
in  the  community  as  curiosities  of  a  bygone 
day  were  made  by  him.  He  became  an  expert 
weaver  and  taught  his  daughters  the  same 
trade.  He  derived  the  title  of  "Master"  from 
a  long  career  as  a  district  school  teacher,  hav- 
ing, tradition  says,  taught  twenty-seven  win- 
ters and  three  summers.  He  was  a  superior 
mathematician   and    taught   navigation   to    all 


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who  desired.  Further,  he  was  an  accom- 
pHshed  land  surveyor  and  received  the  ap- 
pointment of  county  engineer  from  the  gen- 
eral assembly  of  Connecticut.  His  calcula- 
tions in  this  branch  were  never  questioned, 
and  in  the  division  of  estates,  the  laying  out 
of  the  highways  and  the  establishing  of  boun- 
dary lines  his  work  was  esteemed  faultless. 
His  advice  was  adopted  in  the  survey  for 
Tomlinson's  bridge  at  New  Haven.  Except- 
ing Dr.  Trumbull  and  Solomon  Blakeslee  no 
better  new  name  was  found.  Indeed  in  some 
of  his  exercises  he  clearly  excels  both.  There 
is  extant  a  bit  of  paper  the  size  of  a  dime  on 
which  he  wrote  in  1786  the  Lord's  prayer  in 
beautifully  legible  letters.  He  was  one  of  the 
subscribers  to  the  Second  Ecclesiastical  So- 
ciety at  its  formation,  and  was  its  first  clerk, 
also  collector  and  treasurer.  He  was  made  a 
vestryman  in  1768  and  again  in  1772-78,  in- 
clusive, and  a  third  term,  1786-87-88.  In  ad- 
dition to  these  duties  he  acted  as  one  of  the 
"Quirestors,"  1777-80.  He  was  the  owner  of 
the  first  silver  watch  in  the  community.  At 
his  death  there  passed  away  an  active  old 
school  gentleman,  once  prominent  in  the  coun- 
cils of  church  and  town.  There  was  no  one 
to  raise  a  stone  to  his  memory  and  the  very 
place  of  his  burial  is  forgotten.  He  married 
(first)  Elizabeth  Humaston,  May  3,  1762.  His 
home  stood  near  that  now  owned  by  Harry 
Bradley,  and  here  was  born  a  large  family. 
He  married  (second)  Mrs.  Susanna  Tuttle. 

{VI)  Matthew  Gilbert,  son  of  Oliver  Blake- 
slee, was  born  in  Guilford,  October  9,  1781, 
died  June  6,  1831.  He  married,  February 
II,  1802,  Rhoda  Dorman,  who  was  of  a  Ham- 
den,  Connecticut,  family.  They  lived  in  New 
Haven.  Children :  Manning,  born  October 
20,  1802,  died  September  23,  1846;  Betsie, 
April  4,  1805;  Sarah,  August  31,  1807;  Eliza- 
beth, May  15,  1810;  Matthew  G.,  April  5, 
1812;  Jerod,  March  6,  1814;  Daniel,  March 
8,  1817;  Rebecca,  October  4,  1820;  Charles 
Wells,  mentioned  below ;  Caroline  and  Cath- 
erine, August   19,   1827. 

(VII)  Charles  Wells,  son  of  Matthew  Gil- 
bert Blakeslee,  was  born  near  Westfield,  Mas- 
sachusetts, August  II,  1824.  At  the  age  of 
ten  he  returned  with  his  parents  to  Connecti- 
cut, and  for  a  time  resided  with  his  brother, 
Matthew  G.  in  Hamden.  He  worked  on  the 
farm  in' summer  and  attended  the  district 
school  in  winter,  but  while  a  mere  boy  began 
teaming  and  soon  came  to  taking  small  con- 
tracts in  New  Haven.  In  1844  he  bought  his 
home  property  of  the  English  family  at  New 
Haven  ;  it  was  located  on  George  street,  then 
a  lane,  and  most  of  the  vicinity  was  used 
for   pasturage.     He   engaged   in    larming   on 


the  land  now  occupied  by  Grace  Hospital.  In 
1872  he  began  to  take  contracts  for  street  pav- 
ing, afterwards  for  the  construction  of  street 
railways,  and  his  business  grew  year  by  year 
until  it  reached  mammoth  proportions.  In 
later  years  he  admitted  his  sons  to  partner- 
ship, and  finally  they  took  over  the  respon- 
sibilities of  the  business.  In  politics  he  was 
a  Republican  :  in  religion  a  Methodist.  He 
married  (first)  Eliza  Clark,  a  native  of  Mil- 
ford,  who  died  in  New  Haven.  Children:  i. 
Child,  died  young.  2.  Child,  died  young.  3. 
Charles  Wells,  born  in  New  Haven,  June  9, 
1844 ;  served  in  Company  G,  First  Connecticut 
ITeavy  Artillery,  Army  of  the  Potomac,  and 
took  part  in  the  siege  of  Yorktown,  battle  of 
Hanover  Court  House,  Seven  Days'  Fight, 
and  battle  of  Malvern  Hill ;  discharged  Au- 
gust 15,  1864,  on  account  of  sickness;  was 
in  business  with  his  father,  then  for  twenty- 
one  years  in  business  on  his  own  account,  since 
then  connected  with  the  business  established 
by  his  father ;  has  served  as  selectman,  coun- 
cilman, alderman,  major  of  the  Governor's 
Florse  Guards ;  member  of  Admiral  Foote 
Post,  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  and  of 
the  Knights  of  Honor ;  married  Grace  Caro- 
line Fowler  ;  children  :  Edith  May ;  Charles, 
died  aged  four  years.  4.  Jeanette,  deceased; 
married  (first)  Stephen  Willard ;  (second) 
Andrew  Lovejoy.  5.  Isabella,  died  aged 
twenty-two.  6.  Mary,  married  Adelbert 
Leighton,  son  of  Howard  B.  Leighton ;  one 
son,  Howard  Theodore  Blakeslee  Leighton.  7. 
Albert,  died  young.  Charles  W.  Blakeslee 
married  (second)  Martha  Jane  (Waters) 
Blair,  widow  of  Basil  Blair,  of  New  Haven. 
By  her  first  marriage  she  had  two  children : 
William  H.  Blair,  superintendent  of  the 
Charles  W.  Blakeslee  &  Company ;  Jane  Blair, 
married  Jasper  Copley,  whose  son,  Charles  H. 
Copley,  had  a  son,  Charles  Copley ;  Jasper 
Copley  died  in  1900.  Children  of  Charles  W. 
and  Martha  Jane  (Waters)  (Blair)  Blakes- 
lee :  8.  Dennis  A.,  married  Lizzie  Law ;  chil- 
dren:  Harriet  F.,  Martha.  Albert  D.,  Harold 
L.,  M.  Grant,  Dorothy.  9.  Dwight  Welch, 
mentioned  below.  10.  Phebe,  unmarried.  11. 
Clarence,  married  Julia  Seeley  ;  children  :  Julia 
and  Ruth.  12.  Martha,  married  Lyman  Law ; 
children  :  Hellen  and  Alice.  13.  Theodore  R., 
married  Addie  Hawley ;  children :  Vera  M., 
Gladys,  Dwight  W.,  Frank. 

(VIII)  Dwight  Welch,  son  of  Charles 
Wells  Blakeslee,  was  born  at  New  Flaven,  July 
9,  1858,  died  January  15,  1906.  His  death 
was  caused  by  a  terrible  accident  in  a  rail- 
road cut.  He  had  been  giving  instructions  to 
one  gang  of  men  and  stepped  over  tracks  to 
another  side   to  instruct  another  gang  when 


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he  saw  an  approaching  freight  train,  and  in 
getting  out  of  the  way  of  the  freight  was  hit 
by  another  train  coming  in  the  opposite  di- 
rection. He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools.  He  became  associated  in  business 
with  his  father  and  was  one  of  the  firm  of 
Charles  W.  Blakeslee  &  Company,  one  of  the 
largest  contracting  firms  in  the  city.  He 
served  as  a  member  of  common  council,  alder- 
man, was  a  member  of  the  official  board  of 
Trinity  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  a  man 
of  the  highest  character,  and  was  one  of  the 
best  known  and  most  respected  citizens  of 
New  Haven.  He  married,  October  19,  1881, 
Emma  Augusta,  daughter  of  Orrin  Elisha 
Clark,  and  granddaughter  of  Elisha  Clark, 
born  at  Milford,  February  16,  1777.  -  Orrin 
E.  Clark  was  born  at  Harwinton,  Connecti- 
cut, September  7,  18 15.  Elisha  Clark,  father 
of  Elisha  Clark,  was  a  soldier  in  the  revolu- 
tion ;  he  married  Jane  Baldwin.  Mrs.  Blakes- 
lee is  an  active  member  of  Trinity  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church.  She  has  contributed  freely 
to  benevolent  purposes.  She  gave  the  Dea- 
coness Home  for  the  deaconesses  of  New 
Haven  of  the  Methodist  churches.  The  home 
is  situated  at  576  George  street ;  also  it  is  a 
training  school  for  deaconesses.  It  is  called 
Dwight  W.  Blakeslee  Memorial  Dea- 
conesses Home,  and  Training  School.  Mrs. 
Blakeslee  is  vice-president  of  the  Deaconess 
Home,  and  belongs  to  all  the  societies  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  church. 


John  Beecher,  ancestor  of  the 
BEECHER  American  family  of  this  sur- 
name, lived,  it  is  said,  in 
county  Kent,  England,  and  died  there  about 
1637  in  middle  life.  His  widow  Hannah  came 
with  her  sons  to  this  country,  arriving  at  Bos- 
ton, April  26,  1637.  She  was  born  about  1600 
died  1658-59.  Her  will  was  proved  at  New 
Haven.  March  2,  1659,  bequeathing  to  her  son 
Isaac  Beecher,  and  her  son  (by  first  husband) 
William  Potter.  It  is  commonly  accepted  that 
her  son  John  was  one  of  the  seven  young 
men  left  by  Theophilus  Eaton  at  New  Haven 
in  the  winter  of  1637  to  prepare  for  the  col- 
onists in  the  spring.  It  is  said  that  he  died 
during  that  winter ;  and  that  his  bones  were 
disinterred  when  a  cellar  was  dug  for  the 
stone  house  now  standing  at  the  southwest 
corner  of  Meadow  and  Church  streets,  where 
the  hut  was  located  in  which  the  men  spent 
the  winter.  Hannah  Beecher  owned  land 
on  the  present  site  of  the  State  Hospital,  and 
a  seat  in  church  in  1656,  when,  being  hard 
of  hearing,  she  was  assigned  a  seat  nearer  the 
preacher.  She  was  a  physician  and  midwife, 
and    for    services    received    a    grant    of   land. 


which  remained  in  the   Beecher   family  until 
1879. 

(II)  Isaac,  son  of  John  Beecher,  was  the 
only  son  having  children,  and  was  therefore 
progenitor  of  all  the  early  Beecher  families, 
if  not  all  of  the  name,  in  this  country.  He 
was  born  in  England  about  1623,  died  in  1690, 
and  his  will  was  dated  September  28,  1689,  be- 
queathing to  sons  John,  Joseph,  Isaac,  Sam- 
uel and  Eleazer,  and  to  wife  Mary.  He  owned 
seven  tracts  of  land,  aggregating  sixty-one 
acres.  He  and  his  sons  John  and  Eleazer  were 
proprietors  in  1685.  He  was  on  the  list  of 
freemen  of  New  Haven  dated  July  i,  1644. 
Children:  John,  born  1645;  Joseph,  1647,  'An- 
cestor of  Rev.  Lyman  Beecher;  Isaac,  1650; 
Samuel,  October  17,  1652 ;  Eleazer,  mentioned 
below. 

(III)  Eleazer,  son  of  Isaac  Beecher,  was 
born  April  8,  1655,  at  New  Haven,  died  March 
2,  1726.  He  located  early  in  life  at  West 
Haven,  and  married,  November  5,  1677, 
Phebe  Prindle,  who  lived  on  the  west  side 
of  Main  street,  near  the  corner  of  Second 
avenue,  where  she- was  born  March  16,  1657. 
He  bought,  July  2,  1684,  ten  acres  of  land  in 
that  part  of  West  Haven  called  West  Side 
Farms,  (on  the  west  side  of  Main  street,  and 
on  Elm  and  Main  street),  and  adjoining  lands 
of  .William  Prindle  on  the  easrt,  and  Peter 
Mallory,  Jr.,  on  the  west.  Here  he  built  a 
house,  living  there  until  his  death ;  the  old 
house  was  a  familiar  landmark  until  1896, 
when  it  was  removed  to  make  way  for  the 
present  Catholic  rectory.  His  will  was  proved 
April  4,  1726.  Children:  Hannah,  born  June 
23,  1679;  Nathaniel,  January  24,  1681  :  Ebe- 
nezer,  December  25,  1682;  Eleazer,  April  21, 
1686,  mentioned  below ;  Thankful,  March  18, 
1689;  child  born  and  died  December  31,  1690; 
Obedience,  1692;  Stephen,  May  18,  1695; 
Isaac,  April  7,  1698. 

(IV)  Eleazer  (2),  son  of  Eleazer  (i) 
Beecher,  was  born  at  West  Haven,  April  21. 
1686,  died  in  171 1.  He  was  a  farmer  and 
blacksmith.  He  married  Widow  Elizabeth 
Welch,  November  30,  1704,  who  was  adminis- 
tratrix of  his  estate  and  mother  of  his  chil- 
dren, of  whom  she  was  appointed  guardian. 
Children:  Jerusha,  born  1706;  Eleazer,  1708, 
mentioned  below;  Phebe,  1710. 

(V)  Eleazer  (3),  son  of  Eleazer  (2) 
Beecher,  was  born  at  West  Haven  in  1708. 
He  settled  at  New  Milford,  where  he  died 
December  23,  1797,  aged  ninety,  according 
to  the  town  record.  He  married,  October  30, 
1729.  Frances  Oviatt,  of  New  Milford,  who 
died  September  i,  1791,  aged  eighty-one  years  : 
he  joined  the  church  at  New  Milford  in  1726. 
He  was  a  man  of  great  energy  of  character. 


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prominent  in  public  affairs,  and  a  successful 
farmer ;  he  was  a  deacon  of  the  First  Church, 
but  after  two  years  joined  the  Separates,  and 
was  deacon  of  that  church  for  many  years. 
Children,  born  at  New  Milford :  Frances,  July 
5,  1730 ;  Eleazer,  September  17,  1732,  men- 
tioned below;  Abigail,  November  22,  1734, 
died  young;  Phebe,  March  22,  1737;  Nath- 
aniel, March  19,  1739;  Lydia,  November  18, 
1741. 

(VI)  Eleazer  (4),  son  of  Eleazer  (3) 
Beecher,  was  born  at  New  Milford,  Septem- 
ber 17,  1732.  He  married,  December  24,  1760, 
Ellice  Britton,  born  in  1741,  died  April  23, 
1814.  Children,  born  at  New  Milford :  Ly- 
man, June  4,  1762,  died  December  7,  1766; 
Eunice,  May  4,  1764 ;  Amos,  November  25, 
1766;  Thalia,  June  2,  1769;  Eleazer,  and 
John  (twins),  August  8,  1773;  Urania,  mar- 
ried Solomon  Buck;  Jane,  married  William 
Nickerson. 

(VII)  Elder  Eleazer  (5),  son  of  Eleazer 
(4)  Beecher,  was  born  at  New  Milford,  Au- 
gust 8,  1773,  died  October  22,  1863.  He  and 
his  twin  brother  John  married  sisters.  John 
was  a  deacon  in  the  Congregational  church, 
and  Eleazer  a  deacon  in  the  Baptist  church ; 
John  afterwards  became  a  Baptist.  They  both 
lived  at  the  old  homestead.  The  twins  were 
much  alike  in  looks,  and  mental  and  physical 
characteristics,  and  the  "Twin  Beechers"  be- 
came known  far  and  wide.  Eleazer  married 
Mary  Barlow,  of  Kent ;  they  had  one  child : 
Stephen,  mentioned  below.  John  Beecher 
married  Abigail  Barlow. 

(VIII)  Stephen,  son  of  Elder  Eleazer  (5) 
Beecher,  was  born  at  New  Milford,  Septem- 
ber 8,  1796,  died  July  11,  1853.  He  was  a 
farmer  at  New  Milford.  He  married,  Octo- 
ber 23,  1815,  Diantha,  daughter  of  Captain 
Benajah  Stone,  who  was  born  the  same  day 
as  her  husband.  Children,  born  at  New  Mil- 
ford: Mary  Ann,  February  6,  1819,  married 
Benjamin  J.  Stone ;  Stephen  Grenville,  men- 
tioned below. 

(IX)  Stephen  Grenville,  son  of  Stephen 
Beecher,  was  born  at  New  Milford,  Decem- 
ber 9,  1832.  He  lived  on  the  old  Beecher 
homestead  at  the  foot  of  Mount  Tom.  He 
married,  August  14,  1856,  Ellen  E.  Wetmore, 
of  Winchester,  Connecticut,  daughter  of  Abel 
Samuel  Wetmore,  died  at  New  Milford,  July 

2,  1894.  Children:  i.  Henry  Wetmore,  born 
July  22,  1857,  mentioned  below.  2.  Mary 
Ann,  January  14,   1859,  died  March  4,   1874. 

3.  Abel  Stephen,  July  26,  1861 ;  married,  De- 
cember 19,  1888,  Elbie  A.  Baehelder,  born  in 
Bridgeport,  Connecticut,  January  14,  1861 ; 
children :  i.  Charles  Henry,  born  April  30, 
1890,   died  April  23,    189 1 ;  ii.   Clarence  Hu- 


bert, born  November  29,  1891  ;  Abel  S.  lived 
on  the  old  homestead  until  1898,  when  he 
removed  to  Bridgeport.  4.  Lucy,  boi^n  August 
24,  1865 ;  married  James  Marcus  Bennett,  Au- 
gust 29,  1894 ;  he  was  born  in  New  Milford, 
Connecticut,  February  24,  1869,  and  was  the 
son  of  Franklin  Bennett ;  no  children. 

(X)  Henry  Wetmore,  son  of  Stephen 
Grenville  Beecher,  was  born  July  22,  1857. 
He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  and  at 
the  Housatonic  Institute,  New  Milford.  After 
graduation  he  was  employed  by  the  William 
L.  Gilbert  Clock  Company  of  Winsted  for 
several  years.  He  was  then  for  a  time  in  the 
grocery  trade.  In  1894  he  came  to  New 
Haven  and  engaged  in  business  as  an  under- 
taker and  funeral. director  with  his  brother- 
in-law,  James  M.  Bennett,  under  the  firm 
name  of  Beecher  &  Bennett,  at  280  Elm  street, 
where  he  has  continued  in  business  to  the 
present  time.  He  is  a  member  of  City  Lodge, 
Odd  Fellows,  Royal  Arcanum,  and  United 
Workmen,  of  New  Haven.  He  is  a  member, 
and  for  several  years  has  been  a  deacon,  of 
the  Dwight  Place  Congregational  Church  of 
New  Haven.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the 
New  Haven  Business  Men's  Association.  For 
a  few  years  previous  to  removing  to  New 
Haven  he  was  church  treasurer  and  assistant 
superintendent  of  the  Sunday  school  of  the 
First  Congregational  Church  of  Winsted.  .  He 
married  (first)  November  3,  1880,  Elizabeth 
Abigail,  daughter  of  George  Ward  Loomis, 
of  Torrington ;  she  was  born  in  Torrington, 
October  21,  1855,  died  May  10,  1894,  at  Win- 
sted. He  married  (second)  Addie  Theresa, 
daughter  of  Samuel  and  Harriet  Theresa 
(Newton)  Gilman,  May  27,  1896 ;  she  was 
born  December  17,  1862,  in  West  Hartland, 
Connecticut.  Children  of  first  wife:  i. 
George  Loomis,  born  June  15,  1884,  at  Win- 
sted, Connecticut,  died,  unmarried,  July  20, 
1908.  He  graduated  from  Yale  University 
with  the  class  of  1906;  after  spending  a  year 
in  survey  work  for  the  Mexican  International 
railroad,  and  serving  as  assistant  civil  engi- 
neer for  the  city  of  Zacatecas,  Mexico,  he  re- 
turned to  Yale  for  a  post-graduate  course,  re- 
ceiving the  degree  of  C.E.  in  June,  1908 :  he 
was  an  enthusiastic  member  of  Phi  Delta 
Chapter  of  the  National  College  fraternity  of 
Alpha  Chi  Rho.  2.  Helen  Wetmore,  born  at 
Winsted,  Conecticut,  November  24,  1886 ; 
graduated  from  the  Hillhouse  high  school  and 
the  State  Normal  school  of  New  Haven. 


Ebenezer   Burgess   may   have 
BURGESS     belonged  to  the  Burgess  fam- 
ily of  Cape  Cod,  but  no  record 
has  been   found  to  establish  the  relationship. 


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We  find  him  first  at  Harvard,  Worcester 
county,  Massachusetts,  before  1748.  Harvard 
was  set  off  from  the  towns  of  Stow,  Lancas- 
ter and  Groton,  Massachusetts,  in  1732.  In 
175 1  he  had  a  dwelling  house  on  land  that  he 
bought  of  John  Whitcomb  and  he  had  a  seat 
in  the  meeting  house.  He  was  a  soldier  on 
the  Lexington  alarm  in  the  revolution,  going 
out  for  a  short  time  in  Captain  Joseph  Fair- 
banks's    company.    Colonel    Asa    Whitcomb's 

regiment.  He  married  (first)  Hannah ; 

(second)  Rachel  Farnsworth.  He  died  in 
1807.  His  will  was  dated  September  18,  1795 
and  proved  at  Worcester,  January  5,  1808.  He 
bec|ueathed  to  wife  Rachel ;  son  Ebenezer ; 
daughter  Hannah,  wife  of  Jonathan  Stearns ; 
to  William,  Betsey  W.,  Caleb  R.,  and  Axis 
Burgess,  children  of  son  William;  sons  John, 
Solomon,  Thomas,  Marrett  and  Laommi; 
daughter  Sarah,  wife  of  Abraham  Foster;  to 
Josiah  and  Nathaniel,  sons  of  son  Josiah. 
Children,  all  but  eldest  recorded  at  Harvard : 
Ebenezer,  settled  in  Ashburnham,  also  soldier 
in  revolution;  Hannah,  born  August  14,  1748; 
William,  January  5,  1750-51  ;  John,  April  3, 
1753;  Solomon,  December  4,  1756;  Thomas, 
February  26,  1761 ;  children  of  second  wife: 
Sarah,  December  31,  1762;  Marrett,  July  9, 
1765,  mentioned  below;  Josiah,  July  18,  1767; 
Loammi,  March  i,  1770. 

(II)  Marrett,  son  of  Ebenezer  Burgess, 
was  born  July  9,  1765,  at  Flarvard.  He  mar- 
ried Sarah  .  Children,  born  at  Har- 
vard: Sarah,  February  15,  1789;  Nancy, 
March  i,  1791 ;  Jonathan,  February  6,  1793; 
mentioned  below  ;  Asa,  April  4,  1795  ;  Marrett, 
March  27,  1797;  Daniel,  DecemlDer  27,  1799; 
Mary. 

(III)  Jonathan,  son  of  Marrett  Burgess, 
was  born  at  Harvard,  February  6,  1793.  He 
married  and  had  son,  George  E. 

(IV)  George  E.,  son  of  Jonathan  Burgess, 
was  born  at  Groton,  in  1841.  He  married 
Caroline  Martha,  born  1846,  at  Lyndon,  Ver- 
mont, daughter  of  Karly  and  Nancy  (Powers) 
Blanchard,  of  Lyndon.  Karly  Blanchard 
moved  to  Newport,  Vermont,  where  he  spent 
his  last  years,  and  where  his  death  occurred ; 
his  wife  died  in  Lyndon,  Vermont.  Jonathan 
Blanchard,  father  of  Karly  Blanchard,  most 
probably  came  from  the  neighborhood  of  Bos- 
ton, Massachusetts,  and  belonged  to  the  fam- 
ily of  that  section.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the 
revolution  from  Massachusetts ;  removed  to 
Lyndon,  Vermont,  where  he  spent  his  last 
years  and  died.  Children :  Edward  H.,  men- 
tioned below ;  Martha  Ellen,  born  June  7, 
1S68,  .narried,  m  1902,  Harry  Baldwin  Ken- 
nedy, secretary  of  the  Hoggson  &  Pettis 
Manufacturing  Company,  of  New  Haven. 


(V)  Edward  H.,  son  of  George  E.  Burgess, 
was  born  in  Groton,  Massachusetts,  January 
5,  1866.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of 
Lyndon,  Vermont,  whither  his  father  moved 
when  he  was  a  young  child.  He  began  his 
career  as  bookkeeper  for  the  International 
Company  at  Newport,  Vermont,  and  was  em- 
ployed for  nine  years  in  various  positions  by 
this  concern.  Since  189 1  he  has  been  con- 
nected with  the  E.  D.  Fogg  Company,  dealers 
in  lumber.  No.  178  Goffe  street.  New  Haven. 
He  began  as  salesman,  became  secretary  of 
the  company  and  for  a  number  of  years  has 
been  at  the  head  of  the  corporation,  holding 
the  offices  of  president  and  treasurer.  He 
was  made  a  Mason  at  Newport  Lodge  (Ver- 
mont), No.  65,  but  is  now  a  member  of  Woos- 
ter  Lodge,  No.  79,  of  New  Haven.  He  was 
senior  warden  of  the  Newport  Lodge.  He 
is  also  a  member  of  Franklin  Chapter,  Royal 
Arch  Masons,  of  New  Haven ;  of  New  Haven 
Commandery,  Knights  Templar ;  of  the 
Knights  Templar  Club  of  New  Haven ;  of  the 
Young  Men's  Republican  Club  of  New  Haven 
and  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  of  New 
Haven.  He  is  unmarried.  In  politics  he  is 
Republican ;  he  attends  the  Congregational 
church. 


Thomas  Tolman  was  born  at 
TOLMAN  Devonshire,  England,  Decem- 
ber 9,  1608,  and  migrated  to 
Massachusetts  in  the  ship  "Mary  and  John" 
in  1630.  This  Thomas  Tolman  was  the  de- 
scendant in  a  direct  line  from  Sir  Thomas 
Tolman,  Grand  Almoner  to  Egbert,  the  first 
king  of  the  Saxons,  A.  D.,  825.  This  family 
was  quite  prominent  in  England ;  one  member 
was  a  favorite  of  Charles  the  First,  and  under 
Sir  Thomas  Tolman  commanded  a  regiment 
at  Marston  Moor,  at  which  battle,  legend 
says,  this  Sir  Thomas  Tolman  unhorsed  the 
nephew  of  King  Charles  in  the  fight,  but 
discovering  his  identity,  spared  his  life.  At 
the  Restoration  this  act  was  the  means  of 
saving  Sir  Thomas  Tolman  from  the  loss  of 
his  family  estates. 

(II)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Thomas  (i)  Tol- 
man, was  born  in  1634 ;  he  married  Eliza- 
beth, daughter  of  Richard  Johnson,  of  Lynn, 
November  4,  1654.  He  died  September  12, 
1718;  she  died  December  15,  1716. 

(III)  Thomas  (3),  son  of  Thomas  (2) 
Tolman,  was  baptized  at  Lynn ;  died  Septem- 
ber 22,  1716. 

(IV)  Nathaniel,  son  of  Thomas  (3)  Tol- 
man, was  born  December  22,  169 1. 

(V)  Thomas  (4),  son  of  Nathaniel  Tol- 
man, was  born  December  29,  1727 ;  he  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  Pike,  who  died  March  4,  1795, 


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in  her  seventy-second  year ;  his  death  occurred 
July  4,   1 82 1. 

(VI)  Thomas  (5),  son  of  Thomas  (4)  Tol- 
man,  married  Lois,  daughter  of  Jeremiah  and 
Ruth  Clark,  at  Attleboro,  August  16,  1780: 
was  born  September  5,  1756,  died  September 
8,  1842.  He  married,  August  16,  1780,  at 
Attleboro,  Lois,  born  May  27,  1758,  died 
March  15,  1845,  daughter  of  Jeremiah  and 
Ruth  Clark.  They  had  ten  children,  of  whom 
the  fourth  was  Enoch. 

(VII)  Enoch,  son  of  Thomas  (5)  Tolman, 
was  born  December  23,  1787,  died  April  12, 
1846.  He  married  Abigail  Cook,  born  May 
23,   1796,  died  in  April,   1865. 

(VIII)  George  Burder,  son  of  Enoch  Tol- 
man, was  born  July  24,  1832,  in  Greensboro, 
Vermont.  He  married  (first)  Hannah  Bailey. 
He  married  (second),  Sarah  Eunicia,  daugh- 
ter of  Linus  Cowles,  of  Kensington,  Connec- 
ticut. George  B.  Tolman  had  one  daughter 
by  his  first  wife,  Elizabeth  C.  Tolman,  who 
married  George  A.  Metcalf,  and  had  three 
children,  Lester,  Margaret  and  Winfield  Tol- 
man. The  three  children  by  his  second  wife 
were  Cowles,  Lucius  Moody  and  Ruel  Pardee 
Tolman. 

(IX)  Cowles,  son  of  George  Burder  Tol- 
man, was  born  February  10,  1872.  He  mar- 
ried, January  28,  1894,  Mary  Frances,  daugh- 
ter of  Francis  and  Mary  (Davidson)  Wallace, 
who  was  born  in  New  Haven,  October  9,  1874. 
Cowles  Tolman  is  president  and  treasurer  of 
the  Holcomb  Company,  dealers  in  automo- 
biles at  105  Goffe  street,  of  which  Charles 
Sherman  Lee  is  secretary.  He  affiliates  with 
the  Republican  party ;  is  a  member  of  the 
Automobile  Club  of  New  Haven.  He  is  also  a 
member  of  Plymouth  Congregational  Church. 
Of  their  five  children  the  eldest  is  George 
Newton    Tolman,    born    February    4,     1896. 

(The  Cowles  Line). 

John  Cowles  came  from  England  in  1635 
to  Massachusetts ;  removed  to  Hartford,  Con- 
necticut, in  1635-39 ;  to  Farmington,  Connec- 
ticut, in  1640,  and  thence  to  Hadley  (now 
Hatfield)  Massachusetts,  in  1664.  He  died 
in   1675. 

(II)  Samuel,  son  of  John  Cowles,  was  born 
in  1637;  married  Abigail,  daughter  of  Tim- 
othy Stanley.  He  resided  in  Farmington,  and 
died  in  1691. 

(HI)  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Samuel  (i) 
Cowles:  was  born  in  1661,  died  in  1748.  He 
had  three  sons,   Thomas,   Samuel   and   John. 

(IV)  Samuel  (3),  son  of  Samuel  (2) 
Cowles,  born  in  1692,  died  in  1677.  He  had 
three  sons,  James,  Samuel  and  Ashel. 

(V)  Ashel,  son  of  Samuel  (3)  Cowles,  born 


in  1729,  died  in  1807.    He  had  two  sons,  Sam- 
uel and  Jabez. 

(VI)  Jabez,  son  of  Ashel  Cowles,  born  in 
1761,  also  had  two  sons,  Linus  and  Luman. 

(VII)  Luman,  son  of  Jabez  Cowles,  born 
in  1789,  died  in  1823.  He  had  four  children, 
Alonzo,  Chandler,  Luman  and  Emily.  After 
the  death  of  Luman  Cowles,  his  widow  mar- 
ried his  brother  Linus,  who  had  had  six  chil- 
dren by  a  previous  wife  (Eunicia  Pardee)  ; 
and  there  were  three  children  by  this  mar- 
riage. Ruel  P.  Cowles,  of  New  Haven  ;  Henry 
M.  Cowles,  of  Southington,  and  Sarah  E. 
(Cowles)  Tolman. 


The  Graham  family  was  es- 
GRAHAM     tablished  as  early  as   11 50  in 

Linlithgowshire,  Forfarshire, 
Perthshire,  Stirlingshire,  Dumfriesshire,  and 
the  surname  was  spelled  also  Graeme.  Some 
of  the  descendants  still  use  the  old  spelling 
Grimes.  The  family  possesses  the  dukedom, 
marquisate  and  earldom  of  Montrose ;  the 
marquisate  of  Graham  and  Buchanan ;  earl- 
doms of  Airth,  Kincardine,  Menteith  and 
Strathern ;  viscountcies  of  Dundas,  Dundee 
and  Preston ;  lordships  of  Aberuthven,  Kil- 
point,  etc. ;  barony  of  Esk,  etc.  The  family 
is  reputed  to  be  of  Norman  origin,  coming 
at  the  time  of  the  Conquest  to  England  and 
Scotland.  From  James  Graham,  Marquis  of 
Montrose,  a  noted  Royalist  who  fought  on  the 
side  of  Charles  I  in  the  first  civil  war  of 
England,  the  family  of  this  sketch  is  de- 
scended. 

(I)  James  Graham,  born  at  Albany,  New 
York,  January  23,  183 1,  was  a  son  of  the 
immigrant  ancestor  who  came  from  Scotland 
to  America  a  few  years  before  that  date  and 
settled  in  Albany.  He  was  a  brass  founder 
and  manufacturer  and  established  the  firm  of 
James  Graham  &  Company,  having  brass 
foundries  at  Albany.  He  went  to  Branford, 
Connecticut,  in  1855,  and  had  charge  of  a 
foundry,  and  in  1861  came  to  New  Haven  and 
established  the  foundry  of  James  Graham  & 
Company. 

He  was  a  successful  man  of  aflfairs  and  a 
useful  and  honored  citizen,  serving  the  town 
in  which  he  lived  on  the  board  of  selectmen, 
as  representative  to  the  general  assembly  and 
as  state  senator.  His  marked  characteristics 
were  integrity  and  generosity.  He  used  his 
wealth  wisely  and  usefully.  He  married  Ma- 
ria, born  October,  1835,  daughter  of  Augustus 
Foote,  of  Branford. 

(II)  Charles  E.,  only  child  of  James  Gra- 
ham, was  born  at  Branford,  February  9,  1858. 
He  removed  with  his  parents  to  New  Haven 
when  he  was  but  five  years  old  and  was  edu- 


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cated  at  the  Webster  school  there,  in  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  West  Haven;  in  General  Rus- 
sell's Military  School  at  New  Haven  and 
at  the  Williston  Seminary  at  Easthampton, 
Massachusetts.  He  was  ambitious  to  follow 
the  business  m  which  his  father  had  engaged 
and  he  became  associated  with  him  in  business. 
He  succeeded  his  father  and  since  the  senior 
partner  died  has  conducted  the  business  of 
James  Graham  &  Company  with  notable  suc- 
cess. In  addition  to  the  brass  business  he 
has  other  and  varied  interests.  He  organized 
the  West  Haven  Manufacturing  Company, 
manufacturers  of  hardware  specialties,  and 
has  been  from  the  first  its  president  and  treas- 
urer. He  is  vice-president  of  the  Utah  & 
Eastern  Copper  Company;  president  of  the 
Wire  Novelty  Company ;  was  treasurer  of  the 
Mayo  Radiator  Company,  which  he  helped  to 
establish,  and  director  of  the  Evening  Leader 
Company,  publishing  the  New  Haven  Leader, 
also  vice-president  of  J.  H.  Burwell  &  Com- 
pany, New  York,  manufacturers  of  telegraph 
instruments. 

In  politics  he  is  a  Republican.  He  repre- 
sented the  town  of  Orange  in  the  general  as- 
sembly in  1897,  serving  on  the  committee  on 
insurance.  In  1903  he  was  state  senator  from 
the  seventh  district  of  Connecticut,  and  dur- 
ing his  term  of  office  was  chairman  of  three 
committees,  claims,  executive  nominations  and 
forfeited  rights.  He  evinced  unusual  ability 
as  a  legislator  and  worked  zealously  in  the  in- 
terests of  his  constituents.  His  favorite  sport 
is  yachting  and  he  is  well  known  among  the 
yachtsmen  of  Long  Island  sound.  He  is  a 
member  of  Agawam  Lodge,  No.  115,  Free  and 
Accepted  Masons,  of  West  Haven ;  of  Frank- 
lin Chapter,  Royal  Arch  Masons,  of  New 
Haven  ;  of  New  Haven  Commandery,  Knights 
Templar,  and  has  taken  the  Scottish  Rite  de- 
grees to  and  including  the  thirty-second.  He 
is  also  a  member  of  the  Union  League  Club 
of  New  Haven;  of  the  Phoenix  Club  and  of 
the  Congregational  Church  of  West  Haven. 
He  married,  October  19,  1881,  at  New  Haven, 
Hattie  Augusta,  born  in  August,  1859,  daugh- 
ter of  Esteves  E.  Marsh,  of  West  Haven. 
They  have  one  child,  Margarite  Marsh,  born 
March    13,    1887. 


Richard  Mansfield,  one  of 
MANSFIELD  the  first  settlers  of  New 
Haven,  Connecticut,  came 
from  Exeter,  Devonshire,  England,  and  set- 
tled in  "Quinnipiac"  in  1639 ;  he  died  in  1655. 
He  married  and  among  his  children  was  Jos- 
eph, see  forward. 

CII)     Joseph,    son    of    Richard    Mansfield, 
was  born  in  England,  probably  in  1636,  died 


in  1692.  He  took  the  freeman's  oath  in  1657, 
and  he  owned  land  on  the  present  site  of  the 
college  buildings  in  New  Haven.  He  mar- 
ried, and  among  his  children  was  Joseph, 
see  forward. 

(Ill)  Joseph  (2),  son  of  Joseph  (i)  Mans- 
field, was  born  December  27,  1673,  died  in 
1739.  He  married  Elizabeth  Cooper  and 
among  their  children  was  Joseph,  see  forward. 
.  (IV)  Joseph  (3),  son  of  Joseph  (2)  and 
Elizabeth  (Cooper)  Mansfield,  was  born  Au- 
gust 17,  1708,  died  about  1762.  He  married 
Phebe  Bassett,  and  among  their  children  was 
Titus,  see  forward. 

(V)  Titus,  son  of  Joseph  (3)  and  Phebe 
(Bassett)  Mansfield,  was  born  November  5, 
1734,  died  about  1808.  He  married  Mabel, 
daughter  of  Gershom  Todd,  and  among  their 
children  was   Jesse,   see    forward. 

(VI)  Jesse,  son  of  Titus  and  Mabel  (Todd) 
IMansfield,  was  born  August  11,  1772,  died  in 
1825.  He  married  Keziah  Stiles,  who  died 
in  1854,  aged  eighty-two.  Among  their  chil- 
dren was  Jesse  Merrick,  see  forward. 

(VII)  Jesse  jMerrick,  second  son  of  Jesse 
and  Keziah  (Stiles)  Mansfield,  was  born  July 
II,  1801,  died  March  27,  1878.  He  married 
(first)  1826,  Charlotte  Heaton ;  (second) 
1845,  J"lia  Tuttle;  (third)  1850,  Catherine  B. 
Warner.  Among  his  children  was  Burton, 
see  forward. 

(VIII)  Burton,  son  of  Jesse  Merrick  and 
Catherine  B.  (Warner)  Mansfield,  was  born 
in  Hamden,  Connecticut,  April  4,  1856.  He 
attended  the  public  schools  at  New  Haven, 
the  rectory  school  at  Hamden,  Hopkins  gram- 
mar school  at  New  Haven,  where  he  prepared 
for  the  Sheffield  Scientific  School  of  Yale  Uni- 
versity, from  which  he  graduated  in  1875,  and 
Yale  Law  School,  from  which  he  graduated  in 
1878.  He  took  up  the  practice  of  law  in  New 
Haven,  mostly  probate  law,  immediately  after 
graduation,  in  which  he  is  still  engaged.  He 
was  clerk  of  the  probate  court  for  the  district 
of  New  Haven  in  1875-76,  and  has  held  sev- 
eral other  local  and  state  offices.  In  politics 
he  affiliates  with  the  Democratic  party.  He. 
is  now  president  of  the  Connecticut  Savings 
Bank,  which  institution  has  recently  erected 
one  of  the  finest  banking  houses  in  the  state. 
He  is  a  vestryman  of  St.  Thomas's  Church 
and  was  superintendent  of  the  Sunday  school 
for  many  years.  He  is  earnestly  interested 
in  the  ^lissionary  work  of  the  Protestant 
Episcopal  church,  and  is  frequently  present  at 
conventions  and  other  gatherings  in  his  own 
and  other  dioceses.  IMr.  Mansfield  married 
(first)  October  18,  1882,  Elizabeth  H., 
daughter  of  Samuel  E.  Barney,  of  New 
Haven;  she  died  in  1887.     He  married   (sec- 


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ond),  October  16,  1900,  Anna  RosaUe,  daugh- 
ter of  Elihu  Mix,  also  of  New  Haven. 


The  name  Palmer  was  origi- 
PALMER     nally  a  common  title  of  those 

who  had  returned  from  the 
Holy  Land,  and  brought  back,  as  a  token  and 
remembrance  of  their  pilgrimage,  a  palm 
branch.     Thus  in  Marmion,  Canto  I,  xxiii : 

"Here  is  a  holy  Palmer  come, 
From    Salem    first,    and    last    from    Rome." 

Certain  returned  Crusaders,  and  as  a  rec- 
ognition of  their  merit,  were  knighted  and 
allowed  to  assume  this  title  as  a  surname.  It 
is  a  common  name  in  England,  and  there  were 
several  representatives  of  it  in  New  England 
previous  to  1635. 

(I)  William  Palmer,  the  first  American  im- 
migrant of  the  name,  came  to  this  country  in 
the  ship  "Fortune"  with  his  son  William  in 
1 62 1,  and  was  followed  two  years  later  by 
his  wife  Frances  in  the  ship  "Anne."  He 
settled  in  Plymouth.  His  land  was  in  what 
was  later  set  off  as  Duxbury.  There  he  lived 
and  died.*  His  will  was  dated  December  4, 
1636,  and  proved  March  5  following;  it  men- 
tions "young  wife  Rebecca."  By  his  second 
wife  he  had  a  son  Henry  and  a  daughter 
Bridget.  His  land  in  Duxbury  was  sold  in 
1638  to  John  Bissell. 

(II)  William  (2),  son  of  Wilham  (i) 
Palmer,  was  born  in  England.  He  married, 
in  Scituate,  March  27,  1633,  Elizabeth  Hodg- 
kins.  He  died  in  Plymouth  before  his  father ; 
and  after  his  father's  death  his  widow  mar- 
ried (second),  John  Willis.  She  sued  !he 
executors  of  the  will  of  William  ( i )  Palmer, 
because  she  had  been  the  wife  of  William  (2) 
Palmer,  for  a  share  in  the  former's  estate, 
but  it  was  denied  her. 

(HI)  William  (3),  son  of  William  (2) 
Palmer,  was  born  June  27,  1634.  He  married 
a  daughter  of  Robert  Paddock,  of  Plymouth, 
who  died  early.  He  settled  in  Dartmouth,  of 
which  he  was  one  of  the  first  purchasers.  He 
died  in  1679,  previous  to  June  3d.  He  left 
a  widow,  whose  name  was  Susannah ;  a  tradi- 
tion makes  her  a  Hathaway ;  at  any  rate,  Ar- 
thur Hatliaway  was  joined  with  her  in  the  ad- 
ministration of  her  husband's  estate.  He  left 
children  also,  William,  John,  and  others. 

(IV)  William  (4),  son  of  William  (3) 
Palmer,  was  bom  in  1663.  Pie  settled  in  Lit- 
tle Compton,  Rhode  Island,  where  the  births 
of  all  his  children  are  recorded.     He  married 


*  William  Palmer,  of  Yarmouth,  whom  Savage 
confounds  with  the  Plymouth  man,  was  entirely  a 
different  person,  who  ultimately  removed  to  Long 
Island,   and   died   there. 


in  1685,  Mary  Richmond,  born  in  1668,  daugh- 
ter of  Captain  Edward  Richmond,  born  1632, 
died  November,  1696,  who  came  to  this  coun- 
try before  his  father;  married  (first)  Abigail, 
daughter  of  James  Davis;  (second)  Amy, 
daughter  of  Governor  Henry  and  Elizabeth 
Bull.  John  Richmond,  father  of  Captain  Ed- 
ward Richinond,  was  born  in  Ashton-Keynes, 
Wiltshire,  England,  in  1594;  was  one  of  the 
original  purchasers  of  Taunton;  settled  at 
Newport,  Rhode  Island,  but  he  died  March 
20,  1664,  at  Taunton.  Children  of  William 
and  Mary  (Richmond)  Palmer:  Wilham, 
born  January  17,  1686;  Ehzabeth,  November 
12,  1687;  Joseph,  June  19,  1689;  Susannah, 
October  24,  1692;  John,  November  13,  1794; 
Thomas,  January  7,  1697,  mentioned  below ; 
Mary,  January  10,  1699 ;  Benjamin,  Novem- 
ber 3,  1700;  Abigail,  April  5,  1702;  Patience, 
February  19,  1704;  Silvester,  May  2,  1706; 
Peleg,  March  18,  1708. 

(V)  Thomas,  fourth  son  of  William  (4) 
Palmer,  was  born  at  Little  Compton,  Janu- 
ary 7,  1697,  died  May  3,  1768.  He  married, 
April  5,  1741,  Abiel  Wilbor  (given  Abigail 
in  the  Tiverton  records)  ;  married  by  Richard 
Billings,  Esq.,  and  recorded  also  at  Little 
Compton.  Children,  born  at  Little  Compton : 
Joseph,  May  3,  1742,  mentioned  below ; 
Thomas,  September  5,  1743,  died  April,  1803 ; 
Elkanah,  August  3,  1745,  died  March  19, 
1806:  Mary,  June  10,  1747;  Wilham,  May  21, 
1749;  Benedict,  October  29,  1753,  died  July 
29,  1837. 

(VI)  Captain  Joseph,  son  of  Thomas  Pal- 
mer, was  born  at  Little  Compton,  May  3,  1742, 
died  March  17,  1791.  He  was  captain  in  the 
state  militia.  He  married,  in  1767,  Hannah 
Briggs,  born  November  28,  1746,  died  March 
4,  1835.  Children,  born  at  Little  Compton : 
Abigail,  June  13,  1768,  died  December  27, 
1850;  Ruth,  January  20,  1771,  died  Sep- 
tember 20,  1778;  Thomas,  March  12,  1773, 
mentioned  below ;  Mary,  born  March  20,  1776, 
died  January  22,  1850;  Hannah,  December 
19,  1777,  died  December  7,  1842 ;  Ruth,  March 
27,  1779 ;  Priscilla,  November  6,  1781 ; 
Simeon,  October  14,  1785,  died  July  17,  1853; 
Ann,  July  7,  1791,  died  in  1871. 

(VII)  Judge  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Captain 
Joseph  Palmer,  was  born  March  12,  1773, 
died  June  25,  1857.  He  was  judge  of  New- 
port county.  He  married,  June  29,  1800,  Su- 
sannah, daughter  of  Captain  Richard  and  Fal- 
lie  (Gray)  Palmer.  Children,  born  at  Little 
Compton,  Rhode  Island :  Richard  Addison, 
May  20,  1801 ;  Julius  Auboyneau,  June  14, 
1803  ;  Angelina,  November  2,  1805  ;  Ray,  No- 
venjber  12,  1808,  mentioned  below ;  Asher, 
February  28,,  1811 ;  DeWitt  C,  June  17,  1813; 


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Amanda,  April  26,  1815 ;  Susanna,  February 
9,  1817.  Child,  by  second  wife,  Mrs.  Mary 
(Bailey)  Richmond:  Henry  Kirk  White,  Sep- 
tember 23,  1819. 

(VIII)  Rev.  Ray  Palmer,  D.D.,  son  of 
Judge  Thomas  (2)  Palmer,  was  born  No- 
vember 12,  1808,  in  Little  Compton,  Rhode 
Island.  He  was  in  the  class  of  1830,  Yale 
College.  He  began  his  career  as  a  teacher  in 
1830  in  New  York  City;  in  1831  became  as- 
sistant to  Professor  E.  A.  Andrews,  in  the 
Young  Ladies'  Institute  in  New  Haven,  in 
the  building  afterward  occupied  by  General 
William  H.  Russell's  School  for  Boys.  He 
later  became  the  head  master  of  the  school, 
but  resigned  in  1834  to  enter  the  ministry.  In 
183s  he  was  settled  in  his  first  pastorate,  at 
Bath,  Maine,  whence  he  removed  in  1850  to 
Albany,  New  York ;  there  he  was  pastor  of 
the  First  Congregational  Church  until  1866. 
He  was  the  author  of  many  hymns,  of  which 
upwards  of  sixty  were  published  and  many 
are  still  in  use ;  of  these  the  best  known  is 
"My  faith  looks  up  to  Thee."  He  was  a  wise, 
faithful  and  industrious  minister,  with  the 
tact,  judicial  balance  and  conciliatory  spirit  so 
necessary  to  success  in  a  pastor.  He  pub- 
lished several  volumes,  and  was  a  fruitful 
writer  in  reviews  and  journals.  He  died 
March  29,  1887,  in  Newark,  New  Jersey.  He 
married,  October  3,  1832,  Ann  Maria  Waud, 
born  August  2,  18 14,  died  March  8,  1886,  at 
Newark,  New  Jersey,  daughter  of  Major  Mar- 
maduke  Waud,  a  native  of  England,  who  came 
to  this  country  in  1805,  with  his  father,  and 
fought  on  the  American  side  in  the  war  of 
1812 ;  she  was  a  descendant  on  her  mother's 
side  of  John  Odgen,  who  was  mentioned  in 
the  Charter  of  Connecticut  obtained  by  Win- 
throp.  Children :  Charles  Ray,  born  May  2, 
1834;  Mary  Helen,  August  18,  1836;  Ed- 
ward E.,  July  24,  1838:  William  A.,  April  16, 
1840 ;  Henry  L.,  April  23,  1842 ;  Mary  Pat- 
ten, February  13,  1844;  Harriet  S.,  August  i, 
1845  ;  Maria  Waud,  May  20,  1848 ;  Edward 
N.,  April  22,  1852;  Francis  A.,  July  10,.  1853. 

(IX)  Rev.  Charles  Ray  Palmer,  D.D.,  son 
of  Rev.  Ray  Palmer,  D.D.,  was  born  in  New 
Haven,  May  2,  1834.  He  was  an  active  youth, 
and  received  the  severe  training  that  custom 
prescribed  for  all  boys  in  New  England  at 
that  time.  When  very  young  he  developed  a 
fondness  for  books  and  music,  however,  and 
.  from  his  college  days  he  became  a  student  of 
history  and  biography  to  an  unusual  degree. 
Of  his  earlier  days  he  says :  "I  was  taught  to 
do  every  kind  of  manual  labor  that  the  house- 
hold life  required,  after  the  old  New  England 
fa.'.hion,  a  valuable  preparation  to  be  oneself 
a   householder."      He    attended    the    public 


schools  and  the  high  school  at  Bath,  Maine, 
then  entered  Phillips  Academy,  Andover,  Mas- 
sachusetts, from  which  he  graduated  in  185 1. 
Four  years  later  he  was  graduated  from  Yale 
College  in  the  class  of  1855,  winning  distinc- 
tion by  his  scholarship.  In  1858  he  received 
the  degree  of  A.  M.  from  Yale,  and  in  1889 
the  degree  of  D.D.  For  a  time  after  gradua- 
tion he  was  tutor  in  a  private  family  at  Rod- 
ney, Mississippi.  He  then  entered  the  An- 
dover Theological  Seminary,  in  September, 
1856,  and  was  graduated  in  August,  1859. 
He  was  licensed  to  preach  by  the  Albany  As- 
sociation at  Poughkeepsie,  November  10, 
1858,  and  was  at  Andover  as  a  resident  licen- 
tiate from  October  i,  1859,  to  March  30, 
i860 ;  at  Albany  from  March  to  August,  i860. 
He  was  ordained  pastor  of  the  Tabernacle 
Congregational  Church  at  Salem,  Massachu- 
setts, August  29,  i860.  On  account  of  trouble 
with  his  eyes,  he  made  a  trip  abroad  in  1865, 
sailing  March  29  and  returning  October  3, 
to  resume  his  pastoral  work  a  week  later, 
"with  greatly  invigorated  health  and  relieved 
entirely  of  difficulty  in  the  use  of  his  eyes." 
After  twelve  years  at  Salem,  he  resigned  to 
accept  a  call  to  the  pastorate  of  the  First  Con- 
gregational Church  of  Bridgeport,  Connecti- 
cut, in  July,  1872.  He  continued  here  for  a 
period  of  twenty-three  years,  and  "his  power 
for  good  was  felt  not  only  in  his  own  large 
church  and  in  his  home  city,  but  throughout 
the  entire  State  and  beyond  its  borders." 
In  1885  he  wrote  for  his  class  report:  (Quoted 
from  "Men  of  Mark  in  Connecticut,"  N.  G. 
Osborn).  "I  have  no  story  to  tell,  but  one 
of  hard  work  in  my  profession,  without  any 
shining  distinctions.  Have  never  waited  an 
hour  for  a  place  to  work  in ;  have  never 
wanted  any  better  place  than  I  had ;  have 
been  pastor  of  two  churches  in  succession,  and 
found  useful  in  some  positions  of  trust  be- 
side. I  review  the  past  years  very  humbly,  but 
very  thankfully." 

From  1864  to  1881  Dr.  Palmer  was  a 
director  and  some  years  secretary  of  the 
Society  for  the  Promotion  of  Collegiate  and 
Theological  Education.  He  was  a  corporate 
member  of  the  American  Board  of  Commis- 
sioners for  Foreign  Missions  from  1871  to 
1901,  when  he  resigned.  For  several  years  he 
was  a  trustee  of  Dummer  Academy  at  By- 
field.  Massachusetts.  He  is  a  director  of  the 
General  Hospital  of  Connecticut,  of  which  he 
was  chairman  of  the  prudential  committee 
from  1896  to  1905.  At  one  time  he  was 
chaplain  of  the  veteran  organization  known 
as  the  Salem  Light  Infantry,  part  of  the  fa- 
mous old  Eighth  Massachusetts  Regiment.  On 
his    retirement    from   his    active   pastorate   in 


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1895  he  was  chosen  pastor  emeritus.  At  that 
time  he  removed  to  New  Haven,  where  he 
has  since  resided,  devoting  mucli  attention  to 
Yale  University,  of  which  he  was  elected  a 
fellow  in  1880. 

While  Dr.  Palmer  has  published  no 
books,  he  has  written  and  published  many 
pamphlets  and  sermons.  Among  the  sermons 
is  one  on  "Preaching  Christ  to  Men,"  preached 
in  Mansfield  College,  Oxford  University, 
England,  in  1889,  and  published  in  a  memorial 
volume  in  London.  Notable  among  his  his- 
torical publications  was  his  oration  at  the  un- 
veiling of  the  John  Robinson  memorial  tablet 
in  Leyden,  Holland,  July  24,  189 1,  under  the 
auspices  of  the  National  Council  of  Congre- 
gational Churches  of  the  United  States.  His 
paper  on  "The  Pilgrim  Fathers  and  What 
They  Wrought"  (1892)  was  published  by  the 
Fairfield  County  Historical  Society,  and  an- 
other on  the  "Pilgrim  Fathers"  was  published 
by  the  Congregational  Union  of  England  and 
Wales  (London,  1893).  His  Historical  Dis- 
course at  the  Bicentennial  Celebration  of  the 
First  Church  and  Society  of  Bridgeport  was 
also  published  (1895).  He  is  a  member  of 
several  learned  societies,  among  which  are : 
The  American  Historical  Association,  the  New 
Haven  Colony  Historical  Society,  the  Fair- 
field County  Historical  Society,  the  Congre- 
gational Historical  Society  of  England,  the 
Archaeological  Institute  of  America,  the  Amer- 
ican Oriental  Society,  and  the  Connecticut 
Branch  of  the  Egypt  Exploration  Fund,  of 
which  he  is  president.  He  has  also  been  a 
member  of  the  American  Academy  of  Political 
Science,  the  Victoria  Institute  or  Philosophi- 
cal Society  of  Great  Britain,  and  the  Amer- 
ican Exegetical  Society.  In  politics  he  is  a 
Republican.  He  has  said :  "The  first  requi- 
site to  true  success  in  life  is  incorruptible 
character ;  next,  industry,  concentration,  readi- 
ness to  serve  where  opportunity  offers,  per- 
sistence in  well-doing."  His  sympathy  is 
with  all  things  that  go  to  making  men  better 
and  stronger,  physically  and  mentally  as  well 
as  spiritually. 

Aside  from  his  descent  from  William 
Palmer,  of  Plymouth,  Dr.  Palmer  is  a  descend- 
ant through  female  lines  from  several  of  the 
"Mayflower"  company,  including  Richard 
Warren  and  John  Alden.  His  home  is  at  562 
Whitney,  avenue.  New  Haven. 

He  married,  February  10.  1869,  Mary 
Chapin  Barnes,  born  May  25,  1844,  died  April 
22.  1888,  daughter  of  Alfred  Smith  and  Har- 
riet E.  (Burr)  Barnes,  of  Brooklyn.  Chil- 
dren :  Alfred  Barnes,  born  February  18,  1870, 
died  in  1892  :  Edith  Burr,  November  23,  187 1 ; 
married  Arthur  Ellsworth  Foote. 


Walter  Palmer,  the  immigrant, 
PALMER  was  born,  according  to  tradi- 
tion, in  county  Nottingham, 
England,  and  died  in  Stonington,  Connecti- 
cut, November  19,  1661.  The  first  authentic 
records  of  him  in  New  England  are  in 
Charlestown,  Massachusetts,  when  he  and 
Abraham  Palmer  were  admitted  freemen.  May 
14,  1634.  He  owned  considerable  real  estate, 
and  received  land  in  the  first  division  in  1637 
and  again  in  the  division  of  1643.  He  was 
among  those  who  met  to  prepare  for  the  new 
settlement  at  Seacuncke,  afterward  Rehoboth, 
Massachusetts,  and  in  1653  removed  to  what 
is  now  Stonington,  Connecticut.  He  bought 
land  from  Governor  Haynes  on  the  east  bank 
of  the  Wequetequoc  river.  His  whole  tract  of 
land  contained  about  twelve  hundred  acres. 
His  will  was  dated  May  19,  1658,  and  proved 
May  II,  1662.  He  married  (first),  in  Eng- 
land, Ann  — .  He  married  (second)  Re- 
becca Short,  a  member  of  Rev.  John  Eliot's 
church  in  Roxbury.  Children  of  first  wife : 
Grace  ;  John  ;  William  ;  Jonas  :  Elizabeth  : 
children  of  second  wife :  Hannah,  born  June 
16,  1634  ;  Elihu,  January  24,  1636  ;  Nehemiah, 
November  27,  1637;  Moses,  April  6,  1640; 
Benjamin,  May  30,  1642;  Gershom,  mentioned 
below  ;  Rebecca. 

(H)  Gershom,  son  of  Walter  Palmer,  was 
baptized  in  Charlestown.  On  June  5,  1684, 
he  received  from  his  brothers  five  hundred 
acres  of  land  in  Stonington,  as  a  part  of  their 
parent's  estate.  May  3,  1693,  there  was  laid 
out  to  Lieutenant  Gershom  Palmer,  first  fifty 
acres,  then  one  hundred  acres,  and  again  an- 
other fifty  acres.  May  6,  1706,  Gershom 
Palmer  gave  "for  love  of  his  son  Ichabod, 
and  for  his  wife  and  children,  as  his  portion 
of  his  father's  estate,  land  by  the  Mill  Brook, 
in  Stonington."  December  23,  1708,  he  gave 
his  sons,  George  and  Walter,  all  his  farm,  they 
to  allow  him,  for  the  rest  of  his  natural  life, 
one-third  of  the  produce  of  the  land,  to  dwell 
in  the  east  end  of  his  "now  dwelling  house," 
and  they  to  fulfill  the  agreement  he  made  with 
his  "now  wife"  (second  wife)  before  their 
marriage.  This  agreement  was  drawn  up  No- 
vember I,  1707,  on  the  eve  of  his  second  mar- 
riage with  the  widow  of  Major  Samuel  Ma- 
son, but  on  June  16,  1718,  he  made  another 
deed  in  which  he  stated  that  he  had,  before 
marriage,  agreed  to  give  his  wife  twenty 
pounds  before  his  own  decease,  and  that  he 
had  ordered  his  sons  to  pay  this,  but  since 
he  had  been  boarding  his  wife's  two  daugh- 
ters, Elizabeth  and  Hannah  Mason,  for  some 
time,  he  had  caused  different  arrangements  to 
be  made.  November  20,  171 1,  there  was  laid 
out  to  him  four  hundred  acres  of  land  in  the 


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purchase  of  Cattapeset,  by  virtue  of  eighty- 
six  acres  which  were  granted  to  Mrs.  Anna 
Stanton,  Robert  and  Samuel  Stanton,  Moses 
Palmer,  deceased,  Benjamin  Palmer,  Thomas 
Hewett,  deceased,  and  James  Dean.  May  9, 
1 7 18,  Deacon  Gershom  Palmer  gave  his  sons 
Ichabod,  William,  George  and  Walter  a  deed 
of  three  hundred  and  twenty-five  acres  of  land 
at  Puckhunganuck,  during  his  life ;  after,  to 
the  sons  of  his  son  William  each  one-fourth 
of  it.  He  married  (first),  in  Stonington,  No- 
vember 28,  1667,  Ann,  daughter  of  Captain 
George  and  Ann  (Borodel)  Denison.  Her 
mother  was  of  a  fine  old  English  family,  and 
from  her  Mrs.  Palmer  inherited  such  stately 
and  gracious  manners  that  she  was  commonly 
styled  "Lady  Ann."  She  was  born  May  20, 
1649,  ^nd  died,  in  Stonington,  1694.  He  mar- 
ried (second)  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Mason.  He 
died  September  27,  1718.  She  was  the  widow 
of  Major  Samuel  Mason,  of  Stonington,  and 
her  maiden  name  was  Peck,  and  she  was  from 
the  Rehoboth,  Massachusetts,  family  of  that 
name.  Children  of  Gershom  and  Ann  (Deni- 
son) Palmer:  Mercy,  born  1669;  Gershom, 
baptized  September  2,"  1677;  Ichabod,  baptized 
September  2,  1677 ;  William,  baptized  April 
25,  1678;  George,  baptized  May  29,  1680, 
mentioned  below ;  Rebecca,  baptized  1682,  died 
young ;  Ann,  baptized  May  20,  1682 ;  Walter, 
baptized  June  7,  1685  ;  Eli'hu,  baptized  May  6, 
1688;  Mary,  baptized  June  8,  1690;  Rebecca, 
baptized  July    i,   1694. 

(III)  George,  son  of  Deacon  Gershom 
Palmer,  was  baptized  in  Stonington,  May  29, 
1680.  In  a  deed  dated  October  8,  1729,  it  is 
set  forth  that  George  Palmer  in  his  will  made 
his  wife,  Hannah,  his  executrix,  with  his  sons, 
Christopher  and  Joseph.  As  his  widow  was 
married  in  the  next  year,  we  know  that  he 
died  in  1729.  January  25,  1738-39,  Hannah, 
former  wife  of  George  Palmer,  now  wife  of 
William  York,  gave  a  quit-claim  deed  of  her 
right  to  one-third  of  the  estate.  George 
Palmer  married,  March  11,  171 1,  in  Stoning- 
ton, Hannah,  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Frances 
(Prentice)  Palmer,  born  May  31,  1694.  She 
married  (second)  February  22,  1730,  Wil- 
liam York.  Children  :  Christopher,  born  Feb- 
ruary 13,  1712;  Zebulon,  February  4,  1714; 
Joseph,  August  16,  1716-17;  George,  junior, 
September  16,  1719;  Gershom,  October  12, 
1725,  mentioned  below.  Children  of  Hannah 
(Palmer)  York:  Amos  York,  born  October 
13'  1730 ;  Molly  York,  April  30,  1732 ;  Jona- 
than, August  29,  1735. 

(IV)  Rev.  Gershom  (2)  Palmer,  son  of 
George  Palmer,  was  born  in  Stonington,  Octo- 
ber 12,  1725.  In  1747  he  sold  land  lately  be- 
longing to  his  deceased  father,  George  Palmer. 


About  the  year  1786  he  removed  to  that  part 
of  Preston  which  is  now  known  as  Griswold, 
New  London  county.  On  January  2,  1789, 
he,  then  of  Preston,  sold  to  Elias  Sanford 
Palmer  and  to  William  Brown  a  tract  in  Ston- 
ington, which  was  lying  on  Palmer's  Neck.  He 
married,  November  5,  1747,  Dorothy  Brown, 
who  was  born  in  Preston  and  died  there, 
March  i,  1808.  He  died  November  6,  18 10. 
Children:  Prudence,  born  August  18,  1748; 
Dolly  ;  Zeruiah,  born  in  Preston,  1756  ;  Naomi ; 
Esther;  Reuben,  June  12,  1759,  mentioned  be- 
low; Lois,  April  23,  1761  ;  Lucretia  ;  Keturah  ; 
Amy. 

(V)  Rev.  Reuben  Palmer,  son  of  Rev.  Ger- 
shom Palmer,  was  born  in  Stonington,  June 
12,  1759.  He  was  first  ordained  as  elder  in  the 
Baptist  church  of  Preston,  and  while  there 
was  called  to  the  old  Baptist  church  in  Mont- 
ville,  New  London  county,  Connecticut.  He 
served  until  he  was  publicly  installed,  Decem- 
ber 25,  1798,  and  there  continued  until  the 
time  of  his  decease.  He  married,  November 
16,  1780,  Lucretia,  daughter  of  Caleb  and 
Hannah  (Barnes)  Tyler,  who  was  born  in 
Preston,  November  12,  1764,  and  died  in 
Montville,  August  15,  1855.  He  died  April 
22,  1822.  Children :  Hannah,  born  Decem- 
ber 25,  1781  ;  Sally,  October  16,  1783  :  Reu- 
ben, December  26,  1784 ;  Lucretia,  April  25, 
1786;  Mary,  December  17,  1787;  Caleb,  June 
29,  1790;  Tyler,  March  4,  1792;  Gideon,  Oc- 
tober 23,  1793,  mentioned  below;  Joshua,  Oc- 
tober 15,  1795;  Gershom,  August  6,  1796; 
Samuel,  February  11,  1798;  Rhoda,  October 
18,  1799;  Peter  A.,  May  11,  1801 ;  Achsah, 
May  12,  1803;  Lois,  December  30,  1804; 
Emma,  December  30,  1807;  Thankful.  Jan- 
uary 29,  1809. 

(VI)  Gideon,  son  of  Elder  Reuben  Palmer, 
was  born  October  23,  1793.  He  was  associ- 
ated in  business  with  his  father.  Among 
other  enterprises,  they  were  engaged  in  the 
extraction  of  oil  from  flaxseed,  and  while  thus 
occupied  he  developed  and  patented  a  process 
for  extracting  oil  from  cotton  seed,  and  thus 
originated  one  of  the  great  industries  of  the 
country.  He  also  invented  an  oil  press.  The 
patent  on  the  cotton  seed  oil  process,  issued 
in  1830,  bears  the  signatures  of  Martin  Van 
Buren  and  Andrew  Jackson,  and  is  greatly 
prized  by  Isaac  E.  Palmer,  in  whose  posses- 
sion it  is  at  present.  Mr.  Palmer  married, 
July  II,  1813,  Mercy  M.,  daughter  of  Isaac 
and  Anna  (Comstock)  Turner,  of  Montville, 
Connecticut.  Children :  Elisha  Hurlbert ; 
Gideon ;  Cornelia :  Sarah  Anne ;  William 
Henry  ;  Matthew  :  Reuben  ;  Theresa  :  Joseph  ; 
Isaac  Emerson ;  Herbert. 

(VII)  Isaac  Emerson,  son  of  Gideon  Palm- 


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er,  was  born  in  Montville,  Connecticut,  Febru- 
ary 2^,  1836. 

He  attended  the  public  schools  and 
the  Suffield  Academy.  Early  in  life  he 
learned  the  secrets  of  manufacturing,  and, 
under  the  instruction  of  his  father,  became 
skilled  in  mechanical  arts.  In  1855  Mr.  Palm- 
er established  and  conducted  a  cotton  mill  at 
Houston,  Texas.  The  summer  of  1859  found 
him  engaged  -in  the  manufacture  of  lace  mos- 
quito canopies  at  St.  Louis,  Missouri.  It  was 
here  that  he  conceived  his  first  invention,  the 
self-adjusting  pulley.  From  St.  Louis  he  re- 
turned to  his  home  at  Palmertown,  Montville, 
and  began  the  manufacture  of  wide  nettings, 
being  the  pioneer  in  the  use  of  the  power  loom 
for  this  purpose.  In  1865  he  transferred  his 
business  interests  to  Middletown,  where  he 
has  continued  in  active  business  down  to  the 
present  time.  In  186/  Mr.  Palmer  invented 
the  Palmer  tentering  machine.  This  inven- 
tion, together  with  a  patented  starching  pro- 
cess, gave  him  entire  command  of  the. crinoline 
situation,  which  had  been  hitherto  under  the 
control  of  foreign  manufacturers.  Eighteen 
years  later  he  introduced  the  cotton  woven 
hammock,  an  acceptable  departure  from  the 
crude  and  uncomfortable  Mexican  hammocks 
of  the  time,  and  now  one  of  the  most  im- 
portant branches  of  his  business.  In  1907 
Mr.  Palmer  incorporated  his  interests  as  the 
I.  E.  Palmer  Companj',  of  which  he  is  presi- 
dent and  treasurer.  All  of  the  products  of  the 
company  were  originated  or  made  commer- 
cially practicable  by  Mr.  Palmer,  and  are 
manufactured  under  methods  peculiarly  his 
own. 

In  religion  Mr.  Palmer  is  an  Episcopalian, 
in  politics  a  Republican.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Union  League  Club  of  New  York  City, 
the  Princess  Anne  Club,  Virginia  Beach,  Vir- 
ginia, the  Tourilli  Club,  Quebec,  Canada,  and 
St.  John's  Lodge,  No.  2,  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons.  He  married.  May  16,  1876,  IMatilda, 
■daughter  of  Samuel  and  Caroline  (Johnson) 
Townsend,  of  Warren  county,  Mississippi,  and 
granddaughter  of  Hon.  William  G.  Johnson, 
of  LTncasville,  Connecticut.  Children  :  Town- 
send  :  Natalie  Townsend ;  Isaac  Emerson,  de- 
ceased. 


The  origin  of  the  name  Treat  is 
TREAT     not  known,  but  it  is  probably  a 

place  name,  and  in  its  present 
form  dates  back  as  early  as  1572.  The  family 
was  one  of  title  and  had  a  coat-of-arms.  The 
family  is  numerous  in  county  Somerset,  Eng- 
land, and  was  found  also  in  other  parts  of 
England.  The  spelling  has  varied,  some  of 
its    forms    being,    Trat,    Trate,    Tret,    Treet, 


Treete,  Trot.  Troot,  Treat,  and  others.  The 
name  is  rare  in  England  to-day,  however. 

(I)  John  Treat,  or  Trott  was  of  Staple- 
grove,  near  Taunton,  county  Somerset,  Eng- 
land. His  name  occurs  often  in  the  Taunton 
Manor  Rolls. 

(II)  William  Trott  was  probably  son  of 
John  Trott,  and  his  name  is  found  in  the 
calendars  as  of  the  same  parish  and  hundred 
of  Staplegrove.  The  following  are  supposed 
to  be  his  children :  William ;  Richard,  men- 
tioned below  :  Joanna,  of  Staplegrove,  in  1542  ; 
Lucy,  Alice,  John,  probably  died  1584  in 
Bishop's  Compton. 

(III)  Richard  Trott,  son  of  William  Trott, 

died  about  1571.    He  married  Joanna , 

who  was  probably  buried  at  Otterford,  Au- 
gust 14,  1577.  He  lived  at  Staplegrove, 
Poundisford  and  Otterford.  Children :  John, 
buried,  October  16,  1544,  in  Pitminster ;  John, 
died  about  1595;  Robert,  mentioned  below; 
William,  buried  March  19,  1596;  Tamsen. 

(IV)  Robert  Trott,  son  of  Richard  Trott, 
was  baptized  probably  in  the  hamlet  of 
Trendle,  now  Trull,  parish  of  Pitminster, 
England,  and  was  buried  in  Pitminster,  Feb- 
ruary   16,    1599.      He    married    Honora    or 

Honour .  who   was  buried    September 

17,  1627,  in  Pitminster.  His  will  was  dated 
in  1598-99,  and  was  proved  in  Taunton.  Chil- 
dren: Alice,  baptized  February  4,  1564;  John, 
baptized  September  10,  1570;  buried  May  7, 
1633  :  Mary,  baptized  February  6,  1575  :  Ag- 
nes, baptized  February  18,  1577;  Tamsen,  bap- 
tized May  26,  1581  :  Richard,  mentioned 
below'. 

(A')  Richard  (2)  Treat,  son  of  Robert 
Trott,  or  Treat,  was  baptized  August  28,  1684, 
in  Pitminster,  in  the  hamlet  of  Trendle,  county 
Somerset,  England.  He  was  the  immigrant 
ancestor,  and  spelled  his  name  in  several  ways, 
'  Trott,  Trett,  Treat,  etc.  He  settled  at  Weth- 
ersfield,  Connecticut,  and  was  one  of  the  four 
pioneers  that  were  honored  with  the  titles  of 
Mr.  He  was  a  deputy  to  the  general  court  in 
1644,  perhaps  earlier,  and  held  that  office  until 
1657-58.  He  was  a  juror  in  1643;  was  assist- 
ant or  magistrate  eight  times,  from  March  11, 
1657-58  to  1665;  in  1660  a  townsman;  mem- 
ber of  Governor  Winthrop's  council  in  1663- 
64,  and  served  on  many  important  committees 
of  the  town  and  church.  He  owned  much 
land  and  other  real  estate  in  Wethersfield. 
His  will  is  dated  February  13,  1668,  and  the 
inventory  was  dated  March  3,  1669-70,  soon 
after  his  death.  Children,  born  and  baptized 
in  Pitminster,  England:  Honor,  born  1616; 
Joanna,  baptized  May  24,  1618,  died  1694 ; 
Sarah,  baptized  December  3.  1620 :  Richard, 
baptized    January    9,    1622-23 ;    Robert,   men- 


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tioned  below ;  Elizabeth,  baptized  October  8, 
1629.  died  1706;  Alice,  baptized  February  16, 
1631-32,  buried  August  2,  1633;  James,  bap- 
tized July  20,  1634,  died  February  12,  1709; 
Katherine,  baptized  June  29,  1637. 

(VI)  Governor  Robert  (2)  Treat,  son  of 
Richard  (2)  Treat,  was  born  in  Pitminster, 
England,  about  1624,  baptized  February  25, 
1624-25,  died  July  12,  1710  (gravestone  at 
Milford,  Connecticut).  He  married  (first) 
Jane  Tapp,  who  died  the  last  of  October,  1703, 
aged  seventy-five,  daughter  of  Edmund  Tapp. 
He  married  (second)  October  24,  1705,  Mrs. 
Elizabeth  (Hollingsworth)  Bryan,  born  June 
16,  1641,  died  January  10,  1706,  aged  sixty- 
eight,  a  daughter  of  Elder  Michael  and  Abi- 
gail Powell,  of  Boston,  and  had  married  (first) 
August  23,  1659,  Richard  Hollingsworth  and 
(second)  Richard  Bryan.  Children:  Samuel, 
baptized  September  3,  1648;  John,  baptized 
October  20,  1650;  Mary,  born  May  i,  1652; 
Robert,  born  August  14,  1654,  mentioned  be- 
low;  Sarah,  October  9,  1656;  Abigail,  died 
December  25,  1727;  Hannah,  born  January  i, 
1660-61 ;  Joseph,  September  17,  1662. 

Robert  Treat  was  among  the  early  settlers 
of  Milford.  Connecticut,  coming  from  Weth- 
ersfield,  and  at  the  first  meeting  of  the  plant- 
ers, November  20,  1639,  was  one  of  nine 
appointed  to  survey  and  lay  out  lands.  He 
subsequently  returned  to  Wethersfield  and  was 
elected  rate-maker  there  in  1647.  Returning 
soon  afterward  to  Milford,  he  joined  the 
church  there  with  his  wife,  April  19,  1649.  I" 
1653  hs  was  chosen  deputy  to  the  general 
court  and  the  following  year  was  elected  lieu- 
tenant of  the  Milford  militia  company.  He 
became  a  large  landholder  and  a  strong  and 
influential  factor  in  the  development  of  the 
colony.  He  was  often  chosen  to  purchase  and 
divide  public  lands.  He  was  early  a  promi- 
nent member  of  the  church,  and  in  1660  was' 
one  of  the  laymen  chosen  to  perform  the  cere- 
mony of  laying  on  of  hands  at  the  installation 
of  Rev.  Roger  Newton.  He  held  the  post  of 
deputy  until  1659.  with  the  exception  of  one 
year,  and  then  being  elected  magistrate,  he 
served  for  five  years  on  the  governor's  coun- 
cil, and  was  re-elected,  but  declined  further 
service.  In  1663  he  was  again  chosen  magis- 
trate for  Milford,  and  he  was  also  captain  of 
the  military  forces.  In  May,  1664,  he  and 
William  Jones  were  appointed  to  meet  a  com- 
mittee from  Massachusetts  to  consider  various 
matters  of  common  interest.  He  was  again 
elected  magistrate,  but  declined.  He  was  act- 
ive in  the  consummation  of  the  union  of  the 
New  Haven  and  Connecticut  colonies  under 
one  government.  In  1665  he  was  a  deputy  to 
the  general  court,  and  the  following  year  was 


nominated  for  the  office  of  assistant  and  de- 
feated. He  was  a  delegate  to  go  to  New  Jer- 
sey in  the  interests  of  those  dissatisfied  with 
conditions  in  Connecticut  and  desiring  to  settle 
there.  The  movement  resulted  in  the  estab- 
lishment of  the  town  of  Newark,  and  Treat 
and  ten  others  were  appointed  to  have  charge 
of  the  government,  and  he  was  the  foremost 
citizen.  From  1667  to  1672  he  was  deputy 
to  the  New  Jersey  general  assembly.  In  1672 
he  returned  to  his  old  home  in  Connecticut, 
though  a  son  and  daughter  remained.  Upon 
his  return  he  was  placed  second  in  command 
of  the  forces  in  preparation  to  fight  the  Dutch 
in  New  York,  and  at  the  next  election  was 
chosen  assistant  and  continued  for  three  years, 
serving  also  on  the  committee  of  safety,  which 
acted  when  the  general  court  was  not  in  ses- 
sion. He  had  many  important  public  duties 
on  committees  of  the  general  court  and  hdd 
many  private  trusts.  When  King  Philip's  war 
broke  out  he  was  commissioned  major  in  com- 
mand of  the  Connecticut  quota.  He  saved 
Springfield  from  destruction  and  took  active 
part  in  the  campaign  in  western  Massachusetts 
and  the  Connecticut  valley.  He  defeated  the 
Indians  at  Hadley  in  October.  He  took  a 
leading  part  in  the  famous  Swamp  Fight, 
when  the  Narragansetts  were  defeated.  Four 
of  his  five  captains  were  slain,  but  he  escaped 
with  a  bullet  hole  in  his  hat.  After  the  death 
of  King  Philip,  Major-  Treat  returned  home, 
and  was  elected  deputy  governor,  continuing 
in  this  office  seven  years.  He  also  served  as 
judge  of  committee,  especially  in  Indian  af- 
fairs, now  at  the  request  of  Northampton  to 
mediate  with  the  Indians  for  the  return  of 
captives  and  a  treaty  of  peace,  now  on  the 
committee  of  safety  and  twice  as  commissioner 
for  the  United  Colonies  and  twice  also  as  sub- 
stitute for  other  commissioners.  In  1683  he 
was  elected  governor,  to  succeed  Governor 
Leete,  who  died  in  April.  He  had  to  deal 
with  many  exceedingly  trying  problems  of 
state  in  his  administration.  There  was  fric- 
tion with  other  colonies  and  encroachments  on 
all  sides.  Then  came  the  crushing  blow  in- 
flicted by  King  James  in  revoking  the  colonial 
charter  and  the  assumption  of  power  by  the 
infamous  Andros.  When  James  fell  and  An- 
dros  was  overthrown.  Governor  Treat  and  the 
colonial  officers  resumed  their  stations.  Af- 
ter the  custom  of  the  times,  he  served  as  dep- 
uty governor  after  he  was  governor,  and  he 
was  in  this  important  post  from  the  age  of 
seventy-six  to  eighty-six,  then  declined  and 
retired.  "Few  men,"  says  Trumbull,  "have 
sustained  a  fairer  character  or  rendered  the 
public  more  important  services.  He  was  an 
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courage  and  resolution,  tempered  with  caution 
and  prudence.  His  administration  of  gov- 
ernment was  with  wisdom,  firmness  and  in- 
tegrity. He  was  esteemed  courageous,  wise 
and  pious.  He  was  exceedingly  loved  and 
venerated  by  the  people  in  general." 

(VH)  Captain  Robert  (3)  Treat,  son  of 
Governor  Robert  (2)  Treat,  was  born  August 
14,  1654,  in  Milford,  died  March  20,  1720. 
He  was  admitted  freeman  October  9,  1684; 
appointed  captain  August  7,  1673.  He  was  a 
farmer.  He  married  (first)  about  1678,  Eliza- 
beth    ;    (second)    about    1687,    Abigail 

Camp,  born  March  28,  1667.  died  March  20, 
1742,  daughter  of  Nicholas  Camp.  Children, 
born  at  Milford  by  first  wife:  Elizabeth,  bap- 
tized September  14,  1679 ;  Jane,  baptized  Jan- 
uary 30,  168 1.  Children  of  second  wife :  Rob- 
ert, mentioned  below ;  Samuel,  baptized  No- 
vember 28,  1697;  Jonathan,  born  March  17, 
1701  ;  Abigail,  baptized  June  11,   1704. 

(Vni)  Robert  (4)  Treat,  son  of  Captain 
Robert  (3)  Treat,  was  born  about  1694,  bap- 
tized January  6,  1694-95,  died  September  16, 
1770.  He  graduated  at  Yale  in  1718;  was 
appointed  tutor  there  April  7,  1724,  and  re- 
signed September,  1725,  to  follow  farming  at 
Milford.  He  published  almanacs  in  1723-25- 
27  at  New  London,  Connecticut.  He  was 
deputy  to  the  general  assembly  from  May, 
1736,  to  May,  1767,  with  the  exception  of  a 
few  years ;  was  auditor  of  colony  accounts 
1736  to  1744:  justice  of  the  peace  and  of  the 
quorum  for  New  Haven  county  from  1742  to 
1770;  was  one  of  the  committee  of  war  in 
1744-57 :  was  one  of  the  committee  to  settle 
Rev.  Mr.  Whittlesey,  December,  1737.  He 
married  Jane  Langstaff,  baptized  February  2, 
1699,  died  November  12,  1793,  daughter  of 
Bethuel  and  Hannah  Langstaff.  Children, 
born  at  Milford  and  dates  of  baptism :  Philo- 
sebius,  April  23,  1727,  mentioned  below:  Rob- 
ert, October  11,  1730:  Elijah,  October  28, 
1733;  Isaac,  February  16,  1735 ;  Jane,  Oc- 
tober 10,  1736;  Bethuel,  November  5,  1738. 

(IX)  Philosebius  Treat,  son  of  Captain 
Robert  (4)  Treat,  was  baptized  in  Milford, 
April  23,  1727,  died  May  3,  1798  (gravestone 
at  Milford).  He  was  a  farmer  at  Milford. 
He  married  (first)  June,  1755,  Mercy  Hull, 
of  Bridgeport,  born  1731,  died  July  3,  1758. 
He  married  (second)  Elizabeth  Baldwin,  b'ap- 
tized  October  3,  1731,  daughter  of  Stephen 
and  Eunice  (Fowler)  Baldwin.  He  married 
(third)  Sarah  Atwater,  born  September  21, 
1746,  died  September  8,  1822,  daughter  of 
Isaac  and  Dorothy  (Mix)  Atwater.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Milford,  child  of  first  wife: 
Rhilosebius,  born  about  1756,  soldier  in  the 
revolution.     Children  of  second  wife :    Eliza- 


beth, 1759 ;  Mercy ;  Eunice,  1763  ;  Sarah,  bap- 
tized July  19,  1767.  Children  of  third  wife: 
Ehjah,  baptized  April  16,  1775 ;  Stephen  At- 
water, 1777 ;  Sarah,  February  14,  1780 ;  Isaac, 
mentioned  below  ;  Abigail,  1784. 

(X)  Captain  Isaac  Treat,  son  of  Philose- 
bius Treat,  was  born  November  30,  1780,  at 
Milford,  died  March  11,  1844  (gravestone  at 
Milford.)  He  was  a  master  mariner  until 
1822,  when  he  retired  to  the  homestead  which 
had  been  handed  down  in  the  family  from 
Robert  Treat,  son  of  Governor  Treat.  He 
was  in  partnership  with  his  brother,  Major 
Atwater  Treat,  in  the  shipping  business.  He 
married,  September  i,  1799,  EHzabeth  Miles, 
born  April  26,  1780,  died  November  4,  i860 
(gravestone  at  Milford).  Children,  born  at 
Milford:  Atwater,  January  16,  1801  :  Isaac, 
September  29,  1802;  Miles,  October  19,  1804; 
Sarah,  mentioned  below. 

(XI)  Sarah  Treat,  daughter  of  Captain 
Isaac  Treat,  was  born  in  Milford,  May  4, 
1808.  She  married,  May  28,  1828,  Wilson 
Booth,  born  March  18,  1800,  at  Trumbull, 
Connecticut,  of  Scotch  ancestry.  The  name 
was  originally  spelled  DeBoothe,  French 
Huguenot,  who  went  to  Scotland  and  then  to 
America.  He  married  a  Miss  Patterson,  a 
Scotch  covenanter.  He  died  August,  1888,  in 
New  Haven,  and  was  buried  in  Grove  Street 
cemetery.  He  came  to  New  Haven  in  18 19, 
and  joined  the  North  Church,  August  13, 
1828.  He  was  a  carpenter  and  builder  and 
erected  many  houses  in  New  Haven  and  vicin- 
ity. He  held  positions  of  trust  in  the  town 
and  city.  Children :  Sarah  Elizabeth,  born 
November  21,  1832,  married,  August  4,  1863, 
Henry  Champion  (see  Champion  VIII)  ;  Wil- 
liam Treat  Booth,  November  12,  1835,  mar- 
ried, June  3,  1862,  Sarah  A.  Pierce ;  child, 
Alice  Treat  Booth,  born  July  13,  1863,  died 
May  2,  1908. 

(The  Champion  Line). 
(VI)  Major  Henry  Champion,  son  of  Gen- 
eral Henry  Champion  (q.  v.),  was  born  at 
Westchester,  Connecticut,  August  6,  1782,  died 
December  28,  1823.  He  married,  May  5,  1803, 
Ruth  Kimberly,  daughter  of  Rev.  Robert  and 
Jerusha  (Estabrooke)  Robbins.  Her  father 
was  a  graduate  of  Yale  College  in  the  class  of 
1760.  Ruth  was  born  October  5,  1782,  at 
Wethersfield,  died  September  12,  1863.  Major 
Champion  enlisted  in  the  Twenty-sixth  Regi- 
ment of  the  United  States  regular  army,  July 
2,  1814,  and  served  until  February  25,  1815. 
He  was  afterward  commissioned  major  in  the 
Connecticut  militia.  He  resided  all  his  life  in 
his  native  town,  and  represented  Colchester  in 
the  general  assembly  in  1820.     He  was  buried 


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in  the  family  lot  in  the  burying  ground  in 
Westchester.  His  widow  spent  her  last  years 
in  Troy,  New  York,  living  with  her  brother, 
Dr.  Amastus  Robbins,  and  her  daughter,  Mrs. 
Edwards.  Children,  born  at  Westchester: 
Robert  Henry,  born  June  5,  1804,  died  in 
February,  1805  ;  George.  June  3,  1810,  men- 
tioned below ;  Maria,  September  25,  1812, 
married  Hon.  Jonathan  Edwards ;  Abigail 
Jerusha,  February  5,  1818. 

(VH)  Rev.  George  Champion,  son  of 
Major  Henry  Champion,  was  born  at  West- 
chester, Connecticut,  June  3,  18 10,  died  De- 
cember 17,  1841,  in  St.  Croix,  West  Indies. 
From  youth  he  was  deeply  religious,  joining 
the  church  in  Westchester  at  the  age  of  four- 
teen. In  1828  he  was  admitted  to  the  sopho- 
more class  of  Yale  College  and  was  graduated 
in  183 1.  Pursuing  a  purpose  that  he  formed 
in  youth,  he  entered  the  Andover  Theological 
Seminary  and  took  a  three-year  course.  He 
was  ordained  at  Colchester,  November  19, 
1834,  as  missionary  to  the  Zulus  near  Port 
Natal  in  South  Africa.  General  Henry 
Champion  was  very  fond  of  this  grandson,  the 
only  one  left  to  perpetuate  the  surname,  and 
being  imwilling  to  have  him  go  to  Africa, 
offered  to  pay  the  expenses  of  five  mission- 
aries to  go  in  his  place.  But  George  Cham- 
pion was  determined  to  go.  He  said :  "If  I 
stay  at  home,  it  will  be  said  that  only  the  poor 
go.  You  may  send  the  five,  and  I  will  go 
myself,  and  that  will  make  six  missionaries." 
When  General  Champion  found  that  he  could 
not  dissuade  him  from  going,  he  generously 
gave  $60,000  for  the  expenses  of  the  party. 
Rev.  Mr.  Champion  and  wife  embarked  at 
Boston,  December  2,  1834,  and  arrived  at 
Capetown  after  a  passage  of  sixty-seven  days, 
being  one  of  the  first  missionaries  in  South 
Africa.  "Then,"  says  his  journal,  "with  eyes 
fixed  upon  the  land  of  the  benighted  African, 
whose  hazy  mountains  a  kind  God  had  allowed 
us  at  last  to  see,  as  we  entered  the  harbor  at 
Natal  we  sang  the  hymn: 

'O'er   the  gloomy  hills   of  darkness 
Look  my  Soul,  be  still  and  gaze.' 

It  was  Africa  that  we  saw,  and  these  moments 
on  the  deck  of  our  good  ship  which  had 
brought  us  hither  were  rich  in  blessing.  We 
had  arrived  at  our  field  of  labor,  and  our 
hearts  leaped  for  joy."  The  party  at  once 
began  to  study  the  Zulu  language,  and  they 
were  soon  able  to  address  the  heathen  in  their 
own  tongue.  On  July  22,  1835,  the  party  set 
out  for  Bethelsdorg,  where  it  was  decided  to 
leave  the  women  while  the  men  continued  to 
the  territory  under  the  rule  of  Prince  Dingaan, 
who   received  them  kindly  and  allowed  them 


to  build  a  home  and  establish  a  school.  Mr. 
Champion  labored  in  Africa  for  four  years, 
devoting  his  mind,  strength  and  means  to  the 
work.  He  was  one  of  three  who  commenced 
to  translate  the  Bible  into  Zulu.  He  had 
translated  the  Gospel  of  Matthew  before  the 
war  between  the  Zulus  and  Boers  broke  up 
the  mission.  He  then  returned  home  on  a 
visit,  hoping  to  return  after  the  war.  He  ac- 
cepted the  pastorate  of  a  new  church  at  Dover, 
Massachusetts,  and  entered  upon  his  duties 
there  October  3,  1839.  He  preached  with 
zeal  and  efficiency  for  two  years.  He  was 
seized  with  consumption  and  sought  to  re- 
cover his  health  by  a  trip  to  the  West  Indies. 
His  wife  and  sister  accompanied  him.  He 
failed  rapidly,  however,  and  died  soon  after 
reaching  St.  Croix. 

He  married,  at  Webster,  Massachusetts, 
November  14,  1834,  Susanna  Earned,  born 
March  30,  1808,  died  July  8,  1846,  in  Bos- 
ton, daughter  of  John  and  Susanna  (Moore) 
Earned.  Children:  i.  George,  born  Decem- 
ber 17,  1835,  at  Port  Elizabeth,  South  Africa, 
died  November  21,  1841,  in  Troy,  New  York. 
2.  Henry,  born  and  died  January  10,  1837,  in 
Ginani  ("I  am  with  you,"  name  given  by  Mrs. 
Champion),  South  Africa.  3.  Henry,  Novem- 
ber 8,  1838,  mentioned  below.  4.  Susan, 
March  23,  1841,  at  Dover,  died  there  October 
19,  1841. 

(VIII)  Henry,  son  of  Rev.  George  Cham- 
pion, was  born  November  8,  1838,  in  Port 
Elizabeth,  South  Africa,  died  January  30, 
1867,  in  Mankato,  Minnesota.  He  prepared 
for  college  at  Phillips  Academy,  Andover, 
Massachusetts,  and  was  graduated  from  Yale 
College  in  the  class  of  i860.  After  a  year 
spent  in  the  study  of  modern  languages  at 
New  Haven  he  entered  Yale  Law  School  in 
September,  1861.  He  was  admitted  to  the 
Connecticut  bar,  May  15,  1863,  and  estab- 
lished himself  in  practice  at  New  Haven.  In 
January,  1866,  he  was  obliged  by  continued 
ill  health  to  seek  a  change  of  climate,  and 
he  removed  with  his  wife  to  Mankato,  Minne- 
sota, where  he  died  a  year  later.  In  July, 
1863,  he  compiled  and  published  a  catalogue  of 
the  Greek  and  Roman  coins  belonging  to  Yale 
College,  of  which  he  had  charge,  and  in  the 
arrangement  of  which  he  spent  much  time. 
He  subsequently  gave  to  the  college  his  own 
large  and  valuable  collection  of  over  two  thou- 
sand coins  and  valuable  coin  books.  Mr. 
Champion  also  prepared  a  history  of  Governor 
Robert  Treat,  which  he  read  before  the  New 
Haven  Colony  Historical  Society,  and  he  also 
wrote  and  published  several  articles  on  Nu- 
mismatics. During  his  residence  at  Mankato 
he  contributed  a  weekly  article  of  local  and 


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general  interest  to  the  local  newspaper.  At 
the  time  of  his  death  he  was  secretary  of  his 
college  class.  He  was  a  member  of  the  City- 
Tract  Society  and  assistant  superintendent  of 
the  North  Church  Sunday  school.  He  was 
active  in  religious  work  and  of  strong  and 
upright  character. 

He  married,  August  4,  1863,  Sarah  Eliza- 
beth Booth,  born  at  New  Haven,  November 
21,  1832,  daughter  of  Wilson  and  Sarah 
(Treat)  Booth.  Her  father  was  born  in 
Trumbull,  Connecticut,  March  18,  1800,  son 
of  Daniel  and  Betsey  (Booth)  Booth;  her 
mother  was  born  at  Milford,  Connecticut,  May 
4,  1808;  married  May  28,  1828.  Mrs.  Cham- 
pion had  one  brother,  William  Treat  Booth, 
born  November  12,  1835,  died  July  8,  1903; 
married,  June  3,  1862,  Sarah  A.,  daughter  of 
Volney  and  Abigail  (Goodsell)  Pierce;  she 
died  May  11,  1902;  child,  Alice  Treat  Booth, 
born  July  13,  1863,  died  May  2,  1908.  Mrs. 
Champion  has  in  her  possession  the  old  Gov- 
ernor Treat  chair,  made  of  old  EngHsh  oak, 
beautifully  carved,  eventually  to  be  transferred 
lO  the  care  of  New  Haven  Colony  Historical 
Society.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Champion  had  one 
child,  Henry,  born  and  died  October  30,  1865. 

Mrs.  Champion  is  a  descendant  in  her  ma- 
ternal line  of  Governor  Robert  Treat,  deputy 
governor  and  governor  of  Connecticut,  1676- 
1708.  Mrs.  Champion  is  much  interested  in 
colonial  history,  and  among  the  papers  she 
has  written  was  one  on  "History  of  Our  Flag," 
published  with  illustrations.  As  regent  of 
Mary  Clap  Wooster  Chapter,  Dauughters  of 
the  American  Revolution,  for  five  years,  she 
gave  much  time  to  the  historical  work  of  this 
org-anization. 


This  family  is  of  English  origin, 
VAILL     and  the  name  originally  appeared 

in  various  forms.  It  was  not  till 
after  the  time  of  Benjamin  (V)  that  the  pres- 
ent form  (Vaill)  was  definitely  agreed  upon. 
(I)  Jeremiah  Vaill,  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  born,  it  is  believed,  in  the  west  of  Eng- 
land, about  1618.  It  is  not  known  by  what 
ship  he  came  to  this  country,  nor  from  what 
port  he  sailed.  He  was  a  resident  of  Salem, 
Massachusetts,  as  early  as  1639,  and  on  July 
24  of  that  year  was  a  witness  in  court  held 
there.  In  1647  he  became  a  proprietor ; 
bought  land  in  1648;  sold  it  in  1651,  and  re- 
moved out  of  the  jurisdiction.  He  was  a 
blacksmith  by  trade,  and  probably  folloviied 
that  trade  during  his  residence  in  Salem. 
April  6,  164s,  his  wife  Catharine,  who  had 
come  with  him  from  England,  was  admitted 
to  the  church  there.  In  165 1  he  removed  to 
Gardiner's    Island,    then    called    the    Isle    of 


Wight,  and  took  charge,  with  Anthony  Wat- 
ers, of  the  farm  of  Lieutenant  Lion  Gardiner, 
on  this  island.  Previous  to  his  removal  he 
Lad  been  granted,  June  17,  1651,  by  the  town 
of  Southampton,  Long  Island,  a  lot  of  land, 
provided  that  he  settle  there  before  the  fol- 
lowing January  and  do  all  the  blacksmith  work 
of  the  town.  This  offer,  however,  he  did  not 
accept.  In  legal  and  eccelesiastical  affairs 
Gardiner's  Island  was  subject  to  the  authority 
of  the  town  of  Easthampton,  and  its  early 
records  contain  several  brief  statements  re- 
specting Jeremiah  Vaill.  From  1653  to  1655 
he  superintended  the  farm  work  on  Gardiner's 
Island,  and  was  occupied  in  reducing  it  to  cul- 
tivation. February  12,  1655,  the  town  of 
Easthampton  granted  him  a  lot  of  land  oppo- 
site the  present  site  of  the  Presbyterian 
church,  and  _there  he  lived  with  his  family 
for  four  years,  1655-59.  February,  1657,  the 
wife  of  his  neighbor,  Joshua  Garlick,  was 
tried  as  a  witch,  and  Goodman  Vaill  and  his 
wife  appeared  as  witnesses  in  her  behalf.  Be- 
fore March  24,  1659,  he  sold  his  homestead 
to  Robert  Parsons  and  John  Kirtland,  and 
probably  then  removed  to  Southold,  Long 
Island,  where  he  had  owned  land  for  seven 
years.  His  settlement  there  became  perma- 
nent, and  he  lived  on  the  lot  which  had  been 
occupied  by  Peter  Paine.  About  the  time  of 
his  removal  his  wife  died,  and  he  married 
(second)  May  24,  1660,  Mary,  widow  of 
Peter  Paine.  In  1662,  when  Southold,  with 
fifteen  other  Long  Island  towns,  was  brought, 
by  the  new  charter,  under  the  jurisdiction  of 
Connecticut,  Jeremiah  Vaill  was  one  of  thirty- 
two  signers  of  a  letter  which  was  submitted 
to  the  authorities  at  Hartford,  and  appointed 
Colonel  John  Youngs  as  their  deputy  from 
Southold.  At  the  same  time  he  was  one  of 
twenty-six  citizens  of  Southold  who  were 
made  freemen  of  Connecticut.  In  1676  he 
held  about  five  hundred  acres  of  land  in 
Southold,  besides  some  fifty  acres  in  other 
early  divisions.  In  1675  he  was  one  of  the 
well-to-do  citizens  of  that  town,  and  was 
rated  for  taxation  at  £152,  but  eight  years 
later  he  was  rated  at  only  £74.  It  seems  that 
in  the  interval  he  had  made  provision  from 
his  estate  for  his  three  elder  children  before 
making  his  will,  in  which  they  are  not  named. 
His  will  was  dated  December  4,  1685,  at 
Southold,  and  probated  October  19,  1687.  It 
is  probable  that  he  died  in  the  latter  year.  To 
his  son  John  he  gave  his  dwelling  house,  cer- 
tain lands  and  a  right  of  commonage,  with  all 
his  household  goods  and  movables.  The  will 
also  mentions  his  wife  Joyce,  to  whom  he  left 
her  third  during  her  life,  and  son  Daniel.  He 
married  the  third  wife  before  1685.     Children, 


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the  first  three  born  in  Salem:  Abigail,  bap- 
tized at  First  Church,  Salem,  May  i8,  1644; 
Sarah,  at  Salem,  March  21,  1647;  Jeremiah, 
at  Salem,  December  30,  1649;  John,  born 
1663,  mentioned  below ;  Daniel,  about  1665 : 
Mary,  1667. 

(II)  John,  son  of  Jeremiah  Vaill,  was  born 
1663,  in  Southold,  and  married,  1684,  Grace 
Braddick,  or  Burgess,  who  died  May  18, 
1 75 1,  aged  eighty-five  years.  She  was  the 
daughter  of  John  Braddick,  a  sea  captain, 
who  for  a  time  lived  on  the  western  half  of 
the  lot  originally  owned  by  Lieutenant  John 
Budd.  John  Vaill  lived  at  Southold,  in  the 
house  which  he  inherited  from  his  father. 
The  latter's  widow  Joyce  was  still  an  inmate 
of  the  house  when  the  census  of  1698  was 
taken.  November  9,  1694,  John  Vaill  was 
appointed  guardian  to  Jeremiah  Foster,  of 
Southampton,  cordwainer.  December  17,  1694, 
he  and  his  brother,  Jeremiah  Vaill,  Jr.,  made 
a  joint  deed  granting  land  for  a  windmill  on 
Orient  Point.  His  name  appears  in  the  roll 
of  Southold  militia  for  1715,  Company  One. 
Children :  Abigail ;  Irene  :  Tabitha ;  John, 
born  about  1690 :  Mary ;  Obadiah ;  Josiah, 
about  1603  :  Daniel,  about  1694;  Samuel,  about 
1696,  James,  died  September  9,  1745,  at  Al- 
bany: Benjamin,  born  about  1706. 

(III)  Daniel,  son  of  John  Vaill,  was  born 
about  1694,  married,  October  10,  1717,  Han- 
nah, daughter  of  Jaspar  Griffing.  She  was 
born  1694,  at  Lyme,  Connecticut.  Both  died 
October  4,  1746,  at  Southold.  Children : 
Daniel,  born  1718:  Lydia,  1719:  Joseph,  1721, 
mentioned  below  :  Hannah,  1723,  died  October 
20,  1736;  Elizabeth,  died  young,  October  24, 
1736;  Mary,  died  young:  Ruth,  born  1726: 
Micah,  1 73 1,  soldier  in  the  revolution,  private 
in  Third  Regiment,  New  York  levies.  Colonel 
James  Clinton,  died  in  prison  ship ;  Samuel, 
married  Sarah  Beebe ;  Nathan,  born  1729; 
Peter,  1733;  Silas,  1733:  Daniel,  died  young; 
Jasper,  died  young,  October  7,  1746:  Hannah; 
Elizabeth,  married  Silas  Beach,  of  Goshen, 
Connecticut;  Mary,  died  1736. 

(IV)  Captain  Joseph,  son  of  Daniel  Vaill, 
was  born  at  Southold,  in  1721,  died  at  Litch- 
field, August  10,  1800.  He  married,  at  Litch- 
field, Connecticut,  February  2,  1744,  Jerusha, 
born  September  7,  1727,  daughter  of  William 
Peck,  of  Hartford.  She  died  at  Litchfield, 
February  21,  1813.  Children,  born  at  Litch- 
field :  Jerusha,  October  17,  1746 ;  Anna,  April 
2,  1749:  Joseph,  July  14,  1751 :  Lois,  March 
20,  1756;  Lydia,  April  15,  1759,  died  unmar- 
ried :  Huldah,  May  26,  1762 ;  Ura,  December 
6,  1765;  Sarah,  February  12  1769;  Benjamin, 
mentioned  below.  Captain  Joseph  Vaill  came 
to  Litchfield  in  1740,  and  others  of  the  family 


followed.  The  original  homestead  was  deeded 
to  him  and  his  wife  by  her  father  in  1744,  and 
the  deed  is  still  in  the  possession  of  the  fam- 
ily, the  property  not  having  been  deeded  since 
then,  and  the  house  he  built  being  still  in  use. 
He  lived  there  sixty  years.  The  place  de- 
scended to  his  son  Benjamin,  and  grandson, 
Herman  L.  Vaill.  The  location  is  described 
in  the  old  deed  as  Wolf-pit  Hill. 

(V)  Benjamin,  son  of  Captain  Joseph  Vaill, 
was  born  at  Litchfield,  March  23,  1772,  died 
August  17,  1852.  He  spent  all  his  life  on  the 
old  homestead.  He  married  (first)  Novem- 
ber 14,  1793,  Sylvia,  born  January  6,  1773, 
daughter  of  Seth  and  Anne  (Beach)  Landon. 
She  died  April  13,  1813,  and  he  married  (sec- 
ond) November,  1814,  Jemitra  Comstock,  who 
died  October  7,  1848.  Children  of  first  wife, 
born  at  Litchfield:  Rev.  Herman  Landon, 
mentioned  below ;  Anna,  January  9,  1797 ;  Al- 
mira,  August  25,  1799,  died  August  21,  1800; 
Almira,  August  10,  1801,  married  Drew  Hall, 
of  Newark,  New  Jersey ;  Charles,  December 
30,  1803,  married  Cornelia  Ann  Griswold : 
Dianthe,  March  7,  1807 :  Benjamin  Lyman, 
February  21,   181 1,  died,  unmarried,  in  1830. 

(VI)  Rev.  Herman  Landon,  son  of  Ben- 
jamin Vaill,  was  born  at  Litchfield,  December 
7,  1794.  He  was  drafted  and  served  as  a  sol- 
dier in  the  war  of  1812.  He  was  a  teacher  in 
the  Goshen  (Connecticut)  Academy,  and  later 
a  tutor  in  Morris  Academy,  where  John 
Brown,  who  was  hanged  for  insurrection  at 
Harper's  Ferry,  was  one  of  his  pupils.  He 
taught  school  in  Georgia  two  years,  and  was 
also  a  teacher  at  Cornwall,  Connecticut.  He 
studied  divinity  at  the  Andover  Theological 
Seminary  and  Yale  Divinity  School.  He  re- 
ceived the  honorary  degree  of  A.M.  from  Yale 
College  in  1824.  He  was  ordained  as  a  Con- 
gregational minister,  and  had  pastorates  at 
East  Haddam,  Millington  Society,  at  East 
Lyme,  Torrington,  Connecticut,  Seneca  Falls, 
New  York,  and  Milton,  Connecticut.  During 
the  last  seventeen  years  of  his  life,  because  of 
ill  health,  he  was  retired,  living  on  the  old 
homestead  at  Litchfield.  He  received  bounty 
land  on  account  of  service  in  the  war  of  1812. 
He  married,  January  22,  1823,  Flora  Gold, 
born  September  25,  1799,  daughter  of  Colonel 
Benjamin  and  Eleanor  Johnson.  She  died  De- 
cember 14,  1883.  Children :  Catharine  Har- 
riet Gold,  born  at  Cornwall,  December  3,  1824, 
died  August  27,  1828:  Charles  Benjamin,  born 
at  East  Haddam,  September  11,  1S26:  Eliza- 
beth Sedgwick,  at  East  Haddam,  January  4, 
1828,  died  unmarried,  1909 ;  Abbie  Everest, 
born  at  East  Lyme,  September  14,  1829,  died 
April  2,  1897,  unmarried  ;  George  Lyman,  born 
at  East  Lyme,  January  19,  183 1,  died  Septem- 


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ber  23,  1833  ;  Theodore  Frelinghuysen,  men- 
tioned below :  Sarah  Hopkins,  born  at  East 
Lyme,  October  21,  1834,  died  September  30, 
1862 ;  Clarissa  Champlin,  born  at  East  Lyme, 
January  28,  1836,  married' Rev.  Charles  E. 
Robinson ;  Joseph  Herman,  born  at  Torring- 
ton,  October  15,  1837,  married  Cornelia 
Smith ;  Julia  Maria,  born  at  Torrington,  Feb- 
ruary 28,  1839,  unmarried ;  Mary  Woolsey, 
born  at  Seneca  Falls,  July  15,  1842,  married, 
October  12,  1869,  E.  Hall  Barton,  she  died 
June  5,  1871. 

(VII)  Theodore  Frelinghuysen,  son  of  Rev. 
Herman  L.  Vaill,  was  born  at  East  Lyme, 
March  27,  1832,  died  at  Winsted,  February  8, 
1875.  He  had  a  common  school  education, 
and  attended  Union  College  for  two  years.  He 
was  for  some  years  a  teacher  in  the  public 
schools.  He  enlisted  in  1862  in  the  Nine- 
teenth Connecticut  Regiment  of  Volunteers  in 
the  civil  war,  and  became  adjutant  of  the 
Second  Connecticut  Heavy  Artillery,  of  which 
he  published  a  history  in  1868.  He  was  in 
the  service  three  years  and  took  part  in  the 
battle  of  Cold  Harbor,  the  siege  of  Peters- 
burg, the  campaign  in  the  Shenandoah  Val- 
ley, and  was  at  Appomattox.  He  settled  in 
Winsted,  Connecticut,  and  for  ten  years  was 
editor  of  the  Winsted  Herald.  He  published, 
about  1870,  a  pamphlet  containing  a  travesty 
on  the  First  and  Fourth  Books  of  Virgil's 
Aeneid,  entitled  "The  Aeneid  in  Modern 
America."  He  was  a  Congregationalist,  and 
a  member  of  the  local  post,  Grand  Army  of 
the  Republic.  He  married.  June  11,  1868, 
.'^lice  Mercy,  daughter  of  George  and  Electa 
(Camp)  Dudley.  Children:  Mary  Dudley, 
born  January  28,  1869,  married,  June  20, 
1895,  Charles  Hooker  Talcott,  of  Hartford, 
son  of  Seth  Talcott ;  George  Dudley,  died  in 
infancy ;  Dudley  Landon,  mentioned  below. 

(VIII)  Dudley  Landon,  son  of  Theodore 
Frelinghuysen  Vaill,  was  born  at  Winsted, 
August  30,  1873.  He  attended  the  public 
schools,  and  Phillips  Academy,  of  Andover, 
Massachusetts,  graduating  in  1892.  He  en- 
tered Yale  College,  from  which  he  was  grad- 
uated with  the  degree  of  A.B.  in  the  class 
of  1896.  He  has  since  then  been  connected 
with  the  George  Dudley  &  Son  Company,  of 
Winsted,  leather  manufacturers,  and  is  no\^' 
president  and  treasurer  of  the  company.  He 
is  also  a  director  of  the  Hurlbut  National 
Bank  and  trustee  of  the  Winsted  Savings 
Bank.  He  is  vice-president  of  the  Winchester 
Historical  Society,  and  member  of  the  Sons  of 
Veterans.  He  married,  June  28,  1900,  Leila 
S.,  daughter  of  Charles  B.  and  Abigail 
(Pierce)  Holmes,  of  Winsted.  Children: 
Mary,  born  October  21,  1902;  Charles  B.  H., 


July  I,  1904;  Theodore,  September  19,  1905; 
Dudley  Landon,  Jr.,  January  22,  1907 ; 
Holmes,  August  20,  1909,  died  in  infancy. 


By  records  in  Holland 
VANALSTYNE  the  family  is  found  to 
be  of  ancient  origin, 
and  is  traced  as  far  back  as  the  crowning  of 
"Otho,"  A.D.  936.  The  family  first  appears 
by  the  name  Ralsko,  then  by  the  name  War- 
temburg,  which  it  bore  for  several  centuries. 
Jean  Ralsko  built  a  chateau  in  Flanders,  where 
he  died  in  1236,  and  named  it  the  Chateau  de 
Waldstein,  in  order  to  distinguish  it  from 
his  brother,  whose  name  was  Wartemburg. 
In  Spain  the  name  was  Balstein,  Vallenstein 
in  France,  Halsteyn  in  Flanders,  and  Van  Al- 
stein  in  Holland.  The  name  changed  from 
Waldstein  to  Wallenstein,  Walstein,  Valstein, 
and  then  to  Van  Alstein,  which  has  ever  since 
been  used.  It  has  been  spelled  in  the  early 
records  Van  Aelsteyn,  Van  Aalsteyn,  Van  Al- 
styn.  Van  Alstyne,  Van  Alstine,  and  Van  Al- 
stein. At  present  it  is  spelled  only  Van  Al- 
stine, Van  Alstyne  and  Alstyn. 

(I)  Jan  Martense  Van  Alstyne,  immigrant 
ancestor,  was  in  New  Amsterdam  (New 
York)  as  early  as  1646,  but  how  long  he  re- 
mained here  is  not  known.  In  the  Dutch 
manuscripts  of  New  York,  vol.  II,  p.  154,  De- 
cember II,  1646,  there  is  a  record  of  a  bill  of 
sale :  "Thomas  Hall  and  Jan  Peterson,  to 
Hendrick  Janson  and  Jan  Martense,  of  a 
yacht."  In  1657  he  owned  a  lot  in  Albany 
lying  on  the  east  of  Broadway,  north  of  Col- 
umbia street.  He  owned  this  as  late  as  1693, 
and  also  bought  a  large  tract  of  land  "behind" 
Kinderhook.  He  had  a  grant  of  two  pieces  of 
land  in  Ulster  county.  He  lived  there  until 
his  death,  about  1698.  He  married  Dirckje 
Harmense.  In  1695  he  deeded  his  home  farm 
to  his  son  Abraham,  who  agreed  to  pay  the 
other  heirs  certain  surhs  of  money,  and  this 
land  is  still  owned  by  his  descendants.  His 
sons  were  Marten,  Abraham,  Lambert  Janse, 
mentioned  below,  Isaac,  and  probably  others, 

(H)  Lambert  Janse,  son  of  Jan  Martense 
and  Dirckje  (Harmense)  Van  Alstyne,  came 
to  this  country  in  1665.  He  is  mentioned 
twenty-two  years  later,  with  many  others  who 
took  the  oath  of  allegiance  in  Kings  county. 
New  York.  He  married,  about  1682,  Jan- . 
netje,  daughter  of  Thomas  Janse  and  Marritje 
Abrahamse  (Vosburgh)  Mingael,  who  vas  his 
first  cousin,  once  removed,  since  her  father 
and  her  husband  were  first  cousins.  She  was 
evidently  much  younger  than  he  was,  as  it 
is  recorded  that  on  February  2,  17 13,  she, 
his  widow,  married  Jochem  Lambertse  Van 
Valkenburgh,    by    whom    she    had    five    sons, 


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Lambert  Janse  Van  Alstyne  came  into  posses- 
sion, about  1684,  of  some  land  on  the  east 
side  of  Kinderhook  creek,  which  adjoined  his 
father's  land,  by  purchase  of  the  patent 
(lease)  from  the  heirs  of  Peter  Van  Alen,  and 
this  land  he  kept  until  his  death,  October  16, 
1703.  It  is  not  known  just  when  he  settled 
at  Kinderhook,  but  all  of  his  children  except 
the  first  were  baptized  there,  so  he  probably 
settled  there  about  1684.  Children :  Cathar- 
ine Van  Alstyne,  born  about  1683,  married 
Bartholomeus  Van  Valkenburgh ;  Marritje, 
baptized  December  27,  1685 ;  Thomas,  bap- 
tized August  "22,  1688,  mentioned  below;  Jo- 
hannes, baptized  August  11,  1691  ;  Dirckje  V., 
baptized  May  26,  1695,  married  Peter  Vos- 
burgh;  Antje,  baptized  January  16,  1698,  died 
young;  Annetje,  baptized  July  28,  1700; 
Pieter,  baptized  August  9,   1702. 

(III)  Thomas,  son  of  Lambert  Janse  Van 
Alstyne,  was  baptized  August  22,  1688,  died 
August,  1765.  He  married,  December  12, 
1718,  Maria,  baptized  June  22,  1695,  daugh- 
ter of  William  and  Marritje  (Van  Patten) 
Van  Alen.  He  came  into  possession  of  his 
father's  homestead  in  1703,  when  his  father 
died,  and  where  he  was  very  likely  born.  He 
and  his  wife  were  members  of  the  Dutch 
church  at  Muitzeskill,  where  the  records  of 
the  baptism  of  most  of  their  children  are, 
although  Maria  was  baptized  at  Albany.  In 
the  land  records  at  Hudson  there  is  a  record 
that  in  1752  he  bought  land  in  the  district  of 
Claverack,  lying  between  Claverack  and  Kin- 
derhook creeks.  This  land  he  gave  to  his  son 
William.  His  will  was  dated  November  15, 
1760,  and  is  in  the  Dutch  language.  He  left 
his  property  to  his  five  children,  after  pro- 
viding for  his  wife  during  her  life.  He  also 
provided  that  his  youngest  daughter,  Maria, 
live  with  his  son  Pieter  until  she  married. 
He  chose  his  wife,  his  son  William,  and 
friend,  Casparis  Conyn,  Jr.,  as  his  executors. 
Children  and  dates  of  baptism:  Jannetje, 
March  6,  1720,  died  young ;  William,  Decem- 
ber ID,  1721,  mentioned  below;  Lambert,  Oc- 
tober 4,  1724;  Maria,  September  10,  1727, 
died  young;  Catharine,  January  17,  1731 ; 
Maria,  November  18,  1733  ;  Pieter,  May  16, 
1736. 

(IV)  William,  son  of  Thomas  Van  Alstyne, 
was  baptized  in  Muitzeskill,  December  10, 
1721,  died  May  22,  1802.  He  married  (first) 
in  1744,  Christina,  baptized  June  16,  1723, 
daughter  of  Stephanus  and  Mary  (Muller) 
Van  Alen.  He  married  (second)  1762,  Cath- 
arine, baptized  October  19,  1731,  daughter  of 
Lawrence  and  granddaughter  of  Captain 
Knickerbocker  and  Catharine  (Van  Home) 
Knickerbocker.     Catharine  was  noted  for  her 


kindness  to  the  ill  and  the  poor.  The  first 
mention  of  him,  after  his  baptism,  is  in  1752, 
when  he  and  his  wife  were  members  of  the 
Dutch  church  at  Kinderhook,  and  later  in  the 
same  year  are  recorded  as  members  in  the 
church  at  Muitzeskill.  About  this  time  he 
doubtless  settled  on  the  farm  which  his  father 
had  secured  by  purchase  of  the  patent  from 
John  Van  Rensselaer,  then  the  lord  of  the 
manor  of  Rensselaerwyck,  and  had  left  him 
in  his  will.  While  living  here  he  married  his 
second  wife,  whose  father,  Lawrence  Knicker- 
bocker, was  a  Dutchess  county  farmer,  who 
probably  belonged  to  the  Dutch  church  at 
Germantown,  in  Columbia  county,  where  Cath- 
arine was  baptized.  The  immigrant  ancestor 
of  the  Knickerbocker  family  was  Harman 
Jans  Knickerbocker,  son  of  Johannes  Van 
Bergen  Knickerbocker,  a  captain  in  the  navy 
of  the  Netherlands,  and  Juliana,  daughter  of 
Rutgert  Van  Mannix,  lord  of  Botsallaer,  born 
in  Friesland,  in  1648.  Captain  Knickerbocker 
entered  the  Dutch  navy  at  a  very  early  age, 
and  served  in  that  period  of  history  when 
Holland  was  so  remarkable  for  its  naval  vic- 
tories. In  the  battle  of  Soleby  he  was  severely 
wounded,  where  ten  Dutch  ships  fought 
against  the  combined  English  and  French 
fleets,  off  the  coast  of  England.  He  resigned 
his  commission  when  he  recovered,  and  came 
to  America,  where  he  married  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  Myndert  Van  der  Bogart,  the 
well-known  surgeon  of  the  Dutch  ship  "En- 
draught."  He  was  afterward  commissary  at 
Fort  Orange.  Van  der  Bogart  was  an  eccen- 
tric character  with  a  very  high  temper.  Once, 
when  in  a  boat  with  Director  General  Stuyve- 
sant,  a  dispute  arose  which  angered  him  so 
that  he  tried  to  throw  Stuyvesant  overboard, 
but  was  prevented  by  the  other  members  of 
the  party.  He  died  a  violent  death,  brought 
about  by  his  ung'overnable  temper. 

William  Van  Alstyne  late  in  life  left  his  old 
home  and  settled  on  a  farm  in  Amenia,  where 
he  soon  died,  and  here  he  was  buried.  May 
I,  1772,  he  leased  a  house  and  shop  and  fulling 
mill  with  mill  dam  and  two  acres  of  land  to 
Thomas  Avery  for  seven  years.  He  lived  in 
Claverack  at  the  time  and  was  a  yeoman.  In 
August,  1791,  he  bought  a  farm  in  Hillsdale 
of  John  Collier.  There  is  an  old  deed  of  gift, 
October  19,  1793,  of  a  negro  boy,  Tom,  to  his 
son  Lawrence.  At  this  time  he  lived  in  Hud- 
son. On  July  12,  1799,  he  sold  to  his  son 
Lawrence,  of  Amenia,  a  farm  which  he  had 
bought  of  Nicholas  and  Philip  Hoffman.  He 
was  a  captain  in  Colonel  Jeremiah  Hoge- 
boom's  regiment  during  the  revolutionary 
war.  His  commission  was  dated  April  4, 
1770,  and  signed  by  Cadwallader  Colden,  gov- 


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ernor  of  the  province  of  New  York.  He  was 
buried  in  a  little  burying  ground  on  the  farm 
in  Amenia,  where  his  wife  Catharine  was  also 
buried.  His  gravestone  says  :  "Sacred  to  the 
memory  of  William  Van  Alstyne,  who  de- 
parted this  life  May  22,  1802,  in  the  8ist 
year  of  his  age."  Children  by  first  wife  and 
dates  of  baptism:  Maria,  March  23,  1745; 
Hilletje,  January  25,  1746,  died  young;  Jan- 
netje,  February  29,  1749;  Hillitje,  January  5, 
1753;  Albertina,  1754.  By  second  wife: 
Thomas,  born  February  18,  1765;  Lawrence, 
mentioned  below. 

(V)  Lawrence,  son  of  William  Van  Al- 
styne, was  born  in  Hudson,  June  22,  1767, 
died  May  7,  1806.  He  married,  about  1788, 
Mary  Mordack,  born  August  21,  1768,  died 
December  13,  1836.  He  was  born  in  the 
Claverack  township,  now  Hudson,  where  his 
children  were  born.  May  7,  1795,  he  lived  in 
Hudson,  but  soon  after  moved  to  Dutchess 
county.  New  York,  to  the  town  of  Amenia. 
On  July  5,  1799,  he  bought  six  acres  of  land 
in  Amenia  from  the  executors  of  Piatt  Smith. 
This  land  was  called  lot  three  in  the  great  lot 
No.  36  in  the  general  division  of  the  "Great 
Nine  Partners  Patent."  Seven  days  later  his 
father  sold  him  the  farm  which  he,  in  1794, 
had  bought  of  Nicholas  and  Philip  Hoffman. 
He  signed  his  name  William  Van  Aelstyne  at 
this  time.  He  is  buried  on  a  lot  on  this  farm, 
as  well  as  his  wife  Mary.  His  will,  dated  five 
days  before  his  death,  gives  to  his  wife  the 
use  of  their  farm,  with  all  the  stock,  tools 
and  furniture,  until  his  son  Samuel  should 
become  of  age,  and  he  also  provides  for  her 
support  for  the  remainder  of  her  life.  His 
sons,  William  and  Samuel,  were  left  the  home- 
stead to  share  between  them,  and  his  mother 
was  to  be  supported  by  the  estate  as  long  as 
she  lived.  Children :  William,  born  Decem- 
ber 6,  1789;  Samuel,  November  6,  1791,  men- 
tioned below ;  Catharine,  June  12,  1794. 

(VI)  Samuel,  son  of  Lawrence  Van  Al- 
styne, was  born  in  Hudson,  November  6,  1791, 
died  February  15,  1869.  He  married,  alaout 
1818,  Penelope,  born  April  16,  1796,  died 
March  i,  1869,  daughter  of  John  and  Mary 
(Fitzgerald)  Wyatt,  of  Stanford,  Dutchess 
county.  New  York.  He  was  five  years  old 
when  his  parents  moved  from  Hudson  to 
Amenia,  now  North  East.  His  father  died 
when  he  was  fifteen  years  old,  and  he  in- 
herited his  farm  when  he  became  of  age.  In 
1812,  when  he  was  twenty-one,  he  enlisted  as 
a  private  in  the  war  of  1812,  and  was  sta- 
tioned on  Long  Island,  doing  garrison  duty, 
so  he  never  saw  active  service  in  the  field. 
He  married  after  the  war  and  settled  in 
Chatham    Four    Corners,    Columbia    county, 


New  York,  on  a  farm  where  his  four  eldest 
children  were  born.  In  attempting  to  help  a 
friend  out  of  financial  troubles,  he  signed  his 
name  to  a  paper  which  ruined  him.  Every- 
thing but  his  wife  and  children  was  taken 
from  him,  and  he  returned  to  Dutchess  county, 
a  victim  of  misplaced  confidence,  broken  in 
health,  and  started  again  to  support  his  fam- 
ily and  give  his  children  an  education.  His 
wife  Penelope  was  a  strict  Quaker,  also  an 
expert  spinner  and  weaver,  and  together  they 
managed  to  support  the  family.  He  was  never 
in  very  good  health,  died  at  Sharon,  Connec- 
ticut, and  was  buried  at  the  "City,"  now 
Smithfield,  Dutchess  county.  After  her  hus- 
band's death,  Penelope  Van  Alstyne,  although 
in  her  usual  health,  began  to  distribute  her 
property  as  if  she  intended  to  leave  for  a  long 
journey,  and  when  she  had  attended  to  every- 
thing, went  to  bed  and  died,  two  weeks  after 
her  husband.  No  physical  trouble  could  be 
found,  but  she  had  evidently  made  up  her 
mind  that  her  work  was  done  and  she  wished 
to  be  with  her  husband.  Children :  William, 
born  July  22,  1821,  married  Laura  Rowe ; 
Mary,  March  27,  1823,  married  Isaac  B. 
Rogers;  Catharine,  March  24,  1825,  died  Sep- 
tember 26,  1848:  John,  February  19,  1828, 
died  July  13,  1863,  in  the  battle  at  Gettys- 
burgh,  and  was  buried  in  the  third  row  from 
the  monument  erected  by  the  government  in 
memory  of  those  who  fell  in  the  battle :  Jane 
M.,  June  7,  1832,  married  Herman  C.  Row- 
ley ;  Sarah  Elizabeth,  April  23,  1836,  married 
John  C.  Loucks ;  Lawrence,  mentioned  below. 
(VII)  Lawrence  (2),  son  of  Samuel  Van 
Alstyne,  was  born  in  Amenia,  Dutchess  county, 
New  York,  August  2,  1839.  He  learned  the 
trade  of  iron  moulding  with  his  brother  Wil- 
liam. He  enlisted,  in  1862,  at  Millerton,  New 
York,  in  Company  B,  One  Hundred  and  Twen- 
ty-eighth New  York  Regiment  Volunteers. 
This  regiment  was  raised  in  Dutchess  and  Col- 
umbia counties,  and  since  the  war  it  has  been 
discovered  that  the  average  age  of  men  and 
officers  was  less  than  that  of  any  other  New 
York  regiment.  After  a  few  months  in  camp 
in  Baltimore,  Maryland,  the  regiment  was  sent 
south  and  became  part  of  the  Army  of  the 
Gulf,  under  General  Nathaniel  P.  Banks. 
While  in  camp  at  Camp  Parapet,  near  New 
Orleans,  Mr.  Van  Alstyne  suffered  from  an 
almost  fatal  illness  caused  by  the  exposure  of 
camp  life.  He  recovered  in  time  to  go  with 
the  regiment  to  Port  Hudson,  where  in  its 
first  battle  it  lost  in  killed  and  wounded  a 
third  of  its  number.  The  regiment  took  part 
in  all  the  general  engagements  in  the  Gulf 
Department,  as  well  as  in  the  running  fight 
of  many  days'  duration,  better  known  as  the 


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Red  River  retreat.  He  was  corporal,  ser- 
geant and  lieutenant  successively.  After  the 
conclusion  of  hostilities  in  1865,  Mr.  Van  Al- 
styne  took  up  his  residence  in  Sharon,  Con- 
necticut, where  he  followed  carpentering  and 
building,  that  being  his  principal  business. 
For  a  period  of  five  years  he  served  in  the 
capacity  of  superintendent  of  the  Sharon  Val- 
ley Malleable  and  Gray  Iron  Company.  For 
twenty  years  he  was  engaged  chiefly  in  genea- 
logical work,  publishing,  in  1897,  "Descend- 
ants of  Lambert  Janse  Van  Alstyne."  He  is 
a  Republican  in  politics,  his  first  vote  being 
cast  for  Abraham  Lincoln,  in  i860.  He  has 
been  active  in  the  afifairs  of  his  party,  serving 
one  term  as  selectman  of  the  town,  and  was 
a  representative  to  the  general  assembly  from 
Sharon  in  1895,  the  duties  of  which  he  per- 
formed in  a  highly  satisfactory  and  creditable 
manner.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  church  and  is  serving  as  treasurer 
of  its  board  of  trustees.  He  holds  membership 
in  the  Holland  Society  of  New  York,  is  a  life 
member  of  the  Connecticut  Historical  Society 
and  of  the  New  York  Historical  Society,  and 
member  of  J.  M.  Gregory  Post,  No.  59,  Grand 
Army  of  the  Republic,  of  which  he  has  been 
adjutant  many  years,  and  of  Hamilton  Lodge, 
No.  54,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons.  Law- 
rence A^an  Alstyne  is  the  only  one  of  the 
descendants  of  his  grandfather  who  bears  the 
name  of  Van  Alstyne,  and  at  his  death  the 
name  in  that  line  will  be  extinct.  Mr.  Van 
Alstyne  married,  October  4,  1865,  Mary  Eliza- 
beth, born  October  i,  1843,  daughter  of  Ben- 
jamin and  Elizabeth  (Mills)  Eggleston.  Chil- 
dren :  William,  born  June  6,  1867,  died  June 
22,  1867:  Jane,  born  July  6,  1871,  died  Feb- 
ruary 26,  1888;  Elizabeth,  born  January  i, 
1877,  married  George  S.  Kirby,  of  Sharon, 
proprietor  of  the  Sharon  Inn. 


The  family  of  Hinsdale  had 
HINSDALE     its  origin  in  the  district  of 

Loos,  in  the  county  of  Liege, 
now  in  Belgium,  where  it  was  settled  as  early 
as  the  end  of  the  twelfth  century.  While  the 
family  was  doubtless  originally  French,  the 
name  is  as  much  Dutch  as  French  in  its  deri- 
vation. Dal  or  Dale  is  the  French  for  valley, 
and  corresponds  with  the  English  Dale  and 
the  Dutch  Dael.  The  surname  is  therefore  a 
place  name.  Various  spellings  are  found : 
Hinisdal,  Hinisdael,  Henisdael,  Hinesdale, 
Henesdale,  Hinisdale,  Hinnisdale,  Hynsdale, 
Hinsdael  and  Hinnisdal.  The  last  spelling  is 
most  common  in  France.  In  England  Hens- 
dell,  Endesdale  and  Ensdale  are  used,  while 
the  American  immigrants  used  Hinsdell,  Hens- 
dell,  Hinsdall,  etc.    The  name  is  not  found  in 


England  earlier  than  the  sixteenth  century, 
and  there  is  good  reason  for  believing  the 
family  came  from  France  to  England  at  the 
time  of  the  Huguenot  persecutions.  The 
founder  of  the  French  family  was  Robertus  de 
Hinnisdal,  and  the  name  occurs  frequently  in 
the  subsequent  generations  of  that  family.  It 
is  quite  possible  that  the  immigrant  Robert 
was  of  this  stock.  As  the  pedigree  given  in 
France  includes  only  the  eldest  son,  it  is  im- 
possible to  trace  the  connection.  The  only 
coat-of-arms  granted  to  the  family  is :  De 
sable,  au  chef  D'argent,  charge  de  trois  merles 
de  sable.  Crest:  Couronne  de  Comte,  Sup- 
ports, Deux  Levriers.  Motto :  Moderata 
durant. 

(I)  Deacon  Robert  Hinsdale,  immigrant  an- 
cestor, came  to  Dedham,  Massachusetts,  prob- 
ably from  Dedham,  county  Essex,  England,, 
and  was  a  proprietor  of  th.at  town  in  1637. 
He  was  selectman  the  same  year  and  after- 
ward, and  his  home  was  in  the  eastern  part 
of  the  town.  He  received  a  grant  of  land  in 
1638.  He  was  one  of  the  eight  founders  of 
the  Dedham  church,  November  8,  1638.  He 
was  admitted  a  freeman  March  13,  1639.  He' 
had  other  grants  of  land,  and  was  a  leading- 
citizen  of  the  town,  serving  on  important  com- 
mittees. He  was  surveyor  of  highways  in: 
1641.  On  January  i.  1645,  he,  with  others, 
signed  a  petition  for  a  free  school  at  Dedham, 
agreeing  to  raise  twenty  pounds  a  year  for- 
the  support  of  the  school.  This  is  supposed' 
to  have  been  the  first  school  in  the  country 
supported  in  this  way.  In  1645  h^  was  chosen 
a  member  of  the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Ar- 
tillery Company,  of  Massachusetts.  On  No- 
vember 14,  1649,  he  was  on  a  committee  to 
organize  a  new  town,  which  afterward  was 
named  Medfield,  incorporated  1651.  He  was. 
one  of  the  first  selectmen  and  served  six  years. 
He  was  one  of  the  first  thirteen  who  took  up 
house  lots  there,  and  his  home  was  on  what 
is  now  North  street.  The  original  well  is 
still  in  use.  He  built  his  house  in  1652.  In 
1659  he  bought  a  bell  for  the  use  of  the  town. 
Soon  after  this  the  town  granted  him  forty- 
six  acres  near  what  is  now  Collin's  mill.  He 
built  a  mill  there,  which  was  burned  by  the 
Indians  in  1676.  He  was  active  in  organiz- 
ing the  first  Medfield  church.  He  removed' 
with  his  family,  about  1667,  to  the  Connecti- 
cut valley,  and  settled  first  at  Hadley,  where, 
in  1672,  he  was  released  from  military  diity 
"on  account  of  age  and  a  sore  leg."  He  was- 
an  original  proprietor  in  the  eight  thousand 
grant  made  by  Dedham  people  at  Deerfield, 
and  drew  lot  31,  the  present  site  of  the  Wil- 
lard  House.  He  and  his  four  sons  were  liv- 
ing in  Deerfield,  November  13,  1673,  and  he 


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was  deacon  of  the  first  church  and  a  foremost 
citizen.  He  was  one  of  the  five  men  of  the 
thirty-two  original  proprietors  who  settled  in 
Deerfield.  He  and  his  three  sons,  Samuel, 
Barnabas  and  John,  were  slain  in  the  fight  at 
Bloody  Brook,  September  18,  1675.  The  in- 
ventory of  his  estate  was  taken  October  22, 
1676.  He  married  (first)  probably  in  Eng- 
land, Ann,  daughter  of  Peter  Woodward,  of 
Dedham.  She  was  a  sensitive  and  timid 
woman,  and  fainted  away  on  making  her 
profession  of  faith  before  the  church  at  Ded- 
ham, June  2,  1639.  She  was  allowed  to  go 
through  the  ordeal  in  private.  She  died  June 
d,  1666,  and  he  married  (second)  about  1668, 
Elizabeth,  widow  of  John  Hawks,  of  Hadley. 
The  marriage  was  not  happy  and  they  soon 
separated.  They  were  before  the  court  for 
this.  March  30,  1674,  and  she  refused  to  an- 
swer the  charge  and  appears  to  have  got  ofif 
clear ;  but  he  said  "he  did  it  as  being  her  head 
and  having  the  rule  of  her  in  the  Pointe  and 
that  he  did  it  for  her  correction  of  her  dis- 
order towards  him."  The  court  held  that  he 
had  "broken  the  Perfect  rule  of  divine  law 
*  =^  *  and  the  law  of  the  Colony  in  the  in- 
tent if  not  in  the  letter  in  the  first  living 
asunder,"  and  ordered  him  "whipped  ten 
stripes  on  the  naked  body,"  and  imposed  a  fine 
for  which  his  sons  became  responsible,  and 
which  the  court  refused  to  remit  after  his 
tragic  death.  On  June  28,  1683,  his  widow 
Elizabeth  married  Thomas  Dibble,  of  Wind- 
sor, Connecticut.  She  died  September  25, 
1689.  Children,  all  by  first  wife:  Elizabeth, 
married  James  Rising;  Barnabas,  born  No- 
vember 13,  1639,  mentioned  below ;  Samuel, 
about  1641-42 ;  Gamaliel,  March  5,  1642-43 ; 
Mary,  February  14,  1644;  Experience,  Jan- 
uary 23,  1646;  John,  January  27,  1647-48; 
Ephraim,  September  26,  1650. 

(H)  Barnabas,  son  of  Deacon  Robert  Hins- 
dale, was  born  November  13,  1639,  probably 
at  Dedham,  baptized  November  17,  1639.  He 
went  with  his  father  to  Pladley  and  lived  for 
several  years  at  Hatfield.  He  removed  to 
Deerfield  in  1674,  when  he  sold  his  Hadley 
homestead,  and  lived  on  lot  No.  9  in  Deerfield, 
also  owning  lot  No.  15.  On  May  3,  1667,  he 
was  one  of  the  petitioners  for  a  church  at 
Hatfield.  He  was  killed  at  Bloody  Brook. 
He  married,  October  15,  1666,  Sarah  (White) 
Taylor,  of  Hatfield.  She  married  (third) 
February  3,  1679,  Walter  Hickson,  and  died 
August  10,  1702.  Children  of  Barnabas  Hins- 
dale:  Barnabas,  born  February  20,  1668,  men- 
tioned below ;  Sarah,  married  Deacon  Samuel 
Hall;  Elizabeth,  born  October  29,  1671,  died 
March,  1672;  Isaac,  born  September  15,  1673; 
Mary  (posthumous),  March  27,  1676. 


(III)  Barnabas  (2),  son  of  Barnabas  (i) 
Hinsdale,  was  born  February  20,  1668,  at 
Flatfield.  He  was  admitted  an  inhabitant  of 
Hartford  in  1693,  ^"d  died  there  of  a  "great 
sickness,"  January  25,  1725.  He  was  an  or- 
iginal proprietor  of  lands  at  Harwinton,  in 
western  Connecticut.  His  grave  is  in  the 
Centre  Cemetery,  back  of  the  First  Church, 
Hartford,  and  a  stone  marks  the  spot.  He 
married,  November  9,  1693,  Martha,  daughter 
of  Joseph  Smith,  of  Hartford.  Children : 
Barnabas,  born  August  28,  1694;  Martha, 
February  17,  1696;  Jacob,  July  4,  1698;  Sarah, 
July  22,  1700;  Elizabeth,  January  9,  1702; 
Mary,  July  13,  1704:  Captain  John,  August 
13,  1706,  mentioned  below;  Daniel,  May  15, 
1708;  Amos,  August  24,  1710. 

(IV)  Captain  John,  son  of  Barnabas  (2) 
Hinsdale,  was  born  August  13,  1706,  bap- 
tized at  South  Church,  Hartford,  August  18, 
1706.  He  married,  November  8,  1733,  Eliza- 
beth b'orn  March  18,  171 1,  died  July  5,  1784, 
daughter  of  Nathaniel  Cole,  Jr.,  of  Hartford. 
He  settled  in  Berlin,  Connecticut,  and  owned 
a  farm  there.  He  and  his  wife  were  received 
into  Kensington  Church  soon  after  their  mar- 
riage. In  May,  1749,  he  was  appointed  en- 
sign of  the  Fifteenth  Company  or  train  band 
in  the  Sixth  Regiment;  in  1752  he  was  made 
lieutenant;  and  in  May,  1759,  captain.  In 
1766  he  was  one  of  the  standing  committees 
of  the  church,  and  in  1775  a  constituent  mem- 
ber. He  was  moderator  of  the  second  church 
meeting  in  their  new  meeting  house.  About 
1780  he  went  to  Nevi^  Britain,  Connecticut,  and 
united  with  the  First  Church.  In  1781  he 
bought  of  John  Richards  his  homestead  for 
£900,  and  John  Richards  and  his  son  signed 
the  deed  March  3,  1781,  for  seventy  acres, 
with  house,  formerly  the  Skinner  house,  and 
other  buildings.  Captain  John  Hinsdale  was  a 
blacksmith,  and  had  his  shop  near  his  house, 
opposite  the  Methodist  church,  in  Berlin 
street,  New  Britain.  In  1788  he  sold  to  Dr. 
Smalley  ten  acres  and  sixty-two  rods  of  land. 
His  will  is  dated  July  26,  1792.  and  he  died 
December  2,  1792,  aged  eighty-six.  His  son- 
in-law  was  executor  of  his  will.  He  was  a 
man  of  rare  military  and  literary  ability. 
Children :  John,  born  August  19,  1734,  died 
October  13,  1743;  Elizabeth,  June  29,  1736; 
Theodore,  November  25,  1738,  mentioned  be- 
low;  Lucy,  July  16,  1741  ;  Elijah,  April  i, 
1744;  Lydia,  August  11,  1747;  John,  August 
21,  1749. 

(V)  Rev.  Theodore,  son  of  Captain  John 
Hinsdale,  was  born  at  Berlin,  November  25, 
1738.  He  graduated  from  Yale  College  in 
1762,  and  was  ordained  a  minister  at  North 
Windsor,    Connecticut,    April    30,    1766,    dis- 


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missed  March  4,  1795.  He  married,  July  14, 
1768,  Anna  Bissell,  born  March  11,  1748,  died 
at  Hinsdale,  Massachusetts,  March  14,  1817. 
He  removed  there  in  April,  1795,  and  or- 
ganized a  church  December  17,  1795,  with 
twenty-three  members.  The  town  was  named 
Hinsdale,  after  him,  and  was  incorporated 
June  21,  1804.  He  was  fifty-eight  years  old 
when  he  entered  upon  his  work  here.  He 
served  the  church  at  North  Windsor  for 
twenty-eight  years,  and  was  a  man  of  marked 
ability  and  strong  will.  He  died  at  Hinsdale, 
December  29,  1818,  aged  eighty  years.  There 
is  a  handsome  monument  to  his  memory  near 
the  gate  of  the  cemetery  at  Hinsdale  upon 
the  left,  and  the  inscription  is  as  follows :  "A 
lover  of  hospitality,  a  lover  of  good  men, 
sober,  just,  holy,  temperate,  holding  fast  the 
faithful  word  as  he  hath  been  taught,  that  he 
may  be  able  by  sound  doctrine  both  to  exhort 
and  to  convince  the  gainsayers."  He  taught 
for  several  years  after  his  graduation'  from 
Yale  College,  and  was  twenty-nine  years  old 
when  ordained  a  minister.  For  several  years 
he  was  a  justice  of  the  peace.  Children: 
Anne  or  Nancy,  born  at  Windsor,  April  16, 
1769;  Lucy,  at  Windsor,  December  31,  1770; 
Theodore,  at  Windsor,  November  12,  1772; 
Josiah  Bissell,  at  Windsor,  November  15, 
1774,  mentioned  below ;  James,  September  28, 
1776  John,  November  10,  1778;  Levi,  No- 
vember 29,  1780;  Altamira  or  Altemira,  No- 
vember 8,  1782 ;  Daniel,  March  22,  1785 ;  Ho- 
ratio, November  3,  1787;  William,  at  Wind- 
sor, March  5,   1790. 

(VI)  Josiah  Bissell,  son  of  Rev.  Theodore 
Flinsdale,  was  born  at  Windsor,  November 
15,  1774.  baptized  November  20,  1774.  He 
died  at  Roches'ter,  New  York,  February  6, 
1866.  He  married  Temperance,  born  May  3, 
1772,  died  August  13,  1813,  daughter  of  Rev. 
Timothy  and  Temperance  (Clap)  Pitkin.  He 
came  to  Winsted  in  1800,  where  he  carried  on 
a  large  and  for  many  years  a  prosperous  busi- 
ness selling  goods,  buying  and  slaughtering 
cattle  for  the  West  India  trade,  also  making 
potash  and  buying  cheese  for  the  New  York 
market.  In  1826  he  became  involved  in  the 
failure  of  his  brothers,  John  and  Daniel,  of 
Middletown,  on  whose  paper  he  was  an  en- 
dorser for  a  large  amount,  and  his  business 
was  ruined  and  his  property  swept  away  as  a 
result.  In  1842  he  moved  to  Rochester,  New 
York,  where  his  two  daughters  lived,  and  car- 
ried on  a  commission  business  for  several 
years.  At  middle  age  he  made  a  profession 
of  religion,  and  led  a  faithful,  consistent 
Christian  life.  Children  :  Theodore,  born  De- 
cember 27,  1800,  mentioned  below ;  Ann,  Oc- 
tober   16,    1802;   Mary    Pitkin,    January    10, 


1805;  Timothy  Pitkin,  May  5,  1809;  Charles, 
May  23,  1812. 

(VII)  Theodore  (2),  son  of  Josiah  Bis- 
sell Hinsdale,  was  born  at  Colebrook,  Decem- 
ber 27,  1800,  died  November  27,  1841.  He 
married,  April  26,  1826,  Jerusha,  daughter  of 
Solomon  and  Sarah  (McEwen)  Rockwell. 
She  married  (second)  December  10,  1843, 
John  Boyd,  widower,  of  West  Winsted.  He 
was  born  at  Winsted,  March  17,  1799,  son  of 
James  and  Mary  (Monro)  Boyd,  and  he  died 
December  i,  1881,  at  Winsted.  He  compiled 
the  annals  of  Winchester,  a  work  of  six  hun- 
dred and  forty  pages.  Theodore  Hinsdale 
graduated  from  Yale  College  in  1821,  and 
read  law  for  a  short  time  with  Seth  P.  Staples, 
Esq.,  of  New  Haven,  afterward  studied  at 
Andover  for  one  or  two  years.  In  1827  he 
went  into  the  manufacturing  business  with  his 
father-in-law,  in  the  firm  name  of  Rockwell  & 
Hinsdale.  After  the  death  of  Mr.  Rockwell, 
in  1837,  he  was  associated  in  the  same  busi- 
ness (scythe  making)  with  Elliot  Beardsley, 
under  the  firm  name  of  Hinsdale  &  Beardsley, 
until  his  death.  He  had  charge  of  the  school 
funds  of  the  town.  He  was  a  prominent  and 
energetic  citizen  and  business  man.  He  was 
a  commanding  person,  with  a  fascinating  per- 
sonality and  a  native  oratory  which  made  him 
widely  known  and  admired.  He  was  con- 
stantly sought  as  a  presiding  officer  or  speaker 
at  large  public  gatherings,  and  was  noted  for 
his  zeal  in  advocating  a  cause.  Mr.  Hinsdale's 
profound  interest  in  the  industrial  develop- 
ment of  this  country  was  far  reaching  in  its 
effect,  and  as  a  member  of  the  Connecticut 
legislature  in  1837  he  framed  and  secured  the 
passage  of  the  "Connecticut  Joint  Stock  Act." 
In  an  address  delivered  by  the  late  Edward 
Everett  Hale,  D.D.,  before  the  Phi  Beta  Kap- 
pa Society  of  Brown  University,  and  repeated 
before  the  Adelphi  Union  of  Williams  Col- 
lege, Dr.  Hale  refers  to  the  above-mentioned 
act  as  follows : 

"The  whole  history  of  government  in  America 
from  1620  to  this  time  is  one  illustration  of  the 
people's  success  in  doing  what  no  statesman  or 
theorist,  though  he  were  John  Locke  or  John  Ad- 
ams, could  do  single-handed.  You  start  with  the 
charter  of  a  trading  company.  You  come  out  at 
the  end  of  a  hundred  and  thirty  years  with  organ- 
ized, constitutional  government.  In  that  one  hun- 
dred and  thirty  years  you  have  not  one  Numa,  or 
Solon,  or  Lycurgus,  but  you  have  the  people.  One 
experiment  is  tried,  and  fails.  Another  experiment 
is  tried  and  succeeds.  Failure  produces  nothing, 
but  success  produces  success.  And  the  end  comes, 
better  than  the  beginning,  because  you  relied  on  this 
simple   law. 

"I  had  better  take  one  simple  instance.  Here  is 
our  modern  system  of  associated  work,  organized 
in  our  several  states  under  what  we  call  the  gen- 
eral corporation  acts,  what  is  called  in   England  the 


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limited  liability  act.  Now  that  the  thing  is  in  easy 
running  order  every  one  says  that  it  is  a  perfectly 
simple  contrivance.  It  gives  you  almost  all  the 
advantages  claimed  for  socialism,  and  you  pay  none 
of  the  penalties.  Three  men,  six,  ten  or  a  hundred 
men,  who  want  to  work  together,  can  combine  as 
much  as  they  want  to,  and  their  corporation  moves 
as  one  person,  with  law  and  freedom.  Who  in- 
vented this  system?  Did  Robert  Owen?  or  Charles 
Fourier?  or  the  Count  St.  Simon?  Not  they.  They 
did  not  know  enough.  They  tried  and  they  failed. 
Look  in  the  books  for  its  history.  You  will  have 
better  success  than  I  have  had  if  you  find  it  there. 
For  we  gentlemen  scholars  who  write  the  books  are 
a  little  apt 'to  pass  such  trifles  by.  It  came  to  life; 
it  uttered  its  first  cry  in  the  state  of  Connecticut  in 
1837.  If  it  lived — well;  if  it  died — no  matter.  It 
chose  to  live.  It  lived  and  grew  strong.  It 
came  to  stay.  T  attribute  to  it,'  said  one  of  the 
first  authorities  in  that  state,  'much  of  our  manu- 
facturing success.  It  has  always  been  a  useful  law.' 
It  lived.  It  did  not  die.  So  it  was  copied  here. 
It  was  copied  there.  It  is  now  in  force,  in  some 
form  or  other,  in  almost  every  state  of  the  Union. 
It  is  in  force,  in  principle,  in  the  English  limited 
liability  law  of  1855,  which  is  confessedly  taken 
from  it.  Now,  what  scholar  or  statesman  invented 
it?  Did  you  find  it  in  Adam  Smith?  Did  you 
learn  it  from  Say  or  from  William  Cobbett?  T 
never  heard  who  got  it  up,'  this  was  the  answer 
made  to  me  by  the  same  accomplished  writer  in 
Connecticut,  when  I  asked  him,  'or  anything  about 
its  origin.'  I  had  the  same  answer  from  one  of 
the  veteran  statesmen  of  that  day,  who  was  in  pub- 
lic life  the  year  in  which  it  was  passed  and  lives 
to  an  honored  old  age.  This  is  what  happened :  A 
pure  democracy  like  the  state  of  Connecticut  needed 
such  an  arrangement.  This  pure  democracy  was 
intelligent  enough  to  know  what  it  needed,  and  it 
had  the  power  in  its  hands  to  fill  the  need.  Your 
grand  questions  about  the  history  and  genesis  of 
such  a  statute  are  answered  as  Topsy  answered 
Miss  Ophelia's  theological  question :  'I  'specks  it 
growed'." 

Since  the  delivery  of  this  address  in  Provi- 
dence a  very  interesting  letter  has  come  from 
IMr.  Abijah  Catlin,  a  member  of  the  Con- 
necticut legislature  of  1837,  and  gives  the 
full  detail  of  the  origin  of  the  act : 

"Theodore  Hinsdale,  a  representative  from  the 
town  of  Winchester,  introduced  and  advocated  the 
bill,  and,  so  far  as  I  know,  was  the  author  thereof. 
Mr.  Hinsdale  was  a  gaduate  of  Yale,  as  I  believe, 
and  was  in  the  business  of  manufacturing  scythes  in 
Winsted,  Connecticut,  with  his  father-in-law,  Solo- 
mon   Rockwell. 

"The  manufactory  still  exists,  under  the  name  of 
the  Beardsley  Scythe  Company.  Mr.  Hinsdale  was 
a  gentleman  of  fine  appearance,  of  pleasing  man- 
ners and  of  fluent  speech.  Fie  was  an  ardent  advo- 
cate of  manufactures  and  of  their  encouragement. 
In  advocating  the  bill  he  had  no  personal  interest,  as 
he  and  his  father-in-law  were  able  to  carry  on  their 
manufactory  without  the  aid  of  additional   capital. 

"In  1837  the  dominant  political  party  was  strongly 
opposed  to  the  chartering  of  corporations  unless  a 
provision  was  made  for  the  liability  of  individual 
stockholders  for  the  debts  of  the  corporation.  The 
joint  stock  law  of  1837  was  intended  to  enable  men 
of  .'mall  means  to  combine  together  for  the  effi- 
cient execution  of  their  project,  and  has  been,  as 
you  know,  acted  upon  very  extensively  in  this 
state." 


This  letter  shows  that  to  Mr.  Theodore 
Hinsdale  the  thanks  of  half  the  working  peo- 
ple of  the  world  are  due  for  an  act  of  great 
simplicity,  which  sooner  or  later  is  a  help 
to   so  many  of   them. 

The  following  paragraph  in  reference  to 
the  Connecticut  Joint  Stock  Act  is  from  John- 
ston's "American  Commonwealths,"  edited  by 
the  late  Horace  E.  Scudder: 

"Apart'  from  the  peculiarly  state  features  of  the 
industrial  development,  at  least  one  feature  of  it  has 
had  a  national  and  international  influence,  as  Mr. 
E.  E.  Hale  has  pointed  out.  The  Connecticut  Joint 
Stock  Act  of  1837,  framed  by  Mr.  Theodore  Hins- 
dale, a  manufacturer  of  the  commonwealth,  intro- 
duced the  corporation  in  the  form  under  which  we 
now  generally  know  it.  Its  principle  was  copied  by 
almost  every  state  of  the  Union,  and  by  the  Eng- 
lish limited  liability  act  of  1855.  and  the  effects  of 
its  simple  principle  upon  the  industrial  development 
of  the  whole  modern  Avorld  are  quite  beyond  cal- 
culation. All  that  can  be  done  here  is  to  notice  the 
wide  influence  of  a  single  Connecticut  manufactur- 
er's idea,  and  to  call  attention  to  this  as  another 
instance  of  the  close  connection  of  democracy  with 
modern   industrial  development." 

In  the  midst  of  Mr.  Hinsdale's  career  of 
usefulness  he  was  struck  down  by  typhoid 
fever,  and  died  November  27,  1841,  aged 
forty.  Children :  Sarah  McEwen,  born  April 
2,  1827,  died  August  17,  1833 ;  Mary  Pitkin, 
December  11,  1828,  mentioned  below;  Solo- 
mon Rockwell,  August  25,  1835,  died  No- 
vember, 1908 ;  he  was  in  the  treasury  depart- 
ment, Washington,  D.  C,  and  married  Julia 
Merritt  Jackson,  and  had  one  son,  Theodore 
Rockwell  Hinsdale,  of  Seattle. 

(VIII)  Mary  Pitkin,  daughter  of  Theodore 
(2)  Hinsdale,  was  born  December  11,  1828, 
in  Winsted,  Connecticut.  She  has  always 
lived  in  the  house  where  she  was  born,  the 
old  Rockwell  homestead.  She  is  a  member 
of  the  Colonial  Dames,  and  of  the  Daugh- 
ters of  the  American  Revolution. 


Sebastian  Karrman  was 
KARRMANN     born     in     Germany.       He 

came  to  the  United  States 
when  a  young  man  and  was  a  weaver  and 
woolen  manufacturer  at  Plymouth,  Connec- 
ticut. He  died  in  1882.  He  married  Eliza- 
beth, daughter  of  John  Winter.  Children:  i. 
John,  died  in  infancy.  2.  Katherine  K.,  mar- 
ried Frederick  Adt ;  children :  Frank,  Ever- 
nor  and  Howard  Adt.  3.  Elizabeth,  married 
John  Adt ;  children :  Ida  and  George.  4. 
George,  married  Eleanor  Shepard  and  had 
daughter  Elizabeth.  5.  Charles,  married 
Caroline  Shyra  and  had  daughter  Clara.  6. 
Albert,  married  Ella  Rugg.  7.  David,  un- 
married ;  enlisted  in  the  civil  war  at  Prospect, 
Connecticut,  in  Company  H,  Twentieth  Con- 
necticut Regiment  Volunteer  Infantry;     was 


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adjutant ;  took  part  in  Sherman's  "March  to 
the  Sea" ;  died  in  1867.  8.  Ellen,  married 
Charles  Carr,  of  New  Haven,  Connecticut ; 
children:  Alice,  Mary  and  Lillian  Carr;  fam- 
ily living  in  Cheshire,  Connecticut.  9.  Dr.  Ed- 
ward W.,  mentioned  below.  10.  Henry  Se- 
bastian, married  Lotta  Hurd;  children: 
Ruth,  Charles,  Margaret,  Milton,  Henry,  Sa- 
rah. II.  William,  died  at  the  age  of  sixteen 
years. 

(H)  Dr.  Edward  William  Karrmann,  son 
of  Sebastian  Karrmann,  was  born  at  Ply- 
mouth, Connecticut,  June  29,  1852.  He  at- 
tended the  public  schools  there  and  at  Water- 
bury,  Connecticut,  He  was  a  student  for  one 
year  at  Bellevue  Hospital  Medical  School, 
then  for  one  year  at  the  Long  Island  Medical 
College  and  finally  entered  the  New  York 
Medical  School,  graduating  in  1884  with  the 
degree  of  M.D.  He  began  to  practice  his  pro- 
fession at  Morris,  Connecticut,  and  continued 
to  study  under  private  instruction. 

After  a  year  he  removed  to  Norwalk,  Con- 
necticut, and  thence,  after  a  short  time,  to 
Bridgeport.  After  four  years  in  that  city  he 
went  to  Central  America  in  1890,  and  took  a 
course  at  the  Honduras  Medical  College,  from 
vi'hich  he  received  the  degree  of  M.D.  in  the 
class  of  1892.  He  settled  in  Central  America 
and  practiced  there  for  ten  years.  In  1898 
he  returned  to  the  United  States  and  became 
surgeon  of  the  Fourth  Missouri  Regiment  of 
Volunteers  in  the  Spanish  war,  being  with  the 
regiment  in  camp  in  South  Carolina.  After 
the  close  of  the  war  he  came  to  North  Wood- 
bury, Connecticut,  and  practiced  about  two 
years,  but  since  1904  has  been  in  general  prac- 
tice at  Cheshire,  Connecticut.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  New  Haven  County  Medical  So- 
ciety;  of  Lodge  No.  55,  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons,  Torrington ;  of  Darius  Chapter, 
Royal  Arch  Masons,  of  Litchfield,  Connecti- 
cut.    In  politics  he  is  a  Republican. 

He  married,  October  25,  1900,  Ida  May 
Fuller,  born  February  14,  1874,  daughter  of 
William  and  Mary  Ellen  (Leavenworth) 
Fuller,  of  West  Haven.  Child,  David  Fuller, 
born  May  27,  1906.  Mary  Ellen  (Leaven- 
worth) Fuller  was  daughter  of  Edmund 
Smith  Leavenworth  (see  Leavenworth  VI). 

(The  Leavenworth  Line). 
(HI)  Thomas  (2)  Leavenworth,  son  of 
Thomas  (i)  Leavenworth  (q.  v.),  was  born 
at  Stratford.  He  married  (first)  Betty 
Davis,  who  died  April  24,  1758.  He  mar- 
ried (second)  October  10,  1758,  Rhoda  Olds, 
who  died  at  Watertown,  May  i,  1794,  aged 
sixty-seven  years.  He  owned  the  half-way 
covenant,  December  7,  1760,  in  the  First  Con- 


gregational Church  of  Woodbury.  He  re- 
ceived by  deed  from  his  father,  July  6,  1748, 
one  right  in  the  commonage  of  Woodbury  and 
other  property  there.  In  1727  he  was  collector 
of  rates.  He  was  a  tanner  by  trade,  in  busi- 
ness at  Woodbury.  He  removed  to  the 
Wyoming  Valley  and  was  driven  from  home 
at  the  time  of  the  massacre  in  1778,  and  as 
the  family  fled  they  saw  the  house  in  flames. 
They  made  their  way  back  to  Connecticut, 
and  settled  at  Oxford.  He  died  after  1795 
and  is  buried  at  Shepherd's  Point.  '  He  spent 
the  winter  of  1795-96,  it  is  said,  with  his 
grandson,  David  Leavenworth,  at  Canaan, 
New  York,  and  returned  to  his  son  David's 
at  Hamden,  Connecticut,  in  the  spring.  Chil- 
dren: Asa,  born  1744;  Triphena,  July  3,  1746; 
Gideon,  1751;  Samuel,  1751;  David,  Febru- 
ary I,  1756;  Betty,  October  28,  1760;  Isaac, 
baptized  March  7,  1762;  Abel,  baptized  Feb- 
ruary 10,  1765  ;  Thomas,  baptized  December 
28,  1766;  Dorman,  October  28,  1770. 

(IV)  Thomas  (3),  son  of  Thomas  (2) 
Leavenworth,  was  baptized  December  28, 
1766,  at  Oxford,  Connecticut.  He  married 
(first)  Ruth,  daughter  of  x'N.lexander  John- 
son. She  died  at  Charlotte,  Vermont.  He 
married  ("second)  Mary  Moiser,  at  Charlotte, 
daughter  of  Jesse  Mosier,  of  New  Milford, 
Connecticut,  and  later  of  Charlotte.  He 
spent  his  early  life  at  Huntington,  Connecti- 
cut, removing  in  1797  to  Towanda,  Pennsyl- 
vaia,  but  soon  returned  to  Connecticut,  and 
settled  at  Pines  Bridge  in  the  town  of  Ox- 
ford. Later  he  removed  to  Charlotte,  Ver- 
mont, and  lived  there  until  1817,  when  he 
removed  to  Huntington,  Vermont.  In  1838 
he  went  to  Stockholm,  New  York,  and  thence 
to  Brandon,  Franklin  county,  New  York, 
where  he  died  July  18,  1850.  He  was  the 
last  of  four  generations  bearing  the  name 
Thomas  Leavenworth.  Children  :  Isaac,  men- 
tioned below;  Calvin,  born  March,  1793;  Polly 
married  Erastus  Johnson ;  Sarah,  married 
Philemon  Treat ;  Rosette,  married  Dawnes  S. 
Thompson ;  Betsey,  lived  at  Rockford,  Illi- 
nois ;  Maria,  married  Elander  Stevens ;  Seth ; 
Mark,  born  April  5.  1814;  Ruth,  born  1815, 
married  Judson  Wakefield:  Mary.  1818,  mar- 
ried Isaac  Staples:  Minerva,  1819,  married 
Judson  Wakefield. 

(V)  Isaac,  son  of  Thomas  (3)  Leaven- 
worth, was  born  October  9,  1791.  He  was  a 
blacksmith  by  trade,  and  three  of  his  sons 
were  augur  makers  in  Connecticut.  He  mar- 
ried, November  8,  1812,  Ruth  Clark,  born 
July  30,  1793,  died  July  29,  1864.  Children, 
born  at  West  Haven,  Connecticut:  Levi  C, 
April  12,  1814,  died  June  3,  1814;  Edmund 
S.,  mentioned  below;  Caroline  E.,  February 


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26,  1818;  John  L.,  December  15,  1821,  died 
1859 ;  Clark,  May  12,  1827,  lived  at  Chester. 

(VI)  Edmund  S.,  son  of  Isaac  Leaven- 
worth, was  born  at  West  Haven,  Connecti- 
cut, October  i,  181 5.  He  w^as  an  augur  maker 
and  lived  at  West  Haven,  Connecticut.  He 
married,  February  25,  1841,  Ellen  Almira 
Thomas.  Children,  born  at  West  Haven : 
Edson  Hobart,  August  14,  1843,  died  1843 ; 
Mary  Ellen,  December  19,  1846,  married 
William  Fuller,  their  daughter,  Ida  May,  mar- 
ried Edward  William  Karrmann,  M.D.  (See 
Karrmann  II.)  Eddie  Smith,  September  8, 
185 1,  died  1854;  Isaac  Stanley,  October  31, 
1855,  died  in  January,  1879 ;  Etta  Helena, 
April  29,  1865. 

William  Fuller,  father  of  Ida  May  (Fuller) 
Karrmann,  was  born  in  Vermont,  October 
24,  1836,  son  of  Richard  and  Maria  (Par- 
rott)  Fuller.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  Fifth 
Connecticut  Regiment,  served  as  sergeant  in 
Company  D,  was  honorably  discharged  in 
1863,  he  was  a  prisoner  four  months  at  Libby 
Prison.  He  died  in  1877.  He  married  Mary 
Ellen  Leavenworth ;  children :  Ellen  Maria, 
and  Ida  May  Fuller.  Ellen  Maria  married 
(first)  Timothy  P.  Reynolds,  and  had  two 
children:  Vida  Grace  and  Maud  Agnes  Rey- 
nolds; married  (second)  S.  D.  Walker,  of 
Waterville ;  child,  William  Walker.  Ida  May 
Fuller  married  Dr.  Edward  W.  Karrmann, 
October  25,  1900;  child,  David  Fuller  Karr- 


The     name     Bidwell     is     of 
BIDWELL     Saxon     origin,     the     spelling 

Biddulph  meaning  War  Wolf. 
From  Biddulph  the  following  names  are  de- 
rived: Bedwelle,  Bydewell,  Bidewell,  Bidwell, 
Bidwill,  Bidwelle,  Bidle,  Biddle,  Bidel,  Biddel, 
Bidden,  Biddol,  Biddoll  and  Biddulps.  Those 
now  in  use  are  Bidwell,  Bedwell,  Biddel  and 
Biddulph.  One  of  the  oldest  castles  in  Eng- 
land is  the  Biddulph  castle,  in  Norfolk  county. 
It  was  built  about  1066,  and  tradition  says 
that  one  of  William  the  Conqueror's  generals 
married  the  Biddulph  heiress  of  that  time  and 
assumed  her  name.  In  1400  Sir  William  Ber- 
dewelle  is  mentioned  in  Thetford,  Norfolk 
county,  as  having  given  a  legacy.  In  1426 
lands  were  let  at  Gashorp  to  Robert  Berde- 
well,  Esq.,  at  twenty  shillings  per  annum.  The 
following  coat-of-arms  is  given  in  Burke's 
"Encyclopedia  of  Heraldry,"  as  belonging  to 
the  Bidwells  of  Thetford :  "Gyronny  of  4 
or  and  gules  4  roundles  each  charged  with  as 
many  martletts  all  countercharged.  Crest  a 
martlett  proper." 

(I)    Richard  Bidwell,   immigrant  ancestor, 
was  an  early  settler  of  Windsor,  Connecticut. 


He  is  called  Goodman  Bidwell  in  records,  and 
died  December  25,  1647.  Children :  John, 
mentioned  below ;  Hannah,  born  October  22, 
1644;  Joseph,   Samuel,   Richard. 

(II)  John,  son  of  Richard  Bidwell,  mar- 
ried Sarah,  daughter  of  John  and  Mary  Wil- 
cox. She  died  June  15,  1690.  Her  father, 
John  Wilcox,  died  before  October,  1666.  His 
wife  survived  him,  and  her  will  is  dated 
March  4,  1668-69,  Hartford.  John  Bidwell 
was  an  early  settler  at  Hartford,  and  had  four 
acres  of  land  allotted  him  in  the  division  of 
lands  there  in  1639.  In  1640  he  had  a  house 
lot  on  the  east  side  of  Trumbull  street,  near 
Pearl,  and  in  1666  had  land  allotted  him  at 
East  Hartford.  In  1640  he  owned  a  tan  yard 
on  an  island  in  Little  river,  in  what  is  now 
Bushnell's  Park.  November  9,  1670,  he  was 
"freed  from  Training  Watching  and  Warde- 
ing  by  the  town  of  Hartford."  He  and  his 
wife  Sarah  were  original  members  of  the 
Second  or  Centre  Church,  February,  1672. 
May  13,  1669,  John  Bidwell  and  Joseph  Bull 
had  granted  to  them  two  hundred  acres  of 
land  "in  the  next  commons  to  the  place  where 
their  Saw  Mill  stands,  with  liberty  to  take 
timber  out  of  the  common  for  the  improve- 
ment of  their  saw  mill  as  their  need  shall 
require."  October  13,  1669,  in  a  list  of  free- 
men on  the  north  side  of  Little  river,  John 
Bidwell,  Sr.,  is  mentioned.  His  will  was 
dated  February  10,  1680,  and  mentions  his 
wife  Sarah,  sons  John,  Joseph,  Daniel  and 
Samuel,  and  daughters  Sarah  House,  Han- 
nah Waddams  and  Mary  Meekins.  He  died 
1687.  Children:  John,  born  about  1641,  men- 
tioned below ;  Joseph,  died  1692 ;  Samuel, 
born  1650;  Sarah,  Hannah,  Mary,  Daniel, 
1655. 

(III)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Bidwell, 
was  born  about  1641,  died  July  3,  1692.  He 
married,  November  7,  1678,  Sarah  Welles, 
born  1659,  died  1708.  She  was  a  daughter 
of  Thomas  and  granddaughter  of  Governor 
Welles,  being  mentioned  in  the  latter's  will. 
John  Bidwell  lived  in  Glastonbury,  Connecti- 
cut, and  had  the  first  saw  mill  there,  1667. 
Later  he  lived  at  Hartford,  and  his  father 
willed  him  all  his  lands  and  buildings  west  of 
the  Connecticut  river.  He  had  at  Hartford 
a  saw,  grist  and  fulling  mill,  six  other  saw 
or  grist  mills,  three  at  Hartford,  one  each  at 
East  Hartford,  Wethersfield  and  Middletown. 
He  was  also  an  engineer,  and  was  selected 
by  the  town  of  Hartford  to  deepen  the  chan- 
nel in  the  Connecticut  river  between  that  town 
and  Wethersfield,  1686.  He  and  his  wife  Sa- 
rah were  admitted  to  full  communion  at  the 
Second  or  Centre  Church,  Hartford,  Febru- 
ary 21,  1685.     He  was  buried  in  East  Hart- 


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ford.  He  left  an  estate  of  one  thousand  and 
eighty-one  pounds,  and  his  widow  was  admin- 
istratrix. In  March,  1704,  his  widow  Sarah 
gave  to  her  son  John  land  on  the  east  side 
of  the  Connecticut,  and  her  son  Thomas  wit- 
nessed the  deed.  Children :  John,  born  Sep- 
tember I,  1679;  Hannah,  August  31,  1680; 
Sarah,  August  19,  1681 ;  Thomas,  December 
27,  1682,  mentioned  below ;  Jonathan,  March 
5,  1684;  David,  1687;  James,  1691,  died  May 
7,  1718. 

(IV)  Thomas,  son  of  John  (2)  Bidwell, 
was  born  December  27,  1682,  died  1716.  He 
married,  March  28,  1707,  Prudence,  daughtei 
of  Edward  Scott,  of  New  Haven.  She  was 
born  1683,  died  February  14,  1763.  Thomas 
Bidwell  lived  in  Hartford,  and  had  a  store 
north  of  the  state  house,  between  Exchange 
corner  and  the  Hariford  Bank.  He  was  also 
owner  of  trading  vessels,  and  was  lost  at  sea 
in  1716,  while  on  a  voyage  to  the  Barbadoes 
for  rum  and  sugar.  August,'  171 1,  he  is  men- 
tioned in  a  list  of  persons  whose  goods  were 
impressed  for  the  expedition  to  Canada.  Chil- 
dren :  child  born  May  29,  1710,  died  same 
day;  Thomas,  May  16,  1711,  mentioned  be- 
low; Abigail,  August  18,  1713;  Jonathan, 
January  12,  1715  ;  Adonijah,  October  18,  1716. 

(V)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Thomas  (i)  Bid- 
well,  was  born  May  16,  171 1,  died  1746.  He 
married  Perhannah  Pinney,  died  1776.  She 
married  (second)  Ephraim  Wilcox.  He  re- 
moved with  his  family  from  Windsor,  Connec- 
ticut, to  West  Simsbury,  about  1740,  and  set- 
tles on  the  premises  which  were  later  left 
to  his  son  Thomas,  and  remain  in  the  posses- 
sion of  the  family  until  the  present  time.  His 
will  was  dated  December  7,  1746.  He  was 
buried  in  New  Hartford,  upon  town  hill. 
Children,  Abigail,  born  1734;  Perhannah,  died 
1814;  Thomas,  born  1738,  mentioned  below 
Prudence,   1740;  Jehiel,  died  young;  Martha. 

(VI)  Thomas  (3),  son  of  Thomas  (2)  Bid- 
well,  was  born  1738,  died  December  3,  1802. 
He  was  born,  lived  and  died  in  Canton,  Con- 
necticut. He  married  Esther  Orton,  born 
May  22,  1738,  Farmington,  died  October  17, 
1823,  Canton.  He  served  during  the  revolu- 
tion. January  24,  1778,  in  the  militia  roll, 
at  Hartford,  he  lost  his  baggage,  and  collected 
from  the  state  for  it  one  pound,  six  shillings, 
two  pence.  May  30,  1778,  in  pay  rolls  of  of- 
ficers of  the  militia  from  Connecticut,  he  is 
mentioned  as  Captain  Thomas  Bidwell,  in  the 
Bennington  alarm  list.  Children :  Jehiel, 
1760;  Riverius,  August  20,  1762;  Thomas, 
1764;  Norman,  1768:  Lois,  May  22,  1772; 
Jasper  mentioned  below. 

(VII)  Colonel  Jasper,  son  of  Thomas  (3) 
Bidwell,  was  born    1775,   Canton,   died    1848. 


He  was  a  farmer  and  lived  and  died  in  hi» 
native  place.  He  held  the  office  of  town 
treasurer.  He  married  Lucy  Richards,  of 
New  Hartford.  She  died  in  1872,  aged  nine- 
ty-two years.  Children :  Sherman,  Edmund, 
mentioned  below. 

(VIII)  Edmund,  son  of  Colonel  Jasper 
Bidwell,  was  born  in  Canton,  1799,  died 
October,  1848.  He  attended  the  district 
schools,  and  academies  in  the  vicinity,  but  his 
desire  for  knowledge  led  him  to  seek  a  more 
liberal  education  by  private  study.  He  taught 
school  for  a  time  when  a  young  man  and 
followed  farming  in  later  years.  He  died 
at  East  Granby,  Connecticut,  where  he  had 
lived,  after  1840,  on  a  farm  that  he  bought. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Congregational 
church.  In  politics  he  was  a  Democrat,  of  the 
Andrew  Jackson  school.  He  married,  in  1834. 
Charlotte  Dyer,  of  Canton,  Connecticut,  born 
1816,  died  1891,  daughter  of  Captain  Zenas 
and  Sally  (Chidsey)  Dyer.  His  widow  died 
1891.  Children:  Cerulia,  died  in  infancy; 
Jasper  Hamilton,  mentioned  below ;  Daniel 
W.,  born  February  4,  1845,  ^  hardware  mer- 
chant at  Collinsville,  Connecticut. 

(IX)  Jasper  Hamilton,  son  of  Edmund 
Bidwell,  was  born  January  6,  1843,  in  East 
Granby,  Connecticut.  When  he  was  four  years 
old  he  went  with  his  widowed  mother  to  the 
town  of  Canton.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  of  Collinsville,  and  at  the  age  of  four- 
teen went  to  East  Hampton,  to  attend  Wil- 
liston  Seminary,  graduating  in  the  class  of 
i860.  In  April,  1861,  after  he  had  worked 
some  months  in  the  office  of  Adams  Express 
Company,  in  Norwich,  he  enlisted  for  three 
months  in  Company  C,  Second  Connecticut 
Regiment  Volunteer  Infantry.  He  took  part 
in  the  defence  of  AVashington  and  in  the  bat- 
tle of  Bull  Run.  In  August,  1862,  he  en- 
listed in  Company  E,  Sixteenth  Connecticut 
Regiment,  and  was  company  clerk.  His  regi- 
ment proceeded  to  Virginia  to  join  the  army 
of  McClellan.  At  the  battle  of  Antietam  he 
was  struck  on  the  right  shoulder  by  a  frag- 
ment of  shell  that  burst  over  his  head,  and' 
the  missile  penetrated  several  folds  of  his  blan- 
ket, rolled  with  his  overcoat.  He  was  climb- 
ing over  a  wall  when  struck,  and  the  shock- 
injured  his  back  and  shoulder  severely,  but 
he  managed  to  keep  up  with  his  comrades- 
until  night.  On  examination  by  the  surget)n 
it  was  found  that  his  right  arm  was  paraly- 
zed, and  Colonel  Beach  appointed  him  his  or- 
derly for  the  remainder  of  the  engagement, 
his  duty  being  to  carry  messages  on  horse- 
back. After  the  battle  he  was  sent  to  the 
hospital,  and  while  there  assisted  in  caring 
for  his   captain,  — '■ Babcock,   of  Collins- 


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ville,  shot  through  the  neck.  He  rejoined  his 
regiment,  but  after  a  time  was  taken  sick  and 
left  at  the  home  of  James  Brown,  near  Snick- 
er's Gap,  Virginia,  where  he  remained  six 
weeks.  The  family  was  "secesh,"  but  the  sick 
soldier  was  kindly  treated,  and  when  Mosby's 
guerrillas  were  reported  in  the  vicinity  was  se- 
creted in  the  house  of  a  relative.  When  he 
was  able  to  return  north  he  was  guided  one 
night  to  Berlin  by  a  young  girl  of  the  family, 
the  journey  being  made  on  horseback.  He 
made  himself  known  to  the  provost  marshal 
and  was  sent  to  a  convalescent  camp  near 
Alexandria,  but  did  not  regain  his  health  suf- 
ficiently to  join  his  regiment,  and  was  dis- 
charged in  February,  1863.  He  was  in  the 
battle  of  South  Mountain  also.  When  he  re- 
turned home  he  weighed  but  a  hundred 
pounds,  but  gradually  regained  his  health  and 
strength.  He  returned  to  the  employ  of 
Adams  Express  Company  at  Norwich,  Con- 
necticut. Afier  about  a  year  he  went  to  Ti- 
tus, Pennsylvania.  He  was  associated  with 
O.  B.  Miller  and  Simeon  Leland,  of  the  Met- 
ropolitan Hotel,  owning  a  patent  for  driving 
wells  with  tubing.  For  one  year  he  was  in 
the  hardware  business  with  his  brother,  at 
Collinsville.  In  1865  he  became  a  clerk  in 
the  office  of  the  Collins  Company,  at  Collins- 
ville, continuing  there  four  years.  He  then 
became  clerk  in  a  general  store  at  Collins- 
ville. In  1874  he  became  a  clerk  in  the  H. 
S.  Collins  Bank,  and  in  1886  was  admitted 
to  partnership  in  the  banking  business  by  Mr. 
Collins,  under  the  firm  name  of  H.  S.  Collins 
&  Company.  In  1899  Mr.  Bidwell  organized 
the  Canton  Trust  Company,  which  succeeded 
to  the  banking  business  of  his  firm,  and  of 
which  he  has  since  been  president.  The  build- 
ing in  which  the  bank  is  located  belongs  to 
the  Collinsville  Savings  Society,  and  the  stock 
of  the  Trust  Company  is  owned  in  the  town. 
Mr.  Collins  retired  from  the  bank  at  the 
time  of  incorporation,  on  account  of  advanced 
age.  Mr.  Bidwell  is  a  director  in  the  Clinton 
Creamery  Company,  the  Collinsville  Water 
Company  and  the  Farmington  Valley  Tele- 
phone Company,  and  is  connected  with  the 
Columbia  Telephone  Company  as  a  stock- 
holder. He  is  a  Democrat,  and  for  thirty- 
five  consecutive  years  was  town  treasurer, 
1875-1910,  and  for  ten  years  judge  of  probate. 
The  Republicans  always  endorsed  his  nomi- 
nation for  public  offce,  paying  him  one  of 
the  highest  compliments  in  political  life.  In 
1896  he  did  not  vote  with  the  Bryan  democ- 
racy and  at  other  times  has  displayed  his  in- 
dependence from  party.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Masonic  Lodge  and  is  prominent  in  social 
-life.   : 


He  married  (first)  Dora  Kasson,  who  died 
soon  after  marriage.  He  married  (second), 
in  October,  1874,  Corinne  Beckwith,  born 
April  10,  1853,  died  July  30,  1902,  daughter 
of  Oliver  A.  Beckwith.  He  married  (third) 
Nellie  B.  Wagner,  of  Collinsville,  born  Au- 
gust 12,  1868,  daughter  of  Joseph  C.  and 
Nellie  Bugbee  Wagner.  Children  of  third 
wife:  son,  died  at  birth;  Ruth,  born  Septem- 
ber 18,  1909.  Mr.  Bidwell  brought  up  in 
his  family  Oliver  R.  Beckwith,  nephew  of  his 
second  wife,  now  an  attorney  in  Hartford. 


The  history  of  the  old  province 
DAKIN  of  Bretagne  or  Brittany,  in 
France,  by  Morier,  mentions  the 
surname  "de  Acquignay,"  pronounced  De 
Akeny,  as  existing  at  or  near  Louviers,  in 
the  province  of  Normandy,  in  the  year  802 
A.  D.,  and  states  that  one  Herveius  De  Ac- 
quignay lived  ^.n  the  year  1058.  A  village 
called  De  Acquignay  now  exists  in  France. 
The  names  spelled  De  Acquignay,  Deacuns- 
Akeny,  D'Akeny,  Dakeyne,  Deken,  De  Akin, 
and  Dakin  are  connected  armorially.  One 
Baldwin  Dakeny  fought  in  the  battle  of  Hast- 
ings in  1066. 

The  families  of  Dakeyne,  Deakune  or  Da- 
kyns  are  of  considerable  antiquity  in  county 
Derby,  England,  and  at  an  early  period  held 
large  possessions  in  Bedford,  Buckingham, 
Cambridge  and  Norfolk  counties.  William 
Deken,  grandson  of  Baldwin  Dakeny,  men- 
tioned above,  was  lord  of  Wrighton,  Norfolk, 
in  the  reigns  of  Richard  I  and  John,  which 
title  and  estate  his  son,  William  Deken  or 
De  Akeny,  forfeited  by  his  rebellion  in  the 
reign  of  Henry  III.  The  motto  of  the  wide- 
ly-extended family  of  Dakin,  "Dakeyne,  strike 
Dakeyne — the  devil's  in  the  Hemp,"  is  said 
to  have  originated  in  an  incident  in  a  sea  fight. 
The  motto  was  used  in  the  time  of  Edward 
VI,  probably  much  earlier. 

(I)  Thomas  Dakin  was  perhaps  son  of  John 
and  Alice,  who  came  to  America  in  1635,  in 
the  ship  "Abigail."  John  was  born  in  Eng- 
land in  1607.  Thomas  Dakin  was  born  in 
1624,  and  was  living  in  Concord,  Massachu- 
setts,   before    1650.     He   died    there   October 

21,   1708.     He  married   (first)    Sarah  , 

who  died  in  1659.  He  married  (second)  Su- 
san Stratton,  widow,  who  died  in  1698.  Child 
of  first  wife:  Sarah,  born  August  8,  1659. 
Children  of  second  wife:  John,  boni  March 
2,  1661 ;  Simon,  1663,  mentioned  below ;  Jos- 
eph,  1669,  died  1744. 

(II)  Simon,  son  of  Thomas  Dakin,  was 
born  in  Concord,  1663,  died  in  Concord,  Jan- 
uary II,  1719.    He  married  Elizabeth —, 

who   survived    him.      Children :    Simon,    born 


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May  25,   1694,  mentioned  below;  Ebenezer. 

(III)  Simon  (2),  son  of  Simon  (i)  Dakin, 
was  born  in  Concord,  May  25,  1694.  He  mar- 
ried Huldah,  born  1699,  died  1789,  widow  of 
Rev.  Timothy  Worcester.  Children :  Simon, 
born  January  27,  1720,  mentioned  below ; 
Timothy,  March  29,  1723 :  Huldah,  May  29, 
1725;  Benoni,  March  16,  1726-27. 

(IV)  Rev.  Simon  (3),  son  of  Simon  (2) 
Dakin,  was  born  January  27,  1720,  at  Con- 
cord, Massachusetts,  died  at  North  East,  New 
York,  September  19,  1803.  He  located  at 
Phillips  Patent,  thence  removed,  in  1783,  to 
North  East,  in  Dutchess  county.  He  was  a 
Baptist  preacher,  a  pioneer  in  church  and 
town.  The  church  at  North  East  was  begun 
under  Whitefield,  Tennat  and  others.  A  num- 
ber of  Presbyterians  withdrew  and  joined  one 
in  the  neighborhood  at  a  place  called  South 
Precinct,  of  the  Congregational  order,  who 
held  to  open  communion.  Among  the  dissen- 
ters was  Simon  Dakin,  who  soon  became  a 
Baptist,  and  formed  a  church  in  175 1,  being 
ordained  its  pastor  three  years  later.  No  his- 
torical account  of  this  church  has  been  pre- 
served, because  the  records  were  taken  away 
when  the  Harveys  left  the  locality.  But  we 
are  informed  (Benedict's  "History  of  the 
Baptists,"  p.  546),  that  Mr.  Dakin's  ministry 
was  greatly  blessed  and  that  a  numerous 
church  arose,  which  branched  out  to  different 
places.  Some  removed  to  what  is  now  North- 
East  town,  where  a  church  was  gathered  un- 
der James  Phillips,  who,  after  serving  it  sev- 
eral years,  went  to  Fishkill.  To  this  place 
Mr.  Dakin  repaired  in  1775;  many  of  his 
church  in  Franklin,  it  seems,  came  to  him : 
what  were  left  behind  fell  in  with  a  southern 
branch  which  arose  under  the  ministry  of  i\Ir. 
Nathan  Cole.  In  North  East  town  Mr.  Da- 
kin spent  the  most  of  his  long  and  pious  min- 
istry. He  was  born  in  Concord,  1720,  came 
with  his  father  to  this  region  at  the  age  of 
sixteen,  and  died  in  1803,  in  his  eighty-third 
year  and  the  fiftieth  of  his  ministry,  leaving 
behind  him  a  character  "fair,  amiable  and  un- 
spotted." He  married,  December  16,  1742, 
Rebecca  PeiTy,  of  Sandwich,  Massachusetts. 

(V)  Joshua,  son  of  Rev.  Siinon  (3)  Da- 
kin, was  born  April  22,  1744.  He  lived  in 
the  town  of  North  East,  New  York.  He  was 
a  soldier  in  the  revolution  from  Dutchess 
county,  and  his  name  appears  in  the  official 
list  of  tjiose  entitled  to  land  bounty  rights. 
("New  York  in  the  Revolution.") 

(VI)  Jacob,  son  of  Joshua  Dakin,  was  born 
in  North  East  and  lived  there  all  his  life.  He 
was  a  prosperous  farmer.  He  married  Olive 
Clark,  of  North  East.  Children:  Orville, 
Harriet,    Joshua,    Maria,    Myron,    mentioned 


below ;  Mary  Ann,  De  Witt  C,  mentioned 
below ;  Emeline,  George,  Cornelia  and  Caro- 
line. 

(VII)  Myron,  son  of  Jacob  Dakin,  was 
born  1808,  in  North  East,  New  York,  died 
1883.  He  was  a  farmer  and  prominent  in 
pubHc  life.  He  held  various  town  offices  and 
was  a  representative  to  the  state  legislature. 
In  politics  he  was  a  Democrat,  in  religion  a 
Baptist.  He  married  Lucretia  A.,  born  at 
Lima  Rock,  Connecticut,  1818,  died  1887, 
daughter  of  Ralph  Butler.  Children :  Daugh- 
ter, died  in  infancy;  Edward  M.,  lives  in  Iro- 
quois, Canada,  William  and  Webster  (twins)  ; 
William,  died  in  Woodbury,  Connecticut,  Jan- 
uary, 1910;  Webster,  died  aged  about  four 
years ;  Charles  B.,  mentioned  below. 

(\TII)  Charles  B.,  son  of  Myron  Dakin, 
was  born  at  Sharon,  Connecticut,  October  21, 
1857,  in  what  is  called  Sharon  Valley.  He 
attended  the  public  schools  01  his  native  town. 
Until  seventeen  years  of  age  he  worked  with 
his  father  on  the  homestead,  since  then  has 
been  in  mercantile  business.  Since  1882  he 
has  been  in  business  on  his  own  account  as 
a  general  merchant  in  Sharon.  The  business 
was  incorporated  in  1892,  under  the  name  of 
the  H.  B.  Dakin  Company,  of  which  Mr.  Da- 
kin is  treasurer,  and  his  son  president.  In 
politics  he  is  a  Democrat.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  fire  association  of  the  town.  In  religion 
he  is  a  Congregationalist.  He  married,  1880, 
Hattie  E.,  died  April,  1909,  daughter  of  Ebe- 
nezer Hamlin,  of  Sharon,  Connecticut.  They 
had  one  son,  Harold  Butler,  born  September 
13,  1882,  educated  in  the  public  schools  and  at 
the  Eastman  Business  College,  at  Poughkeep- 
sie.  New  York ;  married  Florence,  daughter 
of  Edward  B.  and  Lillian  (Moorehouse)  St. 
John,  and  has  one  son,  Myron  Edward,  born 
April  20,  1910. 

(VII)  De  Witt  C,  son  of  Jacob  Dakin, 
was  born  in  North  East,  May  6.  181 1,  died 
May,  1868,  in  Sharon,  Connecticut.  He  had 
a  common  school  education,  but  was  largely 
self  educated  and  self  made.  He  lived  in  his 
native  town  most  of  his  life.  He  came  to 
Sharon  a  short  time  before  his  death.  He 
was  a  well-to-do  farmer  and  an  influential  cit- 
izen. He  married,  1844,  Eliza,  born  in  Salis- 
bury, Connecticut,  December  26,  1825,  died 
November  15,  185 1,  daughter  of  James  Reed. 
Children;  James  R.,  born  September  4,  1845, 
contractor  and  builder  in  Mount  Kisco,  New 
York,  married  Roseha  Eggleston ;  Emma 
Jane,  August  22,  1847,  married  Sanford  Eg- 
gleston ;  Frank  Whalen,  mentioned  below : 
Anna  Eliza,  September  23,  1851,  died  March 
18,  1874 ;  Charles,  October  3,  1853,  farmer 
in  Sharon,  Connecticut,  married  Hattie  Bar- 


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nett:  Hattie  C,  February  i8,  1855,  lives  in 
Millerton,  New  York;  Libbie,  October  11, 
1856,  died  July  12,  1890;  De  Witt  Clinton, 
June  22,  i860,  married  Grace  Paine. 

(VIII)  Frank  Whalen,  son  of  De  Witt  C. 
Dakin,  was  born  July  23,  1849,  ™  North 
East,  New  York.  He  was  educated  there  in 
the  public  schools,  and  at  Fort  Edward,  New 
York.  He  worked  during  his  boyhood  on  his 
father's  farm,  and  for  a  number  of  years, 
when  a  young  man,  had  charge  of  said  farm. 
In  1868  he  came  to  Sharon,  and  followed 
farming  there  until  1877.  Since  then  he  has 
resided  in  the  village  of  Sharon  and  has  been 
in  busmess  as  a  builder  and  contractor.  He 
is  a  director  of  the  Sharon  Sewer  Company, 
the  Sharon  Telephone  Company,  and  a  trustee 
of  the  Hotchkiss  Public  Library.  In  politics 
he  is  a  Republican.  He  has  served  the  town 
on  the  board  of  selectmen  and  board  of  edu- 
cation. He  represented  the  town  in  the  gen- 
eral assembly  of  the  state,  1875-76,  serving 
on  the  committee  on  incorporations.  At  the 
present  time  he  is  judge  of  probate  in  this 
district.  He  is  a  prominent  member  of  the 
Methodist  church,  a  trustee  and  treasurer  of 
the  board.  He  married,  1875,  Frances 
daughter  of  Fitch  and  Olivia  (Eggleston) 
Landon,  of  Sharon.  They  have  one  child, 
Florence,  born  October  3,  1880,  married  A. 
W.  White,  of  Sharon,  who  is  associated  with 
Mr.  Dakin  in  the  building  business. 


The  Ripley  family  trace  their 
RIPLEY     descent  through  various  lines  to 

the  earliest  settlers  in  this  coun- 
try, notably  in  a  direct  line  to  Governor  Wil- 
liam Bradford,  of  "Mayflower"  fame. 

(I)  William  Ripley  came  from  England 
with  his  wife,  two  sons  and  two  daughters 
in  1638  and  settled  in  Hingham,  Massachu- 
setts, where  he  was  admitted  a  freeman.  May 
18,  1642.  His  death  occurred  July  20,  1656. 
The  death  of  his  first  wife  is  not  recorded, 
but  he  married  (second)  September  29,  1654, 
Elizabeth,  widow  of  Thomas  Thaxter.  She 
married  (third)  John  Dwight,  of  Dedham, 
and  died  July  17,  1660.  His  children  were 
all  born  in  England,  and  the  names  on  record 
are:  John,  Abraham  and  Sarah. 

(II)  John,  son  of  William  Ripley,  was  born 
in  England  and  died  in  1684.  He  married 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  the  Rev.  Peter  Hobart, 
first  pastor  of  the  church  at  Hingham,  Mas- 
sachusetts. Children:  John,  Joshua,  Jeremiah 
and  Peter. 

(III)  Joshua,  son  of  John  and  Elizabeth 
(Hobart)  Ripley,  was  born  May  9,  1658,  died 
May  18,  1739.  After  his  marriage  he  lived 
for   a   time   in   Hingham,   Massachusetts,    re- 


moving to  Norwich,  Connecticut,  October  10, 
1688,  and  to  Windham,  March  23,  1691.  At 
the  fiist  town  meeting  in  Windham,  June  11, 
1692,  he  was  chosen  clerk  and  treasurer  of 
the  town,  and  also  served  as  a  justice  of  the 
peace.  He  married,  November  28,  1682,  Han- 
nah Bradford,  born  May  9,  1662,  died  May 
28,  1738,  daughter  of  William  Bradford,  Jr., 
deputy-governor  of  Plymouth  colony,  and 
granddaughter  of  Governor  William  Brad- 
ford. Children :  Alice,  born  September  17, 
1683;  Hannah,  March  2,  1685;  Faith,  Sep- 
tember 20,  1686;  Joshua,  (see  forward)  ;  Mar- 
garet. November  4,  1690 ;  Rachel  and  Leah, 
twins,  April  17,  1693;  Hezekiah,  June  10, 
1695 ''  David,  May  20,  1697 ;  Irene.  August 
28,  1700;  Jerusha  and  Ann,  twins,  November 
I,  1704. 

(IV)  Joshua  (2),  eldest  son  of  Joshua  (i) 
and  Hannah  (Bradford)  Ripley,  was  born 
May  13,  1688  died  November  18,  1773.  He 
married,  December  3,  1712,  Mary,  daughter 
of  John  and  Mary  (Bingham)  Backtls,  of 
Windham,  Connecticut.  Children :  Mary,  born 
November  18,  1714;  Phineas,  November  21; 
1716;  Hannah,  January  12,  1719;  Nathaniel, 
June  30.  1721  :  Elizabeth,  November  4,  1724; 
Joshua,  October  30,  1726;  Ebenezer  (see  for- 
ward) ;  William,  February  12,  1734;  John, 
March  31.  1738. 

(V)  Ebenezer,  son  of  Joshua  (2)  and  Mary 
(Backus)  Ripley,  was  born  June  22,  1729, 
died  at  Windham,  June  11,  1811.  He  mar- 
ried, June  II,  1752,  Mehetabel  Burbank,  who 
died  in  Windham  at  the  age  of  eighty-four 
years.  May  20,  1813.  Children:  Hannah,  born 
April  28,  1753,  died  February  16,  1803 ;  Elea- 
nor, August  16,  1754;  Jerusha,  May  28,  1756, 
Juliana,  July  31,  1757;  Justin,  January  i, 
1759;  Abraham  February  25,  1761  ;  Abiah, 
December  12,  1762:  Dwight  (see  forward); 
Ebenezer,  March  26,  1766;  Thaddeus,  Octo- 
ber 22,  1767:  Anna,  June  20,  1770;  Horace, 
August  20,   1772. 

(VI)  Major  Dwight,  son  of  Ebenezer  and 
Mehetabel  (Burbank)  Ripley,  was  born  Au- 
gust 7,  1764,  died  in  Norwich,  Connecticut, 
November  18,  1835.  He  formed  a  partnership 
in  the  drug  business  with  Benjamin  Dyer  in 
1793  and  removed  to  Norwich,  the  firm  con- 
ducting business  under  the  style  of  Dyer  & 
Ripley.  This  partnership  was  not  a  lengthy 
one,  the  firm  name  being  changed  to  Ripley 
&  Waldo :  dry  goods  and  groceries  were 
added  to  the  stock,  and  the  firm  became  the 
pioneer  in  the  wholesale  trade  in  Norwich. 
For  almost  half  a  century  Major  Ripley  was 
engaged  in  Norwich  as  a  merchant  and  drug- 
gist, and  during  this  period  many  improve- 
ments were  made  in  the  town  owing  to  his  de- 


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termined  etfo'-ts  in  its  belialf.  Tlie  house  in 
which  he  resided  for  forty  years  was  locatef' 
on  Broadway,  and  the  Young  Men's  Christia; 
Association  building  now  occupies  the  site 
Major  Ripley  married,  February  24,  1796 
Eliza  Coit,  who  died  July  30,  1846,  daughte 
of  William  Coit,  a  captain  of  militia  in  th' 
revolutionary  war,  a  resident  of  Norwich 
She  was  a  woman  of  exceptional  gentlenes'^ 
refinement  and  amiability.  Children:  Martha 
born  March  15,  1797;  EHza  C,  April  3,  1798- 
William  D.,  September  2,  1799;  George  Bur 
bank  (see  forward)  ;  Lucy  C,  January  11, 1803 
Joseph,  August  17,  1804;  James  L.,  March 
18.  1806;  Eliza,  March  22,  1808,  marrie^^ 
Hon.  William  A.  Buckingham,  governor  an'' 
United  States  senator;  Harriet,  April  7,  iSiO' 
Daniel  C,  July  8,  1812,  died  in  Washington, 
District  of  Columbia,  October  27,  1893 ;  Jane 
born  May  16,  1815,  died  in  Norwich,  Decern 
bar  I,  1891. 

(VII)  Hon.  George  Burbank  Ripley,  son  of 
Major  Dwight  and  Eliza  (Coit)  Ripley,  was 
born  in  Norwich,  March  13,  1801,  died  in  that 
town,  July  9,  1858.  He  was  graduated  from 
Yale  College  with  the  class  of  1822,  which 
contained  a  number  of  other  distinguished 
members,  studied  law  under  the  perceptorship 
of  Judge  Swift,  at  Windham,  Connecticut, 
until  the  latter's  death,  when  he  continued  his 
studies  in  the  office  of  Judge  Staples  in  New 
Haven.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1824, 
and  for  a  time  was  engaged  in  the  practice 
of  his  profession  (with  a  very  satisfactory 
amount  of  success).  His  love  of  nature  and 
an  outdoor  life  appealed  to  him  too  strongly, 
however,  to  be  resisted,  and  he  turned  his  at- 
tention to  farming,  in  which  he  was  also  suc- 
cessful. His  intellectual  attainments  were  of 
an  unusually  high  order,  and  his  abihty  as 
a  conversationalist  won  him  many  friends  and 
admirers.  He  was  not  permitted  to  live  a  life 
of  retirement,  as  he  was  elected  to  a  number 
of  public  offices  by  his  fellow  townsmen,  who 
felt  their  interests  could  be  in  no  safer  hands. 
He  served  as  judge  of  the  probate  court  for 
the  Norwich  district  for  a  number  of  years 
between  1850  and  his  death.  Judge  Ripley 
married,  October  19,  1825,  Hannah  Gardi- 
ner Lathrop,  born  March  9,  1806,  died  Sep- 
tember 17,  1897,  daughter  of  Thomas  and 
Hannah  (Bill)  Lathrop  (see  forward).  She 
was  a  woman  strikingly  beautiful  in  person 
and  character.  Children:  i.  William  Lath- 
rop, born  April  30,  1827,  died  at  Sauga- 
tuck,  Michigan,  April  8,  1878 ;  he  was  en- 
gaged in  mercantile  business  in  Michigan,  and 
during  the  civil  war  was  in  the  commissary 
department  and  held  the  rank  of  major  in  a 
Michigan  regiment;  he  married,  1854,  Jerusha 


Gilchrist ;    children :    i.    Mary    Lathrop,    borrr 
January    15,    1855,   died   April   23,    1874;     ii 
George    Bradford,    born    Februar}'    19,    1857 
died   in   Minneapolis,   Minnesota ;  iii.   Charle"^ 
Dwight,  born  February   23,   1858 ;  resides  in 
Minnesota.    2.  Dwight,  born  June  8,  1829;  he 
Avas  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Crane,  Hamilton 
&  Ripley,  merchants  in   New   York ;  he  was 
living  in  the   south  at  the  beginning  of  the 
civil  war.  joined  the  Confederate  forces,  was 
on  duty  in  Texas  and  Mexico,  and  attained 
the  rank  of  major;  at  the  close  of  the  war  he 
became  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Melius,  Trask 
&    Ripley,   of    New   York    City;   he   married. 
July   9,    1873,   in    Loudoun   county,   Virginia 
Eliza  Chinn  McHatton;  one  child,  Elise,  born 
in  New  York,  May  23,   1874;  married,  April 
5,     1902,     Joseph    Ripley    Noyes ;    children  - 
Katherine,    born   December    15,    1902;    Eliza- 
beth, born  December  26,  1903 ;  Helen  Ripley, 
born    September  7,    1908.     3.    Hannah   Lath- 
rop,  born   November  4,    1830 ;  resides  in  the 
family  homestead   at   Norwich.      4.    Harriet, 
born  September  6,   1832 ;  is  an  artist  by  pro- 
fession, and  also  resides  in  the  family  home- 
stead.    5.  James   Dickinson,  born   November 
14,   1837,  lost  his  life  during  the  destruction 
of  the  steamer,  "Commonwealth,"  by  fire,  at 
Groton,  Connecticut,   December  29,   1865  ;  he 
was  a  medical  student  of  uncommon  promise 
at  Bellevue  Hospital  at  the  time  of  the  civil 
war,  but  immediately  tendered  his  services  to 
his  country ;  altogether  he  served  for  a  period 
of  three  years ;  first  as  hospital  steward,  act- 
ing  as    assistant   surgeon    of   the   Eighteenth 
Connecticut  Regiment.     6.  George  Coit,  born 
August  24,  1839 ;  he  was  graduated  from  Yale 
College  in   1862 ;  enlisted  in  the  Tenth   Con- 
necticut Regiment,  was  appointed  aide  to  Gen- 
eral O.  S.  Ferry,  and  served  as  a  member  of 
his  staff  until  the  close  of  the  war :  after  the 
war   he   studied  law  with  Judge   Kelsey  and 
became  a  brilliant  lawyer,  winning  some  noted 
cases ;   he    married,   at   Harrisburg,    Pennsyl- 
vania, November  14,  1867,  Lizzie  Mann ;  chil- 
dren :   i.   Faith,  born   August    10,    1869,   mar- 
ried,   at    Buenos    Ayres,     Argentina,    South; 
America,    September    10,    igoo,    Howard    E. 
Atterbury,  of  New  York ;  ii.  Eleanor  Bucher, 
born    February  8,     1872,    died    at    Colorado^ 
Springs,   Colorado,   May   2,    1893.     7.    Emily 
Lathrop,  born  June   15,    1841  ;  married,  May 
23,    1871,    Charles    Avery    Collin,    who    was- 
graduated  from  Yale  College  in  1866,  was  law 
professor  at   Cornell  for  seven  years,  and  is 
now  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Collin,   Wells 
&  Hughes,  lawyers  in  New  York  City ;  chil- 
dren :    i.    Dwight    Ripley,    born    January    26, 
1873,  was  educated  at  Cornell  University,  and 
is  at  present  an  architect  in  the  employ  of 


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the  New  York  Central  railroad,  New  York; 
he  married,  at  Buffalo,  New  York,  October 
i6,  1901,  Julia  Townsend  Coit ;  children: 
Charles  Avery  (2),  born  August  10,  1902; 
Frank  Coit,  January  2,  1904;  Dwight  Ripley, 
July  4,  1906;  ii.  Grace  Lathrop,  born  March 
22,  1874;  graduated  from  Smith  College  with 
the  class  of  1896,  and  from  Columbia  in  1899. 
She  is  a  journalist  and  author,  and  makes  her 
home  in  New  York  City. 

(Lathrop  and   Bill  Lines). 

(I)  John  Bill,  the  earliest  known  ancestor. 
(II)  Philip,  son  of  John  Bill.  (Ill)  Samuel, 
son  of  Philip  Bill.  (IV)  Samuel,  son  of  Sam- 
uel Bill.  (V)  Ephraim,  son  of  Samuel  (2) 
Bill.  (VI)  Hannah,  daughter  of  Ephraim 
Bill,  married  Thomas  Lathrop.  (VII)  Han- 
nah Gardiner,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Han- 
nah (Bill)  Lathrop,  married  George  Burbank 
Ripley. 

(I)  Rev.  John  Lathrop  came  from  England 
to  Scituate,  Massachusetts,  in  1634.  (II) 
Samuel,  son  of  Rev.  John  Lathrop.  (Ill) 
Samuel,  son  of  Samuel  Lathrop.  (IV)  Thom- 
as, son  of  Samuel  (2)  Lathrop.  (V)  Joshua, 
son  of  Thomas  Lathrop,  married  Mercy  Eells, 
whose  father  was  a  chaplain  in  the  war  of  the 
revolution.  (VI)  Thomas,  son  of  Joshua  and 
Mercy  (Eells)  Lathrop,  married  Hannah, 
daughter  of  Ephraim  Bill.  (VII)  Hannah 
Gardiner,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Hannah 
(Bill)  Lathrop,  married  George  Burbank 
Ripley. 


Richard  Lyon,  in  company  with 
LYON     two  brothers,  Henry  and  Thomas, 

came  from  Glen  Lyon  in  Perth- 
shire to  the  Colonies  in  1648.  The  story  is 
that  these  three,  who  were  Scotch  soldiers  in 
Cromwell's  army,  were  on  guard  before  the 
banqueting  house  at  Whitehall,  January  31, 
T648,  and  witnessed  the  execution  of  King 
Charles  I.  Immediately  after  the  regicide 
they  fled  to  America.  Henry  Lyon  went  to 
Milford,  Connecticut ;  Richard  Lyon  settled 
in  Fairfield  as  early  as  May,  1649.  He  had 
a  house  and  lot  recorded  in  the  land  records 
of  Fairfield  (Fayrefield)  in  January,  1653, 
and  was  made  a  freeman  there  m  1664.  In 
1673  he  had  recorded  five  acres  of  land  at 
Barlow's  Plains,  and  eighteen  and  one-half 
acres  "on  the  Rocks."  He  was  chosen  com- 
missioner for  Fairfield,  May,  1669.  The  will 
of  Richard  Lyon,  made  April  12,  1678,  pro- 
bated October  17,  1678,  is  almost  the  only 
=ource  of  information  about  his  family.  He 
gave  to  his  son  Moses,  one-third  of  his  land 
in  Pequaneck  (Bridgeport),  as  well  as  other 
property.     He  also  gave  to  his  sons,  Richard 


and  William,  each  one-third  part  of  the  Pe- 
quaneck lands,  with  other  lots  in  addition 
To  his  sons,  Samuel  and  Joseph,  he  gave  his 
lot,  house  and  barn,  with  other  property,  to 
be  divided  equally  among  them.  His  wife 
Margaret  was  made  executrix,  and  he  left  her 
sixty  pounds,  and  the  use  of  his  house  while 
she  remained  a  widow  or  until  the  sons,  Sam- 
uel and  Joseph,  were  of  age.  He  left  money 
and  moveable  property  to  his  daughters.  Chil- 
dren, not  recorded  in  order  of  age;  probably 
all  by  his  wife  Margaret:  i.  Moses,  died 
1696  or   1697.     2.  Richard,  mentioned  below. 

3.  William,  a  minor  in  1678;  died  November 

4,  1699.  4.  Samuel,  younger  than  William  ; 
died  1732.  5.  Joseph,  probable  youngest  son; 
died  March  16,  1698.  6.  Hester,  oldest 
daughter ;  born  as  early  as  1658,  died  1699. 
7.  Betty  (Elizabeth),  born  about  1660.  8. 
Hannah,  born  after  1659.  9.  Abigail,  born 
after  1659,  probably  youngest  child ;  died 
March  6,  1698. 

(II)  Richard  (2),  son  of  Richard  (i) 
Lyon,  was  born  in  Fairfield,  about  1653.     He 

married   Mary ,    whose   maiden    name 

was  Frye.  His  land  adjoined  that  of  Mihill 
Frye,  from  whom  he  received  a  legacy  of  ten 
shillings.  He  lived  in  Fairfield,  but  late  in 
life  went  to  Redding,  where  he  died  in  Janu- 
ary, 1740,  aged  eighty-seven.  His  wife  was 
a  charter  member  of  the  Congregational 
church  organized  in  Redding  in  1729.  He 
united  with  the  same  church  in  1733.  Chil- 
dren :  Samuel,  born  December  2y,  1688 ;  Sa- 
rah, February  14,  1690  or  1693  >  Ebenezer, 
mentioned  below;  Daniel,  October  3,  1697; 
Hannah,  May  14,  1701 ;  Nathan,  November 
28,  1703;  Jonathan,  May  i,  1708. 

(III)  Ebenezer,  son  of  Richard  (2)  Lyon, 
was  born  in  Fairfield,  August  15,  1694.  The 
place  and  date  of  his  death  are  not  known. 
He  was  one  of  the  pioneer  settlers  in  Nor- 
wich, Connecticut,  in  1722.  He  married,  in 
Fairfield,  January  9,  1717,  Ellen  Fanton. 
Children,  born  in  Fairfield :  Stephen,  men- 
tioned below ;  Ellen,  born  November  27,  1718 
(Eleanor);   Ebenezer,   June    10,    1722;   Abel. 

(IV)  Stephen,  son  of  Ebenezer  Lyon,,  was 
baptized  November  17,  1717.  He  married,  in 
Fairfield,  July  21,  1747,  Grace  Webb.  Chil- 
dren :  Nehemiah  WelDb,  mentioned  below ; 
Stephen. 

(V)  Nehemiah  Webb,  son  of  Stephen 
Lyon,  was  born  in  Weston,  Connecticut,  Au- 
gust 16,  1759,  died  there  in  his  one  hundred 
and  first  year.  He  was  a  revolutionary  sol- 
dier, having  enlisted  in  Najah  Rennet's  com- 
pany in  1781.  He  was  recorded  as  a  pen- 
sioner in  Fairfield  county  in  1832,  and  in 
Weston  in  1832,  and  remained  on  the  pension 


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roll  until  his  death  in  i860.  He  married,  Au- 
gust 26,  1778,  Sarah  Treadwell.  His  chil- 
dren nearly  all  lived  to  a  good  old  age.  Chil- 
dren :  David,  born  June  22  or  January  29, 
1779;  Samuel,  August  27,  1780;  Huldah,  Jan- 
uary 4,  1783;  Clarissa,  August  11,  1785  ;  Levi, 
September  14,  1788;  Walker,  May  23,  1790; 
Sarah,  May  2,  1793 ;  Hanford,  mentioned  be- 
low ;  Jarvis,  died  May  24,  1799,  aged  fifty- 
six. 

(VI)  Hanford,  son  of  Nehemiah  Webb 
Lyon,  was  born  in  Easton,  Connecticut,  Rock 
House  District,  July  27,  1795,  died  December 
21,  1879.  Until  fourteen  years  of  age  he 
lived  on  his  father's  farm.  He  was  then  ap- 
prenticed in  Danbury  to  Elijah  Sanford,  and 
six  years  later  established  a  saddlery  busi- 
ness in  Bridgeport.  He  became  a  member  of 
Fairchild,  Lyon  &  Company  in  the  same  line 
of  business,  and  later  was  principal  in  the 
firm  of  Lyon,  Wright  &  Company.  He  was 
one  of  the  most  prominent  citizens  of  Bridge- 
port, occupying  many  positions  of  responsi- 
bility. He  was  a  director  in  the  Connecticut 
Bank,  director  and  president  of  the  Old 
Bridgeport  Bank,  director  in  the  Pequonnock 
Bank,  first  president  of  the  City  Savings 
Bank,  and  director  and  president  of  the  City 
Light  Company,  now  Bridgeport  Gaslight 
Company.  He  was  originally  a  Whig  in  poli- 
tics, but  anti-slavery  in  sentiment,  and  during 
the  civil  war  an  ardent  and  powerful  suppor- 
ter of  the  Union  government  and  a  Repub- 
lican in  politics  from  the  organization  of  that 
party.  He  was  an  alderman  of  the  city.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  First  Congregational 
Church  of  Bridgeport.  He  married  (first) 
Hetty  Ann  Thompson,  born  in  1805  at  Strat- 
ford, died  April  22,  1842,  at  Bridgeport, 
daughter  of  John  and  Alice  (Benjamin) 
Thompson.  She  is  buried  in  the  Mountain 
Grove  cemetery  at  Bridgeport.  Alice  Ben- 
jamin's father  kept  a  tavern.  Once,  during 
the  revolution,  when  she  was  a  young  child, 
she  was  picking  berries  in  a  field  near  home 
when  she  was  startled  by  the  appearance  of  a 
stranger,  who,  after  reassuring  her,  asked  the 
way  to  an  inn.  She  led  the  way  to  her  fath- 
er's tavern,  the  man  was  George  Washington 
who  met  General  Lafayette  on  his  way  from 
New  London  to  West  Point.  After  supper 
the  child  remembered  being  held  on  the  knee 
of  General  Washington  and  receiving  fatherly 
advice.  Mr.  Lyon  rnarried  (second)  Anna 
Mackay,  daughter  of  Daniel  M.  and  Ann 
(Butler)  Frye,  of  New  York  City,  and  sis- 
ter of  Major  Frederick  Frye.  Children  of 
first  wife:  Frederick  H.,  mentioned  below; 
William,  deceased;  Sarah  J.,  deceased,  mar- 
ried   Judge    Edward    I.     Sanford,    of    New 


Haven;  Josephine,  married  Henry  T.  Shelton, 
son,  Harry ;  Adelaide,  deceased.  Children  by 
second  wife  :  Edward  H.,  deceased  ;  Frank  C, 
resides  in  Bridgeport ;  Charles  G.,  resides  in 
Bridgeport ;  Alice  Cheever,  married  May  4, 
1874,  (jeneral  Thomas  H.  Watson. 

(VII)  Frederick  Hanford,  son  of  Hanford 
Lyon,  was  born  September  20,  1827,  at 
Bridgeport,  Connecticut.  He  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools  of  Bridgeport.  His 
business  training  began  as  a  clerk  in  the 
Bridgeport  Bank.  In  1849  he  embarked  in 
business  on  his  own  account  in  the  firm  of 
Holcomb  &  Lyon,  hardware  dealers,  Bridge- 
port, and  after  five  years  he  bought  the  in- 
terests of  his  partner  and  continued  the  busi- 
ness alone.  Subsequently  he  admitted  to  part- 
nership William  Kellogg,  the  firm  being  Lyon 
&  Kellogg.  In  1864  Mr.  Lyon  retired  from 
the  business  to  devote  his  time  to  the  man- 
agement of  the  real  estate  that  he  had  largely 
inherited  from  his  father.  He  is  one  of  the 
best  known  citizens  of  Bridgeport  and  one 
of  the  oldest  men  in  business  in  that  city.  He 
has  always  been  a  quiet  citizen,  avoiding  pub- 
lic life  and  declining  office,  but  having  many 
friends  and  possessing  much  influence  in  the 
community.  In  religion  he  is  a  Congrega- 
tionalist;  in  politics  a  Republican.  He  mar- 
ried Betsey  A.  Hawley,  born  in  Bridgeport, 
daughter  of  Captain  Abijah  Hawley.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Bridgeport:  i.  Hanford,  de- 
ceased. 2.  Frederick  Sanford,  born  February, 
1852,  died  unmarried  in  1897.  3.  Julia  M., 
married  Frank  W.  Wilson,  of  Bridgeport. 
Children :  Arthur  M.  and  Edith.  4.  Josephine, 
unmarried.  5.  Henry  Meigs,  born  1858,  died 
1888.  6.  William  Kellogg,  born  1859;  un- 
married. 7.  Helen  Clinton,  born  1862 ;  mar- 
ried Charles  Dudley  Mills :  one  child,  Charles 
Dudley. 


The,  surname  De  Witt  is  of  Dutch 
\ATTT     origin   and   the  progenitor  of  the 

distinguished  family  of  this  name 
in  New  York  was  Tjerck  Claezen  De  Witt, 
born  at  Grootholdt  in  Zunderland,  Westpha- 
lia, in  1620,  settled  in  New  Amsterdam  (New 
York)  in  1656,  son  of  Nicholas  De  Witt.  He 
removed  to  Esopus,  New  York,  now  in  Ulster 
county.  It  is  conjectured  that  the  Witt  family 
of  Massachusetts  may  have  assumed  that  De 
Witt  was  the  original  name  of  their  ances- 
tors, but  the  tradition  that  the  ancestry  was 
Dutch  must  have  been  on  fairly  convincing 
grounds  or  some  of  the  family  would  not  have 
adopted  that  spelling.  In  the  early  records 
of  Massachusetts,  however,  the  De  Witt  spell- 
ing is  not  to  be  found.  Moreover,  the  immi- 
grant, though  of  Dutch  stock,  probably  came 


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from  England,  for  no  Dutch-speaking  immi- 
grants were  known  at  Lynn  at  the  time  the 
immigrant  came.  There  was  a  prominent 
family  named  Witt  in  Lancashire,  England, 
having  this  coat-of-arms :  Argent  a  grififin 
segreant  sable.  Crest ;  A  dexter  hand  coupe 
in  fesse  apaumee.  This  is  the  only  Witt  coat- 
of-arms  given  by  Burke.  The  origin  of  the 
English  name  Witt  is  given  the  same  as 
White,  from  the  Anglo-Saxon  hwit.  The 
name  appears  in  the  Domesday  Book  in  1086 
as  Alvin  Albus  (White  of  Witt),  alias  Wit 
and  also  Uuit  and  Uuite.  The  name  is  not 
uncommon  in  England.  But  there  is  no  rea- 
son to  disbelieve  the  tradition  that  the  ances- 
tors in  England  were  Dutch  and  dropped  the 
prefix  De. 

(I)  John  Witt,  emigrant  ancestor,  settled 
in  Lynn,  Massachusetts,  about  1630.  He 
came  probably  from   Holland.      He    married 

Sarah ,   and  is  said   to  have  had  two 

wives.  He  died  at  Lynn,  December  2,  1675. 
Children :  John,  mentioned  below ;  Jonathan, 
married,  Mary  Dimond;  of  Lynn,  probably 
daughter  of  John  Dimond ;  Ann,  married 
Barnes  ;  Elizabeth  ;  Sarah ;  Mary  ;  Mar- 
tha, born  at  Lynn,  March  5,  1659;  Thomas, 
born  at  Lynn,  July  25,  1661,  married,  Feb- 
ruary 26,  1685,  Bethia,  daughter  of  Nicholas 
Potter;  Ebenezer,  born  April  6,  1665,  died 
young. 

(n)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Witt,  was 
born  probably  about  1650  in  Lynn.  He  mar- 
ried, January  14,  1676,  Elizabeth  Baker.  They 
resided  in  Lynn  where  all  their  children  were 
born,  not  all  being  recorded.  The  children 
given  in  Lynn  records :  Elizabeth,  born  Au- 
gust 9,  1677;  John,  June  3,  1679,  mentioned 
below;  Mary,  August  14,  1681 ;  Jonathan, 
married,  in  Marlboro,  Lydia  Mathews;  Abi- 
gail, born  February  10,  1687;  Samuel,  Octo- 
ber 20,  1691,  married  (first)  Elizabeth  Breed, 
of  Lynn,  married  (second)  Susanna  Pierce; 
Ebenezer,  August  8,  1693  '>  Thomas,  Febru- 
ary 18,  1696,  married  Mary  Ivory;  Persis, 
May  2,  1698. 

(HI)  John  (3),  son  of  John  (2)  Witt, 
was  born  at  Lynn,  June  3,  1679.  He  mar- 
ried Mary  Dane.  They  settled  in  Marlbor- 
ough, Massachusetts,  in  the  northeast  part 
near  the  Indian  plantation,  about  1707.  He 
died  there  about  1743.  His  will  was  made 
March  6,  1741,  proved  May  16,  1743.  It 
mentions  his  wife  Mary ;  sons,  William,  Elias, 
Joseph,  John  and  Ebenezer ;  daughters,  Mary, 
Dike,  and  Elizabeth  ;  granddaughter,  Rebecca 
Goodell.  Children :  William,  born  May  13, 
1708;  Mary,  July  29,  1710;  Elias,  June  30, 
1714,  married,  March  31,  1742,  Elizabeth 
Marble:  Rebecca,  1715,  married,  January  17, 


1733,    Eleazer    Goodell,    of    Sutton;    David, 

April    II,   1720,  married    Sarah  ,  son, 

Thomas,  born  April  11,  1745;  Ebenezer, 
1722,  baptized  June  22,  1722,  married  Lydia 
Woodbury  ;  Elizabeth,  married  Benoni  Bailey  ; 
John,  mentioned  below. 

(IV)  Lieutenant  John  (4),  son  of  John 
(3)  Witt,  was  born  at  Marlborough,  Massa- 
chusetts, on  the  place  settled  by  his  father, 
where  the  descendants  have  since  lived.  He 
was  a  nephew  of  Captain  Ebenezer  Witt,  of 
Brookfield,  and  he  came  to  North  Brookfield 
to  settle  as- early  as  1744,  with  his  wife  Sa- 
rah. They  lived  on  what  is  lately  known 
as  the  Cheever  place.  John  Witt  sold  his 
farm  to  Samuel  Cheever,  July  19,  1769.  He 
was  one  of  the  forty-eight  charter  members 
of  the  Second  Church,  formed  May  28,  1752. 
He  was  a  lieutenant  in  the  militia  in  the  In- 
dian wars.  Four  of  his  children  only  are 
recorded  at  North  Brookfield,  as  follows: 
Benjamin,  born  August  15,  1750;  Ivory,  Oc- 
tober 20,  1752;  Stephen,  August  15,  1754; 
Joseph,  mentioned  below. 

(V)  Joseph,  son  of  Lieutenant  John  (4) 
Witt,  was  born  at  Brookfield,  January  3,  1757. 
He  was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution  from 
Granby,  in  Captain  Barton's  company.  Colonel 
Porter's  regiment,  in  1780,  when  he  gave  his 
age  as  twenty-two,  his  height  as  five  feet  seven 
inches.  He  was  also  in  Captain  Job  Alvord's 
company,  Colonel  S.  Murray's  regiment  in 
1780.  His  brother  Ivory  also  came  to  Granby 
and  served  in  the  revolution  from  that  town, 
and  his  brother  Stephen  was  a  soldier  from 
South  Fladley.  Joseph  remained  in  Granby 
and  according  to  the  census  of  1790  had  a 
family  consisting  of  one  male  and  one  fe- 
male, doubtless  himself  and  wife.  John  ac- 
cording to  the  same  record  had  three  sons 
under  sixteen  and  three  females  in  his  family. 

(A^I)  Joseph  (2),  son  of  Joseph  (i)  Witt, 
was  born  after  1790  in  Granby,  died  there  in 
1856.  He  attended  the  district  schools  of 
his  native  town.  He  was  a  farmer  all  his  life. 
Before  his  death  he  divided  his  property  by 
deed  among  his  children.  He  married  (first) 
Mary  Witt,  his  first  cousin,  'thought  to  be 
daughter  of  Irving  Witt;  married  (second) 
Rebecca  Winship  Tish,  of  Kingsbury,  New 
York.  Children  all  by  first  wife,  born  at 
Granby:  Holland  Joseph,  died  unmarried, 
aged  twenty-one  years ;  Horace,  mentioned 
below ;  Henry,  lived  at  Granby ;  Louisa,  died 
unmarried ;  Nancy,  married  Henry  Graves,  of 
Belchertown,  Massachusetts. 

(VII)  Horace,  son  of  Joseph  (2)  Witt, 
was  born  in  Granby,  in  January,  1817,  died 
there  in  December,  1876"  He  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  town,  and 


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worked  on  his  father's  farm  during  his  youth. 
After  he  came  of  age  he  followed  farming 
on  his  own  account  in  Granby.  He  was  a 
progressive  and  enterprising  man  and  pros- 
perous in  business.  To  all  his  children  he 
gave  a  good  education.  He  was  interested  in 
public  affairs,  and  was  for  many  years  a  mem- 
ber of  the  school  committee  and  an  assessor 
of  the  town  of  Granby.  He  was  highly  re- 
spected and  honored  by  all  his  townsmen.  He 
was  prominent  also  in  the  church.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  Irene  Smith,  born  in  1815,  at 
Granby,  died  in  1863,  daughter  of-Medad  and 
Pamelia  (Dickinson)  Smith.  Her  father  was 
a  farmer  in  Granby.  Married  (second),  1865, 
Hannah  Marshal,  of  Mechanic  Falls,  Maine. 
Children,  all  by  first  wife,  born  in  Granby : 
I.  Joseph  Holland,  born  April  26,  1846,  living 
in  Denver,  Colorado,  has  a  son  Webster  and 
daughter  Irene.  2.  George  Lucas,  born  Au- 
gust 20,  1848,  farmer  at  Belchertown ;  has 
one  son,  Joseph,  and  daughters,  Mary, 
and  -Clara.  3.  Mary  Emma,  born  May  4, 
185 1,  now  living  at  Bridgeport,  Connecticut. 
4.  Edgar  Clifton,  born  December  14,  1856, 
lives  at  Belchertown,  a  farmer;  has  had  six 
children  :  four  living :  Henry,  Effie,  Earle,  Clif- 
ton. 5.  Maynard,  born  January  21,  1861,  died 
June,  1901,  at  Bridgeport;  he  assumed  the 
prefix  De,  which,  according  to  tradition,  was 
formerly  part  of  the  name,  and  which  the 
Worcester  county  and  other  branches  of  the 
family  have  also  resumed ;  was  secretary  of 
the  Belknap  Brass  Company  of  Bridgeport,'  a 
well  known  and  successful  business  man ; 
married  Julia  Stewart,  who  died  in  1898 ;  of 
their  three  children,  Marshal  Stewart,  born 
March  5,  1894,  is  living  with  his  aunt,  Mary 
Emma  Witt,  of  Bridgeport. 


The  Pierpont  line  is  traced 
PIERPONT    back  to  Robert  de  Pierpont, 

who  came  with  the  Con- 
queror to  England.  The  seventh  in  descent 
from  Robert  was  Sir  Henry,  of  Holme  Pier- 
pont, in  right  of  his  wife  Annora,  daughter 
of  Michael  Manvers,  Lord  of  Holme.  From 
this  Henry  it  is  ten  generations  to  Robert, 
who  was  created  Earl  of  Kingston,  1628, 
whose  last  male  descendant  was  Evelyn  Pier- 
pont, second  duke  of  Kingston,  who  died  1773. 
The  above  Robert  had  a  younger  brother  Wil- 
liam, supposed  to  be  the  father  of  James, 
mentioned  below. 

(I)  James  Pierpont,  immigrant  ancestor, 
came  to  America  with  two  sons,  John,  men- 
tioned below,  and  Robert. 

(II)  John,  son  of  James  Pierpont,  was 
born  in  London,  England,  in  1619,  died  in 
1682.     He  came  to  America  with  his  father. 


He  settled  in  Roxbury,  Massachusetts,  and 
married  Thankful  Stow.  Children  :  Thankful 
born  November  26,  1649,  died  young;  John, 
July  22,  1651,  died  young;  John,  October  28, 
1652 ;  Experience,  January  4,  1655 ;  Infant, 
August  4,  1657,  died  young;  James,  Janu- 
ary 4,  1659-60,  mentioned  below;  Ebenezer, 
December  21,  1661  ;  Thankful,  November  18, 
1663;  Joseph,  April  6,  1666;  Benjamin,  July 
26,   1668. 

(HI)  Rev.  James  (2),  son  of  John  Pier- 
pont, was  born  January  4,  1659-60,  in  Rox- 
bury, and  graduated  from  Harvard  College 
in  1681.  He  was  ordained  pastor  of  the  First 
Church  in  New  Haven,  July  2,  1685,  the  suc- 
cessor of  John  Davenport.  He  remained  here 
for  thirty  years,  and  became  one  of  the 
founders  of  Yale  College.  He  died  November 
2,  1714,  and  is  buried  under  the  present  Cen- 
ter Church.  A  memorial  tablet  in  this  church 
has  upon  it  the  chief  facts  of  his  life,  the 
engraved  arms  of  the  Pierpont  family,  and 
the  following  inscription :  "His  gracious 
gifts  and  fervent  piety,  elegant  and  winning 
manners  were  devoutly  spent  in  the  service 
of  his  Lord  and  Master."  He  married  (first) 
October  27,  1691,  Abigail,  daughter  of  Rev. 
John  Davenport;  she  died  February  3,  1692, 
aged  twenty.  He  married  (second)  May 
30,  1694,  at  Hartford,  Sarah,  daughter  of 
Rev.  Joseph  Haynes  ;  she  died  October  7,  1696 
aged  twenty-three.  He  married  (third)  1698, 
Alary,  born  July  3,  1673,  died  November  i, 
1740.  daughter  of  Rev.  Samuel  Hooker,  of 
Farmington,  and  granddaughter  of  Rev. 
Thomas  Hooker,  of  Hartford.  Child'  of  sec- 
ond wife:  Abigail,  born  September  19,  1696. 
Children  of  third  wife:  James,  May  21,  1699, 
mentioned  below  ;  Samuel,  December  30,  1700, 
Mary,  November  23,  1702 ;  Joseph,  October  i, 
1704;  Benjamin,  July  18,  1706,  died  Decem- 
ber 17,  1706;  Benjamin,  .October  15,  1707, 
graduated  from  Yale  College,  1726 ;  Sarah, 
January  9,  1709,  married  Jonathan  Edwards, 
the  noted  divine ;  Hezekiah,  May  6,   1712. 

(IV)  Rev.  James  (3),  son  of  Rev.  James 
(2)  Pierpont,  was  born  May  21,  1699,  died 
June  18,  1776.  He  graduated  from  Yale  Col- 
lege,  1718,  became  a  professor  in  Yale,  and 

a  minister.    He  married  (first)  Sarah , 

who  died  September  28,  1753,  aged  fort}'- 
three.  He  married  (second)  March  28,  1754, 
Anne  Sherman.  Children  of  second  wife: 
Evelyn,  born  March  16.  1755 ;  Robert.  June 
13,  1757;  James,  July  27,  1761,  mentioned  be- 
low; David,   July  26,    1764. 

(V)  James  (4),  son  of  Rev.  James  (3) 
Pierpont,  was  born  July  27,  1761,  in  New 
Haven.  He  settled  in  early  life  in  what  is 
now   the   town   of   Morris,   Litchfield   county, 


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Connecticut,  where  he  was  engaged  for  years 
in  the  manufacture  of  woolen  goods.  Later 
he  was  occupied  in  farming.  He  married 
(first)  September  28,  1782,  Elizabeth,  daugh- 
ter of  Charles  and  Anne  (Huntington)  Col- 
lins. She  died  July  28,  1815,  aged  fifty- 
nine.  He  married  (second)  December  16, 
1816,  Lucy  Crossman.  Children  of  first  wife: 
Sherman,  born  June  29,  1783 ;  John,  April  6, 
1785;  Sally,  January  11,  1787;  James,  March 
2,  1789-90;  Elizabeth,  May  28,  1792;  Sarah, 
July  21,  1795;  Abby,  October  13,  1797; 
James,  June  23,  1800.  Child  of  second  wife: 
Leonard,  mentioned  below. 

(VI)  Leonard,  son  of  James  (4)  Pierpont, 
was  born  October  28,  1819,  in  Litchfield,  Con- 
necticut, and  died  in  Paxton,  Illinois,  April 
10,  1874,  where  he  had  removed  in  1859  with 
his  family.  He  married  Cynthia,  daughter 
of  Elisha  and  Lucretia  (Mason)  Turner.  Her 
Grandfather  Mason  was  a  soldier  in  the  rev- 
olution. Children  of  Leonard  and  Cynthia 
Pierpont:  i.  Leonard,  born  May  15,  1842. 
Never  married ;  enlisted  in  the  seventy-sixth 
Illinois  Infantry  Regiment  at  the  beginning 
of  the  civil  war,  and  served  all  but  one  month 
of  his  period  of  enlistment,  dying  at  Galves- 
ton, Texas,  July  16,  1865  ;  took  part  in  the 
battle  of  Vicksburg  and  other  battles.  2. 
Walter,  born  September  9,  1843  '<  never  mar- 
ried ;  enlisted  in  the  first  Connecticut  Cavalry, 
Colonel  Blakeslee,  and  was  killed  in  one  of 
the  engagements  near  Richmond,  Virginia, 
June  I,  1864.  3.  Edward  Sherman,  born  No- 
vember 22,  1844 ;  never  married ;  enlisted  in 
the  civil  war  in  the  Eighth  Illinois  Regiment 
of  Volunteer  Infantry  and  served  about  a  year ; 
killed  in  the  charge  on  Fort  Blakely,  Mobile 
H^arbor,  Alabama,  April  9,  1865.  4.  J.  New- 
ton, mentioned  below.  5.  Mary  Hooker,  born 
March  30,  1849;  married,  October  10,  1872, 
Henry  C.  Hall,  of  Paxton,  Illinois ;  children : 
Clara  W.,  born  October  2,  1874,  died  May  24, 
1880;  May  Turner,  born  February  i,  1877, 
married,  December  26,  1899,  George  Shaw ; 
Bertha  Melvina  born  June  23,  1879 ;  Edith 
Pierpont,  born  April  24,  1882 ;  Henry  Pier- 
pont, born  June  14,  1885,  died  February  26, 
1907.  6.  Lucy,  born  January  20,  1853 ;  mar- 
ried, January  23,  1884,  W.  Carey  Foley;  chil- 
dren :  Mary  Esther,  born  October  23,  1885, 
died  September  23,  1893 ;  Leonard  Burnside, 
born  October  18,  1887 ;  Vera  Pierpont,  born 
March  13,  1893.  7.  and  8.  James  and  John, 
twins,  born  October  22,.  1855;  James  mar- 
ried, December  5,  1900,  Bertha  Augusta  Yac- 
kee,  and  John  married,  February  19,  1885, 
Mattie  FI.  Foley. 

(VII)  J.  Newton,  son  of  Leonard  Pier- 
pont,  was  born   February  6,    1847.     He  was 


educated  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native 
town  of  Litchfield,  and  in  1859  removed  to 
Paxton,  Illinois,  with  his  father  and  family. 
He  graduated  from  the  Bryant  &  Stratton 
Business  College  in  Chicago,  Illinois,  in  1867, 
and  engaged  in  mercantile  life  in  Paxton,  Illi- 
nois, until  1870,  when  he  returned  to  Connec- 
ticut for  a  visit,  and  being  urged  to  remain 
east  entered  the  grocery  store  of  his  cousin, 
the  late  Cornelius  Pierpont,  where  he  con- 
tinued until  1886,  when  he  bought  out  the  late 
Mr.  Broderick  and  the  firm  of  Curtiss  &  Pier- 
pont was  formed,  which  has  later  developed 
into  the  large  business  called  The  Curtiss  & 
Pierpont  Company  with  which  Mr.  Pierpont  is 
still  actively  connected.  In  his  youth  he  uni- 
ted with  the  Congregational  church  in  Paxton 
and  brought  his  letter  to  the  old  College 
Street  Church  (Congregational)  in  New 
Haven.  In  more  recent  years  he  has  been 
a  devoted  member  of  the  Dwight  Place 
Church  in  New  Haven,  serving  as  one  of  its 
deacons.  He  married  (first)  October  12. 
1875,  Esther,  daughter  of  William  J.  Pratt, 
of  New  Haven,  Connecticut.  She  died  in 
1885.  He  married  (second)  Mrs.  Caroline  G. 
(Moulthrop)  Holbrook,  December  29,  1891. 
He  had  one  daughter  by  the  first  marriage, 
Charlotte  Cynthia,  born  November  30,  1878, 
now  a  teacher  in  the  Dwight  Training  School 
of  New  Haven.  His  second  wife  had  a 
daughter  by  her  first  marriage,  Sara  Moul 
throp  Holbrook,  born  January  31,  1879. 


The  exact  origin  of  the  Tif- 
TIFFANY  fany  family  is  difficult  to  as- 
certain, but  it  is  believed  the 
name  and  family  originated  in  Italy,  about 
the  time  of  the  early  crusades,  and  that  some 
member  of  the  house,  returning,  settled  in 
Brittany,  France.  From  the  time  of  the  Nor- 
man Conquest  to  1730  the  English  left  Brit- 
tany at  different  periods,  and  it  is  from  some 
of  these  English  Tiffanys  that  the  Americans 
of  that  name  are  descended.  The  name  is 
still  frequently  found  in  Brittany  and  Nor- 
mandy, and  also  in  England  and  Ireland.  Ac- 
cording to  one  authority  on  English  surnames 
the  name  Tiffany  is  a  corruption  of  Theopha- 
nia,  a  woman's  first  name,  meaning  light- 
hearted,  gay  and  spirited.  Another  authoritj 
gave  it  as  the  name  of  a  thin  cloth,  an  equiv- 
alent for  "taffeta,  a  fine,  smooth,  silken  stuff, 
remarkably  glossy."  Some  other  authorities 
on  English  surnames  have  devoted  consider- 
able space  to  prove  that  the  name  was  taken 
from  Epiphany,  with  reference  to  the  Feast 
of  the  Epiphany,  the  church  festival,  also 
called  Twelfth  Day,  concluding  the  Christmas 
holidays.    The  name  as  applied  to  a  silk  would 


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thus  mean  Epiphany  silk,  or  hohday  silk.  The 
coat-of-arms  is  as  follows :  Argent,  chevron 
gules,  three  lions'  heads,  erased,  of  the  sec- 
ond. Crest:  A  greyhound's  head,  erased,  with 
a  stag's  foot  in  the  mouth.  Motto :  Patria 
fidelis. 

(I)  Squire  Humphrey  Tiffany,  immigrant 
ancestor,  came  from  Yorkshire,  England,  it 
is  supposed,  and  was  in  Massachusetts  Bay 
Colony  about  the  year  1660.  In  the  records 
of  the  town  of  Rehoboth,  Massachusetts,  un- 
der date  of  January  22,  1663,  appears  the  fol- 
lowing: "Humphrey  permitted  to  be  a  so- 
journer and  to  buy  or  hire."  At  this  time, 
therefore,  he  became  a  citizen  of  the  town. 
Later  he  was  a  resident  of  Swansea,  as  ap- 
pears from  the  Swansea  items  in  the  Ply- 
mouth Colony  records,  as  follows :  "Sarah, 
the  dau.  of  Humphrey  Tiffany,  and  Elizabeth, 
his  wife,  was  born  sixth  July  1683.  He  was 
killed  b)'  a  stroke  of  lightning  while  on  his 
way  from  Swansea  to  Boston."  The  follow- 
ing account  of  his  death  is  given  in  the  diary 
of  Samuel  Sewell,  Publications  of  tne  Massa- 
chusetts Historical  Society,  vol.  5,  fifth  series, 
page  88:  "Wednesday,  P.  M.,  July  15,  1685. 
Very  dark  and  great  thunder  and  lightning. 
One  Humphrey  Tiffany  and  Frances  Low, 
daughter  of  Antony  Low,  are  slain  with  the 
lightning  and  thunder  about  a  mile  and  a  half 
beyond  the  Billinges  Farm,  the  horse  also 
slain,  that  they  rode  on  and  another  horse 
in  Company  slain  and  his  rider  who  held  the 
garment  on  the  Maid  to  steady  it  at  the  time 
the  Stroke  a  coat  or  cloak,  stoned,  but  not 
killed.  Were  coming  to  Boston.  Antony  Low 
being  in  Town  the  sad  Bill  was  put  up  with 
(regards)  of  that  solemn  judgment  of  God; 
Fast-day  Forenoon,  Jul}'  15,  1685,  2  persons 
2  horses."  Another  record  states  that  he  was 
killed  by  lightning  between  Swansea  and  Bos- 
ton, and  that  for  a  long  time  a  metal  tablet 
was  affixed  to  the  tree  beneath  which  he 
sought  shelter.  There  was  an  inscription  on 
the  tree  setting  forth  the  incident  and  con- 
cluding with  the   following: 

Squire  Humphrey  Tiffany 

And  Mistress  Low 
By  a   stroke  of  lightning 

Into  Eternity  did   go. 

His  wife,  "Mistress  Elizabeth  Tiffany," 
qualified  before  the  general  court  as  execu- 
trix of  her  husband's  estate.  Children,  re- 
corded in  Swansea :  James  ;  Thomas  ;  Ebene- 
zer ;  Consider,  mentioned  below ;  Sarah,  born 
July  6,  1683;  Hezekiah,  drowned  in  the 
Swanzey  river,  December  4,  1685. 

(II)  Consider,  son  of  Humphrey  Tiffany, 
married    (first)    .      He   married    (sec- 


ond), in  Lyme,  Connecticut,  January  23.  1753, 
jMary  Davis.  Little  is  known  of  him  except 
that  he  was  a  landholder  and  a  farmer.  A 
deed  dated  Lyme,  Connecticut,  July  13,  1756, 
identifies  Sergeant  Consider  Tiffany  as  his 
eldest  son.  Children  of  first  wife :  Consider, 
born  March  15,  1730,  mentioned  below;  Dan- 
iel, Samuel,  1740,  Lyme.  Children  of  second 
wife:  Timothy,  born  November  24,  1754; 
Lyme:  Titus,  May  9,  1755,  Lyme.    - 

(HI)  Consider  (2),  son  of  Consider  (i) 
Tiffany,  was  born  March  15,  1730,  in  Lyme, 
died  at  Hartland,  June  19,  1796.  He  married, 
in  Lyme,  Sarah  Wilder,  born  August  13,  1738, 
Lyme,  died  November  7,  18 18,  Hartland,  Con- 
necticut. He  lived  in  Lyme  until  after  the 
birth  of  his  first  three  children.  Here  he 
was  a  farmer  and  carried  on  a  small  business 
as  storekeeper.  At  Hartland,  where  his  other 
children  were  born,  he  was  engaged  in  the 
same  business  but  on  a  much  larger  scale.  He 
transacted  a  great  amount  of  business  and  was 
always  careful  to  enforce  his  rights.  At  one 
time  he  was  a  school  teacher,  and  it  is  said 
that  when  he  entered  upon  this  work  it  was 
the  first  time  he  had  ever  been  in  school.  It 
is  further  stated  that  he  was  a  good  teacher 
and  a  close  student.  He  was  something  of  an 
astronomer,  and  is  said  to  have  calculated  an 
almanac,  but  no  copy  of  it  has  been  found. 
He  was  also  a  writer  of  prose  and  poetry, 
and  kept  diaries  in  which  he  recorded  his  daily 
adventures.  One  of  these  covers  the  period 
of  the  French  and  Indian  war,  in  1756,  and 
another  the  revolution.  On  his  death  he  left 
the  latter  to  his  eldest  son.  with  instructions 
that  it  was  to  be  transmitted  from  eldest  son 
to  eldest  son,  as  an  heirloom.  It  is  now  in 
possession  of  Henry  Tiffany,  of  Clyde,  Ohio, 
and  forms  a  valuable  addition  to  the  revolu- 
tionary history  of  the  country,  written  from 
the  Tory  standpoint.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  Church  of  England  and  had  little  patience 
with  the  dissenting  sects.  During  the  revo- 
lution he  was  loyal  not  only  to  the  English 
church,  but  also  to  the  English  crown.  In 
1778  he  was  confined  to  his  farm  in  Hart- 
land because  of  his  outspoken  Toryism  and 
remained  there  for  fifteen  months.  At  the 
end  of  that  time,  hearing  that  he  was  about 
to  be  released,  he  wrote  to.  the  chairman  of  the 
committee,  asking  that  he  might  be  allowed 
to  remain  where  he  was,  as  he  still  retained 
the  same  sentiments  and  had  no  intention  of 
being  drafted  for  the  continental  army.  Dur- 
ing the  French  and  Indian  campaign  in  1756 
he  was  sergeant  of  Captain  \Mlliam  Lamson's 
company,  and  after  his  return  joined  another 
military  company,  which  probably  had  its 
headquarters  in  Boston.    He  had  an  extensive 


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library  for  those  times.  A  list  of  the  books 
contained  in  it  in  1788  has  been  found  in  a 
book  of  sermons  in  his  own  handwriting.  His 
will,  dated  February  7,  1778,  is  a  character- 
istic document  and  has  been  preserved.  Chil- 
dren:  Jemima,  born  October  12,  1756,  Lyme; 
Ephraim,  November  8,  1758,  mentioned  be- 
low ;  Dorothy,  June  19,  1762,  Lyme ;  Levi, 
April  23,  1766,  Hartland;  Consider,  March 
12,  1769,  Hartland;  Betsey  Wilder,  February 
25,   1772,  Hartland. 

(IV)  Ephraim,  son  of  Consider  (2)  Tif- 
fany, was  born  November  8,  1758,  in  Lyme, 
and  married,  in  Hartland,  February  27,  1783, 
Anna  Harger.  born  1758,  died  December  17, 
1824,  Barkhamsted,  Connecticut.  He  died  in 
Barkhamsted,  April  7,  1818.  Children,  born 
in  Barkhamsted:  Timothy,  November,  1783; 
Joel,  June  29,  1785,  mentioned  below;  Sally; 
Russell,  1789  or  1790;  Ephraim,  1792;  Philo- 
men,  May,  1801 ;  daughter,  died  young ; 
daughter,  died  young. 

(V)  Joel,  son  of  Ephraim  Tiffany,  was 
born  June  29,  1785,  at  Barkhamsted,  died 
September  15,  1870.  He  married  there  1804- 
05,  Hannah  Wilder,  born  January  18,  1783, 
Barkhamsted,  died  November  20,  1853.  He 
was  a  carpenter  and  joiner  by  trade.  He  was 
blind  in  the  later  years  of  his  life.  Children, 
born  in  Barkhamsted:  Anna,  May,  1806,  died 
September,  1807 ;  Henry,  September  8,  1807 ; 
Elijah,  January  8,  1810;  Joel,  September  6, 
1812;  James,  November  6,  1814;  William, 
January  12,  1818,  mentioned  below ;  Ann  Wal- 
lace, December  11,  1819;  Hannah,  November 
27,  1823. 

(VI)  William,  son  of  Joel  Tiffany,  was 
born  January  12,  1819,  died  March  29,  1899. 
He  received  a  common  school  education,  and 
was  in  the  lumber  business  most  of  his  life. 
He  was  representative  to  the  legislature  for 
a  term.  In  politics  he  was  a  Republican  and 
an  Abolitionist.  He  married,  January  25, 
1846,  Elizabeth  Maria,  born  Simsbury,  April 

21,  1823,  died  in  1895,  daughter  of  George 
and  Edna  (Case)  Cornish.  Children,  born  in 
Barkhamsted:    Frances  Elizabeth,  November 

22,  1847;  Leverett  Williams,  September  21, 
1850,  mentioned  below ;  Ellen  Jane  Torbett, 
December  27,  1855 ;  Mary  Edna,  May  4, 
1859;    Dwight,    March    21,    1861. 

(VII)  Leverett  Williams,  son  of  William 
Tififany,  was  born  at  Barkhamsted,  Connecti- 
cut, September  21,  1850.  He  attended  the 
public  schools  of  his  native  town,  and  at  the 
age  of  nineteen  entered  into  a  partnership  with 
his  brother-in-law,  conducting  a  general  store 
at  Barkhamsted  from  1869  to  1872,  and  at 
New  Hartford  from  1872  to  1881.  In  1882 
Mr.  Tiffany  and  Mr.  Taylor  established  the 


Winsted  Hosiery  Company,  of  which  Mr. 
Taylor  was  agent  and  Mr.  Tiffany  secretary. 
The  original  capital  stock  was  $50,000,  and 
the  mill  was  a  frame  building  two  stories  and 
a  half  high,  fifty  by  a  hundred  feet.  Much 
of  the  time  of  Mr.  Tiffany  was  devoted  to 
the  selling  of  the  goods.  In  1888  Mr.  Tif- 
fany organized  the  New  England  Knitting 
Company,  with  a  capital  of  $50,000,  and  be- 
came the  general  manager.  This  company  has 
been  highly  prosperous,  having  two  mills  and 
employing  about  two  hundred  hands.  Mr. 
Tiffany  is  also  manager  of  the  Winsted  Yarn 
Company,  director  of  the  Winsted  Hosiery 
Company,  of  the  New  England  Pin  Company, 
of  the  Carter  &  Hakes  Machine  Company,  and 
of  the  Hulbert  National  Bank.  Fle  owns  a 
farm  of  one  hundred  and  thirty-five  acres, 
part  of  which  lies  within  the  borough  of  Win- 
sted, and  resides  there.  He  attends  the  First 
Congregational  Church.  He  married,  No- 
vember 6,  1873,  Katherine  E.,  born  at  Ber- 
lin, Connecticut,  daughter  of  Rev.  John  Rob- 
inson and  Catherine  (Riley)  Freeman  (see 
Freeman  VIII).  Children:  Mabel  Freeman, 
born  June  3,  1875,  Canterbury,  Connecticut, 
died  October  7,  1898;  Harold  Freeman,  born 
at  New  Hartford,  June  6,  1881,  died  Septem- 
ber 9,  1881 ;  Helen  Freeman,  January  3,  1889; 
Margaret  Cornish,  born  at  Winsted,  Novem- 
ber 15,  1891 ;  Katherine  E.,  March  30,  1896. 

(The   Freeman   Line). 

The  surname  Freeman  is  of  ancient  Eng- 
lish origin.  The  coat-of-arms :  Three  loz- 
enges or.  Crest:  A  demi-lion  rampant  gules, 
holding  between  his  paws  a  like  lozenge.  Mot- 
to:   Liber  et  audax. 

(I)  Edmund  Freeman,  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  born  in  England  in  1590,  and  came  in  the 
ship  "Abigail"  in  July,  1635,  with  wife  Eliza- 
beth and  children  Alice,  Edmund,  Elizabeth 
and  John.  He  settled  first  in  Lynn,  Massa- 
chusetts, as  early  as  1635.  Lewis  says  in  his 
history  of  Lynn:  "This  year  (1635)  many 
new  inhabitants  appear  in  Lynn,  and  among 
them  worthy  of  note  Mr.  Edmund  Freeman, 
who  presented  to  the  colony  twenty  corslets 
or  pieces  of  plate  armor."  He  was  subse- 
quently of  the  Plymouth  colony,  and  with  nine 
associates  was  soon  recognized  by  the  gov- 
ernment as  a  suitable  person  to  originate  a 
new  settlement.  He  was  admitted  a  freeman 
at  Plymouth,  January  2,  1637,  and  after  being 
a  short  time  a  resident  of  Duxbury  settled  in 
what  was  incorporated  later  as  the  town  of 
Sandwich.  Most  of  the  grantees  of  this  town 
were  formerly  of  Lynn.  Freeman  had  the 
largest  grant  and  was  evidently  the  foremost 
man  in  the  enterprise.    He  was  elected  assist- 


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ant  to  the  governor  and  commissioner  to  hear 
and  determine  causes  within  the  several  con- 
tiguous townships.  He  was  one  of  the  first 
judges  of  the  select  court  of  Plymouth  county. 
During  the  persecution  of  the  Quakers  he  op- 
posed the  course  of  the  government,  and  was 
once  fined  ten  shillings  for  refusing  to  aid  in 
the  baiting  of  Friends  under  pretence  of  the 
law.  "Pre-eminently  respected,  always  fixed 
in  principle  and  decisive  in  action,  neverthe- 
less quiet  and  unobtrusive,  a  counselor  and 
leader  without  ambitious  ends  in  view,  of  un- 
compromising integrity  and  of  sound  judg- 
ment, the  symmetry  of  his  entire  character 
furnished  an  example  that  is  a  rich  legacy  to 
his  descendants."  He  died  in  1682,  at  the 
advanced  age  of  ninety-two.  His  will  is  dated 
June  21,  1682,  and  was  offered  for  probate 
November  2,  1682.  He  was  buried  on  his 
own  land,  on  the  hill  in  the  rear  of  his  dwell- 
ing house  at  Sandwich.  It  is  the  oldest  burial 
place  in  the  town.  His  grave  and  that  of  his 
wife  are  marked  by  two  boulders  which  he 
himself  placed  in  position  after  his  wife  died, 
and  they  are  called,  from  a  fancied  resem- 
blance, "the  saddle  and  pillion."  His  home 
was  a  mile  and  a  quarter  west  of  the  town 
hall  and  near  the  junction  of  the  old  and 
new  county  roads  to  the  cape.     He  married 

Elizabeth •.     who    died    February    14, 

1675-76.  Children :  Alice,  married  Deacon 
William  Paddy ;  Edmund,  mentioned  below ; 
Elizabeth,  born  1625;  John,  1627:  Mary, 
married  Edward  Perry. 

(II)  Edmund  (2),  son  of  Edmund  (i) 
Freeman,  was  born  in  England  about  1625. 
He  was  a  planter  at  Sandwich,  and  deputy 
to  the  general  court  from  that  town  in  1669 
and  six  years  afterward.  He  married  (first) 
Rebecca,  daughter  of  Governor  Thomas  and 
Patience  (Brewster)  Prence,  granddaughter 
of  Elder  William  Brewster,  of  the  "May- 
flower" Pilgrims.  Governor  Prence  and  El- 
der Brewster  were  famous  historic  characters 
in  the  early  colonial  days.  A  sketch  of  Gov- 
ernor Brewster  will  be  found  elsewhere  in 
this  work.  Edmund  Freeman  married  (sec- 
ond), July  18,  165 1,  Margaret  Perry.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Sandwich  :  Rebecca  ;  Marg-aret, 
October  2,  1652 ;  Edmund,  mentioned  below  ; 
Alice,  March  29.  1658 :  Rachel,  September  4, 
1659;  Sarah,  February  6,  1662:  Deborah,  Au- 
gust 9,  1665. 

(III)  Edmund  (3),  son  of  Edmund  (2) 
Freeman,  was  born  at  Sandwich.  October  5, 

1655.     Fie  married  Sarah .     Children, 

born  at  Sandwich :  Edmund,  mentioned  be- 
low ;  Benjamin,  January  6,  1685-86;  Mary, 
March  13,  1687;  John,  June  12,  1693:  Thom- 
as, March  26,   1696. 


(IV)  Edmund  (4),  son  of  Edmund  (3) 
Freeman,  was  born  at  Sandwich,  August  30. 
1683,  died  June  i,  1766.  He  removed  with 
his  family  to  Mansfield,  Connecticut,  late  in 
life.  Flis  will  was  dated  May  28,  1765,  proved 
June  12,  1766.  He  lived  in  the  south  parish 
of  Mansfield.  He  married  Keziah  Presbury, 
who  died  at  Mansfield,  April  20,  1764.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Sandwich :  Edmund,  March  14 
1708-09 ;  Lydia,  April  8,  1710 ;  Edmund,  Sep- 
tember 30,  1711  ;  Prince,  March  13,  1713; 
Stephen,  mentioned  below;  Sylvanus,  Sep 
tember  7,  1716;  Nathaniel,  March  31,  1718; 
Keziah,  July  7,  1719 ;  Sarah,  January  17, 
1720;  Deborah,  April  17,  1722;  Skiffe,  De- 
cember 28,  1723;  Thomas,  August  17,  1725; 
Abigail,  February  20,  1726-27;  Margaret. 
August  21,  1729. 

(V)  Stephen,  son  of  Edmund  (4)  Free- 
man, was  born  at  Sandwich,  August  14,  1714 
died  May  16,  1776.  He  removed  from  Sand- 
wich to  Mansfield  about  1738.  He  married. 
October  3,  1736,  Hannah,  daughter  of  Joseph 
and  Lydia  (Howland)  Jenkins,  of  Great 
Marshes.  Children,  born  at  Sandwich  and 
Mansfield:  Keziah,  September  24,  1737:  Jo- 
seph, August  15,  1739;  Stephen,  January  13, 
1740;  Thomas,  mentioned  below;  Elizabeth. 
July  19,  1745;  John,  March  15,  1747;  Han- 
nah, December  19,  1751;  Deborah,  November 
I,  1753,  and  one  other. 

(AT)  Thomas,  son  of  Stephen  Freeman 
was  born  May  i,  1743.  He  married  Sarah 
Southworth,  of  Ashford.  She  married  (sec- 
ond)   ■ —  Dimmick.     Children  of  Thomas 

Freeman,  born  at  Mansfield,  but  not  re- 
corded: Stephen,  died  young;  Sarah,  died 
young ;  Nathaniel,  mentioned  below ;  Stephen 
died  in  Vermont ;  Sarah  ;  Southworth,  and  two 
others. 

(VII)  Rev.  Nathaniel,  son  of  Thomas 
Freeman,  was  born  at  Mansfield.  He  mar- 
ried Mary  Fox.  They  had  eleven  children, 
among  whom  were:  Flarriet,  resided  in  New 
York ;  Rev.  John  Robinson,  mentioned  be- 
low ;  Dr.  Nathaniel :  Sophia. 

(VIII)  Rev.  John  Robinson,  son  of  Rev. 
Nathaniel  Freeman,  was  a  minister  at  Chap- 
lin, Connecticut.  He  married  Catherine  Riley. 
Their  daughter,  Katherine  E.,  married  Lev- 
erett  W.  Tiffany  (see  Tiffany  VII). 


Anthony  Home  was  born  at 
HORNE     Galleen,   Kings  county,   Ireland, 

September  15,  1808,  died  at 
Winsted,  Connecticut.  April  3.  1873.  He  had 
a  thorough  education  in  his  native  parish.  His 
ancestors  were  of  an  old  English  family,  com- 
ing to  Ireland  from  England  about  1685,  and 
had   large   landed   estates   there.      He   was   a 


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large  landowner.  He  came  to  America  in 
1849  and  located  at  Winsted,  Connecticut, 
where  he  spent  the  remainder  of  his  days.  For 
twenty-five  years  he  was  in  the  employ  of  the 
Naugatuck  railroad.  He  retired  from  active 
business  a  few  years  before  he  died.  He  was 
a  member  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  church. 
He  married,  November  10,  1837,  Ann,  born 
at  Ballykillmurry,  county  Kings,  Ireland,  May 
10,  1808,  died  in  Winsted,  Connecticut,  Feb- 
ruary 13,  1882,  daughter  of  James  and  Mar- 
tha Belton.  She  was  the  seventeenth  child 
of  twenty-one  born  to  her  parents,  and  four  of 
her  brothers  were  officers  m  the  British  army. 
Children  of  Anthony  Home:  i.  Matilda, 
married  Henry  Abel,  and  had  William  H., 
George  F.  and  Henry  B.  Abel.  2.  William 
A.,  druggist  in  Los  Angeles,  California;  mar- 
ried a  daughter  of  General  Price,  of  Missouri, 
and  has  two  children.  3.  Colonel  Samuel  Bel- 
ton,  mentioned  below.  4.  John  J.,  of  Winsted, 
was  in  the  civil  war ;  married  Lucy  Roiden- 
bow ;  children :  John  Belton,  graduate  of 
Harvard  College,  chief  engineer  of  the  West- 
ern Electric  Company ;  Agnes,  married  John 
Spittle,  superintendent  of  the  Torrington  Gas 
and  Electric  Light  Company ;  Elizabeth  B., 
professional  nurse  in  the  Roosevelt  Hospital, 
New  York.  5.  Robert  E.,  farmer,  Colebrook, 
Connecticut ;  served  in  the  civil  war  and  was 
twice  wounded  ;  married  Sophia  Hulbert ;  chil- 
dren, Alice  and  Emma. 

(II)  Colonel  Samuel  Belton,  son  of  An- 
thony Home,  was  born  at  Balleek,  parish  of 
Durrow,  county  Kings,  Ireland,  March  3, 
1843.  Through  his  mother  he  is  descended 
from  the  Stuarts  of  Scotland,  and  his  grand- 
uncle  was  on  Wellington's  staff  and  was 
wounded  at  the  battle  of  Waterloo.  He  was 
a  young  lad  when  the  family  came  to  America 
in  1850,  following  the  father,  who  the  previous 
year  came  to  make  his  home  here.  He  at- 
tended the  public  schools  of  Winsted,  Con- 
necticut, but  when  he  was  eleven  years  old 
began  to  work  in  the  knife  shop,  bolt  shop 
and  pin  shop  in  Winsted.  He  left  the  work 
bench  to  enlist  in  the  Union  army  in  the  civil 
war.  Winsted  was  the  first  town  in  Connecti- 
cut to  hold  a  war  meeting  and  call  for  volun- 
teers, April  15,  1861,  the  very  day  on  which 
President  Lincoln's  call  for  seventy-five  thou- 
sand troops  was  telegraphed  over  the  country. 
Home  was  the  first  to  enlist  in  what  became 
Company  K,  Second  Regiment  Connecticut 
Infantry,  for  three  months.  He  took  part  in 
the  battle  of  Bull  Run  and  was  discharged  at 
the  end  of  his  period  of  enlistment,  in  Au- 
gust, but  re-enlisted  October  11,  1861,  for 
three  years  in  Company  E,  Eleventh  Regiment 
Connecticut    Volunteers.     He  was   promoted 


step  by  step  and  became  captain  of  his  com- 
pany. He  was  twice  wounded  at  the  battle  of 
Cold  Harbor,  June  3,  1864.  When  he  re- 
turned to  duty  he  was  appointed  provost- 
marshal  of  the  Eighteenth  Army  Corps  and 
assigned  to  the  staff  of  General  C3rd.  He  was 
in  charge  of  Fort  Harrison,  Virginia,  Sep- 
tember 29,  1864,  when  he  was  ordered  to  de- 
liver a  message  to  the  advance  line  in  action, 
and  his  horse  was  struck  by  a  cannon  ball 
while  on  the  dead  run.  When  the  horse  fell, 
Home  was  thrown  to  the  ground,  breaking 
three  ribs  and  causing  severe  internal  in- 
juries, but,  crushed  and  bleeding,  he  made  his 
way  forward  and  delivered  his  message  near 
the  fort,  then  fell  in  a  faint.  On  account  of 
disability  from  his  injuries,  he  was  discharged 
November  17,  1864.  For  his  heroism  he  was 
awarded  a  Congressional  medal  of  honor. 
But  five  of  these  medals  are  held  in  this  state. 
This  is  the  official  notification  of  the  award : 

Subject,   Medal   of  Honor. 

War    Department,    Washington,    November    4,    1897. 

File  No.  R.  &  P.  488,835. 

Captain    Samuel    B.    Home, 

Bureau    of   Labor   Statistics,    Hartford,   Conn. 

Sir  :  You  are  hereby  notified  that,  by  direction 
of  the  President,  and  under  the  provisions  of  the 
Act  of  Congress  approved  March  3,  1863,  providing 
for  the  presentation  of  medals  of  honor  to  such  offi- 
cers, non-commissioned  officers  and  privates,  as  have 
most  distinguished  themselves  in  action,  a  "Con- 
gressional Medal  of  Honor"  has  this  day  been 
presented  to  you  for  Most  Distinguished  Gallan- 
try in  Action,  the  following  being  a  statement  of 
the  particular  service,  viz: 

"At  Fort  Harrison,  Va.,  September  29th,  1864, 
this  officer,  then  serving  as  captain  of  the  Elev- 
enth Connecticut  Volunteers,  and  acting  as  aide- 
de-camp  to  General  Ord,  while  carrying  an  im- 
portant message  on  the  field  was  wounded  and 
his  horse  killed,  but,  notwithstanding  his  severe 
wounds  and  sufferings,  he  continued  on  his  way, 
delivered  the  order,  and  then  joined  his  General, 
but  had  to  be  taken  to  the  rear  on  account  of  in- 
juries received."  The  medal  will  be  forwarded 
by  registered  mail  as  soon  as  it  shall  have  been 
engraved.  Respectfully, 

R.    A.    Alger, 

Secretary   of   War. 

Afterward  Captain  Home  became  a  volun- 
teer aide  on  the  staff  of  General  Weitzel,  com- 
mander of  the  Eighteenth  Army  Corps,  and 
with  him  and  his  army  entered  the  city  of 
Richmond  the  morning  of  the  evacuation. 
Later  he  was  again  commissioned  captain  of 
his  old  regiment,  and  assigned  to  duty  as  pro- 
vost-marshal of  Pulaski  county,  Virginia. 
After  the  war  he  attended  Fairview  Seminary, 
and  studied  law  in  the  office  of  Florimond  D. 
Fyler,  of  Winsted.  He  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  of  Litchfield  county  in  1869,  and  began 
to  practice  at  Grand  Rapids,  Michigan,  where 
he  continued  for  ten  years  in  partnership  with 
Judge  William  K.  Reck,  under  the  firm  name 


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of  Reck  &  Home.  He  was  master  in  chan- 
cery in  Michigan.  He  returned  to  Winsted, 
May  30,  1879,  and  since  then  has  been  in  gen- 
eral practice  in  that  town.  He  has  been  dis- 
tinguished not  only  in  military  life  and  in  his 
profession,  but  in  public  life.  He  is  a  Repub- 
lican of  prominence.  In  1884  he  represented 
the  town  of  Winchester  in  the  general  assem- 
bly. He  has  been  a  prominent  campaign 
speaker  and  a  delegate  to  many  county  and 
state  conventions  of  his  party.  He  was  on 
the  staff  of  Governor  Lounsbury  in  1888-89, 
and  has  the  rank  of  colonel.  He  was  for  four 
years  consul  to  the  Danish  West  Indies,  1890- 
94,  and  made  an  excellent  record  in  this 
service.  In  1895  he  was  appointed  labor  com- 
missioner of  the  state  of  Connecticut  and 
served  four  years.  He  is  a  prominent  mem- 
ber of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic  and 
was  the  first  commander  of  the  local  post, 
and  commander  of  the  Grand  Army  of  the 
state,  being  now  commander  of  Palmer  Post, 
No.  336,  Grand  z\rmy.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Military  Order  of  the  Loyal  Legion,  and 
has  been  senior  vice-commander  of  the  Medal 
of  Honor  Legion  of  the  United  States.  He 
is  a  charter  member  of  the  Benevolent  and 
Protective  Order  of  Elks,  of  Winsted.  In  re- 
ligion he  is  an  Episcopalian.  He  has  been  a 
member  of  St.  Andrews  Lodge  of  Free 
Masons  since  1864.  His  home  is  at  Belton 
Terrace,  a  beautiful  country  estate  in  Win- 
sted, and  he  has  large  real  estate  interests  in 
the  town.  He  has  traveled  extensively  here 
and  in  Europe,  South  and  Central  America, 
and  spends  his  winters  every  year  in  Florida. 

"Colonel  Home,"  said  the  Hartford  Post, 
June  27,  1909,  "is  one  of  the  best-known  men 
in  the  state,  a  former  member  of  the  legisla- 
ture, state  labor  commissioner,  ex-United 
States  consul  to  the  Danish  West  Indies, 
prominent  in  the  highest  Grand  Army  circles, 
and  active  in  professional  and  social  life,  has 
an  army  record  of  which  any  man  might  well 
be  proud,  and  is  one  of  the  five  wearers  in 
Connecticut  of  the  Medal  of  Honor,  corre- 
sponding to  the  Victoria  Cross,  conferred  for 
heroism  on  the  field  of  battle.  And,  as  be- 
comes the  real  hero,  he  not  only  makes  no  ex- 
ploitation of  this  distinguished  honor,  but 
never  refers  to  it  in  conversation  unless  the 
subject  is  brought  up  by  others." 

He  married,  October  11,  1871,  Etta  D., 
Bartlett,  born  October  23,  1854,  in  South 
Wayne,  Maine,  a  descendant  of  General  Israel 
Putnam,  of  revolutionary  fame,  daughter  of 
John  F.  and  Sarah  (Frohock)  Bartlett.  They 
had  but  one  child,  Belle  B.,  born  July  2,  1872, 
married  Edward  F.  Lawton,  superintendent 
of  the  Hartford  Electric  Light  Company,  and 


they   have  one  child,   Edwin   Home  Lawton, 
born  January  8,  19 10. 


Edward    Thurston,     immi- 
THURSTON     grant     ancestor,     was     the 

first  of  the  name  in  the 
colony  of  Rhode  Island,  and  must  have  been 
there  some  time  before  1647,  at  least  long 
enough  to  attend  to  the  preliminaries  of  his 
marriage,  which  took  place  in  June,  1647.  He 
married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Adam  Mott, 
who  came  from  Cambridge,  England,  when 
thirty-nine  years  of  age,  with  his  wife  Sarah, 
aged  thirty-one,  four  children  by  a  former 
wife,  and  Mary  Lott,  a  daughter  of  Sarah  by 
a  former  husband.  They  were  passengers 
from  London  for  New  England,  in  the  "De- 
fence," in  July,  1634.  Elizabeth,  born  1628, 
married  Edward  Thurston,  and  in  the  Cod- 
dington  burying  ground,  Newport,  stones  of 
Elizabeth  and  their  sons  Daniel,  Samuel  and 
others  are  still  standing.  Their  marriage  was 
the  third  on  the  record  of  the  Society  of 
Friends  at  Newport.  Edward  Thurston  is 
mentioned  in  the  colonial  records  as  a  free- 
man in  1655.  He  was  also  commissioner, 
assistant  and  deputy  from  Newport  from  1663 
to  1690.  On  August  26,  1686,  he,  with  others, 
signed  an  address  from  the  Quakers  of  Rhode 
Island  to  the  king.  His  wife  died  September 
2,  1694,  aged  sixty-seven-,  and  he  died  March 
I,  1707,  aged  about  ninety.  Children:  Sarah, 
born  March  10,  1648:  Elizabeth,  February, 
1650;  Edward,  April  i,  1652,  mentioned  be- 
low :  Ellen,  March,  1655 ;  Mary,  February, 
1657 :  Jonathan,  January  4,  1659 ;  Daniel, 
April,  1661  :  Rebecca,  April,  1662 ;  John,  De- 
cember, 1664:  Content,  June,  1667;  Samuel, 
August  24,  1669;  Thomas,  October  8,  1671. 

(II)  Edward  (2),  son  of  Edward  (i) 
Thurston,  was  born  in  Newport,  April  i, 
1652.  He  married  Susanna,  daughter  of  Wil- 
liam Jefferay,  who  married,  about  1640,  Mary, 
died  after  1675,  daughter  of  Jeremiah  and 
Priscilla  (Grover)  Gould.  William  Jefferay 
was  born  in  1591,  at  Chiddingly  Manor,  Sus- 
sex county,  England,  where  his  father  and 
ancestors  lived,  and  took  his  degree  at  Cam- 
bridge :  he  was  at  Weymouth,  Massachusetts, 
as  early  as  1623 ;  he  was  a  friend  of  Rev. 
William  Blackstone,  it  seems ;  was  at  Salem 
for  a  time,  and  went  to  Newport  earlier  than 
1652;  died  January  2,  1675,  and  was  buried 
at  Newport ;  was  son  of  William,  son  of 
Thomas,  son  of  William,  son  of  John,  son  of 
William,  son  of  Syom.  Edward  Thurston 
was  a  freeman  in  Newport,  May  6,  1679,  died 
December  7,  1690,  aged  thirty-eight.  Chil- 
dren: Edward,  born  1678;  William,  1680; 
Abigail,    April    3,    1686;    Priscilla,    married. 


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April  16,   1713,  Job  Lawton ;  Jonathan,  men- 
tioned below. 

(III)  Jonathan,  young-est  child  of  Edward 
(2)  Thurston,  was  baptized  at  Newport,  Oc- 
tober 9,  1 7 19,  in  Trinity  Church,  adult.  He 
married  (first)  Phebe,  sister  of  William  and 
John  Holmes,  and  she  died  March  31,  1734, 
aged  thirty-nine.  He  married  (second)  Au- 
gust 26,  1736,  Mehitable  Claghorn,  who  died 
September  7,  1745,  aged  thirty-eight.  He  died 
April  13,  1749,  aged  sixty-one.  His  will  was 
dated  March  31,  1749,  proved  May  i,  1749. 
He  was  a  merchant  in  Newport.  He  handed 
down  the  family  coat-of-arms  to  his  son  Jona- 
than. Children:  John,  born  August  17,  1723, 
mentioned  below ;  Mar)',  May  2,  1725 ;  Jona- 
than, baptized  'May  2,  1725  ;  Peleg,  baptized 
July  16,  1727,  died  October  20.  1727 ;  William, 
born  October  7,  1728 ;  Peleg,  baptized  Decem- 
ber 20,  1729,  died  December  29,  1729;  De- 
borah, baptized  June  27,  173 1,  died  Novem- 
ber 20,  1749;  Thomas,  baptized  July  3,  1737; 
Phebe,  baptized  June  22,  1740 ;  Peleg,  bap- 
tized April  4,  1742,  died  August  16,  1742 ; 
Edward,  baptized  August  28,  1743,  died  Sep- 
tember 20,  1759. 

(IV)  Captain  John,  son  of  Jonathan  Thurs- 
ton, was  born  in  Newport,  August  17,  1723. 
He  married.  May  10,  1746,  Elizabeth  Oxx, 
born  June  14.  1725,  died  March  25,  1793.  He 
was  a  sea  captain  in  Newport,  and  died  Au- 
gust 6,  1794.  He  had  the  family  coat-of-arms. 
Children:  John,  born  May  31,  1747;  Phebe, 
April  14,  1749:  Samuel,  June  4,  1751 ;  Peleg, 
May  28,  1753;  Jonathan,  April  25,  1755,  men- 
tioned below:  Edward,  April  12,  1759. 

(V)  Jonathan  (2),  son  of  Captain  John 
Thurston,  was  born  at  Newport,  April  25, 
1755.  He  married  Hannah  Beebe,  who  died 
September  8,  1789,  aged  forty-one.  Children  : 
Edward,  born  October  29,  1778,  mentioned 
below :  Christopher,  about  1780. 

(VI)  Edward,  son  of  Jonathan  (2)  Thurs- 
ton, was  born  in  Newport,  October  29,  1778. 
He  married  (first)  in  June,  1806,  Catharine 
Hubbard,  of  Catskill,  New  York,  and  he  mar- 
ried (second)  October  7,  1810,  Eliza  Fair- 
child,  who  died  April  10,  1839.  He_  died  July 
8,  1 85 1.  He  lived  in  Brooklyn,  New  York. 
Children :  Henry  Christopher,  born  March  ■ 
24,  1807.  mentioned  below ;  Robert  F.,  July 
8,  181 1  :  Hannah  Beebe,  November  15,  1813  ; 
Mary,  October  10,  1816,  died  August  6,  1817; 
Mary  Eliza,  born  February,  1820. 

(A'^'II)  Henry  Christopher,  son  of  Edward 
Thurston,  was  born  in  Brooklyn,  New  York, 
March  24,  1807.  He  married  (first)  Novem- 
ber 28,  1830,  Catharine  Smith,  of  Catskill, 
New  York,  who  died  March  11,  1840,  aged 
thirty-two.   He  married  (second)  July  6,  1842, 


Almira  Allen  Smith,  of  Green  River,  New 
York.  He  was  a  merchant  at  Ashley  Falls, 
Massachusetts,  and  died  June  6,  1875.  His 
wife  died  September  6,  1879.  Children:  i. 
Henry  Smith,  born  January  18,  1832,  a  book- 
keeper in  Westfield,  Massachusetts ;  married, 
April  7,  1855,  Jennie  Colton ;  no  children. 
2  and  3.  Harriet  and  Marietta  (twins),  born 
May  9,  1834;  Harriet  died  September  23, 
1835  :  Marietta  died  May  30,  1834.  4.  Har- 
riet Evaline,  born  July  3,  1836,  married,  July 
6,  1852,  Eugene  Decker,  a  carpenter  in  Falls 
Village,  Connecticut ;  children :  Alice,  John, 
Frank,  Madge  and  Ina  Decker.  5.  Mary  E., 
born  November  10,  1844,  married,  1874, 
Charles  S.  Cook,  a  farmer  in  Palmerstown, 
Connecticut ;  no  children.  6.  Alice  Rosa,  born 
May  26,  1847,  married,  June  29,  189 1,  Joseph 
Petit,  of  Winsted.  7.  Esther  Anna,  born  Oc- 
tober 23,  1849.  8.  Albert,  January  8,  1853, 
died  March  20,  1853.  9.  William  A.,  men- 
tioned below. 

(VIII)  Wilham  A.,  youngest  child  of 
Henry  Christopher  Thurston,  was  born  at 
Ashley  Falls,  Massachusetts,  March  13,  1854. 
He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools,  at  the 
academy  at  Ashley  Falls,  and  the  Eastman 
Business  College,  at  Poughkeepsie,  New  York. 
He  worked  as  clerk  in  his  father's  store  at 
Ashley  Falls  until  he  was  nineteen  years  old, 
then  went  to  Rochester,  New  York,  where  he 
learned  the  trade  of  tinsmith  and  plumber.  In 
less  than  two  years  he  came  to  Connecticut, 
and  worked  at  his  trade  for  four  years  at 
Norwich.  He  embarked  in  business  on  his 
own  account  at  Mill  River  in  1880,  and  had 
a  plumbing  and  tinsmith  shop  there  until  1883, 
when  he  came  to  Norfolk,  Connecticut,  where 
he  has  been  in  the  same  line  of  business  to 
the  present  time.  He  has  been  successful  in 
business  and  is  a  substantial  and  influential 
citizen.  Fie  has,  in  addition  to  his  plumbing 
and  heating  business,  a  hardware  and  house- 
furnishing  store.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republi- 
can, and  is  one  of  the  board  of  selectmen  of 
the  town  of  Norfolk  (1910).  He  has  been 
constable  of  the  town  and  member  of  its  board 
of  relief.  He  represented  the  town  in  the  gen- 
eral assembly  in  1909,  and  served  on  the  com- 
mittee on  capitol  furnishings  and  grounds. 
He  is  a  member  of  Western  Star  Lodge,  No. 
2,7,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  of  Norfolk, 
of  which  he  has  been  worshipful  master;  of 
Royal  Arch  Masons ;  of  Royal  and  Select 
Masters  of  Winsted ;  of  Laurel  Chapter,  Or- 
der of  Eastern  Star,  of  which  he  has  been 
patron,  and  of  Wangum  Council,  Royal  Ar- 
canum. In  religion  he  is  a  Methodist.  He 
married,  December  25,  1875,  Frances  E.,  born 
October   14,    1852,   daughter    of    Frank    and 


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Lucy  (Mason)  Hubbard.  Children:  Clara 
May,  born  February  8,  1879,  died  June  17, 
1880;  Lena  May,  born  March  18,  1881,  mar- 
ried Harry  Atwood,  of  Norfolk,  a  carpenter; 
Ruby  Belle,  born  January  5,   1884. 


Rev.   George   Tyler   Hewlett 
HEWLETT     lived     at    Bristol,     England. 

(H)  George  Tyler  (2),  son 
of  Rev.  George  Tyler  (i)  Hevirlett,  came 
from  Bristol,  England,  in  1857,  and  settled  at 
New  Haven,  Connecticut.  He  married  Mary 
Ann,  daughter  of  Rev.  William  Bartlett  Stad- 
dan,  of  Bristol,  England. 

(UI)  Major  George  Tyler  (3),  son  of 
George  Tyler  (2)  Hewlett,  was  born  at  New 
Haven,  September  19,  1861.  He  attended  the 
public  schools  of  his  native  city.  He  began  ■ 
his  business  career  as  a  boy  in  the  employ  of 
Sargeant  &  Company  of  New  Haven,  and  for 
a  few  years  he  was  with  a  New  York  import- 
ing house.  Since  1883  he  has  been  employed 
by  the  board  of  education  and  has  been  its 
secretary  since  1902.  He  is  well  known  in 
military  circles.  He  became  a  member  of  the 
Second  Company,  Governor's  Foot  Guard, 
May,  1895,  and  successively  attained  the  rank 
of  corporal,  sergeant,  fourth,  third,  second 
and  first  lieutenant,  and  captain  of  that  ancient 
and  celebrated  organization.  He  was  commis- 
sioned major  in  August,  1909.  A  magnificent 
military  ball  in  honor  of  Major  Hewlett  was 
given  in  the  armory  early  in  the  winter  fol- 
lowing. The  Governor's  Foot  Guard  was 
called  into  being  by  the  imminence  of  civil 
war.  Sixty-five  gentlemen  "of  influence  and 
respectability  met  at  New  Haven"  December 
28,  1774,  and  signed  article  of  agreement  to 
form  the  company,  meeting  thereafter  every 
week  and  drilling  faithfully.  A  uniform  was 
adopted  February  2,  1775,  and  the  Governor's 
Second  Company  of  Guards  was  chartered  by 
the  Colonial  Assembly,  March  2,  1775,  being 
the  second  corps  chartered  in  Connecticut,  and 
the  third  in  the  United  States.  Benedict  Ar- 
nold, the  same  Benedict  of  infamous  memory 
in  later  years,  was  the  first  captain.  When 
the  Lexington  alarm  came,  the  company  voted 
to  march  to  Cambridge  and  offer  its  services 
to  the  patriots'  cause.  Rev.  Jonathan  Edwards 
addressed  the  company  and  a  large  throng  of 
citizens  on  the  day  the  company  marched 
away.  Captain  Arnold  had  to  threaten  to  use 
force  before  the  selectmen  of  the  town  would 
deliver  the  keys  of  the  powder  house  and  al- 
low his  men  to  provide  themselves  with  pow- 
der. The  people  of  New  Haven  were  not  all 
of  one  mind  respecting  the  war.  At  Cam- 
bridge, Massachusetts,  the  company  was  quar- 
tered in  the  fine  old  mansion  of  Lieutenant- 


Governor  Oliver,  who  was  a  Loyahst,  and  it 
being  the  only  company  in  the  American  army 
in  uniform,  it  was  assigned  to  special  duties 
which  to  the  soldier's  eye  required  a  uniform. 
Arnold  was  nominally  captain  until  May, 
1777,  when  he  was  promoted  to  colonel  and 
later  to  general.  A  dozen  men  from  the 
Guards  joined  Arnold's  ill-starred  expedition 
against  Quebec.  Hezekiah  Smith  succeeded 
Arnold  as  captain.  The  company  returned  to 
New  Haven  and  thereafter  took  orders  direct 
from  the  governor.  During  all  the  history  of 
the  organization  it  has  been  made  up  in  mem- 
bership from  the  most  substantial  citizens, 
merchants,  manufacturers  and  professional 
men,  and  it  has  had  a  long  list  of  distin- 
guished men  as  officers.  In  1809  the  Second 
Company  of  Governor's  Horse  Guard  was 
organized,  and  since  then  the  older  company 
has  been  designated  as  the  Foot  Guard.  The 
charter  was  amended  in  October,  1809,  to  per- 
mit the  enlistment  of  one  hundred  and  eight- 
een instead  of  sixtj'-five  men,  and  making  the 
officers  comprise  eight  corporals,  eight  ser- 
geants, four  lieutenants  and  a  captain.  The 
company  was  active  in  the  war  of  18 12,  doing 
good  service  during  the  riots  and  on  the  alarm 
of  1 8 14.  It  enlisted  as  Company  K,  Sixth 
Connecticut  Regiment,  in  the  war  of  1861-65, 
and  also  enHsted  for  the  Spanish- American 
war  of  1898,  but  was  not  mustered  into  serv- 
ice. 

Major  Flewlett  married,  December  12,  1883, 
Nettie  Laura  W'ilson,  born  November  2, 
i860,  died  November  8,  1894,  daughter  of 
Granville  Wilson,  of  Fairhaven,  Connecticut. 
Children  :  George  Wilson,  born  November  27, 
1885  ;  Samuel  Tyler,  August  6,  1887  ;  Horace 
Barnes,  June  27,  1889 ;  William  Staddan,  July 
10,  1891.  The  family  resides  at  443  Edge- 
wood  avenue.  New  Haven. 


Robbins  is  a  very  old  and  nu- 
ROBBINS     merous   surname   in    England, 

derived  from  the  personal 
name,  Robin,  and  identical  with  Robinson  in 
derivation.  There  have  been  many  prominent 
men  of  tjnis  family  both  in  England  and 
America. 

(I)  John  Robbins,  progenitor  of  this  fam- 
ily, lived  at  Hedingworth,  Leicestershire, 
England,  and  his  ancestors  doubtless  lived 
there  for  generations  before  him,  though  the 
lineage  has  not  been  traced.  The  name  was 
common  for  many  generations  in  that  section. 
He  was  a  large  landowner  and  a  man  of  sub- 
stance. He  died  at  Hedingworth,  August  12, 
1680,  probably  about  ninety  years  of  age.  His 
wife  Hester  was  buried  there  Augiist  7,  1697. 
Children :    John,  mentioned  below ;  Nicholas, 


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settled  in  Duxbury,  Massachusetts ;  Thomas 
settled  in  Duxbury;  Samuel,  settled  in  Salis- 
bury, Massachusetts,  where  he  died  in  1665, 
leaving  a  will  from  which  the  remainder  of 
the  family  is  identified  and  the  relationship 
established ;  Joseph,  remained  in  England. 

(11)  "Gentleman"  John  (2),  son  of  John 
( I )  Robbins,  was  born  at  Hedingworth,  Eng- 
land. He  settled  at  Wethersfield,  Connecticut, 
as  early  as  1638.  He  was  a  man  of  means 
and  high  social  standing,  whence  the  title 
"gentleman"  given  to  him  by  historians.  He 
had  a  grant  of  land  at  Wethersfield,  October 
10,  1638,  and  other  grants  later.  He  was 
selectman  in  1652 ;  deputy  to  the  general  court 
in  1653-56-57-59.  He  died  June  27,  1660,  and 
his  inventory  amounted  to  five  hundred  and 
seventy-nine  pounds,  nineteen  shillings,  four 
pence.  He  married,  about  the  middle  of  Sep- 
tember, 1639,  Mary,  daughter  or  sister  of 
Governor  Thomas  and  Elizabeth  Welles.  The 
estate  was  distributed  to  the  children  by  order 
of  the  court  dated  June  5,  1662.  Children : 
Mary,  born  January  20,  1641-42,  married 
Elizur  Kimberly,  schoolmaster ;  Hannah, 
April  30,  1643,  married  Deacon  William 
Warner;  Comfort,  October  12,  1646,  married 
Theophilus  Sherman ;  John,  April  29,  1649 ; 
Joshua,  mentioned  below;  Samuel,  born  and 
died  November,  1659. 

(HI)  Captain  Joshua,  son  of  "Gentleman" 
John  (2)  Robbins,  was  born  at  Wethersfield, 
October  21,  1651-52,  died  there  December  15, 
1738.  He  held  various  offices  of  trust  and 
honor  in  the  town  between  1678  and  1703, 
and  was  a  prominent  and  useful  citizen.  He 
married,  December  24,  1680,  Elizabeth,  daugh- 
ter of  Samuel  and  Elizabeth  Butler.  His  wife 
died  April  24,  1736,  aged  about  seventy-one. 
Children,  born  at  Wethersfield :  Joshua,  born 
October  21,  1681,  mentioned  below;  Elizabeth, 
December  29,  1684,  marrie'd  Nathaniel  Tal- 
cott ;  Hannah,  June  10,  1688,  married  Joseph 
Welles ;  Mary,  January  10,  1692,  married  Jo- 
seph Treat ;  Captain  Jonathan,  December  28, 
1694:  Abigail,  June  12,  1697,  married,  No- 
vember 30,  1716,  Silas  Belden ;  Comford, 
1699,  married  John  Coleman  ;  Sarah,  Decem- 
ber 31,  1703,  died  December  29,  1710. 

fIV)  Joshua  (2),  son  of  Captain  Joshua 
(i)  Robbins,  was  born  at  Wethersfield,  Octo- 
ber 21,  1681,  died  there  May  30,  1733.  He 
was  a  large  land  holder  in  Wethersfield  and 
vicinity.  He  bequeathed  his  homestead  at 
Stepney  to  Joshua.  His  widow  married  Cap- 
tain Thomas  Welles.  She  died  December  3, 
1744,  aged  sixty-two  years.  Children,  born  at 
Wethersfield:  Nathaniel,  September  7,  1708, 
mentioned  below;  Zebulon,  May  2,  1710; 
Sarah,  January  25,  1712,  died  April  28,  1753, 


married  John  Morton;  John,  March  31,  1731 ; 
Hannah,  March  3,  1715,  married  Elisha 
Treat;  Joshua,  June  19,  1717,  died  May  30, 
1726,  married  Mary  Welles;  Elizabeth,  Sep- 
tember 23,   1719,  died  June  3,   1733  ;  Abigail, 

October    9,     1721,    married     (first)     

Loomis,  (second)  Hon.  Jonathan  Trumbull, 
the  revolutionary  governor  of  Connecticut, 
known  as  "Brother  Jonathan." 

(V)  Deacon  Nathaniel,  son  of  Joshua  (2) 
Robbins,  was  born  in  Wethersfield,  September 
7,  1708,  died  there  October  5.  1783.  He  was 
a  farmer  in  Wethersfield.  He  married,  De- 
cember II,  1735,  Mary,  his  cousin,  daughter 
of  Richard  and  Martha  (Curtis)  Robbins. 
She  was  born  March  10,  1713,  died  Novem- 
ber 7,  1781.  His  will  was  dated  May  14, 
1781,  proved  April  23,  .1784.  The  inventory 
amounted  to  one  hundred  and  forty-three 
pounds,  five  shillings,  ten  pence.  Children, 
born  at  Wethersfield :  Sarah,  born  December 
13,  1736,  died  March  8,  1739-40;  Richard, 
September  24,  1738,  mentioned  below  ;  Joshua, 
February  9,  1739-40,  removed  to  Pittsfield; 
Sarah,  August  7,  1742,  married  John  Deming; 
Nathaniel,  August  27,  1745 ;  Mary,  born  May 
24,  1751,  married  John  Bulkeley,  March  2, 
1777;  Eunice,  August  22,  1755,  married,  De- 
cember 13,  1775,  Benjamin  Butler. 

(VI)  Richard,  son  of  Deacon  Nathaniel 
Robbins.  was  born  at  Wethersfield,  September 
24,  1738,  died  there  October  28,  1783.  A 
Richard  Robbins  was  a  soldier  in  the  revolu- 
tion in  Colonel  S.  B.  Webb's  regiment  in 
1780.  He  married,  December  9,  1762,  Abi- 
gail Warner,  who  died  September  18,  18 19,  in 
her  seventy-sixth  year.  He  left  an  estate 
valued  at  over  two  thousand  pounds.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Wethersfield :  Elijah,  Septem- 
ber 30,  1763,  mentioned  below ;  Enos,  June  25, 
1765  ;  Rhocla,  October  4,  1767,  died  unmarried 
January  17,  1854;  Warner,  May  17,  1769,  died 
young:  Warner,  September  7,  1772,  died  No- 
vember 7,  1805  ;  Roger,  twin  of  Warner,  died 
September  13,  1772;  Abigail,  September  10, 
1773  ;  Rachel,  August  29,  1776.  died  April  i, 
1854:  Roger.  September  25,  1778,  lost  at  sea, 
November,  1801 ;  Mary,  February  26,  1782, 
died  unmarried. 

(VH)  Elijah,  son  of  Richard  Robbins,  was 
born  in  A'Vethersfield,  September  30,  1763,  died 
probably  September  30,  1815.  He  married, 
July  22,  1787.  Martha,  daughter  of  Captain 
William  and  Martha  (Tapley)  Griswold.  She 
died  November  13,  1810-11,  in  her  thirty- 
ninth  year.  Children,  born  at  Wethersfield : 
Richard,  August  30,  1788,  mentioned  below ; 
William,  January  10,  1790;  Augusta,  Febru- 
ary 29,  1792,  married,  January,  1817,  James 
Robbins  and  had  children,  Martha  and  Sarah ; 


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Benjamin,  July  2,  1794;  Martha,  born  August 
29,  1796,  married  George  O.  Chambers;  Rev. 
Loren,  February,  1799,  graduate  of  Yale  Col- 
lege and  of  Andover  Theological  Seminary, 
resident  at  Oxford,  Massachusetts,  went  west ; 
Edward,  March  11,  1801 ;  Sally,  April  28, 
1803,  married  James  Robbins;  Mary,  October, 
3808,  died  January  23,  1809-10. 

(VIII)  Richard  (2),  son  of  Elijah  Robbins, 
was  born  at  Wethersfield,  August  30,  1788, 
(died  there  March  16,  1858.  He  married  a  dis- 
tant relative,  Chloe,  daughter  of  Jacob  and 
Eunice  Robbins,  April  29,  1819.  She  was  a 
first  cousin  of  Noah  Webster,  the  author  of 
the  dictionary.  She  died  in  February,  1861, 
aged  seventy-two  years.  Children,  born  at 
Wethersfield :  Silas  Webster,  October  2, 
1822,  mentioned  below ;  Edward  Griswold, 
February  8,  1824;  Richard  Austin,  Septem- 
ber 20,  1826. 

(IX)  Silas  Webster,  son  of  Richard  (2) 
Robbins,  was  born  at  Wethersfield,  October  2, 
1822,  and  was  educated  there  under  the  Rev. 
Joseph  Emerson,  who  had  an  excellent  private 
school  in  Wethersfield.  Mrs.  Emerson,  the 
principal  teacher,  was  a  sister  of  Mrs.  Hazel- 
tine,  principal  of  the  famous  Bradford  Acad- 
emy of  Bradford,  Massachusetts.  So  high 
was  the  reputation  of  the  school  that  pupils 
came  from  all  parts  of  the  country.  While 
Mr.  Robbins  was  a  student,  a  niece  of  Henry 
Clay  and  a  niece  of  Francis  P.  Blair  were 
among  the  pupils.  He  started  upon  his  busi- 
ness career  as  a  clerk  in  the  market  and  pro- 
vision store  of  Fox  &  Porter,  Central  Row, 
Hartford,  but  before  he  was  twenty  years  old 
he  began  business  on  his  own  account  as  a 
general  merchant  in  his  native  town,  and  con- 
ducted it  with  marked  success  for  forty  years. 
He  was  instrumental  in  establishing  the  seed 
firm  of  Johnson,  Robbins  &  Company,  which 
gained  a  national  reputation.  He  was  one  of 
the  incorporators  of  the  Hartford  &  Connecti- 
cut Valley  Railroad  Company  and  of  the  Hart- 
ford &  Wethersfield  Horse  Railroad  Company. 
He  has  been  a  director  of  the  American  Na- 
tional Bank  of  Hartford  since  September, 
1858,  of  the  Phoenix  Mutual  Life  Insurance 
Company  since  1889,  and  has  been  a  trustee 
of  the  Mechanics  Savings  Bank.  He  was  for 
many  years  treasurer  and  director  of  the 
Wethersfield  Novelty  Company ;  director  of 
the  Merrick  Thread  Company  of  Holyoke, 
Massachusetts,  and  president  of  the  A.  D. 
Vorce  -  Company. 

When  Mr.  Robbins  was  eighty-seven  years 
old  the  Hartford  Times  said  of  him : 

"The  Hon.  Silas  Webster  Robbins  of  Wethers- 
field, the  great  pioneer  importer  of  Jersey  cattle,  be- 
gan his  work  in  that  direction  in  1859,  and  for  forty 


odd  years  he  was  the  leading  authority  concerning 
Jersey  herds  in  the  United  States.  Mr.  Robbins, 
who  will  be  eighty-seven  years  old  October  2,  1909, 
is  the  oldest  resident  of  the  town  engaged  in  active 
business  at  the  present  time.  His  noted  herd  of 
Jerseys  was  dismantled  seven  years  ago  July  2. 
It  was  known  at  that  time  as  the  oldest  and  most 
in-and-in  bred  Coomassie  herd  in  the  country.  Mr. 
Robbins  had  spent  the  greater  part  of  his  life  de- 
veloping the  Jerseys  which  had  been  raised  on  his 
Wethersfield  farm.  The  breaking  up  and  scatter- 
ing of  the  herd  was  due  mainly  to  the  fact  that  his 
son,  Elisha  Johnson  Robbins,  had  died,  leaving  the 
burdens  of  the  continuance  to  the  founder,  who 
was  then   eighty  years  old. 

"IVlr.  Robbins  bought  imported  Victoria  April  25, 
1859,  from  John  A.  Taintor,  of  Hartford.  He 
spared  no  pains  in  securing  the  best  stock,  paying 
liberally  for  the  selections.  In  April,  1883,  he  paid 
five  thousand  dollars  cash  for  Ona's  Koffee,  only 
twenty-eight  days  old.  The  breeding  of  his  herd 
was  attended  with  tragedies.  Burnett's  Boy  was 
the  most  beautiful  bull  that  Mr.  Robbins  owned  dur- 
ing the  period  in  which  he  was  a  Jersey  breeder. 
On  one  occasion  he  gave  orders  for  the  sale  of  one 
of  the  bulls  in  the  herd.  The  overseer  in  charge 
selected  the  wrong  bull,  and  Burnett's  Boy  was  sent 
to  the  slaughter  house.  James  O.  Sheldon  paid 
$3,000  for  a  Short-Horn  calf  bull,  called  "4th  Duke 
of  Geneva. 

"In  recent  years  Mr.  Robbins  has  become  a  breed- 
er of  English  pheasants — an  occupation  that  has  af- 
forded him  unlimited  pleasure  and  recreation.  The 
bulk  of  the  work  comes  at  morning  and  night,  and 
the  daily  tasks  are  undertaken  with  interest  and 
satisfaction. 

"Mr.  Robbins  is  known  through  the  country,  not 
only  for  his  success  with  Jersey  cattle,  but  as  a 
breeder  of  various  kinds  of  thoroughbreds,  includ- 
ing Shorthorns  and  Guernseys  as  well,  and  of  Cots- 
wold,  South  Down  and  Shropshire  sheep.  He  was 
one  of  the  founders  of  the  American  Jersey  Cattle 
Club." 

"Ex-Senator  Robbins,"  says  the  Times  in 
the  same  article, 

is  a  man  of  great  taste  and  culture.  His  home  is 
rich  in  paintings  and  works  of  art.  One  of  the 
finest  illustrations  of  antique  furniture  is  the  Chip- 
pendale secretary  that  was  loaned  for  the  St.  Louis 
fair.  It  was  imported  by  John  Robbins  of  Rocky 
Hill,  in  the  neighborhood  of  1765,  when  he  built  the 
famous  home  in  Rocky  Hill  from  the  first  brick 
made  in  Connecticut.  The  secretary  is  made  of 
mahogany  and  is  of  great  value  as  a  specimen  of 
ancient  furniture.  The  grounds  surrounding  his 
residence  on  Broad  Street  are  laid  out  with  the 
utmost  taste  and  art  and  indicate  the  character  and 
refinement  of  the  owner." 

In  public  life  Mr.  Robbins  has  had  a  dis- 
tinguished and  honorable  career.  He  was  a 
Whig  in  early  life  and  cast  his  first  presiden- 
tial vote  for  Henry  Clay.  When  the  Repub- 
lican party  was  organized  in  1856  he  became 
a  member,  and  has  supported  the  principles 
and  candidates  of  that  party  since.  For  many 
years  he  was  postmaster  of  Wethersfield  and 
town  treasurer.  In  1888  he  was  elected  state 
senator  from  his  district  (the  old  second)  by 
a  plurality  of  four  hundred  and  si.xteen  and 


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served  on  various  important  committees,  giv- 
ing evidence  of  unusual  ability  as  a  legislator. 

He  is  a  prominent  member  of  the  Congre- 
gational church  of  Wethersfield.  A  man  of 
the  strictest  integrity  in  all  the  dealings  of 
life,  of  strong  and  sterling  character,  sound 
judgment,  public  spirit  and  exemplary  life,  he 
has  the  entire  confidence  and  esteem  of  the 
community  in  which  his  long  life  has  been 
spent. 

He  married,  February  14,  1854,  Sophia 
Jane,  born  November  9,  1834,  daughter  of 
Captain  Elisha  and  Hannah  (Cushman)  John- 
son. Her  father  was  the  head  of  the  firm  of 
Johnson,  Robbins  &  Company  and  an  able  and 
successful  merchant.  Captain  Johnson  was 
the  first  manufacturer  of  thread  in  the  United 
States,  his  works  being  at  Wilmington,  and 
he  was  one  of  the  incorporators  of  the  Wil- 
limantic  Thread  Company.  He  was  also  an 
incorporator  of  the  Merrick  Thread  Company 
of  Holyoke.  "Mrs.  Robbins,"  says  the  Times, 
"was  a  woman  of  fascinating  traits  of  char- 
aster  and  an  ornament  to  the  church  and  so- 
ciety in  Wethersfield.  Soldiers  from  the  town 
of  Wethersfield  who  enlisted  in  the  Civil  War 
were  recipients  of  her  interest  and  encourage- 
ment. Colonel  John  B.  Clapp  and  Robert  H. 
Kellogg  were  favorites  with  Mrs.  Robbins. 
Captain  Elisha  Johnson,  the  father  of  Mrs. 
Robbins,  took  a  cordial  interest  in  the  young 
men  of  the  town  and  left  nothing  undone  that 
could  insure  their  promotion  and  success. 
Most  of  them  have  passed  away,  but  the  sur- 
vivors hold  the  names  and  memories  of  ex- 
Senator  and  Mrs.  Robbins  as  among  the  rich- 
est treasures  of  the  Civil  War  period.  Mr. 
Robbins  is  deserving  of  the  title  of  the  Grand 
Old  Man.  His  life  is  as  gentle  as  that  of  a 
woman." 

•Children,  born  at  Wethersfield:  Elisha  J., 
born  January  12,  1857,  married  Ida  M. 
Adams ;  daughter,  Jane  Johnson,  born  June 
19,  1882 ;  Julia  J.,  May  7,  i860 ;  Katharine 
Chester,  June  30,  1863  ;  Anna  Cushman,  Octo- 
ber I,  1874,  married,  April  4,  1899,  Wilfred 
Willis  Savage ;  child,  John  Robbins  Savage. 

(II)    Nathaniel   Chitten- 
CHITTENDEN     den,     son     of     William 
Chittenden   (q.  v. ),  lived 
on  Crooked  lane,  now  State  street,  Guilford, 
Connecticut.  He  died  in  June,  1691.  He  mar- 
ried    Sarah    .       Children :    Nathaniel, 

born  August  10,  1669,  mentioned  below;  Sar- 
ah, March  2,  1672-73.  Mary,  February  6, 
1675;  Joseph,  September  6,  1677;  Hannah, 
March  15,  1680-81:  Deborah,  October  15, 
1682 ;  Cornelius,  1685. 

(Ill)  Nathaniel   (2),  son  of  Nathaniel   (i) 


Chittenden,  was  born  August  10,  1669.  He 
married  Elizabeth,  born  July  14,  1668,  died 
November  15,  1738,  daughter  of  Thomas  and 
Mary  Fletcher  Stevens,  of  Killingworth. 
Children:  Phebe,  born  January  23,  1691 ;  Tim- 
othy, August  19,  1694;  Elizabeth,  March  7, 
1699;  Nathaniel,  mentioned  below.  In  1689 
he  removed  to  Killingworth. 

(IV)  Nathaniel  (3),  son  of  Nathaniel  (2) 
Chittenden,  was  born  June  6,  1701.  He  lived 
in  Killingworth,  and  died  in  Havana,  August, 
1762.  He  married,  January  6,  1725,  Lucy 
Nettleton,  who  died  in  July,  1762.  Children: 
Rebecca,  born  September  28,  1727;  Daniel, 
August  27,  1729;  Nathaniel,  June  21,  1731, 
mentioned  below;  Lucy,  April  25,  1736; 
Lydia,  July  21,  1740. 

(V)  Nathaniel  (4),  son  of  Nathaniel  (3) 
Chittenden,  was  born  June  21,  1731,  died  in 
Winthrop,  Connecticut,  January  11,  1820.  He 
married  Mehitabel  Beebe,  born  December, 
1733,  died  November  25,  1805.  Children: 
John,  born  October  7,  1757,  mentioned  below ; 
Mary,  1759;  Solomon,  September  14,  1761 ; 
Asahel,  January,  1764;  Cornelius,  April  6, 
1766;  Joseph,  1768;  Hetty,  married  George 
Dee. 

(VI)  John,  son  of  Nathaniel  (4)  Chitten- 
den, was  born  October  7,  1757.  He  lived  in 
Westbrook  and  died  there,  July  10,  1841.  He 
married,  February  26,  1783,  Rebecca  Merrils, 
born  August  20,  1764,  died  April  13,  1834. 
Children:  Julia,  born  July  18,  1784;  Daniel, 
July  28,  1787;  Rebecca,  July  26,  1789; 
Amelia,  January  26,  1792;  Fanny,  August  13, 
1794;  John,  May  24,  1797;  Alfred,  April  15, 
1799;  Una,  March  15,  1801 ;  Charles,  August 
29,  1803,  died  October  4,  1805 ;  Rev.  Charles, 
September  27,  1805 ;  Horace,  August  24, 
1807. 

(VII)  Alfred,  son  of  John  Chittenden,  was 
born  April  15,  1799.  He  married,  October  31, 
1822,  Anna  Platts,  born  January  10,  1799. 
They  lived  in  Westbrook,  where  he  died,  No- 
vember 22,  1882.  Children:  Daniel  A.,  born 
September  16,  1823;  Sarah  Ann,  October  22, 
1826;  Horace  H.,  born  April  2,  1829,  men- 
tioned below;  Eunice  M.,  June  i,  1831 ; 
Charles  Alfred,  November  28,  1835. 

(VIII)  Horace  H.,  son  of  Alfred  Chitten- 
den, was  born  April  2,  1829.  He  lived  in 
New  Haven.  He  married,  September  zt,, 
1851,  Emily  A.  Doane,  born  March  10,  1830. 
Child,  Russell  H.,  mentioned  below. 

(IX)  Professor  Russell  Henry  Chittenden, 
son  of  Horace  H.  Chittenden,  was  born  in 
New  Haven,  February  18,  1856.  He  attended 
the  public  schools  of  his  native  city  and  com- 
pleted his  preparation  for  college  in  Mr. 
French's  private  school,  earning  a  large  part 


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of  his  tuition  by  giving  instruction  to  pupils 
in  the  lower  classes  in  Greek,  Latin  and 
mathematics,  and  even  at  that  time  he  mani- 
fested a  characteristic  aptitude  for  imparting 
knowledge  and  inspiring  others  to  work.  His 
preference  at  that  time  was  for  the  classics, 
but  natural  sciences  came  to  have  a  fascination 
for  him  and  he  planned  a  course  of  study  to 
fit  himself  for  the  study  of  medicine.  The 
course  he  determined  upon  and  pursued  has 
since  been  adopted  substantially  in  all  medical 
schools,  and  it  devolved  upon  him  as  a  life 
duty  to  develop  the  idea  in  Yale  University 
and  set  the  example  for  other  colleges  to  fol- 
low. Chemistry  as  applied  to  physiology  was 
his  special  study.  When  he  was  a  student  a 
biological  course  had  been  planned  at  the 
Sheffield  Scientific  School,  but  facilities  were 
lacking  for  the  proper  study  of  the  subject. 
In  his  senior  year,  however,  an  independent 
physiological  chemistry  laboratory  was  pro- 
vided and  while,  nominally,  it  was  in  charge 
of  a  professor,  the  practical  management  of  it 
fell  to  the  student,  Russell  H.  Chittenden,  who 
so  keenly  appreciated  its  value  and  needs.  He 
held  the  appointment  as  laboratory  assistant. 
He  was  graduated  from  the  Sheffield  Scien- 
tific School  of  Yale  in  1875  with  the  degree  of 
Ph.B.,  and  his  thesis  was  accorded  the  honor 
of  publication  in  the  American  Journal  of 
Science,  and  of  translation  into  German  for 
publication  in  Liebig's  Annalen  der  Chemie, 
Leipsic.  After  graduation  he  was  assistant 
and  instructor  in  physiological  chemistry  in 
Sheffield  until  1882,  when  he  was  appointed 
full  professor.  He  spent  the  year  1878-79  in 
Europe,  chiefly  at  Heidelberg  University, 
where  he  studied  under  Professor  Kiihne. 
Even  at  this  time  his  writings  on  the  subject 
of  his  research  attracted  widespread  interest 
among  scientists.  A  series  of  papers  was  pub- 
lished in  the  American  Chemical  Journal,  ex- 
tending over  a  period  of  several  years.  In 
the  summer  of  1882  he  accepted  the  invitation 
of  Professor  Kiihne  to  return  to  Heidelberg, 
where  a  long  summer  vacation  was  devoted  to 
a  joint  investigation  into  the  physiology  of 
digestion.  Though  constrained  to  return  to 
his  duties  at  Yale  in  the  fall,  this  was  but  the 
beginning  of  a  long  period  of  collaboration 
with  Professor  Kiihne.  Some  of  their  results 
were  published  in  Munich  in  the  Zeitschrift 
fiir  Biologic,  and  eagerly  welcomed  by  stu- 
dents of  chemistry  and  biology  as  a  substan- 
tial contribution  to  the  knowledge  of  the 
world.  His  work  as  a  teacher  grew  in  impor- 
tance as  the  work  of  research  and  the  fruits 
of  physiological  study  in  many  laboratories 
was  made  available.  His  classes  grew  large 
and  his  instruction  essential  to  all  the  medical 


students.  He  was  a  member  of  the  governing 
board  before  i8g8,  and  since  then  he  has  been 
director  and  treasurer  of  the  Sheffield  Scien- 
tific School.  Six  years  later  was  appointed 
treasurer  of  the  board  of  trustees.  In  addi- 
tion to  his  duties  at  Yale  he  was  called  upon 
to  lecture  at  Columbia  University,  New  York, 
from  1898  to  1903.  Another  field  of  useful- 
ness in  which  Professor  Chittenden  rendered 
distinguished  service  was  on  the  national  com- 
mittee of  fifty  for  the  investigation  of  the 
drink  problem.  He  investigated  particularly 
the  influence  of  alcoholic  drinks  upon  the 
chemical  process  of  digestion  and  the  effect 
upon  secretion,  absorption,  etc. 

He  received  the  degree  of  Ph.D.  from  Yale 
in  1880;  LL.D.  in  1903  from  the  University 
of  Toronto ;  Sc.D.  from  the  University  of 
Pennsylvania  in  1904.  Indefatigable  in  lab- 
oratory investigation,  Professor  Chittenden 
has  displayed  equal  ability  in  the  presentation 
of  his  results  in  literary  form.  He  became  as- 
sociate editor  of  the  English  Journal  of 
Physiology  in  1890  and  of  the  Journal  of 
Experimental  Medicine  in  1896.  He  was  ac- 
tive in  establishing  the  American  Journal  of 
Physiology,  of  which  he  is  also  an  associate 
editor.  He  is  on  the  staff  of  the  Journal  of 
Biological  Chemistry.  He  published  '"Studies 
in  Physiological  Chemistry"  (three  volumes, 
1885-89),  a  record  of  the  investigations  of 
himself  and  pupils,  furnishing  material  which 
has  been  utilized  in  all  standard  text-books 
since  then.  He  published  in  1894  "Digestive 
Proteolysis,"  and  in  1901  "Studies  in  Physio-, 
logical  Chemistry,"  Yale  Series;  in  1904 
"Physiological  Economy  in  Nutrition,"  and 
in  1907  "Nutrition  of  Man."  He  has  written 
a  multitudes  of  papers  for  periodicals  and 
learned  societies  on  a  wide  range  of  subjects, 
and  he  has  been  in  constant  association  with 
leaders  in  research  and  thought  in  chemistry 
and  physiology.  He  became  a  member  of  the 
National  Academy  of  Sciences  in  1890.  He 
is  also  a  member  of  the  American  Physiolog- 
ical Society,  of  which  he  has  been  on  the  coun- 
cil since  1887,  and  was  president  1895-1904; 
of  the  American  Society  of  Naturalists,  of 
which  he  was  president  in  1903;  of  the  Con- 
necticut Academy  of  Arts  and  Sciences,  and 
in  1907  he  was  president  of  the  American  So- 
ciety of  Biological  Chemists. 

As  an  indication  of  the  standing  of  Profes- 
sor Chittenden  among  scientists,  it  is  appro- 
priate to  repeat  the  sentence  from  the  address 
of  President  Daniel  C.  Gilman,  of  Johns  Hop- 
kins University,  at  the  semi-centennial  cele- 
bration of  the  Sheffield  Scientific  School; 
"Nowhere  else  in  this  country,  not  in  many 
European  laboratories,  has  such  work  been  at- 


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tempted  and  accomplished  as  is  now  in  prog- 
ress on  Hillhouse  Avenue,  unobserved,  no 
doubt,  by  those  who  daily  pass  the  laboratory 
door,  but  watched  with  welcoming  anticipa- 
tion wherever  physiology  and  medicine  are 
prosecuted  in  the  modern  spirit  of  research." 
In  1908  he  was  appointed  by  President  Roose- 
velt a  member  of  the  referee  board  of  consult- 
ing scientific  experts  to  aid  the  secretary  of 
agriculture  in  deciding  questions  connected 
with  the  pure  food  laws  of  the  country. 

In  politics  he  is  a  Republican;  in  religion  a 
Protestant  Episcopal.  A  lover  of  nature,  he 
takes  delight  in  outdoor  recreation,  especially 
in  fishing.    His  home  is  at  83  Trumbull  street. 

Professor  Chittenden  married,  June  20, 
1877,  Gertrude  L.,  daughter  of  Charles  F.  and 
Hannah  Maria  (Bradley)  Baldwin,  who  came 
from  county  Kent,  England.  Children:  i. 
Edith  Russell,  graduate  of  Smith  College  in 
1899.  2.  Alfred  Knight,  Ph.B.,  Yale,  1900; 
M.  F.,  Yale,  1902.  3.  Lilla  Millard,  born 
March  31,  1885. 


(Ill)  Josiah  Chittenden, 
CHITTENDEN  son  of  Thomas  Chitten- 
den (q.  v.),  was  born 
1677,  and  married,  January  8,  1707,  Hannah, 
daughter  of  John  and  Elizabeth  Sherman,  of 
Woodbury,  Connecticut,  baptized  July,  1680. 
She  died  July  30,  1744,  aged  sixty-four.  They 
lived  in  the  eastern  part  of  the  old  Chittenden 
hon:estead,  in  Guilford,  which  had  come  to 
him  from  his  father.  He  died  there,  August 
28,  1759.  Children  born  in  Guilford:  Josiah, 
May  21,  1710,  died  August  11,  1729;  Simeon, 
December  28,  1714.  mentioned  below;  Joanna, 
January  2,  1716;  Mehitabel,  July  28,  1719; 
Mary,  September  14,  1721 ;  Abigail,  October 
31,  1723,  died  August  21,  1732. 

(IV)  Simeon,  son  of  Josiah  and  Hannah 
(Sherman)  Chittenden,  was  born  in  Guilford, 
December  28,  1714,  and  married,  January  26, 
1737,  Submit,  daughter  of  John  and  Mary 
(Norton)  Scranton,  of  Guilford,  born  June 
18,  1712.  She  died  April  15,  1796.  He  re- 
moved to  North  Guilford,  and  acquired  a 
larye  landed  property  there.  He  was  chosen 
deacon  of  the  church  there,  October  25,  1760. 
He  served  in  the  revolution,  Lexington 
Alarm,  Captain  Noah  Eowler's  Company, 
seven  days.  He  died  April  12,  1789.  Chil- 
dren: Mabel,  born  November  5,  1737;  Josiah, 
November  13,  1739;  Simeon,  April  13,  1742, 
mentioned  below;  Submit,  December  9,  1744; 
Mary,  October  12,  1747;  Abel,  November  2, 
1750;  David,  1755. 

(V)  Simeon  (2),  son  of  Simeon  (i)  and 
Submit  (Scranton)  Chittenden,  was  born 
April    13,    1742,   and   married,    December    15, 


1773,  Sarah,  daughter  of  Selah  and  Rachel 
(Stone)  Dudley,  of  Guilford,  born  Decem- 
ber 3,  1746.  She  died  March  12,  1841.  He 
lived  in  North  Guilford,  where  he  was  a  farm- 
er by  occupation  and  noted  for  his  kindness 
and  liberality  to  the  poor.  He  was  killed  by 
a  vicious  bull,  September  22,  1812.  Children: 
born  in  Guilford:  Josiah,  October  14,  1774, 
died  September  23,  1781 ;  Sally,  January  9, 
1776;  David,  September  23,  1777;  Abel,  Au- 
gust 31,  1779,  mentioned  below ;_  Simeon, 
1781,  died  March  4,  1782;  Lucy,  March  19, 
1783;  Ruth,  January  19,  1785;  Rachel,  April 
28,  1787;  Simeon,  January  3,  1791. 

(VI)  Abel,  son  of  Simeon  (2)  and  Sarah 
(Dudley)  Chittenden,  was  born  August  31, 
1779,  in  Guilford,  and  married,  June  19, 
1804,  Anna  Hart,  daughter  of  Timothy  and 
Olive  (Norton)  Baldwin,  born  February  8, 
1784.  She  died  June  4,  1845.  He  lived  in 
Guilford  on  the  lot  ocupied  by  the  first  Will- 
iam, and  died  there  December  5,  1816.  Chil- 
dren, born  in  Guilford :  Henry  Baldwin,  No- 
vember 9,  1805,  died  June  27,  1806;  Olive 
Norton,  April  21,  1807;  Sarah  Dudley,  De- 
cember 21,  1809;  Anna  Hart,  April  14,  1812; 
Simeon  Baldwin,  March  29,  18 14,  mentioned 
below:  Henry  Abel,  April  29,  1816. 

(VII)  Simeon  Baldwin,  son  of  Abel  and 
Anna  Hart  (Baldwin)  Chittenden,  was  born 
in  Guilford,  March  29,  1814,  and  married 
(first).  May  10,  1837,  ^^^Y  Elizabeth,  daugh- 
ter of  Sherman  Hartwell,  of  Warren,  Connec- 
ticut, born  September  29,  1818 ;  died  Septem- 
ber 3,  1852.  He  married  (second),  October 
II,  1854.  Cornelia  Baldwin,  widow  of  Rev. 
Walter  Colton,  of  Philadelphia,  chaplain  in 
the  Navy,  and  daughter  of  Oren  and  Mary 
R.  Baldwin  Colton,  of  Philadelphia,  born 
February  13,  1817.  Mr.  Chittenden  was  for 
the  greater  part  of  his  life  a  merchant,  and 
carried  on  a  successful  and  extensive  business 
first  in  New  Haven,  and,  after  1842,  in  New 
York.  Until  his  retirement  in  1874,  his  firm 
was  second  to  none  in  financial  standing  and 
business  enterprise.  In  the  fall  of  that  year 
he  was  elected  member  of  Congress  from  the 
state  of  New  York,  and  continued  in  that  of- 
fice by  successive  re-elections  until  1881.  He 
was  a  ready  and  forcible  speaker,  and  had 
sound  views  on  subjects  of  national  interest, 
especially  in  financial  matters ;  on  that  ac- 
count, he  exerted  a  wide  influence  in  the  di- 
rection of  public  affairs.  Children :  Mary  H., 
August  18,  1840;  Simeon  B.,  June  6,  1845, 
mentioned  below;  Charles  S.,  August  11, 
1850. 

(VIII)  Simeon  B.,  son  of  Simeon 
Baldwin  and  Mary  Elizabeth  (Hartwell) 
Chittenden,  was  born  June  6,  1845,  in  Brook- 


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lyn,  New  York,  and  married,  May  21,  1868, 
Mary  Warner,  daughter  of  John  Joel  Hill, 
of  Brooklyn,  New  York.  She  was  born  in 
Albany,  New  York,  May  22,  1847.  Her  moth- 
er was  Mary  Elizabeth  McMurdy  of  Albany, 
and  was  from  an  old  family  of  Albany.  She 
is  a  descendant  of  John  Howland  and  Eliza- 
beth Tilley,  and  through  them  is  a  member  of 
the  Mayflower  Society.  She  is  also  a  member 
of  the  Colonial  Dames  of  New  York  State. 
Mr.  Chittenden  graduated  from  Yale  College, 
in  1865,'  and  became  a  lawyer  in  New  York 
City.  His  winter  residence  is  in  Brooklyn, 
New  York,  212  Columbia  Heights.  In  sum- 
mer he  lives  in  Guilford,  Connecticut.  Chil- 
dren:  I.  Alice  Hill,  born  June  27,  1869,  un- 
married. 2.  Mary  Hartwell,  January  28, 
1872,  widow  of  Augustus  F.  Holly,  Jr.  3. 
Anna  Gansevoort,  February  2,  1876,  married 
Charles  Martin  Thayer  of  Worcester;  no 
children.  4.  Simeon  Baldwin,  April  7,  1879; 
married  Grace  Chapman;  children:  i.  Alice 
Fay.     ii.  Lydia  Barrett.     5.  Paul,  deceased. 


Robert  Latimer,  immigrant 
LATIMER     ancestor,   came  first   to   New 

London,  Connecticut.  He 
married  Mrs.  Ann  Jones,  widow  of  Nathan 
Jones,  and  daughter  of  George  Griggs,  Es- 
quire, of  Boston.  Children :  Robert,  born  Feb- 
ruary 5,  1664,  mentioned  below ;  EHzabeth, 
married  Jonathan  Prentis. 

(II)  Captain  Robert  (2),  son  of  Robert 
(i)  Latimer,  was  born  February  5,  1664.  He 
was  rich  in  landed  estate ;  he  owned  a  home- 
stead in  New  London,  and  town  lots,  also  a 
large  tract  of  swamp  and  cedar  land  in  the 
vicinity  of  New  London,  and  an  unmeasured 
quantity  of  wild  land  in  the  northwest  part 
of  New  London,  afterwards  occupied  by  his 
descendants.  He  also  owned  a  tract  of  land 
in  Chesterfield  on  which  some  of  his  descend- 
ants afterwards  lived.  He  held  many  oihces 
of  trust;  deputy  in  1706  and  for  several  years 
in  succession;  in  1717  was  a  member  of  the 
governor's  council,  and  was  again  chosen  in 
1720,  and  held  the  position  until  his  death.  He 
died  in  New  London,  November  29,  1728.  He 

married    Elizabeth   .      Children :   John, 

married    Elizabeth ;    Robert,    married, 

June  17,  1 73 1,  Mary  Huntley;  Jonathan,  born 
about  1698,  mentioned  below ;  Samuel,-  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  Hallum ;  Peter,  married  Han- 
nah Ricket ;  Ann. 

(III)  Captain  Jonathan,  son  of  Captain 
Robert  (2)  Latimer,  was  born  about  1698.  He 
married,  April  6,  1721,  Barodell,  daughter  of 
George  Denison,  and  great-granddaughter  of 
Jonathan  and  Lucretia  Brewster  (see  Brew- 
ster II).     Captain   Jonathan   Latimer   settled 


in  New  London,  and  was,  like  his  father,  a 
wealthy  landholder.  He  owned  a  large  tract 
in  Chesterfield,  inherited  from  his  father,  and 
another  on  the  west  side  of  Niantic  river,  now 
in  the  town  of  East  Lyme.  The  site  of  a 
dwelling-house,  on  the  latter  tract  of  land, 
formerly  occupied  by  one  of  his  sons,  was  in 
1882  still  visible,  and  a  spring  from  which 
water  was  taken  to  supply  the  house  is  still 
knwwn  as  "Latimer's  Spring."  A  ledge  of  al- 
most perpendicular  rocks,  lying  along  the  west 
bank  of  the  river,  has  since  been  called  "Lati- 
mer's Rocks"  and  a  beautiful  white  sand  beach 
at  Black  Point  in  Lyme,  formerly  owned  by 
him,  is  still  called  "Latimer's  Beach."  Chil- 
dren:  Anne,  born  about  1723;  Jonathan,  May 
27,  1724,  mentioned  below;  Elizabeth,  Sep- 
tember 16,  1726;  Mary,  April  16,  1729;  Amos, 
December  5,  1730;  Robert,  February  26,  1732; 
Henry,  February  28,  1737;  Daniel,  August 
16,  1739;  John,  December  21,  1741 ;  Barodell, 
baptized  February  21,  1744. 

(IV)  Jonathan  (2),  son  of  Jonathan  (i) 
Latimer,  was  born  May  27,  1724.  He  mar- 
ried Lucretia,  born  March  26,  1731,  daughter 
of  George  Griswold.  He  lived  in  New  Lon- 
don in  Chesterfield  society  on  land  which  he 
had  inherited  from  his  father.  He  served  in 
several  campaigns  against  the  French  on  the 
northern  frontier  and  during  the  revolution 
was  much  of  the  time  in  the  field  of  service. 
He  was  colonel  of  the  Third  Regiment  of 
militia  in  Connecticut  at  the  time  of  Arnold's 
raid  on  New  London  in  1781,  and  at  that  time 
was  censured  for  not  taking  a  more  active 
part  in  bringing  forward  the  forces  under  his 
command  to  meet  the  enemy.  Colonel  Lati- 
mer with  seven  sons  removed  from  Montville 
to  Tennessee  about  1790.  They  moved  in  an 
emigrant  wagon  drawn  by  oxen,  and  took  with 
them  articles  and  provisions  for  use  on  the 
way.  He  himself  did  not  live  to  reach  his 
destination,  but  died  on  the  journey,  and  was 
buried  at  the  place  where  he  died.  The  sons 
settled  in  that  state,  and  became  the  ancestors 
of  numerous  descendants  now  living  in  the 
western  states.  It  was  a  tradition  in  the  fam- 
ily that  Colonel  Latimer  and  six  of  his  sons 
measured  forty-two  feet,  and  their  descend- 
ants have  always  been  noted  for  their  height 
and  stalwart  muscular  frame.  Children : 
Hannah,  born  September  19,  1747;  George, 
July  29,  1749;  Barodell,  December  13,  1750, 
died  young;  Jonathan.  April  12,  1753;  Baro- 
dell, April  12,  1755;  Wetherel,  March  18, 
1757;  Charles,  June  30,  1759;  Robert,  Novem- 
ber 2,  1760;  Nicholas,  June  8,  1763;  Gris- 
wold, September  8,  1764;  Joseph,  January  8, 
1766,  mentioned  below;  Nathaniel,  February 
25,  1768;  Daniel,  May  4,  1771. 


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(V)  Joseph,  son  of  Jonathan  (2)  Latimer, 
was  born  January  8,  1766,  in  New  London. 
He  moved  with  his  parents  in  1790  to  Ten- 
nessee. He  married,  November  10,  1796, 
Anna  Dobbins,  born  in  Lancaster  county. 
South  Carohna,  May  10,  1776.  She  also  re- 
moved to  Tennessee  when  quite  young.  Chil- 
dren :  Mary,  Barodell,  Elizabeth,  Jonathan, 
Sarah,  mentioned  below,  Alexander,  George 
G.,  John  C,  David  T.  Susannah  P. 

(VI)  Sarah,  daughter  of  Joseph  (2)  Lati- 
mer, was  born  May  13,  1805,  near  Nashville, 
Tennessee.  She  married,  January  17,  1822, 
Richard  F.  Boren.  Children :  Mary  Ann, 
born  November  25,  1822,  married,  November 
23,  1843,  Arthur  A.  Denny,  mentioned  below ; 
Carson  Dobbins,  December  12,  1824;  Louisa, 
June  I,  1827.     (See  Denny,) 


Arthur  A,  Denny  was  of  Scotch- 
DENNY  Irish  descent,  his  ancestors  hav- 
ing originally  removed  from 
Scotland  to  Ireland,  and  thence  to  America 
at  a  very  early  epoch  in  the  history  of  Penn- 
sylvania. David  and  Margaret  Denny  were 
the  progenitors  of  the  family  in  the  United 
States.    They  had  a  son,  Robert,  see  forward. 

(II)  Robert,  son  of  David  and  Margaret 
Denny,  was  born  in  1753.  He  served  in 
Washington's  command  in  the  revolutionary 
war.  In  1787  he  removed  to  Frederick  coun- 
ty, Virginia,  and  in  1790  married  Rachel 
Thomas,  who  was  a  daughter  of  one  of  the 
revolutionary  heroes.  Soon  after  their  mar- 
riage they  removed  to  Mercer  county,  Ken- 
tucky, where  their  son  John,  see  forward,  was 
born. 

(III)  John,  son  of  Robert  and  Rachel 
(Thomas)  Denny,  was  born  in  Mercer 
county,  Kentucky,  May  4,  1793.  He  was 
reared  amid  the  wild  scenes  of  pioneer  life, 
and  in  his  twentieth  year  served  his  country  in 
the  war  of  1812,  being  a  Kentucky  volunteer 
in  the  regiment  commanded  by  Richard  M. 
Johnson.  He  was  an  ensign  in  Captain  Mc- 
Afee's company  and  fought  under  General 
Harrison,  being  present  at  the  defeat  of  Gen- 
eral Proctor  and  at  the  death  of  the  noted 
Indian,  Tecumseh,  who  is  said  to  have  been 
killed  by  Colonel  Johnson.  In  1816  Mr.  Den- 
ny removed  from  Kentucky  to  Indiana,  and 
later  to  Illinois,  becoming  one  of  the  distin- 
guished men  of  the  latter  state  and  a  repre- 
sentative in  the  legislature  of  1840-41,  being 
a  colleague  of  Lincoln,  Yates  and  Baker.  In 
185 1  he  crossed  the  plains  to  Oregon,  and  was 
the  first  candidate  of  his  party  for  governor  of 
the  state  in  1858.  He  was  a  most  able  speak- 
er, strong  in  argument  and  logical  in  his  de- 
ductions, and  he  kept  thoroughly  informed  on 


all  questions  concerning  the  welfare  of  city, 
state  and  nation.  He  married,  August  25, 
1814,  Sarah  Wilson,  a  native  of  Bladens- 
burg,  near  Washington,  D.  C,  born  February 
3,  1797.  She  was  of  Scotch  lineage,  although 
her  people  were  among  the  early  settlers  of 
America.  She  died  March  25,  1841,  while 
the  honorable  and  ureful  career  of  Mr.  Denny 
terminated  over  thirty  years  afterwards,  in 
July,  1875,  in  the  eighty-third  year  of  his 
age. 

(IV)  Arthur  Armstrong,  son  of  John  and 
Sarah  (Wilson)  Denny,  was  born  June  20, 
1822,  near  Salem,  Washington  county,  In- 
diana. He  obtained  his  education  in  a  little 
log  schoolhouse  in  Illinois.  He  also  pursued 
an  academic  course  and  learned  surveying,  a 
knowledge  of  which  was  of  much  value  to 
him  in  the  days  of  his  early  residence  on  Pu- 
get  sound.  In  1851  Mr.  Denny  crossed  the 
plains  to  Oregon,  starting  from  Illinois,  April 
10,  and  making  the  journey  across  the  plains 
with  horse  teams.  They  were  attacked  by 
Indians  near  the  American  Falls,  but  succeed- 
ed in  escaping  and  keeping  the  red  men  at 
bay,  although  they  were  fired  upon  many 
times  by  the  savages.  Perilous  incidents  were 
met  and  hardships  endured,  but  at  length  the 
journey  was  safely  accomplished,  reaching 
Portland,  Oregon,  August  22,  1851.  Mr. 
Denny's  health  being  poor,  he  determined  to 
go  to  the  coast,  so  acordingly  he  and  his  party 
took  passage  on  the  steamer,  '"Exact,"  and 
November  13,  185 1,  was  landed  at  what  is 
now  known  as  Alki  Point  on  Puget  sound, 
where  they  built  log  houses  and  spent  the  win- 
ter. At  least  fifteen  hundred  Indians  spent 
the  winter  in  that  vicinity,  some  of  them  oc- 
cupying part  of  the  ground  which  the  pioneers 
had  cleared,  but  the  latter  thought  it  unwise  to 
antagonize  the  red  men  by  refusing  them  the 
privilege  of  camping  in  this  district.  In  the 
spring  Mr.  Denny  and  some  of  his  friends  be- 
gan to  seek  more  favorable  locations  for 
claims,  and  accordingly  located  three  hundred 
and  twenty  acres  of  land,  upon  which  a  por- 
tion of  the  city  of  Seattle  now  stands.  Here 
they  built  log  houses,  and  a  post  office  was  es- 
tablished soon  after,  Mr.  Denny  being  made 
postmaster,  caring  for  the  mail  in  his  little 
log  cabin  for  several  years.  His  next  resi- 
dence was  a  frame  house  of  six  rooms,  and 
for  a  number  of  years  this  was  the  headquar- 
ters for  all  newcomers.  Mr.  Denny  was  a 
lifelong  Republican,  and  from  the  time  of  his 
arrival  in  Washington  took  an  active  part  in 
political  affairs.  He  was  elected  a  member 
of  the  first  legislature  of  the  territory,  and 
was  also  elected  a  delegate  to  the  United 
States  congress,  where  he  did  much  for  the 


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territory  in  promoting  its  interests  and  'wel- 
fare. As  a  citizen  he  was  known  as  an  active 
factor  in  nearly  everjj  enterprise  that  contrib- 
uted to  the  growth,  progress  and  prosperity 
of  the  city.  He  assisted  in  organizing  the 
First  Methodist  Church ;  for  3'ears  he  was  an 
active  member  of  that  denomination,  but  in  his 
later  days  was  more  closely  identified  with 
the  Congregational  church.  He  always  took 
a  deep  interest  in  all  religious  work,  and  was 
ever  ready  to  asist  in  Christian  and  educa- 
tional enterprises.  He  died  in  January,  1899. 
While  Seattle  stands  his  memory  will  be  re- 
vered and  his  name  will  find  an  honored  place 
on  the  pages  of  its  history,  for  he  was  its 
founder,  and  for  almost  a  half  century  was 
connected  with  the  majority  of  the  interests 
which  contributed  to  its  welfare  and  progress. 
Arthur  A.  Denny  married,  as  aforemen- 
tioned, November  23,  1843,  Mary  Ann  Boren. 
Two  children  were  born  to  them  in  Illinois : 
Catharine  Louisa,  now  Mrs.  George  F. 
Fraye,  and  Margaret  Lenora,  who  resides  with 
her  mother  in  Seattle.  Their  eldest  son,  Rol- 
land,  was  born  in  Portland,  Oregon,  Septem- 
ber 2,  1 85 1,  and  their  second  son,  Orion,  was 
the  first  male  white  child  born  in  Seattle ; 
Arthur  Wilson  and  Charles  Latimer  were  also 
born  in  Seattle. 

(The  Brewster  Line). 

(i)  William  Brewster  Sr.  lived  in  Scrooby, 
Nottinghamshire,  England,  as  early  as  1570- 
71,  in  which  year  he  was  assessed  in  that  town 
on  goods  valued  at  three  pounds.  In  1575-76 
he  was  appointed  by  Archbishop  Sandys  re- 
ceiver of  Scrooby  and  bailiff  of  the  manor- 
house  in  that  place  belonging  to  the  bishop, 
to  have  life  tenure  of  both  offices.  Some  time 
in  the  year  1588,  or  possibly  before,  he  was 
appointed  to  the  additional  office  of  postmaster 
under  the  Crown.  He  was  known  as  the 
"Post"  of  Scrooby,  and  was  master  of  the 
court  mails,  which  were  accessible  only  to 
those  connected  with  the  court.  He  died  in 
the  summer  of  1590.  His  wife  was  Prudence 
.     Child,  William,  mentioned  below. 

(I)  Elder  William  Brewster,  immigrant 
ancestor,  who  came  in  the  "Mayflower,"  was 
born  during  the  last  half  of  the  year  1566  or 
the  first  half  of  1567,  the  date  being  fixed  by 
an  affidavit  made  by  him  at  Leyden,  June  25, 
1609,  when  he  declared  his  age  to  be  forty- 
two  years.  The  place  of  his  birth  is  not 
known,  but  is  supposed  to  have  been  Scrooby. 
The  parish  registers  of  Scrooby  do  not  begin 
until  1695,  and  no  record  of  Brewster's  birth, 
baptism  or  marriage  has  ever  been  discovered. 
He  matriculated  at  Peterhouse,  which  was 
then    the    "oldest    of    the    fourteen    colleges 


grouped  into  the  University  of  Cambridge," 
December  3,  1580,  but  does  not  appear  to 
have  stayed  long  enough  to  take  his  degree. 
He  is  next  found  as  a  "discreete  and  faith- 
full"  assistant  of  William  Davison,  secretary 
of  state  to  Queen  Elizabeth,  and  accompanied 
that  gentleman  on  his  embassy  to  the  Nether- 
lands in  August,  1585,  and  served  him  at  court 
after  his  return  until  his  downfall  in  1587.  He 
then  returned  to  Scrooby,  where  he  was  held 
in  high  esteem  among  the  people  of  that  place, 
and  did  much  good  "in  Promoting  and  fur- 
thering religion."  In  1590  he  was  appointed 
administrator  of  the  estate  of  his  father,  who 
died  in  the  summer  of  that  year,  and  suc- 
ceeded him  as  postmaster,  which  position  he 
held  until  September  30,  1607.  While  in 
Scrooby  he  lived  in  the  old  manor-house, 
where  the  members  of  the  Pilgrim  church 
were  accustomed  to  meet  on  Sunday.  When 
the  Pilgrims  attempted  to  remove  to  Holland 
in  the  latter  part  of  1607,  they  were  impris- 
oned at  Boston.  Brewster  was  among  those 
imprisoned  and  suffered  the  greatest  loss.  Aft- 
er he  reached  Holland  he  endured  many  un- 
accustomed hardships,  not  being  as  well  fitted 
as  the  other  Pilgrims  for  the  hard  labor  which 
was  their  common  lot,  and  spent  most  of  his 
means  in  providing  for  his  children.  During 
the  latter  part  of  the  twelve  years  spent  in 
Holland,  he  increased  his  income  by  teaching, 
and  by  the  profits  from  a  printing  press  which 
he  set  up  in  Leyden.  When,  after  the  twelve 
years,  it  was  decided  that  the  church  at  Ley- 
den should  emigrate  to  Virginia,  Brewster, 
who  had  already  been-  chosen  elder,  was  de- 
sired to  go  with  the  first  company.  He  was 
therefore,  with  his  wife  Mary,  and  two  )'0ung 
sons,  among  the  passengers  of  the  "Mayflow- 
er," which  landed  in  Ph-mouth  harbor,  De- 
cember 16,  1620.  Here  he  bore  an  important 
part  in  establishing  the  Pilgrim  republic,  was 
one  of  the  signers  of  the  famous  compact,  and 
believed  to  have  drafted  the  same.  He  was 
the  moral,  religious  and  spiritual  leader  of  the 
colony  during  its  first  years,  and  its  chief 
civil  adviser  and  trusted  guide  until  his  death. 

His  wife  was  Mary  .     She  died  April 

17,  1627,  somewhat  less  than  sixty  years  old. 
Elder  Brewster  died  April  10,  1644,  in  Ply- 
mouth, and  a  final  division  of  his  estate  was 
made  by  Bradford,  Winslow,  Prence  and 
Standish,  between  Jonathan  and  Love,  his  only 
remaining  children.  Children :  Jonathan, 
born  August  12,  1593,  at  Scrooby;  Patience, 
Fear ;  child,  died  at  Leyden,  buried  June  20, 
1609;  Love;  Wrestling,  came  in  the  "May- 
flower" with  his  parents  and  brother  Love; 
was  living  at  the  time  of  the  division  of  cat- 
tle, May  22,  1627. 


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(II)  Jonathan,  son  of  Elder  William  Brew- 
ster, was  born  August  12,  1693,  in  Scrooby, 
Nottinghamshire,  England,  and  came  over  in 
the  ship  "Fortune,"  1621.  He  married  Lucre- 
tia  Oldham,  of  Darby,  April  10,  1624,  doubt- 
less a  sister  of  John  Oldham,  who  came  to 
Plymouth  about  1623.  She  died  March  4, 
1678-79.  There  is'  some  reason  to  believe 
that  he  had  married  before  at  an  early  age, 
and  buried  his  wife  and  child  by  this  marriage 
in  Leyden.  He  moved  from  Plymouth  to 
Duxbury  about  1630,  and  from  there  was 
deputy  to  the  general  court,  Plymouth  col- 
ony, in  1639-41-43-44.  From  there  he  re- 
moved to  New  London,  about  1649,  ^i^d  set- 
tled in  that  part  later  established  as  Norwich, 
his  farm  lying  in  both  towns.  He  was  admit- 
ted an  inhabitant  there  February  25,  1649-50, 
and  was  deputy  to  the  general  court  of  the 
colony  in  1650-55-56-57-58.  He  engaged  in 
the  coasting  trade,  and  was  master  of  a  small 
vessel  plying  from  Plymouth  along  the  coast 
of  Virginia.  In  this  way  he  became  acquaint- 
ed with  Pequot  harbor,  and  entered  the  river 
to  trade  with  the  Indians.  He  was  clerk  of 
the  town  of  Pequot,  September,  1649,  ^"d  re- 
ceived his  first  grant  of  land  in  that  town  in 
the  same  month,  from  Uncas,  Sachem  of  the 
Mogegans,  with  whom  he  had  established  a 
trading  house.  At  this  latter  place,  which  is 
still  called  by  his  name,  Brewster's  Neck,  he 
laid  out  for  himself  a  large  farm.  The  deed 
of  this  land  was  confirmed  by  the  town  No- 
vember 30,  1652,  and  its  bounds  determined. 
In  1637  he  was  a  military  commissioner  in 
the  Pequot  war,  in  1642  a  member  of  the  Dux- 
bury  committee  to  raise  forces  in  the  Narra- 
gansett  alarm  of  that  year,  and  a  member  of 
Captain  Myles  Standish's  Duxbury  company 
in  the  military  enrollment  of  1643.  He  was 
prominent  in  the  formation  of  the  settlement 
of  Duxbury  and  in  the  establishment  of  its 
church ;  sometimes  practiced  as  an  attorney, 
and  was  also  styled  gentleman.  He  died  Au- 
gust 7,  1659,  ^""^  was  buried  in  the  Brewster 
cemetery  at  Brewster's  Neck,  Preston.  A  plain 
granite  shaft,  about  eight  feet  high,  was  erect- 
ed in  1855  to  his  memory  and  that  of  his  wife. 
The  original  footstone  is  still  in  existence, 
and  leans  against  the  modern  monument.  No 
probate  papers  relating  to  his  estate  have  been 
found,  but  bills  of  sale  are  recorded,  dated  in 
1658,  which  conveyed  all  his  property  in  the 
town  plot,  and  his  house  and  land  at  Poque- 
tannuck,  with  his  movable  property,  to  his 
son,  Benjamin,  and  son-in-law,  John  Picket. 
His  widow  was  evidently  a  woman  of  note 
and  respectability  among  her  fellow  citizens. 
Sjie  had  always  the  prefix  of  Mrs.  or  Mis- 
tress, and  was  usually  recorded  in  some  use- 


ful capacity  as  nurse  or  doctor,  as  a  witness 
to  wills,  etc.  Children,  the  first  three  born 
in  Plymouth,  the  fourth  in  Jones  River,  the 
others  in  Duxbury.  William,  born  March  9, 
1625;  Mary,  April  16,  1627;  Jonathan,  July 
17,  1629;  Ruth,  October  3,  163 1  ;  Benjamin, 
November  17,  1633;  Elizabeth,  May  i,  1637; 
Grace,  November  i,  1639,  married  Captain 
Daniel  Wetherell  had  child,  Mary,  married 
George  Denison  (see  Denison  IV)  ;  Hannah, 
November  3,  1641. 

(The   Denison    Line). 

(I)  William  Denison,  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  born  at  Bishop's  Stortford,  county  Her- 
ford,  England.  He  was  a  liberally  educated 
man,  and  reputed  to  have  been  a  general  in 
the  British  army.  He  came  to  New  England 
with  his  wife  and  three  children  in  1631,  and 
settled  in  Roxbury,  Massachusetts.  He  was 
chosen  by  the  general  court,  constable  of  Rox- 
bury, November  5,  1633;  he  was  authorized 
to  impress  men  for  the  building  of  the  bridge, 
October  27,  1647;  'was  a  deputy  to  the  general 
court.  His  sons  became  very  prominent  citi- 
zens. He  was  buried  January  25,  1653,  and 
his  wife  Margaret,  February,  1645.  His  son, 
the  famous  Major-General  Daniel  Denison, 
left  a  sketch  of  the  family  history  (see  N.  E. 
Gen.  Reg.  XLVI).  William  Denison  mar- 
ried in  England,  November  7,  1603,  Margaret 
Monck.  Children  :  John  ;  Daniel,  baptized  at 
Bishop's  Stortford,  October  18,  1612;  Ed- 
ward, baptized  November  3,  1616;  George, 
mentioned  below. 

(II)  Colonel  George,  son  of  William  Deni- 
son, was  born  in  Bishop's  Stortford,  in  1618, 
baptized  December  20,  1620.  He  came  to  this 
country  with  his  parents  in  1631.  He  was 
thoroughly  educated  for  his  time,  and  had  as 
tutor  the  famed  John  Elliot,  who  followed 
Roger  Williams  as  missionary  among  the  In- 
dians. He  went  back  to  England  and  served 
as  an  officer  under  Cromwell  in  the  parliament 
army,  won  distinction  and  was  severely 
wounded  in  the  battle  of  Naseby,  and  was 
nursed  at  the  home  of  John  Barodell,  whose 
daughter  he  afterwards  married.  He  returned 
to  Roxbury,  but  later  settled  in  Stonington, 
Connecticut,  where  he  had  a  long  and  honor- 
able career.  He  was  always  engaged  in  civil 
and  military  affairs,  became  a  captain  while 
in  Roxbury,  beside  managing  his  large  estate 
of  five  hundred  acres.  His  house  in  Stoning- 
ton was  surrounded  by  a  stockade  fort  against 
the  Indians,  and  he  also  had  a  stone  fort  with- 
in the  stockade.  He  commanded  numerous 
expeditions  against  the  Indians  and  was  al- 
ways most  successful  when  commander-in- 
chief.     He  participated  in  the  famous  and  de- 


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structive  Narragansett  Swamp  fight  in  De- 
cember, 1675.  In  the  following  February, 
1676,  a  series  of  forays  was  commenced 
against  the  Narragansetts,  who  had  identi- 
fied themselves  with  Philip.  These  partisan 
bands  were  commanded  by  Denison  and 
James  Avery,  and  were  composed  of  volun- 
teers, regular  soldiers,  Pequots,  Mohicans  and 
Niantics.  The  third  of  these  excursions  be- 
gan in  March  and  ended  April  10,  1676,  re- 
sulted in  the  capture  of  the  last  sachem  of  the 
Narragansetts,  Canonchet,  by  -Denison,  and 
his  men,  a  little  above  Pawtucket.  The  death 
of  Canonchet  is  one  of  the  most  touching 
tragedies  in  American  history.  The  follow- 
ing June,  Colonel  Denison  commanded  a  com- 
pany against  the  Indians  in  Massachusetts  and 
moved  as  far  north  as  Northampton.  After 
a  short  rest  he  marched  to  the  northwest  of 
Providence,  which  only  three  months  before 
had  been  laid  in  ashes.  He  then  went  south 
to  Point  Judith  and  along  the  coast  to  Ston- 
ington.  In  these  marches  he  made  a  brief 
halt  on  Kingston  Hill,  to  which  his  soldiers 
gave  the  name  "Little  Rest."  He  afterwards 
marched  into  Plymouth  colony  and  then 
pushed  west  to  the  Housatonic.  He  and 
Avery  conducted  no  less  than  ten  expeditions 
and  broke  forever  the  hostile  Indians'  power. 
In  these  he  bore  a  conspicuous  part  and  won 
for  himself  undying  fame.  Numerous  tracts 
of  land  were  given  him  for  his  rnilitary  serv- 
ices, so  that  at  his  death  he  owned  several 
thousand  acres  in  Stonington,  Norwich,  Wind- 
ham and  the  western  part  of  Rhode  Island. 
From  1661  to  1694  he  represented  Stonington 
for  fifteen  sessions  of  the  general  court.  He 
married  (first)  in  1640,  Bridget,  daughter  of 
John  Thompson,  Gentleman,  of  Preston, 
Northamptonshire,  England.  She  died  in 
1646,  and  he  married  (second)  Ann,  daughter 
of  John  Barodell,  in  whose  home  in  England 
he  was  nursed  after  being  wounded  in  the 
battle  of  Naseby.  Both  he  and  his  wife  Ann 
were  distinguished  for  magnificent  personal 
appearance,  and  for  force  of  mind  and  char- 
acter. At  Stonington  she  was  commonly 
called  "Lady  Ann."  She  died  September  26, 
1712,  aged  ninety-seven  years.  Her  hand- 
some slate  headstone  can  still  be  seen  in  the 
Elm  Grove  cemetery,  Stonington.  He  died 
in  Hartford,  Connecticut,  while  there  on  pub- 
lic business,  October  23,  1694,  and  was  buried 
in  the  yard  of  the  First  Church  (Center). 
His  granite  monument  is  in  the  Elm  Grove 
cemetery  with  that  of  his  wife.  Children  of 
first  wife :  Sarah,  Hannah.  Children  of  sec- 
ond wife:  John,  mentioned  below;  Ann,  Baro- 
dell, George,  William,  Margaret,  Mercy. 
(Ill)  John,  son  of  Colonel  George  Denison, 


was  born  July  18,  1646,  in  Roxbury,  and  set- 
tled in  Stonington.  He  married  Phebe,  daugh- 
ter of  Richard  Lay,  of  Saybrook.  Children : 
Phebe,  born  1667;  John,  1669;  George,  1671, 
mentioned  below;  Robert,  1673;  William, 
1675;  Daniel,  1680;  Samuel,  1683;  Ann, 
1684;  Jacob,   1692. 

(IV)  George  (2),  son  of  John  Denison, 
was  born  in  1671  in  Stonington;  married,  in 
1693,  Mary  (Wetherell)  Henry,  widow  of 
Thomas  Henry,  and  daughter  of  Daniel  and 
Grace  (Brewster)  Wetherell  (see  Brewster 
II).  George  Denison  died  in  January,  1720,. 
aged  sixty-one.  His  wife  Mary  died  in  171 1. 
Children:  Grace,  born  1694;  Phebe,  1697;, 
Hannah,  1699;  Barodell,  1701;  Daniel,  1703;. 
Wetherell,  1705;  Ann,  1707;  Sarah,  1709. 


Joseph  Driggs,  immigrant  an- 
DRIGGS  cestor,  was  born  in  1686  in 
England,  died  November,  1748, 
at  East  Haddam,  Connecticut.  He  came  to 
America  in  1712,  and  settled  first  at  Saybrook, 
Connecticut ;  from  there  he  removed  to  Mid- 
dletown,  and  in  1746  to  East  Haddam.  He 
married  (first)  September  13,  1716,  at  Mid- 
dletown,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  (Martin)  Boarne,  of 
Middletown,  widow  of  Joseph  Boarne.  She 
was  the  daughter  of  John  and  Elizabeth  Mar- 
tin, of  Middletown,  and  was  born  there  Sep- 
tember 24,    1689,  died  there   March  3,   1725- 

26.  He  married  (second)  Martha  Holland,, 
of  Middletown.  She  was  living  March  2, 
1750,  at  East  Haddam.  Children:  Joseph, 
born  July  5,  1717,  died  in  infancy;  Joseph, 
September  10,  1718,  mentioned  below ;  Eliza- 
beth December  17,  1719,  died  January  10, 
1740,  unmarried;  Daniel,  May  17,  1721,  died' 
January  30,  1798,  married  Elizabeth  Strick- 
land; John,  January  26,  1724-25,  probably 
died  young. 

(II)  Joseph  (2),  son  of  Joseph  (i)  Driggs, 
was  born  September  10,  1718,  at  Middletown, 
died  there  August  23,  1797.  He  was  buried 
in  the  Farm  Hill  burying  ground.  By  occu- 
pation he  was  a  farmer.  He  married  Rachel 
Johnston,  May  22,  1746,  at  Middletown.  She 
was  born  December  24,  1726,  died  December 
6,  1802,  at  Middletown.  She  is  also  buried 
in  the  Farm  Hill  burying  ground.  Children : 
Joseph  born  April  30,  1747,  died  October  24, 
1748;  Joseph,  May  31,   1749,  died  November 

27,  1827,  married  Chloe  Beach;  Hannah,, 
June  12,  1752,  died  October  9,  1754;  Israel, 
October  10,  1754,  died  June  20,  1756;  Rev. 
Israel,  April  10,  1757,  died  August  26,  1821, 
married  Persis  Robards ;  Elisha,  February  i, 
1760,  died  January  28,  1813,  married  Charity 
Dakin;  Samuel,  July  21,  1763,  died  October 
31,     1814,    married    Sarah    Norman;    John,. 


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April  30,  1767,  died  November  19,  1826,  mar- 
ried Amy  Markum ;  Benjamin,  mentioned  be- 
low. 

(III)  Benjamin,  son  of  Joseph  (2)  Driggs, 
was  born  September  27,  1773,  at  Middletown, 
(lied  of  a  fever  at  Jibacoa,  province  of  San- 
tiago de  Cuba,  on  March  12,  1828,  and  was 
buried  there,  in  the  southeast  corner  of  the 
churchyard.  He  was  a  shipmaster  by  occu- 
pation. He  married,  March  20,  1797,  at  Lis- 
bon, Portugal,  Joanna,  daughter  of  James 
Malone,  the  English  consul  at  Lisbon.  She 
was  born  in  1780,  at  Cork,  Ireland,  died  Au- 
gust 26,  1 87 1,  at  Cheshire,  Connecticut.  In 
early  life  Benjamin  Driggs  was  under  the  care 
of  his  brother  Joseph.  He  ran  away  and  went 
to  sea,  and  subsequently  became  captain  of  a 
ship,  about  the  time  Napoleon  was  at  war 
with  England.  His  vessel,  bound  for  Portu- 
gal, was  confiscated  by  the  French,  and  he 
himself  was  detained  in  Lisbon  for  some  time. 
It  was  then  that  he  met  his  future  wife  and 
married.  He  made  his  home  later  in  Middle- 
town,  Connecticut,  but  subsequently  moved 
his  family  to  New  York  City,  where  his  name 
first  appears  in  the  cit)'  directory  in  1820,  and 
continues  to  appear  every  year  until  1828. 
He  owned  several  vessels  and  traded  exten- 
Sii'ely  with  Cuba.  Plis  name  is  associated 
with  the  founding  of  Jibacoa,  and  he  was  the 
principal  mover  in  establishing  the  first  lodge 
of  Free  and  Accepted  Masons  in  that  section 
of  the  country.  He  was  a  brave,  jovial,  open- 
hearted  sailor,  hospitable  to  the  last  degree, 
and  of  that  old  type  who  were  too  unselfish 
for  their  own  good.  Children :  Asa  Johnston, 
born  in  1805,  mentioned  below:  Benjamin; 
Mary  Ann,  1810;  Frederick  Fairchild,  March 
20,  1820,  died  April  24,  1878,  married  Sarah 
Gifford. 

(IV)  Dr.  Asa  Johnston,  son  of  Benjamin 
Driggs,  was  born  1805.  at  Middletown,  died 
March  16,  1878,  at  Cheshire,  Connecticut, 
where  he  is  buried.  At  above  sixteen  3'ears  of 
age  he  became  a  pupil  of  the  Episcopal  Acad- 
emy of  Connecticut,  of  which  he  was  after- 
wards a  trustee.  He  graduated  from  the 
medical  department  of  Yale  College  in  1826, 
and  commenced  the  practice  of  medicine  at 
Cheshire.  He  married,  1829,  Sarah  Maria, 
daughter  of  Reuben  Ives,  then  rector  of  St. 
Peter's  Church ;  was  rector  of  the  church 
thirty-two  years  in  Cheshire,  graduate  of 
Yale  College,  1786.  She  was  born  in  1804, 
died  October  25,  1829,  at  Cheshire,  where  she 
is  buried.  After  her  death.  Dr.  Driggs  went 
to  Trinidad,  Cuba,  where  he  practiced  his  pro- 
fession, and  had  charge  of  several  plantations. 
He  returned  to  Cheshire  after  a  few  years' 
residence  in  Cuba,  and  lived  there  most  of  the 


time  until  his  death.  He  was  an  able  and 
successful  practitioner,  a  man  of  marked  char- 
acteristics, affable  in  manner,  and  of  a  hum- 
orous disposition.  Child,  Theodore  Ives,  men- 
tioned below. 

(V)  Theodore  Ives,  son  of  Dr.  Asa  John- 
ston Driggs,  was  born  October  25,  1829,  in 
Cheshire.  He  graduated  from  Trinity  Col- 
lege in  1848,  at  the  age  of  nineteen.  That 
same  year  he  removed  to  Waterbury,  as  as- 
sistant to  Charles  Fabrique,  then  prmcipal  of 
the  academy.  He  was  prominent  in  organiz- 
ing the  Centre  school  district  of  Waterbury, 
and  in  the  establishment  of  the  high  school, 
of  which  he  was  the  assistant  principal  in 
1851-52.  After  four  years  of  successful  teach- 
ing, he  was  compelled  to  give  it  up,  on  acount 
of  throat  trouble,  and  in  1853  became  book- 
keeper for  Abbott  &  Ward  well,  button  manu- 
facturers. In  September,  1855,  he  took  charge 
of  the  books  of  the  American  Pin  Company, 
and  was  responsibly  connected  with  that  com- 
pany till  his  death.  In  1865  he  was  made  sec- 
retary, and  later  was  elected  president.  In 
October,  1848,  he  became  the  organist  of  St. 
John's  Church,  and  served  continuously  tm- 
til  1873,  when  he  was  compelled  by  illness  to 
retire.  He  resumed  this  work  in  1876,  and 
continued  it  until  the  illness  which  preceded 
his  death,  June  28.  1893.  As  an  organist  he 
showed  exceptional  ability,  and  as  a  choir- 
master his  training  was  most  thorough  and 
effective.  He  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the 
Mendelssohn  Society,  which  until  1871  was 
the  principal  musical  association  in  this  vi- 
cinity. He  was  elected  president  of  the  Har- 
monic Society  at  its  organization  in  1889,  and 
continued  to  hold  that  office  until  his  death. 
He  always  took  an  active  interest  in  educa- 
tional matters.  He  was  for  many  years  a 
member  of  the  board  of  education,  and  as 
chairman  and  treasurer  introduced  many  im- 
portant reforms.  He  was  the  secretary  and 
one  of  the  trustees  of  St.  Margaret's  School 
from  its  organization  until  his  death.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  committee  appointed  in 
1868  by  the  common  council  for  the  formal 
acceptance  of  the  gift  of  Silas  Bronson  for  a 
public  library,  and  later  became  a  member  of 
the  board  of  agents  of  the  library  and  secre- 
tary. In  politics  he  was  a  Republican,  and  at 
different  times  represented  his  ward  in  both 
branches  of  the  common  council.  In  religion 
he  was  an  Episcopalian,  a  vestryman  of  St. 
John's  Church  for  many  years  and  agent  of 
the  parish  until  April  18,  1892. 

Theodore  Ives  Driggs  married  (first)  July 
3,  1854,  at  Waterbury,  Connecticut,  Sarah 
Ellen,  daughter  of  Thomas  Watson  and  Sarah 
(Osborn)   Shepard.     She  was  born  December 


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2  1836,  at  Northampton,  Massachusetts,  died 
March  20,  1857,  at  Waterbury,  and  is  buried 
in  Riverside  cemetery,  Waterbury.  Slie  had 
one  child,  Mary  Ellen,  born  December  27, 
1856,  died  July  23,  1857.  Her  father,  Thomas 
Watson  Shepard,  was  a  printer,  and  the  son 
of  Thomas  and  Lydia  (Watson)  Shepard,  of 
Worcester,  Massachusetts,  and  was  born  Sep- 
tember 26,  1793,  at  Worcester.  He  was  a 
grandson  of  Nathaniel  Watson,  of  Cambridge, 
Massachusetts.  He  married,  October  8,  1823, 
at  Danbury,  Connecticut,  Sarah  Osborn.  She 
was  a  daughter  of  Levi  and  Miriam  (Dibble) 
Osborn,  and  was  born  August  16,  1800,  at 
Danbury.  Levi  Osborn  was  a  son  of  Moses 
and  Sarah  (White)  Osborn,  of  Danbury, 
grandson  of  David  and  Rachel  (Keeler)  Os- 
born, and  great-grandson  of  Joseph  and  Eliza- 
beth (Whitney)  Keeler.  He  married  (sec- 
ond) April  9,  i860,  at  Waterbury,  Margaret 
Sophia,  daughter  of  .George  and  Frances 
Jeanette  (Scott)  Pritchard,  of  Waterbury. 
She  was  born  July  i,  1840,  at  Waterbury, 
died  April  8,  1906,  at  Waterbury.  Her  fa- 
ther, George  Pritchard,  was  a  son  of  Isaac 
and  Lucina  (Baldwin)  Pritchard,  and  was 
born  May  25,  1816,  died  July  31,  1877,  at 
Richfield  Springs,  New  York.  He  married, 
February  19,  1838,  Frances  Jeanette  Scott. 
His  father,  Isaac  Pritchard,  vi'as  a  son  of 
Isaac  and  Lois  (Bronson)  Pritchard,  and  was 
born  July,  1772.  He  married,  February,  1795, 
Lucina,  daughter  of  Major  Noah  and  Eliza- 
beth Ives  Baldwin.  Lois  Bronson  was  daughter 
of  Isaac  and  Eunice  (Richards)  Bronson. 
Theodore  Ives  Driggs  died  June  28,  1893,  at 
Waterbury,  and  is  buried  in  Riverside  ceme- 
tery, Waterbury.  Children:  i.  George  Asa, 
born  February  17,  1861,  mentioned  below.  2. 
Martha  Rathbun,  December  7,  1863;  lives 
at  Waterbury ;  unmarried.  3.  Henry  Peck, 
December  23,  1873,  died  July  10,  1907;  un- 
married ;  graduate  of  St.  Paul's  school,  Con- 
cord, New  Hampshire,  1891  ;  Yale,  1895; 
Harvard  Law  School,  1898;  member  of  the 
firm  of  Sawyer  &  Driggs,  New  York  City, 
where  he  died,  is  buried  in  Riverside  ceme- 
tery, AVaterbury.  4,  Helen  Ives,  February 
22,   1878;  fives  at  Waterbury;  unmarried. 

(VI)  George  Asa,  son  of  Theodore  Ives 
Driggs,  was  born  February  17,  1861,  at  Wa- 
terbury, and  is  now  living  there.  He  is  at 
present  president  and  treasurer  of  the  Ameri- 
can Pin  Company.  He  married  (first)  June 
9,  1883,  at  Waterbury,  Annie,  daughter  of 
Thomas  Campbell  and  Jennie  (Hall)  Mor- 
ton, of  Waterbury.  She  was  born  April  4, 
1866,  at  Waterbury,  died  April  4,  1897,  at 
Hartford,  and  is  buried  at  Waterbury.  He 
married    (second)    March    14,    1900,   at   New 


York  City,  Anne  Buel  Heminway.  Children : 
I.  Morton  Campbell,  born  March  5,  1884,  died 
March  3,  1900.  2.  Theodore  Ives,  March  6, 
1885;  married,  October  12,  1907,  Louise 
Green,  daughter  of  Thomas  Thacher ;  chil- 
dren:  i.  Louise,  October  12,  1908;  ii.  Eliza- 
beth, October  6,  1909;  iii.  Sarah  McC.  Green. 
These  children  were  born  in  Tenafly,  New 
Jersey. 


John  Wilson,  believed  to  be  a 
WILSOiN     grandson    of    Francis    Wilson, 

of  Rehoboth,  Massachusetts, 
born  1660,  at  Woburn,  son  of  John  Wilson. 
He  was  born  about  1710  and  settled  in  Cov- 
entry, Connecticut.  Children  born  at  Coven- 
try:  Abigail,  August  10,  1738;  Dorothy,  died 
June  2,  1739-40;  John,  died  September  10. 
1740 ;  Joseph,  mentioned  below. 

(II)  Lieutenant  Joseph,  son  of  John  Wil- 
son, was  born  at  Coventry,  March  31,  1745, 
died  at  Tyringham,  Massachusetts,  August  9, 
1818.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution  in 
Captain  John  Collar's  company.  Colonel  John 
Ashley's  regiment  of  Berkshire  county,  in 
1779,  and  in  Captain  Jeremiah  Hickok's  com- 
pany, Lieutenant-Colonel  Sears'  regiment  in 
1781.  He  came  from  Tolland,  Connecticut, 
about  1770.  He  bought  land  in  Tyringham, 
April  II,  1770,  of  Theophilus  Street,  a  hun- 
dred acres,  lot  No.  95  (see  Deeds  8,  p.  189). 
His  wife  Betty  died  August  25,  1812.  The 
births  of  three  children  are  recorded  at  Tyr- 
ingham, but  their  names  are  missing.  They 
were:  Son,  July  24,  1773;  child,  September, 
1775,  and  son,  June  13,  1781.  His  sons  were 
James,  John  and  Oliver. 

(III)  James,  son  of  Lieutenant  Joseph  Wil- 
son, was  probably  the  son  born  July  24,  1773, 

at   Tyringham.     He    married    Achsah . 

He  bought  lot  No.  90  of  Job  Jenckes  at  Tyr- 
ingham in  1795  and  other  land  in  that  year 
and  later.  Children,  born  at  Tyringham :  Al- 
mira,  September  20,  1794;  Amanda,  July  12, 
1796;  Joseph  H.,  mentioned  below;  Achsah 
"Jr.,"  July  15,  1799;  Annlle  (?),  April  12, 
1801 ;  James,  April  5,  1803;  Julia  (twin), 
March  4,  1805 ;  Abigail  (twin) ;  John,  June 
3,  1809;  Amarilla,  February  28,  1811. 

(IV)  Joseph  H.,  son  of  James  Wilson,  was 
recorded  as  Joseph  "Jr."  probably  to  distin- 
guish him  from  his  grandfather.  He  was 
born  July  15,  1799,  at  Tyringham.  He  mar- 
ried Sally,  born  in  1800.  daughter  of  Dr. 
Daniel  Herrick.  of  Preston,  Connecticut  (see 
Pier  rick  IV). 

(V)  Dr.  Grove  Herrick  Wilson,  son  of 
Joseph  H.  Wilson,  was  born  in  Stockbridge, 
Massachusetts,  March  25,  1824.  He  attended 
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Academy,  Massachusetts,  and  was  fitted 
for  the  profession  of  teaching,  which  he  fol- 
lowed for  a  period  in  Massachusetts  and  in 
Delaware.  He  took  up  the  study  of  medicine, 
was  graduated  in  1849  from  the  Berkshire 
Medical  Institute,  and  located  at  North 
Adams,  Massachusetts.  He  adopted  homoe- 
opathy in  his  practice  two  years  later  at  North 
Adams  and  Conway.  In  1857  he  came  to 
Meriden,  Connecticut,  where  he  continued  to 
practice  his  profession  with  great  success  un- 
til the  time  of  his  death,  January  10,  1902. 
From  a  village  of  three  thousand  people 
Meriden  developed  into  a  great  manufactur- 
ing city  during  the  years  Dr.  Wilson  lived 
there  and  he  took  an  active  and  influential 
part  in  its  development  and  government.  He 
was  well  known  throughout  the  state  and  no 
physician  in  Meriden  had  so  large  a  practice. 
He  contributed  frequently  to  medical  publica- 
tions and  was  recognized  as  a  learned,  skill- 
ful and  able  physician  and  surgeon  and  a 
brilliant  student  and  scholar.  He  published 
a  monograph  in  1882,  proving  the  epidemic 
nature  of  intermittent  fevers  in  New  England. 
He  lectured  frequently  on  natural  science  and 
incidentally  expounded  the  principles  of  the 
telephone  and  phonograph  two  years  prior 
to  the  production  of  the  instruments  by  Edi- 
son. He  invented  the  aural  masseur,  an  in- 
strument for  treating  deafness  by  vibration  in 
the  internal  ear. 

Notwithstanding  the  large  demands  upon 
his  time,  Dr.  Wilson  devoted  much  time  and 
energy  to  the  public  schools  of  the  town,  and 
as  a  result  of  his  efforts  the  rate  bill  was 
abolished  and  the  public  schools  became  free 
to  every  child  in  the  town,  in  1863.  The  suc- 
cess of  the  plan  brought  about  legislation  at 
Hartford  that  made  all  the  public  schools  of 
the  state  free.  He  was  a  member  of  the  state 
board  of  health  for  many  years,  and  was 
medical  examiner  of  Meriden.  In  1880  and 
1882  he  represented  the  town  in  the  general 
assembly  and  distinguished  himself  as  a  legis- 
lator. He  was  a  member  of  the  Meriden 
board  of  education  almost  continuously  from 
the  time  of  founding  the  high  school  to  the 
end  of  his  life,  and  much  of  the  credit  for  hav- 
ing the  high  school  is  due  to  his  initiative.  In 
1892  he  was  elected  mayor  of  the  city  and  his 
administration  was  in  every  way  creditable  to 
himself  and  to  the  city.  In  politics  he  was  a 
Republican.  Dr.  Wilson  was  a  prominent 
Free  Mason,  a  member  of  Meridian  Lodge, 
of  Keystone  Chapter,  Royal  Arch  Masons, 
and  Hamilton  Council,  Royal  and  Select  Mas- 
ters. He  was  the  first  commander  of  St.  Elmo 
Commandery,  Knights  Templar,  and  he  was 
afterward    grand    commander    of    the    Grand 


Commandery.  He  took  the  thirty-second  de- 
gree in  Lafayette  Consistory.  He  was  a 
member  of  Pyramid  Temple  Mystic  Shrine. 

Dr.  Wilson  was  broad  and  liberal  in  his  re- 
ligious views,  an  earnest,  consistent,  practical 
Christian.  He  served  on  the  building  com- 
mittee of  the  First  Congregational  Church  of 
Meriden,  one  of  the  finest  in  the  state,  and 
architects  of  the  structure  were  materially 
aided  by  his  artistic  tase  and  discriminaion. 
He  designed  the  capitals  himself.  He  was 
highly  esteemed  in  social  life.  He  was  a  good 
talker,  of  wide  information  and  keen  wit.  He 
was  kindly  and  attracted  friends  in  all  walks 
of  life,  giving  freely  in  charity  and  good 
works. 

He  married,  November  30,  1848,  Margaret 
Ann  Adams,  of  Pencader  Hundred,  Delaware, 
born  May  5,  1826.  Their  only  child.  Dr.  Ed- 
gar A.,  is  mentioned  below. 

(VI)  Dr.  Edgar  Adams  Wilson,  son  of  Dr. 
Grove  Herrick  Wilson,  was  born  at  Conway, 
Massachusetts,  December  4,  1853.  He  came 
with  his  parents  to  Meriden  from  Conway, 
when  he  was  four  years  old,  and  attended  the 
public  sthools,  private  schools  and  the  Corner 
School.  He  prepared  for  college  at  Phillips 
Academy,  Exeter,  New  Hampshire,  and  en- 
tered Yale,  from  which  he  was  graduated  .with 
the  degree  of  A.B.  in  the  class  of  1877.  He 
studied  his  profession  in  the  Medical  School 
of  the  University  of  Pennsylvania  and  re- 
ceived the  degree  of  M.D.,  in  1882.  From 
1883  to  1888  he  was  engaged  in  general  prac- 
tice at  Rockville,  Connecticut.  From  1888 
to  1893  he  was  associated  in  practice  with  his 
father  at  Meriden.  In  1893  he  became  clin- 
ical assistant  surgeon  at  the  Manhattan  Eye 
and  Ear  Hospital,  and  continued  for  four 
years.  Since  then  he  has  made  a  specialty  of 
diseases  of  the  eye  and  ear  with  offices  in 
Meriden.  He  was  for  five  years  health  of- 
ficer of  the  city  of  Meriden  and  since  1893  has 
been  health  officer  of  the  town  of  Meriden. 
Since  the  organization  of  the  New  Haven 
County  Public  Health  Association  in  Decem- 
ber, 1890,  he  has  been  its  secretary.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  American  Medical  Association, 
the  Connecticut  State  Medical  Society,  the 
Alumni  Association  of  the  Manhattan  Eye  and 
Ear  Hospital,  the  New  England  Association 
of  Alumni  of  the  University  of  Pennsylvania. 
He  is  on  the  staff  of  the  Meriden  City  Hos- 
pital and  the  Connecticut  Masonic  Home  at 
Wallingford.  He  is  a  member  of  Meridian 
Lodge,  No.  jj,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons, 
of  Alfred  Hall  Council,  Royal  Arcanum,  and 
of  the  Home  Club  of  Meriden.  In  politics  he 
is  a  Republican. 

He   married,   January  23,    1883,   Ida    May, 


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born  December  22,  1857,  daughter  of  George 
and  Lydia  (Redfield)  Beach,  both  natives  of 
Branford,  Connecticut.  Children:  i.  George 
Herrick,  August  8,  1884;  died  March  25, 
1891.  2.  Leslie  Adams,  July  23,  1886,  edu- 
cated in  the  public  and  high  schools,  Willis- 
ton  Seminary,  Easthampton,  Massachusetts, 
and  the  Yale  Medical  School  from  which  he 
was  graduated  with  the  degree  of  M.D.  in 
1910.  3.  Grove  Herbert,  June  17,  1892,  died 
September  1,  1892. 

(The  Herrick  Line). 

The  Herrick  family  in  England  is  descended 
from  a  Danish  chief. known  as  Eric,  the  For- 
ester. As  the  line  has  been  traced  in  England, 
it  begins  with  Eric  or  Eyryk,  of  Great  Stret- 
ton  and  of  Houghton,  Leicester  county,  and 
continues  through  Henry  (H),  son  of  Eyryk 
(I).  John   (HI),  son  of  Henry   (H)  ;  Robert 

(IV),  who  married  Joanna  ,  and  had 

William,  mentioned  below ;  John,  Robert  and 
Adeline. 

(V)  Sir  William  Eyryk,  Knight,  son  of 
Robert  Eyryk,  was  commissioned  to  attend 
the  Prince  of  Wales  on  his  expedition-  to  Gas- 
cony,  1355;  he  was  a  distinguished  man. 

(VI)  Robert  Eyricke,  son  of  Sir  William 
Eyryk,  was  of  Houghton,  about  1400.  By 
his  wife  Agnes  he  had  Robert  and  Thomas. 

(VII)  Thomas  Herrick,  son  of  Robert 
Eyricke,  was  of  Houghton,  of  Leicester  coun- 
ty. The  first  record  there  is  of  him  is  151 1; 
his  will  is  dated  August  25,  151 7,  and  he  is 
buried  in  St.  Martin's  Ghurch. 

(VIII)  John  Herrick,  son  of  Thomas  Her- 
rick, was  borii  1513,  died  April  2,  1589.  He 
resided  in  Leicester.  He  married  Mary  Bond 
and  they  lived  together  as  husband  and  wife 
for  fifty-two  years.  She  died  161 1,  aged 
ninety-seven  years,  leaving  one  hundred  and 
forty-two  descendants.  A  detailed  epitaph  on 
his  gravestone  in  St.  Martin's  Church  gives 
much  information  about  his  family.  They  had 
five  sons  and  eleven  daughters. 

(IX)  Sir  William  (2)  Herrick,  son  of  John 
Herrick,  was  born  in  1567,  died  March  2, 
1652-53,  aged  ninety-six  years.  He  lived  in 
Leicester,  London  and  Beau  Manor  Park ;  he 
was  a  member  of  parliament,  i(5oi  to  1630; 
he  was  knighted  in  1605.  He  become  a  cour- 
tier about  1575,  in  the  court  of  Queen  Eliza- 
beth ;  he  was  an  ambassador  to  the  Ottoman 
Porte  on  an  important  mission.  He  carried 
on  the  business  of  a  goldsmith.  His  son 
Henry  is  the  ancestor  of  the  American  family. 

(I)  Henry  Herrick,  immigrant  ancestor, 
fifth  son  of  Sir  William  (2)  Herrick,  was 
born  at  Beau  Manor,  Leicester  county,  Eng- 
land, in   1604.     He  was  named  by  command 


of  the  unfortunate  Prince  Henry,  the  eldest 
son  of  James  I.,  we  are  told.  He  probably 
went  first  to  Virginia  and  then  came  north. 
He  was  among  the  first  settlers  of  Salem,  and 
he  and  his  wife  were  of  the  thirty  who  found- 
ed the  First  Church  of  Salem  in  1629.  He 
was  a  proprietor  of  the  town  in  1635.  He 
was  admitted  a  freeman  on  May  18,  163 1.  He 
removed  to  Wenham,  and  then  to  Beverly,  the 
Cape  Ann  side  of  Bass  river.  He  bought 
large  tracts  of  land  in  Beverly  and  gave  farms 
there  to  his  sons :  Zachariah,  Ephraim,  Jo- 
seph and  John,  at  Brick  Plains  and  Cherry 
Hill.  He  was  called  a  good  and  honest  dis- 
senter from  the  doctrines  of  the  Church  of 
England ;  he  was  a  friend  of  Higgenson,  but 
not  so  bigoted  as  some  of  the  Puritans,  for 
he  was  fined  a  few  shillings  in  1667  with  oth- 
ers for  "aiding  and  comforting  an  excom- 
municated person."  He  and  his  wife  were 
among  the  founders  of  the  church  at  Bev- 
erly. He  married  Editha,  daughter  of  Hugh 
Laskin.  He  died  in  1671,  and  the  inventory 
of  his  estate  taken  March  15,  1670-71,  was 
presented  by  his  son  Henry.  The  widow 
Editha  deposed  November  28,  1672,  concern- 
ing some  land  her  father,  Hugh  Laskin,  sold 
"before  he  went  away  25  years  ago."  She 
gave  her  age  then  as  about  sixty  years,  indi- 
cating that  she  was  born  about  1612.  Chil- 
dren of  Henry  and  Editha  Herrick :  Thomas ; 
Zacheus,  born  in  Salem,  baptized  Deceml)er 
25,  1636;  Ephraim,  mentioned  below;  H^enry, 
baptized  at  Salem,  January  16,  1640;  Joseph; 
baptized  August  6,  1645  ■  Elizabeth,  baptized 
July  4,  1647;  John,  baptized  May  25,  1650; 
Benjamin,  died  about  1677. 

(II)  Ephraim,  son  of  Henry  Herrick,  was 
born  in  Salem,  baptized  February  11,  1638, 
died  September  18,  1693.  He  settled  on  a 
farm  in  Beverly,  Massachusetts,  given  to  him 
by  his  father  at  Birch  Place.  He  was  admit- 
ted a  freeman,  April  29,  1668.  He  married, 
July  3,  1661,  Mary  Cross,  of  Salem.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Beverly:  John,  May  31,  1662; 
Ephraim,  August  13,  1664;  Mary,  June  14, 
1667:  Stephen,  March  15,  1670;  Sarah;  Sam- 
uel, June  4,  1675,  mentioned  below;  Timothy, 
January  4,  1681 ;  Anna,  November  20,  1683. 

(III)  Samuel,  son  of  Ephraim  Herrick,  wa^ 
born  at  Beverly,  June  4,  1675.  He  settled  in 
1702,  at  Preston,  Connecticut.  He  married,  in 
1698,  Mehitable  Woodward.  Children : 
Ezekiel,  born  November  6,  1699;  Samuel, 
March  24,  1703;  Stephen,  February  12,  1705: 
Daniel,  mentioned  below;  Joseph,  March  i, 
1711;  Keziah,  April  30,  1715:  Priscilla.  mar- 
ried   Kinney. 

(IV)  Daniel,  son  of  Samuel  Herrick,  was 
born  December  9,  1708,  at  Preston,  Connecti- 


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cut.  His  granddaughter,  Sally  Herrick,  oi 
Preston,  married  Joseph  H.  Wilson  (see  Wil- 
son IV). 


John  Wilson  was  born  in  Eng- 
WILSON  land,  was  educated  and  spent 
his  boyhood  there.  He  came 
when  a  young  man  to  Canada,  where  he  fol- 
lowed the  trade  of  carpenter.  He  was 
drowned  in  a  lake,  in  1839,  when  in  the  prime 
of  life.  He  married  Elizabeth  Smith,  widow. 
Children  :  James  Alexander,  mentioned  below  ; 
daughter,  twin  of  James  Alexander,  died 
young. 

(II)  James  Alexander,  son  of  John  Wil- 
son, was  born  September  13,  1835,  in  New 
York  City,  died  in  Bridgeport,  1893,  is  buried 
at  Newtown,  Connecticut.  His  father  died 
when  he  was  only  four  years  old.  He  re- 
ceived his  education  in  the  public  schools,  and 
then  taught  school  until  he  was  twenty  years 
old.  He  then  began  to  study  law,  first  lay  him- 
self, then  in  the  office  of  Theodore  Kellogg, 
of  Cornwall,  Connecticut.  He  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  and  began  to  practice  at  Newtown, 
removing  after  a  time  to  Bridgeport,  Connec- 
ticut. He  became  interested  in  the  manufac- 
ture of  rubber  goods  in  Bridgeport  and  es- 
tablished himself  in  that  business,  which  his 
widow  continues,  she  being  treasurer  of  the 
company  which  he  organized  under  the  cor- 
porate name  of  the  Housatonic  Rubber 
Works,  and  his  son,  Justin  A.  Wilson,  is 
president  of  the  concern.  His  legal  training 
and  natural  business  ability  contributed  to 
make  him  prominent  in  the  business  world. 
He  was  conscientious  and  thorough  in  his 
work,  charitable  and  hospitable  by  nature, 
giving  freely  of  his  means  and  winning  the 
esteem  of  men  in  all  walks  of  life.  He  was 
a  soldier  in  the  civil  war,  enlisting  in  Com- 
pany I,  Fifth  Connecticut  Regiment,  and  hav- 
ing the  rank  of  corporal  of  his  company.  He 
was  taken  prisoner  by  the  Confederates  and 
confined  in  Belle  Isle  military  prison  and  hos- 
pital. He  was  a  prominent  member  of  Elias 
Howe  Post,  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  of 
Bridgeport.  He  represented  the  town  of 
Newtown  in  the  general  assembly  and  served 
on  important  committees.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  Royal  Arch 
Masons,  Royal  and  Select  Masters,  Knights 
Templar,  and  had  taken  the  thirty-second  de- 
gree in  Scottish  Rite  Masonry.  He  was  a 
member  of  Seaside  and  Algonquin  clubs.  In 
religion  he  was  a  Congregationalist,  and  in 
politics  a  Democrat. 

He  married  Phebe  A.,  November  13,  1867, 
born  at  Newtown,  September  15,  1850,  daugh- 
ter of  Cyrenius  and  Christa  Ann  (Beardsley) 


Curtiss  (see  Curtiss  VTI).  Children:  i. 
Lynn,  born  in  Stoughton,  Wisconsin,  June  19, 
1870;  married  (first)  Maud  Blakeney;  (sec- 
ond) Mrs.  Alice  Peckham  Booth ;  children  of 
first  wife :  Curtiss  and  Allen  Wilson.  2.  Clyde, 
died  at  nine  years  of  age.  3.  Justin  A.,  born 
January  24,  1874;  president  of  the  Housa- 
tonic Rubber  Company  of  Bridgeport ;  mar- 
ried Lucy  McDonald.  4.  Lee,  born  January 
19,  1877;  he  is  a  Boston  journalist;  married 
Edith  Hermine,  daughter  of  Leo  Lyon.  5. 
Enid  Lynette,  born  November  12,  1884;  mar- 
ried Bradford  Tilden  Seney,  of  Centerville, 
Maryland. 

(The  Curtiss  Line). 
The  ancient  English  surname  Curtis  is  also 
spelled  Curtiss,  Curtesse,  Curteis  and  Curtoys. 
Stephen  Curtis  was  of  Appeldore,  Kent,  about 
1450,  and  several  of  his  descendants  were 
mayors  of  Tenterden,  a  town  where  many  set- 
tlers in  Scituate,  Massachusetts,  came  from. 
The  family  has  also  lived  from  an  ancient  date 
in  county  Sussex.  The  ancient  coat-of-arms 
is  thus  described :  Argent,  a  chevron  sable  be- 
tween three  bulls  heads  caboched,  gules. 
Crest ;  A  unicorn  pas,  or,  between  four  trees 
proper. 

(I)  William  Curtiss'  ancestor  lived  in  Eng- 
land and  probably  died  there.  His  widow 
Elizabeth  and  sons  John  and  William  settled 
in  Stratford,  Connecticut,  in  1639.  In  the 
Stratford  town  records  she  is  generally  called 
"Widow  Curtiss,"  and  first  appears  in  a  list 
of  property  owners  about  1650,  with  her  two 
sons.  Her  lot  was  near  or  adjoining  that  of 
Rev.  Adams  Blakeman.  Sh^  died  June,  1658, 
and  her  will  was  proved  November  4,  1658, 
at  Fairfield,  Connecticut.  Children :  John, 
born  in  England,  161 1;  William,  mentioned 
below ;  Thomas,  born  in  England,  had  a 
daughter  Mary,  mentioned  in  his  mother's 
will. 

(II)  William  (2),  son  of  William  (i) 
Curtiss,  was  born  in  England,  1618.  He  mar- 
ried   (first)    Mary   ;    (second)    Sarah, 

daughter  of  Matthew  Morris,  of  Hartford, 
and  widow  of  William  Goodrich,  of  Wethers- 
field,  Connecticut.  He  came  to  Stratford  with 
his  mother  and  brother  John,  and  his  name 
appears  among  the  list  of  property  owners  in 
1650.  He  was  an  original  proprietor  and 
was  a  most  prominent  man.  As  early  as  1650 
he  had  attained  the  rank  of  sergeant  and  rep- 
resented Stratford  in  the  general  court  almost 
continuously  from  1667  to  1686.  May  9, 
1672,  liberty  was  granted  by  the  general 
court  to  him  and  his  associates  to  begin  a 
plantation  at  Pomeraug  (Woodbury),  and  he 
was  one  of  the  original  grantees.  In  June, 
1672,  he  was  appointed  captain  of  the  train 


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band  of  Stratford  and  at  the  same  time  the 
general  court  declared  him  the  second  mili- 
tary officer  of  Fairfield  county.  In  August, 
1672,  he  was  appointed  one  of  six  commis- 
sioners, togther  with  the  governor,  deputy- 
governor  and  assistants,  as  a  war  council 
against  the  Dutch  at  New  York  "to  act  as  the 
Grand  Committee  of  the  Colony  in  establish- 
ing and  commissionating  Military  Officers — 
and  to  manage,  order  and  dispose  of  the 
Militia  of  the  Colony  in  the  best  way  and 
manner  they  can  for  our  defense  and  safety." 
In  October,  1675,  during  King  Philip's  war, 
he  was  appointed  to  command  those  forces 
raised  in  Fairfield  county,  with  power  to  ap- 
point his  own  inferior  officers.  In  1676  he 
was  a  commissioner  of  both  Stratford  and 
Woodbury.  In  May,  1676,  he  was  chosen  an 
assistant  or  member  of  the  governor's  council. 
He  died  in  Stratford,  December  21,  1702;  his 
wife  in  1701.  His  will  was  entered  for  pro- 
bate, December  31,  1702,  at  Fairfield.  Chil- 
dren born  in  Stratford :  Sarah,  October  10, 
1642;  Jonathan,  February  14,  1644;  Joshua, 
October  i,  1646;  Abigail,  April  21,  1650; 
Daniel,  November  16,  1652 ;  Elizabeth,  Sep- 
tember 13,  1654;  Ebenezer,  July  6,  1657; 
Zachariah,  November  14,  1659;  Josiah,  men- 
tioned below. 

(III)  Josiah,  son  of  William  (2)  Curtiss, 
was  born  August_30,  1662,  in  Stratford.  In 
May,  1714,  the  general  court  appointed  him 
captain  of  the  train  band,  and  in  1716  he  was 
a  deputy  to  the  general  court.  December  29, 
1725,  liberty  was  granted  him  and  John  Wil- 
coxson,  Jr.,  to  erect  a  sawmill  on  the  half- 
way river.  He  died  in  1745,  his  widow  in 
1759.  His  will  was  probated  November  20, 
1745,  at  Fairfield.  He  married,  July,  1692, 
Abigail,  daughter  of  lieutenant  Joseph  and 
Sarah  Judson,  of  Stratford.  She  died  in 
1697,  and  he  married  (second)  Mary,  daugh- 
ter of  Benjamin  and  Mary  Beach,  of  Strat- 
ford. Children  born  in  Stratford :  William, 
September  22,  1693 ;  Abigail,  1695 ;  Anna, 
1697;  Eunice,  August  i,  1699;  Abraham,  May 
10,  1701 ;  Josiah,  January  6,  1702-03;  Benja- 
min, December  15  or  25,  1704,  mentioned  be- 
low; Peter,  April  i,  1707;  Matthew,  Decem- 
ber 16,  1708,  died  young;  Mary,  July  25, 
171 1 ;  Matthew,  December  i,  1712;  Charles 
(twin),  January  I,  1715-16;  Mehitabel  (twin). 

(IV)  Benjamin,  son  of  Josiah  Curtiss,  was 
born  December  15  or  25,  1704.  He  and  his 
brothers,  Matthew  and  Josiah,  settled  in  New- 
town about  1728,  where  he  became  a  promi- 
nent man.  Fie  represented  his  town  in  the 
general  court.  He  died  July  28,  1782,  and  his 
will  was  filed  August  6,  1782,  in  Danbury, 
Connecticut.      He   married    (first)    Elizabeth, 


daughter  of  Abel  and  Comfort  Welles  Bird- 
sey,  of  Stratford,  August  27,  1726.  She  died 
February  24,  1773,  and  he  maried  (second), 
June  17,  1773,  Bathsheba  Ford,  of  Stratford. 
Children,  born  in  Newtown :  Nehemiah,  Feb- 
ruary 2,  1728;  Phebe,  October  5,  1729; 
Eunice,  January  13,  1731  ;  Elizabeth,  October 
26,  1733 ;  Salmon,  died  May  9,  1735 ;  Benja- 
min, mentioned  below  ;  Abel,  born  February 
7,  1738;  Abijah,  January  31,  1740;  Sarah, 
born  March  25,  1744. 

(V)  Benjamin  (2),  son  of  Benjamin  (i) 
Curtiss,  was  born  February  14,  1736,  in  New- 
town. He  was  a  private  during  the  revolu- 
tion in  Captain  David  Smith's  company,  April 
21,  1776.  He  died  February  20,  181 7,  in 
Newtown,  and  his  will  was  filed  December  16, 
1817,  in  Danbury.  He  married  (first)  Novem- 
ber 23,  1758,  Phedenia,  daughter  of  Nathan- 
iel Nichols,  of  Newtown.  She  died  Febru- 
ary 15,  1773,  aged  thirty-five,  and  he  married 
(second)  Mary  Devine,  1774.  She  died  Au- 
gust 23,  1795,  and  he  married  (third).  May  6, 
1 80 1,  Phebe  Toucey.  She  died  in  1831.  Chil- 
dren born  in  Newtown:  Philo,  June  27,  1760; 
Elizabeth  Birdsey,  September  21,  1766;  Anna, 
December  20,  1769;  Benjamin,  February  15. 
1772;  Sarah,  November  24,  1775;  Artemesia, 
May  5,  1778;  Aurilla,  November  30,  1780; 
Alfred  Devine,  January  24,  1783,  mentioned 
below:  Epenetus,  October  4,  1786;  Phedenia. 
married,  November  9,  1791,  Daniel  Clarke,  of 
Southbury,  Connecticut. 

(VI)  Alfred  Devine,  son  of  Benjamin  (2) 
Curtiss,  was  born  January  24,  1783,  in  New- 
town, died  September  30,  1850.  He  married 
Sarah,  daughter  of  Nirom  and  Sarah  Hard, 
of  Newtown.  She  died  April  6,  1855,  aged 
seventy-five  years.  Children  born  in  New- 
town:  Sophia,  September  7,  1802;  Nirom, 
March  28,  1805:  Phebe,  May  24,  1807;  Mary, 
May  3,  1809;  William,  September  14,  1811; 
Cyrenius,  December  5,  1814;  Alfred,  June  8, 
1817;  Sarah,  September  5,  1819;  Edwin  Au- 
gustus (twin),  January  25,  1825,  died  same 
day;  Edward  Augustus  (twin),  died  Septem- 
ber 12,  1825. 

(VII)  Cyrenius,  son  of  Alfred  Devine  Cur- 
tiss, was  born  December  5,  1814.  He  married 
Christa  Ann,  daughter  of  James  Beardsley, 
of  Monroe,  Connecticut,  May  15,  1838.  She 
died  May  11,  1891,  aged  seventy-six  years. 
He  died  May  27,  1890,  in  Bridgeport.  Chil- 
dren born  in  Newtown :  Alfred,  December  3. 
1839,  died  January,  1850:  William,  August 
20,  1842;  Joseph,  April  5,  1844,  died  June  14, 
1910;  Sara  Matilda,  November  7,  1846,  died 
aged  thirty-seven;  Phebe  Ann,  September  15, 
1850,  married  James  A.  Wilson,  November 
13,  1867  (see  Wilson  II)  ;  Bertha  Celia,  May 


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20,  1853,  in  Branford,  Connecticut;  Eva 
Adelaide,  May  17,  1856,  died  aged  eleven 
years. 


William  Hull,  born  in  Somerset- 
HULL  shire,  England,  1574,  was  one  of 
four  brothers,  of  whom  three  came 
to  this  country  in  the  first  part  of  the  seven- 
teenth century.  William  graduated  from  St. 
Mary's  Hall,  Oxford,  '  and  was  instituted 
vicar  of  Colyton,  in  Devonshire,  in  161 1,  un- 
der the  patronage  of  the  dean  and  chapter  of 
Exeter,  and  as  the  immediate  successor  of 
Rev.  John  Eedes,  one  of  the  translators  of 
the  King  James'  Bible,  who  had  married 
Alice,  daughter  of  Henry  Hull,  Esquire,  of 
Exeter.  John  Hull  was  doubtless  the  John 
Hull  made  freeman  August  7,  1632,  and  men- 
tioned in  Dorchester,  Massachusetts,  records. 
Joseph  Hull,  apparently  the  youngest  brother, 
matriculated  at  St.  Mary's  Hall,  Oxford,  May 
12,  1612,  aged  seventeen  years ;  took  his  first 
degree  of  A.  B.,  November  14,  1614,  and  was 
instituted  rector  of  Northleigh,  diocese  of 
Exeter,  Devonshire,  April  14,  1621.  He  re- 
signed in  1632,  and  March  20,  1635,  sailed 
from  Weymouth  with  his  second  wife  Agnes, 
seven  children,  three  servants,  and  a  colony 
of  over  one  hundred  persons.  They  arrived  in 
Boston  Harbor,  May  6,  and  settled  at  Wessa- 
guscus,  which  they  named  Weymouth.  Some 
of  his  descendants  settled  along  the  coast  of 
Massachusetts,  Rhode  Island,  Connecticut, 
and  New  York,  and  became  some  of  them 
captains  of  sailing  vessels,  some  eminent  mem- 
bers and  ministers  of  the  Society  of  Friends. 
Two  or  three  of  his  children  moved  to  Maine, 
where  he  died  November  19,  1665. 

(I)  George  Hull,  the  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  the  second  brother,  and  was  born  in 
Crewperne,  Somersetshire,  England,  in  1590. 
He  sailed  from  Plymouth,  Devonshire,  March 
30,  1629,  in  the  ship  "Mary  and  John,"  Cap- 
tain Scjueb.  He  settled  at  Dorchester,  where 
he  was  made  a  freeman,  March  4,  1632,  and 
a  representative  for  the  town  to  the  first  great 
and  general  court  held  in  the  colony.  May  14, 
1634.  He  was  also  a  member  of  the  first 
board  of  selectmen  of  Dorchester,  and  in  1633 
and  1634  was  appointed  "to  fix  the  rate."  He 
appears  to  have  been  allotted  two  acres  from 
the  "Common,"  and  later  the  meadow  that 
"lyes  before  his  doore — down  to  the  sea,  mak- 
ing a  sufificient  passage  that  way."  In  1636 
he  removed  to  Windsor,  Connecticut.  He 
was  a  surveyor  by  profession,  and  surveyed 
both  Windsor  and  Wethersfield.  He  was  a 
representative  to  the  general  court  which  met 
at  Hartford  in  1637  and  declared  war  on  the 
Pequot   Indians.      Some   time   after    1646   he 


removed  to  Fairfield,  and  was  again  repre- 
sentative to  the  general  court  of  Connecticut 
for  a  great  many  terms.  He  was  a  personal 
friend  and  political  adherent  of  Governor 
Roger  Ludlow.  He  had  come  from  England 
with  him  in  the  same  ship,  moved  with  him 
to  Windsor,  and  jointly  with  him  obtained 
from  the  general  court  of  1638  a  monopoly  of 
the  beaver  trade  on  the  Connecticut  river.  H-e 
also  followed  him  to  Faii-field,  and  in  1651, 
1653  and  1654  was  appointed  by  the  governor 
as  associate  magistrate  for  the  towns  by  the 
seaside.  His  first  wife  is  supposed  to  have 
been  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Henry  Russell. 
The  latter  made  his  will  January  28,  1640, 
proved  October,  1640,  and  in  it  names  "wife 
Jane,  and  only  child,  Elizabeth  Hull."  She 
died  about  1646,  and  he  married,  after  1654, 
Sarah,  widow  of  David  Phippen,  of  Boston. 
Another  authority  gives  as  his  wife,  Tham- 
zen,  daughter  of  Robert  Mitchell,  of  Stock- 
land,  England.  He  died  1659,  aged  about  sev- 
enty years.  He  is  described  as  public-spirited, 
active  and  intelligent,  and  as  legislator  and 
magistrate  was  instrumental  in  establishing 
two  of  the  free  and  enlightened  common- 
wealths of  New  England,  Massachusetts  and 
Connecticut.  Cotton  Mather  distinguished 
him  with  a  place  in  his  great  book,  and  also 
places  his  brother  Joseph  in  his  First  Classis, 
or  List  of  First  Good  Men.  The  inventory 
of  his  estate  and  that  of  his  widow  were  pre- 
sented on  the  same  day,  August  25,  1659,  and 
his  will  was  admitted  to  probate,  October  20, 
1659.  Children:  i.  Josiah,  born  in  England; 
died  November  16,  1675.  2.  Cornelius,  born 
x\pril  9,  1628,  in  England,  mentioned  below. 
3.  Elizabeth,  married  Samuel  Gaylord,  of 
Simsbury,  Connecticut.  4.  Martha.  5.  Naomi. 
(II)  Lieutenant  Cornelius  Hull,  son  of 
George  Hull,  was  born  April  9,  1628,  in  Eng- 
land, and  came  with  his  parents  to  Dorchester 
in  1629.  He  removed  with  them  first  to  Wind- 
sor and  then  to  Fairfield.  He  married,  No- 
vember 19,  1653,  Rebecca,  daughter  of  Rev. 
John  Jones  and  Sarah.  She  was  born,  1633, 
in  England.  Her  father  was  born  in  Wales, 
ordained  in  England,  and  came  to  Massa- 
chusetts in  1635,  in  the  ship  "Defense."  He 
was  ordained  pastor  of  the  church  at  Con- 
cord, Massachusetts,  April  6,  1637,  removed 
with  many  of  his  parish  to  Fairfield  in  Sep- 
tember, 1644,  and  became  pastor  of  the  first 
church  in  that  town.  Cornelius  was  a  sur- 
veyor, and  a  large  landholder  in  Fairfield. 
He  was  a  deputy  to  the  general  court  for 
eight  terms.  1658-1667.  He  was  made  heu- 
tenant  for  Fairfield  county  in  May,  1661,  also 
lieutenant  of  the  Honorable  Major  Treat's 
Life  Guard,  February  25,  1675.    This  was  the 


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best  corps  of  the  Connecticut  levies.  As  re- 
ward for  his  war  services  the  town  of  Fairfield 
granted  him  large  and  valuable  lots  of  land. 
He  died  between  September  i6  and  October 
7,  1695.  His  will  was  dated  September  16, 
and  proved  October  7,  1695.  Children:  i. 
Samuel,  married  (first)  Deborah  Beers;  (sec- 
ond) Jane  (Hubbell)  Frost,  widow.  2.  Cor- 
nelius, mentioned  below.  3.  Theophilus,  mar- 
ried Mary  Sanford.  4.  Rebecca.  5.  Sarah, 
married  Robert  Silliman,  ancestor  of  Pro- 
fessor Robert  Silliman.  6.  Martha,  married 
Cornelius  Seator. 

(HI)  Cornelius  (2),  son  of  Cornelius  (i) 
Hull,  was  born  about  1655,  and  married, 
1684,  Sarah  Sanford,  daughter  of  Ezekiel  and 
Rebecca  (Wicba)  Sanford.  She- was  born  in 
1666,  and  died  in  1753.  Both  he  and  his  wife 
were  admitted  to  full  communion  April  20, 
1701,  in  Fairfield.  In  1725  Greenfield  Hill 
was  made  a  parish,  and  his  name  heads  the 
list  of  members.  He  was  elected  constable  of 
Fairfield  and  held  the  office  for  four  years. 
Hull's  Farms,  a  village  in  the  town  of  -Fair- 
field, was  so  named  because  he  was  the  first 
person  who  had  a  farm  there.  He  died  May 
7,  1740,  and  was  buried  in  Greenfield  Hill, 
where  his  gravestone  .may  still  be  seen.  His 
will  was  dated  January  21,  1734-5.  Children: 
I.  George,  born  in  1686.  2.  Sarah,  baptized 
August  26,  1694.  3.  Rebecca,  baptized,  August 
26,  1694.  4.  Nathaniel,  baptized  April  7,  1695. 
5.  Ebenezer,  baptized  January  20,  1697-8.  6. 
Elizabeth,  baptized  October  15,  1699.  7. 
Martha,  baptized  July  13,  1701.  8.  John,  born 
about  1703.  9.  Eleanor,  baptized  September 
15,  1706.  10.  Cornelius,  born  May  14,  1710, 
mentioned  below. 

(IV)  Cornelius  (3),  son  of  Cornelius  (2) 
Hull,  was  born  May  14,  1710,  and  married, 
August  24,  1 73 1,  Abigail,  daughter  of  Robert 
and  Anna  (Bastaid)  Rumsey.  She  was  born 
in  1716,  and  died  in  1776.  He  lived  at  Hull's 
Farms,  and  died  December  26,  1788. 

(V)  Lieutenant  Jedediah  Hull,  son  of  Cor- 
nelius (3)  Hull,  was  born  July  24,  1732; 
died  February  14,  1796.  He  was  a  soldier  in 
the  French  and  Indian  war,  in  the  invasion  of 
Canada  in  1759,  Captain  David  Wooster's 
company.  He  was  also  in  the  revolution,  a 
lieutenant  in  Captain  Dimon's  company  of 
Fairfield,  in  May,  1775.  He  married,  April  2, 
1760,  Mary  Chapman,  born  1730,  died  1774, 
daughter  of  Rev.  Daniel  and  Grissell  (Covel) 
Chapman  of  Greens  Farms.  He  married 
(second)  in  1778,  Mary  Osborne,  born  1736. 
died  1796.  Children :  Denny  C.  (mentioned 
below),  Eunice,  Chapman,  Molly,  Cornelius, 
Jedediah,  Henry  C.  and  George. 

(VI)  Denny  C,  son  of  Lieutenant  Jedediah 


Hull,  was  born  January  7,  1762,  and  died 
March  6,  1828.  He  settled  im  Redding,  Con- 
necticut, and  lived  also  in  Greenfield  Hills  and 
Danbury,  in  that  state.  He  married,  April  2, 
1786,  J\Iary,  daughter  of  Obadiah  and  Thank- 
ful (Scudder)  Piatt.  Children  :  Mary,  Denny, 
mentioned  below,  Isaac  Piatt,  and  Eunice. 

(VTI)  Denny,  son  of  Denny  C.  Hull,  was 
born  May  15,  1789,  and  died  July  22,  1859. 
He  lived  at  Danbury.  He  married  Anna, 
daughter  of  Nathaniel  and  Katherine 
(Beatys)  Selleck.  Children:  i.  Jarvis  Piatt, 
born  June,  1809:  died  1892.  2.  Edward  S., 
born  January  29,  181 1 ;  died  January  13,  1880. 
3.  Isaac  Piatt,  born  June  4,  1813 ;  died  August 
25,  1883.  4.  Clarissa  Ann,  born  May  4,  1815; 
died  1875.  5.  Nathaniel  Selleck,  born  March 
31,  1817;  died  June  3,  1888.  6.  Mary  Jane, 
born  1823;  died  February  23,  1878.  7.  Denny, 
born  1831,  died  January  5,  1900.  8.  Josephine, 
born  1833;  died  February  13,  1866. 

(VIII)  Nathaniel  Selleck,  son  of  Denny 
Hull,  was  born  March  31,  1817;  died  June  3, 
1888.  He  lived  at  Danbury,  Ridgefield  and 
Norwalk,  Connecticut.  He  married,  in  1840, 
Angeline  Barber,  born  1824,  died  1886,  daugh- 
ter of  Azor  and  Abigail  (Stevens)  Barber,  of 
Danbury,  Connecticut.  Children:  i.  Azor 
Barber,  born  November  27,  1842.  2.  William 
Francis,  born  June  13,  1851.  3.  Denny,  born 
September  i,  1861. 

(IX)  Azor  Barber,  son  of  Nathaniel  S^'- 
leek  Hull,  was  born  November  27.  1842.  He 
lived  at  Redding  and  Danbury,  Connecticut. 
He  married,  June  13,  1866,  ^lary  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  John  C.  and  Elizabeth  (Bun- 
nell) Collins,  of  Norwalk,  Connecticut.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Frederick  Collins  (mentioned  below). 
2.  Angeline  Elizabeth,  born  June  8,  1875. 

(X)  Frederick  Collins,  son  of  Azor  Bar- 
ber and  Mary  Elizabeth  (Collins)  Hull,  was 
born  in  Ridgefield,  Connecticut,  August  10, 
1868.  In  1880  he  moved  with  his  parents  to 
Danbury.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  Ridgefield  and  Danbury,  and  was 
graduated  from  Ellis  Academy  of  Danbury, 
He  came  to  New  Haven  in  1889  and  engaged 
in  manufacturing.  In  1897  he  went  to  De- 
troit, Michigan,  and  engaged  in  manufactur- 
ing, also  banking.  In  1904  he  returned  to 
Connecticut,  and  since  that  time  has  been  resi- 
dent manager  in  New  Haven,  Connecticut,  for 
Bertron,  Griscom  &  Jenks,  bankers,  of  New 
York  and  Philadelphia.  He'  is  a  member  of 
the  L^nion  League  Club,  the  Chamber  of 
Commerce,  and  several  organizations  whose 
endeavors  are  for  the  betterment  of  New 
Haven's  social  and  business  conditions.  In 
religion  he  is  a  Congregationalist,  and  in  poli- 
tics   a    Republican.     -He    married,    April    15, 


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1897,  Jennie  Maria  Hunt,  daughter  of  James 
R.  and  Maria  (Linsley)  Hunt,  of  New  Ha- 
ven, Connecticut.     They  have  no  children. 


The   chief  of   this    family  went 

LAFLIN  into  Ireland  with  several  Nor- 
man and  English  families  be- 
fore the  thirteenth  century.  By  the  sameness 
of  its  heraldic  ensigns  it  is  evidently  of  the 
same  origin  as  the  families  of  Laweleyn, 
Lamelin,  Launceleyn,  Lancelin,  all  of  county 
Bedford,  of  Fishburn  of  Durham,  of  Lee  of 
Fishburn,  county  Durham ;  of  Gayer  of  Fox- 
ley,  county  Berks ;  of  Levesholm  and  of  Lea 
of  Levesholm,  county  Chester  and  of  Mordon 
of  Pluckley. 

In  county  Bedford,  according  to  the 
"Doomsday  Book,"  Leofwire,  who  was  pro- 
prietor of  the  fief  of  Caddington  and  Streat- 
ley,  witnessed  a  charter  of  St.  Albans  in  1070, 
for  Hugh  de  Beauchamp,  "Victorian  History 
of  County  Bedford,"  vol.  i,  p.  198.  Passing 
from  this  beginning  we  find  that : 

Thomas  Lavallin,  spelled  on  one  of  the  rec- 
ords Lawelyn,  was  sheriff  of  Cork  in  1369. 
The  next  mention  made  in  the  line  of  this 
family  in  "Cork  Historical  and  Archaeolog- 
ical Society's  Journal''  is  as  follows : 

Richard  Lavallin,  mayor  of  Cork  in  1455, 
whose  daughter  Mary,  according  to  Burke's 
''Genealogical  Dictionary  of  the  Landed  Gen- 
try," vol.  I,  p.  458,  married  Edward  Galway, 
Esq.,  of  Dunganon,  county  Cork.  "Waters- 
town  Castle  after  1598  passed  to  this  family 
of  Lavallin.  It  is  situated  in  county  Cork,  on 
the  'Great  Island'  of  the  Blackwater.  A 
lawsuit  about  the  property  was  afterwards 
carried  to  the  House  of  Lords."  Cork  His- 
torical and  Archaeological  Society's  Journal, 
VVaterstown  Castle. 

James  Lavallin,  his  wife  Frances,  James 
and  Philip  Lavallin,  their  children,  were  the 
appellants,  and  Christian  Gould,  executrix  of 
Elinor  Baggott,  widow,  the  respondent.  In 
this  case  James  Lavallin,  on  behalf  of  himself 
and  family,  sought  to  rid  himself  of  the  mone- 
tary claim  made  on  the  estate  of  which  he  was 
owner  by  Elinor  Baggott,  widow  of  his  fa- 
ther's eldest  brother,  Patrick  Lavallin.  His 
grandfather,  James  Lavallin,  in  his  lifetime, 
had  held  in  fee  the  lands  of  Waterstown  and 
several  others  in  county  Cork  and  had  three 
sons.  Patrick,  Peter  and  Melchior.  He  re- 
solved to  disinherit  his  eldest  son  Patrick, 
who  had  greatly  disobliged  him,  and  did  by 
deed  of  October,  1679,  settle  and  convey  to 
Patrick's  children,  failing  which  to  his  other 
heirs.  Patrick  died  without  heirs  and  his 
widow  brought  suit  for  her  portion.  "In  1687 
his   brother   Melchior   was   under   twenty-one 


years  of  age.  Peter  died  without  heirs.  Mel- 
chior had  a  son  James.  The  property  dwin- 
dled awa}-  in  litigation  and  the  family  van- 
ished from  the  locality." 

James  Lavallin,  of  Waterstown,  must  have 
had  other  children  because  there  is  a  record 
in  Burke's  "Dictionary  of  the  Landed  Gen- 
try," vol.  II,  p.  1 133,  of  Catherine,  his  daugh- 
ter, marrying,  in  1672,  Edward  Roch,  Esq., 
of  Trabolgan,  and  Philip  Lavallin  had  chil- 
dren, because  in  Burke's  same  work,  vol.  i, 
p.  35,  is  the  record  of  his  daughter  Jane  mar- 
rying Robert  Atkins  St.  Leger,  who  assumed 
the  name  of  Atkins  by  request  of  his  grand- 
father's will  (Robert  Atkins,  of  Hatfield,  who 
bought  the  estate  of  Waterpark  and  was 
sheriff  of  Cork  in  1722  and  mayor  of  Cork  in 
1726),  whose  heir  he  was.  Again,  in  Burke, 
same  work,  vol.  ii,  p.  1139,  there  is  the  rec- 
ord of  the  marriage  of  a  Miss  Lavallin  of 
this  family  to  Joseph  Rogers,  of  county  Cork, 
about  1750.  This  James  Lavallin,  the  grand- 
father, was  a  royalist  in  the  war  that  the 
Puritan  demagogues  and  republicans  waged 
against  the  King,  Charles  I. 

James  Lavallin  was  one  of  the  officers  who 
served  King  Charles  I,  before  1689  in  Ire- 
land, and  as  a  punishment  for  his  loyalty  and 
devotion  to  the  King,  constitution  and  legiti- 
macy, the  usurping  Puritan  parliament,  that 
succeeded  in  JEngland  by  murdei^ing  the  King 
in  1648,  and  overthrowing  the  constitution 
and  the  fundamental  laws  of  the  land,  confis- 
cated his  property  with  that  of  other  loyal 
participants  for  King  and  country.  Some  of 
this  property  was  in  the  barony  of  Fermoy, 
as  was  also  that  of  his  relatives,  John  and 
Melchior  Lavallin ;  John  owning  also  in  Cork. 

In  the  acts  of  settlement  and  explanation, 
however,  of  1661-65  on  the  overthrow,  in  its 
turn,  of  the  hateful,  tyrannical,  corrupt  and 
illegitimate  parliament  by  the  restoration  of 
the  monarchy  in  the  person  of  King  Charles 
II,  James  Lavallin  was  recompensed  by  a 
grant  of  land  as  compensation  for  the  same 
from  the  Crown.  No  doubt  in  the  above  rec- 
ords the  John  and  Melchior  named  therein 
were  his  brothers.  The  line  then  descends 
from  him  in  the  following  manner : 

(I)  James  Lavallin  married  and  had  chil- 
dren: I.  Patrick,  married  Elinor  Baggott  and 
left  issue.  2.  John.  3.  Peter,  married  and 
left  no  issue.  4.  Melchior,  of  whom  below. 
5.  Catherine,  eldest  daughter,  married,  in 
1672,  Edward  Rock,  Esq.,  of  Trabogan. 

(II)  Melchior,  son  of  James  Lavallin,  born 
in  1664,  married  and  had  issue :  James,  of 
whom  below. 

(III)  James  (2),  son  of  Melchior  Lavalhn, 
married  Frances  and  had:    i.  James. 


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2.  Philip,  whose  daughter  Jane  married  Rob- 
ert Atkins  St.  Leger  Atkins.  3.  Charles, 
of  whom  below. 

(IV)  Charles,  son  of  James  and  Frances 
Lavallin,  is  reputed  to  have  gone  to  America 
with  his  relatives,  Samuel  and  Joseph  Atkins, 
who,  according  to  Burke's  "Dictionary  of 
Landed  Gentry,"  went  off  about  this  time  to 
America,  and  the  Cook  Historical  and 
Archaeological  Society's  Journal,  in  the  arti- 
cle on  Waterstown  Castle,  testifies  to  the  dis- 
appearance of  the  family  about  this  time 
(1740-42)  from  the  community,  and  here  his 
record  ends. 

Undoubtedly  the  son  of  James  Lavallin 
who  came  to  America  with  the  Atkins  broth- 
ers was  Charles  Laflin.  He  is  the  only  one 
of  the  name  who  came  to  America  any  time 
before  the  year  1740.  Arms.  Argent,  a  fleur- 
,  de-lys  sable. 

(The  Family  in  America). 
Charles  Laflin,  above-mentioned,  settled  at 
Oxford,  Massachusetts.  He  came  over  in 
1740  from  Ulster,  Ireland,  to  escape  from  the 
renewal  of  parliamentary  persecutions,  from 
which  so  many  suffered  and  which  has  been 
the  direct  cause  of  the  expatriation  of  so 
many  worthy  families  not  only  from  Ireland 
but  from  England  and  Scotland.  He  bought 
land  in  Antego,  afterward  Southwick,  in  1740, 
which  he  sold  to  his  son  Matthew,  in  1757, 
for  £240.  His  name  is  spelled  in  various  ways 
in  old  deeds,  and  Laflin,  the  final  spelling,  re- 
calls only  by  sound  the  original  name  of  La- 
vallin. He  died  in  Oxford,  Massachusetts, 
December  28,  1769.     His  son  was : 

(V)  Matthew  Laflin,  of  Southwick,  born 
June  13,  1735,  in  LHster,  Ireland,  died  at 
Southwick,  jMarch  15,  1810.  He  is  described 
as  an  "Irish  Protestant."  He  was  lieutenant 
in  the  militia  and  selectman  from  1776  to  1786. 
He  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  gun- 
powder" He  married,  at  Westfield,  Massa- 
chusetts, November  5,  1761,  Lucy,  daughter 
of  Benjamin  Loomis.  Issue:  i.  Lucy,  born 
1763,  married  David  Campbell.  2.  Matthew, 
of  whom  below.  3.  Charles,  born  1767.  4. 
Herman,  married  Clarissa  Rising. 

(VI)  Matthew  (2),  son  of  Matthew  (i) 
Laflin,  born  in  Southwick,  July  2,  1765,  died 
there  December  2,  1828.  He  married  Lydia, 
daughter  of  Amos  Rising.  Issue:  i.  Roland. 
2.  Luther,  of  whom  below.  3.  Winthrop.  4. 
Matthew.  5.  Walter.  6.  Emeline,  married 
Charles  Jessup,  of  Dalton,  Massachusetts,  and 

has  issue.  7.  Charlotte,  married  (first)  

Case;   (second)   Smith,  and  had  issue 

by  both.  8.  Electa,  married  Joseph  M.  Boies, 
of  Saugerties,  New  York;  issue:  H.  M. ;  M. 


Laflin  ;  Marv  L.,  married  and  lived  in  Canada ; 
Ella  L. 

(VII)  Luther,  son  of  Matthew  (2)  and 
Lydia  (Rising)  Laflin,  was  born  at  Southwick, 
Massachusetts,  December  27,  1789.  He  was 
educated  in  private  schools  and  began  his  busi- 
ness career  as  a  merchant,  conducting  a  gen- 
eral store  at  Blandford,  Massachusetts.  In 
1832  he  joined  his  brother,  Matthew  Laflin, 
who  was  a  citizen  of  Southwick,  Massachu- 
setts, and  built  a  powder  mill  at  the  Pounds 
near  that  town.  This  partnership  continued 
prosperously,  under  the  firm  name  of  L.  &  M. 
Laflin,  producing  from  thirty  thousand  to  fifty 
thousand  kegs  of  powder  annually  and  em- 
ploying from  twenty  to  thirty  hands.  About 
five  years  after  this  partnership  was  formed 
another  brother,  Winthrop  Laflin,  built  a 
powder  mill  at  Saugerties,  on  the  Cauterskill 
creek,  and  the  firm  of  L.  &  M.  Laflin  became 
half  owners  thereof.  Later  Solomon  A.  Smith, 
of  Southwick,  Massachusetts,  became  inter- 
ested in  the  business,  and  the  firm  name  was 
changed  to  Laflin  &  Smith.  Under  the  shrewd 
business  direction  of  Luther  Laflin,  who  dis- 
played executive  abilities  of  a  high  order,  the 
business  rapidly  increased.  Later  another 
partner,  Joseph  M.  Boies,  was  admitted  to  the 
firm.  In  1849  Matthew  Laflin  disposed  of  his 
interest,  which  was  purchased  by  Sylvester  H. 
Laflin,  a  son  of  Luther  Laflin.  In  that  year 
the  firm  met  with  a  severe  loss,  nine  of  its 
principal  buildings  in  Saugerties  being  blown 
up,  killing  eight  of  the  workmen,  and  involv- 
ing the  firm  in  a  heav}'  financial  loss.  Mr. 
Laflin  and  Mr.  Smith  having  acquired  a  com- 
petence, declined  to  continue  the  business  by 
rebuilding,  and  thereupon  Joseph  M.  Boies 
purchased  an  interest  and  consolidated  to  this 
the  Saugerties  and  Cauterskill  mills  under  one 
management.  The  interest  of  Luther  Laflin 
was  assumed  by  his  sons,  Fordyce  L.  and 
Colonel  Henr}'  D.  Laflin.  The  business  con- 
tinued to  increase  steadily,  but  an  enormous 
impetus  was  given  thereto  by  the  inauguration 
of  the  civil  war,  when  large  orders  were  re- 
ceived from  the  government.  The  firm  ac- 
quired the  powder  mills  at  Plattsville,  Wis- 
consin, and  put  them  in  charge  of  two 
brothers,  Solomon  and  John  Turck,  who  had 
been  in  the  Laflins'  employ  since  boyhood. 
Additional  mills  were  erected  at  Scranton  and 
Carbondale,  Pennsylvania,  and  two  mills  at 
Esopus  and  Newburg,  New  York,  owned  by 
Laflin  &  Rand,  were  absorbed  by  the  firm, 
which  was  then  incorporated  as  the  Laflin 
Powder  Company,  with  a  paid-up  capital  of 
$3,000,000.  Another  consolidation  took  place 
under  the  name  of  the  Moosic  Powder  Com- 
pany, of  which  Henry  M.  Boies  was  president. 


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In  1867  the  firm  of  Laflin  &  Rand  Powder 
Company  was  organized  by  consolidating  the 
various  interests  with  A.  T.  Rand,  president, 
and  a  capital  stock  of  $1,000,000.  In  1871  the 
Schaghticoke  mills  in  Rensselaer  county,  New 
York,  were  purchased,  and  the  present  capa- 
city of  the  varioue  mills  of  the  Laflin  &  Rand 
Powder  Company  is  four  thousand  and  fifty 
kegs  per  day.  Mills  were  also  built  in  the 
town  of  Laflin  (named  after  Henry  D.  Laflin), 
New  Jersey.  As  stated  above,  Mr.  Laflin 
retired  from  active  participation  in  the  busi- 
ness in  1850,  spending  the  remainder  of  his 
life  in  the  enjoyment  of  a  well-earned  for- 
tune. He  was  an  active  member  of  the  Dutch 
Reformed  church  and  contributed  largely  to 
its  support,  maintaining  missionaries  and  col- 
porteurs. 

He  married,  February  20,  1820,  Almira, 
daughter  of  Captain  George  H.  Sylvester, 
of  Chesterfield,  Massachusetts,  and  died  at 
Saugerties,  New  York,  October  ig,  1876.  Mrs. 
Laflin  died  September  15,  1882.  Issue:  i.  Syl- 
vester H.,  married  Anna  Weaver ;  issue : 
Addison  H.,  Jennie  Weaver,  Sylvester  H.,  Jr., 
Anna  Bell,  Jessie,  Nellie.  2.  Fordyce  Luther, 
born  March  9,  1824,  died  April  27,  1887 ;  mar- 
ried, September  25,  185 1,  Helen  Miranda 
Burtt ;  issue :  i.  Marietta  King,  married,  Jan- 
uary 30,  1878,  Charles  Davis;  issue:  Byron 
Laflin  Davis,  born  December  14,  1878 :  John 
VVinne  Davis,  died  young.;  Helen  Burtt  Davis  ; 
Harriet  Laflin  Davis :  ii.  Hattie  Elmendorf , 
married,  December  8,  1894,  Harry  Cooper 
Fero ;  issue :  ]\Iildred  Laflin  Fero :  iii.  Luther, 
born  February  6,  1859,  married,  April  25, 
1888,  Lucy  Boise  Bigelow ;  iv.  Helen  Eliza- 
beth. 3.  Helen  M.,  married,  June  16,  1847, 
Nathan  Kellogg :  issue :  i.  Luther  Laflin,  a 
member  of  the  New  York  bar ;  ii.  Fordyce 
Laflin ;  iii.  Susan  E.,  married,  June  2,  1886, 
Colonel  William  A.  Roessler,  a  graduate  of 
West  Point ;  issue :  Nathan  Kellogg  Roessler, 
born  August  27,  j888,  died  November  6,  1903  ; 
Jennie  Laflin  Roessler ;  Edward  William 
Roessler,  born  November  28,  1904 ;  iv.  Jennie 
Laflin  Hull,  died  at  the  age  of  twenty-four 
years.  4.  Henry  Dwight,  of  whom  below.  5. 
Marietta  K.,  died  young.  6.  Almira  J.,  of 
whom  below. 

(A^III)  Henry  Dwight,  son  of  Luther  and 
Almira  (S5'lvester)  Laflin,  was  born  in  Bland- 
ford,  Massachusetts,  February  12,  1830.  At 
the  age  of  seven  years  his  parents  moved  to 
Saugerties,  New  York,  where  he  attended  the 
public  schools  of  the  village.  Later  he  pur- 
sued his  studies  in  the  Boston  Latin  School, 
and  at  the  Plainfield,  Massachusetts,  Gym- 
nasium. He  was  actively  interested  in  military 
affairs  and  in  the  drilling  of  military  bodies. 


Previous  to  the  civil  war.  Colonel  Laflin  had 
become  associated  with  different  military  or- 
ganizations, and  at  the  outbreak  of  hostilities 
he  became  a  member  of  the  celebrated  Ells- 
worth Zouaves,  of  which  Colonel  Laflin  was 
second  in  command.  In  Saugerties  he  has 
been  a  potent  factor  in  the  development  and 
the  upholding  of  the  community.  He  has  held 
various  positions  of  honor  and  trust,  being  at 
one  time  president  of  the  village.  He  has 
always  taken  an  interest  in  the  fire  department 
of  the  city,  and  in  earlier  years  personally 
superintended  the  fire  drill.  He  was  one  of 
the  earliest  members  of  the  Republican  party, 
being  a  strong  advocate  of  the  principles  of 
Abraham  Lincoln,  and  assisted  in  firing  the 
first  gun  from  the  top  of  the  Tremont  House 
in  Chicago,  in  honor  of  Abraham  Lincoln's 
first  nomination  for  the  presidency.  Colonel 
Laflin  married,  September  7,  1853,  Josephine 
Banker,  of  Hyde  Park,  New  York.  Issue, 
one  daughter,  who  died  at  the  age  of  ten 
years. 

(A'"III)  Almira  Jane,  daughter  of  Luther 
and  Almira  (Sylvester)  Laflin,  was  married 
in  i860  to  Dr.  Calvin  Edwards  Hull.  She  has 
been  for  many  years  prominent  as  a  leader  of 
society  in  Brooklyn,  New  York.  She  is  also 
most  favorably  known  for  the  successful  man- 
agement of  large  charities.  She  arranged  the 
famous  charity  balls  that  have  been  given  in 
Brooklyn  for  many  years.  A  lover  and  a 
student  of  music,  she  has  been  the  patroness 
of  large  musical  entertainments.  She  has  in- 
herited many  of  the  qualities  that  made  her 
father  successful  in  business  life.  She  has  in- 
vented several  articles  that  have  been  of  ben- 
efit to  the  people  at  large.  Among  these  in- 
ventions may  be  cited  the  openings  in  glass 
gas-globes,  which  have  been  in  constant  use 
since  the  time  that  she  designed  them ;  no 
chandelier  now  being  considered  perfect  with- 
out them.  She  also  invented  and  patented  a 
ladies'  chiffonier  and  cabinet.  Mrs.  Hull  was 
the  prime  mover  in  having  ladies  remove  their 
hats  at  all  places  of  public  amusement,  per- 
sonally interviewing  the  New  York  and 
Brooklyn  theater  managers,  who  welcomed  the 
proposition  and  aided  in  the  reform.  She  was 
the  prime  mover  in  having  drafted  and  intro- 
duced the  law  for  expectorating  on  the  side- 
walks in  the  city  of  Brooklyn,  and  this  law 
was  later  introduced  and  carried  into  effect  in 
nearly  all  the  large  cities  in  the  United 
States.  Mrs.  Hull  has  drawn  to  herself  a 
large  circle  of  intimate  friends,  who  admire 
her  for  her  cheerfulness,  her  unostentatious 
courtesy,  her  hospitality,  and  her  many  ad- 
mirable qualities.  Mrs.  Hull  was  deeply  inter- 
ested in  the  Memorial  Hospital,  and  was  for 


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fifteen  years  its  vice-president.  She  is  a  mem- 
ber of- the  executive  committee  of  the  Home 
for  Consumptives,  in  which  she  has  endowed 
two  beds  at  a  cost  of  five  thousand  dollars. 
She  is  a  member  of  the  Guild  of  Plymouth 
Church,  of  the  Daughters  of  the  Revolution 
and  the  Colonial  Dames.  She  is  very  prom- 
inent in  literary  and  musical  circles,  and  is  a 
member  of  the  Apollo  Club,  the  Rubenstein 
Club,  the  Mozart  Club,  the  Chiropean  Club, 
the  Urban  Club,  the  Smile  Club,  and  the 
Health  Protection  Club.  Dr.  Calvin  Edwards 
Hull  was  born  in  Haddam,  Connecticut,  Oc- 
tober I,  1813,  son  of  Nathaniel  and  Sally 
(Tibbals)  Hull,  both  natives  of  Connecticut. 
His  business  career  was  largely  devoted  to  the 
manufacture  and  sale  of  patent  medicines 
throughout  the  south.  At  the  time  of  the  war 
he  amassed  a  fortune,  but  a  portion  of  his 
property  was  seized  by  the  Confederate  gov- 
ernment. He  then  discontinued  business  and 
lived  a  retired  life  in  New  York  City,  but  the 
last  years  of  his  life  were  passed  at  his  home 
in  Brooklyn. 

In  1864,  while  she  was  driving  with  her 
husband,  Mrs.  Hull  saw  a  beautiful  tract  of 
land  at  Black  Rock,  Bridgeport,  Connecticut, 
which  commanded  a  beautiful  view  of  Long 
Island  Sound.  Upon  her  earnest  solicitation, 
the  ground  was  purchased  and  a  beautiful 
mansion  built  thereon  in  1865,  and  here  she 
held  her  wooden  wedding.  This  beautiful 
home  is  still  in  the  possession  of  Mrs.  Hull, 
and  there  during  each  summer  she  passes  her 
time,  dispensing  generous  hospitality  to  all 
who  come  within  the  shadow  of  her  home. 
She  is  a  lover  of  all  that  is  artistic  and  beau- 
tiful in  art  and  in  nature,  and  her  greenhouse 
at  Black  Rock  daily  supplies  her  city  home 
with  rare  and  beautiful  flowers.  In  the  beau- 
tiful home  at  Black  Rock,  November  13,  1901, 
Dr.  Hull  passed  away  in  death.  He  is  buried 
in  Greenwood  cemetery,  Brooklyn,  and  the 
monument  that  marks  his  last  resting-place 
was  erected  after  a  design  executed  by  Mrs. 
Hull.  The  married  Hfe  of  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Hull 
was  ideally  beautiful  and  happy.  Dr.  and  Mrs. 
Hull  have  no  issue. 


William  Richardson  was 
RICHARDSON     born  in  England  in  1540 
and  died  there  in  1581. 

(II)  Thomas,  son  of  William  Richardson, 
was  born  in  England,  and  died  there  in  1643; 
he  married  (first)  at  St.  James  Church,  Lon- 
don, Ann  Rice;  (second)  Elizabeth  Clark. 

(III)  William  (2),  son  of  Thomas  and 
Elizabeth  (Clark)  Richardson,  was  baptized 
at  St.  James  Church,  London,  February  3, 
1637,  died  May  i,  1691.     He  is  buried  at  St. 


James'  Churchyard,  Clerkenwel,  London.     He 
married,  in  1680,  Elizabeth  Goodell. 

(IV)  William  (3),  son  of  William  (2) 
Richardson,  was  baptized  at  St.  James,  June 
16,    1684.     He  married  Anne  Reid. 

(V)  William  (4),  son  of  William  (3) 
Richardson,  was  baptized  at  St.  James,  De- 
cember 7,  1712;  married,  February  2,  1742, 
Prudence  Heath,  who  died  July  4,  1775. 

(VI)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  William  (4) 
Richardson,  was  born  in  London,  England,  No- 
vember 3,  1742,  died  May  11,  1806,  at  Salis- 
bury, Connecticut.  He  was  educated  in  Eng- 
land and  learned  the  trade  of  shoemaker.  He 
came  to  Quebec,  Canada,  in  1775,  and  was  a 
soldier  in  the  army  of  General  Burgoyne  when 
he  surrendered  at  Saratoga.  After  the  war 
he  settled  at  Salisbury,  Connecticut,  where 
he  followed  his  trade  as  shoemaker  and  har- 
ness maker,  and  lived  there  the  remainder  of 
his  life.  He  married,  February  14,  1771,  at 
Colmonell,  Ayrshire,  Scotland,  Abigail  Lloyd, 
born  in  Colomonell,  May  4,  1750,  died  in  Sal- 
isbury, February  7,  1803.  She  came  to  Amer- 
ica with  her  husband  and  was  with  him  in 
the  service  in  the  British  army.  Children : 
Thomas,  born  in  Colmonell,  December  8,  1772, 
died  at  Woodbridge,  Connecticut,  September 
29,  1825;  William;  John,  mentioned  below; 
Abigail ;  Betsey. 

(VII)  John,  son  of  Thomas  (2)  Richard- 
son, was  born  near  Saratoga,  New  York,  May 
8,  1777,  died  at  Sharon,  Connecticut,  July  2, 
1834.  He  was  an  ironworker  by  trade.  He 
lived  for  many  years  in  Essex  county,  New 
York,  in  the  town  of  Willsboro.  Later  he 
came  to  Connecticut  and  lived  at  Canaan  for 
a  short  time.  He  received  an  injury  at  the 
iron  works  there  that  shortened  his  life.  He 
spent  his  last  days  at  Sharon,  Connecticut. 
He  married,  May  15,  1798,  Dorothy,  born  at 
Norton,  Massachusetts,  April  5,  1775,  died 
in  Sharon,  Connecticut,  January  11,  1859, 
daughter  of  Nathan,  Jr.,  and  Abigail  (Shores) 
Cobb.  Children:  Charlotte,  born  at  Fort 
Anne,  New  York,  April  13,  1801,  died  April 
5,  1876;  Henry  Earle,  born  at  Fort  Anne, 
New  York,  January  28,  1803,  died  February 
28,  1869 ;  James,  born  at  Fort  Anne,  Octo- 
ber 28,  1805,  died  July  13,  1846;  Leonard, 
mentioned  below;  Lucy  D.,  born  at  Sharon, 
Connecticut,  January  24,  1813,  died  August 
10,  1861. 

(VIII)  Leonard,  son  of  John  Richardson, 
was  born  at  Willsboro,  Essex  county,  New 
York,  September  10,  1808,  died  at  Lime  Rock, 
Connecticut,  January  4,  1864.  He  came  to 
Lime  Rock,  in  the  town  of  Salisbury,  when 
about  seventeen  years  old,  and  engaged  in 
business  a  few  years  later  with  his  father-in- 


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law,  Milo  Barnum.  This  business  was  estab- 
lished in  the  thirties.  An  account  of  this  firm 
is  to  be  found  in  the  sketch  of  the  Barnum 
family  in  this  work.  Milo  Barnum  retired 
from  the  firm  in  1852,  and  Mr.  Richardson  be- 
came senior  partner,  the  firm  name  being 
changed  to  Richardson,  Barnum  &  Company. 
In  1858  the  firm  bought  the  Beckley  furnace 
at  East  Canaan,  Connecticut,  and  in  1862  the 
Forbes  furnace  in  the  same  place.  About  the 
same  time  a  foundry  at  No.  64  South  Jeffer- 
son street,  Chicago,  was  acquired,  and  the 
firm  name  was  incorporated  as  the  Barnum 
&  Richardson  Manufacturing  Company,  for 
continuing  the  business  there.  Leonard  Rich- 
ardson was  the  controlling  force  in  the  con- 
cern until  his  death,  in  January,  1864. .  In 
May  following  the  Barnum-Richardson  Com- 
pany was  organized,  the  heirs  of  Mr.  Rich- 
ardson retaining  their  share  in  the  business. 
Since  then  the  works  have  been  enlarged  from 
time  to  time  and  large  holdings  in  mines  and 
furnaces  acquired.  The  third  furnace  at  East 
Canaan  was  built  in  1872,  with  many  improve- 
ments. In  1870  the  second  foundry  was  built 
at  Lime  Rock.  A  new  car-wheel  foundry 
was  built  at  Chicago  in  1873.  The  foundry 
at  Chicago  uses  the  Salisbury  iron  and  has  a 
capacity  in  two  shops  of  three  hundred  wheels 
a  day.  The  company  also  uses  the  Salisbury 
iron  at  Lime  Rock,  the  shops  having  a  capac- 
ity of  one  hundred  wheels  a  day.  In  1840 
there  were  four  blast  furnaces  in  operation, 
using  an  average  of  600  bushels  of  charcoal 
and  producing  three  tons  of  pig  iron  a  day 
to  each  furnace.  Before  the  death  of  W.  H. 
Barnum,  who  was  afterward  president  of 
the  corporation,  there  were  used  twelve  hun- 
dred bushels  of  charcoal  in  each  of  the  blast 
furnaces  then  in  operation,  each  of  which  pro- 
duced twelve  tons  of  pig  iron  daily.  These 
furnaces  are  within  a  radius  of  eight  miles  of 
Lime  Rock,  two  at  East  Canaan,  and  one  at 
Lime  Rock,  manufacturing  Salisbury  iron. 
This  iron  is  valuable  in  manufacturing  ord- 
nance and  railroad  work  and  for  malle- 
able and  other  manufacturing  uses,  on  ac- 
count of  its  tensile  strength.  The  company 
has  a  large  export  trade,  especially  with 
South  America. 

Mr.  Richardson  was  a  Democrat  in  pol- 
itics and  creditably  represented  his  town 
in  the  general  assembly  in  1849  ^-^d  1863. 
In  religion  he  was  an  Episcopalian.  He 
married.  April  16,  1832,  Lucy  Ann,  born 
at  Sharon.  Connecticut,  July  18,  1814^  died 
at  Lime  Rock,  Connecticut,  June  9,  1899, 
daughter  of  Milo  and  Laura  (Tibbals)  Bar- 
num (see  Barnum  VI).  Children:  Milo  Bar- 
num, mentioned  below ;  James  Leonard,  born 


March  21,   1852;  Caroline  Barnum,  April  20, 
185-^. 

(IX)  Milo  Barnum,  son  of  Leonard  Rich- 
ardson, was  born  at  Lime  Rock,  in  the  town  of 
Salisbury,  Connecticut,  February  13,  1849. 
He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  his 
native  town,  in  private  schools,  and  in  Ed- 
wards School  at  Stockbridge,  Massachusetts. 
He  came  into  the  office  of  the  Barnum-Rich- 
ardson Company  when  eighteen  years  old,  be- 
ginning as  clerk.  He  was'  made  assistant 
treasurer,  and  upon  the  death  of  Hon.  Wil- 
liam H.  Barnum,  in  1889,  was  elected  presi- 
dent of  the  corporation,  a  position  he  has  held 
with  conspicuous  ability  and  success  since 
that  time.  He  is  a  director  of  the  National 
Iron  Bank  of  Falls  Village,  of  which  his 
father  was  president ;  also  a  trustee  of  the 
Hotchkiss  School,  of  Lakeville ;  trustee  of  the 
Connecticut  School  for  Imbeciles ;  director  of 
the  Caledonia  American  Insurance  Company, 
of  New  York,  etc.,  etc.  He  represented  the 
town  in  the  general  assembly  in  1874-75,  and 
was  state  senator  from  the  nineteenth  district 
in  1881-82-84.  In  politics  he  is  a  Democrat. 
He  was  for  four  years  on  the  staff  of  Gov- 
ernor Charles  R.  Ingersoll,  with  the  rank  of 
colonel.  Fie  is  senior  warden  of  Trinity  Prot- 
estant Episcopal  Church,  of  Lime  Rock.  He 
married.  May  23,  1872,  Ellen  Caroline,  born 
September  22,  1848,  Falls  Village,  Canaan, 
daughter  of  Uriel  Holmes  and  Caroline  Eliza 
(Canfield)  Miner.  She  is  a  descendant  of 
Governor  Welles  on  the  maternal  side,  and 
is  a  member  of  the  Daughters  of  the  Ameri- 
can Revolution  and  of  the  Colonial  Dames. 
Children:  i.  Lucy  Caroline,  born  April  22, 
1874,  died  July  19,  1903;  married,  November 
14,  1901,  Robert  Winch  Harwood,  manufac- 
turer and  banker,  son  of  Harrison  Harwood, 
of  Natick,  Massachusetts ;  child,  Richardson 
Harwood,  born  July  17,  1903.  2.  Jessie,  born 
November  28,  1876,  died  August  11,  1877. 
3.  Milo  Barnum,  Jr.,  born  January  26,  1879 ; 
educated  in  the  public  schools,  the  Hotchkiss 
School  of  Lakeville,  and  Yale  University, 
from  which  he  was  graduated  in  the  class  of 
1902 ;  secretary  and  assistant  treasurer  of 
the  Barnum-Richardson  Company ;  married, 
December  28,  1909,  Edith,  born  December  13, 
1883,  at  Brooklyn,  New  York,  daughter  of 
Edward  Cuyler  and  Caroline  Charlotte  (Fay) 
Vanderlip,  of  Brooklyn,  New  York.  4.  Ed- 
ward Miner,  born  February  19,  1883 ;  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools,  at  the  Hotchkiss 
School  at  Lakeville  and  the  Massachusetts 
Institute  of  Technology  of  Boston,  class  of 
1907 ;  general  salesman  in  the"  automobile  de- 
partment of  the  American  Locomotive  Com- 
pany, New  York. 


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Amos     Richardson,     im- 

RICHARDSON  migrant  ancestor,  was 
born  in  England,  and 
came  before  1640  to  Boston,  Massachusetts 
Bay  Colony.  He  was  a  proprietor  of  Boston 
in  1645,  and  was  administrator  of  the  estate 
of  James  Smith  in  1653.     He  married  (tirst) 

Sarah  ;    (second)    Mary  • ,  who 

was  admitted  to  the  Boston  church,  Decem- 
ber 25,  1647,  '^nd  died  in  1683.  He  removed 
to  Stonington,  Connecticut,  where  he  was  a 
proprietor  and  ship  builder.  He  was  a  tailor 
by  .trade  also.  His  son  John  was  a  minister 
at  Newbury,  Massachusetts,  and  to  him  he 
deeded  a  farm  called  Quanaduck,  October  12, 
1673.  He  deeded  to  son  Samuel  lands  at 
Stonington.  He  was  sued  by  Major  Mason 
for  calling  him  a  traitor  to  the  colony  and 
one  hundred  pounds  in  damages  awarded.  He 
was  a  man  of  strong  convictions  and  energy, 
great  respectability,  enterprise  and  consider- 
able estate. 

His  children,  all  born  in  Boston,  were :  Rev. 
John,  December  26,  1647;  graduate  of  Har- 
vard, 1666,  minister  at  Newbury;  Mary,  mar- 
ried John  Godliff;  Amos,  baptized  January 
20,  1650.-  By  second  wife:  Stephen,  men- 
tioned below;  Catherine,  January  6,  1655; 
Sarah,  July  19,  1657 ;  Samuel,  February  18, 
1659-60;  Prudence,  January  31,  1661-62. 

(11)  Stephen,  son  of  Amos  Richardson,  was 
born  in  Boston,  June  14,   1652.     He  married 

Lydia .     Children,  born  at  Stonington : 

Stephen,  baptized  June  19,  1681 ;  Mary,  bap- 
tized June  19,  1681  ;  Amos,  settled  at  Cov- 
entry ;  Samuel,  baptized  March  18,  1683 ;  Ra- 
chel, baptized  March  30,  1686 ;  Lemuel,  bap- 
tized August  12,  1688 ;  Prudence ;  Jemima, 
baptized  June  19,  1692. 

(HI)  Stephen  (2),  son  of  Stephen  (i) 
Richardson,  was  born  about  1678,  baptized  at 
Stonington,  June  19,  1681.  The  record  of 
children  has  not  been  found. 

(IV)  David,  son  or  nephew  of  Stephen  (2) 
Richardson,  was  born  in  1728,  died  at  Somers, 
Connecticut,  August  5,  181 1,  aged  eighty- 
three  (gravestone  in  Somers  north  cemetery ; 
vol.  iii,  Enfield  records,  p.  2411).  His  wife 
Rachel  died  January  13,  1807,  in  her  seventy- 
ninth  year  (gravestone  at  Somers).  The 
monument  to  David  and  Rachel  was  erected 
by  their  grandson,  May  20,  1817,  according  to 
the  inscription. 

(V)  Stephen  (3),  son  of  David  Richard- 
son, was  born  about  1750-60.  According  to 
the  census  of  1790  he  was  the  only  head  of  a 
family  of  this  name  in  Somers,  Connecticut, 
and  had  three  sons  under  sixteen  and  four  fe- 
males in  his  family.  Mrs.  Richardson  died 
at  Somers,  October  22,   1784,  in  her  twenty- 


eighth  year   (gravestone).     The  family  came 
from  Willimantic  to  Somers. 

(VI)  Stephen  (4),  son  of  Stephen  (3) 
Richardson,  was  born  1790-1800.  He  settled 
at  Somers.  He  married  Eunice  Wright.  Both 
died  at  Somers.  Children:  William  Alanson, 
mentioned  below ;  infant,  died  at  Somers,  No- 
vember 20,  1825 ;  Avaline,  died  at  Somers, 
January  19,  1832,  aged  one  year,  eight  months, 
five  days ;  Sophronia,  died  1835  ;  Henry,  died 
in  the  west,  and  left  a  family;  Danforth,  died 
in  Andersonville  prison ;  he  left  a  family. 

(VII)  William  Alanson,  son  of  Stephen 
(4)  Richardson,  was  born  about  1810  in  Som- 
ers.   He  married  Salona and  had  three 

children:  William  Lamson,  Henry  D.,  Mary. 

(VIII)  Henry  Daniel,  son  of  William  Alan- 
son Richardson,  was  born  in  Somers,  June  15, 
1834.  He  married,  in  Bridgeport,  Connecti- 
cut, Mary  Ann  Bachelder,  born  in  1834,  in 
England,  daughter  of  Simeon  Bachelder,  and 
came  to  this  country  with  her  sister  in  1844 
to  Derby,  Connecticut.  Children:  Henrietta 
Salona,  born  August  9,  1855 ;  married  George 
S.  Northrop,  of  Newtown ;  Dr.  Dwight  AI- 
phonso,  mentioned  below ;  Sarah  L.,  died  aged 
seven  years. 

(IX)  Dr.  Dwight  Alphonso  Richardson, 
son  of  Henry  Daniel  Richardson,  was  born  at 
Bridgeport,  October  22,  1857.  He  attended 
the  public  schools  and  the  Williston  Seminary 
at  Easthampton,  Massachusetts,  and  entered 
Yale  Medical  School,  from  which  he  was 
graduated  with  the  degree  of  M.  D.  in  the 
class  of  1881.  He  began  to  practice  immedi- 
ately at  Derby,  Connecticut.  After  two  years 
he  removed  to  Osceola,  Arkansas,  where  he 
was  in  general  practice  for  the  next  five  years. 
While  he  was  there  he  was  vice-president  of 
Tri-State  Medical  Society ;  the  states  were 
Tennessee,  Mississippi  and  Arkansas.  He 
then  returned  to  Connecticut  where  he  has 
practiced  with  notable  success  to  the  present 
time  at  Shelton  and  Derby.  He  is  the  ob- 
stetrician of  the  new  Griffin  Hospital  at  Derby. 
In  politics  he  is  a  Republican.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  King  Hiram  Lodge,  Free  and  Ac- 
cepted Masons,  of  Derby.  He  married,  De- 
cember 25,  1884,  Minnie  Elizabeth,  born  May 
26,  1863,  daughter  of  Samuel  Hitchcock  and 
Elizabeth  Ann  (Curtis)  Brush.  Dr.  and  Mrs. 
Richardson  have  one  child,  Henry  Brush,  born 
in  Shelton.  town  of  Huntington,  January  29, 
1889 :  attended  the  public  schools  of  Derby 
and  graduated  from  the  high  school ;  entered 
Yale  College  and  graduated  in  the  class  of 
1909  with  the  degree  of  A.  B.,  taking  honors 
in  French  :  has  taken  post-graduate  course  in 
Romance  languages  with  the  intention  of  be- 
coming an  instructor.    He  received  the  degree 


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of  M.  A.  in  1910,  and  has  been  appointed  in- 
structor in  French  in  Yale  in  the  academic 
department. 

John  E.  Brush,  father  of  Samuel  Hitch- 
cock Brush,  was  born  at  Smithtown,  Long 
Island,  in  1808 ;  married  at  Derby,  in  1832, 
Polly  Curtis ;  he  was  son  of  Samuel  and  Re- 
becca (Hart)  BiTJsh,  grandson  of  John  and 
Hannah  (Weeks)  Brush,  of  the  Long  Island 
family.  Elizabeth  Ann  Curtis  was  daughter  of 
Cornelius  Agur  and  Phebe  (Lewis)  Curtis. 
Polly  Curtis  was  born  in  Stratford  in  1808,  died 
at  Derby  in  1883.  Agur  Curtis,  father  of  Cor- 
nelius Agur  Curtis,  was  born  and  died  in 
Stratford,  son  of  Agur  Curtis,  a  soldier  in 
the  revolution,  and  grandson  of  Joseph  Curtis 
3d.  Joseph  Curtis,  father  of  Joseph  3d,  was 
son  of  Joseph  Curtis  and  grandson  of  Eliza- 
beth Curtis,  mentioned  elsewhere  in  this  work, 
who  came  from  England  in  1634  and  settled 
in  Stratford  about  1637  among  the  pioneers 
in  that  town. 

Alice  (Peck)  Curtis,  mother  of  Cornelius 
A.  Curtis,  was  daughter  of  Josiah  and  Helen 
(Birdseye)  Peck,  granddaughter  of  Rev.  Na- 
than Birdseye,  who  lived  to  the  great  age  of 
one  hundred  and  three  years.  Dorothy  Haw- 
ley  Birdseye,  wife  of  Rev.  Nathan  Birdseye, 
was  daughter  of  Rev.  Thomas  Hawley,  of 
Northampton,  Massachusetts.  Rev.  Thomas 
Hawley  married  Abigail  Gold,  of  Fairfield, 
daughter  of  Nathan  2d.  and  Hannah  (Tal- 
cott)  Gold,  daughter  of  Colonel  John  Talcott, 
of  South  Britain,  Connecticut. 


(II)  Nathaniel  Burr,  son  of  Jehue 
BURR  Burre  or  Burr  (q.  v.),  was  born 
about  1640,  probably  in  Spring- 
field, Massachusetts.  He  was  made  freeman 
in  Fairfield  in  1664;  constable  in  1669;  rep- 
resentative October,  1692 ;  March,  1693 ;  Oc- 
tober, 1693;  February,  1694;  October,  1695. 
He  had  several  grants  of  land  from  the  town 
of  Fairfield.  He  married  (first)  Sarah, 
daughter  of  Andrew  Ward,  of  Fairfield,  and 
sister  of  Mary,  wife  of  Jehue.  He  married 
(second)  Widow  Ann  Wakeman.  Children 
of  first  wife :  Sarah,  married  John  Wheeler, 
of  Fairfield ;  Nathaniel.  Children  of  second 
wife :  John,  born  May,  1673 ;  Daniel,  men- 
tioned below ;  'Ann,  married  Gideon  Allen ; 
Mary,  married Laboris ;  Esther,  mar- 
ried    Sloss ;  Rebecca,  married  Captain 

Samuel  Sherwood,  November  30,   1704. 

(Ill)  Daniel,  son  of  Nathaniel  Burr,  died 
June,  1722.  His  will  is  dated  April  9,  1722, 
and  admitted  to  probate  June  25,  1722.  His 
wife's  will  is  dated  March  9,  1743.  He  mar- 
ried   Mary     .       Children :     Nathaniel ; 

James ;  John,   mentioned  below ;   David ;   Re- 


becca, married  Robert  Turney,  of  Stratford; 
Mary,  married  Nathan  Adams,  of  Norwalk. 

(IV)  John,  son  of  Daniel  Burr,  married 
(first)  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Thomas  Nash, 
October  14,  1735.  She  died  March  29,  1740. 
He  married  (second)  Grace,  daughter  of  Ger- 
shom  Bulkley.  Children  of  first  wife:  Dan- 
iel, born  March  5,  1737,  mentioned  below ; 
John,  October  9,  1739,  died  October  9,  1749 ; 
children  of  second  wife :  Elizabeth,  September 
16,  1743;  Talcott,  October  20,  1746;  John, 
February  9,  175 1;  Grace,  February  2,  1753; 
Eunice,  September  24,  1755.  John  Burr  died 
1787.  The  amount  of  his  estate  was  two 
thousand  nine  hundred  and  ninety-six  pounds, 
two  shillings,  one  pence. 

(V)  Daniel  (2),  son  of  John  Burr,  was 
born  March  5,  1737.  He  lived  in  Westport, 
Connecticut.  He  married  Abigail  Bulkley, 
of  Greens  Farms.  Children :  Jonathan,  born 
November  5,  1769;  Zalmon,  August  31,  1773; 
Elizabeth,  baptized  July  18,  1779,  Greens 
Farms. 

(VI)  Zalmon,  son  of  Daniel  (2)  Burr,  was 
born  August  31,  1773.  He  married  Mary 
Hanford,  born  June  20,  1782,  a  lineal  descend- 
ant of  Thomas  and  Mary  (Cook)  Hanford, 
who  came  to  this  country  in  the  "Mayflower." 
Children:  Wilham,  born  October  7,  1808; 
Zalmon  B.,  October  4,  1812,  mentioned  below  ; 
Enoch  F.,  October  20,  1818,  a  clergyman  and 
writer  of  note,  pastor  of  a  church  at  Lyme, 
Connecticut,  for  fifty  years. 

(VII)  Rev.  Zalmon  Barlow  Burr,  son  of 
Zalmon  Burr,  was  born  in  Greens  Farms, 
Connecticut,  October  4,  1812,  died  at  South- 
port,  Connecticut,  in  January,  1891.  He 
graduated  from  Yale  College  in  the  class  of 
1839.  He  was  settled  over  the  Congrega- 
tional church  at  Ridgebury,  Connecticut,  June 
7,  1850,  and  was  dismissed  June  7,  1857. 
From  Ridgebury  he  came  as  pastor  to  the 
Congregational  church  at  Weston,  Connecti- 
cut, and  held  the  pastorate  there  for  a  pe- 
riod of  twenty-one  years.  He  spent  his  later 
years  on  the  Captain  Thorp  homestead  at 
Southport,  where  he  died.  He  married 
(first)  June  9,  1849,  Hetty  E.,  daughter  of 
Captain  Walter  Thorp,  of  Southport,  Con- 
necticut. She  died  December  7,  1878.  He 
married  (second)  June  29,  1881,  Ida  E. 
Foskett,  of  Sheffield,  Massachusetts,  and 
Louisville,  Kentucky,  daughter  of  Hopkins 
and  Mary  (Parsons)  Foskett.  She  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  local  chapter  of  the  Daughters  of 
the  American  Revolution.  Hopkins  Foskett 
was  son  of  Ephraim  and  Triphena  (Easland) 
Foskett  and  grandson  of  Ephraim  Foskett, 
a  soldier  in  the  revolution.  Ephraim  Foskett 
lived  at  West  Stockbridge  Centre;  was  a  pri- 


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vate  in  Captain  Noah  Lankton's  company, 
Colonel  Ashley's  regiment  (Berkshire  county, 
Massachusetts)  from  April  26  to  May  20, 
1777,  at  the  Saratoga  campaign;  also  in  Cap- 
tain Zenas  Wheeler's  company.  Colonel  John 
Ashley's  regiment  from  July  8  to  27,  1777, 
marching  to  Fort  Edward ;  also  in  Captain 
Adam  Kasson's  company,  Colonel  John  Ash- 
ley's regiment,  in  October,  1780,  on  an  alarm 
to  reinforce  the  northern  arm}'.  John  and 
Joshua  Foskett  served  in  the  same  regiment. 
Ephraim  was  a  descendant  of  John  Foskett  or 
Fosgate,  a  soldier  in  the  Narragansett  war 
in  1676,  lived  at  Charlestown,  Massachusetts, 
gave  his  age  as  forty-six  in  1682,  married 
(first)  Elizabeth  Leach,  who  was  baptized, 
an  adult,   April   20,    1673,   and   died   January 

31,  1682-83,  married  (second)  Hannah , 

who  died  July  4,  1689.  Children :  John, 
Thomas,  Elizabeth,  Joshua,  Robert,  Mary, 
Jonathan,  Rebecca  and  Abigail.  Mrs.  Burr  re- 
sides at  Torrington,  Connecticut.  Rev.  Zal- 
mon  B.  Burr  had  no  children. 


(Ill)   John  Burr,  son  of  Samuel 
BURR     Burr    (q.  v.),  was  born  at  Hart- 
ford,   1670.      He    married    Sarah 
and    settled     in    Farmington,    Con- 


necticut. 

He  owned  the  covenant  in  the  First 
Church  of  Hartford,  December  3,  1693,  and 
his  wife  Sarah  owned  covenant  February  23, 
1695-96.  Children:  John,  baptized  Decem- 
ber 3,  1693,  died  young;  John,  baptized  De- 
cember 8,  1695,  mentioned  below ;  Stephen, 
baptized  August  27,  1699;  Noahdiah,  bap- 
tized December  21,  1701  ;  a  daughter,  died 
young;  Eunice,  baptized  January  5,  1706-07; 
Miriam,  baptized  October  31,  1708:  Ebenezer, 
baptized  July  30,  1712 ;  Thankful,  baptized 
July  12,  1712;  Lucy,  baptized  March  21,  1714; 
Gideon,  born  November  16,  1715:  Nathaniel; 
Sarah,  married  Joseph  Gillett. 

(IV)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Burr, 
was  baptized  December  8,  1695.  He  married 
Mary,  daughter  of  Caleb  Root,  of  Farmington, 
November  15,  1722.  Children:  Salmon,  born 
September  25,  1723  ;  John,  May  28,  1726,  men- 
tioned below;  Mary,  June  4,  1729;  Ruth,  Oc- 
tober 26,  1732 ;  Amos,  June  25,  1734. 

(V)  John  (3),  son  of  John  (2)  Burr,  was 
born  May  28,  1726,  in  Farmington.  He  mar- 
ried Tabitha  Loomis,  of  Windsor,  Connecti- 
cut, December  17,  1747.  Fie  bought  land  in 
Torringford,  east  of  Burrville,  in  1752,  and 
very  likely  settled  on  it  that  spring.  The  place 
was  known  for  many  years  as  the  Burr  hos- 
telry or  tavern,  and  afterward  as  the  Daniel 
Coe  Hudson  place.  John  Burr  spent  his  life 
clearing  out  the  forests  here  and  making  way 


for  future  generations.  He  took  an  active  part 
in  the  work  for  the  welfare  of  the  town.  Chil- 
dren: John,  born  July  19,  1750;  Reuben,  Jan- 
uary 13,  1752,  mentioned  below;  Tabitha,  June 
23,  1754;  Jehiel,  April  11,  1757;  Russell,  Oc- 
tober 19,  1761  ;  Chloe,  September  27,  1764; 
Tabitha,  married Foote. 

(VI)  Reuben,  son  of  John  (3)  Burr,  was 
born  January  13,  1752.  He  married  Mehitable 
Stanley,  of  Torrington,  where  he  lived,  July 
2,  1772.  She  died  September  29,  1793,  and 
he  married  (second)  Martha  Wilson,  August 
20,  1794.  He  died  December  20,  1827,  aged 
sevent3'-five  years,  and  his  widow  Martha  died 
March  29,  1835,  aged  seventy-six  years.  Chil- 
dren :  Reuben,  born  August  15,  1773;  Sal- 
mon, May  26,  1775;  Mehitable,  November  22, 
1777;  Aliyn,  February  15,  1780:  Chloe,  May 
15,  1786;  Sally,  August  4,  1789;  Urial,  May 
19'  1795;  Milo,  January  i,  1797,  mentioned 
below;  Fanny,  December  4,  1798;  Eliza,  Jan- 
uary 16,  1801  ;  Harriett,  January  13,  1803. 

(VII)  Milo,  son  of  Reuben  Burr,  was  born 
January  i,  1797.  He  married  Mary  Skinner, 
of  Winsted,  March-  i,  1825.  He  purchased 
timber  lands  where  Burrville  is  now  situated 
and  engaged  in  the  lumber  business.  In  185 1 
he  built  a  dam  on  the  mountains  in  the  west- 
ern part  of  the  village,  and  constructed  Burr's 
reservoir,  a  beautiful  sheet  of  very  clear  water 
in  the  midst  of  the  woods.  He  was  a  very  en- 
terprising, energetic  business  man.  Hi's  nrst 
wife  died  January  i,  1864,  and  he  married 
(second)  Mrs.  E.  Coe,  of  Winsted,  in  1866. 
He  died  April  i,  1872.  Children:  Mary  Ann, 
born  May,  1827,  died  September  i,  1828; 
James  Milo,  January,  1830,  died  February, 
1832 ;  John  Milo,  March  8,  1833,  mentioned 
below ;  Martha,  November,  1836,  died  Janu- 
ary, 1843. 

(VIII)  John  Milo,  son  of  Milo  Burr,  was 
born  March  8,  1833.  He  lived  in  Burrville, 
Connecticut.  He  married  Lavinia  Hurlbut. 
of  Winchester,  April  23,  1855,  and  lived  on 
his  father's  homestead.  His  wife  was  born 
August  7,  1835,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  La- 
vinia (Blake)  Huidbut,  of  Winchester.  She 
now  lives  in  Burrville.  He  was  born  and 
brought  up  and  always  lived  on  the  homestead. 
He  aided  his  father  in  the  marketing  and  de- 
livery of  the  lumber,  and  a  common  experi- 
ence of  his  boyhood  was  to  start  for  Farming- 
ton  with  a  cartload  of  lumber  at  midnight. 
The  tending  of  brick  kilns  was  another  duty. 
He  attended  the  district  school  on  Torring- 
ford street,  in  the  section  known  as  Green- 
woods, and  afterward  for  two  seasons  walked 
to  Winsted  to  attend  the  high  school  of  Henry 
E.  Rockwell.  It  was  his  father's  belief  that 
the  daily  walk  of  eight   miles  was  good  for 


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mind  as  well  as  body.  He  was  associated 
with  his  father  in  the  lumber  and  brick  busi- 
ness as  long  as  his  father  lived.  John  Milo 
Burr  took  an  active  interest  in  politics  and 
town  affairs.  He  was  postmaster  of  Burrville 
for  thirty-six  years  and  justice  of  the  peace 
for  a  quarter  of  a  century.  In  1871  he  repre- 
sented Torrington  in  the  general  assembly. 
He  held  many  other  offices  of  trust  and  re- 
sponsibility. He  was  assessor,  selectman  and 
member  of  the  board  of  relief.  He  owned 
much  real  estate  both  in  Winsted  and  Tor- 
rington. No  place  in  the  county  is  better 
known  than  his  handsome  residence,  with  its 
well-kept  barns  and  other  buildings  and  well- 
tilled  fields.  He  was  progressive  and  enter- 
prising, generous  and  public-spirited.  When 
the  Torrington  &  Winchester  Electric  Rail- 
way was  projected,  in  the  summer  of  1897, 
he  not  only  gave  the  company  a  mile  right  of 
way  through  his  land,  but  gave  a  site  for  the 
power  house  and  car  barn.  He  was  well 
known  throughout  the  state  in  the  Masonic 
fraternity. 

Mr.  Burr  was  a  member  of  Seneca 
Lodge,  of  Torrington,  Free  and  Accepted  Ma- 
sons, of  the  Royal  Arch  Chapter,  the  Royal 
and  Select  Masters ;  of  Clark  Commandery, 
Knights  Templar ;  Charter  Oak  Lodge  of  Per- 
fection, of  Hartford :  ITartford  Council, 
Princes  of  Jerusalem,  of  Hartford ;  Cyrus  Go- 
dell  Chapter  of  Rose  Croix,  Hartford ;  La- 
fayette Consistory,  of  Bridgeport,  and  Pyra- 
mid Temple,  Ancient  Arabic  Order  Nobles  of 
the  Mystic  Shrine,  of  Bridgeport. 

(IX)  John  Hurlbut,  only  child  of  John  Milo 
Burr,  was  born  at  Burrville,  Connecticut,  Sep- 
tember 17,  i860.  He  was  educated  in  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  his  native  town  and  of  Hartford. 
He  was  in  business  in  Hartford  for  twenty 
years.  He  came  to  Burrville  in  1893,  and 
since  then  has  followed  farming  on  the  home- 
stead. He  has  some  four  hundred  acres  of 
valuable  land  and  other  real  estate  in  Burr- 
ville and  Winsted.  In  politics  he  is  a  Repub- 
lican. 

He  married,  on  May  11,  1882,  Carrie 
Lander,  of  Cromwell,  Connecticut,  daughter 
of  Andrew  Jackson  and  Mary  Frances  (Lit- 
tle) Bottelle,  granddaughter  of  Elleler  and 
Amelia  (Beckley)  Bottelle.  Her  grandfather 
was  a  soldier  in  the  war  of  1812.  Mary  Fran- 
ces Little  was  a  daughter  of  Warren  and  Sarah 
(Landers)  Little,  granddaughter  of  Russell 
Little,  son  of  Barzillai  and  grandson  of  Wil- 
liam Little,  She  is  a  "Mayflower"  descendant. 
Child  of  John  H.  and  Carrie  L.  Burr :  Milo 
Andrew,  born  January  6,  1883  ;  married.  May, 
1904,  Albina  La  Montague,  and  has  Lavinia 
Carolyn,  born  March  12,  1905. 


The  surname  Spaulding 
SPAULDING  appears  quite  early  in  Eng- 
lish history.  Some  conjec- 
ture that  it  is  a  place  named  from  the  town 
of  Spaulding  in  Lincolnshire,  which  is  said 
to  have  derived  its  name  from  a  "spa"  or 
spring  of  mineral  water  in  the  market  place. 
There  have  been  many  distinguished  men  of 
this  name  in  England  in  ancient  and  modern 
times ;  many  had  coats-of-arms.  The  Spauld- 
ings  of  America,  with  the  exception  of  a  few 
who  have  recently  emigrated  to  this  country, 
are  all  descendants  of  three  early  settlers ;  one 
located  in  Massachusetts,  another  in  Mary- 
land, the  third  in  Georgia.  The  Spauldings 
of  Georgia  are  descended  from  the  Ashantilly 
Spauldings,  Perthshire,  Scotland,  and  are 
from  Sir  Pierce  Spaulding,  who  surrendered 
Berwick  Castle  to  the  earl  of  Murray.  The 
Georgia  pioneer,  James  Spaulding,  son  of 
Captain  Thomas  Spaulding,  who  came  to 
America  in  1760,  married,  in  1734,  Anna  Ler- 
month. 

(I)  Edward  Spaulding,  immigrant  ancestor, 
came  to  New  England  probably  between  1630 
and  1633.  He  settled  in  Braintree,  Massachu- 
setts, where  he  appears  on  the  list  of  pro- 
prietors in  1640.  He  was  admittted  a  free- 
man. May  13,  1640.  He  removed  to  Wen- 
ham.  He  was  one  of  the  petitioners  for  the 
town  of  Chelmsford  grant,  October  i,  1645, 
and  was  one  of  the  early  settlers  of  that  town. 
He  was  a  leading  citizen  ;  selectman  in  1654- 
56-60-61  ;  in  1663  was  surveyor  of  highways ; 
juryman  in  1648.  He  died  February  26, 
1670.  His  will  was  dated  February  13,  1666, 
proved  April  5,  1670,  bequeathing  to  wife 
Rachel  and  sons  Edward,  John  and  Andrew, 
and  daughter  Dinah.  His  wife  Margaret  died 
August,  1640,  and  his  second  wife,  Rachel, 
soon  after  his  death.  Children  of  Edward  and 
Margaret  Spaulding:  John,  born  about  1633, 
mentioned  below ;  Edward,  about  1633  ;  Grace, 
died  May,  164 1.  Children  of  Edward  and 
Rachel  Spaulding:  Benjamin,  born  April  7, 
1643;  Joseph,  October  25,  1646;  Dinah, 
March  15,  1649;  Andrew,  November  19,  1652. 

(II)  John,  son  of  Edward  Spaulding,  was 
born  about  1633,  died  October  3,  1721.  He 
married.  May  18,  1658,  Hannah  Hale,  of  Con- 
cord. She  died  August  14,  1689.  He  came 
to  Chelmsford  with  his  father  in  1654,  and  was 
admitted  a  freeman,  March  11,  1689-90.  He 
had  many  land  grants  in  Chelmsford  from 
time  to  time.  He  was  soldier  under  Captain 
Manning  in  King  Philip's  war.  Children: 
John,  born  February  15,  1659:  Eunice,  July 
27,  1660:  Edward,  September  16,  1663,  men- 
tioned below  ;  Hannah,  April  28,  1666 ;  Sam- 
uel, March  6,   1668 ;  Deborah,   November   12, 


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1670;    Joseph,    October    22,    1673;    Timothy, 
about   1676. 

(III)  Edward  (2),  son  of  John  Spaulding, 
was  born  September  16,  1663.  He  removed  to 
Plainfield,  Connecticut,  in  1697.  He  married 
(first)  November  27,  1683,  Mary  Brackett, 
of  Billerica ;  (second)  Dorothy  Barker,  of 
Concord.  Children,  five  eldest  born  at  Chelms- 
ford, others  at  Plainfield :  Edward,  February 
3,  1685:  Josiah,  January  13,  1686;  Isaac, 
mentioned  below;  Mary,  July  23,  1695,  died 
same  year ;  Jacob,  May  14,  1696 ;  Philip, 
March  6,  1700;  Deborah  and  Rachel  (twins), 
January  17,  1707;  Eunice,  August  16,  1715 ; 
Joseph,   September  3,   1718. 

(IV)  Isaac,  son  of  Edward  (2)  Spauld- 
ing, was  born  at  Chelmsford,  September  27, 
1693.  He  married  February  2,  1713,  Eliza- 
beth, daughter  of  Jonathan  Haynes,  of  Haver- 
hill, where  she  was  born  May  22,  1697.  Chil- 
dren born  at  Plainfield  and  Norfolk,  Con- 
necticut:  Mehitable,  February  7,  1714;  Eliz- 
abeth, January  13,  1716;  Amy,  December  13, 
1717;  Phineas,  January  23,  1721 ;  Edward, 
August,  18,  1722;  Sarah,  February  15,  1724; 
Isaac,  April  22,  1726;  Rachel,  July  15,  1728; 
Jeremiah,  August  20,  1730;  Jacob,  mentioned 
below:  Timothy,  December  ig,  1739. 

(V)  Jacob,  son  of  Isaac  Spaulding,  was 
born  at  Norfolk,  Connecticut,  December  17, 
1732,  according  to  the  family  Bible,  died  April 
30,  1814.  He  resided  at  Danbury,  Connecti- 
cut, then  at  Norfolk,  where  he  followed  farm- 
ing. The  Plainfield  town  record  gives  his 
birth  December  6,  1733.  He  was  a  soldier  in 
the  French  and  Indian  war  and  was  at  the 
taking  of  Quebec  by  General  Wolfe.  Both 
his  sons  were  soldiers  in  the  revolution,  and 

he  hired  a  man,  Daniel ,  whom  he  paid 

eight  dollars  a  month  throughout  the  war  ^.nd 
cared  for  his  wife  and  children.  Once  he  col- 
lected a  herd  of  one  hundred  and  twenty  cat- 
tle and  took  the  herd  to  the  army.  Five  oi\ 
them. he  contributed  himself.  His  house  was 
a  retreat  for  sick  and  wounded  soldiers  during 
the  war.  Thirty  of  them  were  sent  to  him  one 
winter,  and  in  the  spring  twenty-eight  were 
able  to  return  to  the  service.  He  was  called 
ensign  in  the  records.  He  served  in  the  revo- 
lution, in  Captain  Andrew  Backus's  company, 
from  Plainfield,  on  the  Lexington  alarm.  He 
married  Rachel  Knapp,  of  Danbury,  born 
July  27,  1737,  died  August  2,  1821.  Children: 
Isaac,  born  July  30,  1757,  mentioned  below; 
Daniel,  July  25,  1758. 

(VI)  Isaac  (2),  son  of  Jacob  Spaulding, 
was  born  at  Norfolk,  July  30,  1757.  He  was 
a  soldier  in  the  revolution.  He  married 
Mercy  Knapp,  of  Norfolk.  She  died  October 
13,    1823.     Children:  Jeremiah,  born   Decem- 


ber 18,  1778;  Jacob,  June  i,  1780;  Isaac, 
March  13,  1782;  Samuel,  mentioned  below; 
Philo,  June  26,  1786;  Rachel,  December  2, 
1788 ;  David,  February  4,  1791 ;  Lockard,  Feb- 
ruary 24,  1793;  Paulina,  January  27,  1796, 
never  married. 

(VII)  Samuel,  son  of  Isaac  (2)  Spaulding, 
was  born  May  i,  1784,  died  February  11,  1861, 
at  Pawling,  Dutchess  county,  New  York.  He 
removed  from  Connecticut  to  Northampton, 
Fulton  county,  New  York :  was  a  farmer ; 
also  deacon  of  the  church.  He  married  (first) 
Altana  Toby,  who  died  January  10,  1830; 
(second),  April  27,  1830,  Anna  M.  Gleason. 
Children :  Orilla,  born  May  25,  1809 ;  Lock- 
wood,  mentioned  below ;  Paulina,  April  12, 
1814:  Jane' Eliza,  October  16,  1820;  Altana 
Ann,  September  24,   1831. 

(ATII)  Lockwood,  son  of  Samuel  Spauld- 
ing, was  born  at  Northampton,  New  York, 
April  15,  1812,  died  August  5,  1865.  He  re- 
sided at  Northampton ;  was  a  farmer,  deacon 
of  the  church,  and  justice  of  the  peace.  He 
married  Mary  Ann  Spaulding,  September  14. 
1834.  She  married  (second),  December  4, 
1867.  Wolcott  N.  Adams,  brother-in-law,  and 
went  to  Canaan,  Connecticut,  where  she  died, 
March  2,  1889.  Children  of  Lockwood  and 
Mary  Ann  Spaulding,  born  at  Northhampton : 
Samuel  Austin,  April  6,  1837;  Altana  Jane, 
March  22,  1840 :  Jay  Ellery,  mentioned  be- 
low :  Anna  Maria,  September  6,  1849  •  Ellen 
Betsey,  November  17,  1852 :  Florence  Orilla, 
March  9,  1856. 

(IX)  Jay  Ellery,  son  of  Lockwood  Spauld- 
ing, was  born  at  Northampton,  August  15, 
1846.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
of  his  native  town.  In  1866  he  became  clerk 
in  the  hardware  store  in  VVinsted,  and  sub- 
sequently was  in  business  two  years  in  part- 
nership with  J.  J.  Whiting  and  S.  F.  Dicker- 
man.  During-  the  next  two  years  he  was  em- 
ployed in  the  Old  National  Bank  of  Grand 
Rapids,  Michigan.  Upon  his  return  to  Win- 
sted,  in  1872,  he  became  interested  with  J.  G. 
'Wetmore  in  the  New  England  Pin  Company. 
He  began  as  general  office  man,  was  elected 
secretary  of  the  company,  and  after  the  death 
of  Mr.  Wetmore  became  president,  treasurer 
and  general  manager  of  the  concern.  Under 
his  management  this  industry  has  grown  to 
large  proportions,  and  takes  rank  at  the  pres- 
ent time  among  the  largest  and  most  flourish- 
ing concerns  of  the  city.  He  is  also  president 
and  director  of  the  Carter-Hakes  Machine 
Company,  of  the  New  England  Knitting  Com- 
pany, and  the  Morgan  Silverplate  Company. 
He  is  vice-president  of  the  Citizens  Printing 
(^T-mpany  and  president  of  the  Music  Hall. 
He  settled  the  estate  of  Mr.  Wetmore.     He  is 


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one  of  the  foremost  business  men  of  the  coun- 
ty and  well  known  throughout  the  state.  He 
l;as  been  honored  with  many  offices  of  trust 
and  responsibility.  He  was  member  of  a  com- 
mittee in  charge  of  the  water  improvements, 
and  is  a  trustee  of  the  Memorial  Park  and 
Soldiers'  Monument  Associations.  For  many 
years  he  was  burgess  and  warden  of  the  bor- 
ough of  Winsted.  For  fourteen  years  he  was 
treasurer  of  the  town  of  Winchester.  In  pol- 
itics he  is  a  Republican.  He  represented  the 
town  in  the  general  assembly  in  1895,  and 
served  on  the  committee  on  incorporations 
and  as  clerk  of  the  Litchfield  county  repre- 
sentatives. He  was  for  some  years  active  in 
the  fire  department  and  has  been  vice-presi- 
dent of  the  State  Association  of  Firemen.  He 
is  a  member  of  St.  Andrew's  Lodge,  Free  and 
Accepted  Masons,  of  Winsted ;  of  Unity 
Lodge,  Knights  of  Pythias ;  of  the  Benevolent 
and  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  of  Winsted, 
and  of  the  Improved  Order  of  Red  Men.  He 
married  (first),  May  9,  1872,  Ellen  Elizabeth 
Wetmore,  who  died  February  11,  1890.  He 
married  (second),  June  30,  1892,  Grace  W., 
born  April  28,  1867,  daughter  of  Edward  T. 
and  Gertrude  Waterman  Hopkins.  Children 
of  first  wife:  i.  Louise  Wetmore,  born  Au- 
gust 30,  1873,  married,  June  12,  1895,  Hon. 
James  W.  Husted,  of  Peekskill,  New  York, 
son  of  James  W.  Husted,  member  of  the  as- 
sembly and  speaker  of  the  house  for  several 
terms ;  both  father  and  son  were  members  of 
the  assembly,  and  leaders  of  the  Republican 
party.  Children  of  Hon.  James  W.  and  Louise 
Wetmore  (Spaulding)  Husted,  born  at  Peeks- 
kill:  James  W.  (2),  May  15,  1896;  John  G., 
October  8,  1897;  Priscilla  Alden,  February 
25,  1899;  David  R.,  April  i,  1900;  Ellery  S., 
March  3,  1901 ;  Robert,  January  27,  1906.  2. 
John  Wetmore,  born  November  9,  1878,  died 
March  27,  1895. 


David  Sage,  immigrant,  was  born 
SAGE     in   Wales,    in    1639,    and   came   to 

this  country  in  early  life.  He  was 
one  of  the  first  settlers  of  Middletown,  Con- 
necticut, in  1652,  and  died  there  March  31, 
1707.  His  gravestone  is  in  the  Riverside 
cemetery,  on  the  Connecticut  river,  at  the 
north  end  of  Main  street,  in  Middletown  city. 
His  will  bequeaths  to  wife  and  children.  He 
married  (first),  February,  1664,  Elizabeth, 
born  September  8,  1646,  died  1670,  daughter 
of  John  Kirby.  He  married  (second),  in 
1672,  Mary,  daughter  of  John  Wilcox,  and 
granddaughter  of  John  Wilcox,  the  immi- 
grant. She  died  December  7,  171 1.  He  was 
ancestor  of  all  the  early  colonial  families. 
He  was  granted  a  house  lot  "on  the  other  side 


of  the  river  on  the  other  side  of  the  highway 
beyond  the  corner  of  Goodman  White  on  the 
west  side  of  the  highway  leading  to  Hartford." 
The  bank  building  now  occupies  the  site  of  his 
home.  He  exchanged  homesteads  with  John 
Kirby,  his  father-in-law,  February  16,  1671. 
He  had  a  grant  of  the  land  "where  his  house 
stands,"  May  9,  1665,  settling  a  dispute  over 
the  ownership .  Children,  born  at  Middle- 
town ;  David,  February  i,  1665;  Elizabeth, 
June  I,  1666,  married Bull;  John,  men- 
tioned below.  Children  of  second  wife :  Mary, 
born  November  15,  1672,  married  Samuel 
Johnson ;  Jonathan,  1674 ;  Timothy,  August 
14,  1678;  Nathaniel  and  Mercy  (twins), 
1680. 

(II)  John,  son  of  David  Sage,  was  born 
at  Middletown,  March  6,  1668.  He  married, 
January  10,  1693,  Hannah,  born  March  24, 
1674,  daughter  of  Comfort  and  Rachel  (Har- 
ris) Starr,  of  Middletown.  His  epitaph  reads  : 
"Here  lyes  interred  the  body  of  Mr.  John 
Sage  who  departed  this  life  Jan.  ye  22  A.  D. 
1750-51  in  the  83d  year  of  his  age.  He  left  a 
virtuous  and  sorrowful  wife  with  whom  he 
lived  57  years  and  had  fifteen  children:  12 
of  them  married  and  increased  the  family  by 
repeated  marriages  to  the  number  of  29.  Of 
these  15  are  alive.  He  had  120  grandchil- 
dren, 105  of  them  now  living,  40  great  grand- 
children, 37  of  them  no*  living,  which  makes 
the  number  of  offspring  189."  The  epitaph 
of  his  widow :  "Here  lies  interred  the  body 
of  Mrs.  Hannah  Sage,  once  the  virtuous  con- 
sort of  Mr.  John  Sage,  who  both  are  cov- 
ered with  this  stone;  and  there  have  been 
added  to  the  numerous  offspring  mentioned 
above  44  by  birth  and  marriage,  which  makes 
the  whole  number  233.  She  fell  asleep  Sep. 
28,  A.  D.  1753  in  the  83d.  year  of  her  age." 
The  original  inscription  was  cut  in  a  lead 
plate  stolen  to  make  bullets  in  the  revolution, 
as  was  also  the  plate  on  the  tablestone  of  Rev. 
Joseph  Smith.  The  present  insert  of  white 
marble  was  cut  by  Thomas  A.  Sage,  born 
1845,  Berlin,  Connecticut.  Children:  Hannah, 
born  December  21,  1694;  John,  April  28, 
1696:  Elizabeth  and  Mary  (twins),  1699; 
Elizabeth,  1701 ;  Ann,  1702 ;  Benjamin  and 
David  (twins),  1703;  Jemima,  1704;  Nathan- 
iel, mentioned  below;  Ebenezer,  1709;  Com- 
fort, 171 1 ;  Prudence,  1713;  Thankful  Feb- 
ruary 8,  1717;  Gideon,  1718. 

(III)  Nathaniel,  son  of  John  Sage,  was 
born  in  Middletown,  1707,  died  1780.  He 
married  Rebecca  Hart.  Children,  born  at 
Cromwell,  Connecticut:  Samuel,  1732;  Jede- 
diah,  mentioned  below;  Lucia,  1737;  Rebecca, 
1739  ;  Thankful,  1742  ;  Hepzibah,  1745  ;  Han- 
nah, 1747;  Hezekiah,  1752;  Nathaniel,  1755. 


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(IV)  Jedediah,  son  of  Nathaniel  Sage,  was 
born  in  Cromwell,  Connecticut,  1734,  died 
1798.  He  married  Lucy  Smith,  of  Cromwell. 
Children,  born  in  Cromwell:  Elisha,  1756; 
Abiel,  1758;  David,  1760;  Amos,  1762;  Si- 
nieon,  1763  :  Sylvester,  1765  ;  Jedediah,  men- 
tioned below;  Sarah,  1769;  Jerusha,  1771  ; 
Mary,  1773;  Diantha,  1775. 

(V)  Jedediah  (2),  son  of  Jedediah  (i) 
Sage,  was  born  at  Cromwell,  1766,  died  1804, 
at  Sandisfield,  Massachusetts,  where  he  set- 
tled.    He  married  Wright.     Children, 

born  at  Satidisfield :  Lucy,  1788;  Calvin,  1790, 
mentioned  below ;  Mehitable,  1793 ;  Harvey, 
I/96;  Hiram,  1799;  Jedediah,  1801  ;  Diantha, 
1803. 

(VI)  Calvin,  son  of  Jedediah  (2)  Sage,  was 
born  in  1790,  according  to  the  genealogy,  but 
died  May  17,  1857,  according  to  family  rec- 
ords. He  lived  and  died  in  New  Marlbor- 
ough, Massachusetts,  a  farmer.  He  married 
Clara  Smith,  who  died  February  6,  1883,  aged 
eighty-seven  years.  Children :  William  H., 
born  1816;  Ebenezer,  1819;  Harvey  S.,  1820; 
Mariette,  1822 :  Elisha  P.,  1824,  died  in  the 
service  during  the  civil  war. 

(VII)  William  Henry,  son  of  Calvin  Sage, 
was  born  at  New  Marlborough,  Massachu- 
setts, August  12,  1816,  died  September  20, 
188 1.  He  received  a  common  school  educa- 
tion, and  learned  the  cooper's  trade.  He  lived 
at  Canaan,  Connecticut,  and  worked  at  his 
trade  there  for  a  number  of  years.  After- 
ward he  returned  to  New  Marlborough  and 
followed  farming  the  remainder  of  his  life. 
In  politics  he  was  a  Democrat,  in  religion  a 
Methodist.  He  married,  November  20,  1838, 
Caroline  A.,  born  September  13,  1817,  died 
September  14,  1877,  daughter  of  Lyman  and 
Anna  (Kellogg)  Sage,  of  Sandisfield.  Chil- 
dren :  Francis,  mentioned  below ;  Charles,  Oc- 
tober 14,  1849,  died  June  10,  1887  ;  Henry  Cal- 
vin, December  8,  1856,  died  August  8,  1863. 

(VIII)  Francis,  son  of  William  Henry 
Sage,  was  born  at  Canaan,  Connecticut,  Janu- 
ary 7,  1844.  He  attended  the  public  schools 
of  New  Aiarlborough  and  the  South  Berk- 
shire Institute.  He  followed  farming  at  New 
Marlborough  for  a  number  of  years.  He 
came  to  the  town  of  Barkhamsted,  Connecti- 
cut, near  Winsted  borough  line,  in  1885,  and 
for  five  years  was  superintendent  of  the  Mead- 
ow Brook  stock  farm.  He  settled  in  Bark- 
hamsted on  a  farm  of  his  own  and  made  a 
specialty  of  his  dairy.  Since  1900  he  has 
been  engaged  in  the  real  estate  business  at 
Winsted,  Connecticut.  In  politics  he  is 
Republican,  and  has  held  various  offices  of 
trust  and  responsibility.  He  was  selectman 
of   Barkhamsted    for   three    years ;    selectman 


of  Winchester  two  years,  and  is  an  assessor 
of  Winchester  at  the  present  time.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Second  Congregational  Church 
of  Winstead.  He  married  (first)  October  12, 
1864,  Emma  A.,  born  July  14,  1845,  died  No- 
vember 27,  1879,  daughter  of  Frederick  C. 
and  Emeline  (Soule)  Joyner.  Children:  Ivie, 
born  1865,  died  in  infancy ;  Frederick  Joyner, 
April  14,  1869 ;  clerk  in  the  railway  mail 
service  between  New  York  City  and  Boston. 
Francis  Sage  married  (second)  April  13, 
1881,    Fannie    A.,    died   November    11,    1883, 

daughter    of    Sylvester   and    (Jones) 

Barker,  of  Sandisfield.  They  had  one  child, 
Wilmer  Barker,  born  November  2,  1883,  died 
in  infancy.  Francis  Sage  married  (third) 
September  3,  1890,  Georgia  M.  Clark,  of 
Barkhamsted,  born  August  17,  1848,  daughter 
of  Orlando  Clark,  born  December  25,  1817, 
and  Melissa   (Race)   Clark,  born  January  25, 


Robert  Page,  immigrant  ancestor, 
PAGE  was  the  son  of  Robert  and  Marga- 
ret Page,  of  Ormsby,  county  Nor- 
folk, England.  The  record  shows  that  on 
April  II,  1637,  Robert  Page,  aged  thirty- 
three,  with  wife  Lucy,  aged  thirty,  children 
Francis,  Margaret  and  Susanna,  and  serv- 
ants William  Moulton,  aged  twenty,  and  An- 
nie Ward,  aged  fifteen,  of  Ormsby,  passed 
the  required  examination  to  go  to  New  Eng- 
land. They  settled  in  Salem,  where  Lucy  was 
admitted  to  the  church  in  1639.  He  was  ad- 
mitted a  freeman  May  18,  1642.  He  removed 
about  1639  to  Hampton,  New  Hampshire, 
where  he  had  a  grant  of  land  between  the 
homesteads  of  William  Marston  and  Robert 
Marston,  on  Meeting  House  Green.  The  orig- 
inal grant  is  still  held  in  the  family,  or  was  re- 
cently. He  was  selectman  of  Hampton  six 
years,  deputy  to  the  general  court  of  Massa- 
chusetts two  years,  marshal  of  the  old  county 
of  Norfolk  and  served  many  important  com- 
mittees of  the  town.  He  was  elected  deacon 
in  1660,  and  from  1671  to  1679  was  the  only 
deacon  of  the  church.  He  had  a  brother,  Ed- 
ward Colcord,  whose  wife's  name  was  Ann 
(probably  brother-in-law)  for  whom  he  se- 
cured claims  in  1654-79.  He  died  September 
22,  1679.  His  will,  dated  September  9,  proved 
September  29,  1679,  bequeathed  to  sons  Fran- 
cis and  Thomas,  daughters  Mary  Fogg,  Mar- 
garet Sanborne,  and  Hannah,  wife  of  Henry 
Dow ;  grandchildren  Seth,  James  and  Hannah 
Fogg;  Joseph,  Benjamin,  Robert,  Hannah, 
Sarah  and  Ruth  Moulton  ;  Jonathan  Sanborne  ; 
Rebecca,  Hannah,  Sarah,  Lucy  and  Maria 
Marston ;  Joseph,  Samuel,  Symon,  and  Jabez 
Dow ;  Robert,  Samuel,  John,  Mary  and  Lucy 


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Page  (some  of  these  grandchildren  were 
called  by  their  marriage  names  in  the  will). 
His  age  at  death  was  given  as  seventy-five 
years.  Lucy,  his  wife,  died  November  12, 
1665,  aged  eighty-five  years.  Their  children: 
Margaret,  born  in  England,  1629,  married 
Jonathan  Sanborne ;  Francis,  born  in  England, 
1633 ;  Susanna,  born  in  England ;  Thomas, 
mentioned  below;  Hannah,  born'  about  1641, 
married  Henry  Dow;  Mary,  born  about  1644; 
Rebecca,  baptized  at  Salem,  September  16, 
1639;  Samuel,  baptized  September  16,  1639. 

(IT)  Thomas,  son  of  Robert  Page,  was  born 
in  Salem,  Massachusetts,  1639.  He  married, 
February  2,  1664,  at  Hampton,  Mary,  daugh- 
ter of  Christopher  Hussey,  and  settled  in 
Hampton.  Children:  Mary,  born  May  21, 
1665:  Robert,  July  17,  1667;  Christopher, 
mentioned  below;  John,  born  November  15, 
1672,  settled  in  Nantucket;  Theodate, 'born 
July  8,  1675  ;  Stephen,  August  4,  1677,  Bethia, 
May  23,  1679. 

(HI)  Christopher,  third  child  of  Thomas 
Page,  born  in  Hampton,  New  Hampshire,  Sep- 
tember 20,  1670.  He  married,  November  14, 
1689,  Abigail,  daughter  of  Daniel  Tilton.  He 
inherited  the  homestead  and  lived  at  Hamp- 
ton. His  children :  Robert,  born  September 
8,  1690;  Abigail,  February  i,  1693;  Mary, 
December  13,  1695,  died  March  10,  1760 ; 
Lydia,  August  3,  1698 ;  Jonathan,  De- 
cember 25,  1700;  David,  mentioned  below; 
Shubael,  February  15,  1707;  Jeremiah, 
March  28,  1708;  Tabitha,  August  21,  1711. 

(IV)  David,  sixth  child  of  Christopher 
Page,  was  born  in  Hampton,  November  i, 
1703.  He  married,  June  27,  1728,  daughter 
of  Deacon  John  and  Ruth  (Smith)  Dearborn. 
Her  father  was  a  resident  of  Hampton.  Da- 
vid Page  settled  in  Hampton,  near  his  brother, 
Jonathan  Page,  on  the  Thomas  Moore  place. 
He  was  among  the  first  settlers  of  Epping, 
New  Flampshire,  his  name  and  that  of  his  eld- 
est son  being  among  those  on  the  first  peti- 
tion for  the  town  in  1747.  A  number  of  his 
children  lived  in  Epping.  Children :  John, 
mentioned  below;  Robert,  born  April  i,  1731  ; 
married,  November  12,  1755,  Sarah  Dearborn, 
settled  in  Raymond,  New  Hampshire ;  his 
children  were  baptized  in  Epping;  Deborah, 
born  January  11,  1733:  David,  March  26, 
1735;  Benjamin,  August  7,  1738;  Abigail, 
born  June  20,  1740,  died  young;  Abigail,  Feb- 
ruary 25,  1743 ;  Christopher,  October  23, 
1744;  Ruth,  November  5,  1745;  Josiah,  Janu- 
ary 13,  1749;  married  Sarah  Marston. 

(V)  John,  son  of  David  Page,  was  born 
at  Hampton,  July  17,  1729.  He  settled  at 
Epping,  New  Hampshire.  In  the  published 
records  of  the  family  in  the  "New   England 


Historical  Register"  (vol.  xxvi,  p.  75)  and  in 
Dow's  "History  of  Hampton,"  his  children  are 
given  to  another  John  Page,  born  1712,  son 
of  Samuel  Page,  also  of  Epping  before  1747, 
while  John,  son  of  David,  came  1755-58,  after 
the  birth  of  Deborah,  his  daughter.  His  will, 
dated  August  27,  1790,  mentions  brothers 
David  and  Robert  and  wife  Lydia,  and  names 
all  his  children  as  given  below.  He  married, 
March  14,  1751,  Lydia,  daughter  of  Reuben 
and  Margaret  Sanborn,  Josiah  (2),  William 
( I )  Sanborn.  Children,  born  at  Hampton  and 
Epping:  Deborah,  baptized  at  Flampton,  Au- 
gust 9,  1752 ;  married,  December  10,  1772, 
Jacob  Kelly,  of  Gilmanton ;  Mary,  baptized 
October  13,  1754;  married Kelly;  Da- 
vid, mentioned  below ;  Mary,  baptized  at  Ep- 
ping, April  22,  1759;  married Clough; 

Ruth,  baptized  in  Epping,  December  28,  1760; 
died  March  27,  1837 ;  married  George  Saun- 
ders;  Reuben,  born  1763;  John,  lived  at  Fay- 
ette, Maine ;  Lydia,  baptized  October  29, 
1769 ;  Moses,  married  Sarah  Sias,  and  lived 
at  Livermore,  Maine ;  Aaron. 

(VI)  David  (2),  son  of  John  Page,  was 
born  in  Epping,  New  Hampshire,  1756-57. 
He  was  an  early  settler  in  the  town  of  Gilman- 
ton, and  a  revolutionary  soldier  from  that 
town.  He  removed  later  in  life  to  Maine. 
He  married  Elizabeth  Eastman. 

(VII)  John  (2),  son  of  David  (2)  Page, 
was  born  at  Gilmanton,  New  Hampshire, 
April  25,  1786,  died  July  10,  1866.  He  set- 
tled in  Newburyport,  Massachusetts,  where 
he  was  a  cabinet  maker  and  proprietor  of  a 
stage  line.  He  married  Ruth  Caldwell,  a 
native  of  Ipswich,  Massachusetts.  Children: 
John ;  David  and  Thomas  Caldwell,  twins, 
the  latter  mentioned  below ;  Elizabeth,  Sarah, 
Samuel,  Abigail  and  Hannah. 

(VIII)  Thomas  Caldwell,  son  of  John  (2) 
Page,  was  born  at  Newburyport,  in  1812.  He 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools,  and  fol- 
lowed the  sea,  becoming  a  master  mariner. 
He  married  Amelia  Ann,  daughter  of  Sam- 
uel and  Hannah  (Wright)  Kelsey,  of  Clinton, 
Connecticut.  Children :  Margaret,  died  in 
infancy :  Samuel  Kelsey,  mentioned  below ; 
Annie  Wright,  died  aged  seven. 

(IX)  Samuel  Kelsey,  son  of  Thomas  Cald- 
well Page,  was  born  in  Newburyport,  Janu- 
ary 23,  1837.  He  received  his  education  in 
the  public  schools  of  his  native  town.  In  1855 
he  came  to  New  Haven  and  served  an  ap- 
prenticeship in  the  carriage  trimming  trade  in 
the  shops  of  Durham,  Booth  &  Allan.  Aft- 
erward he  worked  as  a  journeyman  in  vari- 
ous shops  in  this  section.  He  was  in  the  em- 
ploy of  the  firm  of  Henry  Hale  &  Company 
for    a    number    of    years,    and    September    i. 


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1864,  became  a  partner,  continuing  until  July 
I,  1891,  when  he  became  sole  owner  of  the 
business.  Since  then  he  has  conducted  the 
business  under  his  own  name,  manufacturing 
carriages  and  automobiles  at  62  Franklin 
street.  New  Haven.  He  is  a  prominent  and 
successful  business  man.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  New  Haven  Colonial  Historical  Society; 
of  the  Union  League  Club  of  New  Haven ; 
City  Lodge  of  Odd  Fellows,  of  New  Haven. 
In  religion  he  is  liberal  and  non-sectarian ;  in 
politics  a  Republican.  He  married,  January 
I,  1862,  Mary  Jane  Mallory,  born  at  New  Mil- 
ford,  Connecticut,  February  14,  1841,  daugh- 
ter of  George  Norman  and  Julia  Ann  (Hen- 
drix )  Mallor}',  of  Sherman,  Fairfield  county, 
Connecticut.  Her  mother  was  a  native  of 
New  Milford.  Children :  Clifford,  born 
A/Iarch,  1863,  died  aged  eleven  years ;  Annie 
Wright,  married  William  H.  Monson,  of 
Westville,  Connecticut ;  children :  Marjorie  F., 
Ruth  C.  and  Mary  P. 


Abraham  Herman,  or  Herr- 
HERMAN  mann,  as  the  name  was  for- 
merly spelled  by  the  family, 
was  born  June  9,  1816,  at  Haasfurt,  Bavaria, 
Germany,  died  in  Newark,  New  Jersey,  Au- 
gust 4,  1897.  His  parents  were  Bertha  and 
John  Herman.  He  was  educated  in  his  na- 
tive land,  and  studied  the  profession  of  vet- 
erinary surgeon  and  practiced  in  Germany  for 
a  few  years.  Finally  seeking  larger  opportuni- 
ties, he  came  to  America  about  1845.  Ii^  i847 
he  settled  on  a  farm  at  Falls  Village,  in  the 
town  of  Canaan,  Litchfield  county,  Connecti- 
cut, and  raised  and  dealt  in  horses  and  cattle, 
besides  following  his  profession  in  the  vicinity. 
During  the  civil  war  he  established  a  general 
store  at  Falls  village.  From  1880  to  a  few 
years  before  his  death  he  had  charge  of  the 
veterinary  work  of  a  street  railway  company 
in  New  York,  and  lived  at  Newark,  New  Jer- 
sey. Before  the  war  he  was  a  Democrat. 
After  the  Republican  party  was  formed  he 
gave  it  his  hearty  support  during  the  re- 
mainder of  his  long  life.  He  married  Miriam 
Bernheimer,  born  at  Oberdorf,  Germany, 
April  II,  1820:  died  in  Newark,  New  Jersey, 
in  1898.  Children:  Isaac  L.,  born  in  Ger- 
many, now  living  in  New  York  City ;  retired 
from  business :  married  Julia  Faulk,  of  New 
York  :  children  :  Sada  and  Joseph  :  John,  born 
at  Canaan,  dieri  in  1906,  aged  fifty-six  years ; 
was  a  merchant  in  Newark,  New  Jersey,  then  a 
real  estate  broker ;  married  Bertha  Plaut,  and 
had  two  children,  Beatrice  and  John .  Libby, 
married  William  Mabie,  and  lives  at  Lewis- 
ton,  Maine ;  Fannie,  lives  in  Lebanon,  New 
Jersey  :  married  David  Woertendyke  ;  Samuel 


A.,  mentioned  below ;  Jacob,  merchant  in  New 
York,  dealer  in  men's  furnishing  goods ;  died 
1898 ;  Carrie,  died  1888. 

(II)  Samuel  A.,  son  of  Abraham  Her- 
man, was  born  in  Falls  Village,  town  of  Ca- 
naan, Connecticut,  in  1855.  He  attended  the 
public  schools  of  his  native  town  and  the 
Rocky  Dell  Institute  at  Lime  Rock,  Connecti- 
cut. He  studied  law  in  the  office  of  Judge 
Alberto  T.  Roraback,  of  Canaan,  for  three 
years,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar,  April  30, 
1878.  He  associated  himself  in  the  practice 
of  law  with  the  late  Judge  Augustus  H.  Fenn, 
May  13,  1878,  and  on  July  i,  1878,  entered 
partnership  with  Judge  Augustus  H.  Fenn, 
with  offices  at  Winsted,  Connecticut,  and  the 
firm  continued  until  February  22,  1887.  Since 
that  firm  was  dissolved  Mr.  Herman  has  had 
no  law  partner.  He  has  taken  a  prominent 
position  in  his  profession.  He  was  prosecut- 
ing attorney  in  cases  of  violation  of  the  liquor 
law  from  1878  to  1880.  In  politics  he  is  a 
Republican  of  wide  influence.  He  was  state 
senator  1897-98.  He  was  one  of  three  to 
procure  the  charter  for  and  the  construction 
of  the  Torrington  &  Winchester  street  rail- 
way, of  which  he  was  secretary  and  treasurer 
for  ten  years,  until  it  was  sold  to  the  Connecti- 
cut company.  He  has  various  business  in- 
terests, in  addition  to  his  practice.  He  lives 
on  a  large  stock  farm  just  over  the  Torring- 
ton line,  and  raises  fancy  Jersey  stock.  He 
is  a  director  in  the  Carter  &  Hakes  Machine 
Company,  of  Winsted.  He  is  a  member  of  St. 
Andrews  Lodge.  No.  61,  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons,  of  Winsted. 

He  married  ffirst),  June  25,  1879,  Augusta 
L.,  daughter  of  Lucius  Augustus  Fenn,  and 
sister  of  Augustus  H.  Fenn,  his  former  part- 
ner. She  died  December  11,  1894.  He  mar- 
ried (second),  December  5,  1895,  Mabel 
Phelps,  born  August  i,  1875,  daughter  of 
James  and  Mary  (Gaines)  Warner.  James 
Warner,  born  in  Norfolk,  Connecticut,  Octo- 
ber 27,  1832,  son  of  John  Treat  and  Olive 
(Dean)  Warner.  John  Treat  Warner  was 
born  in  Norfolk,  Connecticut,  son  of  John 
Warner  and  Hepsibah  Treat  Warner.  Mary 
(Gaines)  Warner  was  born  in  Granby,  Con- 
necticut, September  6,  1845,  daughter  of 
Richard  and  Sarah  Bennett  Gaines.  Sarah 
(Bennett)  Gaines  was  born  in  Belchertown, 
Massachusetts,  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Es- 
ther (Green)  Bennett.  Children  of  first  wife  : 
Claude  Augustus,  born  April  2,  1881,  mechan- 
ical engineer  and  draughtsman  ;  Maude  Fenn, 
November  17,  1884 :  teacher  in  the  public 
schools,  Litchfield,  Connecticut:  Lulu  M.,  Au- 
gust 3,  1888,  married  Charles  E.  Dickinson, 
of  New   Hartford,  Connecticut.     Children  of 


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second  wife:  Donald  Warner,  born  March  9, 
1899 ;  Arthur  Gaines,  March  7,  1900 ;  Samuel 
Philip,  August  23,  1908. 


Andrew     Hallett,    immigrant 
HALLETT     ancestor,    came    to    Plymouth 

colon)'  as  early  as  1637,  ^^'^ 
was  in  Plymouth  1638-39,  according  to  Swift. 
It  appears  from  later-discovered  records,  how- 
ever, that  he  or  his  son  Andrew  came  before 
Alarch  20,  1635,  as  an  employee  of  Richard 
Wade,  cooper,  of  Simstuly  (sic),  England, 
from  Weymouth,  England,  and  settled  at  Dor- 
chester, Massachusetts  Bay.  He  was  a  pro- 
prietor of  Dorchester  in  1638,  but  in  that  year 
appears  at  Yarmouth,  in  Plymouth  colony,  and 
was  a  proprietor  of  Yarmouth,  May  6,  1639. 
He  gave  a  cow  to  the  poor  of  that  town  in 
1643,  ^nd  was  schoolmaster  in  1646.  He  was 
styled  gentleman  in  the  records,  indicating 
education  and  gentle  birth,  and  had  a  goodly 
estate.  He  had  a  two-hundred-acre  farm, 
through  which  the  dividing  line  between  Yar- 
mouth and  Barnstable  was  afterward  run,  the 
larger  part  being  in  Barnstable.  A  meadow 
lot  was  laid  out  to  him  October  7,  1639,  at 
Stony  Cove  (Mill  Pond),  in  Yarmouth.  He 
bought  land  of  Dr.  Thomas  Starr,  November 
25,  1639,  at  Yarmouth,  with  the  frame  of  a 
house,  etc.  He  mortgaged  his  land  in  Barn- 
stable, September  8,  1641.  as  he  was  going  to 
England.  He  returned,  however,  and  prob- 
ably  lived   at   Yarmouth   until   he   died.      He 

married   Mary  ,    who    survived     him. 

Many  writers  have  confused  the  record  of 
Andrew  Sr.  and  his  son  Andrew.  Children : 
Andrew,  mentioned  below ;  Samuel,  aged  six- 
teen or  more  in  1643 ;  Hannah,  born  in  Eng- 
land, about  1627  ;  Josias.  born  in  England  after 

1627;  Joseph,  married  Elizabeth . 

(II)  Andrew  (2),  son  of  Andrew  (i)  Hal- 
lett, was  born  in  England,  and  may  have  been 
the  settler  at  Dorchester  in  1635  mentioned 
above.  He  was  one  of  the  first  settlers  of 
Sandwich,  Plymouth  colony,  and  at  the  divis- 
ion of  common  meadows,  April  16,  1640,  re- 
ceived a  share.  He  sold  his  farm  at  Sand- 
wich, July  28,  1640,  to  Daniel  Wing.  From 
Sandwich,  Plallett  removed  to  Yarmouth,  and 
lived  there  until  his  death,  in  1684.  In  1642 
lie  bought  the  dwelling  house  of  Gyles  Hop- 
kins, the  first  built  in  Yarmouth,  and  in  1655 
he  bought  the  farm  of  Robert  Dennis.  By 
various  purchases  he  added  to  his  holdings  of 
land,  until  he  became  the  largest  landowner 
in  Yarmouth,  having  about  three  hundred 
acres  of  the  best  lands  and  meadows.  From 
liim  the  westerly  part  of  the  county  road  in 
Yarmouth  obtained  the  name  of  Hallett  street. 
He  owned  lands  also  in   Barnstable,  a  thou- 


sand acres  in  Windham,  Connecticut,  and 
rights  of  commonage  in  Yarmouth  equal  to 
five  hundred  acres  more.  In  1642-56-58  he 
was  surveyor  of  highways,  in  165 1  and  1679 
constable.  In  1659  he  was  appointed  by  the 
court  one  of  a  committee  to  raise  money  for 
the  support  of  the  ministry  in  Yarmouth.  In 
1660-67-75  he  was  a  grand  juror,  and  Octo- 
ber 30,  1667,  he  was  appointed  by  the  colony 
court,  at  the  request  of  the  town,  a  member 
of  the  land  committee  of  Yarmouth.  He  mar- 
ried Anne,  daughter  of  Anthony  Besse,  of 
Lynn  and  Sandwich,  who,  according  to  tra- 
dition was  only  fourteen  when  married,  and 
the  mother  of  twins  at  fifteen.  She  died  in 
the  spring  of  1694,  leaving  a  will  dated  June 
23,  1684,  disposing  of  her  personal  estate 
among  her  children  and  grandchildren.  His 
will  was  dated  March  14,  1682,  proved  May 
31,  1684,  bequeathing  to  wife  Anne;  children 
Jonathan,  John,  Ruhama  Bourne,  Abigail  Al- 
den,  and  Mehitable ;  grandchildren  Timothy, 
Hannah,  Hezekiah,  Eliezer  and  John  Bourne. 
Children :  Ruhama,  married  Job  Bourne,  De- 
cember 14,  1664;  Abigail,  born  1644,  married 
Captain  Jonathan  Alden,  son  of  John  and  Pris- 
cilla  Alden ;  Dorcas,  baptized  at  Barnstable, 
June  I,  1646:  Jonathan,  mentioned  below; 
John,  born  December  11,  1650;  Mehitable, 
married  John  Dexter. 

(Ill)  Jonathan,  son  of  Andrew  (2)  Hallett, 
was  born  November  20,  1647,  ^"d  was  ta.xed 
in  Yarmouth  in  1676.  Fie  married,  January 
30,  1683-84,  Abigail,  daughter  of  Ensign 
Thomas  Dexter,  of  Sandwich,  and  grand- 
daughter of  Thomas  Dexter,  of  Lynn.  In 
1684  he  was  constable  of  Sandwich.  After 
the  death  of  his  father  he  removed  to  Yar- 
inouth,  and  resided  in  the  west  end  of  his 
father's  house  until  1695,  the  year  after  his 
mother  died,  when  he  built  a  new  house,  after- 
wards known  as  the  Jeremiah  Hallett  house. 
It  stood  where  the  Joseph  Hale  house  now 
stands.  He  was  the  wealthiest  man  in  the 
town,  but  lived  simply,  and,  according  to  the 
historian  of  the  town,  was  rather  miserly, 
charging  enormous  rates  for  money  that  he 
lent.  He  was  an  extensive  land-owner  also 
in  Yarmouth  and  Barnstable,  and  in  1699 
bought  a  thousand-acre  right  in  Windham, 
Connecticut.  His  will  was  made  December  5, 
'715,  proved  February  15,  1716-17.  He  be- 
(|ueathed  to  his  five  sons,  Ebenezer,  Thomas, 
Timothy,  David  and  Jonathan,  and  daughters, 
Mehitable  Sturgis.  Elizabeth  Crowell  and  Abi- 
gail  Freeman.  He  died  January  12,  1716-17, 
his  wife  September  2,  1715,  aged  fifty-two. 
Their  gravestones  are  standing  in  the  Yar- 
mouth burying-ground.  The  record  of  his 
family  is  lost,  the  page  of  the  town  book  being 


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torn  out.  Children,  born  at  Sandwich  and 
Yarmouth:  IVIehitable,  married  Edward  Stur- 
gis ;  Ebenezer ;  Thomas,  born  1691 ;  Jonathan, 
1694 ;  David ;  Abigail,  married  Hatsuld  Free- 
man ;  Elizabeth,  married  Paul  Crowell ;  Tim- 
othy, mentioned  below. 

(IV")  Timothy,  son  of  Jonathan  Hallett, 
was  born  at  Sandwich  or  Yarmouth.  He 
owned  and  lived  in  the  dwelling  house  lately 
occupied  by  Eldridge  Lovell,  in  Yarmouth. 
He  was  a  well-to-do  farmer.  He  married 
(first)  February  18,  1718-19,  Thankful  Stur- 
gis,  who  died  at  birth  of  her  first  child,  Jan- 
uary 10,  1721,  and  both  were  buried  in  the 
same  grave.  He  married  (second)  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  Deacon  Moses  Hatch,  of  Fal- 
mouth. She  died  October  23,  1744,  aged  forty- 
four,  and  he  rnarried  (third)  May  23,  1745, 
Thankful  Jones,  of  Barnstable.  He  died  Jan- 
uary 24,  1 77 1  (gravestone  record).  Accord- 
ing to  the  family  Bible,  the  date  of  death  was 
ing  to  the  family  Bible,  the  date  of 
death  was  July  7,  1770.  Children  of 
second  marriage,  born  at  Yarmouth ;  Tim- 
othy, May  7,  1725,  died  1747;  Elizabeth, 
June  12,  1727,  died  1728;  Moses,  April  20, 
1729;  Benjamin,  October  9,  1730;  Elizabeth, 
November  16,  1735.  died  same  year;  James, 
April  12,  1737;  Joshua,  January  10,  1737-38; 
Isaac,  mentioned  below. 

(V)  Isaac,  son  of  Timothy  Hallett,  was 
born  at  Yarmouth,  August  24,  1742.  He  was 
deacon  of  the  Yarmouth  church,  and  his  fam- 
ily, as  well  as  that  of  his  brother  Joshua,  were 
noted  for  longevity.  He  married,  in  1761, 
Elizabeth  Eldridge.  He  died  October  5,  1814, 
aged  seventy-two,  and  his  widow  died  March 
I,  183 1,  aged  eighty-six.  Children,  born  at 
Yarmouth:  Benjamin,  November  3,  1762;' 
Thankful,  October  10,  1764;  Isaac,  December 
6,  1766,  mentioned  below;  Elizabeth,  Febru- 
ary 23,  1769  ;  Anna,  March  26,  177 1  :  Deborah, 
August  3,  1773;  John,  January  28,  1775;  Ro- 
sanna.  May  i,  1778;  Samuel,  -September  23, 
1780;  Levina,  January  13,  1783  ;  Elisha,  March 
8,  T787. 

(VI)  Isaac  (2),  son  of  Isaac  (i)  Hallett, 
was  born  December  6,  1766,  died  at  the  age  of 
ninety  years.  Fie  lived  at  Barnstable.  He 
married  Rebecca  Matthews.  In  his  old  age 
he  lived  with  his  daughter,  Ruth  Sears. 
Children,  born  at  Barnstable :  Ruth,  Olive, 
Nehemiah,  Isaac,  Rebecca,  Allen,  Lavinia, 
Abby,  William  Matthews,  Josiah,  Reuben, 
Reuben. 

(VII)  Josiah,  son  of  Isaac  (2)  Hallett,  was 
born  at  Barnstable,  September  20,  1796,  died 
July  31,  1839.  He  went  from  his  native  town 
to  Boston,  thence  to  Hartford,  Connecticut, 
about  1824.     He  engaged  in  the  leather  busi- 


ness at  East  Hartford,  and  continued  the  re- 
mainder of  his  days  there.  He  married,  Octo- 
ber 4,  1821,  Emma,  born  at  Nantucket,  No- 
vember 20,  1802,  died  January  4,  1839,  daugh- 
ter of  Telemachus  and  Lydia  (Coffin)  Bart- 
lett  (see  Bartlett  VII).  Children:  Charles 
Bartlett,  mentioned  below ;  William  T.,  Eliza 
Jane,  Emma  Ann. 

(VIII)  Charles  Bartlett,  son  of  Josiah  Hal- 
lett, was  born  on  the  island  of  Nantucket, 
Massachusetts,  August  2,  1822.  He  is  now 
living  at  Winsted,  Connecticut.  He  came  with 
his  parents  to  East  Hartford  when  he  was 
two  years  old,  and  was  educated  there  in  the 
public  schools.  At  the  age  of  sixteen  he  be- 
came associated  with  his  father  in  the  leather 
business,  and  in  1850  came  to  Winsted,  where 
he  had  a  tannery  and  leather  store  for  a  period 
of  thirty  years.  In  1905  he  retired.  He  is 
president  of  the  Mechanics  Savings  Bank,  di- 
rector of  the  First  National  Bank  of  Win- 
sted, and  of  the  Winsted  Hosiery  Company. 
In  politics  he  is  a  Republican,  and  has  held 
various  offices  of  trust  and  honor.  He  is  a 
prominent  member  of  the  First  Congrega- 
tional Church  of  Winsted,  of  which  he  was  for 
many  years  a  deacon.  He  married,  Novem- 
ber 12,  1848,  Aurora  A.,  born  at  Manchester, 
Connecticut,  1826,  died  at  Winsted,  1905, 
daughter  of  Dudley  and  Ruby  Philips.  Chil- 
dren :  Frank  Dudley,  mentioned  below ;  Nel- 
lie, born  August  2,  1854,  married,  October  21, 
1875,  James  A.  Smith,  ice  and  coal  merchant. 
New  York  City ;  Jennie  L.,  February  3,  1863, 
married,  June  3,  1890,  Arthur  L.  Clark,  mer- 
chant, of  Winsted  ;  children  :  Helen  and  Hal- 
lett Franklin  ;  Charles,  died  in  infancy ;  Wil- 
liam, died  in  infancy;  Charles  P.,  born  April 
14,  1867,  assistant  cashier  of  the  First  Na- 
tional Bank  of  Winsted,  married,  June  10, 
1896,  Lucy  H.,  daughter  of  George  B.  Owen, 
of   Winsted. 

(IX)  Frank  Dudley,  son  of  Charles  Bart- 
lett Flallett,  was  born  in  Winsted,  Connecticut, 
January  12,  1852.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  town,  the  South  Berk- 
shire Institute,  at  New  Marlborough,  Massa- 
chusetts, Wesleyan  Academy,  at  Wilbraham, 
Massachusetts,  and  Winchester  Institute,  at 
Winchester,  Connecticut.  He  was  clerk  in  a 
general  store  in  Winsted,  afterwards  employed 
in  the  office  of  the  Springfield  Republican  for 
a  time.  Then  he  became  a  clerk  in  the  Con- 
necticut Trust  Company,  of  Hartford.  In 
1879,  when  the  First  National  Bank  of  Win- 
sted was  organized,  he  was  chosen  cashier,  and 
has  held  that  office  to  the  present  time.  He  is 
also  a  director  of  the  bank,  and  director  of 
the  Citizens  Printing  Company,  of  Winsted. 
He   has   been    a   member     of    the    board    of 


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burgesses  of  the  borough  of  Winsted.  In 
politics  he  is  a  Republican.  He  has  been  a 
vestryman  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  church 
at  Winsted.  He  married,  October  28,  1875, 
Mary  J.,  born  April  3,  1853,  daughter  of 
Woodbridge  and  Margaret  P.  (Sanchez) 
Olmsted,  of  Hartford.  They  have  no  chil- 
dren. 

(The    Bartlett    Line). 

(I)  Robert  Bartlett,  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  born  in  England,  and  came  to  this  coun- 
try in  the  ship  "Anne"  in  1623.  He  was  a 
cooper  by  trade  and  settled  in  Plymouth.  He 
was  admitted  as  freeman  in  1633,  and  served 
on  a  jury  and  as  a  town  officer.  His  will, 
proved  October  29,  1676,  left  his  whole  estate 
to  his  wife.  He  married,  in  1628,  Mary, 
daughter  of  Richard  Warren,  the  Pilgrim. 
Warren  came  in  the  "Mayflower"  and  was  one 
of  the  signers  of  the  famous  compact.  He 
settled  at  Plymouth  and  had  a  large  share  in 
the  trials  and  troubles  of  the  early  days.  War- 
ren's wife  and  children  came  in  the  ship 
"Anne"  in  1623  also.  In  the  division  of  cattle 
in  1627,  Warren  had  shares  for  himself,  wife 
Elizabeth,  children  Nathaniel,  Joseph,  Mary, 
Anna,  Sarah,  Elizabeth  and  Abigail.  He  died 
before  1628,  and  his  wife  October  2,  1673, 
aged  about  ninety.  The  marriage  portion  was 
confirmed  to  Bartlett,  March  7,  1636.  Chil- 
dren of  Robert  Bartlett:  Rebecca,  married, 
December  30,  1649,  William  Barlow ;  Benja- 
min, born  1638,  mentioned  below ;  Joseph, 
1639;  Mary,  married,  September  10,  1661, 
Richard  Foster,  (second)  Jonathan  Morey ; 
Sarah,  married,  December  23,  1666,  Samuel 
Rider,  of  Plymouth ;  Elizabeth,  married,  De- 
cember 26,  1661,  Anthony  Sprague ;  Lydia, 
born  June  8,  1647,  rnarried,  December  25, 
1668,  John  Ivey. 

(II)  Benjamin,  son  of  Robert  Bartlett,  was 
born  in  Plymouth,  in  1638.  He  married,  at 
Duxbury,  in  1656,  Sarah,  born  1632,  died  at 
Duxbury,  October  21,  1691,  daughter  of  Love 
Brewster  and  granddaughter  of  William 
Brewster,  the  Pilgrim,  who  came  in  the  "May- 
flower." Benjamin  Bartlett  was  a  prominent 
citizen  of  Duxbury,  constable  in  1662,  collec- 
tor of  excise  in  1664,  selectman  in  1666  and 
many  years  afterward,  deputy  to  the  general 
court  1685,  chairman  1690-91.  Children: 
Benjamin,  married  Ruth  Pabodie ;  Samuel, 
married  Plannah  Pabodie ;  Ichabod,  mentioned 
below;  Ebenezer,  died  before  1712;  Rebecca, 
married  William  Bradford ;  Sarah,  married 
her  cousin,  Robert  Bartlett. 

(III)  Ichabod,  son  of  Benjamin  Bartlett, 
was  born  at  Duxbury,  died  there  about  1716. 
He  married  (first)  at  Marshfield,  December 
28,   1699,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Joseph  and 


Sarah  (Stow)  Waterman,  of  Marshfield.  She 
was  born  at  Marshfield  in  1679,  died  there 
October,  1708.  He  married  (second)  No- 
vember 14,  1709,  Desire,  daughter  of  Seth 
Arnold,  of  Lebanon,  Connecticut.  She  was 
born  at  Marshfield,  probably  died  at  Duxbury. 
Ichabod  Bartlett  inherited  all  his  father's  land 
at  Middleborough.  He  removed  from  Marsh- 
field to  Duxbury  in  1710.  They  had  eight 
children. 

(IV)  Josiah,  son  of  Ichabod  Bartlett,  was 
born  in  1701.  He  settled  at  Lebanon,  died 
March  16,  1782.  He  married  Mercy  Chandler, 
of  an  old  Duxbury  family.  She  died  Febru- 
ary 7,  1781.  Children:  Ichabod,  born  Octo- 
ber 20,  1723 ;  Betty,  January  28,  1725 ;  Na- 
thaniel, Nove?nber  27,  1727  ;  John,  mentioned 
below;  Chandler,  January  22,  1733;  Cyrus, 
January  14,  1739;  Mercy,  May  4,  1740;  Molly, 

"1743- 

(V)  Dr.  John,  son  of  Josiah  Bartlett,  was 
born  August  15,  1730.  He  lived  at  North 
Yarmouth  four  or  five  years,  then  returned  to 
his  native  town,  Lebanon,  Connecticut.  He 
married,  December,  1753,  Susanna,  daughter 
of  Jedediah  and  Hannah  (Scales)  South- 
worth.  Jedediah  Southworth  was  born  April 
13,  1702,  died  September  8,  1739.  Thomas 
Southworth,  father  of  Jedediah  Southv^forth, 
was  born  at  Duxbury,  1676,  died  September 
9,  1743.  He  married  Sarah  Alden,  born  1681, 
died  1739,  daughter  of  Jonathan  and  Abigail 
(Hallett)  Alden,  descendant  of  John  and 
Priscilla  Alden.  who  came  in  the  "Mayflower" 
to  Plymouth.  Edward  Southworth,  father  of 
Thomas,  was  born  at  Duxbury,  died  there 
1727.  He  married,  November  16,  1669,  Mary, 
born  August  7,  1648,  daughter  of  William  and 
Elizabeth  (Alden)  Pabodie,  granddaughter 
also  of  John  and  Priscilla  Alden,  of  the  "May- 
flower." Edward  Southworth  was  juror  in 
1673,  constable  in  1677,  committee  to  lay  out 
highways  in  1678,  deputy  to  the  general  court 
1689-91.  Constant  Southworth,  father  of  Ed- 
ward, was  born  at  Leyden,  Holland,  161 5,  and 
brought  up  in  the  family  of  his  stepfather. 
Governor  William  Bradford,  at  Plymouth; 
was  admitted  a  freeman  1636-37 ;  was  in  the 
service  against  the  Indians  in  1637,  and  color- 
bearer  of  the  Duxbury  company  in  1646;  of 
the  council  of  war  in  1653;  deputy  to  the 
general  court  and  assistant-treasurer  of  the 
colony,  1659  to  1673  ;  owned  land  in  Tiverton 
and  Little  Compton,  Rhode  Island.  He  mar- 
ried, November  2,  1637,  Elizabeth  Collier,  of 
Duxbury,  daughter  of  William  Collier,  a  Lon- 
don merchant,  who  assisted  the  Plymouth 
colonists,  and  in  1633  came  to  Plymouth, 
where  he  died  in  1670.  Constant  Southworth 
died   March   10,   1679.     Edward   Southworth, 


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father  of  Constant,  was  born  in  England  about 
1590,  died  there  1621 ;  married,  May  28,  1613, 
Alice,  born  about  1590,  died  in  Plymouth, 
March  26,  1670,  daughter  of  Alexander  Car- 
penter, of  Wrington,  Somersetshire,  England. 
Edward  Southworth  was  a  silk  worker  in  Ley- 
den,  one  of  the  Pilgrim  exiles  of  Rev.  John 
Robinson's  church,  Lancashire;  his  widow 
married  Governor  William  Bradford,  who 
wrote  to  her  after  the  death  of  his  wife  Doro- 
thy, and  she  came  in  the  ship  "Anne,"  1623,  to 
marry  him.  Children  of  Dr.  John  and  Su- 
sanna (Southworth)  Bartlett,  born  at  North 
Yarmouth  or  Lebanon:  John,  mentioned  be- 
low; Sarah,  born  June  3,  1757;  Jedediah,  May 

31.  1759- 

(VI)  John  (2),  son  of  Dr.  Jolin  (i)  Bart- 
lett, was  born  June,  1755.  He  lived  at  Le- 
banon.    He  married  Lucretia  Stewart. 

(VII)  Telemachus,  only  child  of  John  (2) 
Bartlett,  was  born  1781,  died  at  Martinique, 
West  Indies,  September,  1802.  He  married 
Lydia  Coffin,  of  Nantucket.  Their  daughter, 
Emma,  born  November  20,  1802,  after  the 
death  of  her  father,  married  Josiah  Hallett 
(seeHallett  VII). 


Henry  Townsend,  the  im- 
TOWNSEND     migrant      ancestor,      came 

with  his  brothers  Richard 
and  John  Tovi'nsend,  from  Norwich,  county 
Norfolk,  England,  to  Boston,  in  1636.  The 
day  after  their  arrival  they  were  incensed  at 
witnessing  the  abuse  of  some  Quakers.  The 
stalwart  young  Englishmen  took  the  part  of 
the  Quakers,  for  which  they  were  arrested 
and  banished  from  the  colony.  They  went  to 
Flushing,  Long  Island,  where  in  1645  Henry 
Townsend  became  one  of  the  patentees  of  the 
town.  Persecuted  there  because  he  became  a 
Quaker,  he  went  to  Rhode  Island,  where  he 
became  a  prominent  citizen.  He  was  chosen 
assistant  and  was  representative  to  the  general 
assembly  in  1653.  ^^  returned  to  Long 
Island,  however,  and  was  a  patentee  of  the 
town  of  Jamaica,  but  was  again  persecuted  by 
the  Dutch  on  account  of  his  religion,  and  he 
moved  beyond  their  jurisdiction,  locating  at 
Oyster  Bay,  Long  Island,  becoming  a  pro- 
prietor of  that  town.  In  1661  he  had  a  grant 
of  land  on  Mill  river  and  erected  a  mill.  He 
is  alluded  to  in  the  Dutch  records  in  1657  as 
"a  person  of  worth  and  consideration  among 
the  people  of  Flushing."  He  was  employed 
in  making  surveys,  adjusting  boundaries  and 
procuring  patents.  (See  Thompson's  "His- 
tory of  Long  Island,"  vol.  II,  pp.  285-288  and 
344:  "A  Memorial  of  the  Townsend  Broth- 
ers." Mrs.  J.  C.  Townsend,  1865.)  Henry, 
Richard    and    John   Townsend   were    sons    of 


Thomas  Townsend,  of  Norwich,  county  Nor- 
folk. (See  "The  Townsends,"  by  Malcolm, 
1895.)     Henry  Townsend  died  in  1677. 

(II)  Henry  (2),  son  of  Henry  (i)  Town- 
send,  died  before  1703.  He  married  Deborah, 
daughter  of  Captain  John  Underbill,  whose 
second  wife  was  Elizabeth,  stepdaughter  of 
Robert  Field,  and  known  by  the  name  of 
Field,  but  who  was,  however,  granddaughter 
of  Governor  Winthrop,  of  Massachusetts,  son 
of  Henry  Winthrop.  Governor  Winthrop 
married,  in  England,  April  25,  1629,  his  cousin, 
Elizabeth  Fones,  and  had  a  daughter  Martha 
Elizabeth,  baptized  May  9,  1630,  at  Groton, 
England,  while  her  father  was  at  sea  with  his 
father  seeking  his  new  home.  He  was 
drowned  on  landing  at  Salem,  and  his  widow 
came  to  this  country  with  the  younger  Win- 
throp and  soon  married  (second)  Robert 
Field  (Feald  or  Feake),  who  adopted  the 
daughter.  Children  of  Henry  Townsend : 
Henr}',  mentioned  below ;  Robert. 

(III)  Henry  (3),  son  of  Henry  (2)  Town- 
send,  died  in  1709 ;  married  Eliphal  Wright, 
his  first  cousin,  daughter  of  John  and  Mary 
(Townsend)  Wright,  of  Flushing,  Long 
Island,  granddaughter  of  Henry  Townsend 
and  of  Nicholas  Wright,  who  came  from  Eng- 
land to  Lynn  in  1637,  and  wife  Anne  Wright. 
He  resided  at  Oyster  Bay.  He  had  a  son 
Henry,  mentioned  below. 

(IV)  Henry  (4),  son  of  Henry  (3)  Town- 
send,  was  born  in  1700,  in  Oyster  Bay.  He 
married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Peter  and 
Martha  (Jackson)  Titus,  granddaughter  of 
Colonel  John  Jackson,  of  Hempstead,  Long 
Island.  Edmund  Titus,  father  of  Peter,  was 
born  in  England,  in  1730,  and  died  in  1775,  a 
very  prominent  Quaker ;  married  Martha, 
daughter  of  William  Washburn,  a  patentee  of 
Hempstead,  who  also  lived  in  Westbury, 
where  he  died.  Colonel  John  Jackson,  father 
of  Martha,  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of 
Samuel  Hallett,  of  Newtown  and  Hallett's 
Cove,  now  Astoria,  Long  Island.  Children  of 
Henry  and  Elizabeth  (Titus)  Townsend: 
Henr\r,  mentioned  below ;  Nicholas,  married 
Philadelphia  Doughty ;  Peter,  married  Han- 
nah Hawkhurst :  Phebe,  married  Joseph  Law- 
rence :  Elizabeth,  married  John  McCoun ; 
Martha,  married  Daniel  McCoun ;  Absalom, 
married  Helena   De  Kay. 

Robert  Jackson  came  with  his  wife  Agnes 
from  Hemel-Hempstead,  England.  He  was 
one  of  the  noted  company  who  came  with 
Winthrop  and  Saltonstall  (see  Bancroft's 
"History  U.  S.,"  vol.  I,  p.  354,  etc.)  in  1630. 
Remaining  a  short  time  in  Boston,  he  was  not 
content,  and  he  joined  the  company  that  went 
into  the  wilderness  and  founded  Wethersfield. 


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Connecticut.  Thence  he  pushed  on  later  and 
became  one  of  the  earliest  settlers  of  Stam- 
ford. Connecticut.  In  1643  he  and  others 
purchased  land  on  Long  Island  of  the  In- 
dians, and  in  1644  they,  began  to  settle  the 
town  of  Hempstead,  of  which  Robert  Jackson 
was  one  of  the  patentees.  He  was  a  man  of 
influence  at  Hempstead.  He  died  there  in 
1683.  (See  Thompson's  "Hist.  Long  Island," 
vol.  II,  pp.  1-18,  37.)  Colonel  John  Jack- 
son, son  of  Robert,  was  a  man  of  wealth  and 
influence  in  Hempstead,  a  leading  man  in  all 
public  matters,  and  a  colonel  in  the  Queen's 
county  provincial  troops.  In  1683  Governor 
Dongan  required  the  town  of  Hempstead  to 
take  out  a  new  patent,  and  Colonel  Jackson 
was  one  of  the  six  chosen  to  represent  the 
town.  He  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of 
Samuel  Hallett,  mentioned  above. 

(V)  Henry  (5),  son  of  Henry  (4)  Town- 
send,  was  born  in  1725,  in  Chester,  Orange 
county.  New  York,  and  died  in  1813.  He  was 
engaged  with  his  brother  Peter  Townsend  in 
the  Stirling  Iron  Works.  He  married  Anne 
Wright.  Children:  Betsey,  married  Lewis 
Carpenter,  (second)  Robert  Little;  Henry, 
mentioned  below ;  Zebulon,  married  Anna 
Cock ;  Noah,  married  Letty  Conklin ;  Phebe, 
married  William  Jackson,  of  Philadelphia. 

(VI)  Henry  (6),  son  of  Henry  (5)  Town- 
send,  was  born  at  Chester,  New  York.  He 
was  engaged  with  his  uncle  Peter  Townsend 
at  the  Stirling  Iron  Works,  where  steel  was 
manufactured  for  the  first  time  in  this  country. 
He  afterward  moved  to  Canterbury,  New 
York.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Society  of 
Friends,  and  in  consequence  of  his  religious 
belief,  he  took  no  part  in  the  revolutionary 
war,  but  he  assisted  in  making  the  great  chain 
to  protect  West  Point.  He  married  Mary 
Bennett,  at  Canterbury,  New  York,  in  1776. 
Children:  Isaiah,  married  (first)  Hannah, 
daughter  of  Solomon  Townsend,  of  Oyster 
Bay  :  John,  mentioned  below  :  Mary  Ann,  mar- 
ried Andrew  Cock ;  Samuel,  married  Mary, 
daughter  of  William  Townsend,  of  Cornwall ; 

William,  married  Charlotte :  Hannah, 

mai-ried  Dr.  Elisha  Hedges.  Two  others  died 
x'oune. 

(VII)  John,  son  of  Henry  (6)  Townsend, 
was  born  at  Stirling  Iron  Works,  Orange 
county.  New  York.  With  his  brother  Isaiah 
he  established  the  first  iron  foundry  north 
of  the  Highlands,  and  he  continued  in  the 
business  all  his  life.  He  was  mayor  of  the 
city  of  Albany  1829-32 :  president  of  the 
Commercial  Bank  and  the  Albany  Savings 
Bank,  and  vice-president  of  the  Albany  In- 
surance Company.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Presbyterian     church.       He     married     Abba, 


daughter  of  Ambrose  Spencer,  chief  justice  of 
the  supreme  court  of  the  state  of  New  York, 
and  Laura,  daughter  of  Judge  John  Canfield 
(see  Spencer  below),  of  Sharon,  Connecticut. 
Children  of  John  Townsend :  Laura,  married 
John  Walsh,  of  Albany ;  Katherine,  married 
Charles  B.  Lansing,  of  Albany ;  Julia,  married 
Allan  Munroe,  of  Syracuse,  New  York ;  Theo- 
dore, married  (first)  Louisa  Mickle,  (second) 
Mary  Sprague ;  Abby,  second  wife  of  Charles 
B.  Lansing;  John,  mentioned  below;  Mariana, 
married  Joel  Rathbone  Reed,  of  Albany;  Ed- 
ward, married  Katharine  Munger,  of  Syra- 
cuse. 

William  Spencer,  the  immigrant  ancestor 
(see  Canfield  above),  was  a  graduate  of  Trin- 
ity College,  Cambridge,  England.  He  came  to 
this  country  with  the  friends  of  Winthrop  in 
163 1,  and  settled  in  Cambridge.  In  1633  he 
returned  to  bring  his  wife  and  came  with  her 
in  the  ship  "Mary  and  John."  He  was  chosen 
on  the  committee  to  frame  a  body  of  funda- 
mental laws  for  the  colony  of  Massachusetts. 
He  was  a  founder  of  the  Ancient  and  Hon- 
orable Artillery  Company  of  Boston,  his  name 
appearing  fourth  in  the  original  charter.  In 
1634  he  was  on  the  committee  to  confer  with 
the  governor  and  assistants  in  regard  to  the 
care  of  the  common  stock,  vv'hich  led  to  the 
formation  of  the  house  of  representatives. 
He  was  the  first  representative  chosen,  and 
held  the  office  until  he  left  the  colony.  In 
1639  he  went  with  his  family  to  Hartford, 
Connecticut,  where  his  brother  Thomas  had 
settled.  He  was  representative  in  the  general 
assembly  in  Hartford  in  1639-40,  and  while 
in  Hartford  he  prepared  the  first  revised  laws 
of  the  colon}'.  He  died  in  1640.  Children : 
Sarah,  married  John  Case,  of  Windsor,  1657 ; 
Elizabeth,  married  William  WeHnian,  1649; 
(second),  1652,  Jacob  Joy;  Samuel,  men- 
tioned below. 

.Samuel,  son  of  William  Spencer,  was  born 
in  1634;  died  1716;  married,  1667,  in  Hart- 
ford, Sarah .  They  had  one  son,  Sam- 
uel, mentioned  below,  and  seven  daughters,  all 
of  whom  married  well. 

Samuel  (2),  son  of  Samuel  (i)  Spencer, 
was  born  in  1668;  married,  September  16, 
i6g6,  Hepzibah,  daughter  of  Deacon  Edward 
Church.  They  had  six  sons  and  two  daugh- 
ters. 

Philip,  youngest  son  of  Samuel  (2)  Spen- 
cer, was  born  in  1724.  He  was  an  iron 
worker  by  trade.  He  settled  in  Salisbury, 
Connecticut,  and  during  the  revolutionary  war 
he  aided  the  army  by  manufacturing  cannon 
and  other  arms.  He  died  in  Dutchess  county. 
New  York,  in  1790.  He  left  two  sons:  Am- 
brose, mentioned  below,  and  Philip,  both  grad- 


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Liatts  of  Harvard  College.  He  married  Abi- 
gail, daughter  of  Jonathan  Moore,  of  Sims- 
bury,  Connecticut.  Judge  Ambrose  Spencer 
married,  in  1784,  Laura  Canfield,  daughter  of 
Juc'ge  John  Canfield.  Their  daughter  Abba 
married  John  Townsend,  as  stated  above. 

XVHI)  Rev.  John  (2)  Townsend,  son  of 
John  (i)  Townsend,  was  born  at  Albany, 
New  York,  February  17,  1833.  He  was  the 
eleventh  child  born  to  his  parents.  He  at- 
tended the  Boys'  Academy,  Albany,  and  Kins- 
ley's Military  School,  West  Point,  where  he 
was  corps  commandant  in  1848.  He  grad- 
uated from  Union  College,  Schenectady,.  New 
York,  in  the  class  of  185 1.  He  entered  upon 
a  business  career  in  1852  in  the  store  of  Wins- 
low  &  Corning,  hardware  dealers,  Albany,  but 
at  the  end  of  two  years  he  yielded  to  a  strong 
desire  to  study  for  the  ministry,  and  entered 
the  Berkeley  Divinity  School  at  Middletown, 
Connecticut,  in  1854,  and  graduated  in  1856. 
He  was  ordained  by  Bishop  John  Williams  in 
the  ministry  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal 
church  in  1856.  He  received  the  honorary 
degree  of  Master  of  Arts  from  Trinity  Col- 
lege, Hartford.  He  was  rector  of  St.  Paul's 
Church  at  Wallingford,  Connecticut,  1858-64; 
of  Trinity  Church,  West  Troy,  New  York, 
1867-74;  chancellor  of  All  Saints'  Cathedral, 
Albany,  1874-76;  rector  of  St.  Paul's  Church, 
Fond  du  Lac,  Wisconsin,  1876-78;  rector  of 
Christ  Church,  Middletown,  Connecticut,  from 
September,  1879  to  1899,  and  rector  emeritus 
from  that  time  until  his  death.  He  was  trus- 
tee of  the  Episcopal  Academy  of  Connecticut, 
at  Cheshire,  1860-67,  ^nd  trustee  of  Berkeley 
Divinity  School  from  1881  to  1903.  He  was 
a  member  of  the  Sigma  Phi  fraternity.  Alpha 
Chapter,  of  New  York.  He  married,  June  6, 
1861,  at  Christ,  Church,  Stratford,  Connecti- 
cut, Georgiana  Pollok  Devereux,  born  on  the 
Johnson  homestead,  Stratford,  August  10, 
1837,  now  living  at  Middletown,  No.  260 
Washington  street  (see  Pollok  VIH).  Chil- 
dren: I.  Mariana.  2.  George  Pollok 
Devereux,  born  1865,  died  March  22, 
1893;  graduate  of  St.  Paul's  Preparatory 
School  at  Concord,  New  Hampshire,  class 
of  1883 ;  Sheffield  Scientific  School  of 
Yale  University,  class  of  1886;  entered 
the  firm  of  Reid  &  Company,  civil  en- 
gineers, of  Colorado  Springs,  Colorado,  where 
he  did  much  fine  work  in  his  profession  dur- 
ing the  last  seven  years  of  his  life. 

(The   Pollok   Line). 

(I)  David  Pollok  married  Margaret,  daugh- 
ter of  Right  Reverend  Zachary  Boyd  (Protes- 
tant), Bishop  of  Glasgow.  He  lived  at  Bal- 
gra,  county  Renfrew,  near  Glasgow,  Scotland. 


(H)  Thomas,  son  of  David  Pollok,  lived  at 
Baigra,  Scotland. 

(HI)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Thomas  (i)  Pol- 
lok, also  lived  at  Baigra,  and  his  descendants 
continued  to  live  there  for  many  generations. 

(IV)  Thomas  (3),  son  of  Thomas  (2)  Pol-- 
lok,  was  born  May  6,  1654,  at  Baigra,  Scot- 
land. In  1683  he  came  to  North  Carolina  as 
agent  to  Lord  Carteret,  one  of  the  lords  pro- 
prietors of  the  CaroHnas,  and  he  "was  highly 
esteemed  for  his  strict  integrity."  He  was 
agent  for  twenty  years.  In  1690  he  returned 
to  Scotland,  where  he  married  his  early  love, 
Martha,  daughter  of  Thomas  Cullen,  of  Dover, 
England.  He  had  received  his  mercantile 
training  under  Thomas  Cullen,  and  had  fallen 
in  love  with  his  daughter,  but  he  was  not 
considered  a  suitable  match  for  the  rich  mer- 
chant's daughter,  and  she  was  married  against 
her  will  to  Robert  West,  a  rich  man,  who 
lived  only  two  years  after  their  marriage. 
The  young  widow  married  Thomas  Pollok 
when  she  was  twenty-seven,  ten  years  after 
they  had  separated.  At  this  time  he  had  ac- 
quired land  in  various  parts  of  North  Caro- 
lina, chiefly  in  the  eastern  counties  along  the 
Roanoke,  Chowan  and  Trent  rivers.  He  went 
to  the  great  slave  market  at  Boston  in  order 
to  purchase  negroes  to  cultivate  his  lands,  and 
he  obtained  African  negroes  and  one  or  two 
Narragansett  Indians  who  had  been  taken  cap- 
tive in  war  and  sold.  These  slaves  remained 
on  the  lands  until  the  civil  war,  and  none  were 
ever  sold  or  bought  by  the  Pollok  family. 
They  were  always  spoken  of  as  "our  people" 
and  were  happy  and  well  cared  for.  In  17 13 
Governor  Pollok  bought  the  patent  of  Baron 
de  Graffenried  for  the  town  of  New  Berne. 
He  had  advanced  money  to  assist  in  this 
scheme,  but  the  management  was  so  bad  that 
he  finally  bought  out  all  claims.  He  built  a 
fine  stone  house  there  and  removed  there  with 
his  family.  The  house  was  burned,  but  the 
stone  stable  still  remains  and  is  used  as  a 
parish  house  for  the  Episcopal  church.  He 
raised  corn  and  cotton,  and  had  his  own  ships 
in  which  he  sent  his  wares  to  England.  The 
business  which  he  brought  to  New  Berne  laid 
the  foundation  for  the  prosperity  of  that  town. 
He  held  many  important  offices  in  the  colony 
of  North  Carolina.  In  1701  he  was  one  of 
the  organizers,  and  later  he  was  vestryman 
of  St.  Paul's  parish,  Edenton.  In  1712  he 
was  chosen  president  of  the  colony,  and  he 
was  president  of  the  council  for  some  years. 
In  1713  he  was  major-general  of  the  colonial 
troops  and  did  good  service.  He  protected 
the  colony  from  Indians,  and  in  1712  made 
the  treaty  with  the  Tuscaroras,  by  which  they 
joined   the   Five  Nations  in    New   York.     In 


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1722  he  was  elected  governor  for  the  second 
time,  and  died  when  in  office,  August  30, 
1722.  His  wife  was  born  in  Dover,  England, 
1663,  and  died  March  17,  1700.  Children 
(five  died  in  infancy)  :  i.  Martha,  March  4, 
1693,  died  1719;  married  Rev.  Thomas  Bray, 
of  England,  in  1713.  2.  Thomas,  born  Novem- 
ber 9,  1695 ;  mentioned  below.  3.  Cullen, 
September  27,  1697;  died  175 — .  Like  the 
other  children  of  Thomas,  he  was  sent  to 
England  for  education,  where  he  remained  and 
entered  the  British  army.  He  served  under 
the  Duke  of  Cumberland  in  the  Low  Coun- 
tries, and  distinguished  himself  at  the  battle 
of  Fontenoy,  where  he  attained  the  rank  of 
major.  After  the  peace  of  Aix-la-Chapelle  in 
1748  he  left  the  army  and  returned  to  North 
Carolina,  where  his  father  had  built  a  fine 
house  for  him  on  the  Roanoke,  in  Bertie 
county.  He  lived  here  for  some  time,  busy 
with  his  plantation  and  among  his  books,  for 
he  had  brought  a  fine  library  with  him  from 
England.  Under  very  romantic  circumstances 
he  fell  in  love  with  a  very  beautiful,  illiterate 
young  neighbor,  and  married  her.  He  died 
soon  after  of  a  broken  heart  on  account  of 
disappointment  in  his  married  life;  no  issue. 
4.  George.  October  2,  1699 ;  died  November 
28,  1733:  married  Sarah,  daughter  of  Colonel 
Thomas  Swan,  son  of  Colonel  Thomas  Swan 
of  Virginia,  July  25,  1725 ;  no  issue. 

(V)  Thomas  (4),  son  of  Thomas  (3)  Pol- 
lok,  was  born  November  9,  1695,  at  Balgra, 
near  Edenton,  where  his  early  years  were- 
spent.  He  removed  to  New  Berne  with  his 
father,  and  later  was  sent  to  England  for  an 
education.  He  always  kept  up  an  intercourse 
with  his  relatives  in  Scotland.  He  helped  his 
father  in  all  his  business  when  he  became  of 
age,  and  became  his  successor  as  agent  of  the 
lords  proprietors.  He  was  a  man  of  much 
influence  in  the  colony  and  much  respected. 
He  had  literary  taste,  and  his  books,  still 
owned  by  the  family,  bear  his  book  plate,  al- 
though much  of  his  fine  library  was  burned  in 
the  house  at  New  Berne.  He  was  educated  as 
a  lawyer  and  stood  well  in  his  profession.  He 
was  surveyor  for  the  colony,  and  later  chief 
justice  for  North  Carolina  in  1724.  He  raised 
corn  and  cotton  on  his  plantation,  as  well  as 
fine  horses.  His  horses  bore  a  high  reputa- 
tion until  the  last  days  of  the  civil  war,  when 
all  trace  of  them  was  lost.  It  was  hard  for 
the  inheritor  of  the  great  estate,  a  Yale  grad- 
uate of  1849,  to  see  his  fine  horses,  which  had 
been  so  well  cared  for,  taken  away  by  rough 
soldiers,  with  only  a  paper  "claim"  as  security, 
which  was  never  redeemed.  He  died  January 
I,  1732.  He  married  Elizabeth  Sanderson, 
February  10,  172Q.    Children:    i.  Cullen,  born 


January  5,  1730;  educated  in  Scotland  and 
England,  and  spent  much  of  his  life  abroad ; 
married  an  English  lady  of  great  beauty,  Ann 
Booth,  of  Dover.  He  came  to  America  to 
live  after  the  revolution  and  resided  in  New 
York  and  Baltimore,  where  he  died  in  1795. 
I-Iis  children  all  died  in  infancy.  His  widow, 
much  younger  than  himself,  long  survived 
him,  living  at  her  country  seat,  now  Astor 
Place,  New  York ;  she  died  about  1818,  re- 
membered for  her  good  deeds  and  kindness  to 
all,  and  handsome  to  the  last.  2.  Thomas, 
twin  of  Cullen,  mentioned  below.  3.  George, 
March  21,  1732;  died  June,   1734. 

(VI)  Thomas  (5),  son  of  Thomas  (4)  Pol- 
lok,  was  born  January  5,  1730.  He  was  left 
an  orphan  very  early,  and  sent  to  Scotland 
with  his  twin  brother  for  education,  and  re- 
mained abroad  for  many  years.  He  returned 
when  troubles  began  to  rise  in  America,  and 
was  driven  from  New  Berne  by  the  British, 
and  took  his  family  to  be  near  his  wife's  rela- 
tives at  Elizabeth,  New  Jersey,  and  here  he 
died  after  a  lingering  illness  in  1777.  He 
married  Eunice,  daughter  of  Rev.  Jonathan 
Edwards,  in  1764.  She  was  born  in  1743,  and 
died  1825.  She  married  (second)  William 
Hunt,  of  New  Berne,  and  had  a  daughter, 
Sarah  Hunt.     Children:     i.  EHzabeth,   1765; 

died    178 — ;    married    Williams,    no 

issue.  2.  Thomas,  born  1769;  died  1803; 
lived  in  Europe  and  died  at  Lucca,  Italy,  un- 
married. 3.  Frances,  177 1 ;  mentioned  below. 
4.  George,  1772 ;  died  1839,  unmarried. 

(VII)  Frances,  daughter  of  Thomas  (5) 
Pollok,  was  born  in  1771.  She  married  John 
Devereux,  of  New  Berne,  in  1790.  After  the 
death  of  her  brother,  George  Pollok,  the  es- 
tate was  divided  between  her  and  her  half- 
sister,  Sarah  Hunt.  This  estate  had  been  in 
the  Pollok  family  for  nearly  one  hundred  and 
fifty  years.  (Sarah  Hunt  married  John  Burg- 
wyne,  and  was  the  ancestor  of  the  Burgwynes 
of  North  Carolina  and  Richmond,  Virginia.) 
By  the  law  of  North  Carolina  they  received 
almost  equal  portions  of  the  estate,  the  planta- 
tions lying  on  both  sides  of  the  Roanoke  river, 
in  Weldon,  Halifax  and  Bertie  counties.  The 
portion  which  came  to  Frances  remained  in 
the  family  until  after  the  civil  war.  John 
Devereux,  whose  descendants  became  the  rep- 
resentatives of  the  old  Pollok  family,  was  born 
at  New  Ross,  county  Wexford,  Ireland,  of 
an  old  English  ancestor  who  came  over  in 
the  days  of  Henry  II.  of  England.  This 
branch  of  the  family  was  descended  from 
Nicholas  D.,  "the  White  Knight."  The  prin- 
cipal seat  of  the  family  is  at  "the  Ferns," 
county  Wexford.  He  was  one  of  a  large 
family   of  children,   and   by   the   influence  of 


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relatives  was  sent  to  the  college  of  St.  Omers, 
in  Belgium,  to  be  trained  for  the  Romish 
priesthood.  He  received  a  fine  education  and 
formed  an  excellent  literary  taste,  being  very 
proficient  in  languages  and  music.  In  1775, 
when  of  proper  age,  he  refused  to  take  vows 
in  the  church,  which  estranged  him  from  the 
family,  and  on  account  of  his  facihty  in  lan- 
guages he  obtained  a  position  as  interpreter 
and  captain's  clerk  on  a  British  war  ship  in 
the  channel  fleet.  He  made  many  friends,  and 
through  one  of  them  he  secured  a  berth  as 
midshipman,  and  during  the  war  with  the 
colonies  was  stationed  off  Wilmington.  He 
found  it  so  agreeable  that  he  determined  to 
return  after  peace  was  declared.  At  this  time 
he  was  a  second  lieutenant  and  had  much  prize 
money,  and  he  returned  home  with  his  small 
fortune,  but  his  father  refused  to  receive  him, 
although  he  gave  him  the  small  portion  com- 
ing to  him  from  his  mother.  In  1785  he  es- 
tablished himself  as  a  merchant  at  New  Berne, 
and  soon  took  a  place  in  the  society  there,  on 
account  of  his  fine  personality  and  charming 
manner.  In  1790  he  married  Frances  Pollok, 
and  built  a  house  of  English  brick,  with  a 
store  and  warehouse  adjoining,  which  was 
still  standing  and  used  as  a  hotel  in  1875. 
When  his  wife  inherited  the  plantations  on 
the  Roanoke  he  removed  to  Raleigh,  and  lived 
there  or  on  the  plantation  until  his  death.  His 
wife  Frances  was  born  at  New  Berne  and 
fied  with  the  family  to  Elizabeth,  to  live  near 
Timothy  Edwards,  her  mother's  elder  brother. 
They  were  living  here  when  the  town  was 
captured  by  the  British  and  there  was  much 
fighting  in  the  vicinity.  On  account  of  the 
unsettled  state,  Mrs.  Pollok,  then  a  widow, 
removed  to  New  Flaven  to  live  with  her 
younger  brother,  Pierrepont  Edwards.  On 
the  approach  of  Arnold  in  1781  they  were 
again  forced  to  flee,  and  they  went  to  Weth- 
ersfield,  where  many  of  their  family  had  gone, 
and  here  she  formed  friendships  with  her 
cousins  which  lasted  through  life.  When  her 
boys  were  old  enough  for  higher  education 
she  persuaded  her  husband  to  remove  to  Srat- 
ford,  near  her  cousins,  and  here  she  remained 
until  her  sons  had  graduated  at  Yale  College. 
She  then  resided  at  Raleigh,  seldom  visiting 
her  plantations,  which  her  husband  and  sons 
managed  for  her.  She  died  in  1849,  ^i^d  John 
Devereux  died  in  1845.  Children:  i.  Thomas 
Pollok  Devereux,  born  1793;  mentioned  be- 
low. 2.  George  Pollok  Devereux,  1795 ;  men- 
tioned below.  3.  Ann  Frances,  1803 ;  died 
1888;  married  Rev.  Leonidas  Polk,  afterwards 
Bishop  of  Louisiana;  Dr.  W.  M.  Polk,  of 
New  York  and  Cornell  University  Medical 
School,  is  one  of  their  children. 


(VIII)  'Thomas  Pollok,  son  of  John  and 
Frances  (Pollok)  Devereux,  was  born  in 
1793  and  died  in  186 — .  He  married  Kather- 
ine,  daughter  of  R.  O.  Johnson,  of  Stratford, 
Connecticut,  and  cousin  of  Mrs.  George  Dev- 
ereux. Children;  John,  married  Margaret 
Mordecai ;  Katherine,  married  P.  Edmon- 
stone ;  Elizabeth,  married  T.  Jones ;  Frances, 
married  Henry  Miller ;  Mary,  married  Wil- 
liam Clarke ;  Sophia,  married  Josiah  Turner ; 
Norah,  married  Robert  Cannon ;  Susan,  un- 
married. 

(VIII)  George  Pollok,  son  of  John  and 
Frances  (Pollok)  Devereux,  was  born  in 
1795,  and  died  in  1837.  He  married  Sarah 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Hon.  S.  W.  Johnson, 
of  Stratford,  June  13,  1827.  He  was  edu- 
cated by  tutors  at  the  south,  and  later  at 
Stratford  and  at  Yale  College,  where  he  grad- 
uated in  1815.  He  studied  law  at  Litchfield 
with  Judge  Talmadge,  and  was  admitted  to 
the  bar  in  1818.  He  went  to  New  Berne, 
where  he  lived  with  his  uncle,  George  Pollok, 
who  intended  to.  make  him  his  heir,  so  that 
he  might  take  the  name  of  Pollok  and  keep 
up  the  family.  After  practicing  law  in  New 
Berne  for  three  years  he  went  to  Europe  with 
his  uncle,  with  whom  he  remained  for  three 
years  in  Great  Britain  and  on  the  continent. 
AVhen  he  returned  he  married  his  second 
cousin,  Miss  Johnson,  and  died  after  a  happy 
married  life  of  only  ten  years,  most  of  which 
was  spent  on  Runi  Roi  plantation.  His  early 
•death  changed  his  uncle's  plans  and  the  es- 
tate was  divided  according  to  law,  as  no  will 
was  found.  The  lawsuits  growing  out  of  the 
Pollok  estate  formed  "causes  celebre"  in  North 
Carolina.  Children  (three  died  in  infancy)  : 
I.  Elizabeth  Johnson,  born  August  12,  1833: 
married  F.  Umsted,  (second)  G.  Blake.  2. 
Georgina  Pollok,  August  10,  1837;  married 
Rev.  John  Townsend,  of  Albany,  New  York 
(see  Townsend  VIII). 

(The  Moore   Line). 

(I)  John  (2)  Moore,  the  immigrant  an- 
cestor, son  of  John  ( i )  Moore  of  Dorchester, 
England,  came  to  Boston  in  1630,  and  settled 
first  at  Dorchester,  Massachusetts.  He  mar- 
ried there,  and  had  one  son  and  two  daugh- 
ters. He  was  made  freeman  in  Dorchester  in 
1631,  and  he  moved  in  1635  to  Windsor,  with 
his  friend.  Parson  Warham.  He  was  a  promi- 
nent man  there,  and  was  representative  in 
1665-67  and  later.  He  died  in  Windsor  on 
September  18,  1677. 

(II)  John  (3),  son  of  John  (2)  Moore  of 
Windsor,  was  born  1625,  and  died  1678.  He 
married  Hannah,  daughter  of  Edward  GofFe 
of  Ipswich,  England,  who  came  to  Cambridge 


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in  the  "Good  Hope"  in  1634-35  with  his  first 
wife  Joyce,  and  two  children ;  his  wife  soon 
died  and  he  married  (second)  Margaret  Wil- 
kenson,  mother  of  Hannah  Goffe ;  he  was  rep- 
resentative in  1646-50,  and  died  December  26, 
1658.  His  wife,  Margaret  Wilkenson,  was 
born  in  England  and  came  to  America  with 
her  mother  when  an  infant ;  her  mother,  Isa- 
bel Wilkenson,  was  the  only  woman  who  came 
alone  to  the  Boston  colony ;  she  was  a  woman 
of  means,  and  she  and  her  husband  had  been 
intending  to  come  to  America,  when  he  sud- 
denly died  and  she  came  alone. 

(III)  Jonathan,  son  of  John  Moore,  was 
born  at  Windsor,'  1663,  and  died  at  Simsbury, 
17 18..    He  married  Hannah,  Widow  Larg. 

(IV)  Jonathan  (2),  son  of  Jonathan  (i) 
Moore,  of  Simsbury,  was  born  1708.  He  mar- 
ried, February  10,  1731,  Abigail,  daughter  of 
John  Enno,  of  Windsor.  His  daughter,  Abi- 
gail Moore,  married  Philip  Spencer,  and  their 
son  Ambrose  Spencer  married  Laura  Canfield, 
daughter  of  Hon.  John  Canfield  ;  their  daugh- 
ter, Abba  Spencer,  married  John  Townsend 
of  Albany,  and  their  son  was  Rev.  John 
Townsend  (see  Townsend). 

(The    Canfield   Line). 

(I)  Jeremiah  Canfield,  son  of  Thomas  Can- 
field,  married  Alice  ,  and  lived  in  Mil- 
ford  until  1727,  when  he  settled  in  New  Mil- 
ford.  He  died  March  18,  1739-40,  and  his 
wife  died  January  4,  1739-40. 

(II)  Samuel,  son  of  Jeremiah  Canfield, 
married  Abigail  Peck,  June  i,  1725,  and  he 
died  December  14,  1754,  aged  fifty-two  years. 
His  wife  died  September  14,  1764.  He  was 
one  of  the  judges  of  the  county  court  for 
Litchfield  county,  and  a  deacon  in  the  church 
at  New  Milford. 

(III)  Hon.  John  Canfield,  son  of  Samuel 
Canfield,  was  born  at  New  Milford  in  1740, 
and  graduated  at  Yale  College  in  1762.  He 
studied  law,  and  began  practice  in  Sharon  in 
1765,  the  first  lawyer  who  lived  there.  He 
married  Dorcas,  daughter  of  Solomon  Buell, 
of  Litchfield,  October  2,  1765  ;  Solomon  Buell 
married  Eunice  Griswold ;  he  was  son  of  John 
Buell,  son  of  Samuel  Buell,  son  of  William 
Buel,  the  immigrant  ancestor.  ( See  Dixon, 
136.)  In  1777  John  Canfield  joined  Major 
Sheldon's  troop  of  Light  Horse ;  in  this  com- 
pany each  man  supplied  his  own  horse  and 
equipment,  and  they  joined  the  army  in  Gen- 
eral Wolcott's  brigade.  When  General  Wol- 
cott  called  for  volunteers  to  go  to  the  aid  of 
the  troops  in  the  colony  of  New  York  against 
Burgoyne,  John  Canfield  was  made  adjutant 
of  the  Connecticut  volunteers  and  went  to 
Saratoga.     Before  the  battle  of   Saratoga  he 


was  made  brigade  major  and  held  that  office 
for  the  rest  of  the  campaign.  After  the  war 
he  began  again  his  profession  and  held  the 
office  of  judge  for  several  years.  He  estab- 
lished a  law  school  which  had  a  fine  reputa- 
tion. Judge  Ambrose  Spencer  studied  with 
him  there,  and  married  his  daughter  Laura  in 
1784;  their  daughter  Abba  married  John 
Townsend.  (See  Townsend.)  "Mr.  Canfield 
enjoyed  an  enviable  reputation  and  was  holden 
in  high  estimation  by  his  fellow  citizens.  He 
represented  the  town  in  the  legislature  at  ten 
different  sessions.  He  was  a  professor  of 
religion  and  enjoyed  the  reputation  of  a  sin- 
cere and  humble  Christian.  In  1786  he  was 
elected  a  member  of  the  continental  congress 
and  had  he  lived  to  take  a  seat  in  that  body 
would  probably  have  been  a  distinguished 
member.  He  died  however  on  26th  day  of 
October,  1786." 

(The   Edwards   Line). 

(I)  William  Edwards,  the  immigrant  an- 
cestor, was  son  of  Richard  Edwards  of  Wales 
who  came  from  Wales  to  Oxford  in  the  latter 
part  of  Queen  Elizabeth's  reign,  and  after 
that  went  to  London,  where  he  was  a  minister 
of  the  Church  of  England  in  one  of  the  city 
churches.  After  his  death,  his  widow  mar- 
ried a  Mr.  Coles,  who  became  truly  a  father 
to  his  wife's  young  son.  When  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Coles  decided  to  go  to  America,  he  went  with 
them  and  arrived  at  Boston  about  1630.  He 
is  heard  of  in  Hartford  in  1636.  He  married 
Anne,  widow  of  William  Spencer. 

(II)  Richard,  son  of  William  Edwards, 
married  Elizabeth  Tuthill  of  Middletown.  He 
was  a  merchant  in  Hartford. 

(III)  Rev.  Timothy  Edwards,  son  of  Rich- 
ard Edwards,  married,  •  November,  1694, 
Esther,  daughter  of  Solomon  Stoddard.  He 
was  born  in  1669,  and  died  in  1758.  He  grad- 
uated from  Harvard  College  in  1691,  and 
was  pastor  of  the  Windsor  church  in  1694. 
He  was  chaplain  of  the  Connecticut  troops 
with  Arnold's  expedition  to  Canada  in  171 1. 
Solomon  Stoddard,  father  of  Esther,  wife  of 
Rev.  Timothy  Edwards,  was  son  of  Anthony 
Stoddard ;  he  was  born  1643,  ^^d  graduated 
from  Harvard  College  in  1662 ;  he  was  first 
librarian  of  Harvard  College  in  1667-74;  he 
wrote  man}'  books  on  theological  subjects; 
settled  at  Windsor,  Connecticut,  in  1672,  as 
assistant  to  Rev.  J.  Warham  of  England,  pas- 
tor at  Windsor,  whose  daughter  Esther,  then 
Widow  Mather,  he  married  in  1670 :  he  died  at 
Northampton  in  1729,  where  he  was  pastor  of 
the  church  there,  from  1669-1670.  His  father, 
Anthony  Stoddard  of  Boston,  1639,  married, 
in  1642,  Mary  Downing,  daughter  of  Emanuel 


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Downing  and  niece  of  Governor  Winthrop ; 
he  was  a  man  of  much  influence  in  the  colony, 
and  for  twenty  years,  1664-85,  was  represen- 
tative of  Boston  in  the  general  council ;  when 
he  was  constable,  in  1641,  he  hesitated  to  obey 
the  warrant  to  arrest  Frances  Hutchinson; 
he  was  recorder  of  Boston,  1650,  and  was 
one  of  the  first  members  of  the  Ancient  and 
Honorable  Artillery  Company  of  Boston ;  he 
died  March  10,  1687.  Mary  Downing,  wife 
of  Anthony  Stoddard,  was  daughter  of  Eman- 
uel and  Lucy  (Winthrop)  Downing ;  Eman- 
uel Downing  came  from  London  about  1630. 
He  was  lawyer  of  the  Inner  Temple  and  resi- 
dent of  St.  Michael's,  Cornhill ;  his  father  was 
the  Rev.  E.  Downing  mentioned  in  Parr's 
"Life  of  Abp.  Usher" ;  he  married  Lucy  Win- 
throp in  England  before  1601,  and  came  to 
Salem  in  1638;  he  was  representative  in  1640- 
41-44-45. 

(IV)  Rev.  Jonathan,  son  of  Rev.  Timothy 
Edwards,  married,  July,  1727,  Sarah,  daugh- 
ter of  Rev.  James  Pierrepont.  Rev.  Jonathan 
was  born  in  Windsor  in  1703,  and  died  1758 
at  Princeton,  New  Jersey.  He  graduated 
from  Yale  College  in  1720,  and  was  pastor  at 
Northampton  in  1727,  and  at  Stockbridge  in 
175 1.  He  was  president  of  Princeton  Col- 
lege in  1757. 

(V)  Pierrepont,  son  of  Rev.  Jonathan  Ed- 
wards, was  born  in  1750.  He  married.  May, 
1769,  Frances,  daughter  of  Col.  M.  Ogden. 
He  graduated  from  Princeton  College  in  1768 
and  was  a  lawyer.  He  was  in  the  general  as- 
sembly in  1777-78,  "taking  an  early  and  active 
part  in  the  councils  of  Conn,  in  favor  of  Inde- 
pendence. Volunteered  as  a  soldier  and  was 
prominent  in  the  battle  of  Danbury  and  in  the 
defence  of  New  Haven."  After  the  war  was 
over  he  was  a  member  of  the  continental 
congress  in  1787-88,  and  was  an  able  advo- 
cate of  the  constitution  of  the  United  States 
in  the  Connecticut  convention  which  was  held 
to  ratify  it.  Later  he  was  judge  of  the  United 
States  district  court  until  his  death.  Frances, 
his  wife,  was  daughter  of  Col.  Matthias  Og- 
den, who  married  Mary  Cozzens ;  he  was  a 
soldier  in  the  revolution  and  became  a  lieu- 
tenant-colonel;  he  was  born  1754,  and  died 
1791.  His  father,  Robert  Ogden,  married 
Phoebe  Hatfield ;  Robert  Ogden  was  held  high 
in  the  respect  of  his  townsmen,  and  was  a 
member  of  the  king's  council  and  of  the  legis- 
lature, from  1751  to  1763;  he  was  a  delegate 
to  the  continental  congress  in  1765  and  was 
chairman  of  the  committee  of  safety  in  Eliza- 
bethtown  in  1776;  he  died  at  Sparta,  New 
Jersey,  January  i,  1787.  Jonathan  Ogden, 
father  of  Robert,  was  deacon  of  the  church  in 
Elizabethtown  and  was   highly  respected  ;  he 


married  Rebecca ;  his  father,  John  Ogden,  was 
born  1610,  and  died  1681  ;  he  was  a  resident 
of  Stamford,  Connecticut,  in  1641,  and  of 
Hempstead,  Long  Island,  in  1644;  he  was  a 
patentee  in  1647  '<  '"  1656-57-58  he  was  magis- 
trate at  the  general  court  in  Hartford;  and  in 
1659  representative  from  Northampton  at 
Hartford;  in  1661,  upper  house;  in  1665  he 
was  justice  of  the  peace  and  one  of  the  gov- 
ernor's council :  he  moved  to  Elizabethtown, 
New  Jersey,  in  1667  and  in  1668  he  was  "one 
of  the  burgesses  in  the  legislature  from  this 
town."  In  1673  he  was  scheppen  of  Eliza- 
bethtown, and  in  1673-74  he  was  virtually 
governor  of  the  English  towns  in  New  Jer- 
sey;  in  1676-77  and  during  Dutch  occupation, 
"His  name  appears  in  the  new  Charter  of 
Conn,  obtained  by  Winthrop  from  Charles  II. 
as  one  of  the  Magistrates  and  Patentees  of 
the  Colony.  Also  in  the  records  of  both  Conn, 
and  New  Haven  Colonies,  being  held  in  high 
honor  at  home  (Elizabethtown).  Was  one  of 
its  first  men."    He  married  Jane  Bond. 

Susan,  daughter  of  Pierrepont  Edwards, 
married  Judge  Samuel  William  Johnson  of 
Stratford,  1791,  and  their  daughter,  Sarah  E., 
married  George  P.  Devereux  of  North  Caro- 
lina, 1827.  Their  daughter,  Georgina  P. 
Devereux,  married  Rev.  John  Townsend. 
(See  Townsend.) 

(The    Willett    Line). 

(I)  Hon.  Thomas  Willett  was  born  in  Eng- 
land in  161 1,  and  died  in  1674,  in  New  York. 
He  came  to  America  in  1632  and  settled  at 
Swansea,  New  Hampshire,  and  afterwards  at 
Seekonk,  Long  Island.  He  was  captain  of 
the  military  company  at  Plymouth,  succeed- 
ing Miles  Standish  in  1647.  He  was  assist- 
ant to  the  governor  in  1661-65.  and  in  1650  he 
was  commissioner  to  settle  boundaries  be- 
tween New  England  and  New  Netherlands. 
In  1664  he  aided  the  English  in  organizing  a 
new  government  and  was  appointed  first 
mayor  of  New  York.  Fie  was  governor  in 
1673  and  twice  afterwards.  He  was  magis- 
trate 1661-64.  He  married  Mary,  daughter  of 
John  Brown  of  Duxbury,  who  was  born  in 
Plymouth,  England,  and  was  with  the  Pil- 
grims at  Leyden  ;  the  next  mention  of  John 
Brown  is  when  he  settled  in  Duxbury,  1636, 
and  he  was  commissioner  of  the  United  Col- 
onies, 1644-48,  and  assistant  to  governor  of 
Massachusetts  from  1636  to  1662:  he  died  at 
Swanseti,  near  Rehoboth,  where  he  owned 
much  land,  April  10,  1662. 

(II)  Mary,  daughter  of  Hon.  Thomas  Wil- 
lett, married  Rev.  Samuel  Hooker,  September 
22,  1658,  son  of  Rev.  Thomas  Hooker.  Their 
(laughter,  Mary  Hooker,  married  Rev.  James 


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2og 


Pierrepont,  son  of  John  Pierrepont  of  Eng- 
land, who  was  of  a  distinguished  family;  his 
father,  James  Pierrepont  of  Ipswich,  Eng- 
land, came  to  Boston  with  his  brother  Robert 
and  settled  at  Roxbury ;  he  was  representa- 
tive to  the  general  court,  Massachusetts,  1672; 
he  was  born  in  England,  1618,  and  died  at 
Roxbury,  December  30,  1690;  he  married 
Thankful  Stowe,  1645.  R^v.  James  Pierre- 
pont was  born  at  Roxbury,  January  4,  1660, 
and  died  171 — .  He  graduated  from  Harvard 
College  in  1681,  and  was  ordained  in  1685. 
He  settled  in  New  Haven  and  was  a  founder 
of  Yale  College  in  1701.  His  daughter,  Sarah 
Pierrepont,  married  Rev.  Jonathan  Edwards, 
D.D.  (see  Edwards),  and  their  great-great- 
granddaughter,  Georgina  P.  Devereux,  mar- 
ried Rev.  John  Townsend.     (See  Townsend.) 

(The  Johnson  Line). 
(I)  Robert  Johnson,  immigrant  ancestor, 
a  founder  of  New  Haven,  came  from  a  dis- 
tinguished family  of  Leicestershire,  England. 
Of  this  family  the  best  known  was  Rev.  Rob- 
ert Johnson  (son  of  Maurice  Johnson,  alder- 
man of  Stanford,  Lincolnshire),  graduate  and 
fellow  of  Jesus  College,  Oxford,  canon  of 
Windsor  in  1572  and  archdeacon  of  Leicester 
in  1 591.  He  founded  two  schools  and  two 
hospitals  in  Rutlandshire,  all  of  which  he 
endowed.  He  was  also  benefactor  to  the 
preachers  of  St.  Paul's  Cross,  Upping.  His 
school  at  Uppingham  still  remains  in  charge 
of  the  Johnson  family.  It  reached  distinction 
in  late  years  under  Dr.  Thwing.  In  1884 
Woolsey  Johnson,  M.D.,  of  New  York  City, 
one  of  the  descendants  of  Robert  Johnson,  of 
New  Haven,  visited  the  school  at  Uppingham, 
and  was  received  with  honors  as  being  of  the 
family  of  the  founder,  though  the  last  of  the 
Johnsons  of  America  to  visit  the  school  was 
Rev.  Samuel  Johnson,  D.D.,  who  was  there  in 
1724.  This  incident  shows  the  direct  connec- 
tion of  Robert  Johnson,  of  New  Haven,  with 
the  old  archdeacon  of  the  days  of  Good 
Queen  Bess.  The  archdeacon  also  endowed 
two  scholarships  in  his  school,  and  they  are 
still  maintained  by  the  Johnson  family.  Abra- 
ham Johnson,  son  of  the  archdeacon,  lived  at 
Clipsham.  Rutlandshire,  and  he  had  two  sons 
who  came  to  America,  Robert  and  Isaac. 
Isaac,  the  elder,  was  governor  of  the  Upping- 
ham school ;  married  Lady  Arabella  Fiennes, 
daughter  of  the  Earl  of  Lincoln,  and  they 
came  to  America  with  Winthrop,  in  the  ship 
named  "Lady  Arabella."  The  sad  fate  of  this 
young  couple  is  well  known.  She  sickened 
and  died  from  the  effects  of  the  climate  and 
lack  of  comforts,  and  he  was  killed  within 
three  months  afterward. 


Robert  Johnson  came  to  -Boston  in  1637 
from  Kingston-on-Hull,  England,  where  he 
had  been  in  business,  bringing  his  wife  Adlin 
and  four  sons,  John,  Robert,  Thomas  and  Wil- 
liam. Children:  i.  Robert,  graduated  at  Har- 
vard in  1645,  disd  January  24,  1650,  at  Row- 
ley, Massachusetts ;  unmarried.  2.  Thomas, 
died  unmarried.  3.  John,  had  sons,  John, 
Samuel  and  Daniel ;  John  settled  at  Walling- 
ford  and  Thomas  at  Middletown.  4.  William, 
mentioned  below. 

(II)  Deacon  William,  son  of  Robert  John- 
son, was  born  about  1629,  died  in  1702;  mar- 
ried, July  2,  165 1,  Elizabeth  Bushnell,  daugh- 
ter of  Francis  (2)  and  granddaughter  of 
Francis   (i)   Bushnell,  the  immigrant. 

(III)  Deacon  Samuel,  son  of  Deacon  Wil- 
liam Johnson,  was  born  in  1670,  died  1727; 
married  Mary  Sage,  who  died  March,  1726, 
daughter  of  David  Sage,  who  came  from 
Wales  and  settled  in  Middletown,  Connecti- 
cut ;  married  Mercy,  daughter  of  John  Wyllis. 

(lA^)  Rev.  Dr.  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Deacon 
Samuel  (i)  Johnson,  was  born  October  14, 
1696,  died  January  6,  1772;  married,  Sep- 
tember 26,  1725,  Charity  Floyd,  widow  of 
Benjamin  Nicholl.  She  was  born  April  6, 
1692,  died  June  i,  1758,  daughter  of  Colonel 
Richard  Floyd,  and  granddaughter  of  Richard 
Floyd,  the  immigrant.  Richard,  the  first 
settler,  came  from  Wales  about  1650,  and 
settled  first  at  Setauket,  about  1656;  his  wife, 
Susanna,  born  1636,  died  1706,  came  with 
him.  He  acquired  much  land  and  was  one 
of  the  fifty-five  original  proprietors  of  Brook- 
haven.  He  died  about  1700.  His  descend- 
ants still  live  on  some  of  the  land  he  owned. 
Richard  Floyd,  Jr.,  was  born  May  12,  1665, 
died  February  28,  1726 :  married,  September 
10,  1685,  Margaret,  daughter  of  Hon.  Mat- 
thias Nicholl.  She  was  born  May  '30,  1662, 
died  February  i,  17 18.  Floyd  was  colonel  of 
provincial  troops  of  Su-ffolk  county ;  was  ap- 
pointed in  1723  judge  of  the  court  of  common 
pleas :  was  a  successful  and  prominent  lawyer. 
Matthias  Nicholl  was  born  in  1630  in  Plym- 
outh, England,  died  December  22,  1687,  in 
New  York ;  was  a  lawyer ;  secretary  to  the 
commission  under  patent  of  the  Duke  of 
York  :  captain  ;  judge  of  supreme  court,  1683- 
87 ;  speaker  of  first  assembly ;  codified  New 
York  laws. 

(V)  Hon.  William  Samuel,  son  of  Rev. 
Dr.  Samuel  (2)  Johnson,  was  born  October 
7,  1727,  died  November  14,  i8ig;  married 
(first)  Ann  Beach,  born  April  25,  1729,  died 
April  26,  1796,  daughter  of  William  Beach, 
born  1694,  died  July  26,  1751,  and  Sarah 
(Hull)  Beach,  who  died  February  9,  1763. 
John  Beach,  father  of  William,  was  born  in 


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1679,  died  1750,  married  Hannah  Birdsey, 
born  1671,  died  October  15,  1750.  John  Beach, 
father  of  John,  married  Hannah,  daugh- 
ter of  Thomas  Staples,  who  came  to  Connecti- 
cut before  1645  ^"d  settled  at  Fairfield,  be- 
coming a  man  of  importance  and  influence  in 
the  colony.  The  wife  of  Thomas  Staples  was 
accused  of  witchcraft  by  Deputy  Governor 
Ludlow,  but  was  acquitted  and  the  governor 
was  fined  ten  pounds  for  defaming  her  char- 
acter. 

(VI)  Judge  Samuel  William,  son  of  Wil- 
liam Samuel  Johnson,  was  born  October  23, 
1761,  died  October  25,  1847;  married,  Novem- 
ber 27,  1791,  Susan,  daughter  of  P.  Edwards, 
born  December  24,  1777,  died  1856.  Their 
daughter,  Sarah  E.  Johnson,  born  October  31, 
1798,  died  March  10,  1867;  married,  June  13, 
1827,  George  Pollok  Devereux.  He  was  born 
in  Newberne,  North  Carolina,  in  179S,  grad- 
uated at  Yale  College  in  18 15  and  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar  at  Newberne  in  1818.  He 
died  in  May,  1837,  from  a  hemorrhage  of 
the  stomach,  at  Suffolk,  Virginia,  while  on 
his  way  to  spend  the  summer  with  his  father- 
in-law  at  Stratford,  Connecticut  Three 
daughters  died  in  infancy.  The  other  chil- 
dren were:  i.  Elizabeth  Johnson  Devereux, 
known  as  Mrs.  Lillie  Devereux  Blake,  born  at 
Raleigh,  North  Carolina,  August  12,  1833,  a 
literary  woman  of  national  fame ;  married 
(first)  June  13,  1855,  at  New  Haven,  Francis 
Geoffrey  Quay  Umsted,  a  lawyer,  of  Phila- 
delphia, St.  Louis  and  New  York  City ;  mar- 
ried (second)  Grinfill  Blake,  of  New  York 
City,  at  Middletown,  Connecticut,  May  9,  1868 ; 
her  children  by  the  first  marriage  took  the 
name  of  their  stepfather,  Blake:  i.  Elizabeth 
Johnson  Devereux  (Umsted)  Blake,  born 
February  15,  1857,  in  St.  Louis;  married, 
July  I,  1885,  John  Beverly  Robinson,  and  has 
Beverly  and  Elizabeth  Devereux  Robinson, 
twins,  born  in  New  York,  April,  1886,  and 
Devereux,  born  in  New  York  City,  August, 
1888 :  ii.  Katherine,  born  July  10,  1858,  known 
as  Miss  Katherine  Devereux  Blake,  now  prin- 
cipal of  a  very  large  school  on  Madison  ave- 
nue, New  York.  2.  Georgina  Pollok  Dev- 
ereux, born  August  10,  1837  (posthumous)  ; 
married,  June  6,  185 1,  Rev.  John  Townsend 
(see  Townsend  VIII). 


The  surname  Trow- 
TROWBRIDGE     bridge   is   derived   from 

the  place  name.  Per- 
haps the  oldest  town  of  this  name  is  in  Wilt- 
shire and  its  history  dates  back  of  the  Con- 
quest. The  name  has  been  in  use  in  England 
as  a  surname  from  the  very  beginning  of  the 
use  of   surnames.     The  Trowbridge  coat-of- 


arms  is  described :  Or  on  a  bridge  of  three 
arches  embattled  in  fess  gules  masoned  sable 
as  many  streams  transfluent  towards  the  base 
proper  a  tower  of  the  second  thereon  a  pen- 
nant argent. 

(I)  Thomas  Trowbridge,  progenitor  of  the 
American  family,  lived  at  Taunton,  Somerset- 
shire, and  his  ancestors  were  doubtless  of  that 
town  for  several  generations.  He  was  a  mer- 
cer and  a  man  of  wealth.  He  gave  in  trust, 
December  4,  1614,  certain  property,  the  in- 
come of  which  was  to  be  given  to  the  poor 
of  the  parish  of  St.  James  and  the  parish  of 
St.  Mary  Magdalen.  This  trust  is  still  in  ef- 
fect. He  died  at  Taunton,  February  20,  1619- 
20,  at  an  advanced  age.  His  will  bequeaths  to 
his  surviving  children,  grandchildren,  rela- 
tives, friends  and  dependents  a  considerable 
estate.  Children :  Alice,  baptized  June  24, 
1568,  married  Benedict  Webb;  John,  baptized 
March  25,  1570,  mentioned  below;  Dorothy, 
married  Robert  Goodsall  in  1594. 

(II)  John,  son  of  Thomas  Trowbridge,  was 
baptized  at  Taunton,  March  25,  1570,  and  re- 
sided there  all  his  life.  He  was  a  woolen 
draper,  and  as  his  father's  chief  heir  was 
wealthy  and  influential.  In  middle  age  he  was 
mayor  of  the  town  and  for  many  years  was 
warden  of  St.  Mary  Magdalen  Church  and 
member  of  the  board  of  trustees  of  the  alms- 
house. He  died  in  July,  1649.  His  first  wife 
was  buried  June  6,  1622.  He  married  (sec- 
ond) in  1624,  at  Taunton,  Alice  Read,  widow 
of  Robert  Read.  Children  and  dates  of  bap- 
tism :  Thomas,  mentioned  below ;  Elizabeth, 
February  8,  1598-99:  John,  May  31,  1601 ; 
Prudence,  February  3,  1602-03  J  Agnes,  Feb- 
ruary ID,  1604-05  ;  William,  March  22,  1607- 
08:  James,  December  3,  1609;  Joan,  May  21, 
1612;  Tacy,  May  7,  1615. 

(III)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  John  Trow- 
bridge, and  the  first  of  his  family  to  come 
to  America,  was  born  in  Taunton,  Somerset- 
shire, England.  In  his  early  manhood  he  was 
engaged  in  business  as  a  mercer  in  Exeter  in 
Devonshire.  In  the  Exeter  records,  his  mar- 
riage license  appears  as  follows :  "26  March 
1627  Mr.  Thomas  Trobridge  and  Elizabeth 
daughter  of  Mrs.  Alee  Marshall  widoe  mar- 
ried, Jeremy  Short  parson,"  and  in  the  parish 
register  of  St.  Petrock's,  Exeter,  are  the  bap- 
tisms of  the  four  children  born  in  Exeter. 
Elizabeth  Marshall,  the  wife  of  Thomas  Trow- 
bridge, belonged  to  a  wealthy  and  prominent 
family  of  Exeter.  Her  father,  John  Marshall, 
the  younger,  is  called  "the  worshipful  Mr. 
John  Marshall"  ;  he  was  bailiff  of  Exeter  in 
1601,  sheriff  in  1609,  and  mayor  in  1615,  re- 
taining afterwards  the  position  of  alderman. 
Her    mother    was    Alice    (Bevys)     Marshall. 


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daughter  of  Richard  and  Elizabeth  (Prouz) 
Bevys,  both  of  whom  came  from  old.  and 
prominent  families  in  Exeter.  Richard  Bevys 
had  been  sheriff  of  Exeter  in  1591,  governor 
of  the  Guild  of  Merchant  Adventurers  in 
1594,  and  mayor  in  1602. 

Thomas  Trowbridge  came  to  America  as 
early  as  1636,  with  his  wife  and  two  youngest 
sons,  and  settled  at  first  in  Dorchester,  Massa- 
chusetts. Thomas  and  his  wife  are  mentioned 
in  the  records  of  the  town  as  "Mr."  and 
"Mrs.."  a  distinction  confined  at  that  time  to 
people  of  gentility.  His  wife  was  a  member 
of  the  Dorchester  church  in  1638,  and  their 
youngest  son,  James,  was  baptized  there  in 
1637  or  1638.  It  is  probable  that  he  was 
born  there  in  1636.  The  land  records  of  Dor- 
chester contain  several  references  to  Thomas 
Trowbridge  during  the  years  1637-38-39.  In 
the  list  of  members  of  the  Ancient  and  Hon- 
orable Artillery  Company  of  Boston  in  1638  is 
the  name  "Thomas  Strawbridge."  which  is 
supposed  to  be  an  incorrect  entry  for  Thomas 
Trowbridge.  He  removed  to  New  Haven  in 
1639,  though  his  name  does  not  appear  in  the 
list  of  proprietors  there  until  1641,  when  he 
is  credited  with  five  heads  in  his  family,  sup- 
posed to  have  been  himself,  his  wife,  and 
three  sons,  Thomas,  William  and  James.  His 
estate  is  given  as  five  hundred  pounds,  a  large 
sum  for  that  time  and  place.  He  was  en- 
gaged in  the  foreign  shipping  business,  with 
extensive  trade  between  England,  the  West 
Indies  and  the  Colonies.  He  returned  to  Eng- 
land as  early  as  1641.  leaving  his  entire  estate 
in  trust  and  the  care  of  his  three  sons  to  his 
steward,  Henry  Gibbons.  The  latter  proved 
unfaithfid  to  the  trust,  and  kept  possession  of 
the  estate  for  many  years,  until  after  the  death 
of  the  father,  when  he  made  a  deed  of  the 
entire  property  to  the  younger  Thomas.  On 
the  death  of  Gibbons  in  1686,  Thomas  was 
appointed  his  administrator  and  recovered 
everything.  Thomas  Trowbridge  died  in 
Taunton,  Somersetshire,  England,  and  was 
buried  there  February  7,  1672-73.  His  wife 
died  in  New  Haven,  it  is  supposed,  in  1641. 
Children,  the  first  four  born  in  Exeter,  Eng- 
land :  Elizabeth,  baptized  March  6,  1627-28, 
buried  May  10,  1630,  in  Exeter ;  John,  bap- 
tized November  5,  1620,  buried  February  16, 
1653-54,  in  Taunton;.  Thomas,  baptized  De- 
cember II,  163 1 :  William,  baptized  September 
3'  1633  ;  James,  born  1636. 

(IV)  Thomas  (3),  son  of  Thomas  (2) 
Trowbridge,  was  baotized  December  11,  163 1, 
in  Exeter,  Devrnshii  e.  England,  He  came  in 
early  childhor  !  with  his  parents  to  Dorchester, 
Massachusetts,  and  a  few  years  later  removed 
with  them  to  New  Haven.     When  his  father 


was  called  back  to  England  in  1641,  Thomas 
and  his  brothers  were  left  in  charge  of  Henry 
Gibbons,  who  was  so  unfaithful  to  his  trust 
that  the  property  left  for  their  use  was  greatly 
impaired,  so  that  in  April,  1644,  the  remainder 
of  it  and  the  children  were  placed  by  the  town 
authorities  under  the  care  of  Sergeant  Thomas 
Jeffrey  and  his  wife,  "to  be  well  educated  and 
nurtured  in  the  fear  of  God."  With  them 
Thomas  passed  his  boyhood.  Soon  after  his 
coming  of  age,  on  April  4,  1654,  the  "oath  of 
fidelity"  was  administered  to  him.  Three 
years  later,  June  24,  1657,  he  married  a  daugh- 
ter of  a  leading  merchant  of  the  colony,  and 
settled  down  to  a  life  of  business  activity  and 
social  and  political  prominence  in  New  Haven. 
He  was  an  enterprising  man,  and  became  a 
successful  merchant  and  shop  owner.  He  was 
also  active  in  politics,  and  frequently  served 
as  juryman  and  in  minor  official  positions.  On 
October  i,  1653,  he  was  chosen  "watch  sen- 
tinel" ;  in  1667  he  was  county  treasurer  and 
the  town  constables  appointed  his  warehouse 
as  a  place  for  bringing  in  the  rates  for  county 
taxes.  He  was  made  a  freeman  of  Connecti- 
cut, May  20,  1668.  In  1673  he  was  made 
commissary  of  the  expedition  to  be  sent 
against  the  Dutch  at  New  York,  but  saw  no 
active  service.  He  was  confirmed  lieutenant 
of  the  New  Haven  Troop,  May  20,  1675,  and 
doubtless  saw  active  service  in  King  Philip's 
war.  He  was  treasurer  of  the  town  in  1679- 
80,  and  in  the  latter  year  was  chosen  select- 
man, an  office  which  he  held  eight  years.  He 
was  made  justice  of  the  peace  in  1687.  He 
acted  as  agent  for  the  town  in  the  purchase 
of  much  land  from  the  Indians ;  was  commis- 
sioner for  New  Haven  from  1690  to  1693,  and 
a  member  of  the  New  Haven  proprietors  com- 
mittee for  many  years.  He  was  much  inter- 
ested in  educational  matters  and  when  the 
Hopkins  grammar  school  was  established  in 
1669,  he  was  chosen  a  trustee  of  the  school 
and  served  on  that  board  until  his  death.  He 
was  a  regular  attendant  at  the  First  Church 
meeting-house,  to  which  he  was  admitted  a 
member,  April  3,  1687.  He  died  August  22, 
1702,  and  was  buried  in  the  original  town 
burial  ground  on  the  Green  in  the  rear  of  the 
first  meeting-house.  His  grave  is  now  in- 
cluded in  the  crypt  of  the  present  Center 
Church.  He  married  (first)  June  24,  1657,  in 
New  Haven,  Sarah,  born  July  31,  1641,  in 
New  Haven,  died  January  5,  1687,  in  New 
Haven,  daughter  of  Henry  and  Sarah  Ruth- 
erford. He  married  (second)  April  2,  1689, 
in  New  Haven,  Hannah  (Nash)  Ball,  born 
July  24,  1655,  in  New  Haven,  died  February 
3,  1707-08,  in  New  Haven,  widow  of  Eliphalet 
Ball    and    daughter    of    John    and    Elizabeth 


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(Tapp)  Nash.  Children  (born  in  New- 
Haven)  of  first  wife :  Sarah^  born  November 
7.  1658,  died  March  20,  1675-76;  John,  De- 
cember 23,  1661  ;  Thomas,  February  14,  1663- 
64;  Lydia,  June  7,  1666,  married,  December 
22,  1681,  Richard  Rosewell ;  Caleb,  October 
28,  1670;  Daniel,  January  5,  1672-73,  died 
February  29,  1739-40;  Elizabeth,  June  30, 
1676,  married,  April  5,  1691,  John  Hodshon ; 
Sarah,  September  24,  1680,  died  December  29, 
1690.  Child  of  the  second  wife:  Hannah, 
born  March  30,  1690,  married,  January  30, 
1709-10,  Joseph  Whiting. 

(V)  Thomas  (4),  .son  of  Thomas  (3) 
Trowtiridge,  was  born  February  14,  1663-64, 
in  New  Haven.  He  was  graduated  in  1677 
from  the  Hopkins  grammar  school,  and  later 
learned  the  cooper's  trade.  He  was  also  in- 
terested in  the  West  India  trade,  and  is  de- 
scribed in  the  records  as  "gentleman,  planter 
and  merchant."  Soon  after  his  marriage  he 
went  to  live  in  a  house  built  for  him  by  his 
father  in  1684,  on  Meadow  street.  This  house, 
though  greatly  changed  in  appearance,  is  still 
standing,  and  is  the  oldest  house  in  New 
Haven.  At  his  death  he  left  an  estate  of 
twelve  hundred  and  eighty-five  pounds,  the 
largest  in  New  Haven  up  to  that  date.  He 
was  admitted  a  member  of  the  First  Church, 
December  25,  1689,  his  wife,  March  11,  1691. 
He  was  a  trustee  of  the  Hopkins  grammar 
school  from  1695  till  his  death,  and  its  treas- 
urer from  1703.  He  died  September  15,  171 1, 
in  New  Haven,  and  is  buried  in  the  Center 
Church  crypt.  He  married,  October  16,  1685, 
in  New  Haven,  Mary,  born  June  24,  1667,  in 
New  Haven,  died  there  September  16,  1742, 
daughter  of  John  Winston.  Children,  bom  in 
New  Haven :  Sarah,  November  26,  1686 ; 
Stephen,  September  7,  1688;  Mary,  April  9, 
1691 ;  Elizabeth,  March  29,  1693;  Thomas, 
December  20,  1695;  Joseph,  April  i,  1699; 
Twins,  unnamed,  November  16,  1701,  died 
soon :  Daniel,  mentioned  below. 

(VI)  Daniel,  son  of  Thomas  (4)  Trow- 
bridge, was  born  October  25,  1703,  in  New 
Haven.  He  attended  the  Hopkins  grammar 
school,  and  was  graduated  from  Yale  College 
in  1725.  He  made  his  home  in  New  Haven 
during  his  life,  and  commanded  vessels  for 
a  number  of  years,  afterwards  becoming  a 
merchant.  He  lived  on  the  east  side  of 
Meadow  street,  just  north  of  Water  street.  He 
made  a  large  fortune  for  those  days,  and  his 
inventory  shows  an  estate  of  forty-nine  hun- 
dred pounds.  He  died  August  4,  1752,  and  is 
buried,  with  his  wife,  under  the  crypt  of  Cen- 
ter Church.  He  married,  April  8,  1731,  in 
New  Haven,  Mehetable,  born  April  9,  171 1, 
in  New  Haven,   died   there  October   i,   1797, 


daughter  of  Francis  and  Hannah  (Ailing) 
Brown.  Children  born  in  New  Haven  :  Han- 
nah, June  3,  1732,  died  August  17,  1739; 
Daniel,  April  12,  1734,  died  February  29, 
1740;  Joseph,  June  15,  1736;  Newman,  Sep- 
tember 7,  1738;  Daniel,  August  27,  1740,  died 
September  i.  1742;  Thomas,  May  2,  1742; 
Rutherford,  February  3,  1744,  mentioned  he- 
low ;  Stephen,  December  21,  1746;  John,  June 
I,   1748;  Daniel,  October  23,   1750. 

(VII)  Rutherford,  son  of  Daniel  Trow- 
bridge, was  born  February  3,  1744,  in  New 
Haven.  He  spent  his  life  in  his  native  town. 
He  learned  the  mason  trade,  at  which  he 
worked  for  some  years  and  acquired  consider- 
able wealth.  After  the  revolution  had  begun 
he  petitioned  the  state  for  the  right  to  manu- 
facture salt-petre,  and  received  the  first  bounty 
for  that  commodity,  and  a  large  part  of  that 
article  used  in  the  revolution  was  produced 
by  him.  During  the  revolution  he  was  an 
earnest  patriot.  At  the  time  of  the  British  in- 
vasion of  New  Haven,  he  sent  his  wife  and 
children  to  a  place  of  safety,  and  taking  his 
musket,  an  old  "king's  arm,"  went  out  with 
the  volunteers  to  West  Haven  Green  to  re- 
pulse the  British.  After  the  enemy  gained 
possession  of  the  town,  he  did  not  dare  go 
back  to  his  own  house  for  two  days  for  fear 
of  falling  into  their  hands.  When  he  did  at 
last  return,  everything  was  found  undisturbed, 
even  to  the  bread,  which  the  family,  in  their 
hasty  flight,  had  left  in  the  oven.  He  was 
a  man  of  sterhng  integrity  and  worth.  He 
was  admitted  a  member  of  the  First  Church, 
October  26,  1788;  his  wife  Dorcas  was  ad- 
mitted Februar)'  25,  1781.  He  was  one  of  the 
early  members  of  Hiram  Lodge,  No.  i.  Free 
and  Accepted  Masons,  of  New  Haven,  being 
elected  in  1765.  He  died  April  6,  1825,  in 
New  Haven,  and  is  buried  in  the  Grove  Street 
cemetery.  He  married  (first)  July  9,  1766, 
in  New  Haven,  Dorcas,  born  November  10, 
1746,  in  Woodbridge,  died  February  12,  1788, 
in  New  Haven,  daughter  of  Captain  Amos 
and  Dorcas  (Foote)  Hitchcock.  He  mar- 
ried (second)  January  i,  1793,  in  New  Haven, 
Thankful  (Ailing)  Mix,  widow  of  Nathaniel 
Mix,  of  New  Haven,  and  daughter  of  John 
and  Abiah  (Hitchcock)  Ailing,  baptized  Oc- 
tober 12,  1755,  in  New  Haven,  died  August  8, 
1831,  in  New  Haven.  Children  of  first  wife, 
all  born  in  New  Haven :  Rutherford,  born 
February  4,  1768,  died  September  7,  1769; 
Joseph,  April  23,  1769 ;  Wealthy,  November 
21,  1770:  Rutherford,  April  25,  1772,  died 
January  4,  1788;  Melissa,  January  17,  1774; 
Lucretia,  July  25,  1775 ;  Grace,  November  30, 
1776;  Elizabeth,  September  25,  1778;  Henry, 
July  30,   1 78 1,  mentioned  below;  Amos,  No- 


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vember  25,  1783;  Dorcas,  January  14,  1786; 
Hannah,  October  11,  1787,  died  February  24, 
1788.  Child  of  second  wife:  Rutherford, 
July  9,    1794,   died   September    13,    1795. 

(VIII)  Henry,  son  of  Rutherford  Trow- 
bridge, was  born  July  30,  178 1,  in  New 
Haven.  He  started  life  as  a  sailor,  on  the 
ship  "Betsey,"  sailing  for  the  Pacific  and 
China,  September  17,  1799.  On  the  voyage 
he  made  such  proficiency  in  navigation  that 
he  was  promoted  to  be  the  captain's  clerk,  and 
taken  by  the  captain  to  Canton,  where  he  laid 
the  foundations  of  his  career  as  a  merchant. 
On  his  return  to  this  country,  he  became  first 
officer  of  a  West  Indiaman.  After  making 
several  voyages  he  accumulated  sufficient 
money  to  purchase  a  small  sloop  on  the  Con- 
necticut river,  and  fitting  her  as  a  schooner, 
embarked  in  the  West  India  trade.  He  in- 
creased the  trade  from  time  to-  time,  and 
finally  established  the  firm  of  Trowbridge, 
Dwight  &  Company  with  his  nephew,  Timothy 
D wight.  '  In  1 83 1  his  eldest  son  Thomas  was 
admitted  to  partnership,  and  the  name  changed 
to  that  of  Trowbridge,  Son  &  Dwight,  being 
again  changed  to  Trowbridge,  Sons  &  Dwight, 
after  the  admission  of  his  son  Henry.  After 
the  retirement  of  Mr.  Dwight  in  1847,  the 
firm  became  H.  Trowbridge  &  Sons,  and  after 
the  elder  Trowbridge's  death,  the  business  was 
continued  in  the  name  of  Henry  Trowbridge's 
Sons.  He  died  in  New  Haven,  October  7, 
1849.  He  married,  January  i,  1806,  in  New 
Haven,  Harriet,  born  March  i,  1789,  in  New 
Haven,  died  there  November  21,  -1851,  daugh- 
ter of  Ezekiel  and  Mary  (Heminway)  Hayes. 
Children,  born  in  New  Haven :  Emily,  Octo- 
ber 6,  1806,  died  October  6,  1808;  Harriet 
Emily,  August  7,  1808 ;  Thomas  Rutherford, 
July  17,  1810,  mentioned  below;  John,  July 
16,  1812,  died  July  28,  1812;  Jane  Louisa, 
July  25,  1813 ;  Henry,  April  22,  1816;  Eze- 
kijel  Hayes,  April  21,  1818;  Winston  John, 
May  10,  1820,  mentioned  below ;  Eliza  Ame- 
lia, August  3,  1822 :  Caroline  Augusta,  Janu- 
ary 27,  1825;  Julia  Ann,  January  12,  1827; 
Cornelia  Adeline,  February  5,  1829,  died  Oc- 
tober 23,  1830;  Ellen  Maria,  August  5,  1831. 

(IX)  Thomas  Rutherford,  eldest  son  of 
Henry  Trowbridge,  was  born  in  New  Haven, 
Connecticut,  July  17,  1810,  died  May  26, 
1887.  He  completed  his  education  at  Part- 
ridge's celebrated  military  school  at  Middle- 
town,  and  at  the  age  of  twenty-one  was  ad- 
mitted a  partner  in  the  well-known  shipping 
firm  of  Trowbridge,  Dwight  &  Company,  of 
which  his  father  was  senior  partner.  The  name 
of  the  new  firm  was  chsmged  to  Trowbridge, 
Sen  &  Dwight,  afterward  to  Trowbridge,  Sons 
&  Dwight,   on  the  admission   of   his  brother 


Henry.  Business  was  conducted  under  that 
name  until  the  retirement  of  Mr.  Dwight  in 
1847,  the  firm  then  becoming  H.  Trowbridge 
&  Sons.  After  the  death  of  their  father  in 
1849,  Thomas  R.  and  his  three  brothers  es- 
tablished the  firm  of  Henry  Trowbridge's 
Sons,  which  succeeded  to  the  business  of  the 
older  firm,  and  of  which  Thomas  R.  Trow- 
bridge became  the  senior  partner.  From  th'e 
time  of  his  first  entrance  into  his  father's  firm 
until  his  death,  a  period  of  over  sixty  years, 
Mr.  Trowbridge  was  actively  engaged  in  the 
business  and,  with  the  exception  of  absence 
in  the  West  Indies  and  elsewhere,  was  al- 
ways at  the  office.  He  was  a  man  of  sound 
judgment,  founded  on  solid  information  and 
a  wide  experience  of  men,  cautious  in  en- 
gaging in  new  enterprises,  but  resolute  in  car- 
rying them  out  with  activity  and  spirit  when 
undertaken. 

Mr.  Trowbridge  was  selected  to  serve  as  a 
member  of  the  boards  of  directors  in  many 
corporations,  but,  with  few  exceptions,  he  de- 
clined to  accept  such  appointments.  ITe  was 
elected  a  director  of  the  Mechanics'  Bank  in 
1847;  and  at  the  time  of  his  death  was  its 
oldest  director,  having  served  on  its  board  for 
forty  years,  and  he  was  also  a  director  in  the 
New  Haven  Bank.  He  was  a  director  of  the 
Flartford  &  New  Haven  Railroad  Company 
until  its  consolidation  with  the  New  York  & 
New  Haven  Railroad  Company  in  1872.  He 
was  also  a  director  in  the  Security  Insurance 
Company  of  New  Haven.  For  many  years  he 
was  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  Long 
Wharf  Company,  and  was  also  secretary  of 
the  Tomlinson  Bridge  Company.  From  1872 
to  1883  he  was  president  of  the  New  Haven 
Chamber  of  Commerce,  and  was  a  life  mem- 
ber and  one  of  the  founders  of  the  New  Ha- 
ven Colony  Historical  Society,  to  whose  pub- 
lished volumes  he  contributed  a  number  of 
important  papers.  Throughout  his  life  he 
was  one  of  the  most  efficient  supporters  of  the 
First  Ecclesiastical  Society  of  New  Haven, 
and  a  valued  member  of  the  First  Church, 
with  which  he  and  his  wife  united  in  1840, 
and  from  1849  until  his  death  he  was  a  mem- 
ber of  its  standing  committee.  Mr.  Trow- 
bridge married,  September  17,  1834,  Caroline, 
born  in  New  Haven,  Connecticut,  April  30, 
i8i8,  daughter  of  Captain  Simeon  and  Polly 
(Harrison)  Hoadley.  She  is  living  at  the 
present  time  (1910)  in  the  Trowbridge  house 
on  Elm  street,  facing  the  Green. 

(IX)  Winston  John,  son  of  Henry  Trow- 
bridge, was  born  May  10,  1820,  in  New  Ha- 
ven. He  was  engaged  in  the  West  India  busi- 
ness with  his  father.  At  nineteen  he  was  sent 
to  Barbados  to  take  charge  of  the  increasing 


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sugar  interests  of  the  firm  in  the  West  Indies. 
On  coming  of  age  he  was  admitted  a  partner 
both  in  the  home  firm,  and  of  Trowbridge  & 
Company,  the  West  India  firm.  After  his 
father's  death  he  and  his  three  brothers  es- 
tablished the  firm  of  H.  Trowbridge's  Sons. 
He  was  the  first  of  the  name  to  live  in  the 
West  Indies,  and  the  great  prosperity  of  the 
firm  there  was  due  largely  to  his  manage- 
ment. August  31,  1852,  he  was  appointed  by 
President  Fillmore,  United  States  consul  for 
Barbados  and  adjacent  islands.  This  appoint- 
ment continued  throughout  the  civil  war,  dur- 
ing which  time  he  was  able  to  render  impor- 
tant service  to  his  country.  In  the  fall  of 
1864  his  health  failed  and  he  returned  to  New 
Haven  for  medical  treatment ;  he  died  Novem- 
ber 6,  1864.  He  had  been  admitted  a  mem- 
ber of  the  First  Church  of  New   Haven  in 

1853,  and  his  second  wife  was  received  into 
the  same  church  by  certificate  in  1858.  He 
married  (first)  June  12,  1850,  in  New  Haven, 
Mai-y  Dwight  Newton,  born  January  11,  1829, 
in  Harmony  Mission,  Osage  Nation,  died  Oc- 
tober 30,  1852,  in  Barbados,  British  West  In- 
dies, adopted  daughter  of  Isaac  Leavenworth, 
of  New  Haven,  and  daughter  of  Rev.  Sam- 
uel and  Mary  Hunt  Seeley  (nee  McCarthy) 
Newton.     He   married    (second)    August  31, 

1854,  in  New  Haven,  Margarette  Elford,  born 
December  22,  1828,  in  New  Haven,  died  there 
January  2,  1903,  daughter  of  James  Edmund 
Prior  and  Eliza  Ellen  (Jarman)  Dean.  Chil- 
dren of  the  first  wife,  born  in  Barbados :  Mary 
Leavenworth,  May  6,  185 1 ;  Caroline  Augusta, 
October  29,  1852.  Children  of  second  wife: 
Winston  John,  mentioned  below ;  Florence 
Maud,  December  25,  1859,  in  Barbados; 
Frank  Dean,  March  16,  1861,  in  Barbados; 
Elford  Parry,  mentioned  below ;  Constance 
Blanche,  May  22,  1864,  in  Barbados.  Frank 
Dean  Trowbridge  graduated  from  Yale  in 
1884,  entered  the  National  New  Haven  Bank 
the  same  year  as  a  clerk  and  cashier  and  in 
1905  was  made  president,  which  position  he 
now  holds  ;  married  Carrie  Hubbell ;  children : 
Margaret  Dean  and  Mary  Brewster ;  his  home 
is  at  No.  230  Church  street.  New  Haven,  Con- 
necticut. 

(X)  Rutherford  (2),  youngest  son  of 
Thomas  Rutherford  Trowbridge,  was  born  in 
New  Haven,  Connecticut,  December  i,  1851, 
and  is  residing  there  at  the  present  time.  His 
early  education  was  acquired  at  the  popular 
school  of  Stiles  French  in  New  Haven,  in 
preparation  for  Yale  College,  but  in  1868 
was  induced  to  accept  a  position  in  the  West 
India  branch  of  the  house  of  Henry  Trow- 
bridge's Sons,  in  the  island  of  Barbados.  In 
1885  he  was  admitted  to  full  partnership  with 


his  father  and  brothers,  the  firm  name  being 
Henry  Trowbridge's  Sons,  and  was  occupied 
in  this  connection  when  the  firm  was  dissolved 
by  mutual  consent.  Mr.  Trowbridge  is  en- 
gaged in  the  care  of  numerous  family  trusts 
and  with  the  management  of  a  number  of  cor- 
porations with  which  he  is  identified.  He  is 
a  director  in  the  National  New  Haven  Bank 
and  the  Carrington  Publishing  Company,  pro- 
prietors of  the  Morning  Journal-Courier,  the 
oldest  newspaper  of  Connecticut.  He  is  much 
interested  in  the  public  weal,  and  has  contrib- 
uted generously  to  the  civic,  educational  and 
charitable  institutions  of  New  Haven.  In 
1889  he  established  the  Thomas  R.  Trowbridge 
Course  of  Lectures  on  Architecture  in  the 
Yale  School  of  Fine  Arts;  as  a  memorial  to 
his  father's  memory  he  placed  a  memorial 
window  in  Center  Church,  illustrating  the  ar- 
rival of  the  first  settlers  in  New  Haven,  in 
1638,  and  as  a  memorial  to  his  only  son  he 
founded  the  Rutherford  Institute  in  the  Young 
Men's  Christian  Association,  New '  Haven, 
which  is  designed  to  give  a  technical  education 
to  poor  boys,  and  the  Rutherford  Trowbridge, 
Jr.  Scholarship  in  Hopkins  grammar  school. 
Mr.  Trowbridge  is  a  member  of  the  New  Ha- 
ven Park  Commission,  and  a  director  of  the 
New  Haven  Hospital,  the  New  Haven  Board 
of  Associated  Charities  and  the  Connecticut 
Humane  Society.  In  New  Haven  he  is  a 
member  of  the  Ouinnipiack  Club,  the  Union 
League  Club,  the  Country  Club,  the  Yale 
Archaeological  Society,  the  Connecticut  Acad- 
emy of  Arts  and  Sciences,  and  is  a  life  mem- 
ber and  director  of  the  New  Haven  Colony 
Historical  Society.  He  is  also  a  member  of 
the  Union  League  Club  and  the  Metropolitan 
Museum  of  Arts  of  New  York  City,  the  Na- 
tional Geographical  Society  of  Washington, 
D.  C,  the  Connecticut  Society  of  the  Sons  of 
the  American  Revolution,  and  is  an  associate 
member  of  the  New  Hampshire  Society  of  tlje 
Cincinnati.  In  Stockbridge,  ^lassachusetts, 
where  he  has  passed  many  summers,  he  is  a 
director  of  the  Golf  Club  and  of  the  Casino 
Company.  He  is  a  member  of  Trinity  Church 
(Episcopal)  in  New  Haveri,  of  which  he  is  at 
present  (1910I  a  vestryman.  Mr.  Trow- 
bridge married,  January  8,  1891,  May  Wells, 
daughter  of  Franklin  and  Julia  Lockwood 
(Smith)  Farrel,  of  Ansonia. 

(X)  Winston  John  (2),  son  of  Winston 
John  ( I )  Trowbridge,  was  born  in  New  Ha- 
ven, November  24,  1856.  He  attended  the 
Hopkins  grammar  school  of  New  Haven, 
from  which  he  graduated  in  1875,  and  Yale 
College,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in  the 
class  of  1879  with  the  degree  of  A.  B.  He 
studied  his  profession  in  the  Yale  Law  School 


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and  received  the  degree  of  LL.  B.  in  1881. 
He  was  admitted  to  the  New  Haven  county 
bar  in  1881.  He  was  for  a  time  clerk  in  the 
office  of  the  New  York,  New  Haven  &  Hart- 
ford Railroad  Company.  He  then  had  the 
management  of  extensive  real-estate  interests 
and  J:he  care  of  estates  in  trust.  In  1907  he 
was  elected  assistant  treasurer  of  the  New 
Haven  Savings  Bank.  He  is  a  director  of  the 
Second  National  Bank  of  New  Haven,  of  the 
New  Haven  Gas  Company,  the  New  Haven 
Water  Company,  and  is  a  trustee  of  the  New 
Haven  Savings  Bank.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Graduates  Club  of  New  Haven,  the  New 
Haven  Lawn  Club,  the  New  Haven  Country 
Club,  the  New  Haven  Colonial  Historical  So- 
ciety, and  the  Chamber  of  Commerce.  He  at- 
tends the  St.  Thomas  Protestant  Episcopal 
Church  of  New  Haven.  In  politics  he  is  a 
Republican.  He  married,  October  16,  1884, 
Annie,  daughter  of  Thomas  Mitchell,  of  Lex- 
ington, Kentucky.  Children  :  Mary  Mitchell, 
born  July  15,  1890;  Winston  John,  born  July 
15,  1892,  died  December  19,  1893.  Mrs. 
Trowbridge's  father  was  a  banker  at  Lexing- 
ton, cashier  of  the  First  National  Bank  there ; 
her  mother  was  decended  from  the  Throck- 
morton and  Dudley  families  of  Virginia. 

(X  )  Elford  Parry,  youngest  son  of  Winston 
John  Trowbridge,  was  born  in  New  Haven, 
Connecticut,  September  16,  1862,  and  is  re- 
siding there  at  the  present  time  (1910).  H^e 
graduated  from  Yale  University  in  1887  with 
the  degree  of  B.  A.  v  After  spending  two 
years  in  travel,  he  entered  the  paymaster's 
office  in  the  New  York,  New  Haven  &  Hart- 
ford Railroad  Company,  and  in  1893  was  ap- 
pointed stationer  for  that  corporation,  his  du- 
ties being  to  purchase  and  distribute  stationery 
and  all  kindred  supplies  us^ d  by  that  railroad 
system.  While  he  served  in  that  capacity,  that 
branch  of  the  company's  business  was  con- 
ducted in  a  most  efficient  manner  and  various 
economies  were  inaugurated.  Resigning  this 
position  in  1898,  he  purchased  a  controlling 
interest  in  the  Montowese  Brick  Company,  a 
brick  manufacturing  plant  of  Montowese, 
near  New  Haven,  and  subsequently  acc|uired 
all  of  its  stock,  being  now  sole  owner  and  pres- 
ident of  the  company.  Mr.  Trowbridge  is  a 
member  of  the  Ouinnipiack,  Graduates,  New 
Haven  Country  and  New  Haven  Lawn  clubs, 
the  New  Haven  Colonial  Historical  Society, 
the  Yale  Club  of  New  York  City,  and  the  Yale 
Chapter  of  the  Delta  Kappa  Epsilon  frater- 
nity. 

Mr.  Trowbridge  married,  October  5, 
1904,  in  Old  Lyme,  Connecticut,  Anna  Bertha, 
born  January  i,  1866,  in  Old  Lyme,  daugh- 
ter of  Daniel  and  Ellen  (Noyes)  Chadwick. 


The  Vibbert  or  Vibbard  fam- 
VIBBERT     ily  of   Hartford,  Connecticut, 

may  have  been  of  French  Hu- 
guenot ancestry.  John  Vibbert,  the  pioneer, 
came  to  Hartford  about  1700.  He  seems  to 
have  been  a  mariner,  and  died  in  1714  in  the 
prime  of  life.  His  widow  Mary  was  appointed 
guardian  of  their  children,  all  minors,  Janu- 
ary 4,  1714-15.  Children:  John,  born  1706, 
James,  mentioned  below. 

(II)  James,  son  of  John  Vibbert,  was  prob- 
ably born  in  Hartford,  in  1708.  His  age  was 
given  as  six  years  when  his  mother  was  ap- 
pointed guardian  in  17 14-15.  He  died  No- 
vember 12,  1806,  at  the  great  age  of  ninety- 
eight  years. 

(III)  Elisha,  son  of  James  Vibbert,  was 
born  in  Hartford,  July  17,  1763.  He  was  a 
merchant  in  Hartford.  He  married  and 
among  his  children  was  William,  mentioned 
below. 

(IV)  William,  son  of  Elisha  Vibbert,  was 
born  in  East  Hartford,  July  4,  1784.  He  was 
supercargo  and  captain  of  a  merchantman,  en- 
gaged in  the  East  Indies  trade.  He  died  De- 
cember 19,  1819.  He  married,  in  1808,  Pris- 
cilla  Moore,  of  Salisbury,  Connecticut,  born 
in  1787,  died  May  5,  1839,  daughter  of  Dan- 
iel Moore,  born  March  2,  1764,  died  April  15, 
1822,  and  Priscilla  Newcomb,  born  1761,  died 
February  3,  1788.  Children:  Mary,  married 
William  Brown;  Julia,  married  W.  W. 
Holmes  :  William  Elisha,  mentioned  below. 

(V)  Rev.  Dr.  William  Elisha  Vibbert,  son 
of  William  Vibbert,  was  born  in  New  York 
City,  June  26,  1814,  died  December  2,  1895. 
He  was  educated  in  a  private  academy  at 
New  Rochelle,  New  York.  For  a  few  years 
he  was  engaged  in  business  in  New  Haven, 
Connecticut,  then  he  studied  theology  under 
the  instruction  of  Rev.  Harry  Croswell,  D.  D., 
and  was  ordained  a  deacon,  February  14, 
1845,  in  Hartford,  by  Bishop  Brownell,  and 
priest,  November  12,  1845,  at  Fairhaven,  Con- 
necticut. He  received  the  honorary  degree  of 
Master  of  Arts  from  Trinity  College,"  Hart- 
ford, in  1850,  and  D.  D.  from  Nebraska  Col- 
lege in  1876.  He  was  assistant  to  the  rector 
of  Trinity  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  of 
New  Haven  for  a  few  months  before  he  be- 
came rector  of  St.  James,  Fairhaven,  May 
I,  1845.  He  had  a  long,  useful  and  honorable 
career  in  the  ministry,  continuing  from  May 
I,  1845,  to  August,  1892,  a  period  of  over 
forty-seven  eventful  years.  He  was  then  hon- 
ored with  the  office  of  rector  emeritus  during 
the  remainder  of  his  life,  and  continued  to  be 
interested  in  his  parish.  He  was  a  trustee 
of  the  Episcopal  Academy  of  Connecticut  from 
1872  until  his  death;  trustee  of  the  fund  for 


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the  Aged  and  Infirm  Clergy,  1865  to  1893, 
and  secretary  of  the  board  from  1873  to 
1893.  He  married,  November  11,  1835,  Mary 
Esther  Cooke,  born  in  New  Haven,  July  15, 
1815,  died  February  20,  1903  (see  Cooke  VI). 
Children:  i.  Rev.  Dr.  William  H.  Vibbert, 
born  in  New  Haven,  October  i,  1839 ;  pre- 
pared for  college  at  the  Episcopal  Academy  of 
Connecticut,  Cheshire ;  graduated  from  Trin- 
ity College,  1858,  and  from  the  Berkeley  Di- 
vinity School,  JMiddletown,  Connecticut,  in 
1862 ;  ordered  deacon,  June  4,  1862 ;  priest, 
October  28,  1863 ;  received  the  degree  of  S. 
T.  D.  from  Racine  College  in  1883 ;  Pro- 
fessor of  Hebrew  in  Berkeley  Divinity  School 
and  rector  of  Christ  Church,  Middle  Haddam, 
Connecticut,  1863-73 !  rector  of  St.  Luke's 
Church,  Germantown,  Pennsylvania,  1873-83 ; 
rector  of  St.  James'  Church,  Chicago,  1883- 
90 ;  rector  of  St.  Peter's  Church,  Philadelphia, 
1890-91 ;  vicar  of  Trinity  Chapel,  New  York 
City,  1891-1910.  He  married,  October  2, 
1866,  Julia  Xewbold,  daughter  of  William 
Welsh,  of  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania,  author : 
Guide  to  the  reading  of  the  Hebrew  Text, 
two  editions,  1872-75  ;  a  Plain  Catechism  of 
Church  Principles.  Children :  William  Welsh, 
M.  D.,  born  February  25,  1873,  was  gradu- 
ated from  Trinity  College,  1894,  was  gradu- 
ated from  College  of  Physicians  and  Sur- 
geons, New  York,  1897,  died  March  26,  1900 ; 
Aubrey  Darrell,  born  July  9,  1879,  graduated 
from  Trinity  College,  1899 ;  Mary  Howard, 
married  Frederick  W.  Keasby ;  children :  Julia 
and  Anthony  Quinton  Keasby.  2.  Howard 
Cooke,  mentioned  below. 

(A'l)  Howard  Cooke,  son  of  Rev.  Dr.  Wil- 
liam Elisha  Vibbert,  was  born  in  New  Haven, 
Connecticut,  December  14,  1845.  He  attended 
the  Hopkins  grammar  school  of  New  Haven, 
and  in  1864  entered  Trinity  College  in  Hart- 
ford, where  he  was  graduated  with  the  de- 
gree of  A.  B.  in  1868.  He  became  a  teacher 
in  the  Shattuck  School  at  Faribault,  Minne- 
sota. Then  for  a  few  years  he  was  engaged 
in  business  in  New  York  City.  He  was  inter- 
ested in  history  and  kindred  subjects,  and  for 
a  time  was  librarian  of  the  New  Haven  Colo- 
nial Historical  Society.  Since  1885  he  has 
lived  in  retirement  at  his  home.  No.  702 
Orange  street.  New  Haven.  From  time  to 
time  he  has  contributed  papers  on  historical 
subjects  to  various  societies  and  publications. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Graduates  Club  of 
New  Haven,  the  New  Haven  Colonial  His- 
torical Society,  the  Connecticut  Society  Sons 
of  the  American  Revolution,  through  the  Stan- 
ley and  Judd  lines.  In  religion  he  is  an  Epis- 
copalian. He  married  (first)  October  i,  1879, 
Alice    J.    Barnes,    born    February    14,    i860. 


daughter  of  William  Barnes,  of  New  Haven. 
She  died  October  i,  1881,  and  he  married 
(second)  February  19,  1908,  Frieda  Reuther, 
born  in  Dresden,  Germany.  His  only  child, 
Howard  Curtis,  died  at  the  age  of  a  year  and 
a  half. 

(The  Moore  Line). 
Thomas  Moore,  the  first  settler  of  South- 
old,  Long  Island,  son  of  Thomas  and  Ann 
]\Ioore,  born  about  161 5  or  1616  in  England, 
was  in  New  England  as  early  as  July  11, 
1636,  and  probably  earlier,  and  died  at  South- 
old,  Long  Island,  June  27,  1691.  By  tradition 
he  was  a  shipwright.  Before  July  11,  1636, 
he  married  (first)  Martha,  daughter  of  Rev. 
Christopher  Youngs,  vicar  of  Reydon,  Suf- 
folk county,  Eng'land,  to  which  the  chapel  of 
Southwold  was  then  attached,  and  of  Alar- 
garet,  his  wife.  She,  Martha,  was  baptized  at 
Southwold,  England,  on  July  1,  1613,  and 
came  with  him  to  Salem,  Massachusetts,  and 
thence  removed  to  Southold,  Long  Island, 
where  she  lived  until  1671  or  later.  About. 
1680  he  married  (second)  Katharine  (prob- 
ably Westcate),  widow  (first)  of  Thomas 
Doxy,  of  New  London,  Connecticut,  and  ( sec- 
ond) of  Daniel  Lane,  of  New  London  and 
Setauket. 

(II)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Thomas  (i)  and 
Martha  Moore,  baptized  at  Salem,  Massachu- 
Fetts.    October    21,    1639,    died    about    171 1. 

Married  Mott,  of  Mamaroneck,  about 

1662. 

(III)  Thomas  (3),  son  of  Thomas  (2) 
Moore,  born  January  8,  1663,  died  December 

30,   1738.     Married  Jane about   1695, 

born  1677,  died  November,  1736. 

(I\^)  Captain  Samuel,  son  of  Thomas  (3) 
and  Jane  Moore,  born  at  Southold,  1717,  re- 
moved to  Litchfield,  Connecticut,  and  later  to 
Salisbury,  Connecticut.  Married,  probably  at 
Litchfield,  October  9,  1735,  Rachel  Landon, 
born  probably  at  Southold,  daughter  of  James 
and  Mary  (Vail)  Landon.  He  died  Janu- 
ary 5,  1796;  she  died  at  Salisbury,  Septem- 
ber 19,  1798. 

(V)  Samuel  (2)  (the  mathematician),  son 
of  Captain  Samuel  (i)  Moore,  was  born  at 
Litchfield,  Connecticut,  October  27,  1736. 
Married  Hannah,  daughter  of  John  and  Mar- 
tha Beebe.  She  was  born  April  11,  1740, 
died  October  10,  1805.  Samuel  Moore  was 
author  of  "An  Accurate  System  of  Surveying" 
printed  at  Litchfield  by  T.  Collier,  1796.  He 
died  February  20,   1810. 

(VI)  Daniel,  son  of  Samuel  (2)  and  Han- 
nah ]Moore,  was  born  at  Salisbury,  Connecti- 
cut, ]\Iarch  2,  1764.  Married  Priscilla,  daugh- 
ter of  Azariah  and  Deborah  (Buell)  New- 
comb,  in  1787.    She  was  born  1761,  died  Feb- 


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ruary  3,  1788.  Daniel  Moore  was  a  promi- 
nent lawyer  at  Salisbury.  He  died  at  New 
York,  April  15,  1822. 

(VII)  Priscilla,  daughter  of  Daniel  Moore, 
was  born  in  1787,  died  April  5,  1839.  Mar- 
ried Captain  William  Vibbert  in  1808  (see 
Vibbert  IV). 

(The    Judd    Line). 

The  surname  Judd  is  one  of  the  oldest  Eng- 
lish surnames,  and  is  identical  with  Jude,  an 
old  and  now  almost  obsolete  personal  name. 
Judson  and  Judkins  are  formed  from  the 
same  name. 

(I)  Deacon  Thomas  Judd,  immigrant  an- 
cestor, came  from  England  in  1633-34,  and 
settled  at  Cambridge,  Massachusetts,  where 
he  had  a  home  lot  granted  to  him  in  August, 
1634.  It  was  in  that  part  of  the  town  known 
as  the  West  End,  on  the  road  to  Watertown. 
He  had  other  land  granted  in  1635,  and  was 
admitted  a  freeman  May  25  of  that  year.  He 
removed  to  Hartford,  Connecticut,  in  1636, 
and  had  two  acres  for  a  home  lot,  near  the 
Charter  Oak.  He  was  one  of  the  first  pro- 
prietors and  settlers  of  Farmington,  Connecti- 
cut, and  removed  there  from  Hartford  about 
1644.  His  home  lot  was  on  the  main  street, 
and  he  was  a  substantial  farmer  and  an  in- 
fluential man.  He  was  deputy  to  the  general 
court  several  times.  He  was  a  charter  mem- 
ber of  the  Farmington  church,  and  was  its  sec- 
ond deacon.  He  died  November  12,  1688,  aged 
about  eighty.  His  first  wife  died  in  Farming- 
ton,  and  he  married  (second)  December  2, 
1679,  Clemence  Mason,  widow  of  Thomas  Ma- 
son, of  Northampton,  and  resided  in  North- 
ampton the  remainder  of  his  life.  He  was  se- 
lectman there  in-  1682.  Children,  order  of 
birth  not  known :  Elizabeth,  married,  Decem- 
ber 27,  1653,  Samuel  Loomis ;  William,  men- 
tioned below ;  Thomas,  born  about  1638,  mar- 
ried Sarah  Steele ;  John,  born  about  1640, 
married  Mary  Howkins  ;  Benjamin,  born  about 
1642,  married  Mary  Lewis ;  Mary,  born  about 
1644,  married,  January  i,  1663,  Thomas  Loo- 
mis ;  Ruth,  baptized  February  7,  1647,  mar- 
ried John  Steele ;  Philip,  baptized  September 
2,  1649,  married  Hannah  Loomis ;  Samuel, 
born  about  165 1,  married  Mariah  Strong. 

(II)  Sergeant  William  Judd,  son  of  Dea- 
con Thomas  Judd,  married,  March  30,  1658, 
Mary,  daughter  of  John  and  Rachel  Steele,  of 
Farmington ;  she  died  October  27,  1718,  aged 
about  eighty.  He  lived  in  Farmington,  and 
was  counted  a  well-to-do  citizen  for  those 
days.  The  inventory  of  his  estate  was  pre- 
sented November  5,  1690.  His  age  when  he 
died  was  about  fifty-five  years.  Children : 
Mary,  baptized  July  22,  1660;  Elizabeth,  July 
22,    1660,  died   young;  Thomas,  October   13, 


1662;  William,  January  8,  1665,  died  young; 
Thomas,  born  1663;  John,  mentioned  below; 
Rachel,  1670,  died  unmarried  1703;  Samuel, 
1673  ;  Daniel,   1675  ;  Ehzabeth,  1678. 

(HI)  John,  son  of  Sergeant  William  Judd, 
was  born  in  1667.  He  lived  in  Farmington 
and  died  there  in  1710.  The  inventory  of  his 
estate,  presented  September,  1710,  was  three 
hundred  and  eighty  pounds.  He  married  Ra- 
chel   .      She   died   in    1717.      Children: 

William,  mentioned  below ;  Eunice,  married 
John  Abbott,  of  Norwalk,  1724;  Rhoda,  mar- 
ried, 1735,  Jared  Lee. 

(IV)  William  (2),  son  of  John  Judd,  was 
born  in  1698-99,  lived  in  Farmington,  died 
September  i,  175 1.  The  inventory  of  his  es- 
tate, six  thousand  and  ninety-five  pounds,  old 
tenor.  He  married,  March  14,  1723,  Ruth, 
daughter  of  John  and  Elizabeth  (Loomis) 
Lee.  She  married  (second)  1760,  Jacob  Kel- 
logg. Children:  Lois,  born  January  2,  1724, 
married  Hezekiah  Wadsworth,  1744;  John, 
January  i,  1726;  Ruth,  November  5,  1728, 
died  young;  Eunice,  February  11,  1733-34, 
married  Judah  Woodruff ;  Jesse,  August  3, 
1739;  William,  mentioned  below  ;  Azuba,  mar- 
ried Daniel  Webster,  of  West  Hartford,  1758; 
Elizabeth,  married  Joseph  Skinner,  of  West 
Hartford. 

(V)  Major  William  (3)  Judd,  son  of  Wil- 
liam (2)  Judd,  was  born  July  20,  1743,  died 
at  Farmington,  November  13,  1804.  He  grad- 
uated at  Yale  College,  1763.  He  was  a  law- 
yer, an  officer  in  the  revolution,  and  for  many 
years  a  conspicuous  and  leading  man  in  the 
Democratic  party  of  Connecticut.  He  mar- 
ried, December  8,  1765,  Elizabeth,  daughter 
of  Ebenezer  and  Mercy  (Sedgwick)  Mix,  of 
West  Hartford,  widow  of  Caleb  Merrill.  Chil- 
dren :  William  Samuel,  mentioned  below ;  Bor- 
tiva,  born  1767,  died  1774;  William,  died 
1776;  Elizabeth  Olive,  married  William  T. 
Belden. 

(VI)  Major  William  Samuel  Judd,  son  of 
Major  William  (3)  Judd,  of  the  revolutionary 
war,  was  born  January  10,  1766,  died  at  New 
Britain,  in  Berlin,  March  27,  1835.  He  grad- 
uated at  Harvard  College,  1787,  and  spent 
some  years  engaged  in  trade.  He  married, 
March  26,  1789,  Esther,  born  September  25, 
1768,  daughter  of  Colonel  Gad  Stanley,  of 
the  revolutionary  war  (see  Stanley  VI). 
Children :  Henry,  died  1819;  Maria  Mix,  men- 
tioned below ;  Philip  Samuel,  died  May, 
185 1  ;  Rev.  Thomas  Stanley,  graduate  of 
Trinity  College,  Hartford,  1832,  an  Episcopal 
minister. 

(VII)  Maria  Mix,  daughter  of  Major  Wil- 
liam Samuel  Judd,  born  1791,  died  August  i, 
1851 ;  married,  December  24,  1809,  John  How- 


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ard  Cooke,  of  New  Haven.  Their  daug-hter, 
Mary  Esther,  married  Rev.  William  Elisha 
Vibbert  (see  A^ibbert  V  and  Cooke  VI). 

(The    Stanley    Line). 

(I)  John  Stanley,  the  first  of  the  name  of 
whom  we  have  information,  died  in  April, 
1634. 

(II)  Captain  John  (2)  Stanley,  son  of 
John  (i)  Stanley,  was  born  in  January,  1624, 
died  December  19,  1705.  He  settled  in  Far- 
mington,  Connecticut.  He  married,  Decem- 
ber 15,  1645,  Sarah,  daughter  of  Thomas 
Scott,  of  Hartford. 

(III)  Thomas,  son  of  Captain  John  (2) 
Stanley,  was  born  November  i,  1649.  He 
married.  May  i,  1690,  Anna,  daughter  of  Rev. 
Jeremiah  Peck.     He  died  April  14,  1713. 

(IV)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Thomas  (i) 
Stanley,  was  born  October  31,  1696,  died  Oc- 
tober 13,  1755.  He  married  Esther,  daugh- 
ter of  Samuel  and  Rachel  (Porter)  Cowles, 
January  2,  17 18. 

(V)  Colonel  Gad  Stanley,  son  of  Thomas 
(2)  Stanley,  was  born  March  21,  1735,  died 
January  10,  1815.  He  married,  October  29, 
1767,  Mary,  daughter  of  John  Judd  (son  of 
Deacon  Anthony  Judd),  and  Mary  (Burn- 
ham)  Judd. 

(VT)  Esther,  daughter  of  Colonel  Gad 
Stanley,  was  born  September  25,  1768,  died 
June  25,  1830.  She  married  Major  William 
Samuel  Judd  (see  Judd  VI). 

(The    Cooke   Line). 

(I)  Thomas  Cooke  was  born  in  England, 
■  and  settled  among  the  first  in  Guilford,  Con- 
necticut, where  he  signed  the  church  covenant, 
June  I,  1639.     He  was  a  deputy  to  the  general 
court  at  Hartford  in  1666.    He  married  (first) 

Elizabeth  :  (second)   March  30,  1668, 

Hannah  Lindon,  who  died  July  7,  1676.  He 
died  December  i,  1692.  Children  of  first 
wife :  Thomas,  mentioned  below ;  Sarah,  mar- 
ried Thomas  Hall. 

(II)  Thomas  (2),,  son  of  Thomas  (i) 
Cooke,  was  born  about  1642,  died  in  1701.  He 
married,  April  15,  1677,  Sarah  Mason,  of  Say- 
brook.  Children,  born  at  Guilford :  Eliasaph, 
June  2,  1678,  died  young;  Thomas,  December 
24,  1679,  died  young;  Alice,  June  3,  1681 ; 
Samuel,  1683,  died  young;  Sarah,  August  2, 
1685 ;  Samuel,  mentioned  below :  Elizabeth, 
February  22,  1689;  Sarah,  March  17,  1692, 
died  young;  Mehitable,  March,  1694;  Deliv- 
erance, January  12,  1696. 

(III)  Rev.  Samuel  Cooke,  son  of  Thomas 
(2)  Cooke,  was  born  in  Guilford,  November 
23,  1687,  died  December  2,  1747.  He  gradu- 
ated from  Yale  College  in   1705,  and  taught 


the  grammar  school  at  New  Haven  for  a 
time;  was  a  member  of  the  general  assembly 
1702-15,  and  clerk;  was  ordained  in  July,. 
1715,  pastor  of  the  Bridgeport  Church,  Strat- 
field,  Connecticut,  which  he  retained  until  his 
death.  He  was  a  fellow  of  the  Yale  corpora- 
tion from  1732  to  1746. 

The  Rev.  Samuel  Cooke  married  (first), 
November  2,  1708,  Ann,  born  July  20,  1688, 
daughter  of  John  and  Anna  (Leet)  Trow- 
bridge, granddaughter  of  Thomas  and  Sarah 
(Rutherford)  Trowbridge  and  of  Governor 
William  and  Ann  (Paine)  Leet.  She  died 
August  II,  1721.  He  married  (second),  May 
3,  1722,  Esther,  daughter  of  Nathaniel  Burr 
and  widow  of  John  Sloss,  of  Fairfield.  He 
married  (third)  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Jo- 
seph Piatt,  of  Norwalk.  She  died  May  16, 
1732.  He  married  (fourth)  August  6,  1733, 
Abigail,  widow  of  Rev.  Joseph  Moss,  of  Derby, 
and  daughter  of  Rev.  Samuel  Russell,  of  Bran- 
ford,  Connecticut.  Children  of  first  wife :: 
Thomas,  born  September  i,  1709;  Samuel, 
July  22,  171 1 ;  Sarah,  June  8,  1713 ;  John,, 
mentioned  below;  Daughter,  October  27,  1716, 
died  same  day;  Anna,  April  11,  1718;  Wil- 
liam, May  29,  1720,  chaplain  in  the  French  and 
Indian  war.  Children  of  third  wife:  Joseph 
Piatt,  January  4,  1730,  member  of  congress ; 
Eliasaph,  March  20,  1732,  died  following- 
day  ;  Jonah,  twin  of  Eliasaph. 

(IV)  John,  son  of  Rev.  Samuel  and  Ann 
(Trowbridge)  Cooke,  was  born  March  31, 
1715,  at  New  Haven,  died  in  New  Haven,. 
July  12,  1813,  in  his  ninety-ninth  year.  He- 
married  (first)  October,  1739,  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  Rev.  Thomas  Toucey ;  she  died 
December  15,  1740;  had  one  daughter,  Anna,, 
born  December  3,  1740,  who  married  William- 
Hayes  Fitch,  of  Poland,  Ohio.  Pie  married 
(second)  September  21,  1747,  Martha,  daugh- 
ter of  Joseph  Booth,  of  Stratford,  Connecti- 
cut; she  died  June  23,  1799.  After  her  death 
Mr.  Cooke  lived  with  his  children  and  died 
at  his  son  John's  in  New  Haven.  Children 
of  second  wife:  Thomas,  born  October  17, 
1750;  Elizabeth,  October  15,  1752,  married 
Zebulon  Kirtland ;  Sarah,  March  21,  1755, 
married  Thaddeus  Beardsley,  of  Huntington, 
Connecticut;  John,  mentioned  below;  Samuel, 
January  29,  1760,  Philadelphia ;  Dorcas,  Au- 
gust 9,  1763,  married  William  Worden,  of 
Bridgeport,  Connecticut. 

(V)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Cooke,  was 
born  at  New  Haven,  May  23,  1757,  died  Sep- 
tember 8,  1835.  He  was  a  pioneer  carriage 
builder  in  New  Haven,  and  a  man  of  some  im- 
portance. He  married,  May  26,  1787,  Anne, 
daughter  of  William  Lyon  (2),  of  New  Ha- 
ven,  and    Elizabeth    (Maltby),   of    Saybrook, 


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daughter  of  Nathaniel  and  Deborah   (Jones) 
Maltby.    She  died  October  25,  1838. 

(VI)  John  Howard,  son  of  John  (2)  Cooke, 
was-  born  1788,  died  February  11,  1857.  He 
married,  December  24,  1809,  Maria  Mix  Judd, 
born  1 791,  died  August  i,  185 1,  daughter  of 
WilHam  Samuel  Judd  (see  Judd  VI).  Their 
daughter,  Mary  Esther,  married  Rev.  Dr. 
William  Elisha  Vibbert  (see  Vibbert  V). 

(The    Eaton    Line). 

Governor  Theophilus  Eaton,  born  in  Stony 
Stratford,  Buckinghamshire,  England,  in 
1590,  son  of  Rev.  Richard  Eaton,  married 
(first)  Grace  Hiller,  December  3,  1622. 
She  died  February,  1626.  Married  (second) 
Ann  Yale,  widow  of  David  Yale,  in 
1627.  Came  to  America,  arriving  at  Boston, 
June  26,  1637 ;  came  to  New  Haven,  April, 
1638 ;  was  the  first  governor  of  New  Haven 
Colony  where  he  was  greatly  venerated.  Died 
January  7,  1657. 

(II)  Hannah,  daughter  of  Governor  Theo- 
philus and  Ann  (Yale)  Eaton,  was  baptized 
October  6,  1632.  Married  William  Jones 
(born  1624),  deputy-governor,  July  4,  1659. 
She  died  May  4,  1707. 

(III)  Isaac  Jones,  son  of  Deputy-Governor 
William  and  Hannah  (Eaton)  Jones,  was 
born  June  21,  1671,  married  Deborah,  born 
October  24,  1672,  daughter  of  James  (2)  and 
Deborah  (Peacock)  Clark.     He  died  May  28, 

1735- 

(IV)  Deborah,  daughter  of  Isaac  and  De- 
borah (Clark)  Jones,  was  born  September 
25,  1700 ;  married  Nathaniel  Maltby,  Decem- 
ber 4,  1723. 

(V)  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Nathaniel  and 
Deborah  (Jones)  Maltby,  was  born  in  Say- 
brook,  Connecticut,  September  4,  1724,  died 
October  16,  1810.  Married  William  Lyon, 
born  in  Boston,  April  10,  1716,  died  January 

31.  1767- 

(VI)  Anne,  daughter  of  William  and  Eliza- 
beth (Maltby)  Lyon,  born  1760,  died  Octo- 
ber 25,  1838;  married  John  Cooke,  May  26, 
1787   (see  Cooke  V). 


The  surname  Phelps  is  a  varia- 
PHELPS  tion  of  the  spelling  of  the  name 
Phillips,  meaning,  son  of  Philip, 
in  the  case  of  the  original  ancestor  using  it. 
The  spelling  of  the  surname  has  been  varied 
and  a  number  of  well-established  family 
names  are  traced  to  the  same  origin.  One 
branch  of  the  Phelps  family,  however,  claims 
to  be  of  the  Guelph  family  of  Germany  to 
which  Queen  Victoria  belonged,  but  no  proof 
of  record  has  been  found  to  establish  the 
claim.     Some  branches  of  the  American  fam- 


ily of  Phelps  are  descended  from  the  ailcient 
family  of  Tewksbury,  Gloucestershire,  Eng- 
land. Among  them  is  the  family  mentioned 
below.  The  ancient  coat-of-arms  is  described 
as  follows :  Sable  lion  chained  and  rampant. 
A'arious  branches  of  the  English  family  have 
their  coats-of-arms. 

(I)  James  Phelps  was  born  about  1520,  and 
is  supposed  to  have  been  a  brother  of  Francis 
Phylppe,  of  Nether  Tyne,  Staffordshire,  Eng- 
land.     He    married    Joan   ,    who    was 

given  permission  to  administer  his  estate  on 
May  10,  1588.  Children  (baptismal  dates, 
Tewkesbury  Abbey  Church,  England)  :  Wil- 
liam, August  4,  1560,  mentioned  below; 
Thomas,  August  10,  1563-64;  George  (Giles) 
September  5,  1566;  Alice,  December  24,  1572; 
Edward,  May  10,  1578;  Keneline,  October  16, 
1580;  Richard,  October  16,  1583;  Robert,  July 
18,  1584;  Nicholas. 

(II)  William,  son  of  James  Phelps,  was 
baptized  at  Tewkesbury  Church,  England,  Au- 
gust 4,    1560,   and   married   Dorothy  , 

who  administered  his  estate  and  died  in  1613. 
He    probably   died  in    161 1.      Children    (bap- 

^tismal  dates,  Tewkesbury  Abbey  Church)  : 
Mary,  September  4,  1587,  died  young;  Mary, 
April  23,  1588;  Thomas,  June  24,  1590;  Dor- 
othy, February  29,  1595  ;  William,  August  19, 
1599,  mentioned  below;  James,  July  14,  1601 ; 
Elizabeth,  May  9,  1603 ;  George,  born  about 
1606. 

(III)  Wilham  (2),  son  of  William  (i) 
Phelps,  was  baptized  at  Tewkesbury  Abbey 
Church,  England,  August  19,  1599.  He  was 
the  immigrant  ancestor.  He  resided  for  a 
time  in  Tewkesbury,  and  his  first  child,  Rich- 
ard, was  baptized  in  the  church  there.  Soon 
after  this  he  probably  removed  to  one  of  the 
southern  counties,  as  there  is  no  further  rec- 
ord of  him  in  Tewkesbury.  He  and  his  wife, 
six  children,  and  his  brother  George,  came  to 
New  England  in  the  ship  "Mary  and  John," 
Captain  Squeb,  sailing  from  Plymouth,  Eng- 
land, March  20,  1630,  and  landing  at  Nan- 
task  et,  now  Hull,  May  30,  1630.  He  settled 
at  Dorchester  and  was  among  the  first  set- 
tlers and  founders  of  that  place.  He  was  a 
prominent  man  and  often  served  on  important 
committees  to  lay  out  boundary  lines.  He  ap- 
plied for  admission  as  a  freeman,  October  19, 
1630,  and  was  admitted  soon  afterward.  He 
was  one  of  the  jury  on  the  first  jury  trial  in 
New  England,  November  9,  1630.  He  was 
constable  in  163 1  ;  deputy  to  the  general  court 
1634-35.  He  removed  to  Windsor,  Connecti- 
cut, in  the  fall  of  1630,  and  William  Phelps 
was  one  of  the  six  who  formed  the  first  town 
meeting  of  Windsor.  At  a  court  held  May  i, 
1637,  William  Phelps  presiding,  it  was  ordered 


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that  there  "shall  be  an  offensive  war  against 
the  Pequots."  He  was  magistrate  1630-43, 
1645-49,  1656-62  inclusive.  He  was  dep- 
uty in  1 65 1.  In  1 64 1  he  was  governor  of  the 
Windsor  colony.  He  was  a  man  of  property, 
as  shown  by  the  high  pew  rent  that  he  paid. 
He  subscribed  also  toward  the  fund  for  the 
poor.  Not  being  able  to  prove  his  title  and 
payment  for  the  land  he  bought  of  Sehat,  an 
Indian  in  Windsor,  William  Phelps  paid  for 
it  the  second  time,  the  legal  tender  used  being 
wampum.  He  resided  on  the  road  running 
northerly,  a  short  distance  north  of  the  Mill 
river  valley,  and  he  was  among  those  who  suf- 
fered from  the  great  flood  in  1639.  Soon 
after  the  flood  he  removed  farther  north  and 
settled  on  what  is  known  as  Phelps  Meadows, 
and  his  son  William  lived  a  short  distance  east 
of  him.     The  cellar  of  the  old  house  may  still 

be   seen.      He  married   ,   who   died   in 

1633;  (second),  in  1638,  Mary  Dover,  who 
came  from  England  on  the  "Mary  and  John." 
He  died  at  Windsor,  July  14,  and  was  buried 
July  15,  1672.  His  wife  died  November  27, 
1675.  His  will  was  dated  April  22,  1660, 
and  proved  July  26,  1672.  Children  of  first 
wife:  Richard,  baptized  in  Tewksbury,  Eng- 
land, December  26,  1619;  William,  born  in 
England ;  Sarah,  born  in  England  about  1623 ; 
Samuel,  born  in  England,  about  1625 ;  Na- 
thaniel, born  in  England,  about  1627,  men- 
tioned below ;  Joseph,  born  in  England,  about 
1629 ;  Timothy,  born  at  Windsor,  September 
I,  1639  ;- Mary, , born  at  Windsor,  March  2, 
1644. 

(IV)  Nathaniel,  son  of  WilHam  (2)  Phelps, 
was  born  in  England,  about  1627,  and  came 
to  New  England  with  his  father.  He  settled 
first  in  Dorchester  and  then  in  Windsor,  Con- 
necticut, where  he  married,  September  17, 
1650,  Elizabeth  Copley,  of  England,  a  de- 
scendant of  Copley,  the  celebrated  artist.  She 
died  in  Northampton,  Massachusetts,  Decem- 
ber 6,  1712,  and  her  will  was  proved  there. 
Nathaniel  Phelps  resided  on  the  Orton  place, 
opposite  his  father's  homestead,  which  he  pur- 
chased of  his  brother  Samuel.  About  1656- 
57.  he  removed  to  Northampton  and  was  one 
of  the  first  settlers  there.  He  was  one  of  the 
first  deacons  of  the  Northampton  church  and 
occupied  his  homestead  forty-three  years.  The 
farm  was  occupied  by  his  descendants  until 
1835.  It  comprised  the  land  which  was  for- 
merly the  site  of  Miss  Margaret  Dwight's 
school,  and  later  the  College  Institute  of  J. 
J.  Dudley,  and  which  is  now  "Shady  Lawn." 
The  old  house  stood  a  few  rods  north  of  the 
present  house.  On  February  8,  1679,  he  and 
his  sons  Nathaniel,  Jr.,  and  William,  took  the 
oath  of  allegiance  before  Major  Pyncheon,  and 


May  II,  1681,  he  was  admitted  a  freeman. 
He  died  in  Northampton,  May  27,  1703,  aged 
seventy-five  years.  Children :  Mary,  born 
June  21,  165 1,  Windsor;  Nathaniel,  June  2, 
1052,  Windsor;  Abigail,  April  6,  1665,  Wind- 
sor, died  aged  one  hundred  and  one  years  four 
months  and  eleven  days ;  William,  June  22, 
1657,  mentioned  below;  Thomas,  May  20, 
1661,  Northampton;  Mercy,  May  16,  1662, 
Northampton,  died  July  15,  1662. 

(V)  William  (3),  son  of  Nathaniel  Phelps, 
was  born  at  Northampton,  June  22,  1657,  and 
died  January  i,  1745.  He  settled  on  the 
homestead  at  Northampton,  and  was  admitted 
a  freeman,  May  30,  1680.  He  married,  May 
30,  1678,  Abigail,  born  September  24,  1660, 
died  1748,  daughter  of  John  Stebbins.  Chil- 
dren: Abigail,  born  August  3,  1679,  married 
August  3,  1697,  Joseph  Parsons ;  Elizabeth, 
February  4,  1682;  William,  April  16,  1684; 
Mary,  January  3,  1688;  Nathaniel,  October 
5,  1690;  Deborah,  May  17,  1694;  Ebenezer, 
October,  1697,  mentioned  below;  Joseph  Aus- 
tin, December  5,  1699;  Mary,  May  4,  1703. 

(VI)  Ebenezer,  son  of  William  (3)  Phelps, 
was  born  in  October,  1697,  ^nd  died  March 
8,  1769.  He  married,  in  1740,  Sarah  Taylor, 
born  1706,  died  October  10,  1742;  (second) 
Maria  Austin,  of  Sufiield,  Connecticut,  born 
1710,  died  at  Northampton,  November  18, 
1787.  Children  of  first  wife:  Ebenezer,  born 
November  4,  1740,  mentioned  below;  Sarah, 
September  27,  1741. 

(VII)  Ebenezer  (2),  son  of  Ebenezer  (i) 
Phelps,  was  born  November  4,  1740,  and  died 
October  3,  1821.  He  resided  in  Northamp- 
ton. He  was  in  the  revolution  in  Captain  Oli- 
ver Lyman's  company,  August  7,  1777.  He 
married,  August  2,  1764,  Phebe,  born  1743, 
died  December  8,  1826,  daughter  of  John 
and  Phebe  Wright,  of  Northampton.  Chil- 
dren: Ebenezer,  born  July  14,  1766;  men- 
tioned below;  Phebe,  July  25,  1769.;  Sarah, 
June  4,  1770;  Marion,  March  11,  1772;  John, 
November  9,  1773;  Asahel,  September  24, 
1775:  Alarion,  March  5,  1779;  Rachel,  May 
12,   1782. 

(VIII)  Ebenezer  (3),  son  of  Ebenezer  (2) 
Phelps,  was  born  July  14,  1766,  and  died  De- 
cember 6,  1826.     He  was  a  prominent  citizen, 

.large  land  owner  and  well-to-do  farmer.  A 
large  tract  of  land  that  he  formerly  owned  is 
now  in  the  very  center  of  the  city  of  North- 
ampton. He  married  Keziah  Parsons,  No- 
vember 2,  1796.  She  was  born  September  16, 
1766,  and  died  June  16,  1853.  Children: 
Spencer,  mentioned  below ;  Patty,  born  April 
I,  1799,  died  young;  Charles,  April  21,  1800, 
died  1801  ;  Ebenezer,  August  8,  1802 ;  Charles, 
July  26,  1804;  Lewis,  May  7,  1806;  Chester, 


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October  14,  1807 ;  son,  died  young ;  George, 
July  21,  1809,  died  1810;  Phebe,  March  21, 
1812;  Keziah,  April  6,  1814. 

(IX)  Spencer,  son  of  Ebenezer  (3) 
Plielps,  was  born  at  Northampton,  September 
4,  1797,  and  died  in  1873.  He  was  a  farmer 
and  also  engaged  in  butcher  business.  In  pol- 
itics he  was  a  Whig  until  the  formation  of 
the  Republican  party,  of  which  he  became  a 
member.  He  attended  the'  First  Congrega- 
tional Church  of  Northampton.  He  and  his 
wife  are  both  buried  at  Northampton.  He 
married,  in  1823,  Annie  Harris,  born  Decem- 
ber 21,  1801,  in  Norwich,  and  died  in  1873, 
at  Northampton.  Children,  born  at  North- 
ampton: I.  George  S.,  carriage  dealer  at 
Nortliampton ;  married  Frances  A.  Clapp ; 
children ;  William  C,  Mellie  S.,  George  E. 
2.  Anna  Maria,  married  Enos  Wright,  of 
Northampton  :  children :  Ann  Maria  Wright, 
Edward  Enos  Wright,  Henry  Lewis  Wright, 
Ella  A.  Wright,  Charles  Samuel  Wright,  Mar- 
tin A.  Wright.  3.  Edward,  died  in  infancy. 
4.  Edward  H.,  tinsmith  of  Northampton,  born 
August  5,  183 1 ;  married,  December  24,  1863, 
Sarah  A.  Cobb ;  children :  Annie  Cobb,  Cara 
Cobb.  5.  Flenry  S.,  born  July  25,  1836;  was 
a  soldier  in  the  Union  army  during  the  civil 
war,  in  Company  C,  Eleventh  United  States 
Regulars ;  was  taken  prisoner  and  died  in  An- 
dersonville  prison,  unmarried,  in  1861.  6. 
Charles  W.,  born  December,  1838 ;  died  aged 
eighteen  years.  7.  Lewis  M.,  mentioned  be- 
low. 

(X)  Hon.  Lewis  Monroe  Phelps,  son  of 
Spencer  Phelps,  was  born  August  22,  1841, 
at  Northampton,  where  he  spent  his  boyhood 
and  youth  and  attended  the  public  schools. 
He  left  school  at  the  age  of  fourteen  and 
worked  for  various  farmers  in  the  vicinity. 
Three  years  later  he  went  west  and  worked 
in  Illinois  and  Iowa  two  years.  Returning  to 
Northampton,  he  learned  the  trade  of  carriage 
making  and  followed  it  until  he  was  twenty- 
four  years  old.  He  enlisted,  August,  1862,  in 
Company  C,  Eighty-second  Regiment,  Massa- 
chusetts Volunteers,  and  served  until  August 
r  1,  1863.  He  took  part  in  the  battle  of  Port 
Hudson  and  man)r  other  notable  battles  of  the 
civil  war.  When  he  was  twenty-four  he  en- 
gaged in  the  contracting  business  for  one 
year.  Then  for  six  years  he  was  foreman  in 
charge  of  a  number  of  men  in  the  car  shops 
of  Wason  Manufacturing  Company,  of 
Springfield,  Massachusetts,  and  afterward  had 
a  similar  position  in  the  car  shops  of  the  New 
York,  New  Haven  &  Hartford  Railway  Com- 
pany. In  187s  he  came  to  Wallingford,  Con- 
necticut, to  establish  himself  in  business  as  a 
tinsmith,  plumber  and  dealer  in  stoves,  ranges 


and  similar  goods.  A  few  years  later  he 
leased  his  present  store  in  the  Wallace  Block 
and  purchased  a  half  interest,  and  in  1898 
bought  the  other  half  interest.  He  has  in- 
vested extensively  in  real  estate  in  Walling- 
ford, especially  in  tenement  houses.  He  has 
accumulated  a  substantial  fortune  in  his  busi- 
ness, and  by  shrewdly  investing  his  surplus. 
In  politics  he  is  a  Republican,  and  for  a  num- 
ber of  years  he  has  held  a  commission  as  jus- 
tice of  the  peace.  He  has  had  charge  for 
many  years  of  the  department  of  weights  and 
measures  of  the  city.  For  two  years  he  was 
a  member  of  the  court  of  burgesses.  In  Octo- 
ber, 1901,  he  was  appointed  electrical  commis- 
sioner for  three  years.  In  1904-05  he  repre- 
sented Wallingford  in  the  general  assembly. 
Since  1902  he  has  been  borough  judge.  He  is 
a  member  of  Arthur  Dutton  Post,  Grand 
Army  of  the  Republic ;  of  Compass  Lodge  of 
Free  Masons ;  of  Accanant  Lodge  of  Odd 
Fellows,  in  which  he  held  in  succession  all  the 
offices,  and  for  a  number  of  years  has  been  a 
member  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  the  State.  He 
is  also  a  member  of  the  Encampment.  Rebekah 
and  Canton  branches  of  the  Odd  Fellows.  He 
was  a  prime  mover  in  the  organization  of  Ac- 
canant Lodge  and  its  first  vice  grand.  He  has 
been  treasurer  of  Friendship  Encampment  and 
member  of  the  board  of  trustees.  He  married, 
June  I,  1864,  Jennie  M.,  of  South  Deerfield, 
Massachusetts,  daughter  of  Samuel  Hastings. 
They  have  no  children. 


Guy  Rowland  Phelps,  deceased, 
PHELPS  for  many  years  a  physician  and 
druggist  of  Simsbury  and  Hart- 
ford, was  a  man  of  varied  attainments  and 
prominently  identified  with  insurance  interests. 
Prior  to  the  reign  of  Edward  VI.  the  Phelps 
family  patronymic  was  spelled  Phellyppes. 
Dr.  Phelps  belonged  to  the  Guelph  family, 
tracing  his  ancestry  to  George  I.,  of  England. 
He  was  a  descendant  in  the  seventh  g'enera- 
tion  of  William  Phelps  (q.  v.),  who  was  born 
at  Tewkesbury,  England,  in  1599,  emigrated 
to  America  about  1630,  first  making  his  home 
at  Dorchester,  Massaciiusetts,  and  became  one 
of  the  first  settlers  of  Windsor,  Cormecticut, 
in  1635.  From  him  the  chain  of  descent  is 
as  follows :  Joseph,  born  in  Engl.ind.  died  at 
Simsbury  in  1684:  Joseph  (2),  born  August 
27,  1667;  David,  a  lieutenant  in  the  militia, 
born  May  7,  1710:  Major-General  Noah 
Phelps,  born  January  22,  1740;  and  Colonel 
Noah  A.,  the  father  of  Guy  Rowland,  born 
May  3,  1762. 

Dr.  Guy  R.  Phelps  was  born  at  Sims- 
bury, April  I,  1802.  His  mother's  maiden 
name     was     Charlotte     Wilcox.      His     early 


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schooling  was  received  at  Simsbury  and  Suf- 
field,  and  he  graduated  from  Yale  in  1825. 
He  was  a  close  student,  an  apt  and  facile 
learner,  and  qualified  himself  for  the  profes- 
sion of  teacher  while  yet  a  mere  youth,  and  in 
fact  successfully  managed  an  exceedingly  dis- 
orderly school,  where  other — and  more  expe- 
rienced— pedagogues  had  failed.  For  several 
winters  he  taught  with  marked  success,  de- 
voting his  summers  to  the  study  of  medicine, 
for  which  profession  he  felt  a  strong  voca- 
tion early  in  youth.  His  first  medical  pre- 
ceptor was  Dr.  Coggswell,  a  noted  and  suc- 
cessful practitioner  of  those  days,  who  in  ac- 
cordance with  the  custom  of  his  times  gave 
instruction  to  three  or  four  embryo  physicians. 
Going  to  New  York,  young  Phelps  pursued 
his  studies  under  the  tutelage  of  those  eminent 
physicians  and  surgeons.  Dr.  Alexander  and 
Dr.  Valentine  Mott. 

After  being  licensed  to  practice  Dr.  Phelps 
opened  an  office  in  New  York  City,  where  he 
met  with  most  gratifying  success  for  three 
years.  However,  his  health  became  impaired, 
and  he  felt  that  change  of  scene  and  fresh 
country  air  were  necessary  to  restore  his  phys- 
ical condition  to  its  wonted  strength.  He 
therefore  returned  to  Simsbury,  where  he  en- 
tered upon  the  tiresome  but  active  round  of 
duties  incident  to  a  country  practice.  After 
four  years  of  this  life  he  felt  well  enough  to 
resume  city  practice  and  accordingly  returned 
to  New  York.  Once  more  he  found  the  me- 
tropolis a  field  of  success,  and  it  was  with 
poignant  regret  that  he  realized  that  an  ex- 
tensive city  practice  (during  the  epidemic  he 
was  at  one  time  treating  forty  cases  of  small- 
pox) might  prove  the  means  of  shortening  his 
life.  Again  he  returned  to  Simsbury.  but  the 
long  rides  and  uncertain  hours  of  the  country 
practitioner  were  not  to  his  liking,  and  in 
April,  1837,  he  opened  a  drug  store  on  North 
Main  street,  Hartford.  As  a  druggist  Dr. 
Phelps  ranked  among  the  first,  while  his  finan- 
cial success  exceeded  his  expectations,  and  he 
was  recognized  as  the  leading  pharmacist  of 
his  day  and  section.  It  was  he  who  devised 
the  formula  for  the  "Phelps  Tomato  Pill,"  a 
preparation  which  had  a  wonderful  sale  in  its 
day,  and  which,  together  with  the  profits  aris- 
ing from  his  drug  business,  laid  the  founda- 
tion of  his  fortune.  He  always  retained  his 
membership  in  the  County  and  State  Medical 
societies,  with  both  of  which  he  had  for  many 
years  been  actively  and  prominently  identi- 
fied. 

Perhaps,  however.  Dr.  Phelps'  most  endur- 
ing claim  to  fame  rests  upon  his  connection 
with  the  insurance  business,  to  which  the  lat- 
ter years  of  his  life  were  devoted  almost  ex- 


clusively. His  attention  was  first  directed  to 
the  subject  of  life  insurance  in  1846,  when  he 
took  out  a  policy  upon  his  own  life.  In  the 
United  States  the  field  was  a  terra  incognita, 
and  the  scheme  was  regarded  with  disfavor, 
if  not  with  positive  distrust.  Dr.  Phelps  was 
quick  to  perceive  the  possibilities  of  the  situa- 
tion, and  his  keen,  well-trained  mind  was  of 
a  cast  especially  well  qualified  to  grapple  with 
the  intricate  and  perplexing  problems  which 
presented  themselves.  Evidently  the  first  task 
to  be  accomplished  was  the  education  of  the 
American  people  as  to  the  theory  of  life  in- 
surance and  the  fundamental  principles  upon 
which  it  is  based.  At  that  time  the  business 
was  conducted  generally  in  an  expensive  man- 
ner, while  the  spirit  of  speculation  was  rife 
among  managements  which  knew  compara- 
tively nothing  of  the  practical  value  of  risks. 
His  ideas  were  so  far  in  advance  of  his  time 
that,  while  some  pitied  what  they  termed  his 
"folly,"  others  doubted  whether  his  mental  bal- 
ance was  in  correct  equipoise.  Yet  what  were 
then  called  his  "fanciful"  and  "absurd"  theo- 
ries are  to-day  recognized  (with  necessary 
modifications)  as  among  the  underlying  prin- 
ciples of  every  sound  and  well-managed  com- 
pany. 

The  great  work  of  Dr.  Phelps'  life  was  the 
organizing,  establishing  and  nurturing  of  the 
Connecticut  Mutual  Life  Insurance  Company, 
and  it  was  he  who  conceived  the  plan  under 
which  the  great  success  of  this  company  was 
achieved.  In  1846  the  company  was  organ- 
ized. Dr.  Phelps  becoming  the  first  secretary, 
and  while  that  great  corporation  was  strug- 
gling in  the  swaddling  bands  of  infancy  he 
even  swept  out  his  own  office  to  save  expense. 
He  had  carefully  studied  the  matter  in  all  its 
phases,  and  not  long  afterward  made  a  spe- 
cial trip  to  Europe  to  investigate  the  vi'orkings 
of  the  Old  World  companies,  on  his  return 
to  America  incorporating  with  his  own  plans 
all  the  features  of  value  he  had  found.  He 
wrote  the  charter  of  the  company,  which  was 
adopted  practically  word  for  word  as  com- 
posed by  him,  and  fought  for  two  sessions  in 
the  legislature  to  have  it  granted.  As  the 
company  was  a  "mutual"  one  it  was  neces- 
sary to  obtain  a  guaranty  fund  of  $50,000 — 
to  guarantee  the  payment  of  policies  during 
the  infancy  of  the  company — a  task  of  far 
greater  magnitude,  but  at  length  ten  of  his 
friends  in  Hartford,  Simsbury  and  New  York 
came  to  his  relief  by  signing  notes  aggregat- 
ing that  amount,  Thomas  K.  Brace,  three  of 
Dr.  Phelps'  brothers,  two  of  his  cousins  and 
an  uncle  being  of  the  number.  Dr.  Phelps 
was  ever  a  tireless  worker  for  the  success  of 
the   concern,   and    the   Insurance   Monitor  of 


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September,  1868,  said :  "It  is  not  too  much 
to  say,  for  it  is  a  well-known  and  conceded 
fact  that  the  Connecticut  Mutual  owes  its  emi- 
nent success  and  prosperity,  in  a  very  large 
measure  to  the  skill  and  labor  of  Dr.  Phelps, 
its  principal  manager  from  its  organization  to 
the  present  time."  He  regulated  and  man- 
aged its  affairs  in  a  most  able  manner,  serving 
as  secretary  for  a  time,  and  later,  for  a  num- 
ber of  years,  as  president.  Thougli  not  the 
originator  of  the  "mutual"  system  used  in  in- 
surance he  did  more  than  any  other  man  to 
"elucidate  and  popularize"  it.  Just  before  his 
death  he  told  his  daughter  that  the  company 
was  on  such  staple  footing  that  without  any 
management  it  would  continue  to  run  for 
twenty-five  years.  After  his  demise  the  Life 
Underwriters  of  Hartford  passed  resolutions 
of  sympathy  and  regret,  etc.,  and  among  other 
things  said:  "In  the  death  of  Dr.  Guy  R. 
Phelps  the  Life  Underwriters  of  the  United 
States  have  met  with  an  irreparable  loss." 
The  Insurance  Times  of  March,  1869,  said  of 
him :  "A  great  and  good  man  has  left  us 
forever.  A  practical,  laborious  and  eminent 
philanthropist,  who  not  only  loved  his  fellow 
men,  but  spent  the  energies  of  his  life,  the 
gifts  of  his  intellect  and  the  goodness  of  his 
heart  in  their  behalf,  is  gone  to  his  haven  of 
eternal  peace  and  reward.  His  comfort  giv- 
ing and  abundant  works  remain,  and  the  spirit 
with  which  he  espoused  and  promoted  a  sa- 
cred cause,  and  built  up  a  great  benevolent 
institution,  having  inspired  many  others  with 
its  kindling  sympathy,  will  be  perpetuated 
and  multiply  on  the  earth  for  ages  to  come." 

Dr.  Phelps  was  a  reflective  reader  and  a  pro- 
found student,  particularly  fond  of  the  study 
of  history  and  the  languages,  in  both  of  which 
he  was  proficient.  He  was  a  man  fully  abreast 
of  the  times,  thoroughly  posted  on  the  current 
events  of  the  day,  and  well-informed  on  gen- 
eral subjects.  Until  1856  he  was  a  Democrat, 
but  after  that  date  voted  with  the  Republican 
party,  though  it  was  his  wont  to  say  that  he 
had  "never  left  his  party,  its  name  simply 
changed."  His  fellow  citizens  showed  their 
appreciation  of  his  worth  by  early  choosing 
him  a  member  of  the  city  council,  and  later 
electing  him  an  alderman,  as  well  as  by  send- 
ing him  to  represent  them  in  the  legislature. 
For  years  he  attended  Dr.  Horace  Bushnell's 
church,  and  was  a  liberal  contributor  to  its 
support  and  to  the  prosecution  of  its  work ; 
he  became  a  member  during  his  later  years. 
Dr.  Phelps  was  too  old  to  enlist  for  service 
in  the  rebellion,  but  was  much  interested  in 
the  cause  of  liberty,  and  he  volunteered  to 
double  the  pay  of  a  man  who  would  go  to  the 
front  as  he  had  no  son  to  send.     His  grand- 


father served  in  the  revolution,  his  father  in 
the  war  of  1812,  and  he  desired  to  have  rep- 
resentation ;  accordingly  he  sent  Charles  Ten- 
nant,  who  soon  became  second  lieutenant,  was 
wounded  at  Antietam,  recovered,  was  pro- 
moted to  captain,  and  was  afterward  killed. 
Dr.  Phelps  ever  after  took  a  deep  interest  in 
his  family. 

On  April  17,  1833,  at  Simsbury,  Dr.  Phelps 
married  Hannah  Latimer,  born  in  that  town 
June  23,  1801,  daughter  of  Waite  and  Hannah 
(Pettibone)  Latimer.  Children:  Antoinette 
Randolph,  Maria  Augusta,  Guy  Carelton  and 
Guyana  Rowland,  the  first  named  being  the 
only  one  that  attained  maturity.  Antoinette 
R.  Phelps  is  a  resident  of  Hartford,  her  home 
being  at  No.  72  Washington  street,  in  that 
city.  She  enjoys  the  dual  distinction  of  being 
a  member  of  two  of  the  most  honored  orders 
in  America,  the  Daughters  of  the  American 
Revolution  and  the  Colonial  Dames. 

Dr.  Phelps  was  both  a  Freemason  and  an 
Odd  Fellow,  and  was  held  in  high  regard  by 
all  who  knew  him,  receiving  the  highest  es- 
teem from  those  who  knew  him  best.  As  a 
physician  he  was  careful,  reflective  and  con- 
scientious, as  a  citizen  patriotic,  as  a  husband, 
and  father  gentle,  loving  and  true,  as  a  man 
honest  and  fearless.  He  died  March  18,  1869, 
after  a  short  attack  of  typhoid  pneumonia. 
Until  within  a  few  days  of  his  passing  away 
his  activity  was  unimpaired,  but  a  cold  con- 
tracted through  sitting  near  an  open  window 
at  a  directors'  meeting  proved  the  indirect 
cause  of  his  demise.  His  wife  survived  until 
May  28,  1873,  when  she,  too,  fell  asleep.  Both 
rest  in  the  cemetery  at  Simsbury,  where  also 
sleep  five  generations  of  both  families. 


(IV)  Samuel  Phelps  ,  son  of 
PHELPS  William  Phelps  (q.  v.),  was 
born  in  England  about  1625, 
and  emigrated  to  New  England  with  his  fa- 
ther in  the  ship  "Mary  and  John,"  1630.  He 
settled  first  in  Dorchester,  but  removed  to 
Windsor,  Connecticut,  in  1635-36.  He  bought 
there,  October  i,  1657,  Thomas  Orton's  house 
and  land  south  of  the  road  separating  it  from 
his  father's  homestead.  He  afterward  sold 
the  rear  of  this  lot  and  house  to  his  brother 
Nathaniel  and  removed  to  Poquonock,  where 
he  had  received  a  grant  of  land.  He  also 
bought  John  Bartlett's  place  east  of  Stony 
Brook,  and  lived  there  until  his  death.  May 
15,  1669.  In  1666,  he  witnessed  a  deed  of 
land  to  his  father  by  the  Indians.  He  mar- 
ried, November  10,  1650,  Sarah,  daughter  of 
Edward  and  Margaret  Griswold.  She  was 
born  in  Kenilworth,  England,  and  came  to 
New  England  with  her  father  in  1639.    After 


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her  husband's  death,  she  married  (second) 
Nathaniel  Pinney,  July  21,  1670.  She  died 
November  6,  1715.  Her  father,  Edward  Gris- 
wold,  was  one  of  two  brothers  who  came  to 
New  England  in  1639,  in  a  vessel  sent  out  by 
Mr.  William  Whitney.  Matthew,  the  other 
brother,  became  the  ancestor  of  the  two  Gov- 
ernors Griswold.  A  third  brother,  Thomas, 
remained  in  England.  Edward  was  born  in 
England  in  1607,  and  settled  in  that  part  of 
Windsor  called  Poquonock.  Later,  he  settled 
in  Killingworth,  Connecticut,  as  one  of  the 
first    settlers    and   became    a    prominent    man 

•there.     He  married   (first)   Margaret — , 

who  died  August  22,  1670.  He  married  (sec- 
ond) Sarah,  daughter  of  James  Bemis,  of 
New  London.  Children  of  Samuel  Phelps, 
the  first  three  born  in  Windsor,  the  others  in 
Poquonock:  Samuel, _  September  5,  1652; 
Sarah,  March  16,  1653 ;  Timothy,  October  26, 
1656;  Mary,  October  26,  1658;  William,  No- 
vember 3,  1660,  mentioned  below;  John,  July 
7,  1662;  Ephraim,  November  i,  1663;  Abi- 
gail, May  16,  1666:  Josias,  December  16,  1667. 
fV)  William,  son  of  Samuel  Phelps,  was 
born   in    Poquonock,   Windsor,    November   3, 

.1660,  and  spent  his  life  there.  He  married 
Hannah,  daughter  of  Daniel  and  Hannah 
rWilcockson)  Hay  den,  borri  in  Windsor,  No- 
vember 9,  1668.    He  died  November  21,  .1711, 

and  she  married  (second)  ■ Smith.    Her 

father,  Daniel  Hayden,  was  a  son  of  Lieuten- 
ant William  Hayden,  who  came  over  in  the 
ship  "Mary  and  John,"  1630.  Her  mother, 
Hannah  Wilcockson,  was  the  daughter  of  Wil- 
liam Wilcockson,  of  Stafford.  Children,  born 
in  Poquonock:  Hannah,  October  13,  1694; 
Phebe,  September  i,  1696;  William,  men- 
tioned below;  Daniel,  March  21,  1701 ;  John, 
March  21,  1703;  Elizabeth,  July  23,  1706; 
Charles,  October  13,  1708. 

(VI)  William  (2),  son  of  WilHam  (i) 
Phelps,  was  born  January  13,  1698,  in  Poquo- 
nock, and  married,  June  4,  1739,  Martha, 
daughter  of  Samuel  Holcomb,  born  in  Wind- 
sor, November  8,  1722,  died  there,  December 
12,  1776.  Samuel  Holcomb,  was  the  son  of 
Sergeant  Benjamin  Holcomb  who  was  the 
son  of  Thomas.  Mr.  Phelps  settled  in  Wind- 
sor, and  is  referred  to  in  "History  of  Great 
Barrington,  Mass."  as  "2nd  William  of  Wind- 
sor, Ct.,  and  also  as  owning  a  lot  in  Great 
Barrington  in  the  early  Settlement  there," 
but  does  not  appear  to  have  lived  there.  Chil- 
dren, born  in  Windsor:  William,  September 
22,  1740;  Martha,  April  8,  1742;  EH,  men- 
tioned below. 

("VII)  Eli,  son  of  William  (2)  Phelps,  was 
born  August  16,  1743,  in  Windsor,  and  mar- 
ried    rfirst)     Ruth    Case;     (second)    Miriam 


(Case)  Adams,  daughter  of  Noah  Case,  and 
widow  of  Joseph  Adams.  She  was  born 
1776,  and  died  in  Poquonock,  May  4,  1869. 
He  settled  in  Poquonock.  and  died  there,  Jan- 
uary 28,  1829.  Children  of  second  wife:  i. 
Ruth,  married  (first)  Fredus  Case;  (second) 
Jehu  Phelps  Ellsworth;  died  July  i,  1842.  2. 
Eli,  September  i,  1807,  mentioned  below.  3. 
Mary,  about  1809.  4.  Miriam,  1813.  5.  Mind- 
well,  married  Manly  Snow.  6;  Sarah,  April 
9,  1817. 

(VIII)  Eh  (2),  son  of  Eli  (i)  Phelps,  was 
born  September  i,  1807,  in  Poquonock,  and 
married  Abigail  Humphrey,  at  Winsted,  Con- 
necticut, May  27,  1846.  She  was  the  daughter 
of  James  and  Roxalana  (North)  Humphrey, 
and  was  born  in  Norfolk,  March  7,  1820.  Mr. 
Phelps  settled  in  Poquonock,  and  was  a  farmer 
by  occupation.  He  represented  his  town  in 
the  state  legislature.  He  died  there,  Septem- 
ber I,  1879.  Children,  born  in  Poquonock: 
William,  December  23,  1847,  mentioned  be- 
low; James  H.,  January  4,  1849,  died  January 
24,  1849;  Emily,  October  i,  1850,  died  July, 
1852  ;  Maria,  November  22,  1852 ;  Charlotte, 
October  6,  1854. 

(IX)  William  (3),  son  of  Eli  (2)  Phelps, 
was  born  "December  23,  1847,  in  Poquonock, 
and  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  District 
No.  8  of  Windsor,  at  the  academy  in  Wind- 
sor, and  the  Connecticut  Literary  Institute, 
Suffield.  He  spent  his  life  on  the  old  home 
farm  and  carried  it  on  in  a  thoroughly  scien- 
tific manner.  Pie  was  an  excellent  business 
man,  of  strict  integrity,  and  retiring  disposi- 
tion. In  early  life  he  was  a  Democrat  in 
politics,  but  in  later  years  became  a  Prohi- 
bitionist. He  married  Mariette  Dickinson,  of 
Haddam,  Connecticut,  daughter  of  Nathan 
and  Jemimah  (Brainard)  Dickinson.  She 
died  June  23,  1899,  and  Mr.  Phelps,  January, 
1906. 


(IV)  Lieutenant  Timothy 
PHELPS     Phelps,  son  of  William  Phelps 

(q.  v.),  was  born  in  Windsor, 
Connecticut,  September  i,  1639.  He  married, 
March  19,  1661,  Mary,  daughter  of  Edward 
Griswold,  of  Killingworth,  Connecticut.  She 
was  born  in  Windsor,  baptized  October  13, 
1644,  and  died  several  years  before  her  hus- 
band. He  lived  on  the  old  homestead  in 
Windsor,  on  land  which  his  father  had  pur- 
chased from  the  Indians.  He  was  propound- 
ed October,  1663,  and  made  a  freeman  May 
2,  1664.  In  May,  1690,  he  was  chosen  lieu- 
tenant of  the  train  band  in  Windsor,  and  in 
May,  1696,  the  soldiers  chose  him  as  captain 
and  the  court  approved  the  choice.  He  was 
appointed  a  lieutenant  by  the  general  court, 


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received  his  commission  in  1709,  and  served 
under  Colonel  Matthew  Allyn's  company  in 
the  Queen  Anne  war.  He  died  in  1719,  and 
his  will,  dated  May  2,  1717,  mentions  all  his 
children  except  Mary,  who  died  young,  and 
his  grandson,  Samuel  F.'ler,  son  of  his  daugh- 
ter Abigail.  On  June  11,  1667,  there  is  a 
record,  "to  the  poor  of  other  colonies,  Timothy 
Phelps  3s.  6d."  Captain  Matthew  Allyn  led 
a  company  from  Windsor  in  the  campaign 
against  Quebec,  and  in  his  letters  to  his  wife, 
at  Woods  Creek,  near  Albany,  he  says  that 
"Himself,  Tim.  Phelps,  Obadiah  Owen,  Mat. 
Taylor  and  Bartlett  are  sick.  Taylor  the 
worst."  He  made  a  deposition  in  Hartford, 
Marcli,  1682-83,  that  he  was  son  of  William, 
about  forty-two  years  old.  Children,  born 
in  Windsor:  Timothy,  November  i,  1663; 
Joseph,  September  27,  1666 :  William,  Febru- 
ary 4,  1669;  Cornelius,  April  26,  1671,  men- 
tioned below ;  Mary,  August  14,  1673  '<  Sam- 
uel, January  29,  1675  ;  Nathaniel,  January  7, 
t677;  Sarah,  December  27,  1679;  Abigail, 
June  3,  1682 ;  Hannah,  August  2,  1684 ;  Anne, 
October  2,  1686;  Martha,  November  12, 
1688. 

(V)  Cornelius,  son  of  Lieutenant  Timothy 
Phelps,  was  born  in  Windsor,  April  26,  1671. 
He  married  Sarah,  born  in  Windsor,  January 
5,  1685,  died  there  V/'J4.  daughter  of  John 
and-  Sarah  f Phelps)  Mansfield.  He  settled 
in  Windsor,  and  clied  there  in  1741.  His  will, 
in  Hartford  probate  records,  dated  March  8. 
1741-42,  mentions  wife  Sarah,  sons,  Corne- 
lius, John,  Timothy,  Isaac,  and  daug'hter, 
Sarah  Hutchinson.  Children  born  in  Wind- 
sor: Sarah,  December  7,  1705  ;  Cornelius,  June 
2,  1707;  John,  July  6,  1710;  Timothy,  Febru- 
ary 3>  I7I3-  mentioned  below  ;  Isaac,  July  22. 
1722;  Lot,  or  Lanslot,  1724. 

(VI)  Timothy  (2),  son  of  Cornelius 
Phelps,  was  born  in  Windsor,  February  3, 
1713.  He  married,  April  24,  1746,  Margaret, 
born  in  Windsor,  December  31,  1723,  daugh- 
ter of  Daniel  and  Margaret  fEno)  Gillett. 
He  settled  in  Windsor,  where  two  children 
were  born,  then  moved  to  Colebrook,  where 
the  remainder  of  their,  children  were  born. 
He  returned  to  Windsor,  where  he  died.  Chil- 
dren: Timothy,  born  July  4,  1748;  Lancelot, 
mentioned  below,  and  John  (twins),  July  4, 
1750:  Margaret,  March  2,  1752;  Daniel,  Sep- 
tember II,  1753;  Sabra,  Octoijer  7,  1755:  LTr- 
sula,  September  4,  1758 :  Edward,  August  27, 

1759- 

(A^II)  Dr.  Lancelot,  son  of  Timothy  (2) 
Phelps,  was  born  in  Windsor,  July  4,  1750,  a 
twin.  ITe  married,  July  6,  1778,  Jerusha,  daugh- 
ter of  John  and  Deborah  Pinney,  born  in  Wind- 
sor, November  i,  1760,  died  in  Groton,  Tomp- 


kins county,  New  York,  March  16,  1842,  aged 
eighty-two.  He  was  a  physician,  and  prac- 
ticed first  at  Windsor,  in  1794,  removed  to 
Colebrook,  and  then  to  Norfolk.  From  Nor- 
folk he  moved  to  Groton,  where  he  died  No- 
vember 12,  1836,  aged  about  eighty-seven. 
He  served  in  the  revolutionary  war,  enlisting 
May  8,  1775,  in  Third  Company,  Captain 
Roger  Enos,  and  was  discharged  December 
i8-  1775-  He  built  the  Greenwoods  Hotel, 
at  the  parting  of  the  W'aterbury  river  and 
Greenwoods  turnpike,  about  1792  or  1793,  and 
lived  there  one  year.  Children,  born  in  Wind- 
sor, except  the  last  two,  who  were  born  in 
Colebrook:  Paulina,  October  24,  1780;  Je- 
rusha, November  i,  1782,  died  young;  Lance- 
lot, November  9,  1784,  mentioned  below; 
Bethuel,  February  16,  1787;  Jerusha,  January 
27,  1790;  Warren,  January  10,  1793-94;  Har- 
vey, September  4,  1796 :  Cicero,  August  29. 
1801. 

(VIII)  Dr.  Lancelot  (2),  son  of  Dr.  Lance- 
lot ( I )  Phelps,  was  born  in  Windsor,  No- 
vember 9,  1784.  He  removed  with  his  father 
to  Colebrook  in  1794.  He  married  Elizabeth 
Loveland  Sage,  July  6,  1809,  who  was  born  in 
Colebrook,  August  26,  1789,  where  she  died, 
July  25,  1867.  He  practiced  his  profession 
for  many  years  in  Colebrook,  until  his  health 
became  seriously  impaired  and  he  was  obliged 
to  give  it  up.  He  engaged  in  agriculture,  and 
was  also  interested  in  mercantile  business  at 
Hitchcocksville  (now  Riverton)  with  his  son, 
William  PI.  Phelps.  He  resided  a  few  years 
in  Riverton,  then  returned  to  Colebrook.  He 
represented  the  town  in  the  general  assembly 
of  the  state  many  times,  both  before  and  after 
the  adoption  of  the  state  constitution  in  1818. 
He  was  active  and  influential  in  public  affairs, 
and  was  highly  esteemed  for  his  sound  judg- 
ment and  fine  character.  He  was  a  member 
of  congress  during  a  part  of  Jackson's  and 
X'an  Buren's  administrations,  and  was  sub- 
sequently nominated  by  liis  party  for  presi- 
dential elector.  He  died  at  Colebrook,  Sep- 
tember I,  1866.  Children,  born  at  Colebrook; 
Caroline,  March  7,  181 1,  married  Dr.  F.  B. 
Graham;  Elisha  Sage,  May  9,  1813,  died 
July  18,  1831,  unmarried;  William  IT.,  men- 
tioned below;  John  and  James  (twins),  born 
January  12,  1822  ;  John,  married  Maria  Kel- 
sey ;     Tames,     married     Lydia     A.     Ingham. 

(IX)  William  H.,  son  of  Dr.  Lancelot  (2) 
Phelps,  was  born  at  Colebrook,  April  5,  1818. 
His  first  experience  in  business  was  as  clerk  in 
a  general  store  at  Riverton.  He  was  after- 
ward in  partnership  with  Normand  Adams, 
of  East  Winsted,  and  conducted  a  general 
store  in  Winsted  for  three  years.  He  then 
removed  to  Chicago,  Illinois,  and  with  E.  S. 


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Wadsvvorth,  of  Hartford,  formed  the  firm  of 
Wadsworth  &  Phelps,  a  wholesale  dry  goods 
house.  He  sold  his  interest  in  1854,  and  the 
business,  under  various  firm  names,  including 
those  of  John  V.  Farwell,  Potter  Palmer  and 
Levi  Z.  Leiter,  is  now  the  well-known  house 
of  Marshall  Field  &  Company.  In  1854  he 
returned  to  Winsted,  having  disposed  of  his 
interests  in  Chicago.  In  1857  he  organized 
the  Hurlburt  Bank  of  that  town,  and  was 
president  until  his  death,  August  27,  1864. 
He  managed  the  affairs  of  the  bank  with  great 
success  and  made  a  reputation  second  to  none 
for  financial  ability.  In  politics  he  was  a 
Democrat,  and  he  was  first  warden  of  Win- 
sted in  1859  under  the  borough  government. 
He  was  always  interested  and  prominent  in 
municipal  affairs.  In  religion  he  was  an  Epis- 
copalian. His  character  is  best  described  by 
quoting  the  words  of  those  who  knew  him 
best.  The  resolutions  adopted  by  the  directors 
of  the  bank  were  : 

"Resolved,  that  we  are  fully  sensible  of  the 
loss  to  this  institution  of  an  able  financier  whose 
faithfulness  and  diligence  in  managing  the  af- 
fairs of  the  bank  are  fully  apparent  in  the  suc- 
cess it  has  sustained  at  home  and  abroad  for 
.its  soundness  and  prosperity.  We  also  feel 
deeply  his  loss  in  common  with  this  community 
as  an  honest  and  capable  adviser,  a  genial  com- 
panion  and   highly-esteemed   citizen." 

The  Winsted  Herald,  August  26,  1864,  said  : 

''In  this  institution  (the  bank)  he  rapidly 
added  to  a  reputation  already  high  as  a  finan- 
cier, and  he  thus  became  by  degrees  a  coun- 
selor to  almost  all  who  had  money  to  invest 
throughout  a  wide  region.  In  this  relation  he 
took  pleasure  and  felt  an  honorable  pride.  To 
his  credit  be  it  said,  that  the  relation  was  never 
abused.  For  his  advice  he  asked  nothing,  and 
however  trivial  the  application  it  was  met  with 
uniform  kindness  and  attention.  The  woman 
anxious  for  the  security  of  her  single  hundred 
was  treated  with  patience  and  consideration  no 
less  than  the  affluent  possessor  of  thousands,  and 
the  assistance  was  even  more  cheerfully  be- 
stowed. In  his  bank  management,  though  often 
quoting  and  generally  adhering  to  the  principle 
that  'a  bank  is  not  a  benevolent  institution,'  he 
was  uniformly  liberal,  and  the  Hurlburt  Bank, 
while  it  has  been  richly  productive  to  its  stock- 
holders, has  always  enjoyed  the  favor  of  the 
community   as    a   public   benefit. 

"As  a  citizen  the  deceased  was  a  man  of  genu- 
ine public  spirit,  and  had  he  found  a  co-oper- 
ative disposition  in  other  citizens  equally  effi- 
cient he  would  have  done  much  in  Winsted. 
The  beautiful  park  in  our  village  is  a  monument 
to  his  energy  and  liberality.  He  has  made  re- 
peated but  vain  efforts  to  bring  about  the  in- 
corporation of  a  cemetery  association  suited  to 
the  necessities  and  reputation  of  the  town.  In 
the  school  project,  which  came  near  success 
last  winter  and  fell  through  only  in  consequence 
of  general  apathy  and  causeless  hostility,  he  was 
a  prime  mover.  And  so  we  might  mention 
many  other  public  enterprises  to  which  he  lent 
a  hearty  sympathy,  and  that  he  did  not  go   for- 


ward alone  in  them  is  a  mark  of  good  judgment 
and  not  blamable.  Had  the  usual  term  of  life 
been  allotted  him,  we  know,  of  our  own  private 
knowledge,  that  the  proofs  of  his  public  spirit 
would  have  been  still  more  conspicuous.  A 
varied  reading,  the  cultivation  of  travel,  happy 
facility  at  quotation  and  ready  wit,  engrafted 
upon  an  exceedingly  social  nature,  rendered  him 
the   choicest  of  companions. 

"Success  always  attracts  admirers,  but  the 
unusual  concourse  which  followed  to  their  burial 
the  remains  of  William  H.  Phelps  yesterday 
were  not  merely  fascinated  acquaintances,  they 
were  friends  fastened  by  holy  ties,  and  the  blow 
which  severed  them  plunged  a  large  community 
in    deep   and    abiding    sorrow." 

He  married,  May  28,  1840,  Lucy  C,  daugh- 
ter of  Dr.  Luman  and  Betsey  (Rockwell) 
Wakefield.  She  was  born  in  \Vinsted,  May 
26,  1820,  and  died  there  October  14,  1867. 
Children :  George  Wakefield,  mentioned  be- 
low ;  Elizabeth  Newhouse,  born  January  22, 
1857,  married  Edward  S.  Soule. 

(X)  George  Wakefield,  son  of  William  H. 
Phelps,  was  born  in  Hitchcocksville,  Litchfield 
county,  Connecticut,  July  25,  1842,  died  in 
Winsted,  Connecticut,  June  6,  1896.  He  at- 
tended school  at  Winsted,  Litclifield  and  Es- 
sex, and  the  Everett  School,  of  Hampden, 
Connecticut.  He  began  his  career  as  an  em- 
ployee in  his  father's  bank,  and  rose  to  the 
position  of  cashier.  When  his  father  died  he 
resigned.  In  politics  he  was  a  Democrat  of 
the  old  stamp.  He  served  the  borough  of 
Winsted  as  a  warden,  and  had  represented  the 
town  in  the  state  assembly.  In  religion  he 
was  an  Episcopalian  and  a  vestryman  of  the 
church.  He  married,  February,  1867,  Ellen 
]\I.,  born  in  Sheffield,  Massachusetts,  Novem- 
ber 13,  1840,  daughter  of  William  A.  and 
Minerva  (Shears)  Forbes.  Children:  i. 
Lancelot  Lawrence,  born  June  4,  1869,  died 
September  15,  1869.  2.  Judith  Bigelow,  No- 
vember 8,  1870 ;  married  Ralph  W.  Holmes, 
of  Winsted,  Connecticut :  daughters :  Ellen, 
born  May  30,  1908;  Belinda,  July  27,  1910.  3. 
William  Henry,  March  23,  1874;  cashier  of 
Hurlburt  Bank,  of  Winsted,  founded  by  his 
grandfather,  and  of  which  his  father  was 
cashier  before  him ;  married  Mary  Pelton ; 
child,  George,  born  May  10,  1909.  4.  Lance- 
lot, August  24,  1880 ;  educated  in  the  public 
schools  and  Rensselaer  Polytechnic  Institute ; 
now  train  master  on  the  New  York  Central 
railroad,  with  headquarters  in  Utica,  New 
York ;  married  Olivia  Smith ;  children :  Pier- 
son  Smith,  born  April  19,  1907  ;  Mary  Morton, 
May  24,  1909. 


(V)   William  (2),  son  of  Lieu- 
PHELPS     tenant  Timothy  Phelps  (q.  v.), 
was   born   in   Windsor,    Febru- 
ary   4,    1669.      He    married    (first)    Abigail 


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Rludge,  who  died  in  Windsor,  April  24,  1705. 
He  married,  April  18,  1706,  (second)  Ruth, 
daughter  of  Samuel  and  Mary  (Coggens) 
Barber.  She  was  born  in  Windsor,  July  24, 
1683,  died  there  August  2,  1747.  He  settled  in 
Windsor,  where  he  died  in  1733.  Children, 
born  in  Windsor  by  first  wife:  William, 
March  16,  1702;  Ebenezer,  April  2,  1705. 
Children  by  second  wife:  Caleb,  January  11, 
1708,    mentioned    below ;    Ruth,    January    23, 

1713- 

(VI)  Captain  Caleb,  son  of  WiUiam  (2) 
Phelps,  was  born  in  Windsor,  January  11, 
1708.  He  married  (first)  December  24,  1730, 
Mary,  born  in  Windsor,  May  13,  1707,  died 
there  April  20,  1747,  daughter  of  Edward  and 
Mary  (Taintor)  Moore.  He  married  (sec- 
ond) June  22,  1749,  Mary  Lathrop,  widow  of 
Walter  Henderson  by  whom  she  had  two  chil- 
dren, Mary  and  William.  In  February,  1757, 
he  was  chosen  ensign  of  the  train  band  in 
Windsor,  in  the  first  regiment  of  the  colony, 
by  the  general  assembly ;  in  May,  1757,  he  was 
made  lieutenant,  and  in  October,  1761,  was 
elected  captain  of  the  same  train  band.  He 
lived  in  Windsor,  where  he  died  July  15,  1781. 
He  was  an  officer  in  the  revolutionary  army. 
Children,  born  in  Windsor,  by  first  wife : 
Mary,  July  24,  1734,  died  in  infancy;  Caleb, 
January  24,  1738;  Mary,  May  14,  1740;  Eli- 
jah, July  18,  1744.  Children  by  second  wife: 
Ruth,  April  3,  1750;  Lucy,  January  3,  1752; 
Ann,  May  27,  1753 ;  George,  December  9, 
1755,  mentioned  below ;  Hezekiah,  October  3, 
1758,  died  young,  not  mentioned  in  father's 
will. 

(VII)  George,  son  of  Captain  Caleb  Phelps, 
was  born  in  Windsor,  December  9,  1755,  and 
baptized  January  9,  1756.  He  married,  May 
23,  1784,  Anna  Theresa,  born  in  Windham, 
Connecticut,  October  16,  1765,  daughter  of 
Captain  James  and  Ann  Fitch.  James  Fitch 
was  son  of  Captain  Fitch,  son  of  Captain  John 
Fitch,  son  of  Rev.  James  Fitch,  son  of  Thomas 
Fitch,  of  Norwalk,  Connecticut,  in  1663. 
George  Phelps  was  a  farmer  and  lived  in 
Windsor,  where  he  died  February  16,  1816-17. 
His  widow  died  there  October  29,  1854,  aged 
ninety.  Children,  born  in  Windsor :  James 
L.,  April  16,  1785;  Walter,  May  i,  1790; 
Samuel,  July  25,  1791,  mentioned  below; 
Rhoda,  August  16,  1793 ;  Anne  T.,  August  31, 
1804. 

(VIII)  Samuel,  son  of  George  Phelps,  was 
born  in  Windsor,  July  25,  1791.  He  was  edu- 
cated mainly  by  his  grandfather,  who  was  a 
Yale  graduate.  He  was  a  good  Christian  and 
a  useful  citizen.  He  married,  June  23,  1816, 
Emily,  born  in  East  Windsor,  died  in  Wind- 
sor, December  26,  1870,  daughter  of  John  and 


Elizabeth  (Elsworth)  Newbury.  He  lived  in 
Windsor,  where  he  died  May  3,  185 1.  Chil- 
dren, born  in  Windsor:  Elsworth  Newbury, 
November  5,  1819,  died  November  16,  1824; 
Elsworth  Newbury,  mentioned  below. 

(IX)  Colonel  Elsworth  Newbury  Phelps, 
son  of  Samuel  Phelps,  was  born  at  Windsor, 
February  9,  1826,  in  the  house  he  now  occu- 
pies. He  attended  the  old  Stony  Hill  school 
and  academies  at  Windsor,  Easthampton,  Wil- 
braham  and  Ellington.  At  the  age  of  nine- 
teen years  he  taught  his  first  term  of  school, 
beginning  at  Ellington  with  the  munificent 
-salary  of  eighteen  dollars  a  month  and  "board- 
ing around."  He  continued  as  a  teacher  dur- 
ing five  winter  terms,  teaching  in  his  home  dis- 
trict, in  the  Bell  district,  at  Windsor  Locks, 
and  was  accounted  a  very  successful  peda- 
gogue. Since  the  time  of  his  marriage  he  has 
lived  on  the  homestead  and  conducted  it.  He 
enlisted  August  18.  1862,  in  Company  A, 
Twenty-second  Regiment,  Connecticut  Volun- 
teer Infantry,  and  was  at  once  elected  captain. 
Between  the  hours  of  two  and  nine  in  the 
afternoon,  he  recruited  in  one  day  one  hun- 
dred and  thirty  men.  He  was  offered  a  colo- 
nel's commission  soon  afterward,  declined  on 
account  of  his  lack  of  experience,  and  accepted 
the  rank  of  lieutenant-colonel.  He  was  in 
active  service  for  nine  months,  serving  under 
Sheridan  in  the  Shenandoah  Valley.  He  had 
charge  of  taking  the  votes  from  the  soldiers  in 
the  field  in  his  regiment  at  the  presidential 
election.  He  returned  to  Windsor  when  he 
was  mustered  out,  and  resumed  farming.  In 
politics  he  was  first  a  Whig,  later  a  Republi- 
can, and  he  has  held  many  offices  of  trust  and 
honor.  He  has  been  selectman,  justice  of  the 
peace,  grand  juror,  representative  to  the  g'en- 
eral  assembly  in  1874  at  the  time  when  the 
appropriation  was  made  for  the  new  capitol 
building,  and  the  last  session  for  New  Haven, 
and  was  deputy  sherifl^  of  Hartford  county  for 
sixteen  years,  from  1853  to  1869.  He  was  en- 
gaged in  the  manufacture  of  cigars,  has  been 
an  authority  on  tobacco  and  has  been  a  large 
grower.  In  addition  to  farming.  Colonel 
Phelps  has  followed  the  profession  of  civil 
engineering  and  surveying,  for  which  he  v/as 
fitted  at  Williston  Seminary,  Easthampton.  He 
was  assistant  civil  engineer  on  the  Connecti- 
cut River  railroad,  when  it  was  first  built 
from  Springfield  to  Northampton,  and  has 
surveyed  all  over  Hartford  county,  establish- 
ing some  important  lines  that  required  a  search 
of  records  as  far  back  as  the  year  1700.  He 
once  succeeded  in  putting  back  into  the  town- 
ship of  Suffield  one  hundred  acres  or  more 
that  had  been  claimed  and  conceded  to  Granby 
for  one  hundred  and  seventy-five  years.     He 


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is  the  best-known  expert  in  this  line  of  work 
in  this  section,  and  he  has  been  consulted  in 
all  of  the  important  engineering  cases  of  re- 
cent times.  He  is  one  of  the  best-known  men 
af  the  county.  He  has  retained  his  health  and 
strength  to  a  remarkable  degree.  In  religion 
he  is  an  Episcopalian,  and  attends  St.  Gabriel's 
Church. 

He  married,  at  Windsor,  November  25. 
1850,  Lucy  A.  Marshall,  a  native  of  Connec- 
ticut, born  November  14,  1827,  daughter  of 
Warren  and  Elizabeth  (WolcottJ  Marshall. 
Elizabeth  w^as  a  daughter  of  Dr.  Christopher 
Wolcott,  a  noted  physician  of  Windsor,  grand- 
daughter of  Dr.  Alexander  Wolcott,  also  of 
Windsor,  and  a  distinguished  citizen  in  his 
day.  Dr.  Alexander  Wolcott  was  a  son  of 
Governor  Roger  Wolcott,  Simon  (2),  Henry 
(i).  Mrs.  Phelps  was  prepared  for  the  pro- 
fession of  teacher  at  the  schools  in  Windsor 
and  by  private  instruction,  and  taught  school 
in  Windsor  and  New  Hartford  before  mar- 
riage. Children:  i.  Samuel  Elsworth,  born 
June  30,  1852  ;  has  been  town  clerk  ;  now  town 
treasvu-er ;  postmaster  at  Windsor ;  married 
Adella  J.  Filley ;  child,  Addie  E.  2.  Annie 
Marshall,  January  6,  1858;  married  Hugh 
Harbison,  of  Hartford ;  children :  Lucy  A., 
born  February  6,  1889,  graduate  of  Vassar, 
igio;  Hugh,  September  9,  1892,  at  Yale; 
Alexander  W.,  March  21,  1894,  now  at  An- 
dover. 


Peter   Wainwright   was 
WAIN  WRIGHT     an     English     merchant 

who  settled  in  Boston 
soon  after  the  revolution.  He  was  the  immi- 
grant ancestor.  He  married,  in  Boston,  Eliza- 
beth, daughter  of  Rev.  Jonathan  Mayhew,- 
D.D.,  a  Congregational  minister,  and  a  de- 
scendant of  Thomas  Mayhew,  the  first  gov- 
ernor of  Martha's  Vineyard.  Soon  after  his 
marriage  Peter  Wainwright  .went  to  Liver- 
pool, where  his  three  children  were  born.  In 
1801  he  returned  to  Boston.  Among  his  chil- 
dren was  Jonathan  Mayhew,  born  February 
24,  1792,  mentioned  below. 

(II)  Rev.  Jonathan  Mayhew  Wainwright, 
son  of  Peter  and  Elizabeth  (Mayhew)  Wain- 
wright, was  born  in  Liverpool,  England,  Feb- 
ruary 24,  1792,  and  died  in  New  York  City 
September  21,  1854.  He  came  to  America  in 
1801,  graduated  at  Harvard  College  in  1812, 
and  taught  school  several  years.  He  was  ad- 
mitted into  the  priesthood  of  the  Episcopal 
church  in  Christ  Church,  Hartford,  Connec- 
ticut, August  16,  1817,  and  became  assistant 
minister  of  Trinity  Church,  New  York,  in 
1819;  rector  of  Grace  Church.  New  York,  in 
1821,  and  of  Trinity  Church,  Boston,  in  1834. 


In  1838  he  became  again  assistant  minister  of 
Trinity  Church,  New  York  (St.  John's 
Chapel),  and  was  consecrated  Bishop  of  the 
Diocese  of  New  York,  November  10,  1852. 
He  took  up  his  new  duties  with  great  zeal,  but 
his  health  broke  down  under  the  strain.  His 
literary  labors  were  numerous  and  varied.  His 
most  important  work,  perhaps,  was  as  chief 
working  member  of  the  general  convention  to 
prepare  the  standard  edition  of  the  Book  of 
Common  Prayer.  He  had  the  honorary  de- 
grees of  D.D.  and  LL.D.  (Oxon)  conferred 
upon  him.  He  married  at*  Hartford,  in  Au- 
gust, 1818,  Amelia  Maria  Phelps,  born  at  New 
Haven,  January  24,  1797  (see  Phelps  VIII). 
Children:  i.  Elizabeth  Mayhew,  born  Sep- 
tember I,  1819;  died  January  10,  1822.  2. 
Commander  Jonathan  Mayhew,  born  January 
27,  1821 ;  died  January  i,  1863  ;  commander  in 
the  United  States  navy,  and  died  in  the  ser- 
vice of  his  country,  while  in  command  of  the 
U.  S.  S.  Harriet  Lane,  in  action  at  Galveston, 
Texas :  married,  February  8,  1844,  Maria 
Page,  of  Virginia  ;  children  :  i.  Jonathan  May- 
hew, born  January  7,  1849,  died  January  9, 
1870,  on  board  the  U.  S.  S.  Mohegan,  of 
wounds  received  in  action  ofif  the  western 
coast  of  Mexico ;  he  was  an  ensign  in  the  U.  S. 
navy:  ii.  Elizabeth  Mayhew,  born  August  11, 
1850,  died  July  12,  1883,  married  John  Page 
Burnell.  M.D.,  of  Wilmington,  Delaware :  iii. 
Robert  Powell  Page,  born  May  19,  1852,  mar- 
ried Josephine  Serrell ;  iv.  Maria  Page,  mar- 
ried Winston  H.  Slaughter.  3.  Elizabeth,  born 
June  24,  1824 ;  married,  1844,  W'illiam  HoUey 
Hudson,  and  died  May  2,  1882.  4.  Henry, 
born  December  11,  1825;  died  December  12, 
1825.  5.  Henry  Phelps,  born  December,  1826; 
died  July  21,  1827.  6.  Henry  Phelps,  born 
1828 ;  died  January  6,  1846.  7.  John  Howard, 
born  June  15,  1829;  died  April  6,  1871  ;  mar-  . 
ried  Margaret  Livingston  Stuyvesant,  daugh- 
ter of  Nicholas  William  and  Augusta  Con- 
tent (Cheeseborough)  Stuyvesant,  of  New 
York  City ;  children :  i.  John  Howard,  born 
February  14,  1862,  married,  April  28,  1886, 
Catherine  Esther  Walker,  daughter  of  Fran- 
cis Thompson  and  Catherine  Esther  (Pen- 
fold)  Walker,  of  New  York:  ii.  Stuyvesant, 
born  June  15,  1863,  married  Caroline  Snow- 
den  :  iii.  Jonathan  Mayhew,  born  December  10, 
1864,  married  Laura  Wallace  Buchanan:  iv. 
Richard  Tighe,  born  May  17,  1868,  married 
Alice  T.  Crawford.  8.  Maria- Trumbull,  born 
March  7,  1831 ;  married,  December  4,  1851, 
•Theodore  Bailey  Bronson,  of  New  York,  born 
August  29,  1830,  died  December  5,  1881 ;  chil- 
dren :  i.  Arthur  Bronson,  born  February  25, 
1853,  died  October  11,  1855:  ii.  Amelia  Maria 
Bronson,  born  August  10,  1854,  married  An- 


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drew  Hammersley,  Jr. ;  iii.  Anne  Eliza  Bron- 
son,  born  December  18,  1855,  married  Sheldon 
Smith ;  iv.  Theodore  Bailey  Bronson,  born 
July  29,  i860,  died  October  27,  1886;  v.  May- 
hew  Wainwright  Bronson,  born  March  29, 
1864;  vi.  Talmadge  Wainwright  Bronson, 
born  November  8,  1866,  died  October  15, 
1878.  9.  Daniel  Wads  worth,  born  June  14, 
1833 ;  died  August  6,  1863,  at  New  Orleans, 
Louisiana;  was  M.D.  and  Major  of  U.  S. 
Volunteers  and  died  of  fever  contracted  while 
in  service.  10.  Jannet  Phelps,  born  December, 
1837;  died  July  28,  1842.  11.  Amelia  Maria, 
born  May  31,  1838;  died  August  13,  1867; 
married,  August  19,  1863,  Col.  Henry  C.  Bank- 
head,  U.S.A.  12.  Rev.  Francis  Chetwood,  born 
February  10,  1839:  died  November  30,  1874; 
m'arried,  February  22,  1865,  Frances  Mary 
Davis :  children :  i.  Belinda  Emmot  Davis, 
born  February  6,  1866 ;  ii.  Rev.  Francis  Chet- 
wood, born  June  6,  1867  ;  iii.  Amelia  Maria, 
born  December  9,  1868.  13.  Edward  Bibby, 
born  February  19,  1841  ;  died  March  5,  1841. 
14.  William  Augustus  Muhlenberg,  born  Au- 
gust 13,  1844:  mentioned  below. 

(Ill)  William  Augustus  Muhlenberg  Wain- 
wright, M.D.,  son  of  Rev.  Jonathan  Mayhc/ 
and  Amelia  Maria  (Phelps)  Wainwright,  ^vas 
born  in  New  York  City,  August  13,  1844,  and 
was  the  youngest  of  fourteen  children  He 
received  his  name  from  Rev.  William  Augus- 
tus Muhlenberg,  the  founder  of  St.  Luke's 
Hospital,  New  York  City.  His  earlier  educa- 
tion was  at  a  private  school,  and  he  graduated 
from  Trinity  College.  Hartford,  1864.  He  be- 
gan the  study  of  medicine  under  the  tuition  of 
Doctors  Alexander  Hosack  and  Henry  B. 
Sands,  of  New  York,  and  after  successfully 
passing  his  examination  in  December,  1866, 
went  into  the  New  York  Hospital.  He  was 
interne  there  from  March  to  December,  1865, 
and  received  his  diploma  after  two  years'  ser- 
vice in  the  hospital.  He  settled  in  Hartford, 
where  he  afterwards  made  his  home.  In  1890 
he  was  elected  a  member  of  the  board  of  medi- 
cal visitors  to  the  Retreat  for  the  Insane  in 
Hartford.  In  1872  he  was  elected  attending 
physician  and  surgeon  of  the  Hartford  Hos- 
pital, and  later  a  visiting  surgeon.  He  was 
appointed  assistant  surgeon  of  the  first  com- 
pany of  Governor's  Foot  Guards  under  the 
command  of  Major  John  C.  Kinney,  and  held 
that  position  for  ten  years.  He  was  appointed 
medical  supervisor  for  the  State  Mutual  Bene- 
fit Life  Insurance  Company  of  New  Jersey, 
the  Union  Mutual  Company  of  Maine,  and  the 
United  States  Life  Insurance  Company  of 
New  York,  and  one  of  the  medical  examiners 
of  these  companies  and  of  the  Mutual  Life 
Company  of  New  York.     He  was  medical  ex- 


aminer of  the  Charter  Oak  Life  Company,  and 
after  the  death  of  Dr.  Jackson  was  made 
medical  director,  and  filled  that  position  until 
the  company  became  insolvent.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  American  Medical  Association 
and  of  the  State  Medical  Society.  For  sev- 
eral years  he  was  clerk  of  the  Hartford 
County  Medical  Society,  that  being  the  only 
officer  whose  duties  continued  from  year  to 
year.  He  was  president  of  the  society  in  the 
one  hundredth  year  of  its  existence,  and  made 
a  brilliant  presiding  officer  through  all  the 
exercises  of  the  Centennial  celebration.  He 
was  a  forceful  and  pleasing  speaker.  He  was 
a  member  and  vestryman  of  St.  John's  Church, 
Hartford,  and  was  several  times  a  delegate  to 
the  State  Diocesan  convention,  and  was  sent 
as  delegate  to  the  general  convention  of  the 
church  at  New  York  in  1889  and  at  Balti- 
more in  1890.  At  the  first  dinner  and  annual 
meeting  of  the  Church  Club  of  the  diocese  of 
Connecticut,  in  January,  1893,  he  was  chosen 
president  of  the  club,  which  was  a  marked 
compliment.  In  1865  he  became  a  member  of 
Flolland  Lodge,  No.  8,  Free  Masons,  of  New 
York  City,  and  on  removing  to  Hartford 
joined  the  St.  John's  Lodge.  He  was  also  an 
active  member  of  the  Connecticut  Chapter  of 
the  Sons  of  the  American  Revolution,  and  a 
member  of  the  board  of  managers.  His  con- 
tributions to  medical  literature  have  been  able 
and  carefully  prepared.  He  wrote  the  medi- 
cal history  chapter  for  the  Memorial  History 
of  Hartford  County,  and  had  reported  several 
cases  and  read  various  papers  before  the  state 
society.  At  the  centennial  anniversary  of  the 
Connecticut  Medical  Society,  his  paper  was 
"Medico-Legal  Aspects  of  Chloroform."  It 
was  a  consideration  of  a  surgeon's  account- 
ability when  his  patient  dies  under  the  effects 
of  the  anesthetic  given  for  an  operation.  He 
died  at  Hartford,  September  24,  1894. 

He  married,  January  14,  1869,  Helena  Bar- 
ker, daughter  of  Thomas  Grosvenor  and  Sarah 
A.  (Jones)  Talcott  (see  Talcott  IX).  Chil- 
dren :  Mabel  Wyllys,  born  December  9,  1869 ; 
John  Howard,  June  15,  1871,  died  same  day; 
Talcott,  May  22,  1872,  died  July  3,  1876;  Jona- 
than Mayhew,  February  20,  1873  :  John  Led- 
yard,  May  10,  1875,  died  August  29,  1875 ; 
Helena  Talcott,  March  28,  1877,  died  Decem- 
ber 30,  1878 ;  Elizabeth  Mayhew,  April  16, 
1878 ;  Katherine  Grosvenor,  December  28, 
1880,  died  July  15,  1881  ;  William  Talcott, 
August  24,  1883,  died  July  29,  1884 ;  Philip 
Stanley,  May  12,  1885  ;  Margaret,  October  26, 
T887,  died  February,  1888. 

(The    Phelps    Line). 
(V)  Deacon  Nathaniel  (2)  Phelps,  son  of 


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Nrthaniel  (i)  fq.  v.)  and  Elizabeth  (Copley) 
Pbelps,  was  born  in  Windsor,  Connecticut, 
June  2,  1653,  and  removed  with  his  father 
to  N^orthampton  in  1656,  where  he  settled  and 
resided  on  the  homestead.  He  was  a  deacon 
of  the  church  and  took  great  interest  in  town 
affairs.  He  died  there  June  19,  1719.  He 
married,  August  11,  1676,  Grace  Martin,  born 
1656,  in  England,  died  at  Northampton,  Au- 
gust 2,  1727.  There  is  a  tradition  that  she 
was  engaged  to  be  married  to  a  lover  who 
proved  faithless,  and  she  came  to  New  Eng- 
land to  join  relatives  in  Hadley.  For  some 
reason  she  could  not  get  to  them,  and  was  in 
danger  of  being  sold  to  pay  her  passage 
money.  Children,  born  in  Northampton:  i. 
Grace,  November  11,  1677,  died  1677;  Na- 
thaniel, November  i,  1678,  died  May  i,  1690; 
Samuel,  December  18,  1680,  married  Mary 
Edwards;  Lydia,  January  17,  1683;  Grace, 
November  10,  1685  ;  Elizabeth,  February  19, 
1688 ;  Abigail,  November  3,  1690 ;  Nathaniel, 
February  13,  1692  :  Sarah,  born  May  8,  1695  ; 
Timothy,  born  1697,  mentioned  below. 

(VI)  Captain  Timothy  Phelps,  son  of 
Deacon  Nathaniel  (2)  and  Grace  (Martin) 
Phelps,  was  born  in  Northampton,  Massachu- 
setts, in  1697.  He  settled  in  Suffield,  Connec- 
.ticut,  wdiere  he  died  December  3,  1787-88.  He 
married  (intentions  dated  1725),  Abigail,  born 
in  Springfield,  April  5,  1702,  died  August  16, 
1 79 1,  daughter  of  Captain  John  and  Mary 
(Day)  Merrick,  and  granddaughter  of  Thom- 
as Merrick,  the  immigrant.  Children :  Tim- 
othy, born  December  20,  1726,  died  unmar- 
ried, August  22,  1758;  Grace,  September  15, 
1728;  Abigail,  baptized  November  22,  1731 ; 
Aaron,  born  May  4,  1734;  John,  1736,  men- 
tioned below;  Mary,  May  20,  1737,  died  No- 
vember 2,  1737;  Seth,  December  i,  1738,  died 
immarried,  April  25,  1762 ;  Samuel,  Novem- 
ber 27,  1742. 

(VH)  Judge  John  Phelps,  son  of  Captain 
Timothy  and  Abigail  (Merrick)  Phelps,  was 
born  in  Suffield,  Connecticut,  in  1736.  He 
settled  in  Stafford  Springs,  Connecticut,  soon 
after  his  marriage,  and  became  an  honored 
and  influential  man.  He  held  the  office  of 
justice  of  the  peace  for  many  years,  and  was 
representative  to  the  legislature  several  times. 
He  was  also  a  delegate  with  Elisha  Treat 
Mills,  to  the  convention  of  1779,  to  ratify  the 
constitution  of  the  United  States.  He  was 
largely  interested  in  the  manufacture  of  iron. 
I^n  1775.  he,  with  others,  erected  a  blast  fur- 
nace on  a  large  scale,  and  manufactured  can- 
non balls  and  other  war  implements  for  the 
government.  He  died  about  1808.  He  mar- 
ried Mary  Richardson,  daughter  of  William 
and  Lady  Abigail  Richardson,  of  Edinburgh, 


Scotland.  She  was  about  fifteen  years  old  at 
the  time  of  her  marriage.  There  is  a  tra- 
dition that  the  Richardsons  objected  to  the 
marriage,  as  their  family  was  aristocratic  and 
wealthy,  while  Mr.  Phelps  was  comparatively 
poor.  One  night  Mary  was  assisted  by  the 
colored  servant  who  had  been  her  nurse,  to 
leave  the  house  after  the  family  had  retired, 
and  met  her  lover,  ran  away,  and  was  mar- 
ried. Some  six  months  later  her  mother  be- 
came reconciled  to  the  match,  saying  that  all 
she  objected  to  was  the  youth  of  the  couple. 
Children,  born  in  Stafford  Springs :  Esther, 
1756;  Timothy,  born  1757,  mentioned  below; 
David,  born  1760 ;  Mary,  born  March  18, 
1763;  Daniel;  Josiah,  born  1768;  Abigail, 
born  1769,  married  Judge  Isaac  Mills ;  Sam- 
uel ;  Eleanor. 

(VIII)  Timothy,  son  of  Judge  John  and 
Mary  (Richardson)  Phelps,  was  born  in  Staf- 
ford Springs  about  1757.  He  graduated  at 
Yale  College  and  settled  in  New  Haven, 
where  he  was  a  prominent  iron  manu- 
facturer and  merchant.  A  descendant  says : 
"Timothy  Phelps  kept  up  great  style  in  New 
Haven.  Each  of  his  daughters  had  a  maid 
and  his  son  had  a  valet."  He  died  on  the 
passage  to  St.  Thomas,  November  20,  1812. 
He  married  (first)  Janet  Broome,  born  1774, 
in  New  Haven,  died  April  25,  1802,  daughter 
of  Gen.  Samuel  B.  Broome  and  adopted 
daughter  of  Daniel  Wadsworth,  of  Hartford. 
He  married  (second)  Henrietta  Broome, 
sister  of  his  first  wife.     He  married    (third) 

probably  Statira  ,  born  March  26,  1784; 

died  April  i,  1847.  Children  of  first  wife: 
George,  born  1795  ;  Samuel,  lieutenant  in  the 
United  States  navy ;  Amelia  Maria,  born  Janu- 
ary 24,  1797,  married  Rt.  Rev.  J.  M.  Wain- 
wright,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  (see  Wainwright  II)  ; 
Jennette,  1798:  Rev.  Frank,  1799:  Henrietta 
B.,  1800 ;  Elizabeth,  1802.  Children  of  second 
wife ;  Caroline,  born  September,  1803,  died 
young;  John,  August,  1805,  died  February  6, 
1807  ;  Timothy,  1808 :  Grace  H.,  February  2, 
1810:  Henry,  181 1. 

(The  Talcott  Line). 
(IV)  Lieutenant-Colonel  John  Talcott,  son 
of  John  Talcott  (q.  v.),  was  born  at  Brain- 
tree  before  1632,  and  died  at  Hartford,  July 
23,  1688.  He  came  with  his  parents  and  sis- 
ters in  the  ship  "Lyon"  in  1632  and  resided  at 
Hartford.  He  was  ensign  in  1650,  captain  in 
1660  and  later  a  lieutenant-colonel.  He  was 
deputy  or  assistant  magistrate  before  the 
union  with  New  Haven  and  succeeded  his 
father  as  treasurer.  May  17,  1660,  holding  this 
office  continuously  until  1676.  He  was  one  of 
the  patentees  in  the  charter  granted  by  Charles 


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I.  to  Connecticut,  April  20,  1662.  He  re- 
signed to  take  a  commission  as  major,  and 
later  was  at  the  head  of  the  army  of  Connec- 
ticut. He  had  two  hundred  Mohican  and 
Pequot  Indians  in  his  command.  He  was 
victorious  in  every  battle  and  won  the  title  of 
Indian  fighter ;  was  promoted  lieutenant-colo- 
nel in  March,  1662.  He  was  granted  land  at 
Killing'worth  for  his  service  to  the  colony. 
He  died  intestate.  He  kept  an  account  book 
with  a  record  of  births,  dates  of  erecting  the 
buildings  on  the  homestead  and  other  build- 
ings in  the  colony.  This  book  was  the  source 
of  much  information  to  the  family  historians. 
He  married  (first)  October  29,  1650,  Helena, 
daughter  of  John  Wakeman.  He  married  a 
second  wife,  name  unknown.  Children  of  first 
wife:  I.  John,  born  November  24,  165 1  ;  died 
1653.  2.  John,  born  December  14,  1653;  mar- 
ried Abigail  Tibbetts.  3.  Elizabeth,  born  Feb- 
ruary 21,  1655  ;  married  Captain  Joseph  Wads- 
worth.  4.  Samuel,  born  August  21,  1658;  died 
April  4,  1681.  5.  Mary,  born  August  26, 
1661  ;  married  Richard  Edwards.  6.  Hannah, 
born  December  8,  1663 ;  married  Nathaniel 
Gould.  7.  Dorothy,  born  February  26,  1666; 
married  Captain  Thomas  Stoughton.  8.  Jo- 
seph, born  November  16,  1669;  mentioned  be- 
low. 9.  Helena,  born  June  17,  1674;  married 
Cyprian  Nichols.  Children  of  second  wife: 
ID.  Ruth,  born  September  12,  1677;  married 
John  Reed.  11.  Sarah,  born  November  16, 
1679 ;  died  December  6,  1679.  12.  Rachel, 
born  February  23,  1681 ;  married  Gershom 
Bulkeley,  of  Fairfield.  13.  Jonathan,  born 
February  15,  1683-84.  14.  Hezekiah,  born 
February  24,  1685-86;  married  Jemima  Par- 
sons. 

(V)  Governor  Joseph  Talcott,  son  of  Colo- 
nel John  and  Helena  (Wakeman)  Talcott,  was 
born  at  Hartford,  November  16,  1669 ;  died 
October  11,  1741.  He  lived  in  Hartford.  He 
was  on  a  committee  to  lay  out  Coventry  in 
1711.  He  was  the  first  governor  of  Connecti- 
cut born  within  its  limits,  serving  in  this  office 
from  1724  until  his  death,  a  period  of  seven- 
teen years,  longer  than  any  other  governor  ex- 
cept Winthrop.  His  will  was  dated  Decem- 
ber 25,  1740.  He  married  (first)  Abigail 
Clark,  daughter  of  Ensign  George  Clark  of 
Milford.  She  died  at  Hartford,  March  24, 
1704-05,  and  he  married  (second)  Eunice 
(Howell)  Wakeman,  daughter  of  Colonel 
Mathew  Howell  of  Southampton,  widow  of 
Samuel  Wakeman.  She  died  May  25,  1738. 
Children,  born  at  Hartford:  i.  John,  born 
February  27,  1699;  married,  December  30, 
1725,  Abigail  Theobalds.-  2.  Joseph,  born 
February  17,  1701  :  married,  April  27,  1727, 
Esther  Pratt.     3.   Nathaniel,   born  November 


26,  1702  ;  married  Hannah  Ferris,  of  Wilming- 
ton, Delaware.  Children  of  second  wife:  4. 
Abigail,  born  April  13,  1707;  died  June  24, 
1773;  married,  February  28,  1734,  Rev.  Dan- 
iel Wadsworth.  5.  Eunice,  born  January  26, 
1709 ;  married  Captain  Nathaniel  Hooker.  6. 
Mathew,   born    1713;  married   Mary    Russell. 

7.  Samuel,  born  about  1715 ;  mentioned  below. 

8.  Jerusha,  born  May  3,  1717;  married  Dr. 
Daniel  Lothrop,  December  14,  17/^4.  9.  Hel- 
ena, born  March  13,  1720;  married  Rev.  Ed- 
ward Dorr  and  Rev.  Robert  Breck. 

(  \T)  Colonel  Samuel  Talcott,  son  of  Gov.  Jo- 
seph and  Eunice  (Howell)  Wakeman  Talcott, 
was  born  in  Hartford,  and  died  there  March  6, 

1797.  He  was  a  graduate  of  Yale  College  in 
1733;  sheriff  of  the  county;  magistrate;  very 
wealthy  for  his  day.  He  married.  May  3, 
1739,  Mabel  Wyllys,  daughter  of  Hezekiah 
and  Elizabeth  (Hobart)  Wyllys.  Her  father 
was  born  April  3,  1672;  was  secretary  of  the 
colony  171 1-34,  and  died  1741  ;  grandson  of 
George  Wyllys,  who  came  from  Fenry  Comp- 
ton,  England,  and  settled  in  Glastonbury, 
Connecticut ;  was  lieutenant-governor  of  the 
colony  in  1641,  governor  in  1642 ;  died  March, 
1644.  Children,  born  in  Hartford,  baptismal 
dates  given:  Samuel,  March,  1740,  men- 
tioned below:  Elizabeth,  May,  1744;  Wil- 
liam, December  18,  1743 ;  James,  Septem- 
ber I,  1745:  Elizabeth,  October  5,  1746; 
James,  April  13,  1749:  Mary,  December  13, 
1752,  married  James  Watson  ;  Jerusha,  April 
II.   1756,  married  John  Palsgrave. 

(VII)  Samuel,  son  of  Colonel  Samuel  and 
Mabel  (Wyllys)  Talcott,  was  baptized  in  Hart- 
ford,  March   2,    1739-40,   and   died   May   27, 

1798,  in  Philadelphia,  where  he  was  visiting. 
He  graduated  at  Yale  College  in  the  class  of 
1757.  He  married  Abigail,  daughter  of  John 
Ledyard,  a  native  of  Bristol,  England,  sister 
of  Colonel  Ledyard,  of  Groton  Heights,  De- 
cember 24,  1764.  Children:  i.  Abigail,  born 
October  28,  1768 ;  married  Samuel  Wilcox ; 
she  died  at  Beaufort,  North  Carolina,  whither 
she  had  gone  for  her  health.  2.  Anna,  born 
October  10,  1772;  died  July,  1839.  3.  Wil- 
liam, born  January  i,  1775;  died  April  9, 
1855.  4.  Sarah,  born  February  27,  1777;  died 
October,  1779.  5.  Helen,  born  December  21, 
1779:  died  August  31,  1756.  6.  Mathew,  born 
March  25,  1781  :  died  November  3,  1837.  7. 
Samuel  Austin,  born  December  31,  1789;  men- 
tioned below.  All  died  unmarried  except  the 
youngest. 

(VIII)  Samuel  Austin,  son  of  Samuel  and 
Abigail  (Ledyard)  Talcott,  was  born  in  Hart- 
ford, December  31,  1789,  and  died  in  New 
York  City,  March  19,  1836.  He  graduated 
from  Williams  College  in  1809,  aged  nineteen, 


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and  removed  to  Lowville,  New  York,  in  1812. 
He  practiced  law  there  and  at  Utica,  New 
York,  and  was  appointed  attorney-general  for 
the  state  of  New  York,  February  12,  1820, 
before  he  was  thirty  years  old,  and  renomi- 
nated at  the  ensuing  election.  He  was  sec- 
ond in  talent  and  ability,  it  is  said,  to  no  man 
that  had  held  the  office,  except  perhaps  Alex- 
ander Hamilton.  He  was  in  office  eight  years. 
In  the  resolution  of  the  bar  association  at  the 
time  of  his  death  it  was  stated:  "His  distin- 
guished talent,  profound  learning  and  finished 
scholarship  have  rarely  been  equalled  and 
never  been  surpassed  at  the  bar  of  the  state." 

He  married  (first)  in  181 1,  Rachel  Skin- 
ner, of  Williamstown,  Massachusetts.  He 
married  (second)  in  1818,  Mary  Eliza,  daugh- 
ter of  Frederick  and  Martha  K.  (Grosvenor) 
Stanley.  She  died  at  New  Haven  at  the  home 
of  W.  H.  Jones,  November  3,  1848.  Children 
of  first  wife:  i.  John  Ledyard,  born  at  Wil- 
liamstown, September  2,  1812  ;  married  Louisa 
Sparrow.  2.  Abbie,  born  about  1814;  died 
aged  six  years.  Child  of  second  wife :  3. 
Thomas  Grosvenor,  born  December  22,  1819; 
mentioned  below. 

(IX)  Thomas  Grosvenor,  son  of  Samuel 
Austin  and  Mary  Eliza  (Stanley)  Talcott, 
was  born  at  New  Hartford,  December  22, 
1819,  and  died  at  Hartford,  March  4,  1870. 
He  graduated  at  Yale  College  in  the  class  of 
1838.  He  studied  a  year  in  Yale  Law  School 
and  then  continued  his  study  of  law  in  the 
office  of  Charles  P.  Kirkland,  of  New  York 
City ;  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1841  and 
for  four  years  practiced  at  Oswego,  New 
York.  He  returned  to  New  York  City,  where 
he  'practiced  until  1861,  when  ill  health  obliged 
him  to  retire.  His  last  years  were  spent  in 
Hartford.  He  married,  July  29,  1841,  Sarah 
A.  Jones,  who  died  March  4,  1870,  daughter 
of  William  H.  Jones,  of  New  Haven.  Child: 
Helena  Barker,  born  April  28,  1842 ;  married 
W.  A.  M.  Wainwright  (see  Wainwright  III). 


Dr.  Frederick  William  Pul- 
PULFORD     ford,    son    of    William    and 

Mary  (Bannister)  Pulford, 
of  England,  was  born  in  Leeds,  Yorkshire, 
August  21,  1826,  died  June  3,  1893.  He  came 
to  this  country  when  a  boy  in  1838  and  settled 
at  Cleveland,  Ohio.  He  received  his  medical 
education  at  the  Pulte  Medical  College  of 
Cincinnati,  Ohio,  receiving  his  diploma  in 
1865.  He  practiced  for  a  short  time  in  Ohio, 
then  removed  to  Massachusetts  and  practiced 
a  number  of  years.  Then  he  came  to  Sey- 
mour, Connecticut,  in  1876,  and  practiced  the 
remainder  of  his  active  life  in  that  town  and 
vicinity.     He  was  also  interested  in  farming. 


In  politics  he  was  a  Republican,  in  religion  a 
Methodist.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Morning 
Star  Lodge,  of  Seymour,  also  State  Medical 
Society. 

He  married,  July,  1847,  Sarah  Ann  Leon- 
ard, born  at  Shutesbury,  Massachusetts,  June 
16,  1828,  daughter  of  Chester  Leonard  (see 
Leonard  III).  Children:  i.  Rufus  A.,  born 
May  25,  1852;  married  Sarah  Holmes,  July, 
1872,  and  had  one  child  who  died  in  infancy, 

2.  Mary  Elizabeth,  born  September  29,  1855; 
married  Frederick  Pierson ;  children :  i.  Ed- 
ward, born  August  22,  1876 ;  ii.  William,  Oc- 
tober, 1878;  iii.  Belle,  February,  1880;  iv. 
Richard,  July,  1882  ;  v.  Gertrude,  April,  1884. 

3.  Dr.  Charles  Henry,  mentioned  below.  4. 
William  E.,  born  June  21,  1862;  resides  at 
Prospect,  Connecticut.  5.  Belle  E.,  married 
A.  J.  Miles,  of  Seymour,  Connecticut. 

(II)  Dr.  Charles  Henry  Pulford,  son  of  Dr. 
Frederick  William  Pulford,  was  born  at  Staf- 
ford Springs,  Connecticut,  December  18,  1859. 
He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Sey- 
mour and  at  the  Collegiate  Institute  of  Hack- 
ettstown.  New  Jersey,  where  he  prepared  for 
college.  He  began  to  study  his  profession 
in  the  Homeopathic  Medical  College  of  New 
York  City  in  1880,  and  from  there  went  to 
Chicago  to  complete  his  course  at  the  Hahne- 
mann College,  graduating  in  1888  with  the 
degree  of  M.D.  He  returned  to  Seymour  and 
engaged  in  general  practice,  in  which  he  has 
continued  successfully  ever  since,  succeeding 
to  his  father's  practice,  after  his  death  in  1893. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Connecticut  Homeo- 
pathic Society ;  of  Morning  Star  Lodge,  No. 
47,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons ;  of  Evening 
Star  Chapter,  Royal  Arch  Masons ;  of  Olive 
Chapter,  Order  of  the  Eastern  Star.  He  is  in- 
terested in  music  and  has  more  than  a  local 
reputation  as  a  pianist.  He  has  been  organist 
of  the  various  lodges  to  which  he  belongs  and 
sings  in  the  church.  In  politics  he  is  Repub- 
lican, in  religion  a  Methodist.  He  married, 
in  December,  1890,  Harriet  Humphrey,  of 
New  Haven,  Connecticut,  born  June,  1852, 
daughter  of  Bernard  and  Sarah  (Hitchcock) 
Humphrey,  granddaughter  of  Denzil  Hitch- 
cock, of  Seymour,  Connecticut.  Dr.  and  Mrs. 
Pulford  have  no  children. 

(The  Leonard  Line'). 
John  Leonard,  immigrant  ancestor,  it  is 
believed,  of  the  Shutesbury  family,  settled  as 
early  as  1638  in  Springfield,  Massachusetts, 
and  was  then  a  proprietor  of  the  town.  He 
held  various  town  offices.  It  is  supposed  that 
he  came  from  Bilston,  Staffordshire,  England. 
He  married,  November  12,  1640,  Sarah  Heald. 
Administration    on    his    estate    was    granted 


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March  28,  1676,  to  his  widow  Sarah.  An 
agreement  among  the  heirs  names  sons :  Jo- 
seph, Benjamin,  Abel,  and  Josiah  Leonard, 
John  Keep  and  Samuel  Bliss.  Children,  born 
at  Springfield:  John,  August  25,  1641,  died 
June  22,  1648  ;  Joseph,  born  and  died  in  1643  ! 
Joseph,  May  20,  1644;  Sarah,  December  13, 
1645;  Mary,  September  14,  1647;  Martha, 
April  15,  1649;  Lydia,  October  2,  1650;  John, 
September  10,  1652 ;  Benjamin,  September  5, 
1654;  Josias,  March  28,  1658;  Abel,  February 
19,  1659 ;  Hannah,  February  19,  1659 :  Re- 
becca, May  26,  1661  ;  John,  died  March  13, 
1662-63;  Deborah,  born  October  i,  1663; 
Rachol,  November  8,  1665. 

(I)  Archelaus  Leonard,  revolutionary  an- 
cestor of  this  family,  lived  in  Shutesbury  and 
Amherst,  Massachusetts.  He  was  a  soldier  in 
Captain  Reuben  Dickinson's  company  on  the 
Lexington  alarm,  April  19,  1775,  in  Colonel 
Benjamin  Ruggles  Woodbridge's  regiment ; 
also  in  Captain  Samuel  Taylor's  company. 
Colonel  Nicholas  Dike's  regiment,  in  1776,  and 
in  Captain  Zachariah  Crocker's  company, 
Colonel  Wright's  regiment,  which  reinforced 
the  northern  army  in  1777.  Simeon  Leonard, 
perhaps  his  brother,  was  also  a  soldier  in  the 
revolution  and  was  in  Shutesbury  in  1790,  ac- 
cording to  the  first  federal  census,  with  two 
males  over  sixteen,  one  under  sixteen  and  two 
females  in  his  family,  while  Archelaus  had 
three  males  over  sixteen,  two  under  that  age 
and  two  females  in  his  family. 

(H)  Watson,  son  of  Archelaus  Leonard, 
was  born  at  Shutesbury,  Massachusetts.  He 
married  Phebe .  Children  :  Calvin,  Wat- 
son, Chester,  mentioned  below. 

(HI)  Chester,  son  of  Watson  Leonard,  was 
born  in  Shutesbury,  May  4,  1796.  He  mar- 
ried, July,  1817,  Mary,  born  July  7,  1797, 
daughter  of  Abner  and  Rebecca  Smith,  whose 
children  were :  i.  David,  married  Caroline 
Shoales :  ii.  Abner,  married  Florilla  Baughn ; 
iii.  Simeon,  married  Annie  Wood ;  iv.  Annie, 
married  Samuel  Wheeler ;  v.  Rebecca,  mar- 
ried Jonathan  Sloan ;  vi.  Mary,  married  Ches- 
ter Leonard,  mentioned  above.  Children  of 
Chester  Leonard:  i.  Rufus,  born  September 
2,  1818 ;  married  Louise  Hooker ;  children : 
Henry  and  Mary.  2.  Archelaus,  November 
13,  1819  ;  married  Emeline  Alvord  ;  children: 
Mary,  Ann  and  Chester.  3.  Lucy,  February' 
26,  182 1 ;  married  William  Winter;  children: 
Frederick,  Mary  and  Etta.  4.  Colisto,  Octo- 
ber 28,  1822 ;  married  Martha  Marvel  and 
had  one  son.  5.  Luther,  March  13,  1824 ; 
married  Virona  Sampson.  6.  Dwight,  Octo- 
ber 23,  1826;  married  Harriet  Chadwick ; 
children :  Benjamin,  Frank  and  Charlotte.  7. 
Sarah  Ann,  June  16,  1828 ;  married  Dr.  Fred- 


erick William  Pulford  (see  Pulford  I).  8. 
Mary,  January  27,  1831 ;  now  living  in  Spring- 
field, Massachusetts ;  married  Sherman  Top- 
lift  ;  children :    Mary,  Emma,  Ida  and  Charles. 


The  surname  Verrill  or  Ver- 
VERRILL     rail   is   abundant,   says   Patro- 

nimica  Brittanica,  in  East  Sus- 
sex (England)  and  rarely  out  of  it.  It  may 
be  a  corruption  of  spelling  Firle,  a  parish  near 
Lewis  in  County  Sussex. 

(I)  Samuel  Verrill,  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  found  at  Gloucester,  Massachusetts,  about 
1727.  Two  others,  possibly  his  brothers,  were 
there  also,  but  there  is  no  evidence  of  relation- 
ship. Samuel  Verrill  was  a  mariner,  but  we 
find  little  record  of  his  life.  It  is  a  family  tra- 
dition that  he  died  in  the  West  Indies  of  yel- 
low fever.  The  birth  of  but  one  child  is  re- 
corded. He  married,  at  Gloucester,  May  7, 
1 73 1,  Sarah  Stevens.  Child,  Samuel,  see  for- 
ward. 

(II)  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Samuel  (i)  Ver- 
rill, was  born  at  Gloucester,  Massachusetts, 
April  20,  1734,  died  at  Poland,  Maine,  May 
20,  182 1.  He  moved  from  Cape  Ann  to  Minot, 
Maine,  in  1778,  and  to  Poland  in  1783.  He 
was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution,  a  fifer  in  Cap- 
tain John  Lane's  company.  Colonel  Foster's 
regiment,  at  Cape  Ann ;  also  in  Captain  Dan- 
iel Gidding's  company.  Colonel  Joseph  Fos- 
ter's regiment,  at  Gloucester,  in  the  same  year  ; 
also  in  Captain  Pool's  company,  Colonel 
Jacob  Gerrish's  regiment,  in  1777-78.  He 
married  Eunice  Bray,  born  at  Cape  Ann, 
Gloucester,  in  1735,  died  at  Poland,  Maine, 
1797,  daughter  of  Aaron  and  Elizabeth  (Dav- 
is) Bray,  and  great-granddaughter  of  Thomas 
and  Mary  (Collins)  Bray,  of  Gloucester.  Her 
father  was  born  in  1699,  died  in  1772. 

(III)  Daniel,  son  of  Samuel  (2)  Verrill, 
was  born  at  Poland,  Maine,  in  June,  1781,  died 
at  Greenwood,  Maine,  December  25,  1852.  He 
was  a  farmer.  Fie  settled,  about  1818,  at 
Greenwood,  where  he  reared  a  large  family. 
He  married,  about  1800,  Eunice  Cordwell, 
born  at  Poland,  Maine,  1780,  died  at  Green- 
wood, July  9,  1859,  daughter  of  William  and 
Tryphosa  (Leach)  Cordwell,  granddaughter 
of  William  and  Abigail  (Bray)  Cordwell,  of 
Cape  Ann.  Tryphosa  (Leach)  Cordwell 
was  a  daughter  of  Elijah  and  Eunice  (Her- 
rick)  Leach,  and  granddaughter  of  William 
and  Tryphosa  (Herrick)  Leach,  of  Beverly, 
Massachusetts.  Children:  i.  Peter,  born 
March  2,  180 1 ;  settled  at  Calais,  Maine.  2. 
Cyrus,  November  2,  1802 ;  settled  at  Minot. 
3.  Benjamin,  September  i,  1804;  settled  at 
Minot.  4.  Ichabod,  September  2^,  1806;  died 
unmarried  at  Greenwood.   5.  Daniel  C,  March 


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II,  1809;  settled  at  Auburn.  6.  George  W., 
February  28,  181 1,  see  forward.  7.  Ira,  Feb- 
ruary 8,  1813,  died  1814.  8.  Theodore  B., 
February  17,  1814;  settled  at  Bethel.  9.  Jus- 
tin, April  16,  1818,  died  1824,  10.  Eliza- 
beth, December  10,  1819.  died  1820.  11.  Har- 
riet F.,  August  14,  182 1  ;  married  Frederic 
Coburn ;  settled  in  Wisconsin.  12.  Enoch  C, 
December  31,  1823;  settled  in  Auburn. 

(IV)  George  W.,  son  of  Daniel  Verrill,  was 
born  February  28,  181 1,  at  Minot,  Maine,  died 
at  Norway,  April  19,  1862.  He  moved  to 
Norway  in  1853.  He  followed  the  business 
of  a  general  merchant  at  Greenwood,  Locke's 
Mills  and  Norway.  From  1839  to  1844  he 
was  a  farmer.  Earlier  he  was  a  house  car- 
penter, builder  and  school  teacher.  He  was 
captain  of  the  militia  company  at  Norway, 
and  was  early  active  in  the  cause  of  temper- 
ance and  the  abolition  of  slaver)^,  and  held 
various  local  offices,  selectman,  etc.  He  mar- 
ried, in  1834,  Lucy  H.  Hilborn,  born  at  Po- 
land, Maine,  October  17,  181 5,  died  at  Nor- 
way, November  16,  1861,  daughter  of  Seth 
B.  and  Betsey  (Garland)  Hilborn,  grand- 
daughter of  Robert  and  Lucy  fRiggs)  Hil- 
born, great-granddaughter  of  Thomas  and 
Mary  (Shreeve)  Hilborn,  of  Burlington,  New 
Jersey,  and  Dublin,  Bucks  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania, Society  of  Friends.  The  two  youngest 
children  were  born  at  Norwa}'.  Children:  i. 
Byron  D.,  born  February  2,  1835 ;  married, 
in  1866,  Hattie  A.  Robinson,  of  Wiscasset ; 
he  was  an  attorney  at  law  in  Portland  for 
many  years,  and  previously  was  principal  of 
the  Academy  at  Norway ;  died  December, 
1898.  2.  Araminta  Maria,  December  28,  1836, 
died  February  5,  1850.  3.  Addison  Emery, 
February  9,  1839,  see  forward.  4.  George 
Washington,  May  2,  1841 ;  lawyer  in  Port- 
land ;  was  captain  in  Seventeenth  Maine  Regi- 
ment in  Army  of  Potomac,  and  was  wounded 
at  Gettysburg;  was  joint  author  of  the  books: 
"Maine  at  Gettysburg"  and  "War  Papers"; 
also  genealogist ;  married,  in  1867,  Augusta 
Beckett,  of  Portland ;  died  July,  1908,  at  Port- 
land, Maine.  5.  Lucy  Ellen,  September  10, 
1844;  married  (first)  in  1866,  Henry  R. 
Mighels,  of  Carson  City ;  officer  in  civil  war ; 
editor  of  Carson  Appeal;  author ;  speaker 
of  Nevada  assembly  in  1876;  married  (sec- 
ond) in  1880,  Samuel  P.  Da^is,  of  Carson 
City ;  editor  and  author.  6.  Edgar  Freeland, 
January  4,  1850,  of  San  Francisco ;  married, 
in  1873,  Sarah  Russell,  of  Portland,  Maine. 
7.  Emma  Lydia,  November  18,  1853 ;  mar- 
ried Jonathan  Doane,  of  Carson  City.  8.  Hat- 
tie  L.,  August  5,  1856;  married,  in  1881, 
George  McLaughlin,  officer  of  the  United 
States  Mint,  and  has  served  at  Carson  City, 


Nevada,  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania,  and  San 
Francisco,   California. 

(V)  Professor  Addison  Emery  Verrill,  son 
of  Georg-e  W.  Verrill,  was  born  in  Green- 
wood, Maine,  February  9,  1839.  He  removed 
to  Norway,  Maine,  in  1853.  He  was  pre- 
pared for  college  at  the  Norway  Liberal  In- 
stitute of  Norway,  Maine,  but  pursued  his 
scientific  studies  privately  by  means  of  books 
and  the  collections  made  by  himself,  from 
early  boyhood.  Before  leaving  home  in  1859, 
he  had  already  obtained  and  classified  collec- 
tions of  most  of  the  minerals,  plants,  mam- 
mals, birds  and  reptiles  of  Maine,  and  also 
many  of  the  insects.  In  his  earlier  searches 
for  minerals  in  the  granite  hills  of  his»vincin- 
ity,  he  discovered  and  identified  a  number  of 
rare  minerals  not  before  known  from  Maine. 
He  first  discovered  tin  ore  at  Paris,  Maine ; 
zircon  and  corundum  in  Greenwood ;  chryso- 
beryl,  in  large  crystals,  in  Norway ;  amazon 
stone  in  Waterford,  etc.  In  1859  he  added 
several  species  of  flowering  plants  to  the  flora 
of  the  United  States,  as  recorded  in  "Gray's 
Botany."  His  catalogue  of  the  Birds  of  Nor- 
wa)-,  1862,  was  the  first  general  list  of  the 
birds  of  Maine.  He  entered  the  Lawrence 
Scientific  School  of  Harvard,  May,  1859,  and 
graduated,  S.B.,  1862 ;  he  was  an  assistant  of 
Louis  Agassiz,  in  the  Museum  of  Compara- 
tive Zoology,  in  charge  of  mammals,  birds 
and  corals,  1860-64,  and  was  curator  of  Ra- 
diates in  Boston  Society  of  Natural  Flistory, 
1864-74.  He  was  appointed  professor  of 
Zoology  in  Yale  University,  member  of  the 
governing  board  of  the  Sheffield  Scientific 
School,  and  was  curator  of  the  Zoological 
Museum  of  Yale  from  1864  to  1910.  While 
holding  that  professorship  he  was  also  pro- 
fessor of  Comparative  Anatomy  and  Ento- 
mology in  the  University  of  Wisconsin, 
1867-70,  and  instructor  in  Geology  in  the 
Sheffield  Scientific  School  of  Yale,  1870-94. 

In  1859  he  went  to  the  Island  of  Grand 
Menan,  New  Brunswick,  and  adjacent  islands, 
to  -collect  the  eggs,  for  the  sake  of  the  em- 
bryos of  sea  birds,  of  which  he  secured  very 
large  series  (about  1,200)  of  several  species, 
as  well  as  numerous  skeletons  of  birds  and 
fishes,  for  the  Museum  of  Comparative  Zool- 
ogy. In  the  summer  of-  i860  he  studied  the 
marine  fauna  at  Mt.  Desert  and  Frenchman's 
Bay,  in  company  with  Alpheus  Hyatt  and  N. 
S.  Shaler,  and  made  large  collections  there. 
In  1861  he  made  a  zoological  and  geological 
exploration  of  Anticosti  Island  and  the  Labra- 
dor coast  with  Alpheus  Hyatt  and  N.  S. 
Shaler,  and  published,  1863,  reports  on  the 
plants,  mammals  and  birds.  This  expedition 
was  made  in  a  fishing  schooner,  "The  Inlet," 


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chartered  for  the  purpose.  Captain  Small 
was  the  master.  Verrill,  Hyatt  and  Shaler, 
with  a  friend,  Upham  Treat,  manned  the  ves- 
sel, without  sailors.  About  fifty  barrels  of 
excellent  fossils  were  obtained,  but  owning  to 
the  oncoming  war  they  were  never  fully 
worked  over  nor  reported  upon,  but  are  now 
in  the  Museum  of  Comparative  Zoology.  Dur- 
ing nearly  every  year,  from  1863  to  1871,  he 
conducted  scientific  dredging  expeditions  off 
the  coast  of  Maine  and  in  the  Bay  of  Fundy. 
From  1871  to  1887  he  was  assistant  in  charge 
of  the  Zoological  laboratories  and  of  the 
scientific  investigations  and  deep-sea  dredg- 
ings  of  the  United  States  Commission  of  Fish 
and  Fisheries,  under  Professor  S.  F.  Baird. 
This  involved  the  exploration  of  the  sea  bot- 
tom, from  Newfoundland  to  Cape  Hatteras, 
and  from  the  shore  to  depths  of  over  twenty- 
six  hundred  fathoms  beneath  the  Gulf  Stream. 
\'ast  collections  of  marine  animals  were  thus 
obtained,  man}'  of  them  new  to  science.  The 
work  of  arranging,  classifying,  cataloguing 
and  describing  these  collections  has  occupied 
much  of  his  time  for  many  years.  His  share 
of  the  deep-sea  collections  thus' obtained  was 
purchased  by  Yale  University  in  1907. 

In  connection  with  these  explorations,  Pro- 
fessor A^errill  invented  several  new  forms  of 
apparatus  for  obtaining  deep-sea  animals, 
among  them  the  rake-dredge,  hopper-sieve, 
cradle-sieve,  and  especially  the  improved  form 
of  "tangles,"  which  he  described  and  figured 
in  1873  and  1880  and  recommended  for  the 
use  of  oyster  fishermen  for  destroying  star- 
fishes on  the  oyster  beds.  It  has  since  been 
used  very  extensively  for  that  purpose,  and 
has  proved  of  inestimable  value.  From  1872 
to  1880  he  made  a  special  study  of  the  gigan- 
tic cephalopods  or  devil-fishes,  especially  those 
of  Newfoundland.  He  succeeded  in  obtaining 
many  more  specimens  than  had  previously 
been  known,  which  were  fully  described  and 
figured  in  several  reports,  especially  in  those 
of  1880  and  1882.  In  connection  with  these 
studies,  and  with  the  assistance  of  Mr.  J.  H. 
Emerton,  a  life-size  model  of  a  specimen 
about  fifty-two  feet  long  was  constructed,  as 
well  as  a  large  model  of  the  California  octo- 
pus, for  the  Yale  Museum.  Duplicates  of 
these,  from  the  same  moulds,  are  now  exhib- 
ited in  many  largp  museums,  both  in  this 
country  and  in  Europe.  From  1885  to  1890 
he  was  employed  on  the  editorial  stafif  of 
Webster's  International  Dictionary,  and  was 
subsequently  on  its  supplements.  To  these 
works  he  contributed  all  the  zoological  and 
most  of  the  paljeontological  matter,  and  also 
selected  and  supervised  the  engraving  of  the 
illustrations. 


As  a  public  lecturer,  he  has  given  many 
lectures  on  zoological  and  geological  sub- 
jects, including  two  courses  at  the  Lowell  In- 
stitute in  Boston.  In  connection  with  his  geo- 
logical work  he  has  examined  and  reported  on 
many  mineral  deposits,  especially  of  iron  ores 
and  coal.  In  1898  and  1901  he  conducted 
very  successful  scientific  expeditions  to  the 
Bermudas,  obtaining  large  collections  illus- 
trating the  land  and  marine  faunas,  and  the 
geology,  including  especially  very  complete 
series  of  the  corals,  gorgonias,  Crustacea,  mol- 
lusca,  and  other  animals  of  the  Bermuda  coral 
reefs,  with  numerous  colored  drawings  and 
photographs  from  life.  These  expeditions  and 
his  reports  upon  the  collections  obtained  con- 
tributed to  the  establishment  of  the  zoological 
station  at  Bermuda  in  1903. 

Professor  Verrill  has  published,  since  1863, 
many  important  original  investigations  on  the 
Invertebrata  of  the  entire  Atlantic  and  Pacific 
coasts  of  North  and  South  America,  especially 
on  the  Atlantic  deep-sea  faunje.  He  has  also 
published  reports  on  the  zoology  of  the  East 
Indies,  Japan,  New  Zealand,  Hawaiian  Isl- 
ands, etc..  especially  on  the  ectimoderms, 
Crustacea,  corals  and  the  actiniae.  The  valu- 
able zoological  collections  of  the  Museum  of 
Yale  University  are  due  almost  entirely  tO'  his 
personal  efforts,  under  discouraging  condi- 
tions and  with  very  meagre  funds.  He  re- 
ceived the  honorary  degree  of  A.M.  from 
Yale  in  1867.  He  was  elected  member  of  the 
National  Academy  of  Arts  and  Sciences  in 
1872.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Boston 
Society  of  Natural  History ;  the  x\merican 
Academy  of  Arts  and  Sciences :  the  Connecti- 
cut Academy  of  Arts  and  Sciences ;  the  Wis- 
consin Academy  of  Science:  Essex  Institute; 
New  York  Academy  of  Sciences :  Philadel- 
phia Academy  of  Natural  Sciences ;  the  So- 
ciety' of  American  Naturalists ;  the  California 
Academy  of  Science :  American  Morpholog- 
ical Society  ;  Zoological  Society  of  France,  and 
many  other  societies. 

He  has  been  associate  editor  of  the  Amer- 
ican Journal  of  Science  from  1869.  and  his 
contributions  to  that  journal  and  to  the  trans- 
actions and  proceedings  of  various  scientific 
societies  amount  to  over  three  hundred  papers, 
mostly  on  zoological  and  geological  subjects. 
They  have  been  collected  in  twelve  volumes. 
Mr.  A-^errill  held  his  professorship  and  cura- 
torship  at  Yale  until  1907,  when  he  became 
professor  emeritus.  He  was  also  president 
of  the  Connecticut  Academy  of  Arts  and  Sci- 
ences during  many  years.  He  received  much 
credit,  early  in  his  career,  for  the  discovery 
of  many  new  morphological  and  biological 
facts :     Such    as   the    discovery   of   dimorphic 


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zo5ids  in  Alcyonaria,  1865  ;  the  first  discovery 
of  the  bilateral  development  of  the  mesen- 
teries in  Zoanthidse,  1869 ;  the  demonstration 
that  the  Tabulata  do  not  form  a  natural  group 
of  corals,  - 1867-72  ;  the  discovery  and  proof 
that  the  mean  temperature  of  the  "breeding" 
season"  determines  the  north  and  south  dis- 
tribution of  birds,  etc.,  while  the  mean  annual 
temperature  does  not,  1866;  and  for  many  im- 
provements in  the  classification  of  animals. 

His  more  recent  announcement,  1897,  that 
mammals,  birds,  fishes,  insects,  etc.,  owe  many 
of  their  peculiar  colors  to  their  protective 
value  at  night  or  in  twilight  (noctural  pro- 
tective coloRUtion),  and  also  that  many  fishes 
regularly  change  their  colors  at  night,  for 
protection,  thus  extending  the  field  for  the 
action  of  natural  selection,  has  attracted  wide 
attention.  His  "'Report  on  the  Invertebrate 
Animals  of  Vineyard  Sound  and  adjacent 
waters,"  1874,  454  pages,  38  plates,  is  still 
a  standard  work  on  the  marine  animals  of 
this  coast,  including  their  habits  and  distri- 
bution. His  report  on  the  Cephalopods,  1880- 
82,  form  a  complete  monographic  treatise, 
describing  all  the  species  known  on  our  coast. 
The  Marine  Nemerteans  and  Planarians  of 
our  coast  were  also  described  monographically 
by  him  in  1892-93,  for  all  the  species  then 
known,  with  many  new  ones,  were  described 
and  mostly  figured.  No  other  works*  of  im- 
portance had  been  previously  published  on 
these  groups  in  this  country.  He  published 
the  following  works  in  1903 :  "The  Bermuda- 
Islands  :  Their  Scenery,  Climate,  Productions, 
Physiography,  Natural  History  and  Geology ; 
With  Sketches  of  Their  Early  History  and  the 
Changes  Due  to  Man"  :  558  pages,  8  vol.  292 
cuts  in  the  text,  40  plates,  March,  1903 ;  edi- 
tion II  in  1907.  "Zoology  of  the  Bermudas," 
vol.  I.  This  includes  fifteen  articles  on  the 
Natural  History  and  Geology  of  the  Ber- 
muda Islands  :  427  pages  ;  45  plates,  and  many 
cuts.      Edition  II   in    1907. 

He  early  made  it  a  duty  to  study  especially 
those  groups  of  marine  and  fresh-water  ani- 
mals that  had  been  neglected  by  others,  in 
this  country,  owing  to  the  difficulties  in  the 
way  of  their  investigation.  For  this  reason 
several  of  his  papers  are  the  first  of  import- 
ance to  appear  in  America,  relating  to  such 
groups  as  actiniae,  ascidians,  annelids,  fresh- 
water leeches,  nemerteans,  marine  planarians, 
cephalopods,  phyllopod  crustaceans,  etc.  The 
difficult  group  of  reef  corals  has  been  a  fav- 
orite study  for  him,  since  i860.  In  connec- 
tion with  his  studies  of  this  group  he  has 
examined  and  labeled  most  of  the  larger  col- 
lections of  coral  in  the  United  States ;  among 
them  those  of  the  United  States  National  Mu- 


seum ;  American  Museum,  New  York ;  Mu- 
seum of  Comparative  Zoology ;  Essex  Insti- 
tute ;  Boston  Society  of  Natural  History  ;  Field 
Columbian  Museum  (while  owned  by  Ward, 
of  Rochester),  and  many  others.  But  owing 
to  lack  of  funds  for  the  necessary  illustra- 
tions, most  of  his  work  on  reef  corals  re- 
mains unpublished,  which  is  also  true  of  his 
work  on  several  other  groups.  He  is  at  pres- 
ent engaged  on  a  monographic  Report  on  the 
Starfishes  of  the  Northwest  Coast  of  Amer- 
ica, to  be  illustrated  by  over  one  hundred 
plates,  which  was  intended  to  form  one  of 
the  volumes  of  Reports  of  the  Harriman  Ex- 
pedition. 

■  A  nearly  complete  list  of  his  scientific  writ- 
ings, up  to  1893,  has  been  published  in  "Bibli- 
ographies of  the  Present  Officers  of  Yale  Uni- 
versity," New  Haven,  1893,  pp.  130  to  143. 
Among  his  scientific  writings  are  the  follow- 
ing, chronologically  from  1862  to  1909: 
Notes  on  the  Natural  History  of  Anticosti 
Island :  Notice  of  Neosorex  and  Sorex,  with 
a  list  of  Soricidse  of  New  England  ;  Catalogue 
of  Birds  found  at  Norway,  Oxford  County, 
Maine ;  Catalogue  of  Reptiles  and  Batrachians 
found  in  vicinity  of  Norway  ;  Revision  of  the 
Polyps  of  the  East  Coast  of  the  United  States ; 
Synopsis  of  the  Polyps  and  Corals  of  the 
North  Pacific  Exploring  Expedition,  under 
Commodore  Ringgold  and  Captain  Rogers, 
parts  I  to  4 :  Descriptions  of  new  Polyps  and 
Corals  from  Panama :  On  the  Polyps  and 
Echinoderms  of  New  England,  with  descrip- 
tions of  new  species :  Investigations  upon  the 
Geographical  Distribution  of  North  American 
Birds  :  Echinoderms  and  Corals  of  New  Zea- 
land, West  Coast  of  America  and  Brazil ;  Cor- 
als and  Echinoderms  of  Bcazil ;  Echinoderms 
of  Lower  California :  Corals  and  Polyps  of 
West  Coast  of  America :  Echinoderms  of  the 
Pacific  Coast  of  America :  the  External  and 
Internal  Parasites  of  Man  and  Domestic  Ani- 
mals, and  Supplement :  Descriotions  of  Ascid- 
ians from  New  England :  Descriptions  of 
North  American  Fresh-water  Leeches ;  Affini- 
ties of  Paleozoic  Tabulate  Corals  with  exist- 
ing Species :  Explorations  of  Casco  Bay  by 
the  L^nited  States  Fish  Commission ;  Report 
upon  Fresh-water  Leeches  of  Nevada,  Utah, 
Colorado,  etc. ;  On  Post-pliocene  Fossils  of - 
Sankoty  Head,  Nantucket  Island  :  the  Cepha- 
lopods of  North  America  (in  iwo  parts)  ;  Re- 
port on  the  Cephalopods  of  the  Northeastern 
Coast  of  America ;  New  England  Annelida ; 
Catalogue  of  Marine  Mollusca,  added  to  the 
Fauna  of  New  England  during  ten  years 
(three  parts)  :  "Blake  Expedition"  ;  Report  on 
the  Cephalopods  with  Supplement ;  Descrip- 
tions of  two  Species  of  Octopus  from  Cali- 


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fornia ;  Blake  Expeditions,  Report  on  the 
Anthozoa ;  Notice  of  the  Remarkable  Marine 
Fauna  occupying  the  outer  banks  off  the 
Southern  Coast  of  New  England :  Physical 
Characters  of  the  Portion  of  the  Continental 
Border  beneath  the  Gulf  Stream ;  Results  of 
the  Explorations  made  by  the  Steamer  "Alba- 
tross," off  the  Northern  Coast  of  the  United 
States :  Notice  of  the  Recent  Additions  to  the 
Marine  Invertebrata  of  the  Northeastern 
Coast  of  America,  with  descriptions  of  new 
Genera  and  Species,  parts  I  to  V ;  Brief  Con- 
tributions to  Zoology  from  the  Museum  of 
Yale  College,  New  Haven,  Connecticut ;  Ma- 
rine Nemerteans  of  New  England  and  adja- 
cent waters,  and  the  Dinophilidje  of  New 
England ;  Marine  Planarians  of  New  Eng- 
land :  Supplements  to  the  Nemerteans  and 
Planarians ;  the  Opisthoeuthidae,  a  remarkable 
new  Family  of  IDeep-sea  Cephalopods,  with 
remarks  on  some  points  in  Molluscan  Mor- 
phology ;  the  Molluscan  Archetype  considered 
as  a  Veligerlike  form ;  A  Study  of  the  Fam- 
ily Pectinidse,  with  a  revision  of  the  Genera 
and  Subgenera :  Nocturnal  Protective  Color- 
ation in  Mammals,  Birds,  Fishes,  Insects,  etc., 
as  developed  by  Natural  Selection ;  Nocturnal 
and  diurnal  changes  in  the  colors  of  certain 
fishes  and  of  the  squid  (Loligo),  with  notes 
on  their  sleeping  habits  ;  Revision  of  the  Deep- 
water  Bivalve  Mollusca  of  the  Atlantic  Coast 
of  North  America,  with  descriptions  of  new 
Genera  and  Species ;  Description  of  imper- 
fectly known  and  new  Actinians ;  Revision  of 
the  Genera  of  Ledidae  and  Nuculidse  of  the 
Atlantic  Coast  of  the  United  States ;  Descrip- 
tions of  new  Species  of  Starfishes  and  Ophiur- 
ans,  with  a  revision  of  certain  species  for- 
mally described;  Distribution  of  the  Echino- 
(lerms  of  Northeastern  America ;  Report  on 
the  Ophiuroidea  collected  by  the  Bahama  Ex- 
pedition in  1893;  North  America  Ophiuroidea 
(two  parts)  ;  Revision  of  certain  Genera  and 
Species  of  Starfishes,  with  descriptions  of 
New  Forms ;  Notes  on  the  Geology  of  the 
Bermudas ;  Additions  to  the  Turbellaria, 
Nemertina,  and  Annelida  of  the  Bermudas ; 
with  revisions  of  some  New  England  Genera 
and  Species ;  the  Story  of  the  Cahow,  the 
mysterious  extinct  bird  of  the  Bermudas ;  Ad- 
ditions to  the  Fauna  of  the  Bermudas  from 
the  Yale  Expedition  of  1901 ;  Variations  and 
Nomenclature  of  Bermudian,  West  Indian, 
and  Brazilian  Reef  Corals,  with  notes  on  vari- 
ous Indo-Pacific  Corals ;  Comparison  of  Ber- 
mudian, West  Indian,  and  Brazilian  Coral 
Faunae :  Notes  on  Corals  of  the  genus  Acro- 
pora  (Madrepora  Lam),  with  descriptions  and 
figures  of  types  and  several  new  species ; 
Snails  and  Slugs  of  the  Bemiudas;  Botany  of 


the  Bermudas ;  Insects,  Myriapods,  and 
Arachnids  of  the  Bermudas ;  Bibliography  of 
the  Bermudas ;  Zoology  of  the  Bermudas ; 
The  Bermuda  Islands ;  Decapod  Crustacea  of 
Bermuda,  part  I,  175  pages,  20  plates;  Geol- 
ogy and  Palaeontology  of  Bermuda,  167 
pages,  12  plates;  Life  of  the  Bermuda  Coral 
Reefs,  150  pages,  29  plates;  Origin  of  the 
Bermuda  Decapod  Fauna ;  Descriptions  of 
New  Starfishes  from  the  northwest  Coast  of 
America. 

He  has  recently  written  a  report  on  the 
Deep-sea  Alcyonaria  of  the  Blake  Expedition, 
I  vol.,  quarto,  with  an  atlas  of  140  plates, 
now  printing,  in  Memoirs  Museum  Compara- 
tive Zoology.  Report  on  the  Crustacea  of 
Connecticut,  about  350  pages,  72  plates,  200 
text  cuts.  For  Geological  and  Natural  His- 
tory Survey  of  the  State.  Decapod  Crustacea 
of  Bermuda,  part  II,  30  plates.  Crustacea  of 
Dominica  Island,  32  plates. 

Mr.  Verrill  married,  June  15,  1865,  Flora 
Louise,  daughter  of  Elliot  and  Lavinia  How- 
ard (Barton)  Smith,  of  Norway,  Maine. 
jMrs.  Verrill  is  a  sister  of  Professor  Sidney  I. 
Smith,  of  Yale  University,  see  forward.  Chil- 
dren:  I.  George  Elliot,  born  July  29,  1866; 
assistant  United  States  engineer ;  married,  Au- 
gust 23,  1890,  Maude  Mae  Price,  of  Portland, 
Oregon.  2.  Evelina  Flora,  born  November 
II,  1869,  died  July  10,  1870.  3.  Alpheus 
Hyatt,  born  July  23,  1871 ;  artist,  naturalist ; 
married,  January  21,  1892,  Kathryn  Laura 
McCarthy,  of  New  Haven.  4.  Edith  Barton, 
born  August  2,  1875.  5.  Clarence  Sidney, 
born  May  6,  1877;  mining  engineer,  Boise, 
Idaho ;  married,  November,  1906,  Dorothy 
Lord  Maltby,  of  New  Haven.  6.  Lucy  La- 
vinia, born  May  26,  1882 ;  artist ;  married, 
February  6,  1904,  Samuel  Henry  Howe,  Jr., 
of  Norwich,  Connecticut ;  settled  in  New  York 
City.  Since  1888  Professor  Verrill  has  occu- 
.  pied  a  summer  residence  on  Outer  Island,  off 
Branford,  Connecticut,  where  he  has  carried 
out  various  investigations  of  the  fauna,  and 
flora. 

Sidney  Irving  Smith,  M.A.,  Ph.B.,  brother 
of  Mrs.  Verrill,  was  born  in  Norway,  Maine, 
February  18,  1843,  son  of  Elliot  and  Lavinia 
Howard  (Barton)  Smith.  His  studies  in  the 
public  schools  and  academy  of  his  native  town 
were  supplemented  by  a  course  at  Gould's 
Academy,  Bethel,  Maine,  and  a  two  years' 
course  at  the  Sheffield  Scientific  School  of 
Yale,  where  he  received  the  degree  of  Bach- 
elor of  Philosophy  in  1867.  Remaining  there 
as  an  assistant  in  Zoolog}'  until  1875,  he  was 
made  professor  in  Comparative  Anatomy  in 
1875,  and  became  professor  emeritus  of  that 
institution  in  igo6.     In  1871  he  was  engaged 


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in  exploring  the  deep  waters  of  Lake  Superior 
for  scientific  investigation,  and  from  the  latter 
year  until  1887  he  was  associated  with  Pro- 
fessor Verrill  in  scientific  work  of  the  United 
States  Commission  of  Fish  and  Fisheries. 
Professor  Smith  has  been  a  member  of  the 
National  Academy  of  Sciences  since  1884,  and 
is  a  member  of  many  other  learned  bodies.  He 
was  made  a  Master  of  Arts  by  Yale  in  1887. 
He  is  a  prolific  zoological  writer,  having  up 
to  1890  published  seventy  papers,  many  of 
which  are  devoted  to  Crustacea,  and  is  the 
author  of  the  definitions  of  anatomy  in  Web- 
ster's International  Dictionary.  He  married, 
June  29,  1882,  Eugenia  P.  Barber. 


The  first  record  of  the 
WHEATLEY  family  of  Wheatley  dates 
back  to  the  year  1356, 
when  Sir  John  Wheatley  lived  at  Castle- 
Bromwich,  Leicestershire,  England.  An  un- 
broken genealogical  line  can  be  traced  only 
to  the  brothers,  John  and  Thomas,  who  ap- 
pear after  the  campaigns  of  Edward  Seymour, 
Duke  of  Somerset,  in  Scotland  and  France  in 
1544-45.  John  served  as  captain  and  Thomas 
as  a  lieutenant.  They  obtained  estates  in  1547 
at  Frome  and  near  Wells,  not  far  from  the 
Alendip  Hills  in  Somersetshire. 

There  are  two  different  coats-of-arms  at- 
tributed to  the  English  families  of  Wheatleys, 
as  follows:  Sir  Nathaniel  Wheatley,  Frome, 
county  Somerset :  Gules,  a  lion  rampant  ar- 
gent, on  a  chief  or,  three  mullets  sable.  Crest : 
A  stag's  head  cabossed  proper.  William 
Wheatley,  Esq.,  Echingfield,  county  Sussex; 
Per  fess  azure  and  or,  a  pale  counter 
charged,  three  lions  rampant,  regardant  of 
the  second.  Crest:  Two  arms  embowed, 
vested  azure,  holding  between  the  hands 
proper  a  garb  or. 

(I)  John  Wheatley,  the  first  of  the  name 
of  whom  there  is  any  continuous  record,  ap- 
pears as  a  captain  in  the  campaigns  of  Ed-' 
ward  Seymour,  Duke  of  Somerset,  in  Scot- 
land and  France  in  1544-45.  He  afterwards 
settled  near  Wells,  Somersetshire,  England. 
In  the  probate  registry  at  Wells  are  filed  the 
wills  of  John  Wheatley,  INIarch  24,  1594,  and 
of  his  widow  Mary,  April  20,  1595.  He  be- 
queathed personal  property,  mostly  cattle,  to 
the  following:  Mary,  his  wife,  sons,  John, 
Nathaniel,  Frank,  Richard,  Samuel,  daugh- 
ters, Annie,  Olive,  Martha,  nephew,  Henry 
Wheatley,  cousin,  Richard  Wheatley,  son-in- 
law,  Roger  Wingate,  servants,  John  Roberts, 
John  Hall  and  John  Sideham.  The  will  of  his 
wife  mentions  sons  Frank  and  Richard, 
daughters  Martha  and  Olive,  daughter-in- 
law   and   granddaughter   Dorothy.     Children, 


recorded  in  the  visitations  at  Somerset  at 
Somerset  House  in  London :  John,  born  May 
31,  1547,  mentioned  below;  Nathaniel,  June 
I,  1549;  Annie,  October  20,  1553;  Jane,  Octo- 
ber 10,  1560;  Frank,  March,  1562;  Richard, 
May  3,  1565;  Samuel,  April  28,  1568;  Martha, 
January,  1571 ;  Olive,  1573,  married  Mr. 
Barker. 

(II)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Wheatley, 
was  born  May  31,  1547.  Fle  married  Dor- 
othy, youngest  daughter  of  the  Arctic  ex- 
plorer, Hugh  Willoughby,  of  Derbyshire.  She 
probably  died  before  1609,  as  no  mention  of 
her  is  made  in  her  husband's  will.  Her 
father  was  one  of  the  one  hundred  and  sixty- 
four  gentlemen  and  sailors  who  accompanied 
Sir  Francis  Drake  on  his  freebooting  expe- 
dition to  Spanish  America  and  around  the 
world,  home  by  way  of  Cape  of  Good  Hope, 
arriving  at  Plymouth,  November,  1580.  The 
will  of  John  Wheatley,  dated  May  7,  1609, 
was  filed  at  Carew,  P.  C.  C,  and  mentions 
sons,  Nathaniel,  Samuel,  Philip  and  Andrew, 
daughters,  Elizabeth,  Mary  and  Margery, 
brothers,  Frank  and  Samuel,  and  cousin,  Ed- 
mund Wingate.  Children  and  dates  of  bap- 
tism :  Nathaniel,  mentioned  below  ;  Israel,  Au- 
gust 6,  1572;  Elizabeth,  December  18,  1574; 
Samuel,  November '3,  1576;  Mary,  August  24, 
1578;  Philip,  September  24,  1581  ;  Margaret, 
September  9,  1583;  Andrew,  November  ig, 
1586.  The  latter  was  among  the  sailors  sent 
by  Charles  I.  of  England  to  Dieppe  for  the 
use  of  the  king  of  France  against  the  Hugue- 
nots at  La  Rochelle,  and  one  of  the  signers  of 
the  "Round  Robin"  remonstrance,  in  which 
the  sailors  refused  to  fight  against  their 
brother  Protestants. 

(III)  Sir  Nathaniel  Wheatley,  son  of  John 
(2)  Wheatley,  was  born  at  Tingsboro,  Somer- 
set, 1571,  and  entered  Magdalen  College,  Ox- 
ford, in  1588.  He  was  knighted  in  1610.  He 
married  Precilla  Throgmorton,  of  Tortworth, 
Glo'-icester.  Her  father's  sister  was  wife  of 
Sir  Walter  Raleigh,  and  from  her  brother, 
William  Throgmorton,  descended  a  family  of 
writers,  one  of  whom  was  Sir  John  Courtney 
Throckmorton.  Sir  Nathaniel  was  high  sher- 
iff of  Somersetshire  in  1616,  and  lived  at 
Woodcroft  Manor.  His  will,  dated  April  11, 
1620,  was  nuncupative,  and  mentions  Nathan- 
iel, Thomas,  William,  Richard  and  John,  and 
wife  Precilla.  The  will  of  his  wife,  dated 
April  15,  1630,  and  filed  in  Skynner,  P.  C.  C, 
mentions  sons,  Thomas.  William,  Richard  and 
John,  brother.  Sir  William  Throgmorton,  as 
trustee,  and  sister.  Lady  Dale,  widow  of  Sir 
Thomas.  Children:  John,  born  1598,  died 
young:  Nathaniel,  1600;  Thomas,  161 1;  Wil- 
liam,   baptized    May    20,     1614,     Tingsboro; 


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Richard,  baptized  September  14,  1615,  Tings- 
boro;  Bridget,  baptized  May  10,  1616,  died  at 
age  of  four  months  ;  John,  mentioned  below. 

(IV)  Rev.  John  (3)  Wheatley,  son  of  Sir 
Natlianiel  Wheatley,  was  baptized  February  9, 
1619,  Tingsboro,  and  matriculated  at  Magda- 
len College,  Oxford.  He  married  Mary 
Maudley,  who  was  from  a  large  and  promi- 
nent family  of  Somersetshire.  In  1645  hs 
was  rector  of  Gately,  Hants.  His  loyalty  to 
Charles  I.  drew  upon  him  the  displeasure  of 
the  Cromwell  party  and  he  was  sequestered. 
Later  he  made  his  home  at  Westham,  Essex, 
and  spent  his  declining  years  with  his  young- 
est son  at  Battle,  near  Hastings,  where  he 
died  and  was  buried  at  Senlac  Hill,  December 
4,  1691.  He  left  a  nuncupative  will,  dated 
October  8,  1691,  which  made  his  son  William 
his  heir,  also  gave  nine  hundred  pounds  and 
household  goods  to  daughter  Mary,  and  three 
hundred  pounds  each  to  his  grandchildren, 
Henry  and  James  Fitzroy,  Mary  and  William 
Wheatley.  Children :  Charles,  born  1640 ; 
Mary,  married  Charles  Fitzroy  and  lived  at 
Battle  in  1685  ;  Andrew,  was  with  Duke  of 
Cleveland  under  Earl  of  Marlborough,  at  the 
capture  of  Dublin  in  1689,  and  was  killed  at 
the  attack  on  Cork,  October  9,  1690;  he  had 
a  son.  Rev.  Charles  Wheatley,  1686-1742, 
was  a  noted  clergyman,  published  illustrations 
of  the  Book  of  Common  Prayer;  William, 
mentioned  below. 

(V)  William  Wheatley,  Esq.,  son  of  Rev. 
John  (3)  Wheatley,  was  of  Streatley  Manor, 
near  Senlac  Flill.  He  married  Mary  Haynes, 
of  Bristol,  in  1685.  While  living  at  Bristol 
he  was  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  salt- 
petre and  apparently  held  crown  contracts. 
After  removing  to  Battle  he  started  the  manu- 
facture of  gunpowder.  He  was  bailiff  of 
Battle  in  1685  and  was  knig'hted  in  1710. 
Children:  Mary,  born  1687;  William,  1689, 
mentioned  below ;  Richard,   1695. 

_(VI)  Dr.  William  (2)  Wheatley,  son  of 
William  (i)  Wheatley,  Esq.,  was  born  1689, 
and  entered  Magdalen  College,  Oxford,  1705. 
He  married  Annie  Waring,  of  Belfast.  In 
1720  he  was  serving  at  the  Dublin  station  as 
naval  surgeon.  At  that  time  there  were  sev- 
enty-six ships  in  the  British  navy.  There  are 
also  records  of  Surgeon  Wheatley 's  transfer 
to  other  stations.  He  was  with  the  fleet  sent 
to  the  West  Indies  in  1727.  Tradition  says 
that  he  died  in  the  service  about  1731.  His 
family  remained  in  Dublin.  Children :  John, 
born  November  15,  1718,  mentioned  below; 
Jane,  May  12,  1720,  Dublin,  died  young;  Lu- 
cinda,   September  4,   1723,  Dublin. 

(VII)  John  (4),  son  of  Dr.  William  (2) 
Wheatley,    and  the  immigrant   ancestor,   was 


born  in  Dublin,  Ireland,  November  15,  1718, 
and  lived  there  until  he  was  fourteen  years 
old.  He  was  then  bound  to  the  commander  of 
a  vessel  for  a  term  of  seven  years,  to  be 
trained  for  the  navy.  The  ship  sailed  directly 
to  America,  landing  at  New  London  or  Nor- 
wich, Connecticut.  The  captain  then  treach- 
erously sold  his  indentures  to  a  farmer  in  that 
vicinity  and  John  was  bound  to  remain  until 
he  attained  his  majority.  At  first  he  suf- 
fered much  hardship,  but  remained  with  the 
farmer  until  the  expiration  of  the  indenture. 
Fie  was  sent  to  school,  and  in  this  connection 
it  is  related  that  the  teacher  sent  word  that 
he  could  not  instruct  a  pupil  so  advanced.  He 
soon  began  teaching  himself,  and  between 
terms  followed  the  sea.  He  commanded  a 
company  in  the  French  war  during  the  cam- 
paign at  the  North  in  1759,  when  Ticonder- 
oga,  Crown  Point,  and  other  forts  in  that 
vicinity  were  captured  by  the  British.  A 
powder  horn,  curiously  and  elaborately 
wrought,  was  presented  to  him  at  this  time 
by  an  Indian  chief,  and  is  now  among  the 
family  relics.  Engraved  around  the  lower 
end  of  it  are  the  words,  "Capt.  John  Wheatley, 
Crown  Point,  October  ye  3d,  1759,"  in  well- 
formed  letters  surrounded  by  an  ornamental 
border. 

During  the  French  war,  Spain  had  become 
an  ally  of  France,  and  in  1761  an  English 
force  of  ten  thousand  men  was  sent  to  cap- 
ture Havana,  Cuba.  Captain  John  Wheatley, 
with  a  company  of  marines  from  Connecticut, 
joined  this  expedition,  commanded  by  General 
Phineas  Lyman,  with  Lieutenant-Colonel  Is- 
rael Putnam,  of  Danvers,  Massachusetts,  in 
charge  of  the  marines  from  Connecticut.  Be- 
fore this  expedition  returned.  Captain  Wheat- 
ley  had  become  paymaster  of  the  colonial 
troops.  The  troops  from  Massachusetts,  Con- 
necticut, New  York,  and  New  Jersey,  joined 
the  English  forces  before  Havana,  July  20, 
and  together  they  captured  the  city,  August 
14,  1762.  They  returned  on  one  ship,  greatly 
depleted  on  account  of  disease.  Of  the  prize 
money  resulting  from  the  capture  Captain 
Wheatley  drew  $1,135.24.  During  his  ab- 
sence his  family  lived  in  Boston,  and  later  in 
Norwich,  until  1763.  In  1765  they  removed 
to  Lebanon,  New  Hampshire,  of  which  town 
he  was  the  first  settler.  He  was  moderator  of 
the  first  town  meeting  there,  September  12, 
1765  ;  the  first  town  clerk,  an  office  which  he 
held  for  nearly  twenty  years ;  the  first  civil 
magistrate ;  the  first  schoolmaster ;  the  first 
representative  to  the  New  Hampshire  legis- 
lature, the  first  and  only  representative  in  the 
Vermont  legislature,  at  the  time  when  the  six- 
teen   border   towns   gave   allegiance   to   Ver- 


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mont.  In  1765  he  was  clerk  of  a  company  of 
proprietors  of  Lebanon,  and  in  1768  drew  up 
a  petition  to  the  New  Hampshire  legislature, 
asking  for  a  new  charter  to  replace  their  old 
one.  He  was  chairman  of  the  legislative  com- 
mittee on  boundaries,  October  3,  1768;  ap- 
pointed justice  of  the  peace  for  Grafton 
county,  September  5,  1774,  reappointed  April 
3,  1779,  and  October  5,  1785.  June  24,  1778, 
he  was  chairman  of  a  committee  to  receive  and 
adjust  claims  for  services  done  in  preparing 
and  completing  the  union  with  the  state  of 
Vermont.  His  name  is  signed  to  several 
documents  relative  to  the  dispute  concerning 
the  jurisdiction  over  the  New  Hampshire 
grants  east  of  the  Connecticut  during  the  year 
1782.  He  married,  in  1742,  Submit  (Peck) 
Cooke,  widow  of  Aaron  Cooke,  and  daughter 
of  Benjamin  Peck,  a  wealthy  resident  of 
Franklin,  Connecticut.  Her  brother.  Captain 
Bela  Peck,  was  father  of  Harriet  (Peck)  Wil- 
liams, who  gave  the  Peck  Memorial  Library 
to  Norwich.  Captain  Wheatley  died  at  Le- 
banon, July  30,  1786.  His  widow  survived 
him  for  several  years.  Both  were  buried  in  a 
selected  burying  ground,  near  the  present  vil- 
lage of  West  Lebanon.  He  was  a  man  of  un- 
usual qualifications  for  public  and  private  life, 
with  spirit,  energy,  and  perseverance  for  every 
enterprise  which  he  undertook.  "He  was  of 
plain  manners  and  of  incorruptible  integrity. 
His  few  words  were  always  those  of  good 
sense  and  truth.  The  weight  of  his  influence 
was  given  to  the  best  interests  of  society.  He 
was  an  able  and  courageous  soldier.''  Chil- 
dren, the  first  six  born  in  Norwich :  Mary, 
1743  :  John,  1748,  killed  in  battle  near  Brook- 
lyn, September  16,  1776:  Andrew,  August  10, 
1750;  Nathaniel,  May  21,  1752,  mentioned  be- 
low ;  Lucinda,  December,  1755 ;  Lydia,  Jan- 
uary 27,  1758;  Luther,  1760,  Boston,  died 
September  30,  1777,  Stillwater,  New  York,  in 
the  revolution. 

(VHI)  Major  Nathaniel  (2),  son  of  John 
(4)  Wheatley,  was  born  May  21,  1752,  in 
Norwich,  Connecticut,  and  removed  with  his 
father  in  the  spring  of  1765  to  Lebanon,  New 
Hampshire.  He  became  a  member  of  the  New 
Hampshire  militia  regiment  under  Colonel 
Jonathan  Chase  in  1775.  The  following  rec- 
ord of  his  services  is  to  be  found  in  the  war 
department  at  Washington :  "With  men  who 
marched  from  the  county  of  Cheshire  at  the 
requisition  of  Major  General  Gates  to  re- 
enforce  the  armjr  at  Ticonderoga,  from  Octo- 
ber 28  to  November  18,  1776:  on  alarm  with 
men  from  Cornish  and  adjacent  towns  to  re- 
enforce  the  garrison  at  Ticonderog-a  from 
June  27- to  July  11,  1777.  During  this  cam- 
paign he  was  appointed  senior  or  color   ser- 


geant. He  was  also  with  men  from  Cornish 
who  joined  the  Continental  army  under  Gen- 
eral Gates,  near  Saratoga,  from  September  22 
to  October  23,  1777."  "At  a  council  holden 
at  Concord,  N.  H.,  June  14,  1786,  he  was 
nominated  major  for  the  Twenty-fourth  Regi- 
ment, and  received  the  appointment  June  5, 
1787." 

He  lived  in  Lebanon  until  1791,  when  he 
removed  to  Brookfield,  Vermont,  and  bought 
of  Shubal  Cross  the  farm  since  known  as 
"Willow  Grove."  This  place  was  settled  by 
Captain  Cross  in  1779,  who  built  and  lived  in 
a  log  house.  Major  Wheatley,  in  the  sum- 
mer of  1796,  built  a  two-story  white  house, 
which  is  still  standing,  in  somewhat  altered 
form.  Here  he  lived  until  his  death.  He 
married  (first)  January  18,  1776,  Vinal,  born 
February  15,  1758,  Lebanon,  died  February 
12,  181 1,  Brookfield,  daughter  of  Azariah 
Bliss,  one  of  the  first  settlers  of  Lebanon.  He 
married  (second)  November  12,  1812,  Brook- 
field, Betsey  Bailey,  born  October  11,  1761, 
Brookfield,  died  October  5,  1827. 

Associated  with  his  arrival  at  Brookfield  is 
the  purchase  of  a  large  silver  spoon  marked 
N.  W.,  which  has  come  down  through  each 
generation  as  the  property  of  the  son  named 
Nathaniel.  He  possessed  the  respect  and  con- 
fidence of  his  fellow  townsmen  and  held  im- 
portant offices  in  the  town.  Children,  seven 
born  in  Lebanon,  the  other  three  in  Brook- 
field: Lucy,  February  20,  1777,  died  October 
20,  1779;  Submit,  March  7,  1779;  John,  April 
12,  1781 ;  Luther,  October  15,  1783,  mentioned 
below;  Nathaniel,  January  21,  1786;  Lucy, 
June  16,-1788;  Eunice,  June  2,  1790;  Vinal,. 
September  26,  1792;  Andrew,  December  21, 
1795  ■   Jesse,   July  4,    1801. 

(IX)  Luther,  son  of  Major  Nathaniel  (2) 
Wheatley,  was  born  October  15,  1783,  in  Le- 
banon. He  married,  September  27,  1808,  at 
Brookfield,  Sally  Stratton,  born  September  2, 
1788,  Brookfield,  died  there,  August  19,  1863. 
He  lived  in  Lebanon  until  eight  years  old, 
when  the  family  removed  to  Brookfield,  Ver- 
mont. For  three  years  after  his  marriage  he 
lived  in  Cabot,  Vermont,  and  then  removed  to 
a  farm  in  Brookfield.  He  was  a  farmer  by 
occupation  and  an  esteemed  citizen  of  the 
town.  He  is  remembered  as  a  conservative 
man,  slow  of  speech,  and  a  most  hospitable 
host.  He  began  the  collection  of  records  from 
which  much  early  history  of  the  family  in 
America  has  been  derived.  Children,  born  at 
Brookfield,  Emily  Vinal,  August  23,  1809 ; 
Luther,  January  17,  1812,  died  when  thirty 
hours  old  ;  John,  November  5.  1812,  died  when- 
eighteen  hours  old  ;  Sally,  February  5,  1814, 
died  when  six  hours  old;  Luther,  March   11,. 


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1816.  mentioned  below;  Frederic,  February 
u,  1819;  Infant  son,  January  23,  1821,  died 
when  ten  hours  old;  Alpha,  January  9,  1824; 
Sarah  E.,  August  24,  1825  ;  Eunice  L.,  June 
30,    1830. 

(X)  Luther  (2)  ,  son  of  Lather  (i)  Wheat- 
ley,  was  born  March  11,  1816,  at  Brookfield. 
He  married,  December  7,  1843,  ^t  Goshen, 
V^ermont,  Eunice  C.  Preston,  born  January  20, 
1821,  in  Goshen,  died  in  Springfield,  Vermont, 
February  26,  1886.  He  lived  on  his  father's 
home  farm  until  1870,  then  went  west  and 
located  at  Kidder,  Missouri.  After  two  years 
of  farming  there,  he  returned  to  Brookfield 
and  bought  the  Harrison  Edson  place,  just 
north  of  the  Brookfield  Centre  church.  For 
many  years  his  place  was  the  centre  of  much 
cordial  hospitality.  He  was  a  deacon  and 
an  active  member  of  the  Second  Congrega- 
tional Church  of  his  native  town.  He  was  a 
man  of  sterling  character  and  led  an  upright, 
blameless  life.  Children,  born  in  Brookfield : 
Edward  C,  November  27,  1844,  mentioned 
below ;  Frederic,  April  26,  1848,  deceased ; 
Frank  G.,  July  6,  1851,  physician.  North  Ab- 
ington,  Massachusetts ;  Sarah  E.,  June  19, 
1853,  married  Robert  M.  Colburn,  represen- 
tative to  congress  from  Springfield,  Vermont ; 
Nellie  C,  October  21,  1858;  Charles  L.,  Sep- 
tember 25,  1861,  died  February  22,  1865. 

(XI)  Edward  Carlos,  son  of  Deacon  Luther 
(2)  Wheatley,  was  born  November  27,  1844, 
in  Brookfield.  He  married,  November  25, 
1868,  Ellen  Jane,  daughter  of  Martin  Paine. 
He  entered  the  army  in  1862  and  served  one 
year  in  Company  C,  Fifteenth  Regiment,  Ver- 
mont Volunteers.  Afterwards  he  spent  six 
years  in  Kidder,  Missouri,  as  a  teacher.  He 
then  taught  in  Meriden,  Connecticut,  for  five 
years,  and  from  there  went  to  the  Westboro, 
Massachusetts,  reform  school.  Later  he  held 
a  like  position  in  the  Connecticut  reform 
school  in  Meriden.  For  the  last  fifteen  years 
of  his  life  he  traveled  for  the  Lawyers'  Co- 
operative Publishing  Company  of  New  York. 
While  on  a  business  trip  he  was  attacked  with 
pneumonia  at  Augusta,  Maine,  and  died  there 
in  the  city  hospital,  December  25,  1900.  He 
was  an  excellent  teacher,  a  fine  bass  singer 
and  a  man  of  remarkably  cheerful  and  kind 
disposition.  His  widow  is  still  living  in  Meri- 
den. She  is  a  member  of  Susan  Carrington 
Clark  Chapter,  Daughters  of  American  Revo- 
lution, of  Meriden.  Children:  i.  Gertrude  Cyn- 
thia, born  September  23,  1869 ;  married  Wil- 
liam A.  Hall,  of  Meriden ;  children :  William, 
Ruth.  2.  Edward  Martin,  June  27,  1872;  mar- 
ried Emily,  daughter  of  Dr.  Robert  Bacon,  of 
Washington,  D.  C. ;  child,  Edward.  3.  Louis 
F.,  December  16,  1876,  mentioned  below.     4. 


Harold  Luther,  November  23,  1879;  married 
Grace  lUingworth,  1905 ;  child,  Robert  Lu- 
ther, born  August.  1909.  5.  Bessie  May,  Jan- 
uary 14,  1882 ;  married  Joel,  son  of  Rev.  Joel 
S.  Ives,  of  Meriden,  now  living  in  Cincinnati, 
Ohio;  children:  Elizabeth,  died  at  the  age  of 
two  and  a  half  years ;  Eleanor,  born  1908. 

(XII)  Dr.  Louis  Frederick  Wheatley,  son 
of  Edward  Carlos  Wheatley,  was  born  Decem- 
ber 16,  1876,  in  Westboro,  and  removed  with 
his  parents  to  Meriden,  when  two  years  of 
age.  He  attended  the  public  schools  and  the 
high  school  there  and  graduated  from  the 
latter  in  1894.  He  then  entered  the  University 
of  Vermont,  Burlington,  and  spent  one  term 
there.  Subsequently  he  entered  the  Tufts  Col- 
lege Medical  School,  and  graduatd  with  the 
degree  of  M.  D.  in  1903.  He  spent  one  year 
as  interne  at  the  Cambridge,  Massachusetts, 
Hospital,  and  took  a  post-graduate  course  in 
the  Floating  Hospital  at  Boston.  In  1904-05 
he  was  associated  in  practice  with  his  uncle. 
Dr.  Frank  G.  Wheatley  (Professor  at  Tuft's 
Medical  School),  at  North  Abington,  Massa- 
chusetts. He  came  back  to  Meriden  in  1905 
and  has  been  in  general  practice  there  up  to 
this  time.  He  is  at  present  health  officer  of 
the  city.  He  is  a  member  of  Connecticut 
State  Medical  Society,  member  of  the  staff 
of  Meriden  Hospital,  member  of  the  Ameri- 
can Medical  Association,  president  of  Meriden 
Medical  Society,  and  was  town  physician  of 
Meriden  in  1907.  He  is  also  a  member  of 
the  Home- Club  and  of  the  Colonial  Club  of 
Meriden.  He  is  a  member  of  the  First  Con- 
gregational Church.  He  married,  in  1906, 
Leila  M.  Illingworth,  sister  of  his  brother 
Harold  Luther's  wife.  Child,  Margaret,  born 
1907. 


Henry  W.  Tibbits  came  of  an 
TIBBITS     old  New  York  family.     Before 

the  revolution  settlers  of  this 
family  came  from  New  England  and  located 
in  Albany  county  and  along  the  Hudson.  Mr. 
Tibbits  made  his  home  in  White  Plains,  West- 
chester county,  X^ew  York.  He  married  Mar- 
garet Ann  Bolmer.  Child,  William  Bolmer, 
mentioned  below. 

(II)  William  Bolmer,  son  of  Henry  W. 
Tibbits,  was  born  in  Yonkers,  Westchester 
countv.  New  York,  September  25,  1835,  died 
at  White  Plains  in  1908.  He  married  Frances 
Emma  Johnson,  of  Hartford,  Connecticut. 
Children :  Charles  Henry,  mentioned  below ; 
Alice  Louise,  born  October  4,  1869,  at  \Vhite 
Plains;  Sarah  Frances,  August  8,  187 1  ;  un- 
married. 

(III)  Charles  Henry,  son  of  William  Bol- 
mer Tibbits,  was  born  at  White  Plains,  Janu- 


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ary  30,  1866.  He  attended  various  private 
and  boarding  schools  and  fitted  for  college  at 
the  Harrington  School  at  Westchester,  New 
York.  He  entered  Trinity  College  in  1883 
and  was  graduated  with  the  degiee  of  A.  B. 
in  the  class  of  1887.  He  then  became  a 
teacher  in  St.  Margaret's  School  at  Water- 
bury,  Connecticut,  and  was  instructor  in  Latin 
there  for  two  years.  He  then  took  a  position 
as  salesman  in  the  New  York  store  of  Simp- 
son. Hall,  Miller  &  Company,  manufacturers 
of  silverware,  and  for  a  time  he  was  a  trav- 
eling salesman  for  this  concern.  Afterward 
he  was  employed  in  the  office  of  the  company 
at  Wallingford,  Connecticut.  He  was  elected 
secretary  of  the  Simpson  Nickel  Company  and 
of  the  Simpson,  Hall,  Miller  &  Company.  In 
1894  the  president  and  manager  of  the  latter 
company  died  and  in  1898  both  companies 
united  with  other  concerns  in  the  new  Inter- 
national Silver  Company,  of  which  Mr.  Tib- 
bits  became  the  third  vice-president  and  a  di- 
rector. He  has  since  then  been  the  manager 
of  the  two  Wallingford  factories  of  the  com- 
pany. He  is  one  of  the  most  prominent  men 
in  the  business  and  public  life  of  the  com- 
munit}^  He  was  elected  warden  of  the  bor- 
ough of  Wallingford  in  1906  and  represented 
the  town  in  the  general  assembl)'  in  1907.  He 
had  previously  served  in  the  board  of  bur- 
gesses. He  was  for  some  time  a  member  of 
the  Central  District  board  of  education  and 
is  now  a  member  of  the  board  of  electric  com- 
missioners. In  politics  he  is  a  Republican. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Union  League  Club 
of  New  Haven,  of  the  Waterbury  Club  of 
Waterbury,  and  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal 
church. 

He  married,  November  20,  1890,  Georgi- 
anna  Simpson,  born  May  11,  1867,  daughter 
of  Gurdon  W.  and  Elizabeth  Malinda  (Simp- 
son) Hull,  granddaughter  of  Samuel  Simp- 
son (see  Simpson  III).  Children:  Mar- 
garet Elizabeth,  born  August  31,  189 1 ; 
Charles  Henry,  Jr.,  October  7,   1907. 

(The  Simpson  Line). 

(I)  Robert  Simpson,  a  German  by  birth, 
originally  named  Samuel  G.  Simpson,  was  a 
lieutenant  in  the  British  army  and  related  by 
marriage  to  the  king  of  England.  He  came 
to  New  England  about  1767  on  a  mission  for 
the  government  to  persuade  the  people  of  the 
colonies  to  accept  the  odious  and  burdensome 
Stamp  Tax  which  had  brought  the  country 
into  a  state  of  rebellion.  He  remained  in  this 
country  and  made  his  home  in  New  Haven. 
He  married  Mary  Johnson  and  died  in  1776, 
leaving  an  only  child,  Samuel  G.,  mentioned 
below.     His  widow  married   (second)   Josiah 


Merriam,   of   Wallingford,     Meriden    parish, 
and  removed  thither  with  her 'son. 

(I I)  Samuel  George,  son  of  Robert  (Sam- 
uel G.)  Simpson,  was  born  at  New  Haven 
about  1770.  He  was  brouglit  up  and  educated 
in  Wallingford.  He  purchased  the  Dr.  Rus- 
sell or  Henry  farm  on  the  old  Tank-hood 
Road,  a  short  distance  east  of  the  Hall  home- 
stead. Disposing  of  this  place  he  removed  in 
1806  with  other  Connecticut  pioneers  to  the 
Western  Reserve  in  Ohio  and  cleared  a  farm. 
The  way  thither  was  then  through  the  wilder- 
ness and  made  on  ox  carts.  His  farm  was 
thirty  miles  from  a  doctor,  store  or  mill ;  the 
new  home  affected  his  wife's  health,  and  after 
five  years  he  returned  to  Wallingford,  con- 
siderabl}'  poorer  than  when  he  started. 
He  married  (first)  Mary,  daughter  of 
John  and  Eunice  Yale,  of  Meriden.  She 
died  at  Wallingford,  April  2,  1799.  He  mar- 
ried (second)  Malinda,  daughter  of  John  and 
Lois  Hull,  of  Wallingford''  (see  Hull  IV). 
Children :  Alfred,  Henry,  George,  Harmon, 
Samuel,  mentioned  below,  and  others. 

(III)  Samuel,  son  of  Samuel  George  Simp- 
son, was  born  in  Wallingford,  April  7,  18 14. 
He  was  the  youngest  of  seven  children,  and 
owing  to  the  necessities  of  the  family  began 
at  the  early  age  of  eleven  years  to  work  for 
a  living.  His  education  was  obtained  in  the 
winter  terms  of  the  district  school.  His  first 
position  was  as  office  and  chore  boy  for  Dr. 
Gaylord.  At  the  age  of  fifteen  years  he  was 
apprenticed  for  a  term  of  five  years  to  Charles 
Yale,  of  Yalesville,  and  he  learned  his  trade 
as  a  britannia  maker  there.  He  remained  with 
his  employer  and  worked  as  3  journeyman  and 
rose  to  the  position  of  foreman.  With  the 
first  couple  of  hundred  dollars  he  had  saved  he 
engaged  in  business,  January  i,  1835,  purchas- 
ing the  britannia  business  of  Mr.  Yale  with 
a  partner.  He  passed  through  a  period  of 
struggles  and  difficulties,  and  in  1847  sold  out 
the  brittania  and  tinware  business  and  bought 
the  old  flour,  wool  carding  and  cloth  dressing 
mills  at  Wallingford,  then  known  as  the  Hu- 
miston  mills.'  The  mills  were  equipped  for 
the  manufacture  of  silver-plated  ware.  Mr. 
Simpson  had  been  experimenting  with  the 
electro-plating  process  and  was  probably  the 
fi;st  manufacturer  to  apply  this  process  to  hol- 
low ware.  In  January,  1854,  his  business  was 
merged  with  the  Meriden  Britannia  Company, 
then  a  year  old,  and  Mr.  Simpson  was  one  of 
the  directors  and  largest  stockholders  in  the 
new  corporation.  He  formed  about  this  time 
in  partnership  with  his  neighbor,  Robert  Wal- 
lace, a  company  under  the  name  of  R.  Wallace 
&  Company  for  the  manufacture  of  nickel 
silver  spoons  and  forks  and  leased  to  the  new 


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concern  a  part  of  his  mill  property.  This  was 
a  partnership  limited  to  ten  years  and  the 
Meriden  Britannia  Company,  which  afterward 
became  an  owner  in  the  firm,  took  under  con- 
tract the  goods  manufactured.  At  the  end  of 
the  ten  years,  the  partners  formed  a  joint 
stock  company  under  the  title  of  Wallace, 
Simpson  &  Company,  with  a  capital  of  $100,- 
000,  to  continue  the  business.  Mr.  Simpson 
was  president.  In  1866  Mr.  Simpson  or- 
ganized a  new  company  under  the  name  of 
Simpson,  Hall,  Miller  &  Company,  for  the 
manufacture  of  electro-plated  silverware  and 
established  a  plant  on  the  east  side  of  the  vil- 
lage of  Wallingford.  Mr.  Simpson  was  also 
president  of  the  new  company.  In  1871  he 
sold  his  share  in  the  joint  stock  company  of 
Wallace,  Simpson  &  Company  to  his  partner 
and  organized  the  Simpson  Nickel  Silver 
Company  to  manufacture  nickel  silver  goods 
and  he  was  president  of  this  company.  Year 
by  year  his  business  interests  grew.  He  was 
progressive  and  of  tireless  industry,  and  to 
his  business  ability  and  sagacity  are  due  in 
large  measure  the  great  prosperity  of  the  con- 
cerns that  he  founded.  An  event  of  histori- 
cal interest  was  the  celebration  in  1885  of  the 
close  of  his  fiftieth  year  in  business  by  a  ban- 
quet arranged  by  the  business  men  of  the 
town.  The  enthusiasm  and  heartiness  of 
those  present  gave  Mr.  Simpson  substantial 
evidence  of  the  esteem  and  affection  in  which 
he  was  held  by  his  associates  and  fellow  man- 
ufacturers. Mr.  Simpson  found  time  to  do 
his  whole  duty  as  a  citizen  and  he  filled  with 
credit  many  offices  of  honor  and  trust.  He 
was  a  leader  in  developing  and  perfecting  the 
public  school  system.  He  was  a  prime  mover 
in  the  development  of  the  water  works  and 
the  public  park  system.  The  town  gives  am- 
ple evidence  of  his  public  spirit  and  foresight. 
In  politics  he  was  a  Democrat.  He  repre- 
sented the  town  in  the  general  assembly  in 
1846-59-65-79.  He  was  one  of  the  founders 
of  the  Dime  Savings  Bank  of  Wallingford 
in  1 87 1  and  was  president  until  he  died.  He 
was  the  first  president,  also,  of  the  First  Na- 
tional Bank,  which  was  chartered  in  1881,  be- 
ing a  subscriber  to  a  tenth  of  the  original 
stock  and  serving  for  many  years  on  the  board 
of  directors.  He  was  a  communicant  of  St. 
Paul's  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  of  Wall- 
ingford and  for  more  than  thirty  years  was 
warden  and  always  a  generous  supporter.  In 
charitable  work  Mr.  Simpson  was  second  to 
none.  He  was  the  best  friend  of  the  poor  and 
unfortunate  and  was.  universally  loved  for  his 
kindness  and  good  deeds. 

He  married,  July  6.   1835,  Martha  De  Ette, 
daughter  of  Joseph  Benham,  whose  immigrant 


ancestor  bearing  the  same  name  was  one  of 
the  original  planters  of  Wallingford.  Chil- 
dren :  Samuel  Augstus,  Martha  De  Ette, 
Willis  Duryee,  George  Williams,  Samuel 
George,  Elizabeth,  Malinda,  married  Gurdon 
W.  Hull.  To  the  memory  of  her  sons,  Mrs. 
Simpson  erected  a  fine  chapel  known  as  the  St. 
Paul's  Parish  Building. 

(.The  Hull  Line). 
The  Hull  family  of  Connecticut  is  said  to 
have  come  from  Derbyshire,  England.  There 
were  several  immigrants,  doubtless  related. 
George  Hull  was  at  Windsor,  Connecticut,  in 
1636,  and  in  the  same  year  highway  surveyor 
of  Wethersfield :  was  a  member  of  the  gen- 
eral court,  1637-38-39.  Josias  Hull  married, 
in  1 64 1,  Ehzabeth  Loomis.  Richard  and  An- 
drew Hull  were  both  of  New  Haven  in  1639 
and  had  families. 

(I)  Dr.  John  Hull  or  Hulls,  as  he  himself 
spelled  his  name,  was  admitted  a  planter  in 
the  town  of  Stratford  in  1661.  It  is  not  quite 
certain  whether  he  was  an  immigrant  or  a 
son  of  Richard  Hull,  of  New  Haven.  ■  Dr. 
John  Hulls  was  at  Derby,  Connecticut,  in 
1668,  and  at  Wallingford  in  1687.  He  died 
December  6,  171 1,  at  Wallingford,  at  prob- 
ably a  very  advanced  age.  He  married,  Oc- 
tober 19,  1672,  Mary  Jones,  probably  his  sec- 
ond wife.  He  married"  (again)  September  20, 
1699,  Rebecca  Turner.  He  exchanged  his 
house  and  lands  at  Stratford  with  Benjamin 
Lewis  for  a  house  and  land  at  Wallingford. 
The  town  of  Wallingford  set  out  to  Dr.  Hulls 
a  tract  of  land  which  was  supposed  to  contain 
seven  hundred  acres,  lying  between  the  north 
side  of  Broad  swamp  and  the  Quinnipiack 
river,  but  which  was  really  more  than  a  mile 
square  and  was  known  as  Dr.  Hulls'  large 
farm.  Children :  John,  born  March  14,  1661 ; 
Samuel,  February  4,  1663;  Mary,  October  31, 
1666;  Joseph,  1668;  Dr.  Benjamin,  October 
7,  1672:  Ebenezer,  1673,  died  in  1709;  Rich- 
ard, 1674;  Dr.  Jeremiah,  1679;  Archer. 

(II)  Dr.  Jeremiah  Hull,  son  of  Dr.  John 
Hulls,  was  born  in  1679,  died  May  14,  1736, 
at  Wallingford.  He  practiced  in  Wallingford. 
He  married,  May  24,  171 1,  Hannah,  daugh- 
ter of  Samuel  and  Hope  Cook.  Children, 
born  at  AVallingford :  John,  November  13, 
1 712,  mentioned  below:  Moses,  December  26, 
1714;  Tabitha,  March  3,  1717 ;  Hannah, 
March  18,  1720:  Anna;  Jeremiah,  January  5, 
1729;  Joseph,  March  24,  1733:  Patience,  Oc- 
tober 20,  1735  :  Keturah. 

(III)  Dr.  John  (2)  Hull,  son  of  Dr.  Jere- 
miah Hull,  was  born  at  Wallingford,  Novem- 
ber 13,  1712,  died  August  15,  1755.  He  mar- 
ried. October  26,  1735,  Mary  Andrews.    Chil- 


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dren,  born  at  Wallingford :  Sarah,  January  12, 
1737;  Molly,  March  12,  1738;  Sarah,  Sep- 
tember 17,  1739;  Moses,  married,  April  28, 
1757,  Mary  Ives  ;  John,  mentioned  below  ;  Na- 
thaniel, March  17,  1743  ;  Aaron,  July  17,  1745  ; 
Abigail,  December  i,  1747;  Hannah,  July  6, 
t7So. 

(IV)  John  (3),  son  of  Dr.  John  (2)  Hull, 
was  born  at  Wallingford,  March  7,  1741-42, 
died  October  6,  1828.  He  was  an  enterpris- 
ing and  well-to-do  farmer,  and.  owned  and 
conducted  the  place  now  or  lately  belonging 
to  Mr.  Durand  near  Yalesville.  He  married 
(first)  at  Wallingford,  March,  1758,  Lois 
Beadles ;  she  died  September  6,  1802,  aged 
fifty-nine  years.  He  married  (second)  Phebe 
,  who  died  September  3,  1834,  aged  ninety- 
three.  Children  :  Nathaniel,  born  September 
7,  1759,  died  in  infancy;  Mary,  August  30, 
1762;  Sarah,  married  Samuel  Wolcott :  Sally, 
married  Reuben  Ives ;  Eunice,  married  Eph- 
raim  A.  Humiston ;  Malinda,  married  Samuel 
G.  Simpson  (see  Simpson  II)  ;  Diana,  mar- 
ried Benjamin  T.  Cook. 


The  first  edition  of  the  Sears 
SEARS  genealogy  gave  what  purported 
to  be  the  English  ancestry  of  the 
family,  but  the  second  edition  by  Samuel  P. 
May,  in  1890,  shows  that  the  ancestry  was 
conjectured  and  erroneous.  The  parentage 
and  ancestry  of  Richard  Sears,  the  American 
immigrant,  have  yet  to  be  established.  The 
surname  was  spelled  Sares,  Scares,  Sayer, 
Seers  and  Seir,  in  this  country,  and  many 
other  variations  in  England  are  to  be  found 
in  the  records.  The  surname  Sawyer  and 
Sayer  furnish  almost  identical  variations  in 
spelling  and  make  the  work  of  the  genealo- 
gist very  difficult.  There  is  a  belief  in  the 
family  that  the  Sears  family  is  of  Norman 
origin.  The  eastern  parishes  of  London  and 
vicinity  had  many  families  of  this  name  about 
1600.  The  name  is  common  in  the  islands  of 
Guernsey  and  Lersey,  from  which  many  emi- 
grants came  with  the  early  settlers  at  Marble- 
head  and  vicinity. 

(I)  Richard  Sears,  immigrant  ancestor,  was 
a  taxpayer  in  Plymouth  colony  as  early  as 
1632.  He  removed  to  Marblehead,  where  he 
was  a  landowner  in  1637,  but  returned  to  Ply- 
mouth colony  about  1638  and  settled  in  Yar- 
mouth. Commissioners  were  appointed  to 
meet  at  his  house  on  Indian  affairs,  October 
26,  1647.  He  took  the  freeman's  oath,  June 
7,  1653.  He  was  one  of  the  settlers  and 
founders  of  Yarmouth.  He  was  buried  Au- 
gust 26,  1676.  His  widow  Dorothy  was  bur- 
ied March  19,  1678-79.  Children :  Paul,  born 
1637-38,  mentioned  IdcIow  ;  Silas,  died  at  Yar- 


mouth, January    13,    1697-98;  Deborah,  born 
at  Yarmouth,   September,   1639. 

(II)  Captain  Paul  Sears,  son  of  Richard 
Sears,  was  born  probably  at  Marblehead,  Mas- 
sachusetts, in  1637-38,  after  February  20,  and 
died  at  Yarmouth,  February  20,  1707-08.  He 
took  the  oath  of  fidelity  in  1657.  He  was 
captain  of  the  militia  at  Yarmouth,  and  was 
in  the  Narragansett  war.  He  was  one  of  the 
original  proprietors  of  Harwich,  which  was 
laid  out  between  Bound  Brook  and  Stony 
Brook  as  Wing's  purchase.  He  married,  at 
Yarmouth,  in  1658,  Deborah  Willard,  baptized 
at  Scituate,  September  14,  1645,  died  May  13, 
1 72 1,  daughter  of  George  Willard.  Her 
mother  was  probably  Dorothy  (Dunster)  Wil- 
lard. Children:  Mercy,  born  July  3,  1659; 
Bethia,  January  3,  1661-62;  Samuel,  Janu- 
ary, 1663-64;  daughter,  1666,  perhaps  Lydia, 
married    Eleazer    Hamblin;    Paul,    June    15, 

1669,  mentioned  below;  •,  October  24, 

1672,  probably  Mary;  Ann,  March  27,   1675; 
John,  1677-78;  Daniel,  1682-83. 

(III)  Paul  (2),  son  of  Captain  Paul  (i) 
Sears,  was  born  at  Yarmouth,  June  15,  1669, 
died  February  14,  1739-40.  His  gravestone 
is  in  the  West  Brewster  cemetery.  He  mar- 
ried, in  Harwich,  in  1693,  Mercy  Freeman, 
born  in  Harwich,  October  30,  1674,  died  Au- 
gust 30,  1747.  He  lived  at  Quiv^t  Neck,  and 
was  prominent  in  the  church  of  the  east  pre- 
cinct of  Yarmouth,  to  which  he  was  admit- 
ted June  23,  1728,  and  his  wife  August  6, 
1727.  He  was  on  various  important  church 
committees  relating  to  calls  of  ministers,  etc. 
He  was  buried  beside  his  wife-  in  the  family 
burying  ground  at  Bound  Brook,  West  Brew- 
ster. His  wife  was  a  daughter  of  Deacon 
Thomas  and  Rebecca  (Sparrow)  Freeman, 
granddaughter  of  Major  John  and  Mercy 
(Prince)  Freeman,  and  great-granddaughter 
of  Edmund  Freeman,  the  pioneer  proprietor. 
Her  mother,  Rebecca  (Sparrow)  Freeman, 
was  daughter  of  Jonathan  and  Rebecca 
(Bangs)  Sparrow,  and  her  grandmother, 
Mercy  (Prince)  Freeman,  was  daughter  of 
Governor  Thomas  and  Patience  (Brewster) 
Prince,  and  granddaughter  of  Elder  William 
Brewster,  who  came  in  the  "Mayflower."  The 
will  of  Mercy  Sears  was  dated  December  13, 
1746,  and  was  filed  September  9,  1747.  It  be- 
queaths to  children  and  others.  Children : 
Ebenezer,  born  at  Yarmouth,  August  15, 
1694;  Paul,  December  21,  1695;  Elizabeth, 
August  27,  1697;  Thomas,  June  6,  1699;  Re- 
becca, April  2,  1701 ;  Mercy,  February  7, 
1702-03;  Deborah,  March  11,  1705-06:  Ann, 
December  27.  1706;  Joshua,  mentioned  below; 
Daniel,  July  16,  1710;  Edmund,  August  6, 
1712;  Hannah,  March  6,  1714-15. 


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(IV)  Joshua,  son  of  Paul  (2)  Sears,  was 
born  at  Yarmouth,  Massachusetts,  November 
20,  1708,  died  at  Middletown,  Connecticut, 
September  27,  1753.  He  was  constable  of 
Harwich,  Massachusetts,  in  1745.  He  was  a 
powerful  man  of  large  stature  and  great  en- 
ergy and  endurance.  In  1746  he  removed  to 
]\Iiddletown,  Connecticut,  and  purchased  land 
on  the  east  side  of  Connecticut  river  in  that 
part  of  the  town  which  was  afterward  set  off 
as   Chatham. 

He  married,  at-Eastham,  February  10,  1731- 
32,  Rebecca,  born  October  10,  17 13,  daughter 
of  John  and  Susannah  (Freeman)  Mayo.  She 
was  admitted  to  the  Harwich  church.  May  27, 
1739,  and  with  her  husband  dismissed  to  the 
East  Church  of  Middletown,  February  5, 
1748.  Children:  Rebecca,  born  at  Yarmouth, 
November  14,  1732;  Elkanah,  mentioned  be- 
low ;  Joshua,  February  14,  1735-36 ;  Betsey, 
June  19,  1738;  Paul,  Harwich,  October  18, 
1740;  Simeon,  January  14,  1742-43;  Thomas, 
removed  to  Sheffield,  Massachusetts ;  Sarah, 
married Hitchcock,  of  Sheffield ;  Han- 
nah, baptized  at  Harwich,  October  26,  1746; 
Willard,  baptized  at  Harwich,  March  24,  1747, 
died  1754;  Theophilus,  born  at  Middletown, 
April  2,  1749;  Benjamin,  November  3,  1751. 

(V)  Captain  Elkanah  Sears,  son  of  Joshua 
Sears,  was  born  at  Harwich,  April  12,  1734, 
died  at  East  Hampton,  Connecticut,  Novem- 
ber 24,   1816. 

He  removed  with  his  parents  to  Middle- 
town  in  1746,  and  after  his  marriage  in 
1757,  lived  on  a  farm  just  west  of  Pocota- 
paug  Lake  in  East  Hampton.  In  1780  he  was 
on  a  committee  to  provide  necessities  for  the 
continental  army.  In  1794  he  purchased  land 
in  Freehold,  Albany  county.  New  York,  being 
part  of  the  township  sold  to  Benjamin  Spees 
et  al.  of  Chatham.  He  deeded  land  in  East 
Hampton  to  his  sons.  May  9,  1778.  He  was 
of  large  frame,  tall  and  muscular,  with  a  raind 
fitted  for  the  body  it  inhabited,  filled  v/ith  a 
spirit  of  enterprise  and  reckless  of  danger. 
He  commanded  a  privateer  that  he  fitted  out 
during  the  revolution ;  his  vessel  was  captured 
by  the  British  ;  he  and  another  man  were  taken 
prisoner  but  under  cover  of  the  night  they  took 
to  the  water  and  swam  ashore;  the  man  was 
nearly  exhausted  but  was  rescued  by  Sears 
who  found  a  boat  on  the  shore  and  both  es- 
caped ;  he  went  to  work  at  once  to  fit  out  an- 
other vessel.  After  the  war  he  was  engaged 
in  mechanical  and  agricultural  pursuits.  He 
was  greatly  beloved.  He  left  fifteen  thousand 
dollars  in  his  will  to  his  children,  a  fortune  for 
his  day.  His  house  stood  until  1878  when 
it  was  torn  down.  He  married,  in  Middle- 
town,    January    6,    1757,    Ruth,  daughter   of 


Joseph  \Miite.  She  died  March  9,  1823,  aged 
ninety.  Children,  born  at  East  Hampton : 
Isaac,  November  3,  1757 ;  Willard,  mentioned 
below ;  Ruth,  March  13,  1763 ;  Ruth,  March 
21,  1765;  Rachel,  September  9,  1768;  Benja- 
min, February  21,  1773. 

(VI)  Willard,  son  of  Captain  Elkanah 
Sears,  was  born  at  Chatham,  Connecticut,  Sep- 
tember 8,  1760,  died  at  East  Hampton,  Au- 
gust 23,  1838.  He  was  active  in  the  church 
and  a  useful  citizen  of  East  Hampton.  He 
married  (first)  November  23,  1785,  Rachel 
Bailey,  born  March,  1766,  died  February  17, 
1794.  He  married  (second)  May  22,  1796, 
Betsey  Clark,  widow  of  Joshua  Strongs;  she 
died  January  9,  1831.  Children  of  first  wife: 
Child,  born  and  died  April  2,  1787.  Rhoda, 
March  29,  1789;  Rachel,  February  11,  1794; 
children  of  second  wife :  Betsey,  March  23, 
1797:  Ogden,  August  19,  1798;  Willard,  Oc- 
tober 19,  1799:  Eunice,  May  11,  1801 ;  Ste- 
phen Griffith,  mentioned  below ;  Elijah  Clark, 
June  23,  1805;  Selden  Philo,  July  21,  1813. 
It  is  an  interesting  fact  that  Elijah  Clark 
Sears,  born  June  23,  1805,  is  living  at  the 
age  of  one  hundred  and  five  years  at  Canton, 
South  Dakota.  He  voted  for  the  seventh  pres- 
ident of  the  United  States  and  at  every  presi- 
dential election  since,  including  that  of  1908, 
when  he  voted  for  Taft. 

(VII)  Deacon  Stephen  Griffith  Sears,  son 
of  Willard  Sears,  was  born  at  Chatham,  Con- 

'necticut,  September  27,  1803,  died  at  East 
Hampton,  October  12,  1874.  "One  who  knew 
him  from  3'outh  to  old  age  testifies  that  he  was 
never  guilty  of  a  mean  action,  even  as  a  boy; 
that  even  then  his  conduct  was  irreproachable. 
He  was  a  per  feet  example  of  a  man  whose 
life  was  a  continuous  moral  growth,  and  yet 
he  sought  for  the  deeper  life  based  on  faith 
in  Christ.  His  whole  speech  was  a  witness 
to  the  need  of  the  Christ-life  in  a  soul ;  but 
not  only  in  words  did  his  witness  consist,  it 
was  in  the  course  of  his  daily  life,  in  the  faith- 
ful performance  of  all  his  duties,  that  he  gave 
testimony  to  Him  who  came  to  do  His  Fa- 
ther's work.  Those  who  loved  him  well  tell 
how  scrupulously  he  performed  every  little 
duty  in  the  family  and  how  anxious  he  was 
to  relieve  his  family  and  make  their  burdens 
light.  Like  the  true  Christian,  his  light  threw 
a  cheerful  glow  around  his  household  hearth, 
and  made  his  home  one  of  happiness  and  con- 
tent." He  was  a  farmer  and  also  a  cooper  by 
trade. 

He  married,  at  Chatham,  May  i,  1831, 
Emily,  born  February  14,  1805,  died 
April  3,  1879,  daughter  of  Captain  Eleazer 
and  Elizabeth  (West)  Veazie.  Children: 
Mary  Elizabeth,  born  January  12,  1835  ;  Clark 


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Osprey,  July  24,  1836;  Cushman  Allen,  men- 
tioned below ;  Caroline  Desire,  April  24,  1843. 
(VIII)  Dr.  Cushman  Allen  Sears,  son  of 
Deacon  Stephen  Griffith  Sears,  was  born  in 
Chatham,  September  26,  1838.  He  attended 
the  public  school*  of  his  native  town  and 
Daniel  Chase's  private  school  at  Middletown, 
Connecticut,  the  Chatham  high  school  and 
the  Wilbraham  Academy,  from  which  he  was 
graduated  in  1857.  For  a  time  he  was  a  stu- 
dent at  the  Pittsfield  Medical  College  at  Pitts- 
field,  Massachusetts.  He  then  entered  the 
Medical  School  of  the  University  of  New  York 
and  was  graduated  with  the  degree  of  M.  D. 
in  the  class  of  1862.  He  began  to  practice 
his  profession  at  East  Haddam,  Connecticut, 
but  after  six  months  removed  to  Glastonbury, 
Connecticut,  where  he  practiced  until  1865. 
Since  then  he  has  been  located  and  in  active 
a;id  successful  practice  at  Portland,  Connecti- 
cut. He  is  a  member  of  the  Connecticut  Med- 
ical Society  and  of  the  American  Medical  As- 
sociation. He  has  from  time  to  time  contrib- 
uted various  papers  to  The  Medical  World 
and  other  medical  periodicals.  He  is  medical 
examiner  of  the  district,  and  was  health  officer 
of  the  town  for  a  time,  and  for  thirty  years 
has  been  member  and  chairman  of  the  school 
committee.  He  was  president  of  the  Middle- 
sex County  Medical  Society  for  three  terms, 
and  chairman  of  the  Central  Medical  Society 
twelve  terms.  He  is  vice-president  of  the. 
Freestone  Savings  Bank  and  has  been  a  di- 
rector for  twenty  years.  He  is  president  and 
treasurer  of  the  Marine  Railway  and  Boat 
Building  Company  of  Portland.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Congregational  Church  of  Port- 
land, of  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows, 
of  Order  of  the  American  ]Mechanics.  He 
was  descendent  from  Elder  William  Brewster 
both  on  his  father's  and  his  mother's  side.  He 
married,  at  Lyme,  Connecticut,  November  11, 
1862,  Evelyn,  born  in  1840,  daughter  of  Judge 
Oliver  Lay.  Children:  i.  Anna  Belle,  born 
at  Glastonbury,  November  25,  1864;  married, 
December  9,  1884,  William  H.  Selden,  son  of 
Lynde  and  Sarah  (Loper)  Selden,  of  Lyme, 
and  nephew  of  Chief  Justice  Waite ;  inter- 
ested with  his  father  in  mines  at  Stambaugh, 
Michigan,  where  he  resides ;  children :  Wil- 
liam H.,  Katherine  Hart  and  Anna  Sears 
Selden.  2.  Dr.  Walter  Chadwick,  born  at 
Portland,  June  10,  1868 ;  practicing  physician 
in  Providence,  Rhode  Island  ;  married  twice ; 
child  of  first  wife,  Cushman  Sears  2d.  3. 
Bertha  Evelyn,  born  in  Portland,  February 
22,  1875  ;  married  Daniel  W.  Robertson ;  chil- 
dren :  Evelyn  Sears,  Paul  Herald  and  Cush- 
man Lay ;  he  is  at  the  head  of  a  bureau  of 
entertainment  at  Brooklyn,  New  York. 


The  Medlicott  family,  well 
MEDLICOTT  and  widely  known  in  Eng- 
land, of  which  Mrs.  Ar- 
thur Dean  Medlicott,  born  Mary  Livingston 
Williams,  is  a  member  at  the  present  time,  is 
so  closely  connected  with  a  large  number  of 
the  oldest  Colonial  families  of  America,  that 
it  will  be  necessary  to  take  these  up  in  rotation 
in  order  to  show  the  connection  clearly. 

(Livingston  Line). 
The  founder  of  this  famous  old  Scotch  fam- 
ily was  a  Saxon  Thane  named  Leving,  who 
donated  the  church  of  his  manor  to  the  abbey 
of  Holyrood,  founded  by  Margaret's  son.  King 
David  I.,  in  1128.  This  manor  forms  the 
present  parish  of  Livingston  in  Linlithgow- 
shire, and  remained  in  the  elder  branch  of  the 
Livingstons  until  the  commencement  of  the 
sixteenth  century.  The  family  took  the  sur- 
name from  the  parish,  after  a  custom  common 
in  the  twelfth  or  thirteenth  century.  Leving 
is  found  in  old  Saxon  charters  and  in  Domes- 
day. Thurstan,  the  son  of  Leving,  had  three 
sons.  Alexander,  William  and  Henry,  all  wit- 
nesses of  charters,  1165-1214.  Sir  Andrew  de 
Livingston,  a  descendant,  was  sheriff  of  La- 
nark in  1296,  and  although  of  the  junior  line,, 
was  grandfather  of  Sir  William  de  Living- 
ston, founder  of  the  House  of  Callendar.  This 
Sir  '\^^illiam  was  a  doughty  fighter  and  served 
under  Sir  William  Douglas  at  the  siege  of 
Stirling  Castle  in  1339,  and  was  an  active 
member  of  the  patriotic  party  during  the  mi- 
nority of  David,  son  of  Robert  Bruce.  David,, 
on  his  return  to  Scotland,  rewarded  Sir  Wil- 
liam with  a  grant  of  the  forfeited  Callendar 
estates,  and  Sir  William  married,  about  1345, 
Christian,  daughter  and  heir  of  Sir  Patrick  de 
Callendar,  the  former  proprietor.  From  this 
marriage  are  descended  all  the  titled  branches 
in  Scotland,  including  the  Barony  of  Callen- 
dar (1458),  the  Earldoms  of  Linlithgow 
(1600),  Callendar  (1641),  Newburgh  (1660), 
the  A'^iscounties  of  Kilsyth  (1661),  Teviot 
(1696),  and  also  the  American  branches  of 
the  family.  No  less  than  five  peerages  have 
been  held  by  descendants.  At  the  battle  of 
Durham,  King  David  and  Sir  William  were 
both  captured  and  Sir  William  was  one  of  the 
commissioners  who  signed  the  treaty.  The 
next  member  of  this  house  of  importance  was 
Sir  John  Livingston,  of  Callendar,  who  fell  in 
battle  against  the  English  at  Homildon  Hill 
in  1402.  His  son  Alexander  succeeded  to  Cal- 
lendar. Alexander  was  a  trusted  councillor 
of  James  I.  of  Scotland,  and  for  some  time 
had  custody  of  the  youthful  James  XL,  and 
later  was  justice  general  and  ambassador  to- 
England.     Upon  his  return  from  England  Sir 


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Alexander  was  thrown  into  prison  and  did 
not  long  survive  his  release.  He  was  succeed- 
ed by  his  eldest  son  James,  a  great  favorite 
with  the  king,  and  after  the  downfall  of 
Douglas  in  1452,  he  was  reinstated  in  office 
as  great  chamberlain,  and  from  this  date  his 
fortunes  rose  rapidly,  having  the  family  es- 
tates restored  to  him,  being  made  master  of 
the  household,  and  in  1458  his  lands  were 
erected  into  the  free  Barony  of  Callendar, 
and  about  1455  he  was  created  a  lord  of  par- 
liament. James  had  a  brother  Alexander 
through  whom  the  title  descends.  At  any  rate, 
James,  the  third  Lord  Livingston,  who  suc- 
ceeded Sir  James,  was  not  his  son  but  a 
nephew.  Alexander  married  Agnes  Houstoun 
and  was  succeeded  by  his  son  William,  the 
fourth  lord  (anno  1503),  who  married  Agnes 
Hepburn,  daughter  of  Alexander  of  Whit- 
some.  Of  his  three  sons,  Alexander  succeed- 
ed as  the  fifth  lord,  while  James,  the  second 
son,  who  was  killed  at  Pinkie  in  1547,  was 
the  ancestor  of  the  American  branches.  The 
author  of  "The  Livingstons  of  Livingston 
Manor,"  an  elaborate  and  authentic  history 
of  the  family  in  Scotland  and  America,  says : 
"It  is  quite  possible  that  the  heir-male  of  the 
old  Lords  Livingston  is  to  be  found  among 
the  descendants  of  the  rector  of  Monyabroch 
(American  line)  as  the  senior  male  lines  in 
Scotland  have  long  been  extinct." 

The  right  of  the  Livingstons  to  bear  arms 
dates  back  to  the  middle  of  the  fourteenth  cen- 
tury. The  shield  bears  the  arms  of  Callen- 
dar and  Livingston  quartered.  The  motto  of 
the  Lords  Livingston  was:  Si  je  puis  (If  I 
Can). 

(I)  Rev.  Alexander  Livingston,  son  of 
James  Livingston,  who  was  killed  at  Pinkie 
as  related  above,  was  rector  of  Monyabroch 
in  1 561,  and  died  about  1598.  He  was  de- 
posed by  the  Presbytery  chiefly  on  account  of 
"inability  of  doctrine"  though  he  was  old  and 
infirm.  He  married  Barbara  Livingston,  of 
the  house  of  Kilsyth. 

(II)  Rev.  William  Livingston,  son  of  Rev. 
Alexander  and  Barbara  (Livingston)  Living- 
ston, was  born  in  1576,  probably  at  Monya- 
broch (Kilsyth),  and  was  graduated  from  the 
University  of  Glasgow,  where  he  was  lau- 
reated,  in  1595.  He  was  ordained  July  13, 
1596,  and  had  temporary  charge  6f  his  fa- 
ther's parish  after  the  deposition,  and  he  was 
subsequently  given  the  ministry  permanently. 
Six  years  later  he  was  also  deposed,  having 
opposed  the  restoration  of  Episcopacy  and  not 
•?ubmitting  to  canons  and  ceremonies,  yet  King 
James  himself  presented  him  with  the  living 
of  Lanark  soon  afterward,  but  he  was  again 
deposed    for   denouncing   the   legality   of   the 


general  assembly  that  passed  the  Five  Articles 
of  Perth,  and  he  was  thrown  in  prison.  After 
his  release,  however,  he  boldly  continued  his 
antagonism.  He  was  a  leader  in  the  struggle 
between  the  bishops  and  the  Presb3rterian 
clergy.  Died  prior  to  October,  1641.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  Agnes  Livingston,  (second)  Nico- 
la Somervell,  (third)  Marion  Weir,  and  had 
.three  sons  and  seven  daughters. 

(Ill)  Rev.  John  Livingston,  son  of  Rev. 
William  and  Agnes  (Livingston)  Livingston, 
was  born  at  Monyabroch,  June  21,  1603,  died 
in  1672.  He  attended  a  Latin  school  at  Stir- 
ling until  1617,  and  the  University  of  Glas- 
gow, whence  he  was  graduated  as  Master  of 
Arts  in  162 1.  He  wished  to  study  medicine, 
while  his  father  wished  him  to  settle  on  an 
estate  at  Monyabroch,  and  the  son  finally  de- 
cided to  enter  the  ministry.  He  commenced 
to  preach  in  January,  1625,  but  was  not  or- 
dained, on  account  of  hostility  to  Episcopal 
forms.  He  was  called  to  the  parish  of  Killin- 
chy,  Ireland,  and  there  ordained.  A  year  later 
he  was  suspended  for  nonconformity  but  soon 
allowed  to  resume  his  duties.  He  was  again 
suspended.  May  4,  1632,  and  restored  in  May, 
1634.  He  planned  to  go  to  America  in  the 
meantime  and  was  accidentally  prevented.  He 
married,  June  23,  1635,  Janet  Fleming,  whose 
mother  (Marion  Hamilton)  was  sister  of  the 
wife  of  Rev.  Robert  Blair,  with  whom  Liv- 
ingston was  associated  in  Ireland.  Being 
again  suspended,  he  planned  again  to  go  to 
America.  He  and  his  friends  built  a  ship, 
"The  Eagle  Wing,"  and  had  acttially  reached 
the  coast  of  Newfoundland,  when,  disabled  by 
storms,  the  vessel  turned  back  to  the  old  coun- 
try. He  was  a  member  of  the  general  assem- 
bly at  Glasgow  in  1638,  and  of  all  the  others 
except  that  of  1640,  until  1650.  He  was  chap- 
lain of  a  Scotch  regiment  in  the  invasion  of 
England,  and  again  during  the  rebellion  in 
Ireland  in  1641-42.  In  1648  he  was  assigned 
to  the  ministry  at  Ancrum  in  Roxburghshire, 
Scotland.  He  was  one  of  the  three  delegates 
of  the  church  on  the  commission  sent  by  the 
committee  of  estates  in  1650  to  treat  with  the 
young  king,  Charles  II.  A  period  of  contro- 
versy and  struggle  in  church  and  state  fol- 
lowed, and  in  1662  he  was  banished.  He  went 
to  Rotterdam,  his  wife  and  children  following 
him  to  that  place,  and  he  died  there  between 
August  I J  and  21,  1672,  and  his  widow  re- 
turned to  Scotland.  She  died,  however,  at 
Rotterdam,  February  13,  1693-94.  Out  of  fif- 
teen children,  five  survived  the  father:  i. 
William,  born  January  7,  1638,  died  in  1700; 
was  a  merchant  in  Edinburg.  2.  Janet,  born 
at  Stranraer,  September  28,  1643.  3-  James, 
see  forward.     4.   Barbara,   born   at   Ancrum, 


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June  21,  1649.  5-  Robert,  born  at  Ancrum, 
Deceniber  13,  1654,  ancestor  of  the  principal 
branch  of  the  New  York  Livingstons,  and 
founder  of  Livingston  Manor,  New  York. 
Two  others,  however,  lived  to  maturity ;  Ma- 
rion, born  October  10,  1642,  and  Agnes,  who 
married  Rev.  David  Cleland. 

(IV)  James,  second  son  and  third  child 
of  Rev.  John  and  Janet  (Fleming)  Livingr 
ston,  was  born  at  Stranraer,  September  22, 
1646.  He  was  a  merchant  at  Edinburg,  fell 
under  the  displeasure  of  the  privy  council,  and 
v\'as  fined  two  hundred  pounds.  He  married 
(first)  ,  by  whom  he  had  a  son,  Rob- 
ert, see  forward:  (second)  Christian  Fish, 
contract  dated  August  15,  1683. 

(V)  Robert,  son  of  James  Livingston, 
known  as  the  "nephew,"  was  the  immigrant 
ancestor.  He  was  sent  to  New  York  at  the 
invitation  of  his  uncle,  Robert  Livingston,  in 
1687.  He  was  appointed  deputy  town  clerk 
in  1699  and  held  this  office  under  his  uncle 
until  May  6,  1707.  In  that  year  he  was  al- 
derman of  Albany  and  was  appointed  mayor 
of  that  city  in  1710,  by  Governor  Hunter,  and 
held  the  office  nine  years.  He  also  sat  in  the 
house  of  assembly,  1711  to  1715  ;  was  one  of 
the  commissioners  for  Indian  affairs.  He  died 
in  1725,  and  was  buried  April  21.  He  married, 

1697,  Margaretta  Schuyler,  for  whose  descent 
see    forward.      Children:    i.    Angelica,    born 

1698,  mother  of  the  wife  of  General  Philip 
Schuyler.  2.  James,  1701 ;  married  Maria 
Kierstede.  3.  Janet,  1703 ;  married  Colonel 
Henr)'  Beekman :  their  daughter  married 
Judge  Robert  R.  Livingston,  father  of  the  fa- 
mous chancellor  of  the  same  name.  4.  Peter, 
1706 :  killed  by  the  Indians.  5.  John,  see  for- 
ward. 6.  Thomas,  died  young.  Margaretta 
(Schujder)  Livingston  is  descended  as  fol- 
lows: (I)  Philip  Pietersen  Sch\iyler,  born 
in  1628,  reached  Albany  in  the  early  part  of 
1650.  He  married,  December  12,  1650,  Mar- 
•gitta,  daughter  of  Herr  Brandt  Arent  Van 
Slichtenhorst,  a  scion  of  a  very  ancient  family 
of  Holland.  (II)  Pieter,  son  of  Philip  Pieter- 
sen and  Margitta  (Van  Slichtenhorst)  Schuy- 
ler, was  born  in  1657,  died  in  1724.  He  was 
the  first  mayor  of  Albany.  He  married  (first) 
1681,  Engeltie  Van  Schaick,  and  had  a  daugh- 
ter, Margaretta,  mentioned  above,  who  mar- 
ried Robert  Livingston.  Pieter  Schujder  mar- 
ried (second)  in  1691,  Maria  Van  JR.ensselaer, 
daughter  of  Jeremias  and  Maria  (Van  Cort- 
landt)  Van  Rensselaer,  and  granddaughter  of 
Olofif  Stevenson  Van  Cortlandt,  the  immi- 
grant, and  the  first  of  the  family  in  New  York, 
who  married,  February  26,  1642,  Annetje,  sis- 
ter of  Govert  Gorckermans,  who  came  out 
with  Director  Van  T wilier  in   1633,  and  was 


prominent  afterward  in  New  Netherland  af- 
fairs. 

(VI)  John,  son  of  Robert  and  Margaretta 
(Schuyler)  Livingston,  was  born  in  1709, 
died  at  Stillwater,  September  17,  1791.  He 
resided  for  some  years  at  Montreal,  Canada, 
but  after  the  revolution  removed  to  Stillwater, 
New  York.  He  married  Catherine,  born  Sep- 
tember II,  1715,  died  at  Stillwater,  April  6, 
1802,  daughter  of  Dirck  and  Cornelia  (Stuy- 
vcsant)  Ten  Broeck,  and  sister  of  Christina 
Ten  Broeck,  who  married  Philip  Livingston, 
one  of  the  signers  of  the  Declaration  of  Inde- 
pendence, and  a  daughter  of  whom  married 
the  Patroon  Stephen  Van  Rensselaer.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Abraham,  see  forward.  2.  Colonel 
James,  commanded  a  regiment  of  Canadian 
refugees  under  General  Montgomery  in  his 
unsuccessful  invasion  of  1775,  and  subse- 
quently commanded  a  continental  battalion  of 
New  York  troops  during  the  revolution.  3. 
Richard,  also  an  officer.  Catherine  (Ten 
Broeck)  Livingston  was  the  granddaughter  of 
Peter  and  Margaret  (Livingston)  Stuyvesant, 
the  former  being  the  great-grandson  of  Gov- 
ernor Peter  Stuyvesant ;  she  was  also  the 
great-granddaughter  of  Gilbert  and  Cornelia 
(Beekman)  Livingston,  and  the  great-great- 
granddaughter  of  Robert  Livingston,  born  in 
1654,  died  in  1728,  founder  of  Livingston 
;\lanor,  New  York,  who  emigrated  to  America 
in  1673,  and  married,  in  1679,  Alida  Schuy- 
ler, widow  of  Rev.  Nicholas  Van  Rensselaer. 
Peter  Stuyvesant,  grandfather  of  Catherine 
(Ten  Broeck)  Livingston,  was  the  son  of 
Gerardus  and  Judith  (Bayard)  Stuyvesant; 
his  cousin ;  grandson  of  Nicholas  William 
and  Maria  (Beekman)  Stuyvesant;  and 
great-grandson  of  Peter  Stuyvesant,  born 
in  1602,  died  in  1682,  the  last  Dutch  governor 
of  New  York,  who  married  Judith  Bayard. 
The  Bayard  line  is  as  follows :  Nicholas  Bay- 
ard was  a  Huguenot  clergyman  who  signed 
the  Articles  of  the  Walloon  Synod  in  1580, 
and  fled  from  France  to  escape  religious  per- 
secution. Judith  Bayard,  born  in  Holland, 
granddaughter  of  the  preceding,  is  the  Judith 
Bayard  who  married  Governor  Peter  Stuy- 
vesant. 

(\^II)  Abraham,  son  of  John  and  Cathe- 
rine (Ten  Broeck)  Livingston,  was  named 
after  his  uncle,  General  Abraham  Ten  Broeck, 
who  having  lost  ten  children  in  their  infancy, 
selected  him  for  his  heir.  However,  three 
children  were  later  born  to  this  uncle,  and  the 
Ten  Broeck  fortune  of  two  hundred  thousand 
dollars  was  lost  to  the  Livingston  family. 
Abraham  Livingston  was  an  officer  in  the  rev- 
olution, serving  as  captain  in  the  First  Com- 
pany,   New    York    Line,    commanded    by    his 


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brother,  Colonel  James  Livingston,  in  1776 
and  1782.  He  married,  about  1784,  Maria 
Peebles,  born  at  Half  Moon,  where  she  was 
also  married,  and  died  at  Stillwater,  New 
York.  She  was  the  daughter  of  Thomas  and 
Elizabeth  (Bratt)  Peebles,  and  granddaugh- 
ter of  Gerrit  and  Maria  (Ten  Eyck)  Bratt. 
Children:  i.  Elizabeth,  married Hub- 
bard. 2.  Catherine,  married  Samuel  Mather. 
3.  Rosanna,  married  Philip  Schuyler.  4.  John, 
was  a  major  in  the  war  of  1812.  5.  Angelica, 
died  young.  6.  j\Iaria,  married  James  O'Don- 
nell.  7.  Janet  Vanderhyden,  was  baptized  by 
Bishop  Hobart,  the  first  bishop  of  New  York, 
and  was  born  April  2j,  1797.  She  married, 
September  8,  1817,  Edwin  Williams,  the  cere- 
mony taking  place  at  the  home  of  her  brother- 
in-law,  Samuel  Mather,  at  Middletown,  Con- 
necticut, and  the  Rev.  Dr.  Eliphalet  Nott  be- 
ing the   officiating  clergyman    (see   Williams 

Hi). 

(The   Williams   Line). 

(I)  Benjamin  Williams  came  to  America 
from  the  Island  of  Bermuda  when  a  young 
man,  and  settled  in  Middletown,  Connecticut, 
where  he  died  June  15,  1812,  at  the  age  of  for- 
ty-five years.  He  built  and  lived  in  the  house 
on  East  Washington  street  subsequently 
known  as  the  De  Koven  place,  and  at  present 
as  the  Wadsworth  House.  He  became  a  large 
ship  owner  and  had  many  vessels  plying  be- 
tween the  East  and  West  Indies  and  the  port 
of  Middletown,  the  towns  on  the  Connecticut 
river  having  extensive  shipping  interests  in 
those  days.  Then  came  the  war  of  1812,  and 
French  privateers  captured  the  greater  num- 
ber of  his  ships.  He  expected  that  the  gov- 
ernment would  reimburse  him  for  this  loss, 
and  died  in  the  hope  that  his  widow  would  re- 
ceive what  was  her  due,  but  this  was  never 
done.  He  married,  February  11,  1786,  Martha 
Cornell,  whose  ancestry  will  be  found  herein- 
after, and  they  had  six  sons  and  one  daughter. 

(II)  Edwin,  son  of  Benjamin  and  Martha 
(Cornell)  Williams,  was  born  in  Middletown, 
Connecticut,  April  22,  1795,  died  in  Stillwater, 
New  York,  September  9,  1842.  He  married, 
September  8,  1817,  Janet  Vanderhyden  Liv- 
ingston, born  April  27,  1797,  died  in  Still- 
water, March  26,  1844  (see  Livingston  VII). 
After  his  marriage  and  the  birth  of  several 
children  he  removed  to  Stillwater,  New  York. 

(III)  Mary  Livingston,  daughter  of  Edwin 
and  Janet  Vanderhyden  (Livingston)  Wil- 
liams, was  born  at  Glens  Falls,  December  9, 
1839.  She  was  married  at  Longmeadow,  Mas- 
sachusetts, December  21,  1865,  Rev.  John  W. 
Harding  officiating,  to  Arthur  Dean  Medlicott, 
born  in  New  York  City,  June  12,  1843,  died 
at    Middletown,    Connecticut,    April   7,    1908. 


His  father,  William  G.  Medlicott,  was  well 
known  as  the  builder  and  owner  of  the  Medli- 
cott Mills,  at  Windsor  Locks,  Connecticut,  of 
which  his  son  was  superintendent  for  a  time. 
Later  he  was  interested  in  western  railroads 
and  industries.  Children:  i.  Gertrude,  born 
November  17,  1866,  died  September  29,  1881. 
2.  Thomas  Mather,  September  11,  1868,  died 
February  27,  1870.  3.  Elizabeth,  January  2, 
1875.  Mrs.  Medlicott  and  her  daughter' are 
residents  of  Middletown,  Connecticut. 

(The    Willet    Line). 

(I)  Thomas  Willet,  ancestor  of  Martha 
(Cornell)  Williams,  was  born  in  1511,  died 
in  1598.  He  began  his  career  as  a  public 
notary  and  officiated  as  such  at  the  consecra- 
tion of  Archbishop  Parker.  Late  in  life  he 
took  holy  orders,  becoming  rector  of  Barley, 
Hertfordshire,  fourteen  miles  from  Cam- 
bridge, which  living  had  been  presented  to 
him  by  his  patron.  Bishop  Cox.  He  was  also 
admitted  to  the  fifth  prebendal  stall  of  Ely 
in  1560  by  his  patron.  Bishop  Richard  Coxe, 
with  whom  he  had  been  associated  as  sub- 
almoner  to.  Edward  VI.  He  had  two  sons 
and  four  daughters. 

(II)  Andrew,  son  of  Thomas  Willet,  was 
born  in  1562,  died  in  162J.  After  attending 
the  Collegiate  School  at  Ely,  he  entered  Cam- 
bridge University  at  the  age  of  fifteen  years, 
and  was  quickly  elected  a  scholar.  He  was 
graduated  Bachelor  of  Arts  in  1580;  elected 
to  a  fellowship  at  Christmas,  1583;  Master 
of  Arts  in  1584,  and  in  the  same  year  was 
incorporated  as  a  member  of  the  University 
of  Oxford.  He  took  holy  orders  in  1585, 
and  was  admitted,  July  22,  1587,  on  the  pres- 
entation of  the  queen,  to  the  prebendal  stall 
at  Ely,  which  his  father  had  resigned  in  his 
favor.  He  quickly  gained  fame  as  a  preacher, 
and  was  selected  to  read  the  lectures  for  three 
years  in  the  cathedral  church  at  Ely,  and  for 
one  year  at  St.  Paul's  Church,  London.  He 
held  the  living  of  Childerly  until  1594.  He 
was  graduated  Bachelor  of  Divinity  in  1591, 
and  Doctor  of  Divinity  in  1601,  and  in  1597 
was  admitted  to  the  rectory  of  Gransden  P'ar- 
va,  in  Huntingdonshire,  but  shortly  after  ex- 
changed to  Barley,  his  father  having  died,  and 
was  instituted  January  29,  1599.  Twenty- 
three  years  of  his  life  were  spent  here  in  the 
ministry.  He  was  a  very  prolific  writer,  mak- 
ing it  a  rule  to  produce  not  less  than  one  work 
each  half  year,  and  so  learned  and  profound 
were  these  writings,  that  it  was  said  of  him 
that  he  was  a  "Walking  library,"  and  that  "he 
must  write  in  his  sleep,  it  being  impossible 
he  should  do  so  much  waking."  The  method 
and  regularity  with  which   he  worked   were. 


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however,  the  secret  of  his  success.  He  was 
chaplain-in-ordinary  and  tutor  to  Prince 
Henry,  as  well  as  a  frequent  preacher  before 
the  court.  He  was  greatly  admired  by  King 
James,  yet  able  to  adapt  himself  to  his  rural 
parishioners.  It  is  owing  to  his  influence  with 
his  friend,  Thomas  Sutton,  that  we  owe  that 
masterpiece  of  Protestant  charity.  Charter- 
house. He  fell  into  disfavor  at  court  by  his 
opposition  to  the  Spanish  marriage,  and  in 
consequence  suffered  imprisonment  for  a 
month.  His  death  was  the  result  of  an  acci- 
dent. Upon  his  return  to  his  home  from  a 
trip  to  London,  he  was  thrown  by  his  horse 
and  had  his  leg  broken.  This  was  set  in  so 
improper  a  manner  that  mortification  set  in 
which  caused  his  death  at  the  end  of  ten  days 
at  the  inn  to  which  he  had  been  taken,  De- 
cember 4,  162 1.  A  fine  effigy  and  brass, 
placed  in  the  church  by  his  friends  and  par- 
ishioners, is  still  in  a  good  state  of  preserva- 
tion. He  married  Jacobine,  a  daughter  of  his 
father's  friend.  Dr.  Goad,  provost  of  King's, 
at  Michaelmas,  1588.  Of  his  eighteen  chil- 
dren, nine  sons  and  four  daughters  survived 
him,  and  his  widow  was  buried  by  his  side 
in  1637.  His  son  Henry,  who  died  in  1670, 
lost  a  fortune  of  five  hundred  pounds  by  his 
loyalty  to  the  king.  Another  son  was  Paul. 
Thomas  is  treated  of  hereinafter. 

(HI)  Colonel  Thomas  Willet,  immigrant 
ancestor,  and  fourth  son  of  Rev.  Andrew  and 
Jacobine  (Goad)  Willet,  was  born  in  the  rec- 
tory at  Barley  in  August,  1605,  and  baptized 
August  29  of  the  same  year,  died  in  1674, 
and  is  buried  in  an  obscure  corner  of  the  Lit- 
tle Neck  burial  ground  at  Bullock's  Cove, 
Swansey,  Rhode  Island.  He  was  but  sixteen 
years  of  age  when  his  father  died,  and  he  con- 
tinued to  live  with  his  widowed  mother  and 
maternal  grandmother  until  he  had  attained 
his  majority.  Shortly  afterward  he  went  to 
Leyden  and  joined  the  second  Puritan  exodus 
to  the  New  Plymouth  plantations,  and  Gov- 
ernor Bradford  mentions  him  as  "being  dis- 
creet and  one  in  whom  they  could  place  trust." 
He  was  admitted  a  freeman  in  1633  after  he 
had  become  a  successful  trader  with  the  In- 
dians, and  soon  became  a  large  ship  owner 
trading  with  New  Amsterdam.  He  was  elect- 
ed one  of  the  assistant  governors  of  the  Ply- 
mouth Colony,  and  as  a  proof  of  his  worth  of 
character  and  commanding  abilities,  he  was 
frequently  chosen  to  settle  disputes  between 
the  rival  colonies  of  England  and  Holland. 
He  also  became  captain  of  a  military  company. 
Early  in  1660  he  left  Plymouth  and  estab- 
lishing himself  in  Rhode  Island  became  the 
founder  of  Swansey.  Accompanying  the  Eng- 
lish commander,  Nicholls,  he  greatly  contrib- 


uted to  the  peaceable  surrender  of  New  Am- 
sterdam to  the  English,  September  7,  1664, 
and  when  the  colony  received  the  name  of 
New  York,  Captain  Willet  was  appointed  the 
first  mayor,  June,  1665,  with  the  approval  of 
English  and  Dutch  alike.  The  following  year 
he  was  elected  alderman,  and  became  mayor 
a  second  time  in  1667.  Not  long  afterward 
he  withdrew  to  Swansey,  where  he  spent  the 
remainder  of  his  life.  In  his  religious  views 
he  was  an  independent.  His  descendants 
were  numerous  and  included  Colonel  iVlarinus 
^Villet,  the  friend  of  Washington,  who  him- 
self became  mayor  of  New  York,  and  the 
"Dorothy  Q."  of  the  poem  of  Oliver  Wendell 
Holmes,  was  the  great-granddaughter  of  Cap- 
tain Thomas  Willet,  and  the  great-grand- 
mother of  the  poet.  He  married  (first)  July 
6,  1636, ,  who  died  in  Swansey,  daugh- 
ter of  Captain  John  Brown  who,  according  to- 
some  authorities,  came  from  Leyden  prior 
to  1636,  with  his  wife,  Dorothy,  and  three 
children,  to  Plymouth,  Massachusetts.  He 
also  lived  in  Duxbury  and  Swansey,  at  which 
last  place  he  died  in  1662.  He  received  inta 
his  family  the  orphaned  children,  Mary  and 
Priscilla,  daughters  of  his  brother,  Peter 
Brown,  of  the  "Mayflower."  Captain  Willet 
married  (second)  ,  widow  of  John  Pen- 
den. 

(IV)  Andrew,  son  of  Captain  Thomas  Wil- 
let, was  born  October  5,  1655,  died  in  April,. 
1712.  He  married.  May  30,  1682,  Ann,  born 
July  20,  1663,  died  December  4,  175 1,  daugh- 
ter of  Governor  William  Coddington.  Gov- 
ernor Coddington  was  born  in  Lincolnshire, 
England,  in  1601,  died  November  i,  1678. 
He  was  chosen  in  England  to  be  an  assistant 
or  magistrate  to  the  colony  at  Massachusetts 
Bay,  and  arrived  at  Salem.  June  12,  1630,  to- 
gether with  the  governor  and  the  charter,  after 
which  he  was  several  times  re-elected.  He  is 
said  to  have  built  the  first  brick  house  in  Bos- 
ton, where  he  was  a  "principal  merchant."  For 
some  time  he  was  treasurer  of  the  colony. 
Having  warmly  espoused  the  cause  of  Mrs. 
Anne  Hutchinson,  in  opposition  to  Governor 
Winthrop  and  the  ministers  of  Boston,  he  was 
so  chagrined  at  the  result  of  this  trial,  that  he 
abandoned  his  lucrative  business  in  Boston  and 
joined  the  emigrants  who,  in  1638,  left  for 
Rhode  Island.  His  name  appears  first  on  the 
covenant  signed  by  eighteen  persons  at  Aquid- 
neck  or  Rhode  Island,  March  7,  1638,  forming 
themselves  into  a  body  politic  "to  be  governed 
by  the  laws  of  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  the  King 
of  Kings."  After  a  more  formal  code  had 
been  drawn  up  he  was  appointed  judge  at 
Portsmouth,  then  the  chief  seat  of  the  govern-  - 
ment,  three  elders  being  joined  with  him  in ; 


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the  administration  of  affairs.  At  Portsmouth 
he  held  office  for  a  Httle  more  than  a  year, 
was  then  appointed  judge  at  Newport,  and 
when  Portsmouth  and  Newport  were  united  in 
1640,  he  was  appointed  the  first  governor. 
The  four  towns,  Portsmouth,  Newport,  Provi- 
dence and  Warwick,  were  united  in  1647,  he 
was  the  second  president  chosen,  holding  of- 
fice from  May,  1648,  to  May,  1649.  I'^  this 
year  he  made  an  unsuccessful  attempt  to  have 
Rhode  Island  included  in  the  confederacy  of 
the  United  Colonies  of  New  England.  In 
165 1  he  went  to  England,  and  was  commis- 
sioned governor  of  Aquidneck  Island,  separate 
from  the  rest  of  the  colony,  but  as  the  people 
were  jealous  lest  his  commission  should  affect 
their  laws  and  liberties,  he  resigned  it  and  for 
a  time  retired  from  public  life.  In  his  later 
years  he  was,  however,  prevailed  upon  to  ac- 
cept the  chief  magistracy.  Governor  Codding- 
ton  married  Ann,  born  in  1628,  died  May  9, 
1708,  daughter  of  Thomas  Brinley,  and  audi- 
tor of  the  revenues  of  Kings  Charles  I.  and 
II.,  as  appears  from  the  inscription  on  his 
tomb,  in  the  church  at  Datchett,  Bricks  county, 
England. 

( V)  Martha,  daughter  of  Andrew  and  Ann 
(Coddington)  Willet,  was  born  March  6, 
1698,  died  in  1780.  She  married  Simon  Pease, 
son  of  William  Pease. 

(VI)  Ann,  daughter  of  Simon  and  Martha 
(Willet)  Pease,  married Cornell. 

(VII)  William,    son    of  and    Ann 

(Pease)  Cornell,  was  born  January  16,  1743. 
He  married,  June  15,  1764,  Abigail  Otis,  born 
September  4,  1746,  whose  line  of  descent  will 
be  found  forward. 

(VIII)  Martha,  daughter  of  William  and 
Abigail  (Otis)  Cornell,  died  at  Middletown, 
Connecticut,  June  23,  1825.  She  was  mar- 
ried, February  11,  1786,  by  Abraham  Jarvis, 
second  bishop  of  Connecticut,  to  Benjamin 
Williams  (see  Williams  I). 

(The   Otis    Line). 

This  name  as  found  in  old  records,  both 
in  England  and  America,  is  variously  spelled 
as :  Otis,  Otys,  Otye  and  Oatey.  These  names 
are    all    widely   known. 

(I)  John  Otis,  founder  of  the  family  in 
America,  is  usually  believed  to  have  been  born 
in  Barnstaple,  Devon.  England,  whence  he 
came  to  Hingham,  Massachusetts,  in  1635, 
'and  there  drew  lots  in  the 'first  division  of 
land.  Because  this  allotment  took  place  in 
the  company  of  the  Rev.  Peter  Hobart,  and 
his  twenty-nine  associates,  it  has  been  con- 
jectured that,  like  all  this  band,  John  Otis 
came  from  Hingham,  in  Norfolk.  It  may  be, 
however,  that  he  left  Devon  and  lived  for  a 


time  at  Norfolk,  before  embarking  for  Amer- 
ica.    He  married  Margaret . 

(II)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i),  and  Mar- 
garet Otis,  was  born  in  England  in  1620,  died 
in  Scituate,  Massachusetts,  January  16,  1684. 
He  settled  first  in  Hingham,  and  removed  to 
Scituate  about  1662.  He  married  Mary,  who 
died  in  1683,  daughter  of  Nicholas  and  Mary 
Jacob. 

(III)  Colonel  John  (3)  Otis,  son  of  John 
(2)  and  Mary  (Jacob)  Otis,  was  born  at 
Hingham.  Massachusetts,  1657,  died  at  Barn- 
staple, Massachusetts,  September  23,  1727. 
For  twenty  years  he  was  the  representative 
of  Barnstaple;  commanded  the  militia  of  the 
county;  councillor,  1706-27;  chief  justice  of 
the  court  of  common  pleas,  and  first  judge  of 
probate.  He  had  fine  talents  and  possessed 
great  wit  and  humor.  Two  of  his  sons  occu- 
pied important  positions  at  the  council  and 
on  the  bench.  He  married,  July  18,  1683, 
Mercy,  born  February  28,  1659,  daughter  of 
Nathaniel  and  Hannah  (Mayo)  Bacon,  who 
were  married  December  4,  1642,  the  former 
died  in  October,  1691  :  and  granddaughter  of 
William  Bacon,  of  Stretton,  England,  and  of 
Rev.  John  and  Hannah  Mayo.  Rev.  John 
Mayo  immigrated  to  New  England  in  1630, 
and  was  the  first  minister  of  the  Second 
Church  of  Boston,  Massachusetts,  in  1655. 
Among  the  children  of  Colonel  John  Otis 
were :  Nathaniel,  see  forward :  James,  who 
was  the  father  of  James  Otis,  the  patriot,  and 
of  Mercy  (Otis)  Warren. 

(IV)  Nathaniel,  son  of  Colonel  John  (3) 
and  Mercy  (Bacon)  Otis,  was  born  July  18, 
1690,  died  in  1739.  He  married  Abigail  Rus- 
sell, born  October  2,  1687,  whose  lines  of  de- 
scent follow. 

John  Russell,  great-grandfather  of  Abigail 
(Russell)  Otis,  was  of  Cambridge,  England, 
and  died  May  8,    1680 ;  he  married  Dorothy 

.     Rev.  John,  son  of  John  and  Dorothy 

Russell,  was  born  in  1629,  died  December  10, 
1692  ;  he  married,  June  28,  1649,  Mary  Tal- 
cott,  who  died  in  1655,  and  whose  line  will  be 
found  forward.  Jonathan,  son  of  Rev.  John 
and  Mary  (Talcott)  Russell,  was  born  in 
1655  ;  he  married,  1680,  Martha  Moody,  who 
died  September  28,  1729  (see  Moody  for- 
ward). Abigail,  daughter  of  Jonathan  and 
Martha  (Moody)  Russell,  married  Nathaniel 
Otis,  as  above  stated. 

John  Talcott,  great-great-grandfather  of 
Abigail  (Russell)  Otis,  was  born  in  Brain- 
tree,  Essex  county,  England,  about  1600,  and 
came  to  this  country  with  the  Rev.  Thomas 
Hooker's  company  in  the  "Lyon,"  which  ar- 
rived in  Boston,  September  16,  1632.  He  was 
admitted  a   freeman  bv  the  general   court  in 


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Boston,  November  6,  1632,  and  in  1634  was 
a  representative  in  that  body  for  Newtown. 
He  owned  four  houses  in  the  "west  end"  of 
the  town,  which  he  sold  to  Nicholas  Danforth, 
May  I,  1636,  to  remove  with  Mr.  Hooker's 
colony  to  Connecticut.  His  was  the  first  house 
that  was  erected  in  Hartford.  He  was  active 
in  all  the  affairs  of  the  town;  was  one  of  the 
committee  that  was  appointed,  May  i,  1637, 
to  consider  the  propriety  of  a  war  with  the 
Pequot  Indians,  and  was  a  chief  magistrate  of 
the  colony  until  his  death.  His  name  is  in- 
scribed on  the  monument  which  has  been  erect- 
ed by  the  citizens  of  Hartford  to  perpetuate 
the  memory  of  the  colonists  of  Connecticut. 
He  married  Anne  Skinner.  Colonel  John, 
son  of  John  and  Anne  (Skinner)  Talcott,  died 
about  1660;  he  married  Dorothy  Mott.  Mary, 
daughter  of  Colonel  John  and  Dorothy  (Molt) 
Talcott,  married  Rev.  John  Russell,  as  stated 
above,  and  died  in  1655. 

Rev.  Joshua  Moody,  grandfather  of  Abigail 
(Russell)  Otis,  was  born  in  England  in  1633, 
died  at  IBoston,  Massachusetts,  July  4,  1697. 
Graduate  of  Harvard  University,  1653.  Or- 
dained July  II,  1671.  His  father,  William, 
settled  in  Newbury  in  1634.  Rev.  Joshua  be- 
gan to  preach  about  1648.  His  regard  for 
the  purity  and  reputation  of  his  church  hav- 
ing brought  upon  him  the  enmity  of  Gov- 
ernor Cranfield,  he  was  imprisoned,  but  was 
shortly  afterward  released  upon  condition  that 
he  would  preach  no  more  in  New  Hampshire. 
He  became  assistant  minister  to  the  First 
Church,  Boston,  May  23,  1684,  and  was  in- 
vited to  take  charge  of  Harvard  University, 
but  declined.  During  the  witchcraft  troubles 
in  1692  he  opposed  the  unjust  and  violent 
measures  toward  the  imagined  ofifenders,  and 
aided  Philip  English  and  his  wife  to  escape 
from  prison.  His  zeal  in  this  matter  occa- 
sioned his  dismissal  from  his  church  and  he 
passed  the  remainder  of  his  life  in  Portsmouth. 
He  was  the  author  of :  "Communion  with 
God,"  1685;  and  "Election  Sermon,"  1692. 
He  married  Martha,  daughter  of  Edward  Col- 
lins (see  forward).  Martha,  daughter  of  Rev. 
Joshua  and  Martha  (Collins)  Moody,  mar- 
ried Jonathan  Russell,  and  became  the  mother 
of  Abigail  (Russell)  Otis. 

Edward  CoUins,  born  about  1603,  died  at 
Charlestown,  April  9,  1689.  He  was  of  Cam- 
bridge in  1638 ;  admitted  freeman,  May  13, 
1640;  deacon  representative,  1654-70,  with 
the  exception  of  1661.  He  lived  many  years 
on  the  plantation  of  Governor  Cradock,  at 
Medford,  and  at  last  purchased  it.  Sold  parts 
to  Richard  Russell  and  others.     He  married 

Martha  ,  and  of  his  children  we  have 

the  following  information:    Daniel  was  about 


nine  years  old  when  his  parents  united  with 
the  church ;  Phebe,  who  died  at  Cambridge, 
January  5,  1654,  was  probably  another  child ; 
John  was  graduated  from  Harvard  College 
in  1649;  Samuel  lived  in  Scotland  for  some 
years ;  Sybil,  who  married  Rev.  John  Whit- 
ing; Martha,  who  married  Rev.  Joshua 
Moody. 

(V)  Major  Jonathan  Otis,  son  of  Nathan- 
iel and  Abigail  (Russell)  Otis,  married,  Jan- 
uary 16,  1745,  Katherine  Coggeshall,  born 
April  2,  1717  (see  Coggeshall  IV). 

(VI)  Abigail,  daughter  of  Major  Jonathan 
and  Katherine  (Coggeshall)  Otis,  was  born 
September  4,  1746.  She  married  William  Cor- 
nell (see  Willet  VII). 

(The   Coggeshall   Line). 

(I)  John  Coggeshall,  first  president  of 
Rhode  Island,  was  the  great-grandfather  of 
Katherine  (Coggeshall)  Otis.  He  was  de- 
scended from  Thomas  de  Coggeshall,  the 
owner  of  vast  estates  in  Essex  and  Suffolk, 
II35"S4-  He  was  born  in  England  about 
1581,  died  at  Newport,  Rhode  Island,  Novem- 
ber 27,  1647.  He  came  to  Boston,  Massachu- 
setts, with  his  wife  Mary,  and  three  children 
— John,  Joshua  and  Anne — landing  Septem- 
ber 16,  1632.  His  name  and  that  of  his  wife 
are  on  the  original  records  of  the  Church  of 
Roxbury,  of  which  John  Eliot  was  pastor,  and 
he  was  admitted  as  a  freeman,  November  6, 
1632.  He  removed  to  Boston  in  1634  and  be- 
came a  merchant,  and  the  same  year  was  one 
of  the  board  of  selectmen  and  a  deacon  in  the 
church.  His  name  also  heads  the  list  of  depu- 
ties to  the  first  general  court  of  Massachu- 
setts from  Boston,  May  14,  1634,  and  he 
served,  with  three  interruptions,  until  Novem- 
ber 2,  1637.  He  was  banished  from  the  court 
and  from  Massachusetts  for  defending  Anne 
Hutchinson,  and  settled  with  William  Cod- 
dington,  John  Clarke,  the  Hutchinsons  and 
others,  on  the  island  of  Aquidneck,  by  the  ad- 
vice of  Roger  Williams.  They  laid  out  the 
town  of  Portsmouth  and  when  they  outgrew 
the  place,  founded  the  town  of  Newport.  On 
the  return  of  Roger  Williams  from  England, 
with  a  charter,  they  organized  a  government 
in  September,  i6zj4.  John  Coggeshall  was 
elected  president,  and  Roger  Williams,  as- 
sistant for  Providence,  William  Coddington 
for  Newport,  and  Randall  Holden  for  War- 
wick. The  death  of  John  Coggeshall  occurred 
while  he  was  in  this  ofiice.     He  married,  in 

England,    Mary  ,   born   in    1604,    died 

November  8,  1684. 

(II)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  and  Mary 
Coggeshall,  was  born  in  England,  1618,  died 
in  Newport,   Rhode  Island,  October   i,   1728. 


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He  was  well  educated  and  had  unusual  so- 
cial advantages.  Upon  the  death  of  his  fa- 
ther in  1647  hs  succeeded  to  his  estates.  He 
was  commissioner  of  Newport  upon  the  re- 
organization of  the  government  in  1654,  and 
held  the  office  until  November  26,  1663 ;  he 
was  an  original  grantee  of  the  royal  charter 
under  which  he  was  elected,  May  4,  1664,  as- 
sistant governor,  and  was  re-elected  five  times. 
He  was  treasurer  of  the  colony,  1664-66  and 
1683-86,  and  deputy  to  Newport,  1655-68-69. 
In  1665  he  was  appointed  to  receive  the  king's 
commissioners,  and  in  the  same  year  was 
made  a  justice  of  the  peace  by  them.  In 
1673  he  was  elected  deputy  governor,  but  re- 
fused to  serve.  In  1676  he  was  elected 
an  assistant  and  was  also  chosen  recorder. 
In  1683  and  again  in  1684  he  was  dep- 
uty for  Newport,  and  was  also  elected  as- 
sistant. He  was  chosen  major-general  of 
the  forces  of  the  island  in  1684,  and  in 
1685  was  again  assistant.  In  1686  he  was 
elected  deputy  governor  with  Walter  Clarke  as 
governor.  He  was  appointed  upon  the  usurp- 
ation of  Governor  Andros,  December  30,  1686, 
one  of  his  council  at  Boston,  and  upon  the 
fall  of  Andros  and  the  arrival  of  the  news  of 
the  accession  of  William  and  Mary,  Governor 
Clarke  declined  to  take  authority,  and  Cog- 
geshall  assumed  the  reins  of  government  and 
safely  carried  it  through  until  Governor  Ball 
was  elected,  Coggeshall  continuing  to  act  as 
deputy-governor.  In  1690  he  declined  the 
governorship,  to  which  he  had  been  elected, 
and  in  1701  he  was  again  deputy  for  Newport. 
He  married    for  his   third  wife,    1678,   Mary 

(III)  Joseph,  son  of  Governor  John  (2) 
Coggeshall,  was  born  in  1679.  He  married, 
December    17,    1702,   Mary    Dyer    (see   Dyer 

ni). 

(IV)  Katherine,  daughter  of  Joseph  and 
Mary  (Dyer)  Coggeshall,  married  Major  Jon- 
athan Otis    (see  Otis  V). 

(The  Dyer  Line). 
(I)  Captain  William  Dyer,  grandfather  of 
Mary  (Dyer)  Coggeshall,  came  with  his  wife 
from  England  to  Boston,  Massachusetts,  and 
joined  the  First  church  there  in  December, 
1635.  He  was  disfranchised  for  seditious 
writingr  November  15,  1637,  removed  to 
Rhode  Island,  and  was  one  of  the  signers  of 
the  compact  of  government  for  that  province, 
March  7,  1638.  He  was  secretary  the  same 
year  :  general  recorder,  1648  :  attorney  general, 
1650-53:  member  of  the  general  court,  1661- 
62-64-66 :  general  solicitor,  1665-66-68 ;  and 
secretary  of  the  council.  1669.  He  was  com- 
missioned commander-in-chief  upon  the  sea  in 


1653,  3"d  headed  an  expedition  fitted  out  in 
Rhode  Island  against  the  Dutch.  His  wife, 
Mary  Dyer,  was  the  only  woman  to  suffer  cap- 
ital punishment  in  all  the  oppression  of  the 
Friends  the  world  over.  She  accompanied  her 
husband  on  his  mission  to  England  with 
Roger  Williams  and  Dr.  John  Clarke  to  ob- 
tain the  revocation  of  Governor  Coddington's 
power  in  Rhode  Island,  and  while  there  be- 
came a  convert  to  Quakerism  and  a  preacher 
in  the  Society.  On  arriving  in  Boston  in 
1657,  she  was  imprisoned,  and  on  the  petition 
of  her  husband  was  permitted  to  go  to  Rhode 
Island  with  him  on  condition  that  she  never 
return  to  Massachusetts.  She  returned,  how- 
ever, and  with  William  Robinson  and  Marma- 
duke  Stevens  was  tried  and  convicted  for 
"their  rebellion,  sedition  and  presumptuous 
obtruding  upon  us,  notwithstanding  their  be- 
ing sentenced  to  banishrnent  on  payne  of 
death  as  underminers  of  the  government." 
Robinson  and  Stevens  were  executed ,  but 
through  the  petition  of  her  son.  Major  Wil- 
liam Dyer,  she  was  reprieved  on  the  same  con- 
ditions as  before,  but  in  May,  1660,  she  again 
appeared  on  the  public  streets  of  Boston,  was 
brought  before  the  court.  May  31,  and  con- 
demned to  death.  Her  execution  took  place 
June  I,  1660. 

(II)  Henry,  son  of  Captain  William  and 
Mary  Dyer,  was  born  in  1647,'  died  in  1690. 
He  married  Elizabeth  Sanford,  born  July  11, 
1655,  died  August  27,  1718.  John  Sanford, 
grandfather  of  Elizabeth  (Sanford)  Dyer, 
married  Elizabeth  Wett.  John,  son  of  John 
and  Elizabeth  (Wett)  Sanford,  died  in  1687; 
married,  August  8.  1654,  Elizabeth,  who  died 
December  6,  1661,  daughter  of  Harry  Spatch- 
arst,  of  Bermuda. 

(III)  Mary,  daughter  of  Henry  and  Eliza- 
beth (Sanford)  Dyer,  married  Joseph  Cogge- 
shall (see  Coggeshall  III). 


The    Calhouns    of    Scotland 
CALHOUN      are  the    descendants   of    the 

ancient  family  of  the  Conqu- 
houns  and  Lairds  of  Luss.  The  original  name 
"Colquhoun"  is  still  retained  by  some  in  Scot- 
land, England  and  Ireland,  but  it  is  pro- 
nounced "Colhoun." 

The  ancestor  of  the  surname  of  Conquhoun 
was  Humphrey  Kilpatrick,  in  whose  favor 
the  Earl  of  Lenox  granted  a  charter  of  the 
lands  of  Colquhoun  in  the  reign  of  Alexander 
II.  about  the  year  1200.  The  meaning  of  the 
term  Colquhoun  is  "a  seacoasting  common  or 
point"  with  which  the  former  situation  of 
these  lands  will  agree.  Humphrey  K.  Cal- 
houn married  the  daughter  of  Godfrey,  Laird 
of  Luss.  in  the  year  1392.     The  Colquhouns 


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and  Lairds  of  Luss  were  the  most  wealthy  and 
illustrious  clans  of  Scotland.  The  home  of 
the  clan  was  about  the  southei^n  shore  of  Loch 
Lomond  and  all  of  this  neighborhood  is  full 
of  memories  and  traditions  that  preserve  the 
family  name. 

Among-  the  neighbors  of  the  Calhouns  were 
the  wild  McGregors  of  Loch  Katrine.  These 
two  clans  had  frequent  conflicts,  and  in  1602 
about  two  hundred  of  the  Colquhouns  were 
slain  by  the  McGregors,  with  many  acts  of 
savage  cruelty.  Sixty  of  the  wives  of  the 
slain  Colquhouns  took  each  the  gory  shirt  of 
her  husband  on  a  pike  and  rode  to  King  James 
at  Stirling,  demanding  vengeance.  This  was 
the  original  flaunting  of  the  "bloody  Shirt" 
and  secured  the  outlawry  of  the  McGregors, 
as  told  by  Scott  in  a  note  of  his  "Lady  of  the 
Lake." 

Many  of  the  Colquhouns  fled  to  Ireland  in 
the  seventeenth  century  to  avoid  religious  per- 
secution, among  them  the  father  of  the  immi- 
grant to  America  in  1714. 

The  Calhoun  coat-of-arms  is  as  follows: 
Argent,  a  saltire,  engrailed  sable.  Crest :  A 
hart's  head  erased  gules.  Supporters,  Two 
ratch  hounds,  collard  sable.    Motto  :  Si  je  puis. 

(I)  David  Calhoun,  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  born  in  Scotland  about  1690,  and  emi- 
grated with  his  father's  family,  who  were  non- 
conformists, to  the  north  of  Ireland  on  ac- 
count of  persecution.  Here  they  settled  near 
Londonderry,  but  the  persecution  having  fol- 
lowed them,  David,  with  two  brothers,  James 
and  John,  emigrated  to  America  in  1714.  They 
landed  in  New  York,  where  they  separated ; 
David  settled  in  Stratford,  Connecticut,  and 
later,  1732,  moved  to  Washington,  Connecti- 
cut, where  he  lived  until  his  death  in  1769.  He 
married,  in  Stratford,  Mrs.  Fairchild,  whose 
maiden  name  was  Catherine  Coe.  They  had 
six  sons  and  two  daughters,  the  last  three  born 
in  Washington.  The  sons  were :  Joseph,  Da- 
vid, James,  John,  Ebenezer,  George,  men- 
tioned below. 

(II)  George,  son  of  David  Calhoun,  was 
born  April  6,  1744.  He  married,  March  30, 
1780,  Widow  Judith  Taylor,  daughter  of  Dea- 
con Abel  Comstock,  of  Warren,  Connecticut. 
Five  children ;  all  born  in  Washington. 
George  Albion,  3'oungest  son,  mentioned  be- 
low. 

(III)  George  Albion,  son  of  George  Cal- 
houn, was  born  in  Washineton.  October  tt. 
1788.  He  attended  the  district  school  of  his 
native  town  for  a  while,  but  was  put  to  work 
on  the  farm  as  soon  as  he  was  able  to  labor, 
as  his  services  were  needed,  and  he  was  able 
to  do  more  work  than  was  common  for  a  boy 
of  his  years.     He  was  taught  the  assembly's 


catechism,  and  received  a  religious  education 
in  the  family.  He  was  strong,  fearless,  ath- 
letic, and  a  leader  among  his  companions. 
"At  eighteen,"  to  use  his  own  words,  "I  be- 
came a  man  for  business."  At  the  age  of 
nineteen,  however,  he  became  dissatisfied  with 
his  intellectual  acquisition,  and  determined 
that  when  he  should  be  of  age  he  would  gain 
a  good  English  education.  Therefore,  when 
he  was  twenty-one,  he  went  to  school,  at  Wol- 
cott,  and  commenced  the  study  of  English 
grammar  and  arithmetic.  After  four  or  five 
months,  he  was  induced  to  enter  upon  the 
study  of  law  in  the  office  of  Hon.  Nathan 
Strong,  but  soon  became  convinced  that  his 
education  was  too  deficient  to  pursue  that 
study  profitably,  and  returned  to  school  and 
commenced  the  study  of  Latin,  when  he  was 
twenty-two.  In  181 2  he  entered  the  junior 
class  in  Williams  College,  but  left  at  the  close 
of  the  second  term,  and  joined  the  new  Ham- 
ilton College,  in  Clinton,  New  York.  He  and 
one  other  constituted  the  first  junior  and  sen- 
ior classes  in  that  college,  and  graduated  with- 
out a  commencement  in  August,  18 14.  By 
invitation  of  the  faculty  of  Williams  College, 
he  took  his  degree  with  the  class  of  which  he 
had  been  a  member.  In  September,  18 14,  he 
united  with  the  church  in  Salisbury,  Connecti- 
cut. That  same  fall  he  went  to  Andover, 
passed  the  three  years  of  study  in  the  Semi- 
nary there,  and  graduated  in  1817.  When  he 
was  in  Hamilton  College,  he  had  aided  in 
founding  a  Young  People's  Missionary  Soci- 
ety for  Western  New  York,  and  under  the 
patronage  of  this  society  he  spent  his  first 
year  after  leaving  the  seminary,  as  a  mission- 
ary in  the  vicinity  of  Geneva,  New  York.  He 
received  invitations  to  settle  over  churches  in 
that  region,  but  it  being  his  intention,  after 
spending  a  season  in  supplying  some  destitute 
churches  in  New  England,  to  go  as  a  mission- 
ary to  the  southwestern  states,  he  declined  all 
such  invitations.  At  the  close  of  his  year  he 
returned  to  Connecticut  and  came  immediately 
to  North  Coventry,  without  the  least  expecta- 
tion of  settling  there,  and  preached  for  the 
first  time,  November  i,  1818.  Having  re- 
ceived a  call  to  become  pastor  of  this  church 
in  such  circumstances  as  led  him  to  think  it 
was  the  call  of  Providence,  he  was  ordained 
and  installed  there,  March  10,  18 19.  In  1828 
he  supplied  for  three  months  the  pulpit  of  the 
Central  Presbyterian  Church  in  New  York 
City,  during  the  absence  of  its  pastor,  and  in 
a  revival  of  religion.  In  1830  his  health 
failed,  and  he  spent  the  autumn  in  Maine,  trav- 
eling and  laboring  as  he  was  able,  in  behalf 
of  the  American  Education  Society.  As  he 
continued  unable  to  resume  his   pastoral  du- 


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ties,  he  visited  one  hundred  congregations  in 
this  state,  pleading  the  cause  of  Home  Mis- 
sions, and  preparing  the  way  for  the  Domes- 
tic Missionary  Society  of  Connecticut  to  be- 
come the  auxiHary  to  the  American  Home 
Missionary  Society.  He  then  resumed  his 
pastoral  labors,  but  his  health  again  failed, 
and  he  proposed  to  some  of  his  people  to  re- 
sign. This  did  not  accord  with  their  views, 
and  he  did  not  carry  his  purpose  into  execu- 
tion. He  made  a  trip  to  Europe,  however, 
and  returned  much  improved  in  health,  No- 
vember, 1 83 1.  In  June,  1832,  he  was  in- 
vited to  take  charge  of  Home  Missionary 
operations  in  western  New  York,  on  a  salary 
of  $700.  This  invitation  he  declined.  It  was 
renewed  and  pressed  upon  his  acceptance, 
whereupon  a  large  council  was  called,  before 
whom  he  laid  the  matter,  without  any  expres- 
sion of  his  own  wishes  in  the  premises,  and  it 
was  decided,  after  a  long  and  careful  consid- 
eration of  the  case,  by  a  majority  of  one,  that 
his  pastoral  relation  should  not  be  dissolved. 
About  1836,  he  received  an  invitation  to  act 
as  state  missionary  for  Michigan.  Soon  after 
he  was  elected  financial  agent  of  the  Theolog- 
ical Institute  at  East  Windsor,  but  this  post 
he  declined.  He  obtained,  however,  a  release 
from  pastoral  duty  for  one  year,  which  he 
spent  in  collecting  funds  for  the  endowment 
of  that  institution.  In  this  work  he  was 
highly  successful.  He  was  elected  a  member 
of  the  Corporation  of  Yale  College  in  1849, 
and  in  1852  received  the  degree  of  Doctor  of 
Divinity  from  his  alma  mater,  Hamilton  Col- 
lege. He  served  several  times  as  delegate 
from  the  General  Association  of  the  state  to 
foreign  ecclesiastical  bodies.  In  March,  i860, 
he  sent  a  communication  to  the  Ecclesiastical 
Society,  relinquishing  all  claim  for  salary  and 
resigning  the  active  work  as  pastor,  but  still 
retaining  his  pastoral  office.  From  September, 
1861,  till  May,  1863,  he  supplied  the  pulpit  of 
the  First  Church  of  Coventry,  until  growing 
infirmities  admonished  him  to  cease  from 
stated  preaching. 

'  He  married  (first)  November  16,  1819, 
Betsy  Scoville,  of  Salisbury,  Connecticut, 
daughter  of  Jonathan  and  Sarah  (Church) 
Scoville.  Her  grandfather  was  Elisha  Sco- 
ville, who  was  a  lieutenant  in  command  of 
Fort  Wintermoot  in  the  Wyoming  Valley  at 
the  time  of  the  terrible  massacre.  He  had 
moved  from  Colchester,  Connecticut,  to  Wy- 
oming with  his  family  in  1770,  and  was  a 
member  of  the  twenty-fourth  regiment  or- 
ganized from  the  inhabitants  of  the  valley. 
In  December,  1777,  he  was  given  permission 
to  transport  four  horse  loads  of  salt  to  that 
place  for  the  use  of  the  inhabitants.     The  fort 


under  his  command  was  surrendered  to  Major 
John  Butler,  July  i,  1778,  and  in  the  massa- 
cre that  followed  he  and  his  wife  were 
stripped  of  everything  but  scanty  clothing, 
and  compelled  to  flee  back  through  the  wilder- 
ness to  Connecticut,  where  they  remained  un- 
til after  the  war.  Later  they  returned  to  the 
Valley  and  died  there.  An  ancient  letter  in  the 
family  recited  some  of  their  experiences  and 
says  that  Mrs.  Scoville  often  told  the  story  of 
the  last  Indian  battle  and  of  her  flight  back  to 
Connecticut  with  her  infant  in  her  arms. 
That  scene  and  its  attendant  circumstances 
made  such  an  impression  on  her  that  long 
after  she  had  forgotten  everything,  even  the 
names  of  her  children,  she  could  still  speak 
of  that  massacre.  Betsy  Scoville's  mother, 
Sarah  Church,  was  the  daughter  of  Samuel 
Church,  who  was  the  son  of  Caleb  Church. 
Caleb  Church  was  the  son  of  Isaac  Church, 
who  was  the  son  of  Richard  Church.  Richard 
Church  married  Elizabeth  Warren,  daughter 
of  Richard  Warren,  one  of  the  Pilgrims  of  the 
"Mayflower."  He  came  from  London  and 
was  a  signer  of  the  famous  Compact.  He  set- 
tled at  Plymouth,  and  bore  a  deep  share  in 
the  difficulties  and  troubles  of  that  settle- 
ment. His  wife  and  children  came  in  the 
"x'Vnne"  in  1623.  In  the  division  of  cattle  in 
1627  shares  were  given  to  him,  his  wife  Eliza- 
beth, children,  Nathaniel,  Joseph,  Mary,  Anna, 
Sarah,  Elizabeth  and  Abigail.  He  died  before 
1628,  and  his  wife  October  2,  1673,  aged  about 
ninety.  Mrs.  Calhoun  died  April  14,  1857, 
and  he  married  (second)  December  i,  1857, 
Mary  J.  Davis,  of  Salem,  Massachusetts. 
Children ;  George  Whitefield,  David  Samuel, 
mentioned  below. 

(IV^)  David  Samuel,  son  of  George  Albion 
Calhoun,  was  born  September  11,  1827,  in 
Coventry,  Tolland  county,  Connecticut.  His 
boyhood  was  spent  in  Coventry  in  a  frugal 
farming  community  of  plain  habits  and  stub- 
born theology,  where  he  was  given  intelligent 
tuition  and  taught  industrious  habits.  He  fit- 
ted for  college  under  the  tuition  of  Rev.  Wil- 
liam Ely  in  Coventry,  then  at  the  Ellington 
Academy  and  finally  at  Williston  Seminary  in 
Massachusetts.  In  the  fall  of  1844  he  en- 
tered Yale  and  was  graduated  from  his  class 
in  1848,  taking  an  oration.  Among  his  class- 
mates were  Judge  Nathaniel  Shipman,  the  late 
Major  Theodore  Winthrop,  Hon.  Henry 
Hitchcock,  of  St.  Louis,  the  distinguished  con- 
stitutional lawyer,  Arthur  D.  Osborn,  presi- 
dent of  the  second  National  Bank  of  New  Ha- 
ven, and  the  late  Judge  Dwight  Foster,  of 
Massachusetts. 

After  graduating  from  Yale,  Mr.  Calhoun 
resolved  on  self-support,  went  at  once  to  Ra- 


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venna.  Ohio  (then  a  journey  of  five  days,  and 
two  nights  from  his  home  in  Coventry),  and 
opened  a  boys'  school  in  September,  1848, 
when  he  had  just  attained  his  majority.  He 
remained  here  until  May,  1849,  when  the  cli- 
mate compelled  him  to  return  east.  While  in 
Ravenna  he  often  saw  and  heard  such  distin- 
guished Ohioans  as  Thomas  Ewing,  "Tom" 
Corwin.  Columbus  Delano,  Judges  Ranney 
and  Spaulding,  Joshua  R.  Giddings  and  Ben 
Wade,  as  he  was  familiarly  called,  then  a 
judge  noted  for  his  skill  with  the  rifle  and 
an  emphasis  of  speech  which  in  New  England 
would  have  been  called  profanity.  He  would 
hold  his  court  by  day  and  deliver  a  political 
address  in  the  evening. 

After  returning  to  Coventry,  Mr.  Calhoun 
taught  in  the  academy  there  until  March, 
1850,  when  he  entered  the  law  office  of  the 
late  Chief  Justice  O.  S.  Seymour,  of  Litch- 
field, and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  at  Litch- 
field, December  17,  1851.  He  opened  a  law 
office  in  North  Manchester  in  February,  1852, 
and  moved  to  Hartford  in  November,  1869, 
when  he  became  a  partner  of  the  late  Mahlon 
R.  West,  a  connection  which  continued  for 
seven  years.  While  in  Manchester  he  held  the 
office  of  judge  of  the  probate  court  for  twelve 
years  and  was  state  senator  in  1856-62.  In 
his  first  term  he  was  chairman  of  the  commit- 
tee on  education  which  revised  the  school  laws 
of  the  state.  Among  other  important  changes 
school  societies  were  abolished  and  the  super- 
vision of  the  district  schools  was  transferred 
to  the  towns.  In  1862  Mr.  Calhoun  was  chair- 
man of  the  military  committee  and  ex-officio 
member  of  the  corporation  of  Yale  College. 

In  1869  Mr.  Calhoun  moved  to  Hartford 
and  took  up  his  residence  at  No.  11  Walnut 
street.  In  1873-74  he  was  a  candidate  for  rep- 
resentative, but  aside  from  this  he  has  taken 
no  active  part  in  politics.  In  1876  he  was 
taken  down  with  a  serious  illness  iDrought  on 
by  overwork,  and  was  disabled  for  a  year. 
While  recovering  from  this  illness,  and  still 
an  invalid,  he  was  chosen  judge  of  the  court 
of  common  pleas  for  Hartford  county  and  re- 
gard for  his  health  induced  him  to  accept  the 
office  and  retain  it  for  twenty  years  until  dis- 
qualified by  the  state  constitution  from  further 
judicial  service.  During  this  time  he  heard 
and  decided  about  two  thousand  cases,  only 
five  of  which  were  overruled  by  the  supreme 
court  of  errors  and  in  two  of  the  five  the 
court  was  divided. 

Judge  Calhoun's  memory  goes  back  to  1830, 
the  days  of  the  weekly  newspapers  and  open 
fires,  when  there  was  no  railroad  in  New  Eng- 
land, when  the  friction  match  was  yet  un- 
known,   when    the    Democratic    slogan    was 


"Hurrah  for  Jackson,"  and  it  was  thought  im- 
modest for  a  candidate  to  vote  for  himself. 
In  1836  Judge  Calhoun  made  a  memorable 
trip  to  Philadelphia  on  the  Camden  &  Amboy 
railroad  in  a  compartment  car  drawn  by  one 
of  Robert  and  George  Stevenson's  locomo- 
tives, which  may  now  be  seen  in  the  National 
Museum  at  Washington. 

Of  the  great  leaders  of  the  bar  before  i860, 
Hungerford,  Perkins,  Chapman  and  others, 
Judge  Calhoun  has  a  clear  recollection  and  the 
highest  opinion.  In  his  first  capital  case,  tried 
in  January,  1866,  he  was  associated  with  the 
late  Charles  Chapman  in  defense  of  Albert 
Starkweather,  the  Manchester  matricide.  For 
some  years  after  this  he  defended  in  most  of 
the  capital  cases  in  Hartford  and  Tolland 
counties.  He  then  renounced  all  criminal 
practice.  Judge  Calhoun  is  a  member  of  the 
Farmington  Avenue  Congregational  Church 
Society.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Con- 
necticut Historical  Society  and  Sons  of  the 
American  Revolution. 

He  married  (first)  November  7,  1852,  Har- 
riet A.  Gilbert,  of  Coventry.  She  died  in 
1868,  and  he  married  (second)  February  16, 
1870,  Eliza  J.,  daughter  of  Dr.  William  Scott, 
of  Manchester.  Children  of  first  wife  :  Mary 
Scoville,  born  July  23,  1854;  Joseph  Gilbert, 
July  20,  1856,  mentioned  below ;  Elizabeth 
Hale,  June  20,  1858,  died  August  23,  1859; 
John,  January  28,  i860,  died  January  23, 
1863  ;  Fanny  Rose,  May  24,  1862 ;  Theodore 
Winthrop,  February  26,  1864,  died  Novem- 
ber 26,  1870;  David,  December  6,  1865,  died 
March  i,  1906;  Jaspar,  August  i,  1868,  died 
same  day. 

(V)  Joseph  Gilbert,  son  of  David  Samuel 
Calhoun,  was  born  at  Manchester,  Connecti- 
cut, July  20,  1856.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  town  and  the  Hartford 
public  high  school,  from  which  he  was  gradu- 
ated in  the  class  of  1874.  He  entered  the 
Sheffield  Scientific  School  of  Yale  University 
and  was  graduated  in  the  class  of  1877.  He 
studied  law  in  the  office  of  his  father  and  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  Hartford  county,  in 
May,  1880,  and  since  then  has  been  engaged 
in  general  practice  in  Hartford  with  offices  at 
present  at  No.  36  Pearl  street,  Hartford.  He 
was  clerk  of  the  city  police  court  of  Hartford 
from  1883  to  1889;  member  of  the  common 
council  of  the  city  of  Hartford  1890-91 ;  pros- 
ecuting attorney  of  Hartford  from  1896  to 
1906;  police  commissioner  1906-09,  and  cor- 
oner of  Hartford  county  since  1905.  He  is 
an  active  and  influential  Republican  and  since 
1906  has  been  a  member  of  the  state  central 
committee.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Hartford 
Club,  the  Hartford  Golf  Club  and  the  Twen- 


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tieth  Century  Club.  He  attends  the  Center 
Church  (Congregational)  of  Hartford.  He 
is  a  director  in  the  Riverside  Trust  Company. 
He  married,  November  20,  1889,  at  Brooklyn, 
New  York,  Sarah  Cornelia  Beach,  born  at 
Brooklyn,  April  5,  1861,  daughter  of  Oren 
Milton  and  Jeanette  M.  (Johnson)  Beach. 
Her  father  was  a  banker  at  Albany,  New 
York,  later  president  of  the  Broadway  Bank, 
Brooklyn ;  an  expert  accountant.  She  had 
brothers,  Hoffman,  James,  Marble,  and  Oren 
M.  Jr.,  and  sisters,  Adah  Phelps  and  Ehza- 
beth.    They  have  no  children. 

(The  Williams   Line). 

The  family  to  which  the  American  branch 
of  Williams'  belong,  originated  in  Wales. 
The  coat-of-arms  is  as  follows :  \  white 
lion  rampant  on  a  sable  shield.  Crest :  A 
Cock.  Motto :  "What  God  Willeth  Will  Be." 
The  side  motto :  "Watches  his  Opportunity." 

(I)  Robert  Williams.,  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  born  in  England  in  1593,  in  Norwich,  and 
married  before  coming  to  America,  Elizabeth 
Stratton.  He  disembarked  at  Boston  with  his 
wife,  and  two  children,  Samuel  and  John,  in 
the  year  1637,  and  before  the  close  of  that 
year  had  joined  the  neighboring  settlement  of 
Roxbury.  In  that  same  year  his  name  and 
that  of  his  wife  are  found  upon  the  records 
of  the  Roxbury  church,  to  which  the  Rev. 
John  Eliot  then  ministered.  He  was  made  a 
freeman  in  May,  1638.  From  1647  to  1653 
he  was  one  of  the  five  townsmen  or  selectmen. 
He  was  interested  with  William  Parks  in  the 
early  founding  of  schools  in  Roxbury.  Ellis 
speaks  of  him  as  one  of  the  most  influential 
men  in  town  affairs,  and  Farmer  in  his  "Gen- 
eral Register  of  the  First  Settlers  in  New 
England,"  calls  him  the  common  ancestor  of 
the  divines,  civilians  and  warriors  of  the  name 
who  have  honored  the  country  of  their  birth. 
His  last  will  and  testament  is  dated  November 
26,  1685,  and  was  probated  September  29, 
1693.  He  died  in  Roxbury,  September  i, 
1693,  aged  one  hundred  years.  His  wife  died 
July  28,  1674,  aged  eighty,  and  was  buried  in 
the  ancient  burying  ground  in  Roxbury, 
Massachusetts. 

That  Robert  Williams  was  a  staunch  and 
typical  Puritan,  whose  scruples  forbade  his 
conformity  with  the  tenets  of  the  Established 
Church  of  England  during  the  intolerable 
reign  of  the  first  Charles,  and  encouraged  his 
departure  thence  for  Massachusetts  Bay, 
where  he  could  the  more  freely  exercise  his 
individual  right  of  conscience,  may  readily  be 
believed  from  the  single  glimpse  had  of  him  as 
signer  of  the  petition  to  the  governor  of  the 
colony,  1672,  in  censure  of  Harvard  College, 


which    quaint    and    characteristicall}'    Puritan 
document  reads  as  follows : 

The   humble    Petition    of   some    of   the   people 
that    lyve    under   the    jurisdiction    of   the    Massa- 
chusetts  government,    iinto    our   honorrd   Magis- 
trats   this   5th   day   of  March   1672. 
Sheweth 

That  Whereas  it  has  pleased  our  ever  hon- 
orrd Magistrats  to  send  their  letters  to  the 
churches,  to  move  us  to  a  liberal  contribution 
towards  the  Colledg,  and  in  one  of  those  letters 
diclared  if  any  of  the  good  people  have  any 
obicesion  you  give  us  leave  to  propose  it,  and 
also  are  pleased  to  promise  us,  to  adde  your  en- 
deavor  to   remove   the    same. 

We  take  the  boldnesse  to  propose  an  obice- 
sion not  with  any  intent  to  shorten  either  our 
owne  or  others  hands  to  so  good  and  pius  a 
work,  as  we  trust  we  shall  make  it  appeare  by 
our  actions,  but  our  only  scope  is,  to  endevor 
the  removal  of  an  evyl,  (as  it  appeareth  to  us) 
m  the  educasion  of  Youth  at  the  Colledg,  and 
that  is,  they  are  brought  up  in  such  pride  as 
doth  no  wayes  become  such  as  are  brought  up 
for  the  holy  service  of  the  lord,  either  in  Mag- 
istry,  or  ministry  especially,  and  in  particular 
in  their  long  haire.  which  last  first  tooke  head, 
and  broke  out  at  the  Colledg  so  far  as  we  un- 
derstand and  remember,  and  now  it  has  got  into 
our  pulpits,  to  the  great  griefe  and  fifeare  of 
many    Godly    in    the    Country. 

We  fine  in  the  Scriptures  that  the  sons  of 
the  prophets,  and  such  as  were  dedicated  to 
God,  were  brought  up  in  a  way  of  mortification 
and  humility.  We  beseech  you  to  consider 
amos  2,  II,  12.  I  raised  up  of  your  sons  to  be 
prophets  and  of  your  young  men  to  be  Nasa- 
rites  is  it  not  even  thus  O  ye  children  of  Isarael 
saith  the  Lord,  but  ye  have  Nasarites  wine  to 
drink. 

Consider  also  prov.  '16,  31.  The  hoary  head 
is  a  crown  of  glory  if  it  be  found  in  the  way  of 
righteousnesse,  and  are  these  haires  so  found, 
that   are   defiled   with   this    lust? 

We  beseech  you  consider,  whether  all  other 
lusts  which  have  so  incorigibly  brake  in  upon 
our  youth,  have  not  first  sprung  from  the  in- 
corigableness  of  his  lust.  Our  humble  request 
is  that  you  would  please  to  use  all  due  en- 
deavors to  cure  this  evyl,  and  so  we  commend 
you  to  the  lord  and  to  the  word  of  his  grace 
and  remaine  your  humble  petecinoes  att  the 
thron  of  grace  to  assest  and  inable  your  weighty 
consarns  and  remain 

Your  Worships   humble 
petitioners. 

For  facsimile  of  the  signatures  of  Robert 
and  Samuel,  his  son,  appended  to  said  petition, 
see  New  England  Historical  &  Genealogical 
Register,  35,  pp.  121,  123. 

Professor  S.  Wells  Williams,  the  learned 
Chinese  scholar,  says : 

There  is  a  tradition  (interesting)  in  the  Wil- 
liams family,  about  the  wife  of  Robert  Wil- 
liams, as  follows:  that  when  Robert  Williams  of 
England  desired  to  come  to  this  country,  his 
wife  who  was  of  good  family,  and  delicately 
brought  up,  shrunk  from  the  hardships  to  be 
encountered.  While  the  subject  was  under  con- 
sideration, she  had  a  dream,  foreshowing  that 
if  she  went  to  America,  she  would  become  the 
mother  of  a  long   line    of  worthy  ministers. 


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The  dieam  so  impressed  her,  that  she  rose  up 
cheerfully  and  prepared  for  the  journey.  Nine 
years  after  she  died,  those  two  grandsons  John 
and  William,  (sons  of  Samuel  and  Isaac,  the 
founder  of  Williams  College,  descended  from 
Eleazer.  the  son  of  Isaac,  grandson  of  Robert) 
came  out  of  Harvard  College,  and  the  day  of 
fulfillment    began. 

(II)  Sarnuel,  son  of  Robert  Williams,  was 
Ijorn  in  England.  He  came  to  this  country 
with  his  father  in  1637,  and  settled  in  Rox- 
bur\-.  "He  was  a  man  of  considerable  repute'' 
and  l:eld  the  office  of  deacon  in  Rev.  John 
Eliot's  church  many  years.  He  married  The- 
odosia,  daughter  of  William  Park,  of  Rox- 
bury.  William  Park  was  born  in  1616 '  in 
England,  embarked  with  the  Rev.  Roger  Wil- 
liams in  the  ship  "Lion,"  December,  1630,  ar- 
rived in  Boston,  February,  163 1,  and  became 
one  of  the  founders  of  the  first  church  in  Rox- 
bury  and  its  deacon  for  many  years.  He  was 
deputy  to  the  general  court  of  the  Massachu- 
setts Bay  Colony  for  thirty-three  years,  having 
the  longest  term  of  service  in  that  capacity 
under  the  old  charter.  Johnson  in  his  "Won- 
der Working  Providence"  calls  him  "a  man  of 
a  pregnant  understanding."  His  will  was 
dated    July    20,    1684,    with    codicil    April    4, 

1685,  and  probated  July  30,  1685.  He  died 
May  II,  1685,  and  his  gravestone  is  to  be 
found  in  Roxbury  burying  ground.  In  his 
will  provision  is  made  for  schools  and  the 
poor  of  Roxbury  and  that  "every  child  and 
grandchild  or  grandchildren,  shall  have  each 
of  them  a  new  Bible  bought  and  given  unto 
them,  out  of  what  I  have  given  unto  my  be- 
loved wife."  He  left  one  daughter,  but  no 
sons  to  perpetuate  his  name.  Children  of 
Samuel  Williams :  Elizabeth,  Samuel,  IMar- 
tha,  Elizabeth,  Theodosia,  John,  mentioned 
below,  Ebenezer,  Deborah,  married  Joseph 
Warren  ;  became  grandmother  of  General  Jo- 
seph Warren,  who  fell  at  Bunker  Hill,  nobly 
defending  the  liberties  of  his  country. 

(III)  John,  son  of  Samuel  Williams,  was 
born  December  10,  1664,  at  Roxbury. 
Through  the  generosity  of  his  maternal  grand- 
father. Deacon  William  Park,  he  received  a 
liberal  education,  and  was  graduated  at  Har- 
vard College  in  1683,  at  the  age  of  nineteen 
years.  His  class  consisted  of  only  three  per- 
sons, one  of  whom  was  his  cousin  William, 
son   of   Isaac.     ITe   preached  in   Deerfield   in 

1686,  though  his  ordination  did  not  take  place 
until  October  17,  1688.  Shortly  after  his  set- 
tlement he  married  Eunice,  daughter  of  Elea- 
ser  and  Esther  (Warham)  Mather.  Her  fa- 
ther, Eleaser  Mather,  D.  D.,  was  the  eldest 
son  of  Richard  and  Catherine  (Hoult') 
Mather,  and  was  born  May  i,  1637,  at  Dor- 
chester.    He  was  graduated  at  Harvard  Col- 


lege in  1656.  June  7,  1658,  the  people  of 
Northampton,  Massachusetts,  resolved  unan- 
imously to  "desire"  him  "to  be  a  minister  to 
them  in  a  way  of  trial  in  dispensing  his  gifts." 
He  accepted  their  invitation  and  when  a 
church  was  gathered,  June  18,  1661,  he  was 
constituted  its  pastor,  so  that  he  must  have 
preached  there  about  three  years  previous  to 
his  ordination.  He  married  the  only  daughter 
of  Rev.  John  Warham,  of  Windsor.  He  died 
July  24,  1669,  at  the  age  of  thirty-two,  greatly 
lamented  not  only  by  his  own  church,  but  by 
all  the  infant  churches  on  the  Connecticut 
river.  Rev.  Increase  Mather,  D.  D.,  was  his 
youngest  brother,  and  Rev.  Cotton  Mather, 
D.  D.,  son  of  Increase  Mather,  his  nephew. 
Plis  father,  Richard  Mather,  D.  D.,  was  born 
in  1596  in  Lawton,  Lancashire,'  England,  and 
died  in  Dorchester,  April  20,  1669.  Pie  mar- 
ried Catherine,  daughter  of  Edmond  Hoult, 
of  Bury,  Lancashire,  England.  He  came  to 
Boston  in  1635,  and  settled  in  Dorchester,  Au- 
gust 23,  1636,  where  he  remained  till  his 
death.  John  and  Eunice  Williams  had  nine 
children,  seven  sons  and  two  daughters.  The 
two  youngest  sons,  one  of  whom  was  named 
John,  were  killed  with  their  mother  in  the 
Indian  massacre  at  Deerfield,  in  1703.  Esther, 
one  of  the  daughters,  at  the  age  of  thirteen 
was  taken  captive  with  her  father,  was  car- 
ried to  Quebec,  and  educated  there.  She  re- 
turned and  married  Rev.  Joseph  Meacham,  of 
Coventry,  Connecticut,  became  the  mother  of 
eight  children,  and  died  March  12,  175 1.  Her 
husband.  Rev.  Joseph  IMeacham,  was  a  native 
of  Enfield,  Connecticut,  was  graduated  at  Har- 
vard College  in  1710,  and  settled  in  the  min- 
istry at  Coventry,  October.  1714.  He  died 
there  December  15,  1752,  in  his  sixty-seventh 
year.  Children :  Eunice,  married  Dr.  Josiah 
Rose ;  Jerusha,  Catherine,  Esther,  Sybil. 
Three  sons,  all  named  Joseph,  died  in  infancy. 
Rev.  John  Williams  married  (second)  after 
his  second  settlement  at  Deerfield,  Abigail 
Allen,  of  Windsor,  Connecticut,  a  cousin  of 
his  first  wife. 

His  salary  was  for  some  time  probably  too 
small  to  support  him,  and  the  general  court 
allowed  him  two  islands  in  the  Connecticut 
river,  opposite  the  north  part  of  Deerfield,  now 
called  Corse's  and  Smead's  Island,  in  conse- 
quence of  his  petitioning  in  behalf  of  the 
town  for  an  extension  of  its  territories.  In 
1707  the  town  voted  to  "build  him  a  house  as 
big  as  Ensign  Sheldon's  and  a  back  room  as 
big  as  may  be  thought  convenient."  In  con- 
nection with  professional  duties,  he  is  said  to 
have  given  much  time  to  scientific  subjects. 
ITe  left  various  productions  in  manuscripts, 
some  of   which   are  of   no  small    interest,   as 


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showing  that  he  had  a  philosophical  turn  of 
mind  and  had  made  very  respectable  progress 
in  natural  science.  He  died  at  Deerfield,  June 
12,  1729,  and  is  buried  there  with  his  wife. 
'I  he  Boston  Nczvs  Letter,  which  contained  an 
obituary  notice  of  him,  was  the  first  newspa- 
per published  in  New  England.  Children  of 
first  wife:  Eliakim,  died  young,  Eleaser,  Sam- 
uel, Stephen,  Warham,  Esther,  Eunice,  John, 
A  son.     (Order  of  birth  not  known.) 

(The  Hale  Line). 

There  have  been  in  England  three  large 
families  of  the  name  of  Hale,  belonging  to 
the  three  counties  of  Kent,  Hertford  and 
Gloucester.  The  Hale  family  of  America 
have  retained  the  coat-of-arms  of  the  family 
of  Kent,  from  which  they  doubtless  originated. 
The  coat-of-arms  is  as  follows:  Gules,  three 
broad  arrows  feathered  argent. 

(I)  Robert  Hale,  immigrant  ancestor,  ar- 
rived in  Massachusetts  in  1632.  He  was  one 
of  those  set  off  from  the  First  Church  of  Bos- 
ton to  form  the  First  Church  of  Charlestown 
in  1632,  of  which  church  he  was  made  a  deacon. 
He  was  a  blacksmith  by  trade,  but  appears  to 
have  had  also  a  gift,  which  has  been  inherited 
by  many  of  his  descendants,  for  the  practical 
application  of  the  mathematics.  He  was  reg- 
ularly employed  by  the  general  court  as  a  sur- 
veyor of  new  plantations  until  his  death,  July 

19,    1659.     His  wife  was  Jane  .     She 

died  in  July,  1679.  Children :  Rev.  John, 
mentioned  below,  and,  four  others. 

(H)  Rev.  John  Hale,  son  of  Robert  Hale, 
was  born  June  3,  1636,  and  was  graduated 
from  Harvard  College  in  1657.  He  was  set- 
tled as  first  minister  of  Beverly,  Massachu- 
setts. September  20,  1667,  and  remained  in 
this  charge  until  his  death.  He  was  one  of 
the  three  chaplains  to  the  unfortunate  New 
England  expedition  to  Canada  in  1690.  He 
was  taken  prisoner  but  soon  released.  Two 
years  after,  the  Salem  witchcraft  excited  the 
whole  province,  and  Mr.  Hale  was  present  at 
the  examinations  of  some  of  those  accused 
and  participated  in  the  religious  exercises  at 
their  trials.  In  October,  1692,  a  person  in 
Wenhem  accused  Mrs.  Hale  of  witchcraft. 
The  accusation  disabused  her  husband  of  any 
delusion  he  had  been  under,  and  not  him 
only,  but  the  whole  community.  From  that  mo- 
ment the  whole  tide  turned,  and  the  progress 
of  infatuation  was  at  an  end.  In  writing  of 
this  subject  later  he  "laments  the  errors  and 
mistakes  of  what  he  knows  as  the  'Witch- 
craft delusion.'  "  He  married,  March  3,  1684, 
Sarah  Noyes,  of  Newbury,  Massachusetts. 
She  died  May  20,  1695.  Children:  Samuel, 
mentioned  below,  and  others. 


(HI)  Samuel,  son  of  Rev.  John  Hale,  set- 
tled in  Newbury,  now  Newburyport.  He  mar- 
ried, August  26,  1714,  Apphia  Moody,  born 
June  23,  1693.  He  afterward  removed  to 
Portsmouth,  where  he  died  in  1724.  Child, 
Richard,  mentioned  below. 

(IV)  Richard,  son  of  Samuel  Hale,  was 
born  February  28,  1717,  and  died  in  Coventry, 
Connecticut,  June  i,  1802.  He  married.  May 
17,  1746,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Joseph 
Strong,  of  Coventry.  She  died  April  21,  1767. 
Children:  Elizabeth,  born  January  i,  175 1- 
52,  married  Dr.  Samuel  Rose,  died  October 
31,  1813;  Nathan  Hale,  the  martyr  spy. 

(The  Rose  Line). 
Dr.'  Josiah  Rose,  of  Coventry,  married  Eu- 
nice Meacham,  daughter  of  Rev.  Joseph  and 
Esther  (Williams)  Meacham,  of  Coventry. 
She  died  May  4,  1780.  Children:  Dr.  Sam- 
uel, fourth  son,  mentioned  below,  and  others. 

(II)  Dr.  Samuel,  son  of  Dr.  Josiah  Rose, 
was  born  March  17,  1748.  He  married,  De- 
cember 30,  1773,  Elizabeth,  born  January  i, 
1751-52,  daughter  of  Deacon  Richard  and 
Elizabeth  (Strong)  Hale,  of  Coventry.  He  was 
a  surgeon  in  the  army  of  the  revolution.  He 
died  November  4,  1780,  and  his  wife  October 
31,  1813.  Child:  Captain  Joseph,  mentioned 
below. 

(III)  Captain  Joseph,  son  of  Dr.  Samuel 
Rose,  was  born  September  17,  1774.  He  mar- 
ried Milly,  born  November  28,  1782,  daughter 
of  Levi  and  Ruth  (Richardson)  Sweatland. 
He  settled  in  Coventry  as  a  blacksmith.  He 
died  August  3,  1838,  and  his  wife  March, 
1865.  Children:  Fanny,  born  September  3, 
1800:  Elizabeth  Hale,  June  28,  1804,  men- 
tioned below ;  Fanny  Marv,  September  24, 
1815. 

(IV)  Elizabeth  Hale,  daughter  of  Captain 
Joseph  Rose,  was  born  June  28,  1804,  and 
married  Jaspar  Gilbert  (see  Gilbert  VII).  He 
died  June  18,  1855,  in  Coventry,  his  wife 
March  31,  1886,  in  Wethersfield,  Connecticut. 
Children  :  Elizabeth  Flale  ;  Harriet  Antoinette, 
married  David  Samuel  Calhoun,  of  Manches- 
ter, died  August  i,  1868  (see  Calhoun  IV)  ; 
Joseph  Rose. 

(The    Gilbert    Line). 

The  name  Gilbert  is  of  Saxon  origin,  and 
signifies  a  pledge  or  a  Brave  Pledge.  The 
motto  on  the  coat-of-arms  is  Genox  proposi-_ 
tioii.  Firm  of  Purpose. 

(I)  Sir  John  Gilbert,  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  born  in  Devonshire,  England,  and  came 
to  Dorchester ,  Massachusetts,  in  the  ship, 
"Mary  and  John,"  in  1630.  His  wife  Wini- 
fred and  two  sons,  Thomas  and  John,  de- 
scribed  as   "Well   grown   youth,"   came   with 


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him.  In  1637  he  and  his  two  sons  were  mem- 
bers of  an  incorporated  body  of  forty,  who 
purchased  of  Sachem  Massasoit  about  one 
hundred  and  sixty-two  thousand  acres  of  land 
l}-ing  west  of  Plymouth,  which  was  named 
Taunton.  Here  the  family  established  itself, 
and  here  descendants  remained  for  over  one 
hundred  and  forty  years.  In  1668  that  portion 
of  the  town  in  which  the  Gilbert  family  lived 
was  set  apart  under  the  name  of  North  Pur- 
chase. Again  in  171 1  it  became  a  part  of 
the  new  town  of  Norton,  and  finally,  in  1725, 
Norton  was  subdivided  and  the  Gilbert  land 
became  a  part  of  Easton.  Sir  John  Gilbert 
was  admitted  a  freeman  of  Taunton,  Decem- 
ber 4,  1638,  and  was  chosen  constable  in 
1640.  In  1 64 1  he  received  a  grant  of  land 
from  the  town,  with  others,  "for  their  great 
charges  in  attending  courts,  laying  out  lands 
and  other  occasions  for  the  town."  He  was 
over  sixty  years  old  in  1643,  3-S  he  was  ex- 
cused from  military  duty  in  that  year.  He 
was  the  first  representative  from  Taunton  to 
the  general  court.  His  house  was  in  the 
meadow  on  the  western  side  of  Taunton  Great 
River.  In  his  will,  dated  May  10,  1654,  he 
directs  his  "body  to  be  buried  near  my  house 
at  Pondabrook  upon  the  hill  near  the  pine 
tree."  He  bequeathed  to  his  son  Gyles  his 
farm  of  one  hundred  acres  at  Pondabrook,  to- 
gether with  the  buildings  and  certain  live 
stock :  to  his  sons  Joseph  and  Thomas,  daugh- 
ter Mary  Norcross,  and  granddaughter  Mary 
Norcross ;  to  Nicholas  Street  and  Richard 
Williams,  overseers ;  wife  Winifred ;  he  gives 
"10  bushels  of  Indian  corn  to  such  as  have 
most  need  of  corn  in  the  town,  to  be  disposed 
of  at  the  discretion  of  the  deacons  of  the 
church  at  Taunton."  His  wife  Winifred  was 
executrix  and  the  inventory  was  filed  June  3, 
1657.  He  died  some  time  after  1654.  Chil- 
dren (order  of  birth  not  known)  :  Thomas, 
mentioned  below,  John,  Joseph,  Gyles,  Mary. 
(II)  Thomas,  son  of  Sir  John  Gilbert,  was 
born  in  Devonshire,  England,  and  came  to 
this  country  with  his  parents  in  1630  or  1636. 
He  settled  in  Taunton,  where  he  was  one  of 
the  first  purchasers,  and  was  admitted  a  free- 
man in  1643.  He  served  as  constable  in  1648- 
49,  and  as  selectman  in  1648-51.  He  was  dep- 
uty to  the  general  court  in  165 1.  In  1658  he 
returned  to  England,  and  died  there  in  1676. 
He  married,  in  Cohannet,  March  23,  1639, 
Jane,  daughter  of  Hugh  Rossiter.  After  his 
death  she  and  her  children  remained  in  Taun- 
ton, where  she  was  a  purchaser  of  the  North 
Purchase.  She  died  there  June  9,  1691,  aged 
seventy-seven.  The  names  of  Thomas  Gilbert 
and  his  brother  John  are  to  be  found  enrolled 
to  do  military  duty  in  the  Colony  of  Plymouth 


in  1643.  Children :  Ensign  Thomas,  born 
1643,  d'sd  April  20,  1725;  Mary,  married 
Samuel  Williams ;  Elizabeth,  Jean,  Eleazer, 
mentioned  below. 

(III)  Eleazer,  son  of  Thomas  Gilbert,  was 
born  about  1655,  in  Taunton.  He  bought 
land  of  Samuel  Smith  Jr.,  and  lived  in  that 
part  of  Taunton  called  the  North  Purcha.se, 
later  Norton,  on  what  has  since  been  called 
the  Gilbert  place.  It  is  situated  a  little  to  the 
west  of  the  Bay  road,  a  few  rods  northwest 
of  the  pond  hole,  and  up  the  hill.  He  also 
owned  eighty-three  acres  of  land  in  Dorches- 
ter (now  Sharon),  "a  gore  of  land  which 
Dorchester  line  cuts  off  from  the  lot  of  land 
which  Jeremiah  Willes'  house  stands  upon." 
He  married  Mary  Wilmarth.  Children:  Jo- 
seph, born  September  22,  1713 ;  Eleazer,  Jan- 
uary 20,  1714-15,  died  young;  Lemuel,  1715- 
16,  served  in  Nova  Scotia  in  1755,  a  sergeant 
in  Captain  Nathaniel  Perry's  company ;  Tim- 
othy, baptized  August  31,  1718;  Eleazer,  bap- 
tized August  31,  1718,  mentioned  below; 
John,  born  October  5,  1719;  Ruth,  1721  ;  Seth, 
about  1725;  James,  married  (first)  December 
28,  1749,  Rebecca  Wethrell,  (second)  June 
24,  1761,  Elizabeth  Williams,  who  died  a 
widow  November  12,  1789,  aged  fifty-eight; 
Lewis ;  Nathaniel.     The  last  two  not  certain. 

(IV)  Eleazer  (2),  son  of  Eleazer  (i)  Gil- 
bert, was  baptized  August  31,  1718.  He  mar- 
ried   .     Child,  John,  mentioned  below. 

(V)  John  (2),  son  of  Eleazer  (2)  Gil- 
bert, was  born  in  Norton,  on  the  east  side  of 
Winniconnet  pond,  five  and  one-half  miles 
from  Taunton  court  house,  and  was  brought 
up  in  that  part  of  Norton  which  was  after- 
ward set  off  as  Easton.  Here  he  lived  until 
he  went  to  Pomfret,  Connecticut.  He  lived 
and  died  in  what  is  now  the  northwestern  part 
of  Brooklyn,  Connecticut,  which  was  set  off 
from  Pomfret.  He  married  (first)  Esther, 
daughter  of  Ephraim  and  Mary  (daughter  of 
Rodger  Sumner)  Tucker,  of  Milton.  She  was 
born  in  Milton.  October  12,  1720.  Her  grand- 
father was  Ephraim  Tucker,  the  founder  of 
the  Tucker  family  in  this  country.  John  Gil- 
bert had  two  other  wives.  Child,  John,  men- 
tioned below,  and  other  children. 

(VI)  John  (3),  son  of  John  (2)  Gilbert, 
was  born  June  2,  1746,  in  Pomfret.  He  was 
struck  by  lightning  at  a  farm  formerly  owned 
by  his  father  in  Pomfret  and  died  two  weeks 
after  from  lockjaw  occasioned  by  the  burn. 
He  married  Rachael,  daughter  of  Benjamin 
and  Naomi  (Richards)  Pierce,  of  Brooklyn, 
Connecticut.  She  was  born  in  Canterbury, 
February  19,  1743,  died  September  7,  1837, 
after  forty-two  years  of  widowhood.  She 
lived  in  Brooklyn,  and  brought  up  a  large  fam- 


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ily  of  children  to  be  honest,  honorable  and  ex- 
emplary members  of  society.  Children:  John, 
Wilkes,  Dorcas  (twin),  Delight  (twin),  Har- 
riet, Peregrins,  Esther,  Wyllys,  Septimus 
(twin),  Serepta  (twin),  Jaspar,  mentioned  be- 
low. 

(VII)  Jaspar,  son  of  John  (3)  Gilbert,  was 
born  November  14,  1785,  in  Brooklyn.  In 
1818  he  was  living  in  Coventry,  and  was  a 
member  of  the  firm  of  Wight  &  Gilbert,  mer- 
chants. Later  he  became  interested  in  the 
manufacture  of  black  glass,  in  the  firm  of  Gil- 
bert, Turner  &  Company,  with  one  factory  in 
Coventry  and  another  in  Willington.  About 
the  year  1838  the  business  was  moved  to  Ellen- 
ville.  New  York,  and  incorporated  as  the  El- 
lenville  Glass  Company.  Mr.  Gilbert  sold  his 
property  in  Coventry,  including  his  store  and 
residence,  to  Lyman  Talcott,  and  removed 
with  his  family  to  Ellenville  to  take  a  part  in 
the  management  of  the  Glass  Company.  In 
1842  he  returned  to  Coventry,  repurchased  his 
former  home,  and  remained  there  for  the  re- 
mainder of  his  life.  He  was  deacon  in  the 
Congregational  church  for  many  years.  He 
married  Elizabeth  Hale  Rose  of  Coventry, 
Connecticut  (see  Rose  IV).  Children:  Eliza- 
beth Hale  :  Harriet  Antoinette,  jnarried  David 
Samuel  Calhoun  ;  Joseph  Rose. 

Rachael  (Pierce)  Gilbert,  wife  of  John  (3) 
Gilbert,  was  the  daughter  of  Captain  Benja- 
min Pierce  and  Naomi  Richards,  his  second 
wife.  She  was  born  February  19,  1743.  Her 
father  settled  in  the  southeastern  part  of 
Brooklyn,  Connecticut,  called  Christian  Cor- 
ner, on  a  farm,  which  was  still  in  possession 
of  descendants  in  1869.  The  original  house 
was  standing  at  that  time,  but  is  now  fast  go- 
ing to  decay.  A  remarkable  elm  tree  planted 
by  Captain  Delano  Pierce,  son  of  Benjamin, 
is  standing  yet.  Benjamin  Pierce  had  four 
wives.  He  died  February  7,  1782,  aged  sev- 
enty-one. He  was  the  son  of  Timothy  Pierce, 
who  with  a  brother  and  cousin,  came  to  Amer- 
ica in  its  settlement,  and  lived  first  in  Wo- 
bum,  Massachusetts,  and  then  in  Plainfield, 
Connecticut.  Children:  Benjamin,  Ezekiel, 
Phebe.  The  name  Pierce  originated  in  Wales, 
from  which  place  the  family  emigrated  to  the 
north  of  England.  It  has  been  fully  ascer- 
tained that  this  family  is  of  the  lineage  of 
Lord  Percy  of  Wales. 


Marvin  is  an  ancient  English 
MARVIN  surname.  The  home  of  the  an- 
cestors of  the  American  immi- 
grant was  for  more  than  a  century  and  a  half 
in  the  northeasterly  part  of  county  Essex.  A 
hundred  years  earlier,  not  long  after  the  year 
T400,    several    Marvin    families    lived    in    and 


near  Ipswich,  county  Suffolk,  only  ten  miles 
from  the  birthplace  of  the  American  immi- 
grant. Roger  Marvin,  of  Ipswich,  was  born 
as  early  as    1432. 

The  ancestry  has  been  definitely  traced  to 
Reinold  or  Rynalde  Marvin,  of  Ramsey,  Es- 
sex county,  mentioned  below.  He  had  broth- 
ers, John  and  Thomas,  and  a  sister  Christian. 
John  Marvin  was  doubtless  John  of  Ramsey 
and  was  taxed  there  as  early  as  1540  and  it 
is  known  that  he  had  children :  Elizabeth, 
married  John  Hayles ;  John,  born  about  1534; 
Roger,  born  about  1537;  Margaret,  married 
— — ■  Clercke  (Clark):  Reinold  (?  I.- 
Thomas Marvin,  brother  of  Reinold,  was  born 
about  1519;  married  Barbara  Brett,  widow; 
his  will  shows  that  he  lived  at  Ramse}'  and 
had  estates  at  Little  Oakley  and  in  Suffolk 
county.  Christian  Marvin,  si.ster  of  Thomas, 
J^hn  and  Reinold,  was  born  about  1521,  died 
before  1561  ;  married  Thomas  Herde,  who 
was  executor  of  the  will  of  her  brother, 
Thomas  Marvin. 

(I)  Reinold  or  Rynolde  Marvin,  of  Ram- 
sey, must  have  been  born  as  early  as  15 14, 
f'ied   before   October    14,    1561.     He   married 

Johan ,  who  survived  him  and  was  his 

executrix.  He  left  a  legacy  to  care  fo*"  Ram- 
sey bridge  and  directed  that  he  should  be  bur- 
ied in  St.  Michael's  Church.  He  owned  vari- 
ous estates  in  Ramsey,  known  as  "Betettes," 
"Genettes."  On  the  "Ray"  he  had  land  which 
he  styles  "my  ferns  of  East  Haull  and  the 
Ray,  and  Barwycke,"  where  he  pastured 
sheep.  In  Wrabness  he  owned  a  tenement,  be- 
queathed to  his  son  Edward.  The  main  road 
after  crossing  Ramsey  bridge  is  called  Ram- 
sey street,  running  northwesterly  and  then 
west  passing  through  Wrabness  near  the 
northerly  boundary  of  Wix  which  adjoins 
Wrabness  on  the  south  and  southwest.  At  the 
corner  made  by  the  road  to  Wrabness  station 
on  the  left  and  a  little  more  than  two  miles 
from  the  Ramsey  bridge  stood  the  house  which 
Rynalde  gave  b)-  will  to  his  son  Edward.  Ry- 
nalde's  original  wnW  is  still  preserved  in  Som- 
erset House,  London.  Edward  in  turn  left 
the  homestead  to  his  son  Edward,  who  in  his 
will  of  March  i,  1622-23,  bequeathed  it  to  his 
children.  It  is  unusual  to  locate  the  English 
ancestry  of  the  first  settlers  in  America  and 
still  more  difiicult  and  exceptional  to  be  able 
to  identify  the  very  hoiuestead  where  they 
lived,  as  in  this  case.  The  children  of  Rynalde 
Marvin  were :  Richard,  inherited  "The  Be- 
tettes" ;  Edward,  mentioned  below :  John,  was 
buried  in  Little  Oakley,  September  11,  1584, 
inherited  "The  Genettes" :  Audre,  mentioned 
in  the  vvill :  Margery :  Barbara,  married  John 
Wade,  of  Ramsev  and  Little  Oaklev. 


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(II)  Edward,  son  of  Reinold  or  Rynalde 
Marvin,  was  born  at  Ramsey,  England,  or 
Wrabness,  about  1550.  Besides  the  homestead 
which  he  inherited  he  owned  several  other 
farms  in  Ramsey  and  vicinity,  some  of  which 
lie  conveyed  to  his  sons  before  death,  confirm- 
ing the  disposition  of  his  property  in  his  will. 
To  Matthew,  the  youngest,  was  bequeathed 
the  mansion  house  called  the  "Edons,"  alias 
"Dreybacks,"  "that  I  now  dwell  in."  This 
mansion  is  in  Great  Bentley,  still  standing  in 
good  repair  and  bearing  its  ancient  name, 
though  showing  evidences  of  various  changes, 
since  Edward  lived.  Views  of  the  ancient 
house  are  given  in  a  recent  genealogy  of  the 
Marvins  (page  23).  Edward  died  November 
13  or  14,  1615,  and  was  buried  November  15. 
Elis  will  was  dated  November  13  and  proved 
January  17  following.  His  widow  Margaret 
survived  him,  being  buried  at  St.  Mary's,  May 
28.  1633.  Great  Bentley  parish  is  in  Ten- 
dring  Hundred,  county  Essex,  ten  miles  south- 
west of  Ramsey.  Children:  i.  Edward,  born 
about  1581.  2.  Thomas,  about  1583  ;  may  have 
been  the  Thomas  Marvin,  of  Newbury,  Mas- 
sachusetts. 3.  Richard,  about  1585.  4.  Rob- 
ert, about  1587.  5.  Margaret,  about  1589; 
died  at  Great  Bentley  and  was  buried  there, 
January  28,  1595-96.  6.  Marie,  about  1591  ; 
married,  April  19,  1610,  John  Hayse.  7.  John 
(twin),  baptized  June  7,  1593,  at  St.  Mary's, 
buried  next  day.  8.  Reinold  (twin),  baptized 
June  7,  1593,  died  next  day.  9.  Reinold,  bap- 
tized October  25,  1594,  mentioned  below.  10. 
Elizabeth;  born  about  1597;  married.  May  22, 
1618.  II.  Matthew,  baptized  March  26,  1600, 
at  St.  Mary's;  came*to  America  in  1635  and 
settled  at  Hartford ;  progenitor  of  about  half 
of  the  Marvin  families  of  Connecticut. 

(III)  Reinold  (2),  son  of  Edward  Marvin, 
was  baptized  October  25,  1594,  in  St.  Mary's 
Church,  Great  Bentley,  county  Essex,  Eng- 
land. He  inherited  from  his  father  real  es- 
tate at  Moyse  Hill  near  Great  Bentley.  He 
was  one'  of  the  overseers  in  1625  and  1637, 
according  to  the  register  of  St.  Mary's,  and 
one  of  the  wardens  in  1627-33-34.  His 
brother  came  to  America  more  than  a  year 
before  he  came.  The  last  mention  of  his  name 
in  Great  Bentley  was  in  1637 ;  he  was  in 
H^artford  in  1638.  Doubtless  his  wife  and 
surviving  children  came  with  him ;  at  least 
three  died  in  England  and  only  Reinold  and 
Mary  are  named  in  the  will.  His  home  lot  in 
Hartford  was  at  the  north  end  of  the  West 
Field  near  those  of  Thomas  Upson  and  Thomas 
Barnes.  About  1640  he  removed  to  Farming- 
ton,  Connecticut,  of  which  he  was  one  of  the 
earliest  proprietors,  and  later  to  Saybrook  at 
the  mouth  of  the  Connecticut  river.     He  was 


made  a  freeman  of  Saybrook,  May  20,  1658. 
At  last  accounts  some  of  his  descendants 
owned  part  of  his  original  homestead  in  Lyme 
and  Saybrook.  His  house  was  in  Lyme,  for- 
merly Saybrook.  His  will  was  presented  for 
probate,  July  9,  1663.  His  wife  Mary  died 
about  1681  in  Lyme.  Her  death  was  attrib- 
uted to  witchcraft  and  Nicholas  Jennings  and 
wife  Margaret  were  put  to  trial  on  account  of 
iier  death  and  that  of  other  persons.  Chil- 
dren of  Reinold  Marvin  and  dates  of  bap- 
tism: William,  St.  Mary's,  November  4, 
1618;  Elizabeth,  April  19,  1621  ;  Mary,  Octo- 
ber 27,  1622;  John,  buried  March  16,  1626; 
Reinold,  mentioned  below ;  Abigail,  May  4, 
1634;  Mary,  October  23,  1636,  died  March  5, 
1713-14- 

(IV)  Lieutenant  Reinold  (3)  Marvin,  son 
of  Reinold  (2)  Marvin,  was  born  in  England 
and  baptized  in  St.  Mary's  Church,  Great 
Bentle)',  December  20,  163 1.  He  died  in 
Lyme,  Connecticut,  August  4,  1676.  He  came 
to  New  England  with  his  father  and  was  ad- 
mitted a  freeman  at  Saybrook,  May  30,  1658. 
He  owned  much  land  in  Lyme  and  Saybrook. 
He  was  deputy  to  the  general  court  from 
Lyme  in  1670,  and  from  1682  until  his  death. 
He  was  on  the  committee  in  1666  to  divide  the 
town  of  Saybrook,  and  he  was  a  town  sur- 
veyor. He  served  as  selectman  in  1672-73 
and  1674-75  and  as  constable  in  1674.  He  was 
sergeant  of  the  train  band  in  1661,  and  later 
lieutenant  until  his  death.  He  married  Sarah 
Clark,  baptized  February  18,  1643-44,  in  Mil- 
ford,  Connecticut,  died  February  i,  1716, 
daughter  of  George  Jr.  and  Sarah  Clark.  She 
married  (second)  February  12,  1677-78,  Cap- 
tain Joseph  Sill,  the  famous  Indian  fighter. 
Children,  born  in  Lyme  :  John,  1664-65  ;  Mary, 
1666:  Reinold,  1669;  Samuel,  1671,  mentioned 
below ;  Sarah,  1673. 

(V)  Deacon  Samuel  Marvin,  son  of  Lieu- 
tenant Reinold  (3)  Marvin,  was  born  in  Lyme 
in  1 67 1,  died  there  May  15,  1743,  and  was  in- 
terred in  the  Duck  river  burying  ground.  He 
was  selectman  in  1699-1708-12,  and  1718-20, 
inclusive.  He  was  chosen  town  clerk  in  1725, 
and  held  the  office  many  years.  He  was  con- 
stable from  1695  to  1718 ;  surveyor  1701 ; 
lister  1706  to  1715;  tythingman,  1723:  town 
treasurer  most  of  the  time  from  1725  to  1738. 
In  1700  he  was  on  a  school  committee  to  di- 
vide the  town  into  school  districts.  He  was 
deputy  to  the  general  court  in  171 1  and  1722, 
and  was  for  many  years  deacon  of  the  church. 
In  1726  he  was  appointed  to  make  the  rates. 
His  will  was  dated  August  19,  1741,  proved 
June  8,  1743.  He  married.  May  5,  1699,  Su- 
sannah, daughter  of  Henry  and  Mary  Graham, 
of  Hartford.     Children,  born  in  Lyme:  Sam- 


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nel,  February  10,  1699-1700;  Zachariah,  De- 
cember 27,  1701,  mentioned  below;  Thomas, 
March  4,  1703-04 :  Matthew,  November  7, 
1706;  Abigail,  September  13,  1709,  died  June 
4.  1786  ;  Elizabeth,  June  i,  1712  ;  Nathan,  born 
November  21,  1714;  Neheraiah,  February  20, 
1716-17;  Mary  (twin),  April  15,  1721;  Son 
(twin)  died  at  birth. 

(\'^I)  Deacon  Zachariah  Marvin,  son  of 
Deacon  Samuel  Marvin,  was  born  in  Lyme, 
December  27,  1701,  died  there  September  12, 

1792.  He  was  admitted  a  freeman,  Septem- 
ber 14,  1731.  He  was  lister  in  1729  and  1743; 
grand  juryman;  fence  viewer;  treasurer  in 
1742  and  for  many  years.  Ele  was  chosen 
deacon  of  the  church  in  January,  1741.  He 
married,  March  29,  1732,  Abigail,  born  1708, 
daughter  of  Thomas  and  Mary  (Lee)  Lord. 
Children,  born  in  Lyme:  Elihu,  February  13, 
1733,  mentioned  below;  Zachariah,  August  11, 
1735  •  Thomas,  baptized  October  30,  1737, 
died  young ;  Susannah,  born  November  12, 
1738;  Thomas,  May  29,  1742;  Daniel,  March 
or  May  2,  1745,  died  January  30,  1750-51 ; 
Joseph,  January  8,  1747-48,  died  February 
22,  1750-51  ;  Silas,  July  19,  1750,  soldier  in 
the  revolution;  Joseph,  June  22,  1751. 

(  YH  )  Elihu,  son  of  Deacon  Zachariah  Mar- 
vin, was  born  in  Lyme,  Februar}'  13,  1733, 
died  in  Hebron,  August  13,  18 12.  He  resided 
a  few  years  at  Lyme,  and  in  1768  purchased 
land  at  Hebron  of  John  Beach.  He  was  a 
teacher  in  Hebron  for  a  time,  and  then  carried 
on  a  farm,  living  with  his  father-in-law.  Dea- 
con Beach.  He  bought  various  parcels  of  land 
in  Hebron,  and  was  known  as  "Squire  Elihu." 
He  was  justice  of  the  peace  from  1787  to  1803, 
and  was  a  deacon  in  the  Hebron   church   in 

1793.  He  married  (first)  November  16,  1762, 
Anna  Beach,  who  died  September  26,  1778, 
aged  forty;  married  (second)  July  i,  1779, 
Azubah  Case,  of  Gilead.  born  June  8,  1756, 
died  April  23,  1780;  married  (third)  June 
13,  1782,  Mary  Chapman,  who  died  March  25, 
1788,  aged  thirty-eight;  married  (fourth)  No- 
vember 12,  1789,  Eunice  (Dimmick)  Gurley, 
widow  of  Israel  Gurley.  She  survived  him 
and  died  April  12,  1835,  aged  eighty-two. 
Her  will  was  dated  September  18,  1834.  proved 
May  2,  1835.  His  will  was  dated  May  18, 
1812,  proved  September  27,  1812.  Children, 
the  first  two  born  in  Lyme,  the  Others  in  He- 
bron, by  first  wife:  i.  Anna,  May  15,  1765; 
Abigail,  August  15,  1767;  Mary,  February  i, 
1770,  died  May  12,  1774;  Elihu,  December  13, 
177T,  mentioned  below;  Elizabeth,  about  1774. 
By  fourth  wife:  Mary,  August  6,  1792;  So- 
phronia,  married  Daniel  Niles ;  Lucy,  born 
about  1796;  Clarissa,  married  Abijah  Parks. 

(Vni)   Elihu   (2),  son  of  Elihu   (i)   Mar- 


vin, was  born  in  Hebron,  December  13,  177 1, 
died  about  June,  1805,  in  Tioga,  Pennsylva- 
nia. He  removed  to  Tioga  about  1800  and 
erected  a  mill  on  the  Tioga  river,  in  what  was 
then  a  wilderness.  His  widow  and  children 
returned  to  Hebron  not  long  after  his  death. 
He  married,  about  1794,  Clarissa  Kilbourne, 
born  1777,  died  1809,  daughter  of  Elijah  and 
Sally  (Welles)  Kilbourne,  of  Colchester,  Con- 
necticut. She  married  (second)  Daniel  Lamb, 
of  ^lansfield,  Pennsylvania.  The  children  of 
Elihu  and  Clarissa  Marvin  were :  Ira  Kil- 
bourne, born  September  6,  1796,  mentioned 
below;  Elihu,  born  in  Hebron,  1798,  died  un- 
married about  1840;  Harvey,  born  at  Tioga 
Point,  Pennsylvania,  1801,  died  1822;  Clarissa, 
born  at  Tioga  Point,  1803,  died  1806;  Lu- 
cinda,  born  at  Tioga  Point,  1805,  died  1845. 

(IX)  Deacon  Ira  Kilbourne  Marvin,  son 
of  Elihu  (2)  Marvin,  was  born  in  Hebron, 
Connecticut,  September  6,  1796,  died  May  12, 
1879,  in  Tolland.  For  twenty-eight  years  he 
was  deacon  of  the  Baptist  church  in  Tolland, 
where  he  settled  in  May,  1820.  He  served  in 
the  legislature  in  185 1.  He  married,  October 
22,  1824,  Julia  Young,  born  May  14,  1800,  in 
Windham,  Connecticut,  died  February  24, 
1875,  daughter  of  Eliphalet  and  Sibyl  (La- 
throp )  Young.  Children,  born  in  Tolland :  Jane 
Maria,  born  January  11,  1826;  Julia  Ann, 
January  23,  1828 ;  Sibyl  Lathrop,  July  16, 
1830;  ITarriet,  September  5,  1832,  died  No- 
vember 2,  1832 ;  Edwin  Eliphalet,.  October 
8,  1833,  mentioned,  below ;  Lucy  Catherine, 
March  11,  1837;  Clarissa  Kilbourne,  Septem- 
ber 10,   1840;  Samuel  Harvey,  May  12,  1845. 

(X)  Edwin  Eliphalet,  son  of  Deacon  Ira 
K.  Marvin,  was  born  in  Tolland,  October  8, 
1833.  He  received  his  education  in  the  public 
schools  of  Tolland  and  Suffield,  and  is  a  law- 
yer by  profession.  At  the  outbreak  of  the 
civil  war  he  enlisted  April  19,  1861,  for  three 
months,  re-enlisting  in  May  5,  1861,  for  three 
years  in  the  First  Regiment,  Colt  Revolving 
Rifles,  and  upon  its  disbandment,  June  20, 
1861,  enlisted  in  Company  F,  Fifth  Connecti- 
cut Regiment,  which  was  the  first  company 
from  Tolland  county  to  repulse  a  Confederate 
charge  and  capture  prisoners.  He  was  lieu- 
tenant and  captain  of  this  company,  and  was 
mustered  out  February  12,  1863,  having  re- 
signed on  account  of  disability.  He  is  the  au- 
thor of  the  history  of  his  regiment,  written  in 
1888-89,  ^nd  of  a  family  handbook  of  the  an- 
cestry and  descendants  of  his  grandparents, 
Eliphalet  Young  and  Sybil  Lathrop  Young, 
written  in  1909.  He  resided  at  various  times 
in  Tolland,  Colchester,  Rockville  and  Hartford 
and  practiced  law  i;i  those  places.  He  was  for 
many  years  the  secretary  of  the  Tolland  Coun- 


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ty  Agricultural  Society,  and  has  been  grand 
guror,  justice  of  the  peace,  United  States 
commissioner  and  for  many  years  clerk  of  the 
United  States  circuit  and  district  courts  for 
Connecticut,  United  States  commissioner  and 
extradition  commissioner  for  the  state,  filling 
■these  offices  with  conspicuous  ability,  hearing 
many  of  the  criminal  cases  coming  before  the 
federal  courts  in  this  state  on  preliminary 
hearing  and  acting  as  examiner  and  master 
in  chancery  in  the  majority  of  the  civil  cases. 
Prom  1869  to  1875,  ^s  a  justice  of  peace  at 
Hartford,  he  presided  in  the  police  court  dur- 
ing the  vacations  of  Judges  Samuel  F.  Jones 
and  Monroe  E.  Merrill.  He  has  always  been 
a  Democrat  in  politics.  He  is  not  a  church 
member  but  has  regularly  attended  some  near- 
by church,  of  late  Trinity  Church  in  Hartford. 
He  was  very  much  interested  in  the  conserva- 
tion of  Connecticut  forests,  and  is  the  author 
of  the  original  enactment  in  the  Connecticut 
statutes  of  the  law  authorizing  the  purchase 
and  reforestation  of  all  denuded  land.  He  is 
very  fond  of  the  woods  and  waters  of  Tol- 
land county,  and  has  been  a  fairly  successful 
angler  for  trout,  bass  and  pickerel,  and  espe- 
ciallV"  of  the  October  woods  and  wing-shoot- 
ing when  the  principal  flight  of  woodcock  was 
■on. 

He  married,  December  24,  1866,  in  Hart- 
ford, Cynthia  Paulina,  born  October  25,  1836, 
daughter  of  Judge  Loren  Pinckney  and  Pran- 
ces Elizabeth  (Eldridge)  Waldo,  of  Tolland. 
Their  only  child  was  Loren  Pinckney  Waldo, 
mentioned  below. 

(XI)  Loren  Pinckney  Waldo,  son  of  Edwin 
Eliphalet  Marvin,  was  born  October  19,  1870, 
at  Hartford,  Connecticut.  He  attended  the 
public  schools  of  his  native  city  and  entered 
Yale  College,  from  which  he  was  graduated 
in  the  class  of  1892  with  the  degree  of  Bach- 
elor of  Arts.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Alpha 
Delta  Phi  fraternity.  He  studied  his  profes- 
sion at  the  Yale  Law  School,  was  one  of  the 
editors  of  the  Yale  Law  Journal,  and  gradu- 
ated there  in  1894.  He  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  of  Hartford  county  in  1894  and  since  then 
has  practiced  law  in  Hartford.  In  November, 
1906,  he  was  elected  judge  of  probate  for  the 
■district  of  Hartford  and  has  since  been  re- 
elected twice,  the  last  time  receiving  the  nom- 
ination of  both  the  Democratic  and  Repub- 
lican parties.  A  somewhat  unique  fact  is  that 
as  judge  of  probate  he  is  custodian  of  the  orig- 
inal will  of  his  first  ancestor  to  come  to  this 
country,  Reinold  Marvin,  above  mentioned. 
Judge  Marvin  has  always  been  a  Democrat  in 
politics  and  was  at  one  time  chairman  of  the 
Democratic  town  and  city  committee.  He  also 
served  as  a  member  of  the  high  school  com- 


mittee for  seven  years  and  as  a  member  of  the 
street  board  until  compelled  to  retire  to  enter 
upon  his  duties  as  judge  of  probate.  He  is 
at  present  a  member  of  the  commission  on  the 
abatement  of  assessments.  He  is  a  vestryman 
of  Trinity  Church,  Hartford,  and  has  for 
some  years  been  one  of  the  representatives  of 
that  church  in  the  diocesan  convention  and 
is  a  member  of  the  social  service  commission 
of  the  diocese.  He  is  also  president  of  the 
local  assembly  of  St.  Andrews  Brotherhood, 
president  of  the  Open  Hearth  Association,  a 
rescue  mission,  and  president  of  the  Choral 
Club,  a  male  singing  society.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Hartford  Club,  the  University  Club, 
the  Hartford  Golf  Club,  the  Elihu  Club  of 
New  Haven,  the  Alpha  Delta  Phi  Club  of  New 
York,  La  Payette  Lodge,  Pree  and  Accepted 
Masons,  Charter  Oak  Lodge,  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  Pellows,  John  Hay  Lodge, 
Knights  of  Pythias,  Lodge  No.  19,  Benevo- 
lent Protective  Order  of  Elks,  Court  A.  E. 
Burr,  Foresters  of  America,  and  the  Hartford 
Saengerbund. 

He  married,  June  4,  1895,  Florence  Belle, 
born  March  26,  1873,  ^t  Chicago,  Illinois, 
daughter  of  Christopher  and  Charlotte  (Ken- 
dall) Watrous.  Children:  Florence  Watrous, 
born  December  2,  1896,  in  Hartford ;  Edwin 
Waldo,  born  June  13,  1899,  ^n  Hartford. 


The  word  Blanchard  was 
BLANCHARD     applied    to    an    order    of 

Friars  who  used  to  go 
about  ordinarily  in  white  sheets  (French 
word  Blanche,  meaning  white),  but  a  wider 
application  of  the  word  followed,  and  any  per- 
son affecting  white  raiment  was  called  a 
blanchard.  The  surname  was  derived  doubt- 
less from  the  application  of  the  name  to  dis- 
tinguish the  progenitor  from  others  of  the 
same  personal  name.  The  family  in  England 
is  ancient  but  not  extensive.  The  only  coat- 
of-arms  is  borne  by  the  family  in  Wiltshire 
and  Somersetshire,  and  slightly  varied  by  the 
family  at  Grimmsargh  Hall,  Lancaster,  Eng- 
land. Arms.  Gules  a  chevron  or,  in  chief 
two  bezants  in  base  a  griffin's  head  erased  of 
the  second.  Crest :  On  the  point  of  a  sword  in 
pale  a  mullet. 

(I)  Thomas  Blanchard,  immigrant  ancestor, 
said  to  have  come  originally  from  Hampshire, 
England,  sailed  from  London  in  1639  in  the 
ship  "Jonathan,"  with  several  of  his  children. 
There  is  good  authority  for  the  statement  that 
he  lived  at  Penton,  Hampshire,  during  his 
youth.  He  settled  first  in  Braintree,  Massa- 
chusetts, where  he  was  living  from  1646  to 
1650.  He  bought  of  Rev.  John  Wilson  and 
his  son  John  two  hundred  acres  of  land  with 


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buildings,  on  the  aouth  and  west  sides  of  the 
Mystic  river,  in  February,  1651,  and  removed 
to  Charlestow^n.  His  first  wife  died  in  Eng- 
land and  he  married  there  (second)  Agnes 
( Bent)  Barnes,  who  died  in  1639  on  the 
passage,  sister  of  John  Bent,  who  settled  in 
Sudbury.     He  married  (third)  in  1643,  Mary 

• ,    of    Noddle's    Island.      She    died    in 

Charlestown  in  1656.  During  the  religious 
controversy  in  Maiden  she  sided  with  the  or- 
thodox Mr.  Marmaduke  Mathews.  The 
Blanchards  lived  at  what  is  now  Maiden.  He 
died  May  21,  1654.  His  will  bequeathed  to 
his  wife  and  children  and  to  the  church  at 
Maiden,  and  provided  that  Benjamin  Thomp- 
son should  be  fitted  for  the  University  (Har- 
vard) and  if  his  parents  should  consent.  Chil- 
dren :  Joseph ;  George,  born  1622 ;  Thomas, 
1625 ;  Samuel,  1629,  mentioned  below :  Na- 
thaniel, 1636;  Mary,  1639. 

(II)  Samuel,  son  of  Thomas  Blanchard, 
was  born  in  Hampshire,  England,  August  6, 
1629,  died  in  Charlestown,  Massachusetts, 
April  22,  1707.  He  came  to  New  England 
at  the  age  of  ten  in  1639  with  his  parents.  He 
was  a  prominent  citizen  of  Charlestown  and 
Maiden,  and  of  Andover,  whither  he  removed 
June  10,  1686.  He  was  collector  of  taxes  and 
constable  there  and  owned  large  tracts  of 
land.  He  married,  January  3,  1654-55,  Mary 
Sweetser,  died  February  20,  1668,  daughter  of 
Seth  Sweetser,  of  Charlestown.  He  married 
(second)  June  24,  1673,  Hannah  Doggett, 
died  July  10,  1725,  daughter  of  Thomas  Dog- 
gett, of  Marshfield,  Massachusetts.  Children 
of  first  wife :  Jonathan,  born  May  25,  1664 ; 
Joseph,  resided  in  Andover.  Children  of  sec- 
ond wife:  Thomas,  April  28,  1674,  mentioned 
1)elow ;  John,  July  3,  1677;  Hannah. 

(III)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Samuel  Blanch- 
ard, was  born  April  28,  1674,  died  in  1759. 
He  married.  May  22,  1699,  Rose  Holmes,  of 
Marshfield.  Children :  Thomas,  Josiah,  Jo- 
seph, Nathaniel,  Isaac,  mentioned  below. 

(IV)  Isaac,  son  of  Thomas  (2)  Blanch- 
ard, was  born  about  1710-15,  in  Marshfield, 
and  appears  to  have  settled  at  Killingly.  Con- 
necticut, with  his  brother  Nathaniel,  whose 
son  Joseph  located  at  Gloucester,  Rhode 
Island. 

^  (V)  Isaac  (2),  son  or  nephew  of  Isaac  (i) 
Blanchard,  was  probably  born  in  Killingly. 
He  settled  in  Foster,  Rhode  Island.  Accord- 
ing to  the  census  of  1790  there  were  four 
heads  of  Blanchard  in  Foster.  Reuben  Blanch- 
ard had  ten  in  his  family.  He  is  presumed  to 
be  a  brother  of  Isaac.  William,  mentioned 
below,  had  three  sons  under  sixteen,  himself 
and  wife  in  his  family.  Isaac  had  three  males 
over  sixteen,  one  under  that  age  and  four  fe- 


males in  his  family.  Among  his  children 
were :  William,  mentioned  below ;  Ruth,  mar- 
ried, December  16,  1804,  Alexander  Peck ; 
Hannah,  married,  January  19,  1806,  William 
Herrington ;  Isaac. 

(VI)  William,  son  of  Isaac  (2)  Blanch- 
ard, was  born  in  Foster,  Rhode  Island,  about 
1770-80.  He  was  doubtless  a  Quaker.  He 
married  (second)  Martha  Hall,  a  Quaker,  of 
an  old  Rhode  Island  family,  daughter  of  Cap- 
tain Daniel  and  Mary  (Greene)  Hall.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Mary.  2.  Rosanna.  3.  William 
Penn,  born  1800,  mentioned  below.  4.  Ben- 
jamin, born  1802,  lived  at  Daysville,  Connecti- 
cut ;  married  ■ — ;  children :  Joel,   Esther, 

William,  Charles,  Asenath,  Marila,  Rosa,  Dor- 
cas. 5.  Avena,  born  1806.  6.  Joseph,  mar- 
ried   ;  children:  Eliza,   Homy,  Eunice, 

Martha  A.,  George  M.,  Malina,  Angelina,  Em- 
ily,   Victoria,    Alonzo.       7.     James,     married 

;    children :    Lucy,    John    and    Hattie ; 

James  lived  at  Centreville,  Rhode  Island.  8. 
Daniel.  9.  Dorcas.  10.  Asenath.  11.  Pa- 
tience. 12.  Martha.  13.  Douglas,  born  about 
1813;  married  Phebe  Seamans  and  (second) 
Lydia  ;  lived  at  Uxbridge,  Massachu- 
setts;  children:  Henry  Clinton,  George  B., 
Bradford  J.,  Willard  D.,  Louise  P.,  Charles. 

(VII)  William  Penn,  son  of  William 
Blanchard,  was  born  in  1800  at  Foster,  Rhode 
Island,  died  at  the  age  of  eighty-four.  He 
followed  farming  all  his  active  life  at  Fos- 
ter. He  married,  December  27,  1829,  Sarah 
Burlingame  Seaman  (see  Seaman  IV). 
Children,  born  at  Foster:  i.  John  Johnson, 
October  11,  1830;  settled  on  a  large  ranch  at 
Poncho  Springs,  Colorado.  2.  Matliew,  May 
II,  1832;  a  farmer  living  in  the  Moosup  val- 
ley, Foster,  Rhode  Island.  3.  Rev.  Albert 
Damon,  mentioned  below.  4.  Leonard,  Sep- 
tember ID,  1834,  lost  at  sea.  5.  Asenath,  July 
7,  1838,  died  in  infancy.  6.  Sarah  Ann,  Au- 
gust 13,  1836.  7.  Sheldon  L.,  March  9,  1839 : 
served  in  a  Rhode  Island  regiment  in  the  civil 
war;  health  failed  and  he  died  September  11, 
1867,  unmarried.  8.  Chester,  June  26,  1840, 
died  May  19,  1865. 

(VIII)  Rev.  Albert  Damon  Blanchard,  son 
of  William  Penn  Blanchard,  was  born  at  Fos- 
ter, July  14,  1833.  He  received  his  early  edu- 
cation in  the  public  schools  of  East  Green- 
wich, Rhode  Island.  When  a  young  man  he 
left  the  farm  on  which  he  had  worked  with 
his  father  and  went  to  Illinois.  For  a  number 
of  years  he  was  a  traveling  salesman  for  vari- 
ous book  and  map  publishers  with  his  head- 
quarters most  of  the  time  at  Atlanta,  Illinois. 
He  was  in  this  section  during  the  famous  Lin- 
coln-Douglas debate  and  took  a  lively  interest 
in  the  political  affairs  of  that  time.     He  met 


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Lincoln  in  the  railroad  station  at  Blooming- 
ton,  Illinois,  and  rode  on  the. train  with  him 
to  Springfield.  He  has  never  lost  his  warm 
admiration  and  appreciation  of  the  great 
emancipator.  During  these  active  years  spent 
among  the  farmers  of  the  great  middle  west 
Mr.  Blanchard  spent  his  leisure  hours  in  the 
study  of  the  Bible  and  Christian  religion,  and 
perhaps  unconsciously  gathered  wisdom  and 
experience  from  his  daily  meeting  with  all 
classes  of  men  and  women.  He  was  strongly 
attracted  to  the  work  of  evangelism.  In  June, 
1861,  he  was  installed  as  pastor  of  the  First 
Christian  Church  of  Lebanon,  Connecticut.  A 
most  notable  and  successful  revival  was  con- 
ducted by  the  pastor.  After  three  years  of 
zealous  and  fruitful  work  in  this  pastorate  he 
accepted  a  call  to  Westport,  Massachusetts, 
and  after  a  year  of  strenuous  work  there,  he 
resigned  on  account  of  failing  health.  He  de- 
clined a  number  of  calls  during  the  next  three 
years.  Thinking  that  his  health  would  war- 
rant the  undertaking,  three  years  later,  he 
took  the  pastorate  of  the  Christian  Church  at 
Summit,  in  Coventry,  Rhode  Island,  and  a 
most  remarkable  series  of  revival  meetings 
was  held  there.  For  ten  weeks  he  maintained 
these  extraordinary  meetings  with  singular 
success,  and  the  work  of  the  preacher  here 
made  this  revival  season  the  most  successful 
in  the  history  of  Rhode  Island.  After  two 
years  he  accepted  a  call  to  the  church  at  Rice 
City,  Coventry,  in  the  same  denomination.  He 
left  Rhode  Island  soon  afterward  to  make  his 
home  in  Colorado.  Here  he  found  himself 
busy  in  supplying  pulpits,  mostly  in  the  Metho- 
dist denomination.  He  supplied  for  a  time, 
however,  in  the  Baptist  and  Christian  churches 
at  Salida,  Colorado.  The  later  years  of  his 
lono-  and-  useful  life  have  been  spent  in  Bridge- 
port and  Hartford,  Connecticut,  and  Worces- 
ter, Massachusetts,  where  his  sons  lived.  He 
has  been  occupied,  as  far  as  his  health  and 
strength  permitted,  in  supplying  pulpits.  His 
present  home  is  in  Worcester.  In  politics  Mr. 
Blanchard  is  a  Prohibitionist.  He  has  been 
an  earnest  and  eloquent  advocate  of  temper- 
ance all  his  life.  Years  ago  he  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  then  flourishing  order  of  the  Sons 
of  Temperance.  While  in  Rhode  Island  he 
was  clerk  and  afterward  president  of  the 
Rhode  Island  and  Connecticut  conference,  and 
he  is  a  member  of  the  Rhode  Island  and  Mas- 
sachusetts Christian  conference.  He  preached 
the  annual  sermon  at  the  conference  one  year 
at  Rockland,  Rhode  Island. 

He  married,  in  i860,  Mary  Catherine,  born 
at  Newport,  Rhode  Island.  October  16,  1832, 
daughter  of  Samuel  and  Catherine  (Sherman) 
Burroughs.     Children:      i.   Fred  Parks,  born 


August  10,  i860;  owned  a  ranch  at  Poncho 
Springs,  Colorado ;  died  unmarried  October 
27,  1890,  of  typhoid  fever,  2.  Herbert  Le- 
roy,  November  21,  1861  ;  a  promising  student 
fitting  for  college,  died  January  4,  1881.  3. 
Elmer  Harris,  March  4,  1863 ;  was  associated 
with  his  brother  on  the  ranch  at  Poncho 
Springs ;  proprietor  of  a  restaurant  at  Bridge- 
port, Connecticut ;  manager  of  the  Capi- 
tol restaurant  in  New  York  City  one  year ; 
married  (first)  Anna  Brown;  (second) 
Carrie  Salmon ;  children  of  first  wife : 
Mary  Leah,  Finla  and  Curtis.  4.  Ed- 
ward Howard,  August  27,  1864,  died  Oc- 
tober 4,  1865.  5.  Jessie  Viola.  February  25, 
1866 ;  married  Louis  Bailey,  an  architect,  at 
Wilson,  Connecticut ;  has  no  children.  6.  Cur- 
tis Royal,  October  30,  1867;  member  of  the 
firm  of  Porter  &  Blanchard,  proprietors  of  the 
famous  Capitol  restaurants  in  Worcester, 
where  they  have  two,  in  Hartford  where  they 
also  have  two,  in  New  Haven,  Springfield, 
Portland,  Norwich  and  New  York  City,  where 
they  have  four,  all  on  Broadway ;  resides  in 
Worcester ;  married  Jessie  Blanchard  and  has 
two  children :  Elizabeth  and  Royal  Irving.  7. 
Dr.  Irving  De  Loss,  mentioned  below. 

(IX)  Dr.  Irving  De  Loss  Blanchard,  son 
of  Rev.  Albert  Damon  Blanchard,  was  born 
January  30,  1874,  at  Moosup  valley,  Foster, 
Rhode  Island.  He  was  educated  in  the  pub- 
lic schools  and  the  Presbyterian  Academy  of 
Salida,  Colorado,  and  at  Yale  College.  He  en- 
tered the  medical  school  of  Yale  University 
in  August,  1894,  and  received  the  degree  of 
M.  D.  in  1897.  He  had  hospital  experience 
in  the  New  York  Hospital,  corner  of  Fifth 
avenue  and  Fifteenth  street,  at  the  Bridge- 
port Hospital  and  at  the  Hartford  Hospital 
at  Hartford,  Connecticut,  where  he  was  ap- 
pointed an  interne,  January  i,  1898.  tie 
served  also  as  assistant  physician,  assistant 
surgeon,  house  surgeon  and  house  physician. 
Since  Januar}'  i,  1900,  he  has  been  engaged 
in  general  practice  in  Hartford.  His  office  is 
at  No.  73  Windsor  avenue.  From  1900  to 
1905  he  was  city  physician  of  Hartford.  He 
is  at  present  assistant  visiting  physician  of  the 
Hartford  Hospital.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Hartford  County  Medical  Society,  of  the 
Hartford  City  Medical  Society,  the  Connecti- 
cut State  Medical  Society,  and  of  the  Ameri- 
can Medical  Association.  In  politics  he  is  a 
Republican.  He  married  Grace  A.  Lincoln. 
Children:  Dana  Lincoln,  born  November 
27,  1905  ;  Catherine  Emily,  Februar}'  5,  1908. 

(The  Seaman  Line). 
(I)    Thomas   Seaman,   immigrant  ancestor, 
lived  in  Swansea,  Massachusetts,  in  1687.   He 


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married  Susannah 


Children,  born  in 


Swansea :  Susannah,  April  23,  1692 ;  Thomas, 
November  25,  1693;  John,  January  17,  1695- 
96,  mentioned  below  ;  Mary,  January  17,  1697- 
98:  James,  January  28,  1699-1700;  Charles, 
1700:  Gilbert,  November  29,  1706;  Rosamond, 
December  18,  1709;  Hannah,  January  16, 
1711-12;  Josiah. 

(II)  John,  son  of  Thomas  Seaman,  was 
born  in  Swansea,  January  17,  1695-96,  died 
March  26,  1791.  at  Foster,  Rhode  Island.  He 
resided  at  Scituate,  Rhode  Island.  He  mar- 
ried, at  Swansea,  August  22,  1718,  Priscilla 
Wood,  born  there  April  17,  1699,  daughter 
of  \\'illiam  and  Susannah  Wood.  Children : 
William,  born  January  3,  1720;  Susannah, 
August  16,  1723;  Penelope,  March  22,  1725- 
26;  John,  October  4,  1728:  Priscilla,  July  14, 
1731  ;  Tabitha,  December  3,  1733;  Anne,  Jan- 
uary 19,  1735-36;  Lydia,  1737;  Benjamin, 
June  26,  1740,  mentioned  below ;  Daniel,  De- 
cember 8,  1742. 

(HI)  Benjamin,  son  of  John  Seaman,  was 
born  June  26,  1740,  at  Swansea,  died  at  Ash- 
ford,  Connecticut,  May  8,  1829.  He  married, 
April  19,  1759,  at  Scituate,  Rhode  Island,  Eliz- 
abeth Hammond,  born  July  6,  1740,  at  Wood- 
stock, Connecticut,  died  August  23,  1814,  at 
Ashford,  daughter  of  Jonathan  and  Katherine 
(Davis)  Hammond.  Children:  Lydia,  born 
1761  ;  Chloe,  1763:  Mary,  1765;  Priscilla, 
1767,  died  young;  Asahel,  October  3,  1768; 
Darius,  June  24,  1770;  Penelope,  1774,  died 
young;  Elizabeth,  1776,  died  young;  John, 
February  17,  1779;  Thomas,  1781,  died 
young;  Benjamin,  mentioned  below. 

(IV)  Benjamin  (2),  son  of  Benjamin  (i) 
Seaman,  was  born  February  18,  1783,  at  Kill- 
ingly,  Connecticut,  died  at  East  Pembroke, 
New  York,  December  19,  1849,  and  buried  in 
the  Sand  Hill  burying  ground.  He  lived  at 
Foster,  Rhode  Island,  then  Ashford,  Con- 
necticut, and  finally  in  East  Pembroke,  New 
York.  He  married  (first)  at  Foster,  Rhode 
Island,  in  1801,  Phebe  Johnson,  born  May  15, 
1783,  died  March  29,  1810,  daughter  of  Cap- 
tain John  and  Freelove  (Burlingame)  John- 
son, of  Foster.    He  married  (second)  . 

Children  of  first  wife:  Charles  Almy,  born 
December  7,  1803,  died  March  25,  1810;  De- 
borah Johnson,  March  30,  1805  :  Phebe  Ham- 
mond (twin),  March  11,  1807:  Sarah  Bur- 
lingame (twin),  married  William  Penn 
Blanchard  (see  Blanchard  VII)  ;  Susannah, 
October  i,  1809,  died  December  2,  1817. 


Richard  Sperry,  immigrant  an- 
SPERRY     cestor,    was   born    in    England, 
and  came  to  New  Haven,  Con- 
necticut,  as  early   as    1643   ^^   agent   for   the 


Earl  of  Warwick,  according  to  family  tradi- 
tion. He  was  granted  a  large  tract  of  land, 
still  krown  as  Sperry's  Farms  in  what  is  now 
the  town  of  Woodbridge,  Connecticut,  and  his 
descendants  still  own  and  occupy  land  in  this 
vicinity.  Richard  Sperry's  claim  to  history 
is  that  he  was  the  courageous  and  faithful 
friend  and  protector  of  the  Regicides-  in  the 
New  Haven  colony.  He  was  admitted  a  free- 
man in  1644.  He  died  about  1698.  The  will 
of   his    widow    Dennis    was    dated   April    18, 

1693,  and  proved  in  March,  1707.  Children, 
born  at  New  Haven:  i.  John,  born  January 
9,  1649,  married,  September  i,  1676,  Eliza- 
beth Post :  he  died  in  1692.  2.  Mary,  March 
14,  1650 ;  married,  March  29,  1670,  Benjamin 
Peck.  3.  Richard,  January  20,  1652 ;  married, 
December  16,  1680,  Martha  Mansfield.  4. 
Hester,  September,  1654;  married,  June  21, 
1683,  Daniel  Hotchkiss.  5.  Nathaniel,  August 
13,  1656;  married,  October  2,  1683,  Sarah 
Dickerman.  6.  Thomas,  July  13,  1658.  7. 
Son,  1 66 1,  died  young.  8.  Ebenezer,  July, 
1663.  9.  Daniel,  1665,  mentioned  below.  10. 
Joseph,  July  22,    1668,   probably  died  young. 

(IT)  Lieutenant  Daniel  Sperry,  son  of 
Richard  Sperry,  was  born  in  New  Haven  in 
1665.  He  was  commissioned  lieutenant  of 
the  train  band  of  the  northwest  part  of  the 
town  of  New  Haven  in  May,  1724.  He  was 
living  in  1733,  but  the  date  of  his  death  is 
not    known.      He    married    (first)    April    3, 

1694,  Deborah  Peck,  who  died  November  16, 
171 1.  He  married  (second)  February  7, 
1732-33,  Sarah  (Wilmot)  Hotchkiss,  daugh- 
ter of  William  Wilmot,  widow  of  Thomas 
Hotchkiss,  whom  she  married  November  27, 
1677,  and  by  whom  she  had  several  chil- 
dren. Her  will  dated  June  19,  1732,  proved 
September  4,  following,  mentions  her  Hotch- 
kiss children.  Children  of  first  wife,  born  in 
New  Haven:  i.  Deborah,  born  January  10. 
1694.-95  :  married  Samuel  Wooden.  2.  Ann, 
September  3,  1696 :  married,  December  18, 
1722,  John  Wolcott,  Jr.  3.  Daniel,  August 
ID,  1698:  married  (first)  February  5,  1723-24, 
Abigail  Ives;  (second)  Abigail  Roberts.  4. 
Abel,    November    15,    1700;    married    Rhoda 

.     5.  William,  September  23,  1702.     6. 

Joseph,   mentioned  below. 

(Ill)  Joseph,  son  of  Daniel  Sperry,  was 
born  December  30,  1709,  at  New  Haven.  He 
married,  February  18,  1730-31,  Anna  Wilmot, 
probably  daughter  of  John  Wilmot.  She  was 
born  February  11,  1708-09,  and  died  in  the 
spring  of  1788.  Her  will  was  dated  Novem- 
ber 6,  1787,  and  was  proved  March  3,  1788. 
Children,  born  at  New  Haven:  i.  Esther,  born 
December,  173 1.  2.  Patience,  May  8,  1733. 
3.  Anna,  April  4,    1735,  died   June   17,    1788. 


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4.  William,  died  December  19,  1738,  aged 
eight  months.  5.  Patience,  born  February  4, 
1738-39;  married,  October  15,  1764,  Joseph 
Mix.  6.  William,  March  8,  1740-41,  men- 
tioned below.  7.  Anna,  July  4,  1744;  mar- 
ried   Dickerman. 

(IV)  William,  son  of  Joseph  Sperry,  was 
born  in  New  Haven,  March  8,  1740-41.  He 
married  Hannah  Carrington  and  they  lived 
in  the  old  homestead  at  Sperry's  Farms.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  New  Haven:  Joseph,  Abigail, 
William,  Elias,  Eli,  Abner,  mentioned  below ; 

Sarah,  married  — Wing ;  Anna,  married, 

November  7,    1802,   Henry   Hall. 

(V)  Abner,  son  of  William  Sperry,  was 
born  in  New  Haven  in  1772,  died  Oc- 
tober 20,  1825.  He  married  October  29, 
1795,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Daniel  and 
Sarah  (Eaton)  Gilbert,  of  Hamden,  Connecti- 
cut, Daniel  was  son  of  Daniel,  grandson  of 
Matthew  Gilbert  Jr.,  great-grandson  of  Dep- 
uty Governor  Matthew  Gilbert,  whose  grave 
is  on  the  New  Haven  Green.  Sarah  Eaton 
was  born  March  21,  1732,  daughter  of  Na- 
thaniel and  Sybil  (Todd)  Eaton,  grand- 
daughter of  Nathaniel  and  Phebe  (Cooper) 
Eaton.  Nathaniel  Eaton's  father  was  Nathan- 
iel, born  1664,  married  Mary  Todd,  born  1675. 
Nathaniel  Eaton  Sr.  was  son  of  James  Eaton 
or  Heaton,  the  immigrant,  born  in  England  in 
1633,  came  to  New  Haven  in  1649,  rnarried, 
in  1662,  Sarah  Street.  Elizabeth  (Gilbert) 
Sperry  died  April  6,  181 1,  aged  thirty-three 
years.  Children,  born  at  New  Haven:  i. 
Alfred,  born  August  i,  1796,  died  at  New  Ha- 
ven in  1837:  married  Amanda  Thomas,  who 
died  in  1841.  2.  Betsey,  April  14,  1799:  mar- 
ried   Sperry,  who  moved  to  Utah  and 

became  a  Mormon  elder,  but  was  not  a  polyga- 
mist.  3.  Elias,  March  11,  1801  :  comb  maker. 
4.  Sarah.  May  11,  1804:  married  Jairus  Lines, 
of  New  Haven.  5.  Daniel  Gilbert.  July  2, 
1807,  mentioned  below.  6.  .A.delia,  June  1, 
1809 :  unmarried. 

(VI)  Daniel  Gilbert,  son  of  Abner  Sperry, 
was  born  July  2,  1807.  at  Sperry's  Farms. 
Woodbridge.  New  Haven,  died  at  East  Wind- 
sor Hill,  January  7,  1886.  He  settled  at 
Warehouse  Point.  East  Windsor,  about  1824. 
He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools,  and 
learned  the  trade  of  cooper.  He  followed  his 
trade  and  was  for  some  years  proprietor  of 
a  meat  market.  He  bought  Bissell's  farm  and 
tavern  in  East  Windsor  Hill  village  in  1837 
of  Captain  Aaron  Bissell's  estate.  He  mar- 
ried, March  30,  1834,  Harriet  Frances,  daugh- 
ter of  James  Pelton  (6)  (see  Pelton  VI).  She 
was  a  descendant  of  Deacon  William  Gaylord, 
Matthew  Grant,  Daniel  Clark.  Humphrey 
Prior,      John      Drake.      Renedictus      Alvord, 


Thomas  Moore  and  John  Osborn,  of  Wind- 
sor, from  the  Edwards  family  of  Hartford,  the 
Lathrops  of  Norwich,  the  Pease  family  of  En- 
field. Children:  i.  Twin,  died  young.  2. 
Twin,  born  and  died  May  17,  1835.  3.  Har- 
riet Sophia,  born  January  30,  1837 ;  married, 
at  Hartford,  November  3,  1875,  Edward  Pay- 
son  Trumbull,  son  of  James  and  Clarissa  (Pel- 
ton)  Trumbull,  of  St.  Charles,  Illinois;  child, 
Clyarissa  Trumbull,  born  1877,  died  in  in- 
fancy. 4.  Sarah  Frances,  February  9,  1839; 
drowned  May  i,  1852.  5.  Gilbert  Daniel, 
?ilarch  15,  1841  ;  removed  to  Illinois  in  i860; 
enlisted  in  Company  C,  Tenth  Illinois  Cavalry, 
and  died  of  typhoid  fever  in  the  hospital  at 
Forsythe,  Missouri,  May  20,  1862.  6.  Edla 
Ehzabeth,  'M.  D.,  June  5,  1843,  died  at  East 
Windsor  Hill,  October  5,  1880;  attended  the 
boarding  school  of  the  Connecticut  Literary 
Institute  at  Suffield  and  studied  medicine 
three  years,  graduating  with  the  degree  of  M. 
D.  from  the  Woman's  Medical  College  of 
Philadelphia  in  the  class  of  1871.  She  was  on 
the  staff  of  the  Woman's  Medical  College  in 
Philadelphia  during  the  summer  after  she 
graduated  and  in  the  fall  she  went  to  Paris 
for  further  study.  In  January,  1872,  she  was 
admitted  as  a  student  in  La  Maternite,  the  sec- 
ond American  student  there.  Dr.  Emily  Black- 
well  being  the  first.  After  a  year  she  returned 
to  America  and  began  to  practice  at  Pitts- 
burg, Pennsylvania,  but  she  died  of  epithelio- 
ma at  the  beginning  of  a  brilliant  career. 
"Taken  all  in  all,"  wrote  a  friend,  "she  was 
the  most  remarkable  woman  it  was  ever  my 
good  fortune  to  meet.  While  her  relatives 
doubtless  knew  something  of  the  difficulties 
she  encountered  and  overcame  in  Pittsburg, 
yet  we  here,  while  heartily  wishing  her  suc- 
cess, knew  it  was  a  conservative,  old-fogy  re- 
gion, where  any  innovation  would  be  resisted. 
No  woman  had  ever  practiced  medicine  here, 
therefore  no  woman  ought  to  do  so.  Many 
who  met  your  sister  and  Miss  Farrar  were 
surprised  that  any  woman  could  take  such  a 
profession  and  still  be  a  lady — a  person  of 
culture  and  refinement.  By  their  wise,  pru- 
dent conduct,  by  their  downright  earnestness 
and  by  the  force  of  personal  character,  they 
commanded  the  respect  of  all  and  built  up  a 
practice  that,  had  it  not  been  for  Edla's  illness, 
would  have  made  both  wealthy.  They  were 
pioneers  and  opened  paths  others  have  found 
easy  to  follow.  Had  not  Edla  come  here  and 
labored  as  she  did.  and  had  she  not  been  the 
noble  woman  she  was,  women  physicians 
would  not  have  had  the  position  they  now  have 
here.  Rest  assured  that  her  life  was  not 
fruitless — it  was  rich  in  results  for  good.  But 
while  this  is  so,  it  is  but  little  consolation  to 


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you  her  relatives  or  to  me  her  friend.  I  am 
selfish  enough  to  feel  careless  of  the  good 
of  the  public,  if  I  could  have  my  friend."  7. 
Martha  Amelia,  July  24,  1845,  died  April  19, 
1904.  8.  Lewis,  January  23,  1848,  mentioned 
below.  9.  Cornelia  Bradley,  March  18,  185 1 ; 
married,  February  2,  1876,  James  M.  Hen- 
drick,  of  Easthampton,  Massachusetts ;  child, 
Lewis  Sperry  Hendrick.  born  November  22, 
1878.  10.  Ruth  Thompson,  July  4,  1854,  men- 
tioned below. 

(\TI)  Hon.  Lewis  Sperry,  son  of  Daniel 
Gilbert  Sperry,  was  born  January  23,  1848, 
in  South  Windsor,  Connecticut.  He  attended 
the  public  and  private  schools,  and  at  the  age 
of  thirteen  went  to  New  Haven  to  the  school 
of  Sidney  A.  Thomas.  Later  he  entered  the 
Academy  at  Monson,  JMassachusetts,  gradu- 
ating in  1869,  and  spent  the  next  four  years 
at  Amherst  College.  While  there  he  was  edi- 
tor of  the  Amherst  Student,  active  member  of 
the  debating  societies,  and  a  popular  student. 
He  won  several  prizes  as  a  speaker  and  de- 
bater, and  the  first  Hardy  prize  at  his  gradu- 
ation in  1873.  He  at  once  entered  the  law 
office  of  Waldo,  Hubbard  &  Hyde  at  Hart- 
ford, and  was  admitted  to  the  Hartford  coun^ 
ty  bar  in  1875.  The  following  year,  in  com- 
pany with  George  G.  Sill,  afterward  lieuten- 
ant-governor, he  opened  an  office  at  No.  345 
Main  street.  In  1876  he  was  elected  to  the 
legislature  and  was  a  member  of  the  com- 
mittee on  education.  In  1883  he  was  appoint- 
ed coroner  for  Hartford  county  and  had  the 
difficult  task  of  serving  without  a  precedent  to 
guide  him,  the  office  having  that  year  been  es- 
tablished. His  most  notable  case  was  the  ex- 
plosion of  the  boilers  in  the  Park  Central  Ho- 
tel. The  coroner's  finding,  and  his  courage 
and  good  judgment  in  the  case  were  noted  by 
the  New  York  and  Boston  papers  and  his  re- 
port was  called  a  model.  He  was  nominated 
for  congress  in  1890  and  defeated  the  Repub- 
lican candidate  by  seven  hundred  and  eight,  in 
spite  of  the  fact  that  his  opponent  had  carried 
the  district  the  previous  election  by  eight  hun- 
dred and  thirteen.  He  had  a  majority  in  Hart- 
ford of  one  thousand  one  hundred  and  twelve, 
the  largest  ever  given  a  congressional  candi- 
date. He  was  renominated  and  his  speech  in 
accepting  the  nomination  showed  a  thoughtful 
consideration  for  the  interests  of  his  district. 
No  Democrat  had  ever  been  elected  in  this 
district  in  a  presidential  year,  and  no  con- 
gressman had  ever  succeeded  himself.  With 
the  chances  apparently  against  him,  and  the 
district  almost  a  tie  between  Harrison  and 
Cleveland,  Mr.  Sperry  won  by  a  majority  of 
three  hundred  and  forty.  His  personal  fol- 
lowing in  Hartford  won  him  the  election.    He 


was  a  member  of  the  committee  on  banking 
and  currency,  charged  with  the  investigation 
of  the  question  of  increasing  the  National 
Bank  Association,  and  on  August  2,  1893, 
made  one  of  the  best  speeches  for  the  repeal 
of  the  Sherman  act.  He  was  a  leader  of  his 
party  against  the  Wilson  tariff  bill,  and  was 
one  of  the  seventeen  Democrats  who  voted 
against  the  bill.  He  was  vigorously  de- 
nounced by  the  press,  and  was  called  upon  to 
resign.  He  had  the  judgment  and  nerve  to 
maintain  his  position.  He  returned  to  his  law 
practice  in  Hartford  and  in  October,  1895, 
entered  the  firm  of  Sperry  &  McLean,  of 
which  he  has  since  been  the  senior  partner. 
In  religion  he  is  a  Congregationalist. 

He  married  (first)  November  7,  1878,  Eliz- 
abeth Ellsworth  Wood,  born  August  31,  1849, 
died  August  3,  1900,  daughter  of  Dr.  William 
Wood,  the  naturalist,  of  East  Windsor  Hill. 
She  attended  the  Glenwood  Academy  at  Brat- 
tleborough,  Vermont ;  she  was  a  member  of 
the  Martha  Pitkin  Chapter,  Daughters  of  the 
American  Revolution,  and  of  the  Congrega- 
tional church.  Among  her  ancestors  were 
Chief  Justice  Ellsworth  and  Oliver  Wolcott. 
Children:  i.  Mary  Elizabeth,  born  January 
I,  1880,  at  Hartford:  married  Harry  Francis 
Farnhaw,  August  4,  1906,  and  died  in  Aus- 
tralia, March  12,  1908.  2.  Ellsworth,  born 
June  30,  1 88 1,  at  East  Windsor  Hill;  edu- 
cated at  Phillips  Exeter  Academy,  and  the 
Massachusetts  School  of  Technology,  Bos- 
ton. Mr.  Sperry  married  (second)  Carrie 
Tryon  Armbruster,  of  Philadelphia,  April  6, 
1905. 

(VII)  Ruth  Thompson,  daughter  of  Daniel 
Gilbert  Sperry,  was  born  July  4,  1854,  died  at 
East  Windsor  Hill,  February  22,  1900.  After 
her  graduation  from  Mount  Holyoke  College 
in  1875  and  a  few  years  of  teaching,  her  in- 
terest in  local  history  led  her  to  take  up  the 
work  of  a  professional  genealogist.  Miss 
Sperry's  enthusiasm  for  her  calling  was  in- 
tense ;  with  her  the  preservation  of  the  rec- 
ords of  the  past  was  a  religious  and  patriotic 
duty. 

Dr.  Mary  S.  Tudor's  memorial  tribute  in 
the  Connecticut  Magazine  for  March,  1900, 
says :  "Scarcely  an  old  attic  in  her  native 
town  but  was  to  her  a  familiar  hunting 
ground,  and  a  clue  once  found  was  followed 
to  its  remotest  results, — to  this  end  she  went 
from  place  to  place,  spending  days  and  weeks 
conning  the  yellow  pages  of  town  records  or 
among  the  stones  of  deserted  graveyards.  One 
can  hardly  exaggerate  the  enthusiasm  and  per- 
severance which  she  threw  into  her  work  of 
investigation." 

Her  most  important  work  was  assisting  Dr. 


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Henry  R.  Stiles  in  liis  revision  of  the  ''History 
and  Genealogies  of  Ancient  Windsor."  Her 
aid  is  acknowledged  in  Dr.  Stiles'  preface: 
"Providence  has  supplied  me  with  a  most  effi- 
cient helper  in  Miss  Ruth  T.  Sperry,  to  whose 
unwearied  enthusiasm  and  tact  in  the  collec- 
tion of  material  both  historic  and  genealogical 
the  people  of  East  and  South  Windsor  will 
owe  far  more  than  they  can  ever  repay." 
Again,  in  the  second  volume,  he  says :  "What 
I  have  said  in  the  preface  to  the  first  volume 
concerning  my  associate  editor,  Miss  Sperry, 
applies  with  even  stronger  emphasis  to  this 
volume  of  genealogies.  The  genealogies  of 
the  families  "east  of  the  Great  River"  would 
never  have  assumed  the  importance  which  they 
have  in  this  volume,  except  for  her  intimate 
local  acquaintance  with  them."  The  chapter 
on  "East  Windsor's  share  in  the  Revolutionary 
War"  was  by  Miss  Sperry  and  is  a  remark- 
able work  as  the  loss  of  revolutionary  records 
for  that  period  made  a  detailed  history  excep- 
tionally difficult. 

(The  Pelton  Line). 
The  surname  Pelton  belongs  to  the  largest 
class  of  English  family  names — those  derived 
from  names  of  localities.  Pelton  was  a  com- 
monplace name  before  the  Norman  conquest. 
William  the  Conqueror  granted  Peldon  or 
Pelton  Manor  to  William  the  Deacon,  accord- 
ing to  the  Domesday  Book  of  1086,  and  later 
the  family  took  the  name  from  the  manor. 
Important  branches  of  the  Pelton  family,  some 
of  them  having  the  same  origin  probably, 
have  lived  in  Northamptonshire,  Wiltshire, 
Somersetshire  and  Buckshire.  The  coat-of- 
arms  of  the  Essex  family  is :  An  escutcheon 
charged  with  a  bend  with  an  orle  of  escallops. 
(I)  John  Pelton,  immigrant  ancestor,  was 
born  in  England  about  1616,  and  descended, 
it  is  believed,  from  the  Essex  family.  He 
came  to  Boston,  Massachusetts,  about  1630. 
He   owned   property    in    Boston    as    early    as 

1634,  as  shown  by  the  first  Book  of  posses- 
sions. The  land  was  situated  on  what  is  now 
the  south  side  of  Essex  street,  from  Washing- 
ton  street  easterly.     Soon  after,  probably  in 

1635.  he  removed  to  Dorchester,  and  became 
a  joint  owner  of  the  Dorchester  patent.  He 
was  engaged  in  the  fishing  business,  and  died 
in  Dorchester,  January  23,  1681.  His  will 
was   dated   January    3,    1681,    proved    March 

16  following.     He  married   Susanna  , 

who  died  ]\Iay  7,  1706,  called  in  the  records, 
"Old  Mother  Pelton."  Children,  born  in  Dor- 
chester:  I.  John,  baptized  March  2,  1645. 
2.  Samuel,  mentioned  below.  3.  Robert,  lost 
at  sea,  July,  1683.  4.  Mary,  baptized  Feb- 
ruary 18,  1654. 


(II)  Samuel,  son  of  John  Pelton,  was  born 
at  Dorchester  about  1647.  He  married,  July 
16,  1673,  JMary  Smith,  born  July  20,  1650, 
daughter  of  John  and  Mary  Smith.  He  lived 
at  Dorchester  until  about  1687,  when  he  re- 
moved to  Bristol,  Rhode  Island,  and  resided 
on  the  Mount  Hope  farm.  He  removed  finally 
to  Seekonk,  and  died  there  about  1713-14. 
His  wife  owned  the  covenant  at  Dorchester, 
October  22,  1682.  Children,  the  first  five 
born  in  Dorchester,  the  remainder  in  Bristol. 
I.  Samuel,  born  January  26,  1675.  2.  Mary, 
^lay  29,  1678.     3.  Deliverance.  July  31,  1680. 

4.  John,   January  9,    1682,  mentioned  below. 

5.  Ithamar,  1686.  6.  Henry,  December  10, 
1690.  7.  Sarah,  March  23,  1693.  8.  Benja- 
min, September  3,  1698. 

(III)  John  (2),  son  of  Samuel  Pelton,  was 
born  in  Dorchester,  January  9,  1682,  died  July 
15'  1735-  In  1706  and  1708  he  bought  land 
in  Canterbury,  W^indham  count)',  Connecti- 
cut. He  probably  kept  his  property  there  un- 
til 171 5,  for  on  January  19  of  that  year,  al- 
though he  had  then  built  a  house  in  Haddam, 
he  with  two  others  and  the  sheriff  met  at  the 
house  of  Jabez  Utter  to  dispossess  him  of  cer- 
tain lands  claimed  by  Captain  Jonathan  Bel- 
cher. On  their  arrival,  Utter  being  absent, 
and  his  wife  Mary  and  the  children  at  home, 
the  men  gained  possession  by  climbing  to  the 
roof  and  thence  down  the  chimney.  He  was 
in  Lyme  as  early  as  1713  and  in  1714  set  up 
the  frame  of  his  house  and  was  granted  land. 
He  sold  his  land  in  Haddam  and  later  was 
called  of  Saybrook,  where  he  bought  land. 
In  1734  he  bought  land  in  Middletown,  and 
removed  there,  where  he  died,  aged  fifty-two, 
and  his  gravestone  is  still  standing.  He  mar- 
ried, about  1705,  Jemima  (probably  Johnson). 
Children:  i.  Mary,  born  October  21,  IT06, 
died  December  12,  1740.  2.  John,  February 
29,  1708,  mentioned  below.  3.  James,  July 
21,  1710.  4.  Phineas,  about  1712.  5.  John- 
son, 1714,  died  December  13,  1804,  aged  nine- 
ty. 6.  Josiah  (twin),  1714,  died  February  2, 
1792,  aged  seventy-eight.  7.  Jemima,  about 
1715-16.  8.  Sarah,  1717-18.  9.  Ehzabeth, 
about  1720.  10.  Keturah.  11.  Joseph,  April 
15,  1722,  died  December  31,  1804. 

(l\')  John  (3),  son  of  John  (2)  Pelton, 
was  born  in  Canterbur_v,  February  29,  1708, 
died  January  29,  1786  (gravestone).  He  lived 
on  the  homestead  at  Saybrook.  He  married 
(first)  December  9,  1731,  Elizabeth  Cham- 
pion, who  died  December  5.  1755.  He  mar- 
ried (second)  March  25,  1756.  Martha,  daugh- 
ter of  John  Shipman,  of  Chester,  Connecticut. 
She  married  (second)  Dr.  Joseph  Bishop,  of 
Saybrook.  Children  of  first  wife:  i.  Son,  born 
September    15,    1732,    died   young.     2.   Eliza- 


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beth,  October  7,  1734,  died  February  2,  1750. 
3.  John,  November  27,  1735,  died  April  17, 
1819.  4.  Nathan,  May  2,  1738,  mentioned  be- 
low. 5.  Ithamar,  November  22,  1740,  died 
March  16,  1826.  6.  Lucy,  March  5,  1743, 
died  May  2,  1748.  7.  Josiah,  August  15, 
1745,  died  September  3,  1818.  8.  William, 
December  2,  1747,  died  May  25,  1825.  g. 
Eliza,  February  26,  1749.  10.  Lucy,  Septem- 
ber II,  1752.  II.  Sarah,  January  2,  1755,  died 
3'oung.  Children  of  second  wife  :  12.  Joseph, 
November  25,  1757,  died  June  15,  1837.  13. 
Ruth,  January  17,  1759.  14.  Martha,  August 
24,  1760,  died  February  16,  1846.  15.  P'ris- 
cilla,  September  10,  1761.  16.  Phineas,  De- 
cember 5,  1763,  died  March  5,  1847.  17. 
Sarah,  January  i,  1766,  died  August  21,  1862. 
18.  Jonathan,  May  21,  1768,  died  December  3, 
1850.  19.  EHzabeth,  October  5,  1771.  20. 
David,  December  30,  1773,  died  August  22, 
1821.  21.  Israel,  April  i,  1775,  died  March 
20,  1830.  22.  Jemima,  August  3,  1779,  died 
1852. 

(\  )  Nathan,  son  of  John  (3)  Pelton,  was 
born  JMay  2,  1738,  died  May  16,  1813.  He  was 
a  shipsmith  and  farmer,  and  is  said  to  have 
removed  to  East  Windsor  about  1768,  having 
bought  land  of  Ebenezer  Watson,  April  28  of 
that  year.  He  and  his  brother  Ithamar  went 
up  the  Connecticut  river  togetlier  and  each 
built  a  house  in  East  Windsor,  both  of  which 
still  stand.  He  and  his  brother  Ithamar  were 
in  Captain  Peleg  Redfield's  company  under 
General  Amherst,  in  the  old  French  war  in 
1859.  It  is  said  that  in  early  life,  while  in 
Middletown,  he  was  connected  in  business 
with  John  Harper,  of  Scotch-Irish  descent, 
whose  wife  was  Miriam  Thompson,  sister  of 
Ruth  Thompson,  whom  Nathan  Pelton  mar- 
ried. Mr.  Pelton  was  a  Puritan  of  the  strict- 
est type.  It  is  said  that  on  one  occasion,  sus- 
pecting that  his  son  and  daughter  were  at  a 
dance  in  a  neighboring  house,  he  went  for 
them  and  brought  them  home :  but  they,  hav- 
ing as  much  spirit  as  he,  after  all  was  quiet, 
returned  to  the  dance.  He  attended  church 
with  the  utmost  regularity,  and  from  Saturday 
night  to  Sunday  night,  scarcely  allowed  a 
word  louder  than  a  whisper  in  his  house.  He 
was  not  a  favorite  with  the  young,  but  was  a 
reliable  and  honest  man.  He  had  a  light  com- 
plexion and  light  hair,  with  broad  shoulders 
and  short  neck  and  legs.  Many  stories  are 
told  of  his  great  strength,  one  of  which  was 
that  an  anchor  was  to  be  moved  and  men  with 
oxen  gathered  to  do  the  work.  He  said  that 
if  they  would  put  the  anchor  on  his  shoulder 
he  would  carry  it  to  the  required  place.  This 
they  did,  and  he  carried  it  easily,  though  the 
pressure  was   so  great  that  it   split  his   cow- 


hide shoes.  He  married  (first)  November 
23.  1763,  at  East  Windsor,  Ruth  Thompson, 
born  June  i,  1740,  died  June  21,  1789,  daugh- 
ter of  James  and  Janet  (Scott)  Thompson. 
He  married  (second)  September  30,  1790, 
Mary  Waters,  a  widow  of  Chatham,  Connecti- 
cut, born  January  i,  1760.  Children:  i. 
Nathan,  born  October  16,  1764,  died  June  7, 
1856.  2.  Elizabeth,  August  20,  1766,  died 
January  30,  1890.  3.  Ruth.  September  19, 
1768,  died  April  9,  1850.  4.  Enoch,  August, 
1770,  died  1829.  5.  John,  July  29,  1772,  died 
March  31,  1864.  6.  Lucy,  November  7,  1774, 
died  October  13,  1863.  7.  James,  August  9, 
1776,  died  July  19,  1778.  8.  James,  October 
20,  1778,  mentioned  below.  9.  Sarah,  October 
12,  1780,  died  August  2.-],  1869.  10.  Joseph, 
June  30,  1782,  died  April  11,  1787. 

(VT)  James,  son  of  Nathan  Pelton,  was 
born  in  East  Windsor,  October  20,  1778,  died 
February  4,  1870,  at  South  Windsor.  He  re- 
sided in  East  and  South  Windsor.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  April  20,  1806,  Clarissa  Watson, 
born  1786,  died  March  27,  1807,  daughter  of 
Robert  Watson,  of  East  Windsor.  He  mar- 
ried (second)  July  7  or  9,  181 1,  Sophia  Gay- 
lord,  born  July  22,  1793,  died  November  16, 
1824,  daughter  of  Abiel  and  Mehitable 
(Prior)  Gaylord,  and  a  descendant  of  Wil- 
liam Gaylord  and  Humphrey  Prior.  He  mar- 
ried (third)  February  16,  1834,  Widow  Bet- 
sey (Wolcott)  Bissell,  who  died  August,  1851, 
daughter  of  Ephraim  Wolcott.  Child  of  first 
wife:  Clarissa,  born  February  27,  1807,  died 
February  11,  1873.  Children  of  second  wife: 
I.  Enoch  Watson,  February  7,  1813.  2.  Har- 
riet Frances,  October  20,  1814:  married, 
March  30,  1834,  Daniel  G.  Sperry  (see  Sperry 
VI).  3.  Henry  Thompson,  December  4, 
1816.  4.  James  Bennett,  December  13,  1819, 
died  September  7,  1821.  5.  Martha  Sophia, 
November  20,  1823.  Children  of  third  wife: 
6.  James  Bennett,  December  4,  1834.  7. 
Charles  Nathan,  March  6,  1836. 


The  surname  Doty  was  variously 
DOTY     spelled  Dotey,  Doten,  Doton,  Dol- 

ton,  Dowty,  and  the  similar  sur- 
name. Doughty  is  found  at  an  earlv  date  in 
Plymouth  colony  where  Francis  Doughty  from 
Bristol,  England,  settled  at  Taunton  as  early 
as  1639,  and  James  Doughty  settled  at  Scitu- 
ate  before  1649.  The  origin  of  the  name  has 
not  been  satisfactorily  settled,  but  there  is 
reason  to  believe  that  the  family  had  been  in 
England  several  generations  before  the  sailing 
of  the  "Mayflower." 

(I)  Edward  Doty  came  in  the  "Mayflower" 
in  1620,  a  London  youth  in  the  service  of  Ste- 
phen Hopkins,  and  was  fortieth  signer  of  the 


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"Mayflower"  compact.  A  careful  search  of 
his  ancestral  line  and  social  standing  at  home 
was  made  in  1873  and  it  was  found  that  Ed- 
ward Doty  or  Doughty  of  the  "Mayflower" 
was  an  English  youth  belonging  to  the  same 
family  as  Sir  Charles  Montague  Doty  or 
Doughty,  of  Therburton  Hill,  Sufiiolk  county, 
England.  The  family  has  an  ancient  and  hon- 
orable record  dating  back  to  the  Norman  Con- 
quest. There  is  a  well-founded  statement  in 
writing  that  "Edward  Doty  ran  away  from 
his  home  in  resentment  of  his  oldest  brother's 
inheritance  of  the  home  and  emoluments,"  has 
not  only  foundation  but  truth,  but  there  is 
more  to  it  than  this  fact.  Under  the  law  of 
primogeniture  introduced  by  Norman  lawyers 
soon  after  the  Norman  Conquest  only  the  old- 
est son  had  any  rights  and  the  younger  son 
in  common  with  all  others  under  the  laws  of 
England  was  obliged  to  serve  his  apprentice- 
ship of  seven  years  in  order  to  earn  his  rights 
of  citizenship.  This  was  Edward  Doty's  sit- 
uation when  he  entered  the  service  of  Stephen 
Hopkins  and  occupied  the  same  position  so- 
cially as  that  of  any  other  member.  He  was 
of  the  party  that  set  forth  to  explore  the  coun- 
try, December  6,  1620.  That  Doty  and  his 
fellow-apprentice  were  not  at  that  lime  thor- 
oughly Puritanic  in  their  views  may  be  judged 
from  the  fact  that  they  fought  a  duel.  But  a 
small  part  of  the  English  people  had  come  to 
disapprove  of  the  duel,  but  the  Pilgrim  fathers 
saw  fit  to  punish  the  combatants.  They  fought 
with  swords  and  daggers  and  one  was 
wounded  in  the  hand,  the  other  in  the  thigh. 
They  were  adjudged  by  the  whole  company 
"to  have  their  head  and  feet  tied  together,  and 
so  to  be  for  twenty-four  hours,  without  meat 
and  drink :  which  is  begun  to  be  inflicted,  but 
within  an  hour,  because  of  their  great  pains, 
at  their  own  and  their  master's  humble  re- 
quest, upon  promise  of  better  carriage,  they 
are  released  by  the  Governor."  His  later  dis- 
putes he  took  to  court,  and  we  find  his  name 
appearing  often  as  plaintiff  or  defendant  in 
the  civil  court.  In  1624  he  was  granted  land 
on  Watson  Hill,  Plymouth,  for  a  home  lot. 
He  had  joined  tlie  church  and  was  admitted 
a  freeman  before  March  7,  1636-37.  One  of 
the  first  deeds  at  Plymouth  on  record  is  dated 
July  12,  1637,  Edward  Doty  to  Richard  Derby. 
Doty  signs  with  a  mark.  He  had  many  real 
estate  transactions  and  his  rates  show  that 
he  was  in  later  life  a  man  of  property.  His 
occupation  is  given  as  planter,  indicating  that 
he  did  not  find  much  opportunity  to  follow 
his  trade.  In  1652  he  was  one  of  the  pur- 
chasers of  the  Dartmouth  tract.  The  name  of 
his  first  wife  is  unknown.  Governor  Brad- 
ford tells  us  that  Faith   Qarke,   daughter  of 


Thurston  Clarke,  was  his  second  wife.  They 
were  married  at  Plymouth,  January  6,  1634. 
He  died  at  Plymouth,  August  23,  1655.  His 
will  was  dated  May  20,  1655,  proved  Novem- 
ber 21,  1655,  bequeathing  to  his  wife  and  chil- 
dren, mentioning  Edward  only  by  name.  His 
widow  Faith  married  (second)  March  I4, 
1666,  John  Phillips,  of  Plymouth.  The  oldest 
house  in  Plymouth  is  the  Doten  house ;  the 
oldest  wharf  was  named  for  Doty — Doten. 
Faith  Clarke  was  born  in  1619,  daughter  of 
Thurston  and  Faith  Clarke.  They  came  from 
Ipswich,  Sufl^olk,  England,  in  the  ship  "Fran- 
cis" in  1634.  His  name  is  also  spelled  Tris- 
tram Clarke.  Children  of  Edward  and  Faith 
(Clarke)  Doty:  Edward,  1637;  John,  1639- 
40  :  Thomas  ;  Samuel ;  Desire,  1645,  rnentioned 
below ;  Elizabeth ;  Isaac,  February  8,  1648-49,. 
mentioned  below;  Joseph,  April  30,  165 1  ;, 
Mary. 

(II)  Desire,  third  child  of  Edward  Doty, 
after  being  twice  married  and  twice  a  widow 
married  Alexander  Standish,  son  of  Captain' 
^liles  Standish. 

dl)  Isaac,  son  of  Edwafd  Doty,  was  born 
at  Plymouth,  February  8,  1648-49,  according 
to  the  colony  records.  At  the  death  of  his 
father  he  was  but  six  years  old,  and  after 
his  mother's  second  marriage  he  probably 
lived  at  Sandwich,  Massachusetts.  He  sold 
the  land  that  he  inherited  from  his  father,  or 
his  share  of  the  estate,  July  5,  1672,  to  John 
Smith.  At  a  town  meeting  at  Oyster  Bay, 
Long  Island,  January  22,  1672-73,  he  was 
granted  a  house  lot  and  on  February  19  fol- 
lowing he  was  allotted  more  land.  Most  of 
the  early  settlers  of  Oyster  Bay  were  from 
Sandwich.  Dot}'  was  one  of  those  who  bought 
the  Indian  claims  to  Oyster  Bay  lands,  in' 
1685.  He  bought  various  parcels  of  land 
and  late  in  life  deeded  farms  to  his  sons.  He- 
married,  at  Oyster  Bay,  Elizabeth  England. 
Children,  born  at  Oyster  Bay:  Isaac,  about 
1673;  Joseph;  Jacob;  Solomon,  about  1691 ;, 
James,  December  21,  1693  ;  Samuel,  mentioned 
below. 

(HI)  Samuel,  son  of  Isaac  Doty,  was  born 
in  Oyster  Bay  about  1695.  He  married  there- 
about 1718,  Charity,  daughter  of  Jarvis 
Mudge.  They  lived  in  that  part  of  Oyster 
Bay  now  called  Littleworth.  As  early  as 
1716  he  bought  lands  and  again  in  1722.  His 
father  deeded  to  him  a  part  of  the  homestead,, 
March  5,  1723.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Friends'  Meeting  and  his  wife  was  also  a  Qua- 
ker. His  will,  dated  May  5,  1740,  was  proved' 
in  1741,  bequeathing  to  wife  Charity  and  chil- 
dren.    Children,  born  at  Oyster  Bay :  Phebe, 

married  Brandiga ;  Charity,    married! 

Dodge ;  Elizabeth ;  Deborah,  married.. 


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August  14,  1749,  Richard  Baker ;  Isaac ;  Ste- 
phen ;  Charles,  mentioned  below ;  Elias,  born 
1732,  probably. 

(IV)  Charles,  son  of  Samuel  Doty,  was 
born  at  Oyster  Bay,  probably  in  1730.  He 
married  there  Sarah  Baker.  He  was  a  farmer 
and  they  settled  in  the  town  of  Clinton,  now 
Hyde  Park,  Dutchess  county.  New  York, 
where  he  died  about  1803  on  the  same  day 
that  the  wife  of  his  son  Elias  died  and  both 
were  buried  in  the  Quaker  burial  ground  at 
Crum  Elbow,  Dutchess  county.  New  York. 
He  and  his  brother  Elias  went  to  that  section 
together  about  1755.  Children:  Stephen, 
Samuel,  Solomon,  mentioned  below,  Elias, 
Mary,  married  Isaac  Frailix,  Sarah,  married 
Farr,  Phebe,  Ruth  and  Margaret. 

(V)  Solomon,  son  of  Charles  Doty,  was 
born  at  Clinton,  Dutchess  county.  New  York, 
in  1769.  He  married  (first)  in  that  town, 
about  1787,  Rachel  Doty,  daughter  of  his  fa- 
ther's brother,  Elias  Doty.  She  died  there 
about  1792,  gnd  he  married  (second)  about 
1793,  Hannah  Shaw,  born  1776,  daughter  of 
Aaron  Shaw.  He  died  in  Walworth,  New 
York,  August,  1832,  and  she  died  at  Bedford, 
INIichigan,  in  September,  1848.  He  was  a 
farmer  and  lived  successively  in  Clinton, 
Dutchess  county,  Hillsdale,  Columbia  county, 
Windham,  Greene  county,  and  at  Walworth, 
Wayne  county,  all  in  New  York.  Children  of 
first  wife:  I.  Charles,  born  1789.  2.  Isaac, 
died  aged  eighteen.  3.  James.  4.  Child,  died 
in  infancy.  Children  of  second  wife :  5. 
Moses,  born  at  .Clinton,  February  8,  1795.  6. 
Simon  Potter,  May  9,  1796 ;  married  (first) 
Elizabeth  Lee  Brewster:  (second)  Mrs.  Ma- 
tilda (Styles)  Stoner,  daughter  of  John  C. 
Styles.  7.  Solomon,  Clinton,  January  14, 
1797.  8.  Celinda,  Clinton,  November  17, 
1799.  9.  Morgan  Lewis,  Hillsdale,  December 
31,  1802.  10.  Jason,  September  20,  1804,  died 
unmarried.  11.  Mary,  Windham,  May  19, 
1806.     12.  Aaron,  Windham,  August  30,  1807. 

13.  William,  Windham,   November  22,    1810. 

14.  Joseph,  Windham,  June  6,  1812,  lived  in 
Minnesota,  15.  Edward,  Windham,  July  11, 
1814.  16.  Margaret,  Walworth,  October  17, 
1816.  17.  Lorenzo,  Walworth,  May  9,  1819. 
18.  Lorinda   (twin).  May  9,  1819. 

(VI)  Charles  (2),  son  of  Solomon  Doty, 
was  born  at  Clinton,  Dutchess  county.  New 
York,  in  1789.  In  his  youth  he  followed  the 
sea.  afterward  was  a  farmer  and  carried  pro- 
duce to  New  York  City  in  a  sloop.  About 
1836  he  removed  to  Croton  Landing,  New 
York.  He  was  run  over  by  a  loi^notive  at 
the  New  Haven  railroad  station,  in  Jjew  York- 
City,  and  killed,  in  1869.  He  Tfiar^ed  Mar- 
garet Montross,  who  died  at  Huguenot,  Rich- 


mond county.  New  York,  in  1868.  Children : 
I.  Alexander  Hamilton,  drowned  in  the  Hud- 
son river,  falling  overboard  from  his  father's 
sloop,  aged  twelve  years.  2.  Cyrus  Berry, 
born  1807,  mentioned  below.  3.  Hannah  Ma- 
ria, married  John  Acker,  a  brickmaker.  4. 
Rachel  Ann.     5.  Martha  Jane. 

(VII)  Cyrus  Berry,  son  of  Charles  (2) 
Doty,  was  born  in  Dutchess  county.  New 
York,  in  1807.  He  was  a  brickmaker  by  trade 
and  lived  successively  at  Middle  Hope,  Or- 
ange county.  New  York ;  Croton  Landing  and 
Crugers  Station,  Westchester  county,  and  at 
Huguenot,  Richmond  county,  New  York, 
where  he  was  for  several  years  engaged  in 
business.  He  lived  his  last  years  with  his  son, 
Alexander  H.  Doty,  at  Hartford,  Connecticut, 
where  he  died  April,  1886.  He  married  Jane 
Elizabeth,  born  probably  at  Marlborough, 
New  York,  daughter  of  Charles  and  Mary 
(Doty)  Brower.  Children,  born  at  Middle 
Hope:  I.  Alexander  Hamilton,  1827,  men- 
tioned below.  2.  Mary  Ann,  1828 ;  lived  at 
Brightwood,  Massachusetts  and  died  there; 
married  John  Merrick.  3.  Margaret,  183 1, 
died  1867 ;  married  Henry  Smith,  of  Spring- 
field, Massachusetts ;  seven  children  living. 
4.  Cornelius  Brower,  born  at  Cortland,  March 
7,  1832,  deceased,  5.  Evaline,  1833,  6.  Hannah 
Maria,  died  aged  six  years.  7.  Cyrus  Berry, 
deceased ;  lived  in  Hartford :  brickmaker ; 
served  nine  months  in  civil  war :  married 
Lydia  Ann  De  Forest.  8.  Charles,  died  aged 
thirteen.  9.  Harrison,  died  aged  nine  years. 
10.  Henry  Clay,  died  aged  two  years.  11. 
Jane  Elizabeth,  deceased;  married  Charles 
Deforest;  lived  at  New  Haven.  12.  Josephine, 
born  at  Croton,  March  4,  1851-52. 

(VIII)  Alexander  Hamilton,  son  of  Cyrus 
Berry  and  Jane  Ehzabeth  (Brower)  Doty, 
was  born  in  Middle  Hope,  Orange  county, 
New  York,  September  9,  1827,  died  at  Hart- 
ford, Connecticut,  May  6,  1905.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools  of  Middle  Hope  and 
learned  the  trade  of  brickmaking.  He  re- 
moved to  Hartford,  Connecticut,  when  a 
young  man,  and  followed  his  trade  as  a  brick 
manufacturer  in  Hartford  for  about  forty 
years.  He  was  a  staunch  Republican  in  pol- 
itics. He  married  Elizabeth  Dusenberry,  who 
died  September  24,  1897,  ^t  Hartford,  Con- 
necticut. Children:  1.  Jane  R..  born  April 
27,  1846,  in  New  Haven,  Connecticut,  died  in 
East  Hartford,  April  18,  1878;  she  married 
Albert  H.  Anderson,  December  25,  1865  •  he 
died  in  East  Hartford,  July  28,  1886 :  two 
children :  i.  George  Farragut  Anderson,  born 
in  East  Hartford,  Connecticut,  May  24,  1869; 
married  Jeanette  Kirbell,  of  East  Hartford, 
June  18,  1890 ;  two  children :  Elfreda  J.,  born 


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October  30,  1892,  and  Kenneth  G.,  born  No- 
vember 19,  1908 ;  ii.  Lila  May  Anderson,  born 
in  East  Hartford,  Connecticut,  July  24,  1873 ; 
died  in  East  Hartford,  January  5,  1900;  she 
married  Ernest  Barber,  of  East  Hartford,  and 
has  one  child,  a  daughter,  Ernestin  Blanche, 
who  married,  February  19,  1896.  2.  Alex- 
ander Hamilton  Jr.,  mentioned  below.  3. 
Lila,  died  in  infancy.  4.  Harrison  E.,  men- 
tioned below.  5.  Alfred  E.,  mentioned  be- 
low.    6.  Samuel  Colt,  mentioned  below. 

(IX)  Alexander  Hamilton  (2),  son  of  Al- 
exander Hamilton  ( i )  Doty,  was  born  in  New 
Haven,  Connecticut,  in  1847;  died  in  Hart- 
ford, Connecticut,  January  7,  1886.  Married 
Lizzie  Rodgers,  of  New  York  City,  Septem- 
ber 4,  1876.  Children :  Grace,  Clara,  Jennie 
and  Mabel. 

(IX)  Harrison  E.,  son  of  Alexander  Ham- 
ilton (i)  Doty,  was  born  in  Hartford,  June 
12,  i860,  now  living  in  New  Haven.  Edu- 
cated in  public  schools  of  Hartford,  and 
learned  the  trade  of  brickmaking  with  his 
father  and  has  followed  this  trade  ever  since. 
He  married  Fanny  Jones,  May  14,  1882.  Two 
sons:  I.  Raymond  J.,  born  in  Flartford,  Con- 
necticut, January  17,  1884 ;  attended  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  Hartford  and  the  New  Haven 
high  school ;  graduating  from  there  he  en- 
tered Yale  Scientific  and  became  a  mechanical 
engineer  by  profession.  He  married  Sadie 
Mallory  Parmelee,  at  New  Haven,  Connecti- 
cut, December  29,  1909:  he  has  a  daughter 
born  in  1910.  2.  Melvin  F.,  born  in  Hartford, 
Connecticut,  September  10,  1885  ;  married  El- 
sie Margurite  Watrous,  October  12,  1904,  and 
is  now  living  in  New  York  City. 

(IX)  Alfred  E.,  son  of  Alexander  Hamil- 
ton ( I )  Doty,  was  born  in  East  Hartford, 
Connecticut,  November  26,  1863.  He  at- 
tended the  public  schools  of  East  Hartford 
and  Hartford  and  is  now  m  the  harness  manu- 
facturing business  at  New  Haven,  Connecti- 
cut. He  married  Nellie  E.  Bacon,  in  Hart- 
ford, Connecticut,  December  26,  1882.  Four 
children:  I.  Louis  A.,  born  June  21,  1885,  at 
Hartford,  Connecticut,  married  Nellie  E. 
Johnson,  June  20,  1906,  now  living  at  Derby, 
Connecticut :  2.  Vincent  M.,  born  September 
II.  1887.  3.  Helen  F.,  born  June  2,  1896. 
4.  Richard  S.,  born  June  12.  1904. 

(IX)  Samuel  Colt,  son  of  Alexander  Ham- 
ilton (i)  Doty,  was  born  at  East  Hartford, 
Connecticut,  March  12,  1867.  He  attended  the 
Northeast  public  school  and  the  Hartford  pub- 
lic high  school.  At  the  age  of  fifteen  years 
became  bookkeeper  for  the  firm  of  Farren 
Brothers,  manufacturers  of  spring  beds.  After 
a  few  years  he  accepted  a  position  as  book- 
keeper for  Bull  &  Lamb,  of  Hartford,  and  re- 


mained there  for  ten  years.  He  joined  the  ad- 
vertising staff  of  the  Hartford  Post  and  es- 
tablished a  reputation  for  energy  and  ability 
among  the  merchants  of  the  city.  He  was 
made  a  director  of  the  corporation  and  secre- 
tary of  the  company.  He  resigned  from  the 
Post  to  accept  a  position  as  assistant  to  the 
editor  of  the  New  Haven  Register.  Later  he 
went  to  Boston  and  for  a  time  was  on  the  ad- 
vertising department  of  the  Boston  Journal. 
Since  1894  he  has  been  engaged  in  the  real 
estate  business  in  Hartford  with  an  ofifice  at 
No.  50  State  street.  He  has  built  up  a  large 
and  flourishing  business.  While  on  the  Post 
he  was  elected  councilman  from  the  seventh 
ward,  a  Democratic  district,  on  a  Republican 
ticket,  and  served  two  terms.  He  joined 
the  First  Regiment  in  1883  and  was  in  the 
Hartford  City  Guards  for  eleven  years  and 
in  the  Governors  Foot  Guards,  First  Company' 
nine  years.  He  is  now  on  the  major's  staff. 
He  is  a  thirty-second  degree  Mason,  a  mem- 
ber of  St.  John's  Lodge ;  of  Pythagoras  Chap- 
ter, No.  14,  Royal  Arch  Masons ;  of  Washing- 
ton Commandery,  No.  i,  Knights  Templar;  of 
Connecticut  Consistory,  of  Sphinx  Temple, 
Mystic  Shrine ;  also  of  Custer  Council,  No. 
85,  United  American  Workmen ;  of  the 
Hartford  Automobile  Club ;  of  the  Connecti- 
cut Society,  Sons  of  the  American  Revolu- 
tion. In  religion  he  is  a  Methodist,  in  politics 
a  Republican.  He  was  formerly  a  trustee  of 
the  North  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  of 
Hartford.  He  has  been  president  of  the  Hart- 
ford Landlords'  and  Taxpayers'  Association 
and  president  of  the  State  Association  of 
Landlords  and  Taxpayers. 

He  married  Helen  Dewar,  daughter  of  Lo- 
ren  and  Helen  (Dewar)  Ballou,  September  7, 
1887.  Children:  Marjorie  Ballou,  born  Sep- 
tember 7,  1900:  Helen  Arline,  December  15, 
1904. 


The  surname  Calef,  or  Calfe   as 

CALEF     it  was  also  written,  is  said  to  be 

of  Scotch  origin.     The  family  was 

prominent  in  Massachusetts  early  through  the 

careers  of  Robert  Sr.  as  an  author  and  of  his 

son  Robert,  the  merchant. 

(I)  Robert  Calef,  born  about  1648,  came 
to  America  in  1688  from  England,  near  Lon- 
don, and  settled  at  Boston,  where  he  lived  un- 
til 1707,  removing  then  to  Roxbury,  Massa- 
chusetts, where  he  died  April  13,  1719.  Very 
little  is  known  of  him  now,  except  through  his 
authorship  of  the  book,  "More  Wonders  of  the 
Invisible  World,"  in  which  he  emphatically 
denounced  the  witchcraft  theories  of  Cotton 
and  Increase  Mather  and  others,  bringing 
about  a    very    spirited    controversy.      Doubts 


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have  been  expressed  as  to  whether  the  immi- 
grant or  his  son  of  the  same  name  was  the 
author,  however.  Hon.  Arthur  B.  Calef,  late 
of  Middletown,  Connecticut,  who  made  a 
study  of  the  Calef  family  in  America  and  col- 
lected many  family  records,  wrote  in  1899 : 
"There  is  no  reason  to  believe  that  the  son 
Robert  was  the  author,  both  by  reason  of  his 
probable  youth,  and  also  because  there  is  a 
copy  with  the  autograph  of  the  author  in  the 
Lenox  Library,  New  York,  presented  orig- 
inally to  Governor  Bellingham  by  Robert  the 
elder  and  the  writing  corresponds  with  that 
of  Robert,  the  immigrant,  as  seen  on  the  rec- 
ords." Robert  was  a  man  of  great  ability, 
clear  discernment  and  high  moral  courage. 
His  name  has  descended  to  posterity  for  the 
able  and  decisive  manner  in  which  he  exposed 
the  outrageous  crimes  against  persong  charged 
with  witchcraft  and  his  stand  helped  materially 
to  put  an  end  to  the  delusion  and  to  prevent 
another  outbreak  when  fanatics  attempted  to 
revive  the  horrors  afterward.  His  wife  Mary 
survived  him  and  died  November  12,  1710. 
Children :  Joseph,  born  in  England  in  1672, 
mentioned  below ;  Robert ;  Martha ;  John ; 
Jeremiah ;  Mary ;  Edward,  born  in  Boston, 
January  30,  1688-89,  died  young ;  Daniel,  born 
in  Boston,  December  27,  1691,  died  at  Rox- 
bury,  August  13,  1712. 

(H)  Dr.  Joseph,  son  of  Robert  Calef,  was 
born  in  England  in  1672  and  came  with  his 
parents  to  this  country  in  1687-88.  He  was  a 
physician  and  lived  at  Ipswich,  Massachu- 
setts, where  he  died  December  25,  1707,  at  the 
age  of  thirty-six  years.  He  married  Mary, 
daughter  of  Peter  Ayer,  of  Haverhill,  March 
24,  1693.  Children :  Robert,  mentioned  below  ; 
Joseph,  born  May  20,  1695;  Samuel,  1696, 
died  September  i,  1720,  unmarried;  Peter, 
died  1735:  Mary:  Ebenezer,  born  about  1696; 
died  May  18,  1776,  at  Nantasket,  Massachu- 
setts   (Hull). 

(III)  Robert  (2),  son  of  Dr.  Joseph  Calef, 
was  born  December  12,  1693,  at  Ipswich,  died 
July  12,  1730.  He  married  Margaret  Stani- 
ford.  who  died  October  7,  1727. 

(IV)  Dr.  John,  son  of  Robert  (2)  Calef, 
was  born  at  Ipswich  in  1725.  He  married 
(first)  Margaret,  daughter  of  Rev.  Nathaniel 
Rogers,  of  Ipswich,  and  Mary  (Leverett) 
Rogers,  daughter  of  President  Leverett,  of 
Harvard  College.  She  died  March  27,  1751, 
aced  twenty-one  years,  and  he  married  (sec- 
ond) Dorothy,  daughter  of  Rev.  Jedediah 
Jewett,  of  Rowley.  Massachusetts. 

(V)  Jeremiah,  son  of  Dr.  John  Calef,  was 
born  at  Exeter,  New  Hampshire,  January  28, 
175 1.  Fie  had  a  brother  Oliver,  born  1747, 
who  also  settled  in  Sanbornton,  New  Hamp- 


shire. Jeremiah  Calef  was  a  clothier  or  fuller 
in  Exeter.  His  will  was  proved  May  25, 
1762,  bequeathing  to  his  son  Jeremiah,  then 
abroad,  and  to  Lydia  and  Mary  Calef,  daugh- 
ters of  his  son  Jeremiah.  He  married  (first) 
Maolly  Calef,  of  Exeter,  December  13,  1772. 
She  was  born  January  23,  1753,  died  Feb- 
ruary 7,  1796,  or  June  i,  1795,  according  to 
another  record,  aged  forty-three.  She  was  a 
daughter  of  Jeremiah  and  granddaughter  of 
Jeremiah  Calef.  Jeremiah  Calef  married 
(second)  Hannah  (Brackett)  Creighton,  of 
Greenland,  November  27,  1797.  She  was  born 
in  January,  1759,  died  July  10,  1832.  He 
moved  to  Sanbornton  about  1789  in  a  double 
sleigh  and  bought  the  place  formerly  owned 
by  Hoyt  and  others,  and  since  then  owned  by 
his  descendants  on  what  is  called  Calef  Hill. 
He  is  said  to  have  given  for  this  farm  "his 
saw  and  grist  mill  and  twenty-seven  acres  of 
land  in  Exeter  village."  He  built  the  present 
Calef  house  in  1793  and  Parson  Woodman, 
we  are  told,  offered  prayer  when  the  frame 
was  ready.  He  bore  the  title  of.  lieutenant 
in  1796,  being  an  officer  of  the  state  militia 
and  was  a  highly  valued  citizen.  He  died 
May  26,  1821,  aged  seventy  years.  Children: 
Lydia,  born  August  4,  1773,  died  March  9, 
1790;  Molly,  January  3,  1775:  Lucy,  March 
12,  1777;  Jeremiah,  mentioned  below;  James, 
January  28,  1785  ;  Lucy  C,  April  12,  1787, 
died  January  3,  1788 ;  Jonathan,  November 
22,  1789,  died  August  30,  1823 ;  Betsey,  Oc; 
tober  15,  1791. 

(VI)  Jeremiah  (2),  son  of  Jeremiah  (i) 
Calef,  was  born  at  Sanbornton,  May  5,  1782. 
He  was  a  farmer,  associated  with  his  father 
until  18 14,  then  on  the  Smith  lot,  No.  71, 
first  division,  Sanbornton,  for  about  twenty 
years,  and  he  built  the  Morrison  house  there. 
He  removed  to  Loudon,  New  Hampshire,  and 
remained  until  1841,  when  he  settled  again 
in  Sanbornton  on  the  Batchelder  place  in 
Northfield  (Shaker  Road)  and  died  there  Feb- 
ruary 23,  1856.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Congregational  church.  He  married  (first) 
Nancy,  daughter  of  James  Osgood,  of  San- 
bornton, September  13,  1805,  and  she  died 
March  10,  1824,  aged  forty-one  years.  He 
married  (second)  September  2,  1824,  Sally, 
daughter  of  Ebenezer  Eastman.  She  died 
August  26,  1850.  in  Northfield,  aged  fifty-four. 
Children:  i.  James  Osgood,  born  August  5, 
1806,  died  April  24,  1835.  2.  Samuel  Pres- 
cott,  June  15,  1808;  a  tanner  at  Charlestown, 
Massachusetts,  and  Loudon  Ridge,  New 
Hampshire ;  married  (first)  Mrs.  Mehitable 
Drew:  (second)  Mrs.  Martha  A.  Coburn,  May 
31,  1877:  he  was  justice  of  the  peace  thirty- 
five   years,    selectman   of    Loudon    and    town 


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treasurer.  3.  Infant,  died  September  4,  1814. 
4.  Mary  Ann,  born  September,  1812,  died  Au- 
gust 31,  18 1 6.  5.  Arthur  Benjamin,  men- 
tioned below.  6.  Abigail  Eastman,  February 
26,  1827,  died  July  4,  1829.  7.  Jeremiah,  De- 
cember 13,  1830,  died  November  i,  1833.  8. 
Ebenezer  Barker,  August  11,  1832;  married 
Ursula  M.  Dalton,  and  settled  on  the  home- 
stead. 

(VII)  Arthur  Benjamin,  son  of  Jeremiah 
(2)  Calef,  was  born  June  20,  1825.  He  at- 
tended the  public  schools  and  Wesleyan  Uni- 
versity at  Middletown,  Connecticut,  from 
which  he  was  graduated  in  the  class  of  1851. 
He  studied  law  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
in  1852.  He  had  a  long  and  honorable  ca- 
reer as  an  attorney  and  counsellor  at  law.  He 
was  clerk  of  all  the  courts  of  Middlesex  coun- 
ty for  seven  years ;  treasurer  of  the  state  of 
Connecticut  in  1855-56  and  recorder,  city  at- 
torney, councilman  and  alderman  of  the  city, 
and  postmaster  of  Middletown,  1861-69.  He 
was  a  trustee  of  Wesleyan  University  from 
1862  until  he  died.  In  politics  he  was  an  ac- 
tive and  influential  Republican  and  was  a  dele- 
gate from  Connecticut  to  the  Republican  na- 
tional convention  in  i860.  He  married.  May 
21,  1853,  Hannah  F.  Woodman,  of  Canterbury, 
New  Hampshire,  born  at  Nashua  in  that  state, 
December  31,  1827,  daughter  of  Caleb  M.  and 
Lucy  (Foster)  \Voodman,  granddaughter  of 
Asa  Foster,  one  of  Benedict  Arnold's  life- 
guard at  West  Point  at  the  time  of  his  deser- 
tion. Children  :  Jeremiah  Francis,  mentioned 
below ;  Arthur  Benjamin,  mentioned  below ; 
Edward  Baker,  mentioned  below ;  Samuel 
Prescott,  mentioned  below. 

(VHI)  Dr.  Jeremiah  Francis,  son  of  Ar- 
thur Benjamin  Calef,  was  born  in  Middletown, 
October  14,  1855.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  and  entered  Wesleyan  Universitv. 
from  which  he  was  graduated  in  the  class  of 
1877.  He  studied  medicine  in  the  Yale  Medi- 
cal School  and  was  graduated  in  1880  with 
the  degree  of  M.  D.  He  began  to  practice  in 
Aliddletown  in  1880  and  afterward  removed  to 
Cromwell,  Connecticut,  where  he  practiced  un- 
til December,  1891.  He  then  returned  to  Mid- 
dletown and  has  enjoyed  a  large  practice  in 
that  city  since  that  time.  He  was  justice  of 
the  peace  at  Cromwell,  and  medical  examiner; 
city  health  officer  and  medical  examiner  at 
Middletown.  For  a  number  of  years  he  was 
secretary  of  the  Middlesex  County  Medical 
Society  and  in  1897-98  its  president.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Connecticut  Medical  Society, 
was  medical  examiner  for  the  society  in  1885, 
is  now  vice-president,  and  he  has  been  since 
1897  chairman  of  the  legal  committee  of  the 
society.     Dr.  Calef   received  the  Goode  prize 


at  Wesleyan  University  in  1876  and  special 
honors  in  chemistry  in  1877.  He  was  vice- 
president  of  the  Wesleyan  Alumni  Association 
in  1892-93.  In  1899  ^nd  1900  he  was  surgeon 
general  of  the  state  of  Connecticut.  Dr.  Calef 
was  one  of  the  prime  movers  in  establishing 
the  Middlesex  Hospital  and  instrumental  in 
securing  its  charter  from  the  state.  He  has 
been  a  member  of  the  executive  and  building 
committee  since  its  inception,  and  an 
active  member  of  its  surgical  staff.  He  was 
also  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Anti-Tubercu- 
losis Society  of  Middlesex  County,  and  helped 
'  to  secure  the  tract  of  one  hundred  acres  and 
build  the  camp  thereon  now  owned  by  the  so- 
ciety. He  is  at  present  first  vice-president  of 
the  Middlesex  Anti-Tuberculosis  Society,  and 
chairman  of  its  executive  committee  and  medi- 
cal board.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican,  and 
a  member  of  the  First  Congregational  Church. 
He  married,  April  10,  1883,  at  Cromwell, 
Laura  Dart,  born  at  Haddam,  Connecticut, 
daughter  of  Dr.  Ira  Hutchinson,  of  Cromwell. 
Children:      i.    Lucy    Foster,    born    April    9, 

1884,  died  in  infancy.  2.  Edith  Dart,  IDecem- 
ber  I,  1885  :  married,  May  5,  1905,  Henry  E, 
Ackerson  Jr.,  of  Keesport,  New  Jersey,  at- 
torney, who  graduated  from  the  Law  School 
of  the  New  York  LTniversity  in  1903.  3. 
Irene  Hutchinson,  April  9,  189 1,  died  Septem- 
ber 12,  1904.  4.  Arthur  Benjamin,  Julv  28. 
1892 :  graduated  from  Dummer  Academy, 
1910.  student  in  Norwich  LTniversity,  class  of 
1914. 

(VIII)  Arthur  Benjamin  (2),  son  of  Ar- 
thur Benjamin  (i)  Calef,  was  born  February 
20,  1859.  He  was  a  student  at  Wesleyan  Uni- 
versity in  1877-78,  and  took  the  Hibbard  prize 
in  Oratory.  He  studied  law  with  his  father 
and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  Connecticut  in 

1885.  He  was  prosecuting  attorney  for  Mid- 
dlesex county  for  several  years,  assistant  clerk 
of  the  superior  court  for  that  county,  attorney 
for  the  city  of  Middletown  and  clerk  of  the 
city  court,  postmaster  of  Middletown,  Con- 
necticut, since  May  i,  1909.  He  married,  De- 
cember 29,  1881,  at  Baltimore,  Maryland,  Mi- 
nerva Crandall  Harkum,  born  October  22, 
1 86 1,  daughter  of  James  Patterson  and  Mary 
E.   (Wheeler)  Harkum. 

(A-^III)  Edward  Baker,  son  of  Arthur  Ben- 
jamin (i)  Calef,  was  born  January  25,  1862. 
He  married,  October  25,  1883,  at  Middletown, 
Helen  Walton,  born  at  Sheffield,  England, 
Julv  4,  1868.  Children :  Charles  Harold,  born 
Mav  28,  1885  :  Ethel  Minerva.  November  15, 
1887,  married  Leonard  Mallory,  of  New  Brit- 
ain, Connecticut,  1908;  Helen  Walton,  Janu- 
ary 22.  1894..  died  September  27,  1896. 

(VIII)    Samuel    Prescott,    son    of    Arthur 


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Benjamin  (i)  Calef,  was  born  in  Middletown, 
Connecticut,  November  8,  1864.  He  studied 
in  the  public  and  private  schools  of  Middle- 
town,  was  clerk  in  the  secretary  of  state's  of- 
fice in  Hartford,  Connecticut,  and  in  the  war 
department  at  Washington.  Engaged  in  min- 
ing and  oil  enterprises  in  Santa  Barbara,  Cali- 
fornia. He  married  Nancy  Churchill  Ma- 
thews, of  Utica,  New  York,  June,  1905. 


John  Ingersoll,  ancestor  of 
INGERSOLL    the  Connecticut  Ingersolls, 

was  born  in  England,  and 
settled  early  at  Hartford,  Connecticut. 
Thence  he  went  to  Northampton,  Massachu- 
setts, about  1655,  later  to  Westfield  and  finally 
returned  to  Northampton.  He  died  at  West- 
field,  September  3,  1684.  He  married  (first) 
Dorothy,  daughter  of  Thomas  Lord,  one  of 
the  first  settlers  of  Hartford,  about  165 1.  She 
died  at  Northampton  in  January,  1657,  aged 
about  twenty-six.  He  married  (second)  Abi- 
gail, daughter  of  Thomas  Bascom,  one  of  the 
first  settlers  of  Windsor,  Connecticut,  where 
she  was  born,  and  baptized  June  7,  1640.  He 
married  (third)  Mary  Hunt,  sister  of  Jona- 
than Hunt,  of  Northampton,  about  1667. 
Mary  Hunt's  mother  was  Mary  Webster, 
daughter  of  John  Webster,  one  of  the  first 
settlers  of  Hartford,  and  fifth  governor  of  the 
colony  of  Connecticut.  Mary  Ingersoll  died 
at  Westfield,  September  i,  1690.  Children  of 
first  wife :  Hannah,  born  1652 ;  Dorothy, 
1654 ;  Margery,  January,  1656.  Children  of 
second  wife:  Abigail,  January  11,  1659; 
Sarah,  October  30,  1660;  Abiah,  August  24, 
1663  ;  Hester,  September  9,  1665.  Children  of 
third  wife :  Thomas,  March  28,  1668 ;  John, 
October  19,  1669,  at  Westfield ;  Abel,  Novem- 
ber II,  1671 ;  Ebenezer,  October  15,  1673;  Jo- 
seph, October  16,  1675 ;  Mary,  November  17, 
1677;  Benjamin,  November  15,  1679;  Jona- 
than, mentioned  below. 

(II)  Jonathan,  son  of  John  Ingersoll,  was 
born  at  Westfield,  May  10,  1681,  died  Novem- 
ber 28,  1760  (gravestone).  In  1700  he  was 
a  resident  of  Milford,  Connecticut.  He  mar- 
ried, in  1712,  Sarah  Miles,  widow  of  John 
Miles,  daughter  of  Samuel  Newton,  of  Mil- 
ford,  granddaughter  of  Robert  and  Mary 
Newton.  She  died  February  14,  1748,  in  the 
sixty-second  year  of  her  age.  Children :  Jona- 
than, mentioned  below;  Sarah,  born  June  16, 
1716,  died  young;  Mary,  December  14,  1718; 
David,  September  4,  1720;  Jared,  mentioned 
below ;  Sarah. 

(III)  Rev.  Jonathan  (2)  Ingersoll,  son  of 
Jonathan  (i)  Ingersoll,  was  born  in  1713  in 
Stratford,  Connecticut.  He  graduated  at  Yale 
College  in  1736  and  entered  the  ministry,  be- 


ing licensed  by  the  Presbytery  of  New  Jersey 
at  Elizabethtown,  February  15,  1738.  He 
lived  for  a  time  in  Newark,  New  Jersey.  He 
was  installed  pastor  of  the  Ridgefield,  Con- 
necticut Congregational  Church,  the  second 
pastor  of  that  church.  He  was  a  man  of  fine 
mind  and  good  heart  and  served  his  parish 
with  great  ability  and  fidelity  until  he  died, 
October  2,  1778,  in  the  fortieth  year  of  his 
ministry.  In  1758  he  was  chaplain  of  the  co- 
lonial troops  in  the  French  and  Indian  war  and 
served  at  Lake  Champlain.  He  married,  in 
1740,  Dorcas,  daughter  of  Rev.  Joseph  Moss, 
of  Derby.  She  died  September  29,  18 11,  in 
her  eighty-sixth  year.  Children :  Sarah,  born 
October  28,  1741 ;  Dorcas,  October  15,  1743; 
Jonathan,  mentioned  below ;  Mary,  December 
20,  1748;  Abigail,  May  7,  175 1;  Joseph,  Au- 
gust II,  1753;  Hannah,  April  9,  1756;  Es- 
ther, August  10,  1760;  Moss,  June  6,  1763; 
Anne,  April  5,  1765. 

(III)  Jared,  son  of  Jonathan  (i)  and 
brother  of  Rev.  Jonathan  (2)  Ingersoll,  was 
born  June  3,  1722,  in  Milford.  He  was  grad- 
uated from  Yale  College  in  1742,  and  soon 
afterward  settled  to  the  practice  of  law  in 
New  Haven.  In  1757  he  went  to  Great  Brit- 
ain, as  agent  of  the  colony,  receiving  a  spe- 
cial appointment  from  the  general  assembly 
of  Connecticut.  He  went  again  in  1764  and 
was  appointed  by  the  English  crown  stamp 
master.  At  that  time  he  was  a  popular  and 
influential  lawyer,  but  the  indignation  against 
the  stamp  tax  extended  to  the  official  in  charge 
of  the  enforcement  of  the  law  and  a  mob  as- 
sembled and  compelled  him  to  resign  the  of- 
fice. The  resignation  was  dated  at  Wethers- 
field,  September  19,  1765.  In  1770  he  was 
appointed  by  the  Crown  judge  of  the  vice- 
admiralty  court  in  the  middle  district  of  the 
colony  and  went  to  Philadelphia  to  reside. 
At  the  beginning  of  the  revolution  he  returned 
to  New  Haven  and  died  there  August  25, 
1781.  He  earned  the  reputation  of  being  one 
of  the  ablest  and  most  eloquent  lawyers  of  his 
time.  He  was  of  open,  frank  and  engaging 
manner  and  was  very  successful  in  his  prac- 
tice. He  married  (first)  Hannah  Whiting, 
who  died  in  1779,  daughter  of  Colonel  Whit- 
ing, granddaughter  of  Rev.  John  Whiting; 
married   (second)   in  1780,  Hannah  Ailing. 

(IV)  Judge  Jonathan  (3)  Ingersoll,  son 
of  Rev.  Jonathan  (2)  Ingersoll,  was  born  at 
Ridgefield,  April  16,  1747.  He  graduated  at 
Yale  College  in  1766  and  became  a  lawyer, 
locating  in  New  Haven,  where  for  many  years 
he  practiced  with  great  industry,  fidelity  and 
success.  He  entered  upon  a  notable  public 
career  early  in  life.  He  was  for  many  years 
in  the  general  assembly  and  was  once  elected 


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to  Congress  but  declined  to  accept  the  office. 
From  1798  to  1801  he  was  on  the  bench  of  the 
superior  court  and  in  181 1  succeeded  Governor 
Smith  as  judge  of  the  supreme  court  of  errors 
and  as  such  served  until  1816.  He  soon  aft- 
erward returned  to  political  life  and  was  one 
of  the  most  prominent  factors  in  the  over- 
throw of  the  Federalists.  The  Toleration  par- 
ty led  by  Judge  Ingersoll  and  Oliver  Wolcott 
carried  the  state  in  18 18  and  Ingersoll  was 
elected  lieutenant-governor,  Wolcott,  gov- 
ernor. Judge  Ingersoll  continued  in  office 
until  after  the  adoption  of  the  new  constitu- 
tion. He  died  in  New  Haven,  January  12, 
1823.  He  married  Grace,  daughter  of  Ralph 
Isaacs,  of  Branford.  Children:  Grace,  born 
February  20,  1787 ;  Ralph  Isaacs,  mentioned 
below  ;  Mary,  March  27,  1791  ;  William  Isaacs, 
May  25,  1794 ;  Charles  Anthony,  October  19, 
1798,  married,  in  1839,  Henrietta  Sidell,  of 
New  York  City,  was  a  prominent  lawyer,  state 
attorney,  1849-53,  j^^idge  of  the  United  States 
district  court  of  Connecticut  until  his  death, 
from  1853  to  January  12,  i860. 

(V)  Ralph  Isaacs,  son  of  Judge  Jonathan 
(3)  Ingersoll,  was  born  at  New  Haven,  Feb- 
ruary 9,  1789.  After  his  graduation  from 
Yale  College  in  1808  he  read  law  for  two 
years  in  the  office  of  Hon.  Seth  Staples,  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  and  opened  an  office  in 
New  Haven.  The  period  was  interesting. 
Pierpont  Edwards,  able  and  eloquent,  had  re- 
cently been  transferred  to  the  bench  of  the  dis- 
trict court  of  the  United  States,  leaving  in 
practice  such  prominent  lawyers  as  David 
Daggett,  Nathan  Smith  and  S.  P.  Staples, 
each  a  leader  in  his  specialty.  Against  such 
opponents,  as  a  young  lawyer,  Mr.  Ingersoll 
won  his  spurs  and  prominence  in  his  profes- 
sional life.  When  a  young  man  he  began  tc 
take  active  part  in  public  affairs.  Though  a 
Federalist,  like  his  father,  when  the  question 
of  maintaining  the  ancient  privileges  of  Con- 
gregationalism as  a  state  religion  was  pre- 
sented, both  he  and  his  father  were  on  the 
side  of  tolerance  and  separation  of  church  and 
state,  and  in  1817  he  became  a  member  of  the 
party  known  at  the  time  as  the  Tolerationists 
and  as  a  candidate  of  that  party  two  years 
later  he  was  elected  to  the  general  assembly 
from  New  Haven,  previously  a  strong  Federal 
town.  The  session  that  followed  was,  on  ac- 
count of  the  new  constitution,  very  important. 
Mr.  Ingersoll  immediately  took  a  position  of 
leadership.  He  was  prominent  in  debate,  in- 
defatigable in  the  routine  work,  careful  and 
efficient  as  a  legislator,  conceded  to  be  the 
ablest  man  on  his  side  of  the  house  at  that 
time.  In  1820-21  he  was  chairman  of  the 
finance  committee,  1824,  speaker  of  the  house. 


and  in  1825  was  elected  to  congress  and  he  re- 
signed from  the  legislature.  During  his  first 
four  years  at  Washington,  he  supported  the 
administration  of  President  Adams,  but  dur- 
ing the  next  four  years  he  was  allied  with  the 
National  Republicans  under  Henry  Clay.  He 
was  for  four  years  a  member  of  the  ways  and 
means  committee,  the  most  important  in  the 
house,  and  during  the  last  two  years  held  the 
second  place  on  that  committee.  He  proved 
himself  able,  vigilant  and  influential  in  con- 
gress, and  grew  rapidly  in  the  confidence  and 
esteem  of  the  people.  While  he  was  a  con- 
gressman he  served  one  term  as  mayor  of  New 
Haven.  In  1833  he  left  Washington  to  re- 
sume his  practice  of  law  in  New  Haven ;  in 
1834  he  supported  Andrew  Jackson  for  presi- 
dent: in  1835  he  was  selected  to  fill  a  vacancy 
in  the  United  States  senate,  but  declined  the 
honor.  He  also  declined  the  nomination  for 
governor  several  times  while  his  party  was 
in  power  and  there  was  undoubted  truth  in  the 
statement  that  he  could  have  had  any  office  in 
the  gift  of  the  people.  While  in  congress  lie 
became  an  intimate  friend  of  Polk,  and  when 
Polk  became  president  he  appointed  Mr.  In- 
gersoll. in  1846,  minister  to  Russia,  without 
consulting  him.  He  accepted  the  office,  how- 
ever, and  after  two  years  in  St.  Petersburg 
was  glad  to  return  to  his  home  and  law  prac- 
tice. During  the  next  twenty  years  he  prac- 
ticed with  unabated  vigor  and  success.  His 
chief  ambition  was  to  excel  in  his  own  profes- 
sion and  to  that  end  he  devoted  his  great  abil- 
ity and  applied  all  his  energy.  He  was  al- 
ways a  student  and  scholar. 

"Mr.  Ingersoll,"  wrote  one  who  knew  him,_ 
"was  noted  for  the  proportionate  and  harmo- 
nious development  of  all  his  powers.  That 
he  was  an  able  lawyer,  a  close  thinker,  ade- 
quatel}'  learned,  and  familiar  with  the  whole 
field  of  practice,  all  admit.  His  voice  pleas- 
ant, almost  musical,  and  of  unusual  compass, 
could  be  heard  distinctly  in  its  lowest  tones. 
The  ready,  fluent  speech,  graceful  delivery, 
and  active  but  natural  gesticulation ;  the  ener- 
getic, earnest  manner ;  and  the  countenance 
which  mirrored  every  thought,  all  contributed 
to  his  power  as  an  advocate.  While  his  lan- 
guage was  select,  his  argument  was  clear,  log- 
ical, compact  and  complete.  Eminently  per- 
suasive, forgetting  nothing  and  digressing 
rarely,  he  touched  lightly  on  the  weaker  points, 
and  knew  where  to  place  the  strain.  If  the 
chain  broke,  the  fault  was  not  his.  Though 
speaking  well,  with  little  premeditation,  Mr. 
Ingersoll  was  accustomed  to  prepare  his  cases 
thoroughly :  looked  at  both  sides  and  weighed 
opposing  considerations.  Well  fortified  him- 
self, he  was  quick  to  see  and  expose  an  un- 


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guarded  point  in  the  enemy,  dexterously  driv- 
ing home  his  advantage.  Though  when 
speaking  to  the  Court,  or  a  dehberate  body, 
he  addressed  himself  wholly  to  the  intellect, 
using  little  ornament,  when  before  a  jury  or 
popular  assembly,  he  gave  himself  more  lib- 
erty, was  sometimes  impetuous,  often  eloquent. 
On  these  occasions  he  would  show  his  power 
over  the  common  mind,  putting  himself  in 
contact  with  those  primitive  sentiments,  con- 
victions and  instincts  which  lie  at  the  founda- 
tion of  human  nature  and  which  are  older 
than  reason.  With  his  hand  on  the  hidden 
springs  of  action,  he  shaped  and  directed  the 
cerebral  movements,  awakened  emotion,  or 
quickened  the  sense  of  right,  carrying  his  au- 
ditors whither  he  would."  Says  one  of  large 
experience :  "He  was  the  best  public  speaker 
I  ever  saw."  "In  a  notable  degree  he  was  pos- 
sessed of  that  personal  magnetism  by  the  aid 
of  which  the  orator  sways  and  sets  on  fire  the 
sympathetic  multitude.  At  one  time  he  was 
witty  and  humorous,  at  another  serious  and 
pathetic,  and  could  be  sarcastic.  Oppression 
of  the  weak  by  the  strong  he  would  vehe- 
mently denounce ;  a  prevaricating  witness  flay, 
if  he  could.  Mr.  Ingersoll  was  an  experienced 
and  accomplished  writer.  Concerning  his 
facts  he  was  conscientiously  scrupulous,  and 
would  state  nothing  which  was  not  wholly  and 
exactly  true.  No  man  ever  lived  a  purer  or 
more  exemplary  life  than  he.  His  character 
was  adorned  by  all  the  pubHc  and  private  vir- 
tues. Honorable,  manly  and  just,  it  is  be- 
lieved he  was  never  guilty  of  a  deed  of  me^an- 
ness  or  conscious  wrong.  ]\Ir.  Ingersoll  was 
delicately  organized,  of  moderate  stature,  slen- 
der, straight  and  of  healthy  constitution.  For 
his  size  his  head  was  large  and  prominent  at 
the  angles.  He  had  finely  cut  features,  thin 
lips  and  dark  eyes  well  protected  by  jutting 
brows.  Till  nearly  eighty,  with  unclouded  in- 
tellect, he  continued  his  practice,  and  till  the 
last  went  daily  to  his  office  when  health  per- 
mitted. There  he  would  sit,  writing  and  read- 
ing, giving  a  cordial  welcome  to  any  friend 
who  might  call.  His  intimate  acquaintance 
with  political  life  and  character,  taken  in  con- 
nection with  his  urbanity,  kindness  and  can- 
dor and  simple  dignity,  made  his  conversation 
extremely  interesting."  He  died  August  26, 
1872.  In  his  last  years  he  was  a  communicant 
of  Trinity  Church.  He  served  in  the  state 
militia  in  his  younger  days. 

He  married,  February  10,  1814,  Margaret 
Catherine  Eleanor  Van  den  Heuval,  of  Dutch 
anpestry,  of  New  York,  a  lady  of  great  energv 
and  discretion.  Children :  Colin  Macrae, 
mentioned  below :  Governor  Charles  Roberts, 
mentioned     below :    William,    of   the   United 


States  navy ;  Ralph  Isaacs,  died  in  Illinois ; 
Grace,  died  in  New  Haven. 

(VI)  Colin  Macrae,  son  of  Hon.  Ralph 
Isaacs  Ingersoll,  was  born  in  New  Haven, 
March  11,  1819.  He  was  prepared  for  col- 
lege in  the  schools  of  his  native  place,  and 
graduated  from  the  Hopkins  grammar  school. 
Fie  was  in  Trinity  College,  class  of  1839,  and 
later  in  the  Yale  Law  School,  from  which  he 
was  admitted  to  the  Connecticut  bar,  and  be- 
gan practice  in  New  Haven.  In  1843  he  was 
chosen  clerk  of  the  state  senate  of  Connecti- 
cut :  in  1847-48  he  was  secretary  of  legation  at 
St.  Petersburg,  when  his  father  was  minister 
to  Russia,  and  later  was  American  charge 
d'aflfaires  at  this  legation.  From  185 1  to 
1855  he  represented  his  district  in  congress ; 
from  1867  to  1871  he  was  adjutant-general  of 
Connecticut.  He  possessed  many  of  the  dis- 
tinguishing traits  of  his  honored  father  and 
ancestry.  From  1841  when  he  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  until  his  death,  he  occupied  a  posi- 
tion of  prominence  among  the  lawyers  of  the 
state.  He  died  in  New  Haven  at  the  age  of 
eighty-five.  He  was  a  staunch  Democrat  in 
politics,  and  an  Episcopalian  in  religion. 

He  married,  October  26,  1853,  in  Grace 
Church  at  Prattsville,  New  York,  Julia  Har- 
riet, daughter  of  Hon.  Zadock  and  Abigail 
P.  (Watson)  Pratt.  Children:  Mary  E., 
born  August  19,  1854 :  Colin  Macrae,  men- 
tioned below ;  George  Pratt,  mentioned  below  ; 
Maude  Margaret  Seymour,  born  1863. 

Hon.  Zadock  (2)  Pratt,  son  of  Zadock  (i) 
Pratt,  was  born  October  3,  1790.  When  a 
young  man  he  resided  in  Lexington,  New 
York,  and  in  1814  served  under  Governor 
Tompkins  in  the  war  of  1812  in  the  defense 
of  New  York.  In  1824  he  moved  to  Scho- 
hariekill,  now  Prattsville,  and  was  the  founder 
of  that  town.  After  erecting  the  largest  tan- 
nery in  the  country,  for  nearly  a  quarter  of  a 
century  he  was  engaged  in  the  leather  busi- 
ness, and  he  owned  two  tanneries  in  other 
places.  From  1822  to  1826  he  was  colonel 
of  the  One  Hundred  and  Sixteenth  Regiment 
of  state  militia.  He  represented  his  district  in 
congress  two  terms,  being  elected  in  1836  and 
again  in  1842  and  he  made  a  reputation  for 
ability  and  efficiency  in  that  office ;  in  five  ses- 
sions of  congress  he  was  not  absent  once.  For 
several  years  he  was  president  of  the  Pratts- 
ville Bank.  In  1836  he  was  one  of  the  presi- 
dential electors  and  voted  for  Martin  Van  Bu- 
ren  and  Richard  M.  Johnson.  In  1852  he  was 
again  in  the  electoral  college  of  New  York, 
was  elected  its  president,  and  voted  for  Frank- 
lin Pierce  for  president  and  William  H..King 
for  vice-president.  He  was  a  Democrat  in 
politics,  an  Episcopalian  in  religion.     In  later 


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years  he  traveled  extensively,  visiting  the 
West  Indies,  England  and  the  Continent.  He 
had  an  excellent  dairy  farm.  Mrs.  Julia  H. 
(Pratt)  Ingersoll  was  daughter  by  his  third 
wife,  Abigail  P.,  daughter  of  Wheeler  Wat- 
son, of   Rensselaerville. 

Zadock  ( I )  Pratt,  father  of  Hon.  Zadock 
(2)  Pratt,  was  born  in  1755  :  married,  in  1781, 
Hannah,  daughter  of  Benjamin  Pickett,  of 
New  Milford,  Connecticut.  He  was  a  soldier 
in  the  revolution,  at  the  siege  of  Boston,  at 
Long"  Island  in  1776,  and  was  taken  prisoner 
at  the  battle  August  2"] ,  and  confined  in  the 
Middle  Dutch  Church,  New  York,  in  the  old 
sugar  house  and  the  Whitby  prison  ship. 
After  his  exchange  he  returned  to  the  army 
and  took  part  in  the  storming  of  Stony  Point 
in  1779.  He  removed,  after  the  war,  to  Ste- 
phentown,  New  York,  and  died  at  what  is  now 
Jewett  City  in  1828. 

Zephaniah  Pratt,  father  of  Zadock  ( i ) 
Pratt,  was  born  in  1712,  died  in  1758,  son  of 
Benjamin  Pratt,  who  was  born  in  1681,  mar- 
ried, in  1702,  Anna,  daughter  of  Samuel 
Bates.  Benjamin  Pratt  was  son  of  Captain 
William  (2)  Pratt,  born  1653,  died  1718, 
prominent  in  civil  and  military  life :  married 
Hannah  Kirtland.  Captain  William  (2) 
Pratt  was  son  of  Lieutenant  William  (i) 
Pratt,  a  sketch  of  whom  appears  elsewhere  in 
this  work,  one  of  the  founders  of  Plartford. 

(VI)  Governor  Charles  Roberts  Ingersoll. 
son  of  Hon.  Ralph  Isaacs  Ingersoll,  was  born 
in  New  Haven,  September  16,  1821.  He  at- 
tended the  public  schools  and  the  Hopkins 
grammar  school  and  entered  Yale  College, 
from  which  he  was  graduated  in  the  class  of 
1840.  After  spending  two  years  in  foreign 
travel,  as  a  member  of  the  official  family  of 
his  uncle.  Captain  Voorhes  Ingersoll,  then 
commander  of  the  United  States  frigate 
"Preble,"  he  took  up  the  study  of  law  and 
spent  two  years  in  the  Yale  Law  School.  He 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  New  Haven  coun- 
ty in  1845  ^nd  began  to  practice  there,  in  as- 
sociation with  his  father,  continuing  for  a  pe- 
riod of  thirty  years  and  succeeding  to  his  fa- 
ther's practice  in  1872.  He  began  his  public 
career  in  the  general  assembly  in  1856  and 
served  also  in  1858-66-71.  He  had  important 
committee  assignments.  He  declined  a  nomi- 
nation for  state  senator  when  his  party  was 
in  power  and  election  was  reasonabl}'  certain 
■for  the  candidate.  In  1864  he  was  a  delegate 
to  the  Democratic  national  convention  at  Chi- 
cago and  served  on  the  committee  on  resolu- 
tions, and  to  the  Democratic  national  conven- 
tion of  1872  at  Baltimore,  when  he  was  chair- 
man of  the  Connecticut  delegation.  In  1873 
he    received   the   Democratic   nomination    for 


governor,  an  unsought  honor,  and  was  elected, 
running  ahead  of  his  ticket.  He  gave  the 
state  a  clean  and  judicious  administration  and 
was  re-elected,  receiving  a  majority  of  seven 
thousand  votes.  In  1875  he  received  the  high- 
est vote  ever  given  at  that  time  for  a  governor 
of  Connecticut.  During  his  third  term  he 
signed  the  act  that  made  elections  biennial. 
His  term  ended  January,  1877.  He  was 
largely  instrumental  in  securing  the  creditable 
representation  of  Connecticut  industries  at  the 
Centennial  Exhibition  at  Philadelphia.  He  re- 
ceived the  honorary  degree  of  LL.  D.  from 
Yale  University  in  1874. 

Governor  Ingersoll  married,  December  18, 
1847,  Virginia,  daughter  of  Rear-Admiral 
Francis  H.  Gregory,  of  New  Haven.  Chil- 
dren :  Justine  Henrietta ;  Francis  G.,  of  the 
Standard  Trust  Company,  New  York  City ; 
\'irginia  G.,  married  Harry  T.  Gause,  of  Wil- 
mington, Delaware ;  Elizabeth  Shaw,  married 
George  G.  Haven,  of  New  York  City. 

(VTI)  Civil  Engineer  Colin  Macrae  Inger- 
soll, son  of  Hon.  Colin  Macrae  Ingersoll,  and 
brother  of  George  Pratt  Ingersoll,  was  born  at 
New  Haven,  December  i,  1859.  Graduated 
from  Sheffield  Scientific  School  ("Yale)  1880. 
Connected  with  Missouri  Pacific  railroad  for 
one  year:  city  engineer  of  New  Haven,  1891, 
and  later  appointed  assistant  to  president 
(third  vice-president)  of  New  York,  New  Ha- 
ven and  Hartford  railroad,  then  chief  engineer 
of  this  road,  and  in  1908  engineer  of  bridges 
of  New  York  City.  He  married  Theresa  Mc- 
Allister and  has  three  children :  Theresa,  Co- 
line  and  Ralph. 

(VII)  Hon.  George  Pratt  Ingersoll,  son  of 
Hon.  Colin  Macrae  Ingersoll,  was  born  at 
New  Haven,  April  24,  1861.  He  attended  the 
Hopkins  grammar  school  and  a  private  school 
at  Geneva,  Switzerland.  He  was  graduated 
from  Trinity  College  in  the  class  of  1883  and 
from  the  Yale  Law  School  in  the  class  of 
1885.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  the  same 
year  that  he  graduated  and  began  to  practice 
law  in  law  chambers.  New  Haven,  and  be- 
came three  years  later  a  member  of  the  new 
firm  of  Tyler,  Ingersoll  &  Moran,  and  has 
practiced  continuously  since  then.  He  was  ap- 
pointed United  States  commissioner  by  the 
circuit  court  of  the  United  States  for  the  dis- 
trict of  Connecticut  in  1889.  He  practices  at 
Ridgefield.  Connecticut,  and  also  has  an  office 
in  New  York,  and  makes  a  specialty  of  pro- 
bate law  and  trust  estates.  He  has  been  con- 
nected as  attorney  and  counsel  with  various 
important  cases,  notably  the  case  of  Peckham 
vs.  Lego,  which  he  argued  in  the  Connecticut 
supreme  court  of  errors.  This  was  a  suit  for 
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one  of  the  standard  cases  on  construction  of 
wills.  It  is  reported  in  57  Conn.  (p.  553). 
He  was  called  in  as  special  counsel  by  the  Jay 
Gould  estate  in  the  litigation — Angell  vs. 
Gould — for  claimed  dower  interest,  and  repre- 
sented Yale  University  in  settlement  of  the 
Egleston  estate.  Mr.  IngersoU  is  a  Democrat 
of  the  old  school,  having  a  strong  state  feel- 
ing and  favoring  a  strict  construction  of  the 
constitution  of  the  United  States.  He  was 
appointed  in  1893  by  Governor  Morris  the 
legal  member  of  the  Connecticut  state  board  of 
health  and  served  six  years.  He  received  un- 
sought the  unanimous  nomination  of  the  Dem- 
ocratic state  convention  for  congressman-at- 
large,  September  8,  19 10,  but  was  defeated, 
though  his  vote  was  thirty-six  thousand  larger 
than  that  received  by  the  Democratic  nominee 
two  years  previously.  During  the  administra- 
tion of  Governor  Morris,  Mr.  IngersoU  had 
charge  of  his  law  practice.  He  removed  to 
Ridgefield  from  New  Haven  in  1900  and  is  a 
director  of  the  First  National  Bank  and  other 
corporations.  While  on  the  state  board  of 
health  he  introduced  the  bill  requiring  out- 
of-door  exercise  and  fresh  air  for  the  prisoners 
at  the  state  prison  at  Wethersfield.  He  rep- 
resented, under  appointment  by  Governor 
Weeks,  the  state  of  Connecticut  as  one  of  the 
delegates  to  the  Washington  peace  conference 
for  settlement  of  international  disputes  by  ju- 
dicial decision,  December,  1910.  In  religion 
he  is  an  Episcopalian  and  is  a  vestryman  of 
St.  Stephen's  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  of 
Ridgefield.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Pai  Sig- 
ma Tau,  of  the  Hopkins  grammar  school,  the 
Delta  Psi  fraternity,  and  the  Metropolitan 
Club  of  New  York  City. 

He  married,  November  3,  1891,  at  New  Ha- 
ven, in  Trinity  Church,  Alice  Witherspoon, 
born  in  1862  at  Buffalo,  New  York,  daughter 
of  Rev.  Orlando  and  Cora  (Taylor)  Wither- 
spoon. Her  father  was  rector  of  St.  James' 
Episcopal  Church  at  Derby,  Connecticut,  and 
archdeacon  of  New  Haven  county.  Children : 
Colin  Montaigne,  born  February  9,  1893  ;  stu- 
dent at  the  Ridgefield  school,  class  of  1911; 
Gertrude  Victoria,  July  14,   1897. 


The  name  Stoddard  is  de- 
STODDARD     rived    from    the    office    of 

standard  bearer,  and  was 
anciently  written  De-La  Standard.  The  coat- 
of-arms  is :  Sable,  three  estoiles  and  bordure 
gules.  Crest :  Out  a  ducal  coronet  a  demi- 
horse  salient,  ermine.  Motto :  Festina  lente. 
William  Stoddard,  a  knight,  came  from  Nor- 
mandy to  England,  1066,  A.  D.,  with  William 
the  Conqueror,  who  was  his  cousin.  Of  his 
descendants   are   found   Rukard   Stoddard,  of 


Nottingham,  Kent,  near  Elthan,  about  seven 
miles  from  London  Bridge,  where  the  family 
estate  of  about  four  hundred  acres  was  lo- 
cated. This  came  into  possession  of  the  fam- 
ily, 1490-  how  much  before  is  not  known,  and 
continued  until  the  death  of  Nicholas  Stod- 
dard, a  bachelor,  in  1765. 

(I)  Anthony  Stoddard,  immigrant  ancestor, 
came  from  England  to  Boston  about  1639. 
He  was  admitted  freeman  in  1640,  a  repre- 
sentative in  1650-59-60,  and  during  twenty 
successive  years  from  1665  to  1684.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  Mary,  daughter  of  Hon.  Emanuel 
Downing,  of  Salem,  and  his  wife,  Lucy,  and 
sister  of  Sir  George,  afterward  Lord  Down- 
ing. Hon.  Emanuel  Downing  and  his  wife 
were  admitted  to  the  church  in  Salem,  Novem- 
ber 4,  1638.  He  married  (second)  Barbara, 
widow  of  Captain  Joseph  Weld,  of  Roxbury, 
who  died  April  15,  1654.    He  married  (third) 

about  1655,  Christian .    He  died  March 

16,  1686-87.  Children  of  first  wife:  Solo- 
mon, born  October  4,  1643,  mentioned  below ; 
Samson,  December  3,  1645 ;  Simeon,  1650. 
Children  of  second  wife:  Sarah,  October  21, 
1652;  Stephen,  January  6,  1654.  Children  of 
third  wife :  Christian,  March  22,  1657 !  An- 
thony, June  16,  1658;  Lydia,  May  27,  1660; 
Joseph,  December  i,  1661 ;  John,  April  22, 
1663;  Ebenezer,  July  i,  1664;  Dorothy,  No- 
vember 24,  1665;  Mary,  March  25,  1668; 
Jane  (twin),  July  29,  1669;  Grace  (twin). 

(II)  Solomon,  son  of  Anthony  Stoddard, 
was  born  October  4,  1643,  died  February  11, 
1729.  He  graduated  at  Harvard,  1662,  and 
was  afterward  elected  "Fellow  of  the  House" 
and  was  the  first  librarian  of  the  college, 
which  office  he  held  from  1667  to  1674.  About 
this  time,  on  account  of  ill  health,  he  accom- 
panied the  governor  of  Massachusetts  to  Bar- 
iDadoes,  in  the  capacity  of  chaplain,  and  re- 
mained nearly  two  years  preaching  to  the  Dis- 
senters. In  1669"  he  received  a  call  to  the 
church  in  Northampton  and  settled  there  as 
minister,  September  11,  1672.  In  1726  his 
grandson,  Jonathan  Edwards,  was  elected  his 
colleague.  Among  his  publications  are  the 
following:  "The  Trial  of  Assurance,"  1696; 
"The  Doctrine  of  Instituted  Churches,"  1700, 
written  in  answer  to  the  work  of  Rev.  In- 
crease Mather,  entitled  "The  Order  of  the 
Gospel,''  which  occasioned  exciting  contro- 
versy. "The  Danger  of  Degeneracy,"  1702 ; 
"Election  Sermon,"  1703;  "Sermon  on  the 
Lord's  Supper,"  Ex.  XII,  47,  48,  707.  "Ser- 
mon, Ordination  of  the  Rev.  Joseph  Willard, 
Swampfield,"  1708;  "Inexcusableness  of  Neg- 
lecting the  Worship  of  God,"  1708  ;  "Falseness 
of  the  Hopes  of  Many  Professors,"  1708 ;  "An 
Appeal  to  the  Learned  on  the  Lord's  Supper," 


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1709;  "A  Plea  for  Tithes";  "Divine  Teachings 
Render  Persons  Blessed,"  1712 ;  "A  Guide 
to  Christ,"  1713;  three  sermons:  "The  Virtue 
of  Christ's  Blood,"  "Natural  Men  Under  the 
Government  of  Self-love,"  "The  Gospel  a 
Means  of  Conversion,"  and  a  fourth,  "To 
Stir  Up  Young  Men  and  Maidens,"  1717. 
Sermon  at  the  ordination  of  Mr.  Thomas 
Cheney,  17 18.  "Treatise  Concerning  Conver- 
sion," 1719;  "Answer  to  Cases  of  Conscience," 
1722  ;  "Inquiry  whether  God  is  not  Angry  with 
this  Country,"  1723 ;  "Safety  of  Appearing  in 
Christ's  Righteousness,"   1724. 

He  married,  March  8,  1670,  Mrs.  Esther 
Mather,  widow  of  Rev.  Eleazer  Mather,  and 
originally  Esther  Warham,  of  Windsor,  Con- 
necticut. She  died  February  10,  1736,  aged 
ninety-two.  Children  :  Mary,  born  January  9, 
1671 ;  Esther,  June  2,  1672 ;  Samuel,  Feb- 
ruary 5,  1674;  Anthony,  June  6,  1675,  died 
following  day;  Aaron  (twin),  August  23, 
1676,  died  same  day;  Christian  (twin);  An- 
thony, August  9,  1678,  mentioned  below ; 
Sarah,  April  i,  1680;  John,  February  17, 
1682;  Israel,  April  10,  1684;  Rebecca,  1686; 
Hannah,  April  21,  1688. 

(III)  Anthony  (2),  son  of  Solomon  Stod- 
dard, was  born  August  9,  1678,  died  Septem- 
ber 6,  1760.  He  graduated  at  Harvard,  1697, 
and  settled  as  minister  in  Woodbury,  Con- 
necticut, where  he  continued  sixty  years.  He 
married  (first)  by  Rev.  Stephen  Mix,  Octo- 
ber 20,  1700,  Prudence  Wells,  of  Wethersfield, 
who  died  May,  1714.  He  married  (second) 
January  31,  1715,  Mary  Sherman,  who  died 
January  12,  1720.  Children  of  first  wife: 
Mary,  June  19,  1702 ;  Solomon,  October  12, 
1703;  Eliakim,  April  3,  1705,  mentioned  be- 
low; Elisha,  November  24,  1706:  Israel,  Au- 
gust 7,  1708;  John,  March  2,  1710;  Pru- 
dence, October  12,  171 1;  Gideon,  May  27, 
1714.  Children  of  second  wife:  Esther,  Oc- 
tober II,  1716;  Abijah,  February  28,  1718: 
Elizabeth,  November   15,   1719. 

(IV)  Eliakim,  son  of  Anthony  (2)  Stod- 
dard, was  born  April  3,  1705,  died  1750.  He 
lived  in  Woodbury.  He  married,  1729,  Jo- 
anna Curtis.  Children :  John,  born  January 
26,  1730,  mentioned  below ;  Israel.  January 
28,  1732:  Anthony,  October  21,  1734;  Jo- 
anna, July  16,  1738;  Prudence,  Septemjaer 
24,  1740;  Eliakim,  July  25,  1742,  died  young; 
Seth,  December  2,  1744;  Abigail,  August  2, 
1747;  Eliakim,  December  ii,  1749. 

(V)  John,  son  of  Eliakim  Stoddard,  was 
born  January  26,  1730,  died  January  22,  1795. 
He  lived  in  Watertown,  Connecticut.  He 
married,  April  15,  1751,  Mary  Atwood,  who 
died  in  Charleston,  Montgomery  county,  New 
York,    January    16,    1802.      Children:      Sam- 


son, born  October  25,  1752,  mentioned  below ; 
Abiram,  October  25,  1756,  died  in  the  revo- 
lutionary army;  Wells,  July  i,  1759;  Phebe, 
February  19,  1760;  John,  July  i,  1763,  in 
Watertown ;  Submit,  March  17,  1766,  died 
September  7,  1775 ;  Joanna,  February  19, 
1767;  Mary,  June  11,  1771  ;  Sarah,  May  13, 
1773;  Israel,  February  15,  1776;  Eliakim,  Au- 
gust  10,  1779. 

(VI)  Samson,  son  of  John  Stoddard,  was 
born  October  25,  1752,  died  November  11, 
1809,  an  invalid  for  twelve  years  previously 
from  palsy.  He  married  (first)  Susannah 
Nettleton,  who  died  April  24,  1779.  He  mar- 
ried (second)  Amy  Goodwin,  who  died  Sep- 
tember 16,  1827.  Her  ancestors  came  over  in 
the  "Mayflower."  He  lived  in  Watertown,. 
Connecticut.  Children  of  first  wife :  Pru- 
dence, August  II,  1775;  Abiram,  January  27, 
1777,  mentioned  below  ;  Susannah,  March  26, 
1779.  Children  of  second  wife:  William,  Sep- 
tember 29,  1781 ;  Goodwin,  May  8,  1783; 
Harvey,  April  14,  1785 ;  Anna,  August  17, 
1788;  Samuel,  August  6,  1791. 

(VII)  Abiram,  son  of  Samson  Stoddard, 
was  born  January  27,  1777,  died  November 
26,  1855.  He  graduated  from  Yale,  1800, 
and  settled  in  the  practice  of  medicine  in  Der- 
by, Connecticut.  Fie  was  representative  from 
Oxford  in  the  general  assembly  at  New  Fla- 
ven  in  1814,  and  held  offices  of  public  trust 
many  years  in  Derby.  He  was  a  man  of  large 
intelligence,  great  energy  and  endurance.     He 

married  .      Children :      Theresa,    born 

January  6,  1806,  died  1814;  Jonathan,  Octo- 
ber 9,  1807;  Susan,  August  3,  1809;  Thomas, 
March  11,  1813,  mentioned  below,-  Joseph 
Nettleton,  November  12,  1815;  William,  Jan- 
uary 6,   1818;  Maria  Theresa,  June  2,   1825. 

(VIII)  Thomas,  son  of  Abiram  Stoddard, 
was  born  March  11,  1813.  He  graduated 
from  Yale,  1836.  He  married,  April  19, 
1839,  Esther  Ann  Gilbert,  born  July  31,  1819. 
Children :  Frances  Eunice,  born  January  13, 
1840;  Sarah,  April  6,  1842;  Ezekiel  Gilbert, 
mentioned  below. 

(IX)  Ezekiel  Gilbert,  son  of  Thomas  Stod- 
dard, was  born  November  14,  1844,  at  Sey- 
mour, Connecticut.  He  was  educated  at  pri- 
vate schools  in  New  Haven,  and  entered  the 
wholesale  grocery  business  there  at  the  age 
of  sixteen.  He  has  been  a  very  enterprising 
and  successful  merchant  and  takes  high  rank 
in  financial  and  commercial  circles  in  Con- 
necticut. He  is  president  of  the  New  Haven 
County  National  Bank  of  New  Haven,  vice- 
president  of  the  Connecticut  Savings  Bank  of 
New  Haven,  a  director  in  the  Union  Trust 
Company,  the  Security  Insurance  Company 
of   New  Haven,  and   an  officer   and  director 


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in  several  local  and  foreign  corporations  en- 
gaged in  manufacturing,  gas  and  electric 
plants,  ranching  and  mining.  In  politics  he 
has  always  been  prominently  connected  with 
the  Democratic  party.  In  religion  an  Epis- 
copalian, he  is  a  member  and  has  served  on 
the  vestry  of  Trinity  Church.  He  married 
Mary  de  Forest,  daughter  of  Thomas  Burlock. 
Children:  i.  Esther  Ann,  born  February  2, 
1874;  married  Frank  S.  Butterworth ;  chil- 
dren :  Frank  S.  Jr.,  Benjamin,  Esther  S.  2. 
Louis  Ezekiel,  mentioned  below ;  3.  Carlos 
French,  born  July  10,  1880 :  married  Sandol 
Milliken ;  children :  Carlos  French,  Jr.,  Mary, 
Ezekiel  G. 

(X)  Louis  Ezekiel,  son  of  Ezekiel  Gilbert 
Stoddard,  was  born  at  New  Haven,  January 
25,  1878.  He  was  educated  at  St.  Paul's 
School,  Concord,  New  Hampshire,  graduat- 
ing there  in  1895,  and  at  Yale  University, 
from  which  he  graduated  with  the  degree  of 
A.  B.  in  1899.  Since  he  began  his  business 
life  he  has  been  engaged  largely  in  mining. 
He  is  now  president  of  the  Bingham-New 
Haven  Copper  &  Gold  Mining  Company ; 
president  of  the  New  England  Stone  Com- 
pany :  director  of  the  New  Haven  County  Na- 
tional Bank,  the  Union  Horse  Nail  Company 
of  Chicago,  Illinois ;  the  Fowler  Nail  Com- 
pany of  Seymour,  Connecticut ;  the  Red  River 
Valley  Company  of  New  Mexico,  and  the 
Carrington  Publishing  Company  of  New  Ha- 
ven. He  is  a  member  of  the  Quinnipiack 
Club,  the  Graduates  Club,  the  Lawn  Club  and 
the  Country  Club  of  New  Haven,  the  Racquet 
and  Tennis  Club  of  New  York  City,  the  Point 
Judith  Club  of  Narragansett,  Rhode  Island, 
the  Pittsburg  Club,  the  Roehampton  Club 
of  London,  England,  the  Meadow  Brook  Club 
of  Long  Island  and  the  Alta  Club  of  Salt 
Lake  City.  He  is  a  member  of  Trinity  Prot- 
estant Episcopal  Church.  In  politics  he  is  a 
Democrat.  He  married,  November  9,  1904, 
Rebecca  McCullough,  born  June  9,  1879, 
daughter  of  Harry  and  Elizabeth  Darlington, 
of  Pittsburg,  Pennsylvania,  formerly  of  Ches- 
ter in  that  state.  They  have  one  child,  Eliza- 
beth Darlington,  born  January  13,  1906. 


The  Bill  family  of  England  has  an 
BILL  ancient  and  honorable  record,  ex- 
tending back  almost  to  the  begin- 
ning of  the  use  of  surnames  in  that  country. 
The  name  means  a  kind  of  weapon,  and  the 
progenitor  doubtless  took  his  surname  from 
his  occupation  in  war,  a  bill  man.  A  bill  was 
an  ancient  battle  ax.  The  family  is  from 
Denmark  originally,  according  to  the  best 
authoritv.  The  family  has  been  prominent  in 
Shropshire    for    some    five    centuries    and    is 


numerous  also  in  Wiltshire  and  Stafifordshire. 
Dr.  Thomas  Bill,  born  about  1490,  was  a 
prominent  physician,  an  attendant  of  Queen 
Elizabeth. 

William  Bill  was  Master  of  Trinity,  Pro- 
vost of  Eton  and  Dean  of  Westminster.  Dean 
Bill,  who  wrote  the  statutes  of  Westminster, 
was  buried  in  Westminster  Abbey  in  what  is 
known  as  the  Deans'  Chapel,  named  entirely 
in  his  honor. 

John  Bill,  born  1676,  was  a  well-known 
London  publisher.  He  appears  in  London  in 
1713  as  "publisher  to'  King  James  I.,  Most 
Excellent  Majestie."  One  of  the  earliest  works 
published  b)'  John  Bill  was  by  order  of  the 
king  himself.  He  brought  out  many  editions 
of  the  Bible.  He,  or  his  partner,  Christopher 
Barker,  published  the  first  news  sheet,  called 
the  English  Mercurie,  issued  to  contradict 
false  reports  concerning  the  descent  of  the 
Spanish  Armada  upon  the  coast  of  England. 
After  he  received  the  royal  license,  his  place 
of  business  became  known  as  Printing  House 
Square,  its  present  name. 

The  Bill  coat-of-arms :  Ermine  two  wood- 
bills  (battle  axes)  sable,  with  long  handles 
proper,  in  saltire,  a  chief  azure,  a  pale  or, 
charged  with  a  rose  gules,  between  two  peli- 
cans' heads  erased  at  the  neck  argent. 

John  Bill  married  (first)  Anne,  daughter 
of  Thomas  Mountford,  D.  D.  She  was  the 
author  of  a  book  entitled,  "Mirror  of  Mod- 
estie,"  published  in  London  in  1621.  A  sec- 
ond and  very  rare  edition  was  published  in 
1719.  She  died  May  3,  1621,  aged  thirty- 
three.  He  married  (second)  Joan  Franklin, 
of  Throwley,  Kent.  He  made  his  will  in 
1630;  was  buried  at  St.  Anne's  Blackfriars, 
London.  He  left  a  bequest  to  the  parish  of 
Much  Wenlock,  where  he  was  born.  Chil- 
dren of  first  wife :  John,  mentioned  below  ; 
Anne ;  Charles,  succeeded  his  father  as  pub- 
lisher of  Bibles  and  books  ;  Henry ;  Mary. 

(I)  John  (2)  Bill,  son  of  John  (i)  Bill, 
was  born  in  England  and  was  the  immigrant 
ancestor.  The  best  authority  indicates  that 
he  was  the  son  of  John,  mentioned  above, 
the  book  publisher.  Little  is  known  of  him. 
He  and  his  wife  Dorothy  came  to  this  coun- 
try before  1635.  Their  children,  John,  aged 
thirteen,  and  Marie,  aged  eleven,  came  to 
Boston  in  1635,  John  in  the  ship  "Hope- 
well," Marie  in  the  ship  "Planter."  The  fa- 
ther died  in  1638  and  a  month  later  Richard 
Tuttle  became  responsible  to  the  town  for 
Dorothy  Bill,  widow,  "sojourner  at  his  house" 
and  "for  anything  about  her."  It  is  probable 
that  Dorothy  was  a  sister  of  Tuttle.  The 
genealoey  by  Ledyard  Bill  gives  this  list  of 
the  children  of  John  and  Dorothy  and  states 


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that  all  of  the  name  with  a  few  exceptions  are 
descended  from  them :  James,  born  in  Eng- 
land in  1615  :  Thomas,  about  1618,  married 
(first)  Elizabeth  Nichols;  (second)  Abigail 
Willie;  Philip,  about  1620,  mentioned  below; 
John,   1622;  Mary,   1624. 

(II)  Philip,  son  of  John  (2)  Bill,  was 
born  in  England  about  1620.  He  lived  at 
Pulling  Point,  a  part  of  Boston,  Massachu- 
setts, where  his  brother  James  and  mother 
Dorothy  were  living.  Next  he  resided  at  Ip- 
swich until  1667  or  1668,  when  he  removed 
to  New  London,  Connecticut,  at  the  invita- 
tion of  Governor  John  Winthrop.  He  set- 
tled on  the  east  side  of  the  Thames  river,  in 
that  part  of  New  London  incorporated  in 
1705  as  the  new  town  of  Groton.  He  became 
the  owner  of  a  large  amount  of  real  estate. 
He  died  July  8,  1689,  of  a  throat  distemper, 
and  his  daughter  Margaret  died  the  same  day. 
His  widow  Hannah  married  (second)  Sam- 
uel Buckland,  of  New  London,  and  died  in 
1709.  Children:  i.  Philip,  born  about  1659; 
married  (first)  Elizabeth  Lester;  (second) 
Mary .  2.  Mary,  about  1661.  3.  Mar- 
garet, about  1663,  died  July  8,  1689.  4.  Sam- 
uel,    about     1665,     married     (first)      Mercy 

Houghton;    (second)    Elizabeth    .      5. 

John,  about  1667;  married  (first)  Mercy 
Fowler;  (second)  Hannah  Hurst.  6.  Eliza- 
beth, born  in  New  London.  7.  Jonathan,  bap- 
tized November  5,  1671,  living  in  1708.  8. 
Joshua,  mentioned  below. 

(III)  Joshua,  son  of  Philip  Bill,  was  born 
October  16,  1675,  in  that  part  of  New  Lon- 
don which  became  Groton,  Connecticut,  and 
which  in  1836  formed  a  part  of  what  is  now 
the  town  of  Ledyard.  He  was  baptized 
March  29,  1675-76.  He  was  a  prominent 
citizen  of  Groton.  He  acted  as  moderator 
in  17 19  and  in  1720-21  was  one  of  a  com- 
mittee for  the  division  of  lands.  In  1725  he 
was  on  a  committee  to  lay  out  the  highway 
running  from  Meeting  House  hill  to  the 
Great  Pine  swamp,  now  the  road  from  Gro- 
ton to  Preston.  He  was  selectman  for  sev- 
eral years,  and  also  town  clerk  from  1719 
to  1730.  His  old  family  Bible,  printed  1690 
by  Charles  Bill  of  London,  contains  a  rec- 
ord of  births,  deaths  and  marriages  of  his 
family  and  is  still  preserved.  He  died  in 
1735  and  his  widow  Hannah  was  appointed 
administratrix,  September  26  of  that  year. 
He  married  (first)  November  i,  1699,  Joanna 
Potts,  born  in  May,  1679,  died  November 
3,  1718,  daughter  of  William  Potts,  of  New 
London.  She  was  admitted  to  the  church  in 
New  London,  May  9,  1 70 1.  He  married  (sec- 
ond) October  4,  1719,  Hannah  Swodel,  born  in 
December,  1697,  daughter  of  William  Swodel, 


of  Groton.  Children  of  first  wife:  i.  Son, 
born  July  29,  died  September  28,  1700.  2. 
Joshua,  September  28,  1707.  3.  Edward,  De- 
cember  I,   1710;  married  Zeruah  .     4. 

Benijah,  March  3,  1713;  married  Judith  Wa- 
terman. 5.  Mary,  April  6,  1716.  Children 
of  second  wife :  6.  Phineas,  September  5, 
1720,  mentioned  below.  7.  Naomi,  March 
ID,  1722.  8.  Orpah,  October  20,  1723.  9. 
Hannah,  September  30,  1725.  10.  Sarah,  Sep- 
tember  12,    1727.      II.   Esther,  July  g,    1729. 

12.  Joanna,  j\Iay  7,   1731,  died  June  6,  1731. 

13.  Phebe,  October  26,  1733. 

(IV)  Phineas,  son  of  Joshua  Bill,  was 
born  in  that  part  of  Groton  that  is  now  Led- 
yard, Connecticut,  September  5,  1720.  He 
resided  in  the  southwestern  part  of  the  town 
of  Ledyard,  about  halfway  between  the  vil- 
lage of  Unionville  and  Allyn's  Point.  The 
house  is  still  known  as  the  Phineas  Bill  house. 
He  died  of  cancer  in  the  home  of  his  eldest 
son  Phineas,  in  February,  1780,  aged  sixty 
years.  He  married  Mehitabel  Woodworth. 
Children :  i.  Phineas,  born  September  8, 
175 1 ;  married  Mercy  Allyn.  2.  Mehitable, 
married  William  Spink,  of  Colchester.  3. 
Mary,  married  (first)  Richard  Dayton;  (sec- 
ond) Alpheus  Chapman.  4.  Benajah,  June  29, 
1760,  mentioned  below.  5.  Joshua,  May  14, 
1762.  6.  Gurdon,  1766,  died  September, 
1 78 1.    7.  Daughter,  married  Emanuel  Simons. 

(V)  Benajah,  son  of  Phineas  Bill,  was 
born  June  29,  1760,  at  Groton,  Connecticut. 
He  resided  on  Meeting  House  hill,  now  in 
the  town  of  Led)'ard.  He  was  a  soldier  in 
the  revolutionary  war.  Later  in  life  he  re- 
moved to  Lyme.  Connecticut,  where  he  died 
May  22,  1842.  He  married,  January  17,  1782, 
Content  Park,  born  February  4,  1751,  died 
May  27,  1845.  Children,  born  at  Groton:  i. 
Polly,  December  29,  1782.  2.  Lodowick, 
mentioned  below.  3.  Eunice  Park,  January 
27,  1788.  4.  Alexander  Tullius,  November 
27,  1790.  5.  Sarah,  May  7,  1793.  6.  Elisha 
Satterlee,  March  19,  1796.  7.  Nelson  Hora- 
tius,  September  24,  1798.  8.  Park  Allyn, 
Julf  I,  1801.  9.  Lyman  Edgecomb,  April 
13,  1805.     10.  Infant,  died  young. 

(VI)  Judge  Lodowick  Bill,  son  of  Benajah 
Bill,  was  born  in  the  north  part  of  Groton, 
October  9,  1784.  He  removed  to  Lyme  where 
he  became  through  his  own  exertions  a  well- 
to-do  farmer  and  prominent  citizen.  He  was 
constable  of  the  town  and  for  many  years  a 
deputy  sheriff  of  the  county.  He  held  the 
office  of  judge  of  probate  until  retired  by  age 
limitation.  He  represented  the  town  several 
times  in  the  general  assembly  of  the  state.  He 
married,  October  20,  1805,  Betsey  Geer,  a 
daughter  of  Rev.  John  Wight.     Children:     i. 


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Eliza,  born  March  25,  1806,  died  December, 
1809.  2.  Julia  Ann,  September  25,  1807; 
married  John  G.  Hughes.  3.  Polly,  Septem- 
ber 25,  1809 ;  married  Asa  P.  EdgecomlD.  4. 
Hiram  Geer,  November  13,  1810,  died  at 
Montville,  December  26,  1830.  5.  John 
Wight,  mentioned  below.  6.  Benajah  Park, 
December  5,  1814.  7.  James  Alexander, 
March  30,  1817;  married  Ann  L.  Lord.  8. 
Ellen  Jane,  March  18,  1819.  9.  Lucy  Stark, 
March  23,  1822.  10.  Gilbert  Lafayette,  Oc- 
tober 7,  1824,  died  October  14,  1838. 

(VII)  Judge  John  Wight  Bill,  son  of 
Judge  Lodowick  Bill,  was  born  at  Groton, 
now  Ledyard,  Connecticut,  January  4,  1813. 
He  resided  at  Blue  Hill  in  the  town  of  Lyme 
and  was  a  prosperous  farmer.  For  a  num- 
ber of  years  he  was  interested  in  book  publish- 
ing. In  politics  he  was  a  Democrat  and,  like 
his  father,  was  judge  of  probate  for  the  dis- 
trict. He  represented  his  town  in  the  state 
legislature  several  times. 

Judge  John  Wight  Bill  married,  Au- 
gust 4,  1836,  Prudence,  daughter  of  Captain 
Jacob  Gallup,  who  was  descended  from  Cap- 
tain Benadam  Gallup,  prominent  in  the  co- 
lonial wars.  Children,  born  at  Lyme:  i. 
John  Oscar,  November  13,  1837,  served  in 
the  civil  war  in  the  First  Regiment  of  Con- 
necticut Volunteers:  died  July  10,  1870.  2. 
Prudence  Parthenia,  March  27,  1839,  died 
February  21,  1842.  3.  Gilbert  Lafayette, 
January  15,  1842,  died  February  17,  1863; 
a  graduate  of  Fort  Edward  Institute,  New 
York.  4.  Ellen  Loraine,  July  30,  1844 :  mar- 
ried, March  17,  1864,  William  H.  Fowler, 
of  Williamsburg,  Long  Island,  died  Febru- 
ary 22,  1881.  5.  Lodowick,  March  3,  1847, 
died  October  26,  1867.  6.  Emma  Gallup, 
August  8,  1849,  died  September  7,  1867.  7. 
Jacob  Gallup,  June  10,  1851,  died  October  17, 
1870.  8.  Nelson  Horatio,  March  10,  1853.  9. 
Robert  Allyn,  January  12,  1855,  died 
March  22,  1855.  10.  Prudence  Morgan,  April 
28,  1856,  died  October  20,  1867.  Arthur  L. 
Wight,  March  29,  1858,  died  May,  1902. 
Edward   Lyman,  mentioned  below. 

(\TII)  Edward  Lyman,  son  of  Judge  John 
Wight  Bill,  author,  editor  and  publisher,  was 
born  at  Lyme,  Connecticut,  June  5,  1862. 
After  attending  the  public  schools  in  his  na- 
tive town  lie  took  special  courses  at  the  State 
Normal  School  at  New  Britain,  Connecticut, 
and  at  Wesleyan  University.  He  then  fol- 
lowed teaching  for  a  while,  making  a  specialty 
of  elocution.  He  located  in  the  territory  of 
Dakota,  where  he  was  engaged  in  mercantile 
pursuits  at  Fargo  and  at  Grandin.  In  the 
early  eighties  he  was  elected  police  justice: 
was    appointed    postmaster,    and    was    one    of 


the  first  organizers  of  the  territorial  militia 
in  which  he  had  official  rank.  He  also  acted 
as  correspondent  for  various  eastern  news- 
papers. In  1888  he  purchased  a  part  inter- 
est in  Tlic  Music  Trade  Revieiv,  the  oldest 
music  trade  publication  in  this  country.  In 
1 89 1  he  purchased  the  interests  held  by  oth- 
ers and  became  sole  proprietor.  He  is  also 
editor  and  publisher  of  The  Talking  Machine 
World  and  The  Player  Monthly,  both  monthly 
publications.  His  newspaper  ventures  have 
been  successful. 

He  was  awarded  the  Grand  Prix  at  the 
Paris  Exposition  of  1900,  the  diploma  at  the 
Pan-American  Exposition  of  1901,  the  silver 
medal  at  the  Charleston  Exposition  of  1902, 
and  the  gold  medal  at  the  St.  Louis  Exposi- 
tion of  1904. 

He  is  also  an  author,  having  written  three 
successful  novels,  "The  Sword  of  the  Pyra- 
mids," "The  Last  of  the  Danvers,"  and  his 
latest  literary  production  is  "Hitting  the 
Thought  Trail."  He  has  also  published  a 
number  of  technical  books  which  have  met 
with  a  large   demand. 

Mr.  Bill  resides  in  New  Rochelle,  New 
York,  where  he  has  taken  an  active  part  in 
local  afifairs.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican. 
He  served  for  six  years  as  a  member  of  the 
board  of  education  of  the  city  of  New  Ro- 
chelle and  was  formerly  a  police  commis- 
sioner. He  is  active  and  influential  in  all 
movements  for  the  improvement  and  welfare 
of  the  city.  He  was  treasurer  of  the  New 
York  state  commission  to  the  Louisiana  Pur- 
chase Exposition  in  1904  and  delivered  the 
oration  on  New  York  Day.  He  was  formerly 
vice-president  of  the  New  York  Press  Club 
two  terms,  also  president  of  the  New  Ro- 
chelle Republican  Club  two  terms.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  New  Rochelle  Yacht  Club,  the 
Wykag3'l  Country  Club,  the  National  Geo- 
graphical Society,  the  Huguenot  Society,  the 
sons  of  the  Revolution,  the  Society  of  May- 
flower Descendants,  and  Tolland  Club  in  the 
Berkshires  where  he  spends  a  portion  of  his 
summers.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Naval 
League,  the  Huguenot  Lodge,  Free  and  Ac- 
cepted Masons,  Bethlehem  Commandery,  of 
Mount  Vernon,  the  Mystic  Shrine  and  has 
taken   the   thirty-second   degree   in    Masonry. 

He  married,  at  Lyme,  Connecticut,  Feb- 
ruary 12.  1889,  Caroline  Lee,  born  Septem- 
ber 7,  1861,  daughter  of  State  Senator  James 
I  .  Raymond,  of  Lyme,  Connecticut.  Chil- 
dren :  Hester  Raymond,  born  in  New  York 
City,  January  28,  1893  ;  J-  Raymond,  Mount 
Vernon,  New  York.  September  23,  1895:  Ed- 
ward Lvman  Jr.,  ^Mount  A^ernon,  New  York. 
May  J,  1897. 


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John  Owen,  immigrant  ancestor, 
OWEN     came  from  Wales,  where  he  was 

born  December  25,  1634.  He 
settled  at  Windsor,  Connecticut,  at  a  place 
called  Hosford's  Lane,  but  removed  afterward 
farther  north  on  the  Farmington  river,  to 
Polly's  Orchard.  He  married,  October  3, 
1650,  Rebecca  Wade,  who  died  December  3, 
171 1.  He  died  February  i,  1698-99.  Chil- 
dren: Josias,  born  September  8,  1651;  John, 
November  5,  1652,  died  young;  John,  April 
23,  1654;  Nathaniel,  August  9,  1656;  Daniel, 
March  28,  1658;  Joseph,  October  23,  1660; 
Mary,  December  5,  1662;  BenjaiTiin,  Septem- 
ber 20,  1664;  Rebecca,  March  28,  1666;  Oba- 
diah,  December  12,  1667;  Isaac,  mentioned 
below. 

(II)  Isaac,  son  of  John  Owen,  was  born 
May  27,  1670.  He  was  one  of  the  first  set- 
tlers of  Turkey  Hills,  Connecticut.  He  mar- 
ried, December  20,  1693,  Sarah  Holcomb, 
born  1673,  died  January  22,  1763.  Children: 
Sarah,  born  February  17,  1695  ;  Eunice,  Au- 
gust 8,  1696;  Rebecca,  March  2,  1697;  Ann, 
June  12,,  1700;  Isaac,  November  7,  1702; 
Elijah,  October  7,  1706. 

(III)  Elijah,  son  of  Isaac  Owen,  was  born 
October  7,  1706,  died  September  22,  1741. 
The  Owen  and  Higley  lots  adjoin  each  other 
in  the  East  Granby  burying  ground,  and  it 
was  doubtless  this  Elijah  who  deeded  the 
ground  to  the  church  for  burial  purposes. 
He  married  Hannah,  daughter  of  Brewster 
Higley,  born  1716.  Children:  Rebecca,  born 
November  6,  1736:  Elijah,  1738-39,  men- 
tioned below;  Hannah,  July  17,  1740. 

(IV)  Elijah  (2),  son  of  Elijah  (i)  Owen, 
was  born  probably  in  1738-39.  He  lived  at 
Turkey  Hills.  He  married  Lydia,  daughter 
of  Joel  Clarke,  March  8,  1762.  Children: 
Elijah,  born  April  17,  1763,  mentioned  be- 
low ;  Harvey,  of  Cheshire,  Massachusetts ; 
Mather,  of  Lee,  Massachusetts ;  Hannah,  mar- 
ried Pliny  Shaler,  of  Lee,  Massachusetts. 

(V)  Elijah  (3),  son  of  Elijah  (2)  Owen, 
was  born  April  17,  1763.  He  married  Han- 
nah, born  November  12,  1765,  daughter  of 
Nathaniel  and  Flannah  (Filley)  Mather.  Her 
father  was  descended  from  Nathaniel,  Dr. 
Samuel,  and  Rev.  Samuel  Mather,  and  her 
mother  from  Hannah,  Nathaniel  and  Hannah 
(Moon),  Jonathan,  Samuel  and  William  Fil- 
ley:    Child,  Elijah,  mentioned  below. 

(VI)  Elijah  (4),  son  of  Elijah  (3)  Owen, 
was  born  at  East  Otis,  Massachusetts,  died 
in  New  York.  He  married  Sarah,  daughter 
of  John  and  Lienor  (Brown)  Hunter.  Chil- 
dren: Elijah  Hunter,  born  November  30, 
1810,  mentioned  below  ;  John. 

(VII)  Elijah    Hunter,   son    of   Elijah    (4) 


Owen,  was  born  in  Otis,  Massachusetts,  No- 
vember 30,  1810,  died  April  14,  1881.  He 
was  one  of  the  leading  merchants  and  busi- 
ness men  of  his  day  in  Hartford,  and  took 
besides  a  large  and  active  part  in  charitable 
enterprises.  He  was  a  member  of  the  firm 
of  Owen,  Root  &  Childs,  dry  goods.  Early 
in  1861  his  private  means  and  business  con- 
nection were  used  by  Governor  Buckingham 
for  purchases  of  equipments  for  the  Connecti- 
cut troops,  and  it  was  mainly  due  to  his  skill 
and  energy  that  the  Connecticut  men  were 
the  first  to  reach  the  field  with  tents  and  field 
equipments  ready  for  campaigning.  The  orig- 
inal subscription  for  the  Kansas  rifles,  marked 
"pd"  in  Mr.  Owen's  well-known  autograph 
hand,  is  in  the  possession  of  the  Connecticut 
Historical  Society.  The  list  of  names  and 
date  prove  that  something  had  occurred  prior 
to  the  so-called  "Topeka  mtirders"  which  led 
the  thinking  men,  good  deacons  and  leading 
citizens  of  Hartford,  as  well  as  Boston  and 
New  Haven,  to  furnish  John  Brown,  Owen 
Brown  and  Owen  Lovejoy  with  Sharp's  rifles. 
Mr.  Owen  probably  did  not  know  that  John 
Brown  was  a  distant  cousin,  but  took  an  in- 
terest in  Brown's  venture  as  an  original  Abo- 
litionist and  stockholder  in  the  Kansas  Emi- 
grant Aid  Society.  Mr.  Owen  was  remark- 
able for  personal  uprightness  no  less  than  for 
the  generous  and  wise  aid  and  advice  which 
he  gave  to  young  men,  especially  of  his  own 
profession.  He  married,  June  13,  1836,  Su- 
sannah, born  May  2,  1813,  daughter  of 
Thomas  Danforth  and  Elizabeth  (Lewis) 
Boardman.  Her  father  was  born  in  Litch- 
field, Connecticut,  January  21,  1784,  and  was 
the  son  of  Oliver  and  Sarah  (Danforth) 
Boardman.  Her  mother  was  the  daughter  of 
Abel  and  Joanna  (Bidwell)  Lewis.  Her  fa- 
ther and  mother  were  married  May  28,  1812. 
Her  father  lived  to  the  age  of  ninety,  and  set 
up  the  first  steam  engine  at  Hartford,  Con- 
necticut. Children:  i.  Charles  Hunter,  born 
March  15,  1838,  resides  in  Hartford;  mar- 
ried Esther  Dixwell,  of  Cambridge,  Massa- 
chusetts. 2.  George  Boardman,  November 
9,  1839,  died  December  25,  1858.  3.  Henry 
Elijah,  May  28,  1843,  mentioned  below.  4. 
Edward  Thomas,  ]\Iarch  4,  1850,  resides  at 
Madison,  Wisconsin  ;  married  Emily  B.  Pratt, 
of  Brooklyn. 

(VIII)  Dr.  Henry  Elijah  Owen,  son  of  Eli- 
jah Hunter  Owen,  was  born  at  Hartford, 
May  28,  1843.  He  attended  the  public  schools 
at  Hartford  and  prepared  for  college  in  the 
Hartford  public  high  school.  He  entered 
Yale  College  in  i860  and  was  graduated  with 
the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts  in  1864.  He 
studied  his  profession  in  the  College  of  Phy- 


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sicians  and  Surgeons  of  New  York,  graduat- 
ing with  the  degree  of  M.  D.  in  the  class  of 
1867.  He  also  received  a  diploma  from  Belle- 
vue  Hospital  where  he  was  an  interne.  He 
engaged  in  the  general  practice  of  medicine 
in  New  York  City  and  continued  actively  for 
a  period  of  twenty  years.  Since  then  he  has 
been  retired.  He  is  a  member  of  the  New 
York  County  Medical  Society,  the  New  York 
State  Medical  Society  and  the  American  Med- 
ical Association.  He  belongs  to  the  Presby- 
terian church,  and  is  a  Republican  in  politics. 
He  is  a  trustee  of  the  Aachen  and  Munich 
Life  Insurance  Company.  He  belongs  to 
the  Yale  and  University  clubs  of  New  York 
City.  His  home  is  at  No.  40  West  Fifty- 
sixth  street.  New  York.  He  married,  Janu- 
ary 22,  1870,  Sophia  Lois,  born  September  20, 
1846,  daughter  of  Lawson  C.  and  Marriette 
(Thorpe)  Ives,  of  Hartford.  Children:  i. 
Marriette  Ives,  born  February  4,  1871 ;  mar- 
ried Herbert  C.  Taylor,  of  New  York  City; 
no  children.  2.  Sophia  Ives,  November  13, 
1872,  died  aged  thirteen  years.  3.  Susan 
Boardman,  August  i,  1874;  married  F.  Clif- 
ton Brown,  of  New  York  City ;  child,  Clifton 
Owen  Brown,  born  May  2,  1909.  4.  Edith 
Hunter,  August  23,  1876;  married,  April  30, 
1903,  George  FI.  Moore,  of  New  York  City ; 
child,  Edith  Georgianna  Moore,  born  August 
28,  1909,  died  October  7,  1910.  5.  Henry  Eli- 
jah, Jr.,  June  i,  1888;  married,  November  24, 
1909,  Isabel  G.,  daughter  of  John  P.  and 
Annie  (Dolan)  Brady:  child,  Henry  Elijah, 
born  October  19,  1910. 


John  Cowles,  immigrant  an- 
COWLES     cestor,   was  born   in   England, 

and  was  among  the  early  set- 
tlers of  Hartford,  Connecticut.  Not  long 
after  the  year  1640  he  located  at  Farmington, 
Connecticut,  and  in  1652  was  one  of  those 
who  organized  the  church  there.  He  was 
born  in  the  west  of  England,  it  is  thought, 
about  1598.  He  bought  land  on  the  corner 
at  the  north  end  of  Farmington  village, 
known  afterward  as  the  Dr.  Thompson  and 
Bodwell  places.  Selling  this  property,  he 
bought  three  lots  just  south  of  the  present 
meeting  house  and  built  a  house  there.  He 
spelled  his  name  Cowles  in  order  to  distin- 
guish himself  from  another  man  named  Cole 
of  the  same  town,  and  from  that  time  to  the 
present  the  descendants  of  his  eldest  son 
Samuel  have  spelled  the  name  Cowles  and 
those  of  the  youngest  son  John  have,  until  the 
beginning  of  the  nineteenth  century,  favored 
the  spelling  Cowls.  He  was  a  farmer.  He 
was  deputy  to  the  general  assembly  from 
Farmington  in   1653-54.     In  1659  he  was  one 


of  the  signers  who  started  the  settlement  at 
Hadley,  Massachusetts,  but  was  probably  not 
there  among  the  first,  being  a  resident  at 
Hadley  in  1662.  He  was  one  of  the  twenty- 
five  "engagers"  in  Hadley  to  establish  them- 
selves in  Hatfield  "across  the  river"  before 
March,  1661.  His  record  in  Hatfield  begins 
January  14,  1660-61,  according  to  the  records 
of  that  place,  and  he  died  there  September, 
1675,  and  was  probably  buried  there.  He  was 
one  of  a  committee  that  laid  out  a  burying 
place  for  the  town,  February  14,  1669,  and 
there  was  no  other  cemetery  there  until  1848. 
His  widow  Hannah,  after  his  death,  went  to 
live  with  son-in-law,  Caleb  Stanley,  of  Hart- 
ford, where  she  died  March  16,  1683,  and  she 
was  buried  there.  Her  will  was  dated  Octo- 
ber 27,  1680,  and  in  it  she  states  that  her  hus- 
band's last  will  was  dated  December  11,  1674. 
The  homestead  in  Hatfield  was  in  possession 
of  descendants  until  April,  1898.  Children: 
Samuel,  born  1639,  mentioned  below ;  John, 
1641  :  Hannah,  1644,  married  Caleb  Stanley, 
of  Flartford  ;  Sarah,  1646,  married  Nathaniel 
Goodwin  ;^  Esther,  1649,  married  Thomas 
Bull;  Elizabeth,  1651,  married  Edward  Ly- 
man; Mary,  June  24,  1654,  married  Nehe- 
miah  Dickinson. 

(II)  Samuel,  son  of  John  Cowles,  was  born 
in  Hartford  in  1639.  He  resided  at  Farming- 
ton  and  was  one  of  the  eighty-four  proprie- 
tors of  the  town  in  1672.  He  became  the  pro- 
genitor of  the  Connecticut  branch  of  the  fam- 
ily, his  brother  being  the  ancestor  of  the  Mas- 
sachusetts branch.  He  died  April  17,  1691. 
He  married,  February  14,  1660,  Abigail, 
daughter  of  Timothy  Stanley,  one  of  the  lead- 
ing men  of  Hartford,  who  came  from  county 
Kent,  England,  in  1634,  and  was  in  Hooker's 
company  that  went  from  Cambridge  to  settle 
Hartford  in  1636.  Children,  born  at  Farm- 
ington: Samuel,  March  17,  1661 ;  Abigail, 
lanuary,  1663,  married  Thomas  Porter;  Han- 
nah, December  ■  10,  1664;  Timothy,  Novem- 
ber 4,  1666;  Sarah,  December  25,  1668,  mar- 
ried Stephen  Hart:  John,  January  28,  1670; 
Nathaniel,  February  15,  1673;  Isaac,  March 
23,  1674-75 :  Joseph,  January  18,  1677-78 : 
Elizabeth,  March  17,  1680;  Caleb,  mentioned 
below. 

(III)  Caleb,  son  of  Samuel  Cowles,  was 
born  at  Farmington  (Kensington),  June  20, 
1682,  baptized  June  25,  1682,  died  Novem- 
ber 15,  1725.  He  settled  in  Kensington,  then 
called  the  Great  Swamp,  and  was  one  of  the 
original  "seven  pillars"  of  the  church  formed 
there,  December  10,  1712,  He  left  a  consid- 
erable estate  to  his  minor  children.  He  mar- 
ried, August  8,  1710,  Abigail,  daughter  of 
Joseph  Woodford.     She  died  in  1736. 


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( IV )  Daniel,  son  of  Caleb  Cowles,  was 
born  at  Kensington,  December  14,  1717,  died 
in  1798.     He  resided  first  in  Kensington,  then 

•  sold  his  property  and  removed  to  Lovely 
street,  Farmington,  now  West  street  in  Avon, 
where  he  died.  He  married  Martha  Powell, 
who  died  in  1810,  aged  ninety  years. 

(V)  Daniel  (2),  son  of  Daniel  (i)  Cowles, 
was  born  in  1743  (two  other  dates  are  given 
in  the  records — 1741  and  1747).  He  was,  a 
soldier  in  the  revolution.  He  removed  from 
Kensington  to  Lovely  street,  Worthington,  in 
1779,  and  died  there.  He  married,  April  25, 
1765-66,  Esther  Rhodes,  who  died  in  1815, 
aged  seventy-three,  daughter  of  Joseph 
Rhodes. 

(VI)  William,  son  of  Daniel  (2)  Cowles, 
was  born  in  Farmington  in  1781,  died  in 
Avon,  July  or  August,  1863.  He  was  a  sol- 
dier in  the  war  of  1812,  according  to  family 
tradition.  He  married,  in  1803,  Eliza,  daugh- 
ter of  Elijah  Hawley.  He  was  a  farmer  and 
stonemason.  Children :  Daniel,  of  Avon ; 
Lucy,  married  Charles  Davis,  of  Avon ; 
Chauncey  Milton,  mentioned  below. 

(VII)  Chauncey  Milton,  son  of  William 
Cowles,  was  born  July  7,  1813,  in  Avon,  Con- 
necticut, died  in  Bloomfield,  Connecticut,  July 
18,  1863.  He  was  a  mason  by  trade,  and  fol- 
lowed that  line  of  work  at  Avon.  In  religion 
he  was  a  Methodist,  and  in  politics  an  old  time 
Democrat.  He  married,  April  20,  1836,  Hul- 
dah,  daughter  of  Dyer  Dailey,  of  Farming- 
ton.  She  died  May,  1876,  at  New  Haven. 
Children:  George  Washington,  died  young; 
Edward  C,  born  1839,  married  Jane  Woods, 
at  Bloomfield,  Connecticut ;  children :  James, 
Mary  J.,  William  and  Edward  Cowles ;  Mar- 
tin Daniel,  born  1841,  died  May,  1884,  mar- 
ried Matilda  Buckley ;  George  Washington, 
born  1843,  now  living  in  New  Haven,  mar- 
ried Georgia  Ordway,  of  Rockland,  Maine; 
Ellen  Maria,  born  February  23,  1845,  mar- 
ried Henry  J.  Mongovan,  of  Hartford  and 
New  Haven,  retired ;  Augusta,  born  1847, 
died  in  infancy;  Henry  Dyer,  January  19, 
1850,  mentioned  below ;  Mary  Eliza,  born 
1853.  married  Wilham  Webb,  of  New  Ha- 
ven, whose  parents  came  from  England,  she 
died  November  29,  1873 ;  Emma  Jane,  born 
1855,  married  William  Jones,  of  New  Haven, 
she  died  in  1872;  Charles  Lewis,  1858,  died 
in  1872. 

(VIII)  Henry  Dyer,  son  of  Chauncey  Mil- 
ton Cowles,  was  born  at  Avon,  January  19, 
1850.  He  attended  the  public  schools  at 
Bloomfield  and  Cherrybrook,  Connecticut. 
He  followed  farming  in  his  youth  and  later 
learned  the  trade  of  brick  mason,  and  for  six- 
teen   years   was    a   house    painter   and    paper 


hanger.  He  was  in  the  employ  of  the  firm  of 
F.  A.  Gilbert  &  Company  of  N^ew  Haven  for 
eight  years.  He  was  appointed  a  patrolman 
on  the  police  force  of  the  city  of  New  Ha- 
ven, April  26,  1878,  and  was  promoted  to 
sergeant  of  police  a  few  years  later.  He  was 
again  promoted  to  detective  sergeant  at  police 
headciuarters,  January  2,  1892,  and  was  made 
captain  of  police.  May  27,  1897.  Since  No- 
vember I,  1907,  he  has  been  chief  of  police 
of  New  Haven,  and  has  filled  this  office,  as 
he  had  filled  the  subordinate  positions,  with 
fidelity  and  ability.  He  is  a  member  of 
Wooster  Lodge,  No.  79,  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons,  of  New  Haven;  Franklin  Chapter, 
Royal  Arch  Masons ;  New  Haven  Command- 
ery.  No.  2,  Knights  Templar,  of  New  Ha- 
ven ;  Pyramid  Shrine  of  Bridgeport ;  Amer- 
ica Lodge,  No.  52,  Knights  of  Pythias;  New 
Haven  Conclave,  No.  323,  Heptasophs,  of 
which  he  was  arcon  for  one  year,  being  the 
second  man  ever  elected  from  the  floor  in  that 
organization.  He  is  also  a  member  of  Dorset 
Lodge,  Musical  Association  of  New  Haven, 
and  the  Young  Men's  Republican  Club  of 
New  Haven.  He  has  been  elected  three  times 
to  the  presidency  of  the  Connecticut  State  Po- 
lice Association.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republi- 
can, and  in  religion  an  Episcopalian,  attending 
the  Church  of  the  Ascension  at  New  Haven. 
He  married,  July  8,  1873,  Fannie  Sophia, 
born  in  New  Haven.  May  30,  1855,  daughter 
of  William  H.  Tighe,  a  native  of  Preston, 
England.  Children :  Ella  May,  died  in  in- 
fancy ;  Henry  Dyer  Jr.,  born  May  10,  1888, 
at  New  Haven  ;  graduate  of  the  New  Haven 
high  school ;  student  at  Yale  College,  class 
of  1911. 


George  Preston  Cowles,  de- 
COWLES  scendant  of  the  Cowles  fam- 
ily of  which  several  lineages 
are  given  elsewhere  in  this  work,  and  one 
of  the  prominent  families  among  the  early 
settlers  of  the  colony,  was  born  near  Wash- 
ington, New  Preston,  Connecticut.  He  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools.  He  located 
at  Torrington  and  afterward  in  Ansonia,  for- 
merly Derby,  Connecticut,  and  became  finan- 
cially interested  in  the  Ansonia  Brass  &  Cop- 
per Company,  of  which  he  was  successively 
secretary,  treasurer,  vice-president  and  man- 
ager. He  died  in  October,  1887.  He  mar- 
ried Charlotte  Teaming,  daughter  of  General 
Russell  C.  and  Orrel  (Smith)  Abernethy,  of 
Torrington,  Connecticut  (see  Abernethy  Y). 
(II)  Alfred  Abernethy.  son  of  George 
Preston  Cowles,  was  born  at  Torrnigton,  then 
Wolcottville,  Connecticut,  September  28, 
1845.     He  attended  the  public  schools  of  An- 


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sonia,  whither  the  family  removed  when  he 
was  very  young.  Afterward  he  was  a  stu- 
'lent  in  Chase's  Military  Academy  at  Middle- 
town,  Connecticut,  and  at  the  Sorbonne,  in 
Paris,  France,  and  College  de  France.  He 
was  employed  for  two  years  in  the  Ansonia 
National  Bank.  He  traveled  abroad  for  a 
time  and  then  entered  the  employ  of  the  An- 
sonia Brass  &  Copper  Company,  in  the  count- 
ing room.  In  1870  he  was  given  charge  of  the 
New  York  offices  of  the  Company.  He  became 
successively  manager,  secretary,  treasurer, 
vice-president  and  in  1901  president  of  the 
corporation,  and  he  is  at  the  present  time 
( 191 1 )  the  head  of  the  company.  He  is  presi- 
dent also  of  the  Ansonia  Clock  Company, 
which  he  organized  in  1879,  president  of  the 
Coronet  Phosphate  Company,  which  he  or- 
ganized in  1908,  president  of  the  Terra  Ceia 
Estates  (incorporated),  vice-president  of  the 
American  Brass  Company.  He  is  a  director 
of  these  and  various  other  corporations.  He 
was  president  of  the  Birmingham  Water 
Power  Company.  He  has  always  been  a  Re- 
publican in  politics,  but  has  never  sought  pub- 
lic office  and  never  accepted  proffered  honors. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Union  League,  Larch- 
mont  Yacht,  Greenwich  Country  and  Railroad 
clubs.  His  residence  is  at  "The  Apthorp," 
New  York  City,  and  he  has  a  summer  home  at 
Belle  Haven,  Connecticut.  His  office  is  at  99" 
John  street,  New  York. 

He  married,  in  187 1,  Frances,  daughter  of 
Edward  Bailey,  of  Devonshire,  England  ;  her 
mother  was  Fanny  (Kenyon)  Bailey,  of  Syra- 
cuse, New  York.  Children:  i.  Russell  Aber- 
nethy,  born  1872 :  married  Louise  Pfarrius. 
2.  Frederick  Houghton,  born  1873 ;  married 
Maud  Sherman. 

(The    Abernethy    Line). 

(I)  WilHam  Abernethy,  immigrant  an- 
cestor, was  a  native  of  Scotland  and  came  first 
to  Branford,  Connecticut,  and  thence  to  Wal- 
lingford,    Connecticut.      His    first    wife    was 

Sarah  ,   the  second   Elizabeth  . 

Tradition  says  that  he  was  an  active,  ener- 
getic man.  Children :  Elizabeth,  born  Octo- 
ber 15,  1673  :  William,  January  23,  1675,  men- 
tioned below:  Sarah,  October  10,  1677:  Marv, 
March  29,  1679:  Samuel,  January  10,  1683, 
died  March  14,  1723 ;  Daniel,  September  3, 
1686;  Susannah,  July  18,  1689. 

(II)  William  (2),  son  of  William  (i) 
Abernethy,  was  born  January  23,   1675.     He 

married  Mary  .     He  lived  in  Walling- 

ford,  and  died  February,  1728.  His  wife  died 
January  i,  1757.  Children:  Mary,  born  April 
30,  1700;  Jemima,  August  20,  1702;  Sarah, 
December  15,  1704:  Ann,  June  7,  1706:  John, 


February  27,  T708 ;  Caleb,  February  11, 
1710,  mentioned  below;  Susannah,  April  28, 
1712. 

(HI)  Caleb,  son  of  William  (2)  Aberne- 
thy, was  born  February  11,  1710.  He  married 
Lois  Gaylord,  of  Wallingford,  September  26, 
^7ZZ-  Children:  WiUiam,  born  July  i,  1734, 
mentioned  below;  Mary,  November  23,  1736; 
John,  July  2,  1738;  Mary,  December  9,  1739; 
Jared,  October  31,  1741. 

(IV)  Dr.  William  (3)  Abernethy,  son  of 
Caleb  Abernethy,  was  born  July  i,  1734.  He 
married,  June  20,  1762,  Honor,  daughter  of 
Abijah  Catlin,  the  first  of  the  name  in  Har- 
winton.  He  studied  medicine  and  settled  in 
Flarwinton,  where  he  was  a  successful,  much- 
esteemed  and  honored  physician.  He  died 
there,  November  26,  1802.  His  widow  died 
September  14,  181 1,  aged  sixty-six.  Chil- 
dren: Honor,  born  August  28,  1763;  Lorain, 
September  25,  1768;  Captain  William  Conant, 
May  25,  1770 ;  Lucretia,  June  8,  1772 ;  Ros- 
well  (twin),  June  20,  1774;  Rossiter  (twin), 
died  young;  Andrew,  April  23,  1776,  died 
June  2,  1782;  Huldah,  February  21,  1778; 
Russell  Catlin,  February  9,  1780,  mentioned 
below;  Andrew,  June  28,  1782;  Sabrah,  June 
3.  1785  ;  Horace,  June  14,  1787. 

(V)  General  Russell  Catlin  Abernethy,  son 
of  Dr.  WilHam  (3)  Abernethy,  was  born 
February  9,    1780.      He   married,    September 

.17,  1803,  Orrel,  daughter  of  Elisha  Smith, 
Esq.,  one  of  the  prominent  men  of  Torring- 
ton,  Connecticut.  He  lived  in  Washington,' 
Connecticut,  in  his  early  days,  and  learned 
his  trade  as  merchant  in  a  store  in  New  Pres- 
ton village.  About  the  time  of  his  marriage, 
he  started  a  store  near  the  meeting  house  at 
Torrington  green,  which  he  continued  until 
1830,  when  he  gave  up  the  mercantile  busi- 
ness and  removed  to  Wolcottville,  Connecti- 
cut. There  he  engaged  in  manufacturing  and 
interested  himself  in  the  general  enterprises 
of  the  town.  He  was  justice  of  the  peace  for 
about  thirt3r-five  years,  until  1850,  when  he 
was  disqualified  on  account  of  age.  While 
in  that  office  he  showed  himself  a  faithful  ad- 
ministrator of  law,  and  an  honorable,  upright 
citizen.  He  was  also  town  clerk  for  a  num- 
ber of  years.  In  military  service  he  rose  to 
be  major-general  of  the  state  militia.  For 
this  position  he  was  well-qualified  by  char- 
acter and  personal  appearance,  and  the  town 
had  more  pride  in  him  in  this  office  than  in 
any  other.  His  soldierly  bearing  on  horse- 
back, his  prompt  and  energetic  manners  as 
a  commanding  officer,  were  especially  pleas- 
ing to  those  who  served  under  him.  In  per- 
sonal appearance  he  was  tall  and  erect,  with 
elegant  manners  and  a  distinct  air  of  culture. 


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He  died  September  16,  1861,  and  his  wife 
May  26,  1835.  Children  :  EHsha  Smith,  born 
October  24,  1805 ;  Lucy  S.,  September  7, 
1807;  Mary  Lucretia,  March  27,  1812;  Char- 
lotte Learning,  October  2,  1820,  married 
George  P.  Cowles   (see  Cowles  I). 


Dr.   John   Durand,    immigrant 

DURAND  ancestor,  was  a  Huguenot 
from  France,  who  came  prob- 
ably with  relatives  when  quite  young  and  set- 
tled in  Derby,  Connecticut,  about  1685.  He 
practiced  medicine  in  that  town  for  many 
years.  He  seems  to  have  lived  at  Stratford, 
Connecticut,  for  a  time,  and  married  there 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Richard  Bryan.  Dr. 
Durand  died  in  October,  1727,  aged  sixty 
years.  His  wife  was  born  in  1680,  baptized 
in  November,  1685.  Among  their  children 
was   Andrew,  mentioned  below. 

(H)  Andrew,  son  of  Dr.  John  Durand,  was 
born  in  Derby  in  1702,  died  October  28,  1791. 
He  married  Jane,  born  April  16,  1699,  died 
February  15,  1778,  daughter  of  Rev.  Samuel 
Andrews,  born  January  29,  1655,  at  Cam- 
bridge, Massachusetts,  died  January  24,  1737, 
at  Milford,  Connecticut,  married  Abigail 
Treat,  born  April,  1660,  at  Milford,  died  De- 
cember 25,  1727.  Samuel  Andrews'  mother 
was  daughter  of  Richard  and  Mary  (Wil- 
mot)  Bryan,  Mary  Wilmot  was  daughter  of 
Benjamin  and  Elizabeth  (Heaton)  Wilmot. 
Samuel  Andrews  was  born  about  1621  in 
England.  Abigail  Treat  was  daughter  of 
Governor  Robert  Treat,  born  about  1634 
in  Somersetshire,  England,  died  July  12, 
1710,  at  Milford,  Connecticut;  was  a  distin- 
guished governor  of  Connecticut  in  early  co- 
lonial days.  Among  the  children  of  Andrew 
Durand  was  John,  mentioned  below. 

(HI)    John    (2),   son   of  Andrew   Durand, 

was  baptized  in  1734,  died  in  1780.     He  mar- 

■  ried  Ann  Downs,  born  October  27,  1737,  died 

in  1828.     Among  their  children  was  William, 

mentioned  below. 

(IV)  William,  son  of  John  (2)  Durand, 
was  born  April  27,  1760,  died  in  181 1.  He 
married  Mary  Baldwin,  born  in  1769,  died 
in  1850,  descendant  of  John  Baldwin,  who 
settled  in  Milford  where  he  joined  the  church, 
March  19,  1648,  and  Mary  (Bruen)  Bald- 
win, his  second  wife,  a  native  of  Stapleford. 
Cheshire,  England.  They  lived  and  died  in 
Milford,  where  both  are  buried.'  Among  their 
children  were:  i.  Calvin,  died  in  infancy.  2. 
Calvin,  mentioned  below.  3.  William,  died  in 
Milford  in  1865  ;  was  the  first  Democrat  ever 
elected  from  Milford  to  the  general  assembly 
of  Connecticut ;  for  many  years  prominent  in 
public  life ;  judge  of  probate,  town  clerk,  sur- 


veyor of  the  port  of  New  Haven.  4.  Nathan 
L.,  died  in  Manila,  Philippine  Islands,  in  1835. 
5.  Mason  A.,  a  merchant,  died  in  Bombay, 
India,  and  was  buried  there.  6.  David  H.,  a 
merchant  in  London  in  the  firm  of  Durand  & 
McFarland ;  buried  at  Milford.  7.  Julia,  died 
unmarried.  8.  Charlotte,  died  unmarried.  9. 
Mary,  married  Francis  Trowbridge,  a  nur- 
seryman of  New  Haven.  Four  other  chil- 
dren died  young. 

(V)  Calvin,  son  of  William  Durand,  was 
born  in  Milford,  February  i,  1802,  died  in  the 
house  where  he  was  born,  March  i,  1884. 
When  a  young  man  he  was  employed  as  clerk 
in  the  commission  house  of  Goodhue  &  Com- 
pany, 64  South  street.  New  York  City,  and 
after  ten  years  with  this  house,  was  admitted 
to  partnership.  Seventeen  years  afterward  he 
became  sole  proprietor,  and  for  twenty-nine 
years  more  conducted  it  under  his  own  name 
and  management,  making  a  total  of  fifty-six 
years  of  active  life  in  business  in  this  con- 
cern. During  this  period  he  had  extensive 
trade  with  Central  and  South  American 
houses,  and  imported  goods  from  all  parts  of 
the  world.  He  was  interested  in  public  ques- 
tions and  political  affairs,  an  earnest  advocate 
of  free  trade,  and  a  consistent  and  ardent 
Democrat  in  politics.  He  married,  April  27, 
1847,  Sarah  Cecil,  born  in  1829  at  Savannah, 
died  June  27,  185 1,  daughter  of  Colonel 
James  and  Eliza  (Cecil)  Hunter.  Her  fa- 
ther was  a  native  of  Ireland :  her  mother  of 
England.  Her  parents  settled  in  Savannah, 
Georgia.  Their  children  were :  Eliza  Cecil, 
born  February  6,  1848,  died  June,  1850.  Wil- 
liam Cecil,  mentioned  below. 

(VI)  William  Cecil,  son  of  Calvin  Durand, 
was  born  in  Milford,  Connecticut,  June  15, 
1 85 1.  His  early  education  was  obtained 
chiefly  in  private  schools  in  New  York  City. 
He  entered  the  Sheffield  Scientific  School  of 
Yale  University  and  was  graduated  with  the 
degree  of  Ph.  B.  in  the  class  of  1871.  He 
traveled  extensively  with  his  father  whose 
business  called  him  out  of  the  country  fre- 
quently. In  the  fall  of  1871  he  became  as- 
sociated in  business  with  his  father  and  con- 
tinued until  the  business  was  sold  in  1878. 
Mr.  Durand  was  elected  secretary  and  treas- 
urer of  the  Milford  Savings  Bank,  February 
12,  1891.  Under  his  administration  the  bank 
has  flourished  and  the  deposits  have  increased 
rapidly.  He  has  taken  a  keen  interest  in  pub- 
lic affairs  in  Milford  and  demonstrated  his 
public  spirit  in  substantial  ways.  He  was  one 
of  the  committee  of  five  in  charge  of  the 
Stone  Arch  bridge  built  at  Milford  in  1889 
to  commemorate  the  two  hundred  and  fiftieth 
anniversary  of  the  settlement  of  the  town.    In 


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politics  he  is  a  Democrat.  He  represented  the 
town  in  the  general  assembly  in  1883-84-89 
and  was  one  of  the  state  auditors  from  1889 
to  1 89 1.  He  is  treasurer  of  the  trustees  of 
the  Taylor  library,  treasurer  of  the  Milford 
Yacht  Club,  and  president  of  the  Milford 
Club.  He  married  (first)  January  15,  1885, 
Lizzie  Catherine  Ford,  of  Milford,  died  Au- 
gust 18,  1888.  Her  father  was  killed  in  the 
service  during  the  civil  war.  He  married 
(second)  June  17,  1890,  Clara  Baldwin  Clark, 
who  died  March  9,  1904,  daughter  of  Rob- 
ert W.  and  Mary  (Baldwin)  Clark.  He  mar- 
ried (third)  August  i,  1908,  Anna  Maria 
Keefe,  born  July  30,  1881.  He  has  no  chil- 
dren. 


Deacon  William  Douglas, 
DOUGLAS  immigrant  ancestor,  was 
born  in  1610,  without  doubt 
in  Scotland,  though  in  what  part  of  Scotland 
there  is  no  means  of  knowing.  His  wife  lived 
in  Ringstead,  England.  His  father,  whose 
name  was  very  likely  Robert  Douglas,  was 
born  about  1588.  How  and  where  William 
Douglas  became  acquainted  with  his  wife, 
Ann  Mattle,  or  Motley,  is  unknown,  but  their 
marriage  must  have  taken  place  at  his  par- 
ish church,  probably  in  1636,  when  they  were 
both  twenty-six  years  old,  as  their  daughter 
Ann  was  born  in  1637.  Ann  Mattle  or  Mot- 
ley was  the  only  daughter  of  Thomas  Mattle 
or  Motley,  of  Ringstead,  where  she  was  born 
in  1610.  She  had  two  brothers,  one  of  whom 
probably  died  young,  and  the  other  was  un- 
married and  died  without  descendant,  so  Ann 
was  the  sole  heir.  William  Douglas  came  to 
New  England  with  his  wife  and  two  children, 
Ann  and  Robert,  in  1640,  though  the  exact 
time  of  their  arrival  is  unknown.  The  very 
common  tradition  is  that  they  landed  at  Cape- 
Ann.  He  settled  in  Gloucester,  nearby,  but 
removed  to  Boston  the  same  year.  The  first 
mention  of  him  in  the  Boston  records  is  June 
31,  1640,,  when  he  was  made  a  freeman  or 
voter.  He  did  not  remain  in  Boston,  but 
removed  the  next  year  to  Ipswich,  where  he 
was  entitled  to  a  share  of  the  public  land, 
February  28,  1641.  He  remained  at  Ipswich 
for  about  four  years,  returning  to  Boston  in 
1645.  He  was  a  cooper  in  Boston,  and  May 
I,  1646,  he  purchased  of  Walter  Merry  and 
Thomas  Anchor,  a  dwelling  house,  shop,  and 
land. 

He  removed  to  New  London,  Connecticut, 
and  obtained  considerable  property  through 
purchase  and  grants  from  the  town.  One  of 
his  farms  was  inherited  by  his  son  William, 
and  has  remained  in  the  hands  of  the  family 
for  over  two  centuries.     In   1662-63  he   was 


appointed  one  of  the  appraisers  of  property 
for  the  town  of  New  London.  The  appraisal 
was  delivered  to  the  general  court  at  Hart- 
ford, but  the  court  was  not  satisfied,  for  it 
fined  him  and  the  others.  The  town  was  very 
indignant  and  objected,  so  that  the  court 
withdrew  the  fine.  He  was  one  of  a  commit- 
tee to  consider  about  a  new  minister.  The 
land  for  a  new  church  was  purchased  from 
Mr.  Douglas,  and  the  graveyard  still  remains 
on  that  place.  He  was  chosen  one  of  the  two 
deacons  of  the  church  in  1670.  He  and  Mr. 
Willerby  were  appointed  to  deliver  provi- 
sions to  Commissary  Tracy  at  Norwich,  dur- 
ing King  Philip's  war.  He  was  one  of  the 
most  prominent  citizens  of  New  London. 
His  education,  for  the  times,  was  liberal.  He 
held  many  important  offices  in  the  town  at 
different  times.  He  was  deputy  to  the  general 
court  in  1672,  and  once  or  twice  later.  He 
took  an  active  part  in  town  and  church  af- 
fairs until  the  time  of  his  death,  which  oc- 
curred in  1682.  In  May.  1670,  his  wife,  then 
sixty  years  old,  made  a  journey  to  Boston  to 
establish  her  claim  as  heir  to  her  father's 
property.  She  died  in  New  London  about 
1685.  Children:  Ann,  born  in  Scotland, 
1637;  Robert,  in  Scotland,  1639;  Elizabeth,  in 
Ipswich,  Massachusetts,  August  26,  1641 ; 
Sarah,  in  Ipswich,  April  8,  1643 ;  William, 
mentioned  below. 

(II)  Deacon  William  (2),  son  of  Deacon 
William  (i)  Douglas,  was  born  in  Boston, 
Massachusetts,  April  i,  1645.  He  came  to 
New  London  with  his  parents  in  1660.  He 
received  lands  in  Voluntown,  March  29,  1706, 
which  he  afterward  sold  to  his  son  William. 
He  inherited  land  from  his  father,  which  he 
gave  to  his  grandson  William,  son  of  Rich- 
ard, on  condition  that  his  grandson  live  with 
him  and  take  care  of  him  till  death.  He  and 
his  wife  Abiah  were  received  into  the  Congre- 
gational church  in  1670.  His  three  sons  were 
also  admitted  into  the  church  at  different 
times.  After  the  death  of  his  father  in  1682, 
he  was  chosen  deacon,  an  office  which  he  held 
for  upward  of  fifty  years,  until  his  death.  In 
the  ancient  burial  ground  at  New  London 
may  be  seen  a  moss-covered  tablet,  with  the 
inscription :  "Here  Lyeth  ye  body  of  Deacon 
William  Douglas  who  died  Mar  ye  9th  1724- 
5,  Aged  80  years."  He  married  (first)  Abiah, 
daughter  of  William  Hough,  of  New  Lon- 
don, and  granddaughter  of  Edward  Hough, 
of  Westchester,  Cheshire,  England.  She 
was  born  September  15,  1648,  died  February 
21,  1715.  He  married  (second)  July,  1715, 
the  Widow  Mary  Bushnell,  who  survived  him. 
Children,  all  born  in  New  London,  by  first 
wife:       Elizabeth,     February     25,     1668-69; 


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Sarah,  April  2,  1671 ;  William,  February  19, 
1672-73,  mentioned  below  ;  Abiah,  August  18, 
1675;  Rebecca,  June  14,  1678;  Ann,  May  24, 
1680 ;  Richard,  July  19,  1682 ;  Samuel,  about 
1684. 

(III)  Deacon  William  (3),  son  of  Deacon 
William  (2)  Douglas,  was  born  in  New  Lon- 
don, Connecticut,  February  19,  1672-73.  He 
was  admitted  to  the  church,  July  24,  1698. 
The  next  year  he  removed  with  his  wife 
and  two  children  to  "the  new  plantation  on 
the  Quinnebaug,  which  was  afterward  named 
Plainfield."  Here  lands  were  set  off  for  him 
"on  the  east  side  of  the  river."  He  also 
owned  lands  in  Voluntown,  which  he  pur- 
chased of  his  father,  August  18,  1715,  for 
thirteen  pounds.  He  was  of  the  little  com- 
pany that  covenanted  together  and  formed  a 
church  in  Plainfield,  in  1705.  He  was  chosen 
first  deacon.  He  was  buried  in  the  old  burial 
ground  in  Plainfield.  He  died  in  the  prime 
of  life  and  was  greatly  mourned.  All  the 
church  and  town  records,  and  all  but  a  few  of 
the  probate  records,  were  burned  at  the  time 
Arnold  burned  the  town  of  New  London  in 
1781.  His  will  was  among  the  records  saved. 
It  was  dated  July  6,  1717,  and  proved  Sep- 
tember 25,  1717.  In  it  he  provides  for  his 
wife  Sarah,  and  eleven  children,  all  the  latter 
under  twenty-one  years  of  age.  His  wife  was 
Sarah  Procter,  but  no  date  of  marriage  can 
be  found  in  the  New  London  records.  His 
two  eldest  children  were  born  in  New  Lon- 
don, all  the  others  in  Plainfield.  His  widow 
Sarah  was  living  in  1729,  but  no  record  of 
her  death  has  been  found.  Children:  Han- 
nah, born  September  7,  1696;  William,  Feb- 
ruary 19,  1697-98 ;  Samuel,  April  13,  1699 ; 
Abiah,  February  26,  1701-02:  John,  July  28, 
1703,  mentioned  below:  Sarah,  December  7, 
1704;  Jerusha,  April  26,  1706:  Samuel,  De- 
cember 3,  1707;  Benajah,  September  17, 
1710;  James,  May  20,  171 1 ;  Thomas,  Novem- 
ber 26,  1712:  Asa,  December  11,  1715. 

(IV)  John,  son  of  Deacon  WilHam  (3) 
Douglas,  was  born  in  Plainfield,  Connecticut, 
July  28,  1703.  He  married,  January  13, 
1724-25,  Olive,  born  January  17.  1709,  daugh- 
ter of  Benjamin  and  Olive  (Hall)  Spaulding, 
of  Plainfield.  He  was  a  man  of  no  little  im- 
portance in  his  town.  Two  of  his  sons.  Gen- 
eral John  and  Colonel  William,  acted  with 
bravery  in  the  revolutionary  war.  A  third, 
Benjamin,  a  graduate  of  Yale  College,  would 
have  undoubtedly  gained  distinction  in  the 
legal  profession,  but  for  his  untimely  death 
at  the  age  of  thirty-six  years.  Olive,  John's 
wife,  died  February  21,  1752.  He  died  April 
20,  1766.  Children,  all  born  in  Plainfield: 
William,   born    April   26,    1729,    died   young; 


Olive,  November  4,  1731  :  John,  April  12, 
1734;  Benjamin,  August  29,  1739;  William, 
January  27,  1742-43,  mentioned  below ;  Sarah, 
April   18,   1744;  Olive,  October  14,  1749. 

(V)  Colonel  William  (4),  son  of  John 
Douglas,  was  born  in  Plainfield,  January  27, 
1742-43.  At  the  age  of  sixteen  years  he  was 
engaged  in  the  old  French  and  Indian  war. 
He  was  chosen  orderly  sergeant  in  a  com- 
pany under  Israel  Putnam,  and  was  in  the 
expedition  which  resulted  in  the  surrender  of 
Quebec  in  1759,  and  the  speedy  termination 
of  the  war.  He  soon  afterward  removed 
from  Plainfield  to  New  Haven,  where  he  en- 
gaged in  the  seafaring  business,  and  soon  be- 
came commander  of  a  merchant  ship  sailing 
between  New  Haven  and  the  West  Indies. 
In  this  he  was  very  successful  and  accumu- 
lated a  fortune  considered  in  those  days  very 
large.  At  the  beginning  of  the  revolutionary 
war  he  took  part  in  Ethan  Allen's  expedition 
to  Ticonderoga,  and  raised  a  military  com- 
pany in  New  Haven,  receiving  a  captain's 
commission.  May  16,  1775,  and  immediately 
proceeded  to  the  north  with  provisions  and 
supplies  for  the  troops  under  Montgomery. 
When  he  reported,  Montgomery,  finding  he 
was  a  good  seaman,  requested  him  to  take 
command  of  the  flotilla  on  Lake  Champlain. 
He  was  made  commodore  of  this  fleet,  and  in 
the  fall  of  1775  rendered  important  service 
in  the  siege  and  capture  of  St.  Johns,  at  the 
head  of  the  lake,  taking  large  quantities  of 
provisions,  arms  and  other  military  stores,  to- 
gether with  cannon  which  were  carried 
across  the  country  and  used  in  the  defense  of 
Boston.  Early  in  1776  he  raised  and  equipped 
out  of  his  private  purse  a  regiment  of  sol- 
diers in  the  vicinity  of  New  Haven,  of  which 
he  was  commissioned  colonel  by  Governor 
Jonathan  Trumbull,  June  20,  1776.  As  soon 
as  the  regiment  was  equipped  he  marched  to 
New  York  and  joined  the  continental  army 
under  General  Washington.  He  was  in  the 
disastrous  campaign  of  Long  Island.  He 
took  part  at  Harlem  Heights,  White  Plains, 
Philips  Manor,  Croton  River  and  New  York. 
In  the  battle  of  September  16,  1776,  his 
clothes  were  perforated  with  bullets  and  his 
horse  shot  from  under  him.  He  became  so 
exhausted  that,  in  connection  with  subsequent 
exposure,  he  lost  his  voice,  and  was  never 
able  afterward  to  speak  a  loud  word.  From 
the  day  of  this  battle  until  toward  the  middle 
of  December,  he  was  so  constantly  on  duty 
that  he  rarely  slept  beneath  a  roof.  To  save 
his  young  wife  and  children  from  the  British 
soliders,  he  purchased  a  farm  of  one  hundred 
and  fifty  acres  about  eight  miles  from  New 
Haven,  in  Northford,  and  moved  his  family 


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there.  After  the  battles  about  New  York, 
being  disabled,  he  returned  to  his  family  at 
Northford,  where  he  died  May  28,  1777,  at 
the  age  of  thirty-five  years.  His  regiment 
was  retained  as  the  Sixth  Connecticut  Con- 
tinental Line,  and  it  rendered  good  service 
through  the  remainder  of  the  war  under 
Colonel  Return  Jonathan  Meigs.  On  his  dy- 
ing bed,  he  sold  his  New  Haven  property  to 
speculators,  and  was  paid  in  continental 
money,  which  became  almost  worthless,  so 
that  his  family  lost  all  their  large  wealth. 
Colonel  Douglas  literally  sacrificed  his  life 
and  fortune  for  his  country.  A  modest  brown 
stone  monument  in  the  old  burial  ground  at 
Northford  marks  the  resting  place  of  this 
patriot  of  the  revolution. 

He  married,  July  5,  1767,  Hannah,  daugh- 
ter of  Stephen  Mansfield,  of  New  Haven, 
where  she  was  born  November  17,  1747.  She 
was  sister  of  Colonel  Jared  Mansfield,  who 
was  at  the  head  of  West  Point  Military  Acad- 
emy, and  surveyor-general  of  the  United 
States.  She  survived  her  husband  forty-eight 
years,  and  died  in  Northford,  May  22,  1825. 
Children,  all  born  in  New  Haven :  Olive, 
March  25,  1768 ;  William,  February  23, 
1770,  mentioned  below ;  Hannah,  April  12, 
1772;  John,  March  24,  1775. 

(VI)  Captain  William  (5),  son  of  Colonel 
William  (4)  Douglas,  was  born  in  New  Ha- 
ven, February  23,  1770.  He  entered  military 
service  early  like  his  father.  The  history  of 
the  times  tells  us  that  "while  yet  a  lad  of 
eleven  years  old,  he  was  sent  by  his  uncle. 
General  Douglas,  then  of  Plainfield,  to 
Colonel  Ledyard  at  Groton,  the  day  before 
the  awful  massacre,  and  defying  all  the  dan- 
gers of  the  way,  and  compelled  to  swim  his 
horse  across  the  Thames,  near  New  London, 
he  safely  delivered  his  dispatches."  Peace 
being  soon  after  declared,  he  retired  to  North- 
ford and  became  a  farmer.  He  died  Septem- 
ber 14,  1823.  He  married,  January  28,  1797, 
Sarah,  born  March  19,  1778,  died  Novem- 
ber 28,  1842,  daughter  of  Constant  and  Ra- 
chel Kirtland,  of  Wallingford.  Children,  all 
born  in  Wallingford :  William,  born  March 
5,  1798;  John,  February  22,  1799;  Sarah  Jen- 
net, February  5.  1802;  Grace,  October  26, 
1804:  Hannah  Mansfield,  February  18,  1807; 
Mary  Kirtland,  February  18,  1807:  William, 
January  19,  1812;  Benjamin,  mentioned  be- 
low. 

(VII)  Hon.  Benjamin  Douglas,  son  of 
Captain  William  (5)  Douglas,  was  born  in 
Northford,  April  3,  1816. 

When  he  was  sixteen  years  old,  he 
started  in  the  trade  of  machinist,  and  in  1836 
began  work  with  the  firm  of  Guild  &  Doug- 


las, at  Middletown.  In  1839  he  and  his 
brother  William,  who  had  established  the  busi- 
ness in  1832,  purchased  the  whole  interest, 
and  continued  it  under  the  now  well-known 
name  of  W.  &  B.  Douglas.  For  three  years 
they  had  an  ordinary  foundry  and  machine 
shop,  but  in  1842  they  invented  the  celebrated 
revolving  stand  pump,  and  first  began  intro- 
ducing pumps  as  a  regular  article  of  manu- 
facture and  commerce.  In  time  their  trade 
rapidly  increased.  In  1858  the  senior  part- 
ner, William,  died,  and  Benjamin  had  entire 
control  of  the  business.  By  a  special  act  of 
the  legislature  of  Connecticut,  the  firm  was 
formed  into  a  corporation  of  which  he  was 
president,  until  his  death. 

Benjamin  Douglas  represented  his  town  in 
tJie  general  assembly  of  the  state  several 
times.  He  was  mayor  of  the  city  of  Middle- 
town  from  1849  to  1855,  the  last  year  with- 
out opposition.  In  i860  he  was  a  presidential 
elector,  casting  for  President  Abraham  Lin- 
coln one  of  the  six  electoral  votes  of  the  state. 
He  was  lieutenant-governor  of  Connecticut 
in  1861-62.  He  was  a  very  fine  and  able  man, 
with  unusual  business  talent  and  ability  to 
manage  those  under  his  control.  He  mar- 
ried, April  3,  1838,  Mary  Adaline,  daughter 
of  Elias  and  Grace  (Totten)  Parker,  of  Mid- 
dletown, and  niece  of  the  late  Major-General 
Joseph  K.  F.  Mansfield,  United  States  army. 
She  was  born  July'  14,  1821.  Children,  the 
oldest  born  in  Norwich,  the  others  in  Mid- 
dletown :  John  Mansfield,  February  6,  1839 ; 
Sarah  Kirtland,  March  21,  1841  ;  Benjamin, 
November  17,  1843  '•  William,  August  5,  1845  ; 
Benjamin,  August  8,  1849;  Edward,  men- 
tioned below. 

(VIII)  Edward,  son  of  Hon.  Benjamin 
Douglas,  was  born  in  Middletown,  Connecti- 
cut, June  17,  1854,  died  in  Paris,  France,  May 
22,  1889.  He  graduated  from  the  high  school 
of  his  native  town  at  the  age  of  seventeen 
and  entered  at  once  the  employ  of  W.  &  B. 
Douglas.  He  was  assistant  secretary  and 
superintendent  of  W.  &  B.  Douglas  at  the 
time  of  his  death.  He  gave  especial  atten- 
tion to  the  export  department  and  by  his  ef- 
forts greatly  increased  their  foreign  business. 
He  crossed  the  Atlantic  frequently  and  his 
final  illness  attacked  him  while  directing  their 
exhibit  at  the  Paris  Exposition  of  1889.  He 
was  prominent  in  church  and  civic  affairs,  a 
member  of  the  board  of  education  and  of 
the  common  council,  and  was  active  in  every 
good  work.  While  his  life  was  cut  off  be- 
fore reaching  its  fruition,  his  example  fur- 
nished an  inspiration  for  all  the  young  men 
of  the  city,  and  his  memory  remains  as  "a 
sweet-smelling    incense."      He    married,    De- 


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cember  i6.  1875,  S.  Emma,  born  March  17, 
1855,  daughter  of  Daniel  H.  Chase,  LL.  D., 
of  Middletown,  and  his  wife  CaroHne  E. 
( Smith)  Chase,  of  Middletown.  Children, 
born  in  Middletown:  Edward  C,  October  4, 
1876,  mentioned  below;  Benjamin  L.,  Octo- 
ber II.  1881  ;  Mary  A.,  April  10,  1886. 

(IX)  Edward  Chase,  son  of  Edward  Doug- 
las, was  born  at  Middletown,  October  4, 
1876.  He  attended  the  private  school  of  the 
Misses  Patten  in  Middletown  and  the  Law- 
renceville  School  at  Lawrenceville,  New  Jer- 
sey. After  graduation  he  entered  the  employ 
of  W.  &  B.  Douglas,  in  which  he  inherited  an 
interest,  and  learned  the  business  in  every  de- 
partment. He  occupied  in  succession  the  po- 
sitions of  assistant  superintendent,  secretary, 
superintendent  and  treasurer.  Since  1907  he 
has  been  president  of  the  company.  In  poli- 
tics he  is  a  Republican :  in  religion  a  Congre- 
gationalist.  He  married,  December  10,  1910, 
E.  Estelle  Williamson,  of  Brooklyn,  New 
York.  She  was  born  in  Brooklyn,  May  17, 
1 88 1,  daughter  of  Joseph  G.  Williamson,  who 
was  born  in  Sidney,  Hunterdon  county,  New 
Jersey,  March  9,  1852,  and  Eliza  S.  (Bau- 
cher)  Williamson,  born  at  Berwick,  Columbia 
county,  Pennsylvania,  March  30,   1856. 


Anthony    Howd,    immigrant    an- 
HOWD     cestor,    was    an    early    settler    at 

Branford,  Connecticut.  Though 
the  family  has  maintained  the  spelling  Howd 
pretty  uniformly  from  his  time,  the  original 
surname  appears  to  be  of  the  same  origin 
as  Howard,  Haward,  Hayward,  and  is  found 
spelled  Houd  and  Houde  in  the  earlier  rec- 
ords. He  died  in  1676  and  his  inventory  is 
dated  June,  1676.  His  widow  Elizabeth  mar- 
ried (second)  August  22,  1677,  John  Nash. 
Children,  born  at  Branford :  John,  Septem- 
ber 27,  1673;  Anthony,  November  11,  1674; 
Benoni  (or  Benjamin),  mentioned  below. 

(II)  Benjamin,  son  of  Anthony  Howd,  was 
born  before  1673  or  he  was  the  son  recorded 
by    Savage    as    Benoni,    born    September    10, 

1676.  He  married,  at  Branford,  October  i, 
1705,    Elizabeth    Whitehead,    born    October, 

1677,  daughter  of  John  Whitehead.  John 
Whitehead  with  his  brother  Thomas  was 
brought  to  this  country  when  a  mere  child  by 
Francis  Hall,  of  New  Haven,  at  the  request 
of  Deacon  George  Alcock,  of  Roxbury,  Mas- 
sachusetts, who  was  uncle  to  the  Whitehead 
boys.  But  the  uncle  died  before  the  boys  ar- 
rived. Their  mother  was  living,  it  appears 
from  the  records.  One  boy  was  apprenticed 
to  Matthias  Hitchcock,  the  other,  John,  to 
Francis  Hall.  Pope's  "Pioneers  of  Massa- 
chusetts" under  Thomas   Alcock  says :     "His 


sister  Elizabeth  Whitehead  of  Lemington 
Priors  wrote  him  25(8)  1647  concerning  her 
sons,  John  and  Thomas  Whitehead  then  with 
Francis  Hall  of  New  Haven,  who  formerly 
lived  in  Buckintun  parish  where  her  uncle 
Darbie  lived."  Lemington  is  in  Warwick- 
shire, England,  and  "Buckintun"  is  doubtless 
Bulkington  parish,  Warwickshire.  Alcock 
appears  to  have  died  after  the  boys  came  to 
this  country,  according  to  the  records,  and  it 
must  be  assumed  that  Hall  did  not  know  of 
the  residence  of  Alcock  until  after  he  died. 
Nothing  more  is  known  of  Thomas  White- 
head after  his  apprenticeship  expired.  He 
may  have  returned  to  his  mother  in  England. 
John  Whitehead  worked  for  Jasper  Crane 
after  leaving  Mr.  Hall.  He  settled  in  Bran- 
ford, Connecticut,  and  married,  March  9, 
1661,  Martha,  daughter  of  Leslie  Bradfield. 
He  was  nominated  for  freeman  in  1669.  He 
owned  land  in  Branford  and  belonged  to  the 
church.  He  died  before  June,  1695,  ^"d  his 
widow  was  appointed  administratrix.  The 
widow  deeded,  March  16,  1707,  two-thirds  of 
the  homestead  to  her  three  sons-in-law,  Peter 
Tyler,  of  Branford,  William  Luddington,  of 
East  Haven,  and  Benjamin  Howd,  of  Bran- 
ford. The  heirs  deeded  to  the  mother  Martha 
their  right  in  the  house,  etc.,  January  3,  1708. 
Children:     i.  Mary  Whitehead,  May  6,  1662. 

2.  Hannah  Whitehead.  March  10,  1664 ;  mar- 
ried Peter  Tyler.  3.  John  Whitehead,  Feb- 
ruary 20,  1665-66.  4.  Martha  Whitehead, 
January  10,  1667-68 :  married  William  Lud- 
dington. 5.  Damaris  Whitehead,  January  20, 
1669-70 :  married  Nicah  Palmer.  6.  Samuel 
Whitehead.  November  24,  1672.  7.  Eliphalet 
Whitehead,  September  27,  1674.  8.  Elizabeth 
Whitehead,  October,  1677;  married  Benja- 
min Howd,  mentioned  above.  9.  Thomas 
Whitehead,  February  27,  1680-81.  Children 
of  Benjamin  Howd:  i.  Joseph,  mentioned 
below.  2.  Elizabeth,  born  December  18,  171 1 ; 
married  Daniel  Hoadley  [Samuel  (2)  Wil- 
liam (i)],  born  December,  1706,  at  Branford. 

3.  John,  married,  January  9,  1735,  Martha 
Hoadley.  4.  Daniel,  married,  May  9,  1739, 
Martha  Maltby.  Of  this  family  Hannah 
Howd  joined  the  church,  age  unknown,  171 1  : 
Patience  Howd,  1717:  Martha,  October  26. 
1740 ;  Hannah,  August  27,  1738 ;  Mary,  Oc- 
tober 25,  1741 :  Amy,  June  16,  1754.  The 
family  became  numerous  at  Branford  before 
the  revolution.  Edward,  James,  John  and  Ju- 
dah  of  Branford  or  vicinity  fought  in  the 
French   war,   1755-58. 

(Ill)  Joseph,  son  of  Benjamin  Howd,  was 
born  about  1710  at  Branford.  His  wife  Eliz- 
abeth joined  the  Branford  church,  April  13, 
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(IV)  Whitehead,  son  of  Joseph  Howd,  was 
born  about  1740  in  Branford  or  vicinity.  He 
settled  in  Southington,  Connecticut,  and  was 
hving  in  1790,  according  to  the  federal  census, 
having  four  males  over  sixteen  and  four  fe- 
males in  his  family.  He  came  from  Southing- 
ton  to  Barkhamsted  in  Connecticut  in  1796 
and  lived  there  the  remainder  of  his  life.  He 
died    May    12,    1818.      He    married    Dorcas 

,    who    died    February    7,    1835,    aged 

ninety-two  years. 

(V)  Salmon,  son  of  Whitehead  Howd,  was 
born  in  1768,  died  July  23,  1842,  at  Barkham- 
sted. He  married  (first)  Rhoda  Webster, 
who  died  February  4.  1804,  aged  thirty-five 
years.  He  married  (second)  Sarah  Rexford, 
who  died  April  11,  1872,  aged  eighty-eight 
years. 

(A^I)  Salmon  (2),  son  of  Salmon  (i) 
Howd,  Avas  born  at  Barkhamsted,  in  1808, 
died  there  October  21,  1872.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools,  and  followed  farm- 
ing all  his  life  in  his  native  town.  He  mar- 
ried Marietta  Hayden,  who  died  April  10, 
1884,  aged  seventy-five  years.  Children : 
Carlton,  Elwin,  Julius  and  Georgianna. 

(VII)  Carlton,  son  of  Salmon  (2)  Howd, 
was  born  in  Barkhamsted,  1832,  died  July, 
1906.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools, 
and  learned  the  mason's  trade  which  he  fol- 
lowed for  years.  He  was  engaged  in  farm- 
ing in  his  native  town  in  his  later  years.  He 
married,  November  26,  185 1,  Harriet  E.  Gid- 
dings,  born  in  Hartland,  April  10,  1828, 
daughter  of  Lorrain  and  Desdemona  (Cow- 
dry)  Giddings  (see  Giddings  VII).  Chil- 
dren: I.  William  W.,  born  August  27,  1852. 
2.  Mary  L.,  December  23,  1855,  died  January 
28,  1857.  3.  Salmon  Giddings,  mentioned  be- 
low 4.  Hattie  E.,  March  29,  i860;  married, 
in  1881,  Edward  Gayle.  5.  Julius,  born 
1866,  died  in  1872. 

(VIII)  Dr.  Salmon  Giddings  Howd,  son 
of  Carlton  Howd,  was  born  at  Barkhamsted, 
April  21,  1858.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  town  and  Wesleyan 
x\cademy  at  Wilbraham,  Massachusetts.  He 
began  to  study  his  profession  in  the  Col- 
lege of  Physicians  and  Surgeons  of  New 
York  City  and  later  entered  the  Jefferson 
Medical  College  of  Philadelphia,  Pennsyl- 
vania, from  which  he  was  graduated  with  the 
degree  of  M.  D.  in  1883.  He  began  to  prac- 
tice in  Hartland,  Hartford  county,  Connecti- 
cut, and  since  1885  has  been  practicing  at 
Winsted.  He  is  a  well-known  and  success- 
ful practitioner.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
County  and  State  Medical  societies,  and  until 
recently  has  been  president  of  the  Litchfield 
County  Medical  Society.     In  politics  he  is  in-  ■ 


dependent.  He  is  health  officer  of  the  town 
of  Winchester,  Connecticut.  He  is  a  member 
of  St.  Andrews  Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons,  of  Winsted,  and  of  the  First  Con- 
gregational Church  of  that  town.  He  mar- 
ried, December  20,  1894,  Mabel,  daughter  of 
William  K.  Bingham,  of  Newark,  New  Jer- 
sey, and  Susanna  Sims  (Hueston)  Bingham, 
granddaughter  of  Jeanette  Sims,  who  was 
born  in  Edinburgh,  Scotland.  Children  of  Dr. 
Howd;  I.  Hadley  Hueston,  born  December 
31,  1896.  2.  Salmon  Giddings,  January  8, 
1903. 

(The    Giddings    Line). 

The  name  Giddings,  according  to  some  au- 
thorities, is  derived  from  Gideon,  a  Hebrew 
word  meaning  a  brave  soldier.  From  Gideon 
come  the  names  Giddy,  Giddies,  Gibbon,  Gid- 
dings, Geddes.  The  name  is  a  very  ancient 
one  in  England,  though  it  has  not  been  found 
at  what  time  it  first  appeared.  Giddings  and 
Geddings  are  English,  Geddes  is  Scottish,  and 
Gittings  is  Welsh.  There  is  a  family  of  Ged- 
des of  Rachan  in  Peebleshire,  Scotland,  which 
has  possessed  its  estate  for  thirteen  hundred 
years,  and  there  are  also  other  places  there, 
as  Geddes  Hill,  Geddeston,  and  Geddeswell. 
"The  Manor  of  Geddings,"  which  is  situated 
within  the  two  parishes  of  Broxbourne  and 
Great  Amwell,  very  likely  came  from  the 
family  of  Geddings,  for  in  1334  it  was  held 
by  Edmund  Geddings ,  to  whom  the  king 
granted  Free  Warren.  After  passing  through 
different  hands,  it  came  into  the  possession 
of  Sir  William  Say,  and  passed  from  his  de- 
scendants to  the  Crown,  and  Queen  Eliza- 
beth granted  it  by  letters  patent,  dated  July, 
1569,  to  Sir  William  Cecil,  Knight,  from 
whom  it  descended  to  the  Marquis  of  Salis- 
bury. There  is  a  town  called  Little  Giddings 
on  the  western  border  of  Huntingdon  county, 
England,  and  also  a  parish  of  that  name  in 
Suffolk  county.  At  Giddings,  a  few  miles 
south  of  Embwell  station,  is  an  old  Hall  with 
a  moat,  now  a  farmhouse,  once  the  seat  of 
the  Buckinghams.  There  are  a  great  many 
families  which  have  arms,  but  it  is  not  known 
from  which  family  George  Giddings  is  de- 
scended. 

fl)  George  Giddings,  immigrant  ancestor, 
aged  twenty-five,  with  his  wife,  Jane  Law- 
rence, aged  twenty,  came  from  St.  Albans, 
Hertfordshire,  England,  in  1635,  and  settled 
in  Ipswich,  Massachusetts,  accompanied  by 
three  servants,  Thomas  Carter,  Michael  Wil- 
linson  and  Elizabeth  Morrison.  It  is  said  that 
Sir  Henry  Vane,  fourth  Governor  of  Mas- 
sachusetts, who  in  1662  suffered  martyrdom 
for  his  zeal  in  the  cause  of  liberty  and  relig- 
ion, was  their  companion  on  their  voyage  on 


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the  ship  "Planter."  George  Giddings  was 
born  in  1608,  died  June  i,  1676,  and  his 
property  was  divided  between  his  sons 
Thomas,  John,  James  and  Samuel,  September 
26,  1676.  The  inventory  of  his  estate  was 
made  June  19,  1676.  He  was  one  of  Major 
Denison's  subscribers  in  1640,  a  commoner 
in  1 64 1,  and  one  of  the  twenty  sworn  free- 
liolders  who  paid  the  highest  rate  out  of  two 
hundred  and  thirty  in  1664.  He  was  deputy 
to  the  general  court  for  ten  different  years. 
He  was  selectman  from  1661  to  1675,  and  for 
a  long  time  was  a  ruling  elder  of  the  church. 
He  owned  one  hundred  and  fifty-two  acres 
of  land  on  Plumb  Island.  His  widow,  Jane, 
died  March,  1680.  He  was  once  involved 
in  a  long  law  suit,  which  he  carried  to  its 
end  for  the  sake  of  establishing  a  principle, 
and  a  long  account  of  the  trial  is  found.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Thomas,  born  1638.  2.  John,  1639, 
mentioned  below.  3.  James,  1641.  4.  Sam- 
iuel,  1645.  5.  Joseph  Collins,  married  Susan- 
nah Rindge.  6.  Sarah.  7.  Mary,  married 
Samuel  Pearce.     8.  George. 

(II)  John,  son  of  George  Giddings,  was 
born  in  Ipswich  in  1639,  died  March  3,  1691. 
He  had  a  commonage  in  1667,  and  was  a 
commoner  in  1678.  He  was  a  lieutenant  of 
militia.  The  inventory  of  his  estate,  made 
February  20,  1690,  amounted  to  two  hundred 
and  sixty-nine  pounds,  and  the  estate  was  dis- 
tributed March  29,  1692.  He  married  Sarah, 
who  married  (second)  Henry  Herrick,  of 
Beverly,  and  died  in  Gloucester.  Children : 
I.  George,  born  in  1664.  2.  Elizabeth,  mar- 
ried, December  16,  1685,  Mark  Haskell.  3. 
Jane,  married,  November  26,  1691.  4.  Sarah, 
born  1672.  5.  John,  1675.  6.  Job,  1677.  7- 
Solomon,  1679.  8.  Joshua,  1681.  9.  Thomas, 
1683,  mentioned  below.     10.  Mary,  1686. 

(III)  Thomas,  son  of  John  Giddings,  was 
born  in  Ipswich  in  1683.  He  removed  to 
Gloucester  and  bought  a  house  of  Benjamin 
Lufkin,  in  1710,  which  he  sold  May  22,  1721, 
and  removed  to  Lyme,  Connecticut,  in  1722- 
23.  Here  he  purchased  land  nearly  every 
year  for  several  years,  and  settled  near  Beaver 
Brook.  He  married  Sarah  Butler  in 
1708.  Children:  i.  Job,  married  Sarah  Rath- 
bone.  2.  Joseph,  born  1714.  3.  John,  mar- 
ried Susannah  Tozer.  4.  Joshua,  born  1719, 
mentioned  below.     5.  Thomas,  born  1723. 

(IV)  Joshua,  son  of  Thomas  Giddings, 
was  born  in  1719  in  Gloucester,  died  Febru- 
ary 4,  1807.  He  very  likely  removed  from 
Lyme  and  settled  in  Hartland,  Connecticut, 
about  1755,  a  year  after  his  brother  Thomas. 
The  last  deed  found  on  the  Lyme  records  is 
to  Ensign  Jasper  in  1755,  consideration  one 
thousand  five  hundred  pounds,  and  his  "Ear- 


mark" is  also  recorded  June  5,  1746.  It  is 
said  that  he  was  quite  young  when  he  went 
to  Hartland.  and  that  he  built  himself  a  house 
in  the  southwestern  part  of  the  town,  sleep- 
ing on  a  bed  of  leaves  during  the  time  it  took. 
The  foundation  and  a  chimney  of  the  house 
are  still  left,  and  a  large  tree  is  growing  in 
the  cellar.  He  was  for  many  years  one  of  the 
leading  men  of  the  town,  and  he  held  some 
ofiice  nearly  every  year.  He  was  admitted 
to  the  Congregational  church,  February  5, 
1769.  He  married  Jane  Reed,  who  died  April 
II,  1803.  Children:  i.  Elishp,  2  Benjamin, 
1753,  mentioned  below.  3.  John,  November 
9,  1754.  4.  Joshua,  1756.  5.  Sarah,  married, 
February  18,  1784,  Angus  McLoud.  6.  De- 
borah, married,  October  27,  1768,  Jedediah 
Bushnell.  7.  Jane,  died  March  11,  1777, 
aged  fifteen.  8.  Niles,  1760.  9.  Chloe,  mar- 
ried, September  26,  1789,  Moses  Brockway. 
ID.     Ruth,     married,     Nove-nber     18,     1770, 


(V)  Benjamin,  son  of  Joshua  Giddings, 
was  born  at  Lyme  in  1753,  died  in  Hartland 
in  1830,  where  he  lived  most  of  his  life.  He 
married  Afiah  Holcomb,  who  died  in  1830. 
He  was  prominent  in  town  affairs.  He  was  a 
soldier  in  the  revolution  during  the  winter  of 
1780-81.  In  June,  1781,  he  was  appointed  at 
a  town  meeting  on  a  "committee  to  hire  all 
the  soldiers  for  the  army,  and  bring  on  the 
men  that  counted  for  the  town  of  Hartland, 
and  had  not  joined."  Neither  he  nor  his  wife 
were  members  of  any  church,  but  they  trained 
their  children  to  an  honorable  life  of  industry 
and  strict  morality.  Children:  i.  Almon. 
married  Lota  Miller.  2.  Salmon,  born  March 
2,  1782.  3.  Zeruiah,  1784.  4.  Lorrain,  men- 
tioned below.  5.  Julia,  1791.  6.  Harriet, 
1795-  7-  Benjamin,  January  12,  1801.  8. 
Affie  (Afiah),  married.  May  30,  1820,  Dr. 
Josiah  Banning.  9.  Lowly.  10.  Harriet, 
married  a  Mr.  Tisdale. 

(VI)  Lorrain,  son  of  Benjamin  Giddings, 
was  born  in  Hartland,  February  12,  1789, 
died  April  30,  1858.  He  married  Desdemona 
Cowdry,  born  April  30,  1798,  died  March  28, 
1880,  at  New  Hartford,  Connecticut.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Salmon,  born  in  January,  1817,  died 
December  10,  1819.  2.  Almena  D.,  Decem- 
ber I.  1818.  3.  Salmon,  March  5,  1821,  men- 
tioned below.  4.  Malvena,  March  4,  1823.  5. 
"Washington  W.,  March  29,  1826.  6.  Harriet 
E.,  April  10,  1828,  mentioned  below.  7.  Car- 
oline D.,  March  3,  1831.  8.  Jane  M.,  June 
12,  1833.     9.  Lorrain,  May   14,   1835. 

(VII)  Salmon,  son  of  Lorrain  Giddings, 
was  born  March  5,  1821,  in  Hartland.  Until 
1850  he  engaged  in  the  mercantile  business, 
and    then    went    to   Wisconsin    and    followed 


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farming  until  1859.  He  returned  iiome  at 
the  death  of  his  father  and  remained  until 
1868,  when  he  removed  to  Acton,  New  Jer- 
sey. He  was  chosen  representative  to  the  leg- 
islature, postmaster  at  Acton  for  several 
years,  and  justice  of  the  peace.  He  married, 
September  20,  1843,  Julia  T.,  daughter  of 
Orville  Howd,  of  Barkhamsted.  Children: 
I.  Almena,  born  February  19,  1845  ;  married, 
February  19,  1867,  Orville  B.  Tiffany,  of 
Barkhamsted.  2.  Walter,  December  26,  1853 ; 
a  railroad  engineer ;  residence  at  Acton. 

(VH)  Harriet  E.,  daughter  of  Lorrain 
Giddings  and  sister  of  Salmon  Giddings,  was 
born  April  10,  1828.  She  married,  Novem- 
ber 26,  185 1,  Carlton  Howd  (see  Howd  VH). 


William  Brewster,  the  pio- 
BREWSTER  neer  ancestor  of  the  line 
here  under  consideration, 
was  born  at  Scrooby,  England,  1566-67,  land- 
ing at  Plymouth,  Massachusetts,  with  the 
memorable  company  of  Puritans,  December 
16,  1620,  bringing  with  him  his  wife  and  two 
sons. 

(H)  Love,  son  of  William  Br^'wster,  came 
in  the  ship,  "Mayflower,"  1620,  with  his  par- 
ents and  brother  Wrestling.  He  served  in 
the  Pequot  war,  and  was  a  member  of  Myles 
Standish's  company  in  the  military  enrollment 
of  1643.  He  married  Sarah  Collier,  of  Dux- 
bury. 

(HI)  William  (2),  son  of  Love  and  Sarah 
(Collier)  Brewster,  married,  January  2,  1672, 
Lydia     Partridge,     who     died     February     2, 

1742-43- 

(IV)  Benjamin,  son  of  William  (2)  and 
Lydia  (Partridge)  Brev^^ster,  was  born  at 
Duxbury,  July  7,  1688.  He  married  Eliza- 
beth Witter,  of  Preston,  born  March  3,  1694, 
died  February  21,  1740-41. 

(V)  Simon,  son  of  Benjamin  and  Eliza- 
beth (Witter)  Brewster,  was  born  at  Pres- 
ton, June  20,  1720,  died  at  Griswold.  Con- 
necticut, June  29,  1801.  He  married  Anne 
Andrus,  of  Norwich,  Connecticut. 

(VI)  Joseph,  son  of  Simon  and  Anne  (An- 
drus) Brewster,  was  born  at  Preston,  August 
28,  1763,  died  at  sea,  October  10,  1805.  He 
married  Hannah  Tucker,  of  Preston. 

(A^II)  Patrick,  son  of  Joseph  and  Hannah 
(Tucker)  Brewster,  was  born  at  Norwich, 
February  23,  1793,  died  there  July  22.  1873. 
He  married  Catharine  Fannie  Roath,  of  Pres- 
ton. 

(VIII)  Benjamin  (2),  son  of  Patrick  and 
Catharine  Fannie  (Roath)  Brewster,  was 
born  at  Norwich,  June  30,  1828,  died  at 
"Scrooby,"  Cazenovia,  New  York,  Septem- 
ber 4,    1897.      He   resided  in   Cazenovia  and 


New  York  City.  In  1849  he  went  to  Cali- 
fornia, where  he  engaged  in  mercantile  and 
other  western  enterprises  for  twenty-five 
years,  and  amassed  a  fortune.  In  1874  he 
returned  east  to  reside  permanently,  making 
his  home  in  New  York  City.  Some  of  the 
greatest  financial  movements  were  more  or 
less  the  result  of  his  genius.  He  was  promi- 
nently identified  with  the  building  of  the 
elevated  railways  of  New  York  City,  and 
was  also  a  leader  in  many  large  railroad  trans- 
actions, one  of  the  most  important  being  the 
reorganization  of  the  Chicago,  St.  Paul,  Min- 
neapolis &  Omaha  railroads.  At  the  time  of 
his  death  he  was  vice-president  of  the  Chi- 
cago, Rock  Island  and  Pacific  Railway  Com- 
pany, and  a  heavy  stockholder  and  director  in 
the  Chicago  &  Eastern  Illinois  Railway  Com- 
pany, the  Dclswere  8z  Hudson  Canal  Com- 
pany, and  other  large  enterprises.  He  was 
also  a  director  in  the  International  Naviga- 
tion Company — owner  of  the  American  line 
of  steamers.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Metro- 
politan, Union  League,  and  Riding  clubs, 
New  England  Society,  American  Museum  of 
Natural  History,  and  of  the  American  Geo- 
graphical Society.  Mr.  Brewster  inherited 
many  of  the  noblest  traits  of  his  ancestors, 
and  he  illustrated  by  precept  and  example 
the  virtues  which  have  characterized  the  best 
of  the  New  England  race,  viz. :  integrity, 
perseverance,  benevolence,  deep  religious  feel- 
ing, courage  of  convictions,  and  love  of  let- 
ters, art  and  nature.  In  1891  he  erected  a 
handsome  summer  residence  at  the  foot  of 
Lake  Cazenovia,  New  York,  and  named  it 
"Scrooby,"  in  honor  of  the  ancestral  English 
Manor  House  of  Elder  William  Brewster. 
He  married  at  San  Francisco,  California,  June 
9,  1863,  Elmina  Hersey  Dows. 

(IX)  Frederick  Foster,  son  of  Benjamin 
(2)  and  Elmina  Hersey  (Dows)  Brewster, 
was  born  August  13,  1872.  He  is  vice-presi- 
dent of  the  W.  &  E.  T.  Fitch  Company  of 
New  Haven,  Connecticut,  manufacturers  of 
malleable  iron  goods.  He  is  a  director  of  the 
New  York,  New  Haven  &  Hartford  Railroad 
Company,  Second  National  Bank  and  of  the 
New  Haven  Gas  Light  Company.  He  mar- 
ried, June  II,  1908,  Margaret,  daughter  of 
his  cousin,  John  Brewster  Fitch,  of  New  Ha- 
ven. They  have  one  child,  John,  born  May 
13,  1909.  ' 


(III)  Rev.  Nathaniel 
BREWSTER     Brewster,   son  of  Jonathan 

Brewster  (q.  v.)  and 
grandson  of  Elder  William  Brewster,  gradu- 
ated from  Harvard  University  in  1642  in  the 
first  class  graduated.    He  went  to  Europe  and 


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settled  at  Abby,  county  Norfolk,  England ; 
received  the  degree  of  B.  D.  from  Dublin  Uni- 
versity and  returned  to  this  country  after  the 
Restoration.  He  preached  at  the  First 
Church  of  Boston  in  1653,  and  settled  at 
Brookhaven,  Long  Island,  in  1655.  Many  of 
his  descendants  of  the  early  generations  set- 
tled in  Suffolk  and  Orange  counties,  New 
York,  and  numerous  descendants  of  the  pres- 
ent generation  are  located  in  many  sections  of 
this  country,  especially  in  the  states  of  New 
Jersey  and  New  York.  He  married  Sarah, 
daughter  of  Hon.  Roger  Ludlow  (see  Lud- 
low VII).  He  died  at  Setauket,  Long  Island, 
aged  seventy  years.  There  is  a  tradition  that 
Nathaniel  Brewster  married  for  first  wife 
Abigail  Reynes  and  that  he  had  children  by 
both  wives.  Children:  John,  Timothy  and 
Daniel,  probably  others. 

(lA-^)  Daniel,  son  of  Rev.  Nathaniel  Brew- 
ster,  married   and   had   son  Benjamin. 

(V)  Benjamin,  son  of  Daniel  Brewster, 
married  and  had  son  Caleb. 

(VI)  Captain  Caleb,  son  of  Benjamin 
Brewster,  lived  at  Fairfield,  Connecticut,  and 
was  prominent  in  the  revolutionary  war.  "It 
is  related  of  Captain  Caleb  Brewster  of 
Black  Rock,  who  with  three  whaleboats  about 
midway  of  the  Sound  against  Fairfield  met 
three  of  the  enemy's  boats,  when  an  engage- 
ment commenced.  The  boat  that  opposed 
Brewster  had  a  small  piece  and  was  to  lee- 
ward ;  there  was  a  fresh  gale  and  Brewster 
reserving  his  fire  till  within  eight  or  ten  rods 
of  Hoyt  poured  in  a  broadside  and  then  an- 
other and  boarded :  there  was  a  large  Irish- 
man in  the  enemy's  boat,  who  walked  several 
times  fore  and  after  brandishing  his  broad- 
sword, till  Hasselton,  a  mighty  fellow  from 
the  state  of  Massachusetts,  snatched  it  from 
him  and  cut  his  throat  from  ear  to  ear ;  he 
died  immediately.  Captain  Brewster  being 
wounded  was  several  times  struck  on  the  back 
with  the  steel  rammer  of  a  gun  by  Hoyt.  On 
board  of  Hoyt's  boat  all  but  one  were  killed 
or  wounded.  In  Brewster's  boat  four  were 
wounded — one  (Judson  Sturges)  mortally. 
Another  of  our  boats  had  a  swivel  which 
killed  two  men  at  one  shot  in  another  of  the 
enemy's  boats  and  they  immediately  surren- 
dered :  the  enemy's  third   boat  escaped." 

"It  has  also  been  related  of  Captain  Brew- 
ster, that  before  sailing  on  a  privateering 
cruise  his  wife  had  presented  him  with  twelve 
new  linen  shirts.  His  ship  or  boat  was  taken 
by  the  enemy.  Brewster  darted  into  the  cabin, 
lashed  his  new  shirts  to  his  back,  returned 
to  the  deck  and  jumping  overboard  swam  to 
the  shore." 

"Captain  Brewster  was  also  at  the  capture 


of  Thomas,  who  commanded  a  privateer  of 
the  enemy,  mounting  fourteen  guns  and 
manned  with  thirty-five  men.  Our  vessel  had 
about  seventy  men.  The  enemy  hailed  and 
ordered  them  to  bring  to.  'Aye,  aye,  pres- 
ently.' 'Bring  to,  I  say.'  'Aye,  aye,'  And 
running  their  bowsprit  across  them  amidships, 
the  sailing  master,  Hezekiah  Gold,  exclaimed : 

'Strike,    strike    or    I'll    sink 

you.'  Of  the  enemy  nine  were  killed  and  five 
wounded,  not  one  of  ours  was  hurt ;  they  were 
taken  off  Stratford  Point  and  carried  into 
Black  Rock ;  they  had  taken  two  rowboats 
bearing  the  Continental  flag  that  morning  and 
had  the  men  in  their  hold." 

Caleb  Brewster  married  Anna  Lewis,  of 
Fairfield. 

(VI)  Jonathan,  son  of  Captain  Caleb  Brew- 
ster, was  born  at  Black  Rock,  Fairfield,  No- 
vember 5,  1786.  He  married,  1810,  Clarissa 
Bradley,  of  Fairfield.  Children :  Sturges 
Lewis ;  Lucy  Ann,  married  George  B.  Kis- 
sam,  of  New  York. 

(VIII)  Sturges  Lewis,  son  of  Jonathan 
Brewster,  was  born  May  4,  181 1,  died  De- 
cember 30,  11346.  He  lived  in  New  York  City. 
He  married.  May  15,  1837,  Katherine  Pro- 
voost,  born  in  New  Jersey.  Children :  Sarah 
Ludlow,  died  in  infancy ;  Estelle  Rebecca, 
married  Frederick  Wheeler ;  John  Huntington. 

(IX)  John  Huntington,  son.  of  Sturges 
Lewis  Brewster,  was  born  in  Greenfield,  Con- 
necticut, January  23,  1843.  He  attended  the 
public  schools  of  his  native  town  and  Dr. 
Gray's  boarding  school  at  Monroe,  Connecti- 
cut, and  the  Episcopal  Academy  at  Cheshire, 
Connecticut.  At  the  age  of  eighteen  he  en- 
listed in  the  civil  war,  in  1861,  as  a  private 
in  the  Fifth  Connecticut  Regiment,  Volunteer 
Infantry,  and  was  wounded  several  times, 
taking  part  in  many  engagements.  Once  he 
was  struck  in  the  head  and  carried  off  the 
field  as  dead ;  at  another  time  he  was  struck 
in  the  side,  the  ball  hitting  his  watch.  After 
he  was  wounded  he  was  for  some  time  in  the 
military  hospital  at  Jeffersonville,  Indiana. 
He  served  through  the  war  and  was  promoted 
through  the  various  grades  for  merit  to  the 
rank  of  first  lieutenant.  After  the  war  Mr. 
Brewster  came  to  Birmingham,  Connecticut, 
now  Derby,  and  worked  as  clerk  in  a  store. 
Afterward  he  became  a  partner  of  his  for- 
mer employer  under  the  firm  name  of  Curtis 
&  Brewster,  formerly  Beebe  &  Curtis.  He 
bought  the  share  of  his  partner  and  continued 
the  business  under  his  own  name.  The  store 
was  destroyed  by  fire  in  1879,  but  a  new 
building  took  the  place  of  the  old  one,  and 
tlie  store  has  continued  on  \ae  old  location  to 
the  present  time.    In  1904  it  was  incorporated 


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with  Mr.  Brewster  as  president,  his  son,  Sam- 
uel S.  Brewster,  as  treasurer.  Mr.  Brewster 
is  a  member  of  St.  James  Protestant  Epis- 
copal Church  of  Derby  and  has  been  a  ves- 
tryman many  years.  He  is  a  member  of  Kel- 
logg Post,  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  of 
Derby,  and  of  the  Episcopal  Academy,  Che- 
shire School  Alumni  Association.  Mr.  Brew- 
ster is  eligible  to  the  Order  of  the  Cincin- 
nati, being  the  elder  son  of  an  elder  son  of 
an  officer  in  the  revolutionary  war.  In  poli- 
tics he  is  a  Republican.    ■ 

He  married,  February  28,  1864,  Mary  Eliz- 
abeth, born  September  18,  1843,  at  Danbury, 
daughter  of  Samuel  Shelton  and  Mary  Ame- 
lia (Smith)  Hurd.  Her  father  was  born  in 
Monroe,  Connecticut,  August  21,  1820.  Mrs. 
Brewster  is  a  member  of  the  Sarah  Riggs 
Humphrey  Chapter,  Daughters  of  the  Ameri- 
can Revolution.  Jonathan  Hurd,  her  revo- 
lutionary ancestor,  enlisted  in  the  revolution 
at  the  age  of  seventy  years.  Children  of  John 
H.  and  Mary  Elizabeth  Brewster:  i.  Minnie 
De  Nyse,  born  at  Monroe,  November  30,  1864, 
unmarried.  2.  Mary  Louise,  born  September 
20,  1866,  died  aged  eleven  years.  3.  Samuel 
Sturges,  August  12,  1868;  attended  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  Birmingham  (Derby)  and  be- 
came associated  with  his  father  in  the  dry 
goods  store,  Main  street,  Derby,  and  is  now 
treasurer  of  the  corporation.  4.  Lucy  Anne, 
October  7,  1870,  died  aged  six  years.  The 
family  home  is  at  No.  47  Seymour  avenue, 
Derby. 


The  Ludlow   family  is  one  of 
LUDLOW     the   most   ancient   and    distin- 
guished in  England.    Arms  of 
Ludlow   of    Hulle    or   Hill    Deverell,    county 
Wilts,  England :     Argent,  a  chevron,  between 
three  bears'  heads  erased  sable. 

(I)  William  Ludlow  was  of  Hill  Deverell, 
Wiltshire ;  married  Margaret,  , daughter  and 
heir  of  William  Rymer  and  of  his  wife, 
daughter  and  heir  of  William  Warnell. 

(II)  John,  son  of  William  Ludlow,  mar- 
ried Lora,  daughter  of  Thomas  Ringwood, 
of  Ringwood,  Hants. 

(III)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Ludlow, 
married  Philippa,  daughter  of  William  Bul- 
strode,  of  London. 

(IV)  William  (2),  son  of  John  (2)  Lud- 
low, married  Joane,  daughter  of  Nicholas 
More,  of  Whitford,  Hants. 

(V)  George,  son  of  William  (2)  Ludlow, 
married  Edith,  daughter  of  Andrew,  Lord 
Windsor,  of  Stanwell,  county  Middlesex.  She 
died  in  1543.  Children:  Edmund,  eldest 
son  and  heir ;  Thomas,  mentioned  below. 

(VI)  Thomas,  son  of  George  Ludlow,  made 


his  will,  November,  1607,  describing  himself 
as  of  Dinton,  Wiltshire,  and  it  was  proved 
June  8,  1608.  He  bequeathed  to  daughter 
Anne,  wife  Jane,  son  Gabriel,  and  made  his 
"brother"  Sir  Gabriel  Pyle,  knight,  his  ex- 
ecutor. His  wife  survived  him  forty  years, 
making  her  will  December  10,  1646,  be- 
queathing to  sons  Roger,  Thomas  and  Fran- 
cis, Ann  Elizabeth  and  Sarah,  children  of  her 
son  Gabriel,  daughter-in-law,  Phyllis  Ludlow, 
who  was  made  executrix.  Thomas  Ludlow 
married  Jane,  sister  of  Sir  Gabriel  Pyle.  She 
was  a  daughter  of  Thomas  Pile,  of  Babton, 
Wiltshire,    who   married    Elizabeth,   daughter 

of  Rad.  Laugrish,  of  Boodon,  son  of  ■ 

Laugrish  (Laudgridge),  of  Somersetshire. 
The  arms  of  the  Pyle  family :  Argent  on  a 
cross  gules,  a  martlet  argent,  between  four 
passion  nails,  gules  impaling,  or;  on  a  bend 
azure,  three  pheons  or.  The  regicide,  Ed- 
mund Ludlow,  was  son  of  Henry,  grandson 
of  Edmund,  brother  of  Thomas.  Children  of 
Thomas  Ludlow:  i.  Gabriel,  a  lawyer  in 
London,  admitted  to  the  inner  temple,  No- 
vember, 1610 :  died  before  his  mother.  2. 
Roger,  mentioned  below.  3.  George,  came 
to  Dorchester  and  was  admitted  freeman,  Oc- 
tober 19,  1630 ;  returned  to  England ;  went  to 
York,  Virginia ;  will  dated  September  8, 
1655,  and  proved  at  London,  August  i,  1656, 
establishes  the  relationship  with  Roger  and 
others. 

(VII)  Hon.  Roger,  son  of  Thomas  Lud- 
low, was  one  of  the  assistants  or  magistrates 
selected  in  1630  for  the  Massachusetts  Bay 
Colony,  and  he  sailed  from  Plymouth,  March 
20,  1630,  in  the  ship  "Mary  and  John,"  with 
Rev.  John  Warham,  Rev.  John  Maverick, 
Henry  Wolcott  and  others.  They  landed  at 
Hull,  moved  up  the  Charles  river  to  Water- 
town,  but  eventually  settled  at  Dorchester. 
August  20  following  he  was  one  of  nine  to 
attend  the  first  general  court  in  the  colony, 
and  he  was  appointed  one  of  the  three  first 
justices  of  the  peace.  He  continued  in  the 
office  of  assistant,  though  his  views  were  not 
in  accord  with  the  majority.  Fie  was  granted 
a  hundred  acres  of  land,  November  7,  1632, 
between  Masquantum  and  Chappell  and  the 
mouth  of  the  Napansett  river.  In  1634  he 
was  elected  deputy  governor.  He  supervised 
the  building  of  the  fort  on  Castle  Island,  later 
called  Fort  Independence.  In  1636  he  led 
a  party  to  Windsor,  Connecticut,  and  was  the 
leader  in  establishing  that  town.  He  and 
four  others  held  the  first  general  court  at 
Newtown  or  Hartford,  April  26,  1636.  He 
framed  the  first  written  constitution  of  Con- 
necticut. In  1639  he  was  elected  deputy  gov- 
ernor of  Connecticut.     He  founded  the  town 


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of  Fairfield  and  was  indefatigable  in  his  ef- 
forts to  promote  the  welfare  of  the  colon}'  he 
established  there.  He  was  thrice  deputy  gov- 
ernor and  several  times  commissioner  to  the 
United  Colonies  of  New  England  on  occa- 
sions of  importance.  He  was  annually  chosen 
one  of  the  magistrates  of  the  colony  and  was 
not  only  first  judge  of  the  highest  court  of 
Fairfield  but  after  the  organization  of  the 
town  its  first  military  commander.  He  was 
the  first  lawyer  who  came  into  Connecticut 
and  one  of  the  greatest  who  ever  -lived  in  the 
state.  In  his  unpretentious  home  at  the  cor- 
ner of  Ludlow  and  Windsor  streets  he  com- 
piled a  code  of  laws,  which  many  years  aft- 
erward was'  destined  to  rank  him  among  the 
leading  statesmen  of  the  age  in  which  he 
lived.  At  the  time  of  the  threatened  war  with 
the  Dutch  in  New  York  he  became  involved 
in  political  controversy  and  was  even  charged 
with  being  an  enemy  of  the  commonwealth. 
Finally,  in  disgust,  he  left  the  colony  which 
he  had  done  so  much  to  build  up,  and  re- 
turned to  England.  For  nearly  two  cen- 
turies the  belief  prevailed  that  he  went  to 
Virginia  and  spent  his  days  in  seclusion  there. 
He  undoubtedly  went  there  to  visit  his 
brother  George,  but  soon  afterward  went  to 
Dublin,  Ireland,  where  he  followed  his  pro- 
fession as  a  lawyer.  After  the  death  of 
Cromwell  he  removed  to  Hollyhead,  an  island 
in  the  county  of  Anglesia,  North  Wales,  a 
parliamentary  town  of  considerable  impor- 
tance and  the  nearest  British  seaport  to  Dub- 
lin, Ireland. 

Roger  Ludlow  married  a  sister  of  Governor 
John  Endicott.  One  of  his  children  was  born 
at  Windsor  and  most  of  his  children  at  Fair- 
field'. Children :  Jonathan,  Joseph,  Roger, 
Anne,  Mary,  Sarah,  married  in  Eng- 
land Rev.  Nathaniel  Brewster  (see  Brewster 
HI). 


William,  immigrant 
BARTHOLOMEW     ancestor,      with      his 

two  brothers,  Henry 
and  Richard,  came  to  Boston,  September  i6, 
1634.  William  at  the  age  of  about  thirty- 
two  was  appointed  to  the  general  court  in 
1635  and  several  times  after  also.  He  served 
later  as  town  clerk  at  Ipswich,  and  was  one 
of  the  seven  chosen  men  of  the  town.  He 
was  also  deputy  of  Salem  with  his  brother 
Henry,  and  in  165 1  he  was  chosen  on  a  com- 
mittee. In  England  he  married  Ann  Lord. 
They  were  members  of  the  Congregational 
church  of  Ipswich,  of  which  he  was  a  clerk 
for  over  thirty  years.  Ii  is  supposed  that 
William  and  his  brother  were  disowned  for 
relieious  dissensions  and  came  to  America  to 


establish  themselves.  He  died  January  18, 
1680,  aged  seventy-eight  years.  His  wife 
died  January  29,  1682-83.  Children  :  Mary  ; 
Joseph,  born  about  1638;  William,  mentioned 
below. 

(II)  William  (2),  son  of  WilHam  (i)  Bar- 
tholomew, was  born  in  Ipswich  in  1640-41, 
died  in  the  spring  of  1697  at  Branford.  He 
was  a  carpenter  and  a  millwright.  The  Old 
South  Mills  in  Salem  were  built  by  him  and 
iiis  Uncle  Henry.  In  1678  he  defended  dur- 
ing the  Hatfield  Indian  raid,  and  received  the 
title  of  lieutenant  for  his  services.  In  1679 
he  was  given  twenty  acres  of  land  in  Bran- 
ford,  on  condition  that  he  would  live  there 
and  build  a  grist  mill.  In  1681  he  was  given 
authority  by  that  town  to  set  up  a  saw  mill 
on  the  river.  Later  he  was  appointed  sur- 
veyor of  the  town.  He  married,  December 
17,  1663,  Mary  Johnson,  born  April  24,  1642, 
daughter  of  Captain  Isaac  and  Elizabeth 
(Porter)  Johnson.  Children:  Isaac,  men- 
tioned below;  William,  October  16,  1666; 
Mary,  October  26,  1668 ;  Andrew,  December 
II,  1670;  Abigail,  December  8,  1672:  Eliza- 
beth, March  15,  1674;  Benjamin,  about  1677; 
John,  about  1679 ;  Joseph,  about  1682. 

(III)  Isaac,  son  of  William  (2)  Bartholo- 
mew, was  born  in  Roxbury,  November  i. 
1664,  died  in  Branford,  October  25,  1727.  He 
was  a  practical  and  successful  farmer  and  a 
highly  respected  citizen.  About  1694  he 
married  Rebecca,  born  November  14,  1679, 
died  May,  1738,  daughter  of  John  Frisbie. 
Children  :  William,  born  about  1695  ;  Mary, 
about  1697;  Isaac,  November  18,  1699;  ^^' 
becca,  April  18.  1702 ;  Elizabeth,  April  12, 
1704;  Ebenezer,  June  10,  1706;  Abraham, 
mentioned  below :  Josiah,  January  18,  1710 ; 
Abigail :  Freelove ;  Jerusha,  January  13, 
1722-23. 

(IV)  Abraham,  son  of  Isaac  Bartholomew, 
was  born  in  Branford,  June  28,  1708.  He  was 
also  a  farmer,  as  his  father  was.  Until  forty- 
six  years  of  age  he  lived  in  Branford.  In 
1754  he  purchased  much  land  in  Farmington, 
some  of  which  is  now  in  the  limits  of  Bur- 
lingham  where  he  resided.  Later  he  removed 
to  a  house  since  called  "Bartlemy  Tavern," 
situated  on  Peaceable  street,  near  the  line  be- 
tween the  present  towns  of  Bristol  and  Bur- 
lingham.  He  kept  the  first  tavern  and  store  in 
that  section.  Although  about  seventy  years 
of  age  he  enlisted  in  the  revolutionary  war 
and  served  two  years,  accompanied  by  his 
grandson,  in  the  Sheldon's  Dragoons.  On 
June  18,  1730,  he  married  Hannah,  daughter 
of  Daniel  Page.  She  died  October  25,  1770. 
Cliildren :  Hannah,  born  May  9,  1731  ;  Abra- 
ham, January  28,   1732-33  ;  Jacob,  mentioned 


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below;  Lydia,  February  18,  1738-39;  Mary, 
July  19,  1741 ;  John,  April  15,  1744;  Thank- 
ful, March  24,  1745;  Patience,  May  19, 
1748. 

(V)  Jacob,  son  of  Abraham  Bartholomew, 
WdS  born  in  Branford,  Connecticut.  January 
9,  1736-37.  He  was  a  farmer,  and  in  addition 
conducted  other  business  enterprises  success- 
fully, and  served  his  country  well  both  in 
times  of  peace  and  war.  He  became  a  tan- 
ner by  trade,  and  carried  on  his  business  at 
the  Edward  Barnes  place  on  Peaceable  street. 
In  turn  he  became  proprietor  of  "Bartlemy 
Tavern,"  with  which  was  connected  a  store. 
At  the  organization  of  the  town  of  Bristol 
in  1785,  he  was  elected  its  first  treasurer  and 
surveyor  of  highways.  He  served  the  town 
in  several  other  capacities,  and  also  served  in 
the  revolutionary  war.  While  nursing  his 
brother  John,  who  as  a  revolutionary  soldier 
died  on  board  the  government  hospital  ship 
in  New  York  harbor,  he  contracted  a  fever 
which  affected  his  health,  and  he  died  October 
29,  iSoj.  He  had  formerly  enjoyed  fine 
health.  He  married  Sarah,  born  February  21, 
1738,  died  April  10,  1801,  daughter  of  Squire 
Hezekiah  and  Sarah  (Newell)  Gridley.  Chil- 
dren: Mercy,  born  July  28,  1762;  Lenma, 
February  27,  1764;  Sarah,  mentioned  below; 
Jacob,  January  29,  1768;  Rosanna,  June  2, 
1770;  Ama,  March  9,  1772;  Eli,  January  7, 
1774;  Asa,  March  25,  1776;  Mary,  July  i, 
1778;  Gad,  April  10,  1780;  Nancy,  February 
2,   1782 ;  Gad,  May  7,  1783. 

(VI)  Sarah,  daughter  of  Jacob  Bartholo- 
mew, born  February  6,  1766,  married  (first) 
about  1789-90,  John  Winston,  born  in  1763, 
(lied  March  24,  1814.  He  was  a  lineal  de- 
scendant of  John  Winston,  who  was  recorded 
a  freeman  of  the  New  Haven  Colony,  March 
7,  1647.  She  married  (second)  Eleazar  Nor- 
ton and  died  September  22,  1846.  Children: 
Lorenzo,  born  1791 ;  Orestes,  about  1792; 
Alanson,  about  1794;  John,  about  1796;  Sally, 
about  1798 ;  Lucy,  September  28,  1800 ;  Ro- 
meo, 1804;  Eunice,  February  4,  1806;  Allen. 
1808. 

(VII)  Lucy  Winston,  daughter  of  John 
and  Sarah  (Bartholomew)  Winston,  born 
September  28,  1800,  married,  August  21, 
1 82 1,  Thomas  Franklin  Fuller,  born  April  29, 
1798,  died  February  5,  1848,  and  was  a  lineal 
descendant  of  Edward  Fuller  of  the  "May- 
flower." He  was  a  member  of  the  firm  of 
Birge,  Mallory  &  Company,  manufacturers  of 
the  rolling  pinion,  eight-day  brass  clocks. 
Quite  a  number  of  these  clocks  are  to  be 
found  in  Bristol  to-day.  His  wife  was  blind 
for  about  thirteen  years  previous  to  her  death 
on  October  25,  1893,  and  was  tenderly  cared 


for  by  her  daughters.  Children:  i.  Jane 
EHzabeth,  born  July  13,  1822,  died  young. 
2.  Oliver,  January  27,  1825  ;  in  1854  he  ac- 
companied Colonel  John  C.  Fremont,  as  civil 
engineer  on  his  fifth  exploring  expedition ; 
died  from  exposure  and  was  buried  near  Par- 
owan,   Utah.     3.   Eliza  Jane,   June    17,    1829. 

4.  Mary  Elena,  January  7,  1841  :  married 
(first)  April  22,  1859,  Horace  B.  Langdon, 
who  died  March  4.  1870;  married  (second) 
July  19,  1876,  Woodbury  L.  Martin,  of  West 
Haven ;  he  died  June  9,  1887 ;  Mrs.  Martin 
is  a  genealogist  of  Bristol,  and  consulting  reg- 
istrar of  the  Connecticut  Daughters  of  the 
American  Revolution. 

(VIII)  Eliza  Jane  Fuller,  daughter  of 
Thomas  Franklin  and  Lucy  (Winston)  Ful- 
ler, was  born  June  17,   1829 :  married,  April 

5,  1849,  Wallace  Barnes,  of  Bristol,  born  De- 
cember 25,  1827,  died  March  28,  1893.  He 
was  a  descendant  in  the  eighth  generation  of 
Thomas  Barnes  of  Hartford.  In  1857  he  en- 
gaged in  the  spring  business  which  has  been 
continuously  conducted  ever  since  at  the  same 
plant  and  is  now  known  as  the  Wallace 
Barnes  Company.  One  of  the  most  active 
men  in  town,  he  was  public  spirited  to  a  de- 
gree, and  willing  to  spend  and  be  spent  in  the 
promotion  of  all  objects  pertaining  to  the  pub- 
lic welfare,  comfort  and  amusement.  Mrs. 
Barnes  was  active  in  every  good  work,  being 
especially  interested  in  the  home  missionary 
cause,  and  was  also  an  enthusiastic  member 
of  the  Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution. 
Few  lives  have  been  more  worthy  and  high- 
minded,  more  useful,  more  devoted  and  un- 
selfish.    She  died  January  i,  1903.     Children: 

1.  Carlyle   Fuller,   born   December    11,    1852. 

2.  Harry  AVard,  born  January  15,  1855  ;  mar- 
ried Cordelia  Newell,  October  5,  1880,  who 
was  born  January  14,  1858,  daughter  of  Sam- 
uel P.  Newell.  Esq. ;  he  died  September  17, 
1889;  no  children.  3.  George  Sprague,  born 
January  30,  1859,  died  October  30,  1864.  4. 
Lucy  Almira,  born  December  28,  1863,  died 
September  13,  1864.  5.  Edith  Irene,  born 
August  22,  1866 ;  married.  October  8,  1890, 
Wyllys  Carpenter  Ladd,  of  Bristol,  who  was- 
born  July  6,  1858 :  no  children. 

(IX)  Carlyle  Fuller  Barnes,  son  of  Wal- 
lace and  Eliza  Jane  (Fuller)  Barnes,  and 
great-grandson  of  Sarah  (Bartholomew) 
Winston,  born  December  ti,  1852,  was  grad- 
uated from  Williston  Seminary,  East  Hamp- 
ton, Massachusetts,  in  1870.  He  entered  the 
office  of  Cheney  Brothers.  Hartford,  Con- 
necticut, in  1873,  remaining  four  years. 
After  some  preliminary  study  he  went  in 
1878  to  Munich,  Germany,  where  he  stud- 
ied music  under  the  best  masters,  returning  in 


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1880.  He  did  not  follow  music  as  a  profes- 
sion, but  entered  into  manufacturing  and  now 
conducts  the  extensive  business  founded  by 
his  father.  He  is  a  Knight  Templar  and  a 
member  of  the  Mayflower  Society.  He  mar- 
ried, October  i,  1885,  Lena  Hattie  Forbes, 
born  May  20,  1863,  daughter  of  S.  Waldo 
Forbes,  and  lineal  descendant  of  Captain 
James  Forbes,  of  Caithness,  Scotland,  who 
came  to  America  in  1654.  Children:  i.  Ful- 
ler Forbes,  born  March  6,  1887;  Yale,  1910, 
now  learning  the  spring  business.  2.  Harry 
Clarke,  born  November  20,  1889;  a  student 
at  the  New  England  Conservatory  of  Music. 


William  Filley  married  Marga- 
FILLEY     ret  — ,  September  2,   1642. 

She  was  admitted  to  the  Wind- 
sor church,  July  17.  1651,  and  he  was  admit- 
ted to  "church  communion,  March  8,  1673." 
Children :  Samuel,  born  September  24,  1643, 
mentioned  below ;  John,  December  15,  1645 ; 
Mary,  baptized  August  3,  1651;  Elizabeth, 
March  4,  1652;  Hannah,  baptized  July  3, 
1653;  Abigail,  August  21,  1658;  Deborah, 
March  21,  1661 ;  William,  March  7,  r664-65. 
(H)  Samuel,  son  of  William  Filley,  the 
pioneer,  was  born  September  24,  1643.  He 
married  Anna,  daughter  of  Jonathan  Gillett, 
October  29,  1663.  He  removed  to  Massaco, 
later  Simsbury,  in  1669,  and  then  returned  to 
Windsor  where  he  died  January  4,  1711-12. 
His  wife  died  November  18,  171 1.  He  was 
taken  into  "full  communion"  December  18, 
1670,  and  his  wife  was  admitted  to  the  church 
at  Windsor,  December,  1665,  or  1670.  Chil- 
dren: Anna,  born  August  16,  1664;  Mary, 
April  12,  1667 ;  Abigail,  January  20,  1668 ; 
Samuel,  April  2,  1670,  died  before  1674;  Jon- 
athan, November  30,  1672 ;  Samuel,  March  7, 
1673,  died  October  7,  1679,  "killed  with  a 
cart";  Josiah,  January  21,  1675:  John,  Feb- 
ruary 10,  1677,  mentioned  below ;  Abigail, 
January  3,  1679;  Samuel,  September  8,  1681 ; 
Mary.  December  14,  1683 ;  "November  10, 
'67,  Samuell,  sonn  of  Sarauell  fifilly,  dyed  by 
drowning  in  a  well." 

(HI)  John,  son  of  Samuel  Filley,  was  born 
February  10,  1677,  and  lived  in  Windsor, 
near  the  Dudley  house,  so-called.  He  was 
drowned  while  crossing  the  rivulet,  by  falling 
through  the  ice.  He  married  Mary  Wilson, 
October  9,  1707.  Children:  John,  born  Sep- 
tember 19,  1708,  died  September  28,  1709; 
John,  November  4,  1709,  mentioned  below; 
Joseph,  November  i,  171 1;  Amos,  July  29, 
1713 ;  David,  November  20,  171 5;  Daniel, 
January  9,  1719. 

(IV)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Filley, 
was  born  November  4,  1709.    He  married  Re- 


becca Drake,  January  18,  1736,  and  lived  at 
Windsor  on  Broad  street  about  two  rods 
southwest  from  the  house  occupied  by  John 
Filley,  4th.  He  was  drowned  at  the  Stone 
Bridge  while  bathing,  although  he  was  res- 
cued from  the  water  and  lived  until  the  next 
day,  1744,  aged  about  thirty-three.  His  wife 
died  December  6,  1740,  aged  twenty-five. 
Child:     John,  mentioned  below. 

(V)  John  (3),  son  of  John  (2)  Filley,  was 
born  April  18,  1737.  He  married,  April  27, 
1764,  Ann,  daughter  of  Joseph  Filley.  She 
was  born  and  died  in  the  house  occupied  b)^ 
John  Filley  4th  (1889).  Children:  Ann,  born 
February  19,  1765;  John,  May  28,  1767;  Re- 
becca, April  16,  1770;  David,  April  30,  1773; 
Jesse,  died  April  27,  1809 ;  Ozias,  born  March 
15'  ^777^  died  March  17,  1780;  Horace,  No- 
vember 16,  1779,  mentioned  below;  Susan- 
nah, June  29,  1784. 

(VI)  Horace,  son  of  John  (3)  Filley,  was 
born  November  16,  1779.  He  died  March  5, 
1857.  He  was  a  prominent  agriculturist  of 
Windsor  in  his  day,  owning  a  large  tract  of 
land.  He  took  an  active  part  in  the  interests 
of  the  town.  He  married,  October  25,  1808, 
Lucy,  daughter  of  Isaac  Hayden,  of  Vermont. 
Children:  Horace  Hayden,  born  October  15, 
1809,  mentioned  below;  Julia,  December  29, 
1817. 

(A^II)  Horace  Hayden,  son  of  Horace  Fil- 
ley, was  born  October  15,  1809,  on  the  old 
homestead  in  the  house  which  was  on  the 
site  of  the  Filley's  present  residence.  He  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools,  and  the  acad- 
emy at  Windsor.  He  began  business  when 
a  young  man,  on  borrowed  capital,  having  no 
resources  of  his  own  but  his  ambition  and  en- 
ergy, and  for  many  years  he  followed  brick 
making  with  success.  For  some  time  in  later 
years  he  was  engaged  in  farming,  and  his 
business  methods  were  characteristic  for  strict 
integrity.  He  was  of  average  height  and 
build,  with  a  keen  intellect  and  sound  judg- 
ment. He  married  Irene  Kingsbury  Francis, 
October  19  or  28,  1842,  and  made  his  home 
in  Windsor.  He  gave  his  family  every  com- 
fort and  advantage  possible  within  his  means, 
and  realizing  the  value  of  a  good  education, 
he  endeavored  to  give  his  children  better  op- 
portunities for  education,  both  literary  and 
musical,  than  he  had  enjoyed.  He  was  a  Re- 
publican in  politics,  and  for  many  years  was 
a  leading  member  of  the  Congregational 
church  at  Windsor,  in  which  he  served  often 
as  a  committeeman.  He  died  October  14, 
1884,  within  less  than  an  hour  of  being  sev- 
enty-five j^ears  old.  His  wife  was  an  invalid 
for  years,  but  showed  great  vitality,  and  was 
much   respected   for  her   admirable   qualities. 


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Children:  i.  William  Horace,  born  August 
25,  1845,  mentioned  below.  2.  Joseph,  July 
4,  1847,  died  1864,  having  left  home  to  en- 
list in  army,  but  was  taken  ill  with  typhoid 
fever  and  brought  home  where  he  died.  3. 
Henry,  November,  1850,  died  of  typhoid  fe- 
ver soon  after  his  brother  Joseph ;  was  a  very 
bright  youth,  intelligent  and  full  of  promise. 
4.  Mary  S.,  January,  1853 ;  married  E.  A. 
Welch,  of  Windsor.  5.  Jennie,  April  2, 
1857 ;  married  Rev.  G.  H.  Judson  and  for  a 
number  of  years  has  been  a  missionary  in 
China. 

(Vni)  William  Horace,  son  of  Horace 
Hayden  Filley,  was  born  August  25,  1845,  at 
the  old  home,  and  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  Windsor  and  vicinity.  On  com- 
pleting his  high  school  course  he  engaged  in 
business. 

When  but  a  mere  boy  he  had  bought 
tobacco  in  Windsor  and  vicinity  for  William 
Harrison,  of  Westfield,  Massachusetts,  and 
at  his  suggestion,  his  father  undertook  to- 
bacco growing  on  the  homestead.  He  became 
.  associated  with  his  father  in  business  in  the 
wood  and  lumber  trade  and  the  manufacture 
of  brick.  His  ventures  turned  out  favorably 
and  while  still  in  his  teens  he  formed  a  part- 
nership with  H.  H.  Ellsworth,  with  whom  he 
has  been  associated  ever  since.  Mr.  Filley 
had  charge  of  his  father's  brick  yard  until 
1896,  often  making  a  million  bricks  in  a  year. 
He  also  took  charge  of  the  farm  when  a 
)'Oung  man  and  afterward  he  became  the 
owner  of  the  best  part  of  it  and  retains  it 
for  his  home.  He  is  one  of  the  most  exten- 
sive tobacco  growers  in  the  state  of  Con- 
necticut and  is  a  well-known  and  successful 
buyer.  He  has  varied  business  interests.  He 
was  treasurer  of  the  Windsor  Cannery  Com- 
pany and  when  the  company  failed.,  he  bought 
the  property  and  with  characteristic  energy 
and  ability  put  it  upon  a  paying  basis.  It  is 
now  one  of  the  most  thriving  industries  of 
the  town.  He  was  a  prominent  member  of 
the  Moore's  Park  Driving  Association  and 
he  has  owned  some  very  fine  horses,  and  still 
owns  some  of  the  best.  Mr.  Filley  owns 
much  real  estate  in  Windsor  and  elsewhere. 
In  politics  he  is  a  Republican  and  he  has  been 
active  in  town  afifairs.  For  more  than  twenty 
years  he  was  town  treasurer,  and  in  1893  was 
representative  from  his  town  in  the  general 
assembly  of  the  state  and  served  on  important 
committees. 

In  1882  M!r.  Filley  built  a  handsome  and 
commodious  brick  house  at  the  corner  of 
Broad  and  Elm  streets,  Windsor,  where  his 
hospitality  is  extended  to  hosts  of  friends. 
The   family  is   prominent   in    social   life   and 


in  the  Congregational  church  of  Windsor. 
Mr.  Filley  is  a  member  of  the  church  com- 
mittee. He  also  belongs  to  the  Poquonock 
Grange,  Patrons  of  Husbandry,  and  was  a 
charter  member  of  Windsor  Grange,  No.  3. 
He  is  a  charter  member  of  W.  S.  Pierson 
Council,  Order  of  United  American  Mechan- 
ics of  Windsor.  He  is  a  thirty-second  de- 
gree Mason,  a  member  of  Windsor  Lodge; 
of  Washington  Lodge  Chapter,  Royal  Arch 
Masons ;  of  Hartford  Council,  Royal  and  Se- 
lect Masters ;  of  Hartford  Commandery, 
Knights  Templar,  of  Hartford,  Washington 
Commandery;  of  the  Mystic  Shrine  of  Hart- 
ford, formerly  of  the  Temple  at  Bridgeport, 
and  member  of  the  Norwich  Consistory. 

Mr.  Filley  married,  October  19,  1864,  Julia 
Ann,  born  February  15,  1845,  daughter  of 
Hiram  Buckland  (see  Buckland  IV).  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Windsor:  Harriet  Elizabeth, 
November  29,  1865  ;  married,  December  19, 
1894,  Arthur  George  Loomis,  born  at  Wind- 
sor, July  13,  1867,  son  of  Edmund  Walton 
and  Susan  Amanda  (Camp)  Loomis;  Mr. 
Loomis  is  a  farmer  at  Windsor ;  child,  George 
F.  Loomis,  born  1894;  Mrs.  Loomis  is  an 
artist  of  much  skill.  2.  Joseph  Henry,  June 
19,  1868 :  married,  at  Windsor,  October  28, 
1891,  Zulette  Mason  Caldwell,  born  at  Hart- 
ford, June  20,  1871,  daughter  of  Dorrance 
and  Susan  (Mason)  Caldwell;  he  resides  in 
Windsor.  3.  Alice  Grant,  September  20, 
1873 ;  married,  November  i,  1893,  Thomas 
Dunham  Harvey,  born  at  Windsor,  March  27, 
1870,  son  of  William  Huntington  and  Rhoda 
Ann  (Griswold)  Harvey:  they  reside  at 
Windsor;  child,  William  Thomas,  who  was 
born  in  1908. 

(The  Grant  Line). 
(I)  Matthew  Grant,  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  one  of  the  company  who  came  to  Dor- 
chester, Massachusetts,  in  the  ship  "Mary 
and  John"  in  1630.  He  was  born  October 
27,  1 60 1,  in  England.  He  was  admitted  a 
freeman.  May  18,  1631.  and  removed  to 
Windsor.  Connecticut,  with  the  Dorchester 
company  which  settled  that  place,  about  1635. 
He  is  supposed  to  have  come  from  Devon- 
shire, England,  although  he  may  have  come 
from  London.  He  was  the  second  town  clerk 
in  Windsor,  and  the  first  and  for  many  years 
the  principal  surveyor  of  the  town.  He  was 
a  prominent  man  in  the  church,  and  was  just 
and  exceedingly  conscientious  in  all  his  deal- 
ings, and  often  added  notes  to  his  records 
which  have  been  of  much  value.  He  was  the 
compiler  of  the  Old  Church  Record,  of  in- 
estimable value.  His  family  record  in  his 
own  handwriting  is  a  model  of  neatness  and 


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accuracy.  The  last  four  years  of  his  life  he 
spent  in  the  home  of  his  son  John.  He  died 
December  i6,  1681.  His  will  was  dated  De- 
cember 9,  1681.  He  married  (first)  No- 
vember 16,   1625,  Priscilla  ,  who  died 

April  27,  1644,  aged  forty- three  years,  two 
months.       He      married    (second)      Susanna 

,   born  April   5,    1602,   died   November 

14,  1666.  Children,  all  by  first  wife:  Pris- 
cilla, born  September  14,  1626;  Matthew,  born 
in  England;  Samuel,  November  12,  1631 ; 
Tahan,  February  3,  1633-34,  mentioned  be- 
low ;  John,  September  30,  1642. 

(II)  Tahan,  son  of  Matthew  Grant,  was 
born  at  Dorchester,  February  3,  1633-34. 
He  was  a  blacksmith  by  trade.  He  settled  at 
Windsor  and  was  one  of  the  petitioners  for 
the  new  town  of  East  Windsor,  May  13,  1680. 
He  resided  on  the  Michael  Try  lot  in  Pali- 
zado.  He  died  May  30,  1693,  in  East  Wind- 
sor. He  married,  January  22,  1662-63,  Han- 
nah   Palmer,    baptized    at    Windsor,    October 

11,  1640,  daughter  of  Nicholas  and  Joan  Pal- 
mer. Children :  Matthew,  born  January  4, 
1663-64,  died  1664 ;  Tahan,  September  27, 
1665,  mentioned  below;  Hannah,  June  8, 
1668;  Thomas,  February  20,  1670;  Joseph, 
May  14,  1673  •  Sarah,  September  19,  1675  > 
Mary,  October  23,  1678;  Son,  November  11, 
died  November  14,  1680. 

(II)  Tahan  (2),  son  of  Tahan  (i)  Grant, 
was  born  at  Windsor,  September  27,  1665, 
died  April  25,  1693.  He  married,  about  1690, 
Hannah    Bissell,    born    at    Windsor,    January 

12,  1670-71,  daughter  of  Nathaniel  and  Mind- 
well  (Moore)  Bissell.  She  married  (second) 
Nathaniel  Bancroft  and  died  January  27. 
1708-09.  Children:  Hannah,  born  about 
1690;  Thomas,  mentioned  below. 

(IV)  Captain  Thomas,  son  of  Tahan  (2) 
Grant,  was  born  at  Windsor,  October  i,  1692, 
died  October  18,  1769.  He  married,  July  9, 
1722.  Elizabeth  Rockwell,  born  at  Windsor, 
November  16,  1695,  died  November  8,  1781, 
daughter  of  Samuel  and  Elizabeth  (Gaylord) 
Rockwell.  Children:  Elizabeth,  born  June 
8,  1724,  died  January  9,  1724-25 ;  Samuel 
Rockwell,  June  30,  1726,  mentioned  below; 
William.  April  24,  1728,  died  unmarried  Sep- 
tember 18,  1804;  Elizabeth,  November  15, 
1733.  died  of  smallpox,  ]\Iay  17,  1782;  Isaac, 
October  20,  1734. 

(V)  Samuel  Rockwell,  son  of  Captain 
Thomas  Grant,  was  born  in  Windsor,  June 
30,  1726,  died  at  Wapping,  April  17,  1796. 
He  married  Mabel  Loomis,  who  died  July  26, 
1805.  Children,  born  at  East  Windsor:  Gus- 
tavus,  born  about  1759 ;  Tryphena,  about 
September,  1761,  died  January  10,  1764; 
Thomas,    baptized    1764,    died    unmarried    at 


Wapping.  December  19,  1797;  Sylvester, 
mentioned  below ;  Tryphena,  married  March 
25,  1792,  Jabez  Morgan;  Elizabeth,  married,, 
April  23,  1795,  Luther  Goodale ;  Wareham, 
married  Mehitable  Hurlbut. 

(VI)  Sylvester,  son  of  Samuel  Rockwell 
Grant,  was  born  in  South  Windsor,  March  9, 
1766,  died  at  Wapping,  about  1820.  He  mar- 
ried    (first)    Gilbert,    born    in    East 

Windsor,  died  there  about  1806.  He  married 
(second)  in  South  Windsor,  May  9,  1811, 
Mrs.  Nancy  (Pease)  Jennings,  of  Windsor, 
who  died  in  Hartford.  He  lived  at  Bark- 
hamsted  and  Great  Barrington,  Massachu- 
setts, and  removed  to  Stockbridge,  Massa- 
chusetts, in  1805.  As  early  as  181 1  he  moved 
to  Windsor,  where  he  settled  near  the  church. 
He  was  a  farmer,  wheelwright  and  carpen- 
ter. He  was  also  key-keeper  and  surveyor. 
Children:  Tryphena,  born  April  19,  1794; 
Samuel  Rockwell,  1795  :  Elizabeth,  in  Stock- 
bridge ;  Luther,  in  Wapping  (Tolland)  ;  Han- 
nah, in  Barkhamsted,  June  21,  1802;  Harriet, 
in  East  Windsor  (Great  Barrington),  May 
14,  1804,  mentioned  below;  Sylvester,  in 
Gilead,  May  2,  1806;  Mary  Ann,  in  Great 
Barrington. 

(VII)  Harriet,  daughter  of  Sylvester 
Grant,  was  born  at  East  Windsor  (Great 
Barrington,  Massachusetts),  May  14,  1804, 
died  at  Windsor,  February  10,  1873.  She 
married,  in  Springfield,  January  i,  1827,  Hi- 
ram Buckland,  born  in  Ellington,  March  20, 
1800,  died  at  Windsor,  August  10,  1887,  son 
of  John  and  Hannah  (Blood)  Buckland. 
They  lived  in  Windsor.  He  was  a  farmer  and 
on  the  school  committee  (see  Buckland  IV). 
Children :  Solomon  S3dvester  Buckland,  born 
in  Windsor,  May  25,  1828 ;  John  William, 
Windsor,  May  26,  1830 ;  Andrew  Jackson, 
Windsor,  November  12,  1833  :  Mary  Adeline, 
Windsor,  November  12,  1835;  Elizabeth, 
Windsor,  October  25,  1837 ;  George  Wash- 
ington, Windsor,  January  4,  1840 ;  Albert, 
Windsor,  April  6,  1843  •  Julia  Ann,  mentioned 
below. 

(VIII)  Julia  Ann  Buckland,  daughter  of 
Hiram  and  Harriet  (Grant)  Buckland,  was 
born  in  Windsor,  February  15,  1845.  She 
married,  in  Windsor,  October  19,  1864,  Wil- 
liam Horace  Filley,  born  in  Windsor,  August 
25,  1845,  son  of  Horace  Hayden  and  Irene 
Kingsbury  (Francis)  Filley  (see  Filley  VIII). 
Thev  live  in  Windsor,  where  he  was  a 
farmer  and  dealer  in  leaf  tobacco.  He  was 
a  representative  and  town  treasurer  for  sev- 
eral years.  Children :  Harriet  Elisabeth  Fil- 
ley, born  in  Windsor,  November  29,  1865 ; 
Joseph  Henry,  Tune  19,  1868;  Alice  Grant,. 
September  20,  1873. 


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(The    Euckland    Line). 

( I )  Jonathan  Buckland,  son  of  William  and 
Elizabeth  (Hills)  Buckland,  was  born  about 
1716.  William  was  son  of  William  of  East 
Hartford,  who  died  in  Windsor,  insolvent, 
May  13,  1691.  He  was  son  of  William  of 
Hingham,  Massachusetts,  1650,  of  Rehoboth, 
1658.  Mr.  W.  Tracy  Eustis  and  Mr.  Edward 
G.  Buckland,  in  tracing  out  the  line  came  to 
the  conclusion  that  the  male  line  of  the  orig- 
inal Thomas  was  extinct,  and  that  the  later 
Windsor  Bucklands  were  from  William  of 
liingham,  1635.  When  Nicholas  of  Windsor 
made  his  will,  June  17,  1737,  his  wife  was 
dead  and  only  a  daughter  survived  and  he 
mentions  no  sons,  and  when  his  brother  Tim- 
othy, of  Windsor,  died,  his  only  son  was 
Thomas,  born  June  23,  1665,  died  June  30, 
1737,  leaving  all  his  property  to  his  wife  for 
life  and  the  remainder  to  his  daughter  Sarah 
and  her  husband,  John  Gaylord,  mentioning 
no  son.  No  other  evidence  of  male  descent 
can  be  found  by  them.  Jonathan  married  Sy- 
bil Burnham,  and  may  have  married  (second) 
Sarah  Anderson.  His  widow  married  (sec- 
ond) James  Forbes.  Children:  Alexander, 
born  about  1739,  mentioned  below ;  Jonathan, 
about  1741  ;  Polly,  married  a  Corey;  Timothy, 
sergeant  in  Captain  Reynold's  company,  war 
of  1812:  Sybil,  married  Sylvanus  Snow. 

(II)  Alexander,  son  of  Jonathan  Buckland, 
was  born  about  1739.  He  settled  in  Ellington 
on  the  west  side  of  the  Great  Marsh.  He 
died  in  1815.  He  married  Sarah  Smith, 
of  New  Haven,  born  about  1738,  died 
January  19,  1823.  Children:  Alexander, 
born  July  24,  1761  ;  Epaphras,  July  "25, 
1763;  Sarah,  August  29,  1764,  died  May 
19,  1769;  Leverett,  November  22,  1767; 
Walter,  December  12,  1769:  Ashbel,  Novem- 
ber 14,  1771 ;  Erastus,  April  2,  1774;  John, 
June  I,  1776,  mentioned  below;  Electa,  De- 
cember 18,  1778;  Sarah,  February  15,  1781. 

(III)  John,  son  of  Alexander  Buckland, 
was  born  June  i,  1776.  He  married  Han- 
nah Blood,  who  was  probably  a  widow,  and 
died  in  Windsor  Locks,  December  2,  1855, 
aged  seventy-eight.  Children,  born  {n  El- 
lington :  Marilda,  married  August  25,  1833, 
Alexander  Lord ;  John,  born  about  1797,  died 
December  20,  1807,  aged  seven ;  Hiram, 
March  20,  1800  mentioripd  below ;  Charles, 
1804:  Aaron,  about  1810-20;  Solomon,  Au- 
gust 4,  1812;  Erastus,  died  in  Windsor  Locks, 
unmarried ;  Henry,  killed  in  Rlexican  war, 
unmarried ;  Nelson,  moved  to  Marysville, 
Missouri :  Juliana,  married  Samuel  Dens- 
low  ;  Jarvis,  died  1847 ;  Clorinda,  died  aged 
fifteen  or  sixteen. 

(IV)  Hiram,  son  of  John   Buckland,  was 


born  March  20,  1800,  died  August  10,  1887, 
He  lived  in  Springfield.  He  married,  Janu- 
ary I,  1827,  Harriet  Grant,  of  East  Windsor, 
born  May  14,  1804,  died  February  10,  1873. 
Children,  born  in  Windsor:  i.  Solomon  Syl- 
vester, May  25,  1828,  now  living  in  Califor- 
nia. 2.  John  William,  May  26,  1830,  now 
deceased  ;  married  ;  wife  dead  ;  no  issue.  3. 
Andrew  Jackson,  November  12,  1833,  de- 
ceased. 4.  Mary  Adelaide,  November  5,  1835, 
deceased ;  unmarried.  5.  Elizabeth,  October 
25,  1837:  married,  October  25,  1866,  Andrew 
Barnard,  died  December,  1873 ;  left  two  pairs 
of  twins,  aged  sixteen  and  nineteen,  in  1891. 
6.  George  Washington,  January  4,  1840,  de- 
ceased. 7.  Albert,  April  6,  1843,  deceased. 
8.  Julia  Ann,  February  15,  1845,  died  1887; 
married  William  Horace  Filley,  of  Windsor, 
October  19,  1864  (see  Filley  VHI). 


Governor  Simon  Brad- 
BRADSTREET  street,  immigrant  an- 
cestor, was  born  in  Hob- 
ling,  Lincoln,  England,  in  1603.  He  received 
the  degree  of  A.  B.  at  Cambridge  in  1620, 
A.  M.  in  1624.  MciTch  18,  1630,  he  was  ap- 
pointed assistant  to  the  Massachusetts  Bay 
Colony,  and  came  over  with  Governor  Win- 
throp  in  1630.  He  was  secretary  of  the  col- 
ony from  August  23,  1630,  to  1636;  deputy 
governor  1673-78;  governor  1679-86;  again 
after  the  rising  against  Sir  Edmond  Andros, 
1689-92.  He  died  March  27,  1697,  aged  nine- 
ty-four. He  married  Ann,  daughter  of  Gov- 
ernor Dudley,  who  was  born  in  Northampton, 
England,  in  1576,  came  to  Massachusetts  in 
1638  with  the  commission  of  deputy  governor, 
was  governor  from  1634  to  1640;  was  one 
of  the  signers  of  the  charter  of  Harvard  Col- 
lege. Ann  Dudley  was  the  first  poetess  of 
note  in  New  England ;  one  of  her  brothers 
was  later  governor  of  the  colony  and  a 
nephew  was  chief  justice.  She  died  Septem- 
ber 16,  1672,  and  Governor  Bradstreet  mar- 
ried (second)  Ann,  widow  of  Joseph  Gard- 
ner, daughter  of  Emanuel  Downing ;  she  died 
1683.  Children  of  first  wife:  Samuel,  grad- 
uated from  Harvard  College ;  Dorothy,  mar- 
ried Rev.  Seaborn  Cotton ;  Simon,  born  Sep- 
tember 28,  1643:  Hannah;  Mercy,  1647:  Dud- 
ley,  1648 ;  John,  mentioned  below. 

(II)  John,  son  of  Governor  Simon  Brad- 
street,  was  born  July  22,  1652,  at  Andover, 
Massachusetts.  He  was  living  in  Salem  in 
1681,  but  most  of  his  life  was  spent  in  Tops- 
field.  He  married,  June  11,  1677,  Sarah, 
daughter  of  Rev.  William  Perkins,  of  Tops- 
field.  Children  :  Simon,  mentioned  below  ; 
John,  born  January  30,  1693;  Mary,  Novem- 
ber 27,  1696;  Samuel,  August  4,  1699. 


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(III)  Simon  (2),  son  of  John  Bradstreet, 
was  born  April  14,  1682,  in  Topsfield.  He 
married,  October  12,  171 1,  Elizabeth  Capen. 
Children,  born  in  Topsfield :  Elizabeth,  Au- 
gust 28,  1712 ;  Simon,  April  21,  1714:  Dud- 
ley, May  27,  1716;  John,  March  2,  1717-18, 
mentioned  below;  Margaret,  April  24,  1720; 
Priscilla,  September  27,  1722 ;  Lucy,  Novem- 
ber 25,  1724;  Joseph,  May  13,  1727;  Mercy, 
November  27,  1728;  Mary,  May  10,  1731. 

(IV)  John  (2),  son  of  Simon  (2)  Brad- 
street,  was  born  March  2,  1717-18.  He  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  Fisk,  January  13,  1742.  Chil- 
dren: Priscilla,  born  January  8,  1745;  Mary, 
December  22,  1748;  Mehitable,  June  2,  1751  ; 
Huldah,  April  15,  1754;  Sarah,  February  i, 
1756;  Lucy,  March  27,  1758;  Eunice,  August 
16,  1760;  Captain  Dudley,  October  8,  1765: 
Elizabeth,   1769,  married  John  Gould. 

(V)  Captain  Dudley,  son  of  John  (2) 
Bradstreet,  was  born  October  8,  1765.  He 
married  Polly  Porter.  Children:  Colonel 
Porter,  born  December  i,  1790;  Major  John, 
October  8,  1792;  Dudley,  August  16,  1796; 
Mary,  August  10,  1798;  Joseph,  November 
I,  1801 ;  Elizabeth  P.,  January  11,  1803;  Al- 
bert G.,  May  19,  1805 ;  Thomas  J.,  April  7, 
1807,  mentioned  below ;  Jonathan,  October 
I,  1808;  Sarah,  March  7,  1812;  Lydia,  No- 
vember 30,  1813. 

(VI)  Rev.  Thomas  Jefiferson,  son  of  Cap- 
tain Dudley  Bradstreet,  was  born  April  7, 
1807,  at  Topsfield  or  Danvers,  Massachusetts. 
He  married  Amanda,  daughter  of  Seth 
Thomas,  who  founded  the  Seth  Thomas  Clock 
Company  in  1813,  and  was  noted  for  his  hon- 
esty in  business  and  private  life  (see  Thomas 
IF).  He  graduated  from  Yale  College,  1834, 
and  was  a  clergyman  until  1840,  when  he  was 
obliged  to  give  up  the  ministry  on  account  of 
ill  health  and  became  superintendent  of  the 
cotton  mill  department  of  the  Seth  Thomas 
Company  and  later  their  commercial  agent. 
His  health  at  last  compelled  him  to  seek  out- 
of-door  occupation  and  he  became  a  farmer 
for  the  remainder  of  his  life.  He  was  select- 
man, a  member  of  the  board  of  education  for 
thirty-seven  years,  Sunday  school  superin- 
tendent for  twenty-five  years,  and  state  rep- 
resentative. He  was  a  clear  thinker,  a  ready 
debater,  and  a  man  whose  character  and  in- 
tegrity were  above  reproach.  His  wife  was 
a  woman  of  noble  character  and  strong  moral 
and  spiritual  influence.  Children :  Thomas 
Dudley,  mentioned  below  ;  Albert  Porter,  men- 
tioned below ;  George  Parker,  mentioned  be- 
low ;  Mary  Amanda,  married  Joseph  R. 
French ;   Edward   Thomas,   mentioned   below. 

(VII)  Thomas  Dudley,  son  of  Rev.  Thomas 
Jefiferson    Bradstreet,    was    born    August    i, 


1 84 1,  in  Thomaston,  Litchfield  county,  Con- 
necticut. He  was  educated  in  the  common 
schools,  and  during  his  boyhood  worked  early 
and  late  on  his  father's  farm.  At  the  time  of 
the  civil  war,  he  served  as  first  sergeant  in 
Company  D,  Nineteenth  Regiment,  Connecti- 
cut Volunteers,  from  August,  1862,  to  March, 
1863,  when  he  was  discharged  for  total  dis- 
ability. In  1873  he  entered  the  employ  of  the 
Seth  Thomas  Clock  Company  as  a  bench 
hand.  This  was  the  initial  step  in  a  lifelong 
career  as  a  manufacturer  in  connection  with 
this  large  and  celebrated  concern.  From  a 
workman,  he  was  promoted  to  the  office  of 
secretary  of  the  company  and  is  now  vice- 
president  and  general  manager.  He  is  also 
president  of  the  Thomaston  Water  Company 
and  a  director  of  the  Thomaston  National 
Bank.  He  has  always  been  a  Republican  in 
politics  and  has  received  at  the  hands  of  his 
party  high  honors  in  the  state.  In  1886  he 
represented  his  town  in  the  general  assembly 
of  the  state  and  served  on  the  committee  on 
cities  and  boroughs.  In  1903  he  was  state  sen- 
ator and  chairman  of  the  committee  on  cities 
and  boroughs  and  chairman  of  the  labor  com- 
mittee and  executive  nominations.  In  1905 
he  was  again  state  senator  and  chairman  of 
the  committee  on  railroads.  He  was  elected 
state  comptroller  in  1906,  re-elected  in  1908 
and  unanimously  renominated  in  1910.  The 
Bridgeport  Post  says :  "The  renomination  of 
Comptroller  Bradstreet  is  a  fitting  reward  for 
one  of  the  most  popular  officials  in  the  present 
state  government.  '  A  veteran  of  the  War  of 
the  Rebellion,  a  man  who  worked  his  way  to 
the' top,  and  a  thoroughly  competent  official, 
he  deserved  the  unanimous  renomination 
which  was  given  him." 

He  is  a  member  of  Thomaston  Lodge,  Free 
and  Accepted  Masons ;  Royal  Arch  Masons : 
Royal  and  Select  Masters ;  Waterbury  Com- 
mandery.  Knights  Templar;  the  Consistory, 
of  Bridgeport ;  Mystic  Shrine,  having  taken 
all  the  thirty-two  degrees  of  Masonry.  He  is 
also  a  member  of  the  Hartford  Club ;  the 
Hartford  Republican  Club ;  the  Thomaston 
Club ;  the  Army  and  Navy  Club  of  Connecti- 
cut ;  of  Russell  Post,  Grand  Army  of  the  Re- 
public, of  Thomaston ;  the  Seaside  Outing 
Club,  of  Bridgeport ;  the  New  England  So- 
ciety of  New  York  ;  the  Sons  of  the  Revolu- 
tion, of  which  he  is  one  of  the  board  of  man- 
agers. In  religion  he  is  a  Congregationalist. 
Mr.  Bradstreet  is  a  striking  example  of  a 
highly  successful  man  who  has  won  his  own 
way  in  business,  in  public  service  and  popu- 
lar esteem. 

Fie  married,  March  23,'  1864,  Sarah  Maria 
Perry,   of   Waterbury,   Connecticut,   daughter 


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of  Julius  and  Miranda  (Carter)  Perry,  grand- 
daughter of  Isaac  Perry,  of  Cornwall,  Con- 
necticut, and  a  descendant  of  Commodore  Oli- 
ver Hazard  Perry.  Children:  Annie  W., 
born  February  28,  1865  ;  married,  November 
14,  1888,  George  A.  Lemmon,  druggist, 
Thomaston ;  Perry  Thomas,  born  April  30, 
1872,  died  September  13,  1874. 

(VIIj  Hon.  Albert  Porter,  son  of  Rev. 
Thomas  Jefferson  Bradstreet,  was  born  June 
9,  1846,  at  Plymouth,  Connecticut,  where  he 
attended  the  public  schools.  He  also  studied 
under  private  tutors  and  entered  Yale  Col- 
lege, from  which  he  was  graduated  in  the 
class  of  1871.  He  studied  his  profession  in 
the  Columbia  Law  School  and  was  graduated 
in  1873.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  the 
same  year  and  began  to  practice  law  at  Thom- 
aston, after  spending  a  few  months  in  the 
law  office  of  Webster  &  O'Neill  of  Water- 
bury.  He  is  a  Republican  and  has  been  prom- 
inent in  public  life.  He  represented  Thomas- 
ton  in  the  general  assembly  in  1877-78,  and 
served  on  the  committee  on  cities  and  bor- 
oughs. He  was  state  senator  from  the  six- 
teenth district  in  1881-82  and  served  on  the 
committee  on  insurance,  of  which  he  was 
chairman,  and  during  his  second  year  on  the 
judiciary  committee  of  which  he  was  chair- 
man.. In  1879  he  was  elected  deputy  judge 
of  the  district  court  of  Waterbury,  and  in 
1883  was  elected  judge  and  re-elected  in  1887 
and  1893.  He  was  town  clerk  of  Thomaston 
continuously  from  1875  to  1891,  and  judge 
of  probate  for  the  Thomaston  district  from 
1882  to  1890.  From  1897  to  1907  he  devoted 
his  attention  chiefly  to  the  practice  of  law 
in  Waterbury  and  since  then  he  has  had  busi- 
ness interests  in  New  York  City.  He  still  re- 
tains his  residence  in  Thomaston.  He  is  pres- 
ident of  the  Thomaston  Club ;  member  of  the 
Waterbury  Club ;  the  Yale  Club  of  New  York 
City ;  the  Alpha  Delta  fraternity  of  Yale.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Congregational  church. 
"Untiring  and  energetic  in  the  pursuit  of  his 
legal  work,  he  is  liberal  in  his  ideas  and  care- 
ful in  his  judgment."  A  loyal  friend  to 
every  good  enterprise,  he  is  an  untiring  foe 
of  sham  and  fraud ;  and  this  fact,  with  his 
exhaustless  fund  of  good  nature,  makes  him 
universally  respected.  He  married,  March  4, 
1875,  Mary  J.,  daughter  of  Edwin  P.  and 
Martha  (Lee)  Parker.  They  have  no  chil- 
dren. 

(VII)  George  Parker,  son  of  Rev.  Thomas 
Jefferson  Bradstreet,  was  born  in  Plymouth, 
Connecticut,  January  10,  1848.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  town, 
and  has  always  lived  on  the  homestead.  He 
has  always  made  farming  his  business  and  has 


in  cultivation  some  three  hundred  acres  of 
land.  He  has  a  large  dairy  and  is  modern 
and  progressive  in  his  methods.  In  addition 
to  his  extensive  farming  interests,  he  owns 
valuable  real  estate  in  Thomaston,  and  is  a 
dealer  in  feed,  flour  and  grain.  In  politics 
he  is  a  Republican.  He  was  for  ten  years 
first  selectman  of  the  town  of  Thomaston.  He 
has  shown  his  public  spirit  in  many  ways  and 
has  been  especially  interested  in  securing  bet- 
ter roads  for  the  community  and  at  the  pres- 
ent time  is  inspector  of  highways  in  the  vi- 
cinity of  Thomaston,  for  the  state  roads  un- 
der construction.  He  married,  November  26, 
1881,  Hattie  M.  Blackman,  of  Newark,  New 
Jersey,  born  June  28,  1863,  daughter  of 
Charles  W.  and  Elizabeth  J.  (Hammond) 
Blackman.  Her  father  was  born  in  Morris, 
Connecticut :  her  mother  in  Newark.  Chil- 
dren:  I.  Thomas  J.,  born  March  20,  1883; 
associated  in  business  with  his  father.  2. 
Albert  Porter,  December  i,  1884;  machinist 
by  trade,  associated  with  the  New  Departure 
Bell  Company  of  Bristol,  Connecticut ;  mar- 
ried Effie  Calkins  ;  children :  Marshal  and 
Porter  Ray.  3.  Edith  Amanda,  June  18, 
1886.  4.  Irene  Hammond,  October  11,  1887; 
married  Joseph  Harper,  of  the  American 
Sheet  Metal  Company,  of  Waterbury ;  chil- 
dren :  Grace  Bradstreet  and  Marion  Harper. 
5.  George  C,  January  19,  1889.  6.  Mary  Eliz- 
abeth, February  26,  1890.  7.  Amanda,  Janu- 
ary 26,  1896.  died  in  1897.  8.  Dorothy  Dud- 
ley, June  26,  1898. 

(\TI )  Dr.  Edward  Thomas,  son  of  Rev. 
Thomas  Jefferson  Bradstreet,  was  born  Feb- 
ruary 15,  1852,  at  Thomaston,  Connecticut. 
He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  his 
native  town,  at  Thomaston  Academy,  and  at 
Yale  College,  from  which  he  graduated  with 
the  degree  of  A.  B.  in  1874.  He  then  studied 
medicine  at  the  College  of  Physicians  and 
Surgeons  of  Columbia  University,  and  grad- 
uated in  1877  with  the  degree  of  M.  D.  After 
a  brief  period,  in  which  he  was  engaged  in 
further  study,  he  came  to  Meriden  in  that 
same  year  and  began  the  practice  of  his  pro- 
fession. He  has  been  a  member  of  the  staff 
of  the  Meriden  City  Hospital  since  its  or- 
ganization, and  is  now  president  of  the  medi- 
cal board.  He  stands  high  in  his  profession 
and  his  services  have  always  been  highly  val- 
ued. He  is  a  member  of  the  American  Med- 
ical Association,  Connecticut  State  Medical 
Society,  New  Haven  County  Medical  Society, 
president  of  the  Meriden  Medical  Society,  a 
director  of  the  Gaylord  Farm  Sanatorium,  ex- 
aminer for  fourteen  of  the  leading  life  in- 
surance companies,  president  of  the  Meriden 
Yale   Alumni   Association,   medical   examiner 


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of  the  town  of  Mcriden  since  1901  ;  member 
of  the  New  Haven  board  of  examiners  for 
pensions  from  1882  to  1893.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  First  Congregational  Church,  the  Home 
Ckib,  Governor  Thomas  Dudley  Family  As- 
sociation, and  the  Sons  of  the  Revolution, 
and  president  of  the  Meriden  Golf  Club  since 
its  organization.  He  was  one  of  the  general 
committee  arranging  for  the  Centennial  Cel- 
ebration of  the  town.  He  married,  December 
25,  1875,  Alice  E.,  born  November  18,  1857, 
daughter  of  Hiram  and  Sarah  (Beers)  Pierce, 
of  Thomaston.  Children :  Edward  Dudley, 
born  November  11,  1878 ;  educated  in  the  pulj- 
lic  schools  of  Meriden,  graduated  from  Yale 
College,  1901,  an  artist  by  profession;  Mary 
Thomas ;  Alice  Pierce,  died  at  the  age  of 
six  years. 

(The   Thomas    Line). 

James  Thomas,  a  native  of  Scotland,  set- 
tled in  Plymouth,  Connecticut,  when  a  young 
man,  near  the  James  Alcox  place  on  Spindle 
Hill.  He  was  a  cooper  by  trade.  He  mar- 
ried Martha .     Children  :  John  ;  Josiah ; 

Martha,  married  Luther  Andrews ;  Phebe, 
married  Truman  Prince ;  Seth,  mentioned  be- 
low ;  Sibyl,  married  John  Newton ;  James, 
died  young. 

(H)  Seth,  son  of  James  Thomas,  was  born 
in  Wolcott,  now  Plymouth,  Connecticut,  Au- 
gust 19,  1785.  His  education  was  very  lim- 
ited and  consisted  only  of  a  short  attendance 
in  a  distant  public  school.  He  served  an  ap- 
prenticeship to  the  trade  of  carpenter  and 
joiner  and  spent  some  time  on  the  construc- 
tion of  Long  Wharf  in  New  Haven.  When 
he  was  twenty-one  years  of  age,  with  a  small 
kit  of  tools  and  a  small  sum  of  money,  he 
commenced  the  manufacture  of  clocks,  in 
compan)'  with  Eli  Terry  and  Silas  Hoadley 
under  the  firm  name  of  Terry,  Thomas  & 
Hoadley,  in  the  southeastern  part  of  the  town 
of  Plymouth,  now  known  as  Hancock  Sta- 
tion. In  1810  Mr.  Terry  sold  his  interest, 
and  the  firm  continued  for  two  years  as 
Thomas  &  Hoadley.  Mr.  Thomas  then  sold 
his  interest  to  Mr.  Hoadley  and  went  to  the 
western  part  of  the  town,  then  known  as  Ply- 
mouth Hollow,  purchased  the  site  where  the 
case  shop  is  now  located  and  began  the  manu- 
facture of  clocks  on  his  own  account.  From 
small  beginnings  the  clock  business  grew  rap- 
idly, and  in  time  he  added  a  cotton  mill  and 
a  brass  rolling  and  wire  mill.  In  1853  he  or- 
ganized the  Seth  Thomas  Clock  Company  un- 
der the  joint  stock  laws  of  Connecticut.  He 
died  January  29,  1859,  and  after  his  death, 
by  act  of  the  legislature,  the  town  of  Ply- 
mouth was  divided,  and  the  western  portion 
was  made  into  a  new  town  and  named  Thom- 


aston in  his  honor.  Children :  Seth  ;  Martha, 
married  Dr.  William  Woodruff ;  Amanda, 
married  Rev.  Thomas  J.  Bradstreet  (see 
Bradstreet  VI)  ;  Edward;  Elizabeth,  married 
George  W.  Gilbert ;  Aaron. 


The  Mildrum  family  settled 
AIILDRUM  in  Connecticut  before  the 
revolution.  John  Mildrum 
settled  at  Wethersfield  where  he  died  Feb- 
ruary 25,  1776.  His  wife  Lydia  died  there 
April  7,  1791,  aged  fifty-six.  In  the  census 
of  1790  she  was  living  at  Wethersfield  with 
two  daughters.  Children :  Mary,  baptized 
October  5,  1766;  Lydia,  baptized  January  18, 
1769,  died  October  11,  1841  ;  Servia,  baptized 
September  5,  1790.  John  Mildrum,  probably 
a  son  of  John  and  Lydia,  was  living  at  Mid- 
dletown,  in  1790,  and  had  three  sons  under 
sixteen  and  three  females  in  his  family. 

Mark  Mildrum,  probably  a  brother  of  John 
and  one  of  the  first  settlers  of  the  family,  was. 
a  soldier  in  the  revolution  in  1777,  enlisted  for 
three  years  in  Captain  Wright's  company, 
Connecticut  Line.  The  only  other  family  of 
the  name  in  Connecticut  in  1790  was  that  of 
Huldah  "Mildren,"  of  Farmington,  who  had 
one  son  over  sixteen,  one  under  sixteen  and 
a  daughter  in  her  family. 

(I)  Orrin  Mildrum,  of  Farmington,  of  this 
family,  lived  at  Berlin,  formerly  Farmington. 

(II)  William  Augustus,  son  of  Orrin  Mil- 
drum,  died  April  25,  1892.  He  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools,  and  learned  the  trade  of 
machinist.  For  many  years  he  was  a  con- 
tractor with  the  Peck,  Stow  &  Wilcox  Com- 
pany of  East  Berlin,  making  tinman's  tools. 
He  married  Adelia  M.  Wilcox.  Children: 
Willis  Wilcox,  mentioned  below ;  Ernest  Wil- 
der,  mentioned   below. 

( III )  Willis  Wilcox,  son  of  William  Au- 
gustus Mildrum,  was  born  in  East  Berlin, 
October  6,  1846.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  until  he  was  sixteen,  and  then  began 
to  learn  photography  in  a  studio  at  Meriden. 
After  a  short  time  he  entered  the  employ  of 
Peck,  Stow  &  Wilcox  Company  and  learned 
the  trade  of  toolmaker.  After  six  years  he 
Ifeft  this  concern  to  become  a  partner  in  the 
firm  of  D.  C.  Callender  &  Company,  jew- 
elers at  New  Britain  and  Meriden.  His  part- 
ners were  D.  C.  and  F.  A.  Callender.  After 
he  withdrew  from  this  firm  he  was  superin- 
tendent of  the  Corrugated  Metal  Company  at 
East  Berlin  and  subsequently  engaged  in  his 
present  business  at  the  same  place.  He  man- 
ufactures jewels  for  compasses,  surveyors' 
instruments  and  electrical  apparatus.  In  pol- 
itics he  is  a  Republican  and  has  been  active 
in  public  affairs  from  his  youth.     For  fifteen 


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years  he  served  on  the  school  board.  He  was 
appointed  postmaster  of  East  Berlin  and  his 
commission  was  signed  July  9,  1898,  by  Presi- 
dent McKinley,  and  he  has  been  reappointed 
as  his  terms  expired,  filling  the  office  to  the 
entire  satisfaction  of  the  government  and  the 
public.  He  has  been  a  member  of  the  town 
executive  committee.  He  is  a  prominent 
member  of  Washington  Lodge,  No.  81,  Free 
and  Accepted  Masons,  of  Cromwell,  Connecti- 
cut, and  has  been  senior  warden,  master  and 
deacon.  He  and  his  wife  are  members  of  the 
Second  Congregational  Church  of  Berlin  and 
he  is  a  member  of  the  standing  committee  of 
the  church.  His  daughters  are  members  of 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  of  East  Ber- 
lin. 

He  married,  October  11,  1871,  Anna  Shel- 
don, born  February  28,  1847,  daughter  of 
John  and  Lydia  Frances  Webster,  of  New- 
ington.  Children:  i.  Clare  Elizabeth,  bom 
March  28,  1873  ;  graduate  of  the  New  Britain 
high  school  and  of  Mount  Holyoke  College, 
class  of  1898;  married,  April  27,  1899,  Rol- 
lin  Colvert  Bastress,  of  Shamokin,  Pennsyl- 
vania, a  civil  engineer  with  the  Cornell  Iron 
Works,  Cold  Springs,  New  York.  2.  Miriam 
Lydia,  born  April  24,  1875 ;  attended  the  New 
Britain  high  school  and  the  Northfield  Train- 
ing School;  married,  June  6,  1900,  A.  W.  A. 
Eden,  of  Brownstown,  Jamaica,  West  Indies, 
a  civil  engineer,  now  in  the  office  of  Malcolm 
A.  Rue,  of  New  York. 

(Ill)  Ernest  Wilder,  son  of  William  Au- 
gustus Mildrum,  was  born  February  8,  1866, 
at  East  Berlin.  He  attended  the  public 
schools.  At  the  age  of  sixteen  he  began  to 
work  for  his  father  who  was  then  a  con- 
tractor in  the  divider  department  of  the  Peck, 
Stow  &  Wilcox  Company.  Subsequently  he 
was  admitted  to  partnership  with  his  father 
and  four  years  later,  when  his  father  died,  he 
took  charge  of  the  department.  He  has  also 
been  a  contractor  for  the  company  in  other 
departments  and  at  times  has  had  as  many 
as  twenty-five  men  in  his  employ.  He  is 
treasurer  of  the  East  Berlin  Building  Com- 
pany, which  builds,  rents  and  sells  cottages 
to  the  employees  in  the  vicinity.  He  is  en- 
ergetic, industrious  and  reliable,  and -com- 
mands the  respect  and  confidence  of  every 
one  with  whom  he  has  dealings.  He  is  a 
prominent  member  of  the  Second  Congrega- 
tional Church  of  Berlin,  serving  as  deacon, 
treasurer,  and  member  of  the  standing  com- 
mittee. In  politics  he  is  a  Republican.  He 
married,  June  24,  1891,  Mary  Galpin,  born 
July  24,  1868,  daughter  of  Henry  N.  Galpin, 
of  Berlin.  Children:  Elizabeth,  born  May 
7,  1894,  died  March  26,  1901 ;  Henry  Galpin, 


June    10,    1904;    Philip    Ernest,    August    21, 
1907. 


Philip    Galpin,    immigrant    an- 

GALPIN  cestor,  was  born  in  England. 
He  came  to  America  when  a 
young  man  and  settled  as  early  as  1646  at 
New  Haven,  Connecticut.  In  1657  he  was 
living  in  the  adjacent  town  of  Fairfield,  but 
before  January  26,  1662,  he  had  removed  to 
Rye  (now  in  New  York)  and  was  living  on 
Manursing  Island.  He  was  one  of  the  peti- 
tioners for  the  grant  at  Rye  known  as  Has- 
tings in  1662.  Most  of  the  settlers  removed 
in  1 67 1  from  what  is  now  called  Manursing 
Island  to  the  mainland,  but  Galpin  not  only 
wished  to  stay  but  petitioned  the  general 
court  at  Hartford  to  compel  his  neighbors  to 
remain  also.  "He  felt  sorely  aggrieved  that 
his  neighbors  left  him  behind,"  but  the  court 
decided  against  him  and  advised  Galpin  to  go 
with  his  neighbors  and  "if  he  remain  to  take 
care  of  damnifying  his  neighbors."  Galpin's 
cove  on  the  west  side  of  Blind  Brook  creek 
is  named  for  him.    He  died  in  Rye  in  1685. 

He  married  (first)  Elizabeth  Smith  at 
Stratford  about  1646  when  he  was  before  the 
court  on  account  of  some  irregularity  of  the 
marriage,  a  common  occurrence  in  the  fami- 
lies of  Quakers  and  Baptists  of  the  early 
days.  It  is  to  be  presumed  that  he  was  not 
in  strict  accord  with  the  Puritan  church.  He 
was  named  as  a  legatee  in  the  will  of  Nathan- 
iel  Draper   in    1647.      He   married    (second) 

Hannah  .     Children:     i.  Stephen,  was 

in  the  expedition  to  Albany  in  the  war  in 
1690.  2.  Samuel,  born  at  New  Haven,  1650, 
mentioned  below.  3.  Joseph,  settled  in  New 
York  had  land  at  Will's  Purchase.  4.  John, 
deeded  land  in  1738  at  Budd's  Neck  and 
White  Plains  ;  married  Mary .  5.  Ben- 
jamin, settled  at  Woodbury,  Connecticut.  6. 
Moses,  weaver,  sold  land  in  Rye  in  1738.  7. 
Jeremiah.  8.  Sarah.  9.  Deborah,  10.  Han- 
nah. II.  Daughter,  married  Richard  Wal- 
ters. 12.  Daughter,  married  Robert  Traver. 
13.     Daughter,  married  Steven  Sherwood. 

(II)  Samuel,  son  of  Philip  Galpin,  was 
born  in  New  Haven,  Connecticut,  in  1650. 
He  removed  to  Stratford  about  1675  and 
bought  land  there  September  6,  1681.  He 
was  admitted  a  freeman  in  1689,  and  seems 
to  have  made  his  home  at  Old  Mill  Green. 
He  was  on  the  grand  jury  empaneled  in  1692 
at  Fairfield,  Connecticut,  to  try  Mercy  Dis- 
borough  and  others  for  witchcraft.  Dur- 
ham, where  his  descendants  lived,  was  settled 
by  men  from  Stratford  and  other  towns  about 
1700,  but  the  records  show  no  traces  of  this 
family  r.ntil  after  1800.     He  married   (first) 


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March  22,  1677,  Esther  Thompson.  She  died 
about  1678  and  he  married  (second)  about 
1679,  Ehzabeth  Peat.  Child  of  first  wife: 
Esther,  born  August  19,  1678,  died  young. 
Children  of  second  wife :  Samuel ;  Eliza- 
beth, married  Isaac  Norton;  Abigail;  Mary, 
married  Elnathan  Peat ;  Caleb. 

(III)  Caleb,  son  of  Samuel  Galpin,  was 
born  in  Stratford  in  1691,  died  at  Berlin, 
Connecticut,  September  16,  1753.  He  mar- 
ried, February  24,  1719,  Elizabeth  Baldwin, 
of  Milford,  Connecticut,  born  November  5, 
1693.  They  lived  at  Berlin.  He  was  a 
farmer.  They  had  eight  children,  among 
whom  were :  Samuel,  born  October  8,  1720, 
at  Stratford;  Amos,  December  2,  1723,  men- 
tioned below;  Elizabeth,  December  12,  1724. 
The  other  five  were  probably  born  at  Berlin. 

(IV)  Amos,  son  of  Caleb  Galpin,  was  born 
at  Stratford,  December  2,  1723,  died  October 
10,  1815.  He  was  a  farmer  and  large  land 
owner.  He  married  Anna  Patterson,  born  at 
Dungammon,  county  Tyrone,  Ireland,  of 
Scotch  ancestry,  daughter  of  Edward  Patter- 
son and  sister  of  Edward  and  William  Pat- 
terson, believed  to  have  been  the  first  to  man- 
ufacture tinware  in  the  United  States,  hav- 
ing a  factory  in  the  town  of  Berlin  in  the 
thoroughfare  then  known  as  Lower  lane,  now 
West  street.  Children,  born  at  Berlin :  i. 
Anne,  born  1746,  died  1831.  2.  Amos,  born 
1753,  judge  of  Litchfield  county;  married 
(first)  Jenny  Doane  and  (second)  Sibil  Tal- 
mage,  of  Litchfield,  Connecticut.  3.  Thomas, 
mentioned  below. 

(V)  Thomas,  son  of  Amos  Galpin,  was 
born  at  Berlin,  February  6,  1757,  died  No- 
vember 17,  1802.  He  is  said  to  have  been 
the  builder  and  former  owner  of  the  Bos- 
worth  mansion.  He  married  Ruth  Goodrich, 
born  in  1761,  died  July  24,  1843.     Children: 

1.  Samuel,  married  (first)  Susan,  daughter 
of  Major  Robert  Warner,  of  Middletown; 
(second)  Abbie,  daughter  of  Nathan  Wilcox. 

2.  Norris,  mentioned  below.  3.  Jenny  Du- 
ane,  born  1784,  died  1823,  married  Harvey 
Hubbard.  4.  Percy,  born  1787,  married 
Smith,  and  lived  in  Ellington,  Con- 
necticut. 5.  Hulda,  born  January  17, 
1797,  married,  April  10,  1825,  Harvey  Hub- 
bard. She  died  September  7,  1877,  in  Fitch- 
burg,  Massachusetts. 

(VI)  Norris,  son  of  Thomas  Galpin,  was 
born  in  Berlin,  March  22,  1794,  died  in  New 
York.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
and  was  for  many  years  in  the  employ  of  the 
Patterson  Tinware  Company.  He  married, 
August  19,  1818,  Hepzibah  Wilcox,  born 
1796,  died  1853.  They  had  but  one  child, 
Henry  Norris,  mentioned  below. 


(VII)  Hon.  Henry  Norris  Galpin,  son  of 
Norris  Galpin,  was  born  in  the  old  Galpin 
home  on  the  lower  end  of  Berlin  street,  Ber- 
lin, December  22,  1820,  died  December  22, 
1892.  He  attended  the  common  schools  and 
academy  in  his  native  town  and  at  an  early 
age  began  to  work  for  a  living,  his  father 
dying  when  he  was  but  a  boy.  He  began  an 
apprenticeship  in  a  harness  maker's  shop,  but 
found  that  he  preferred  mercantile  life  and 
entered  the  employ  of  Edward  Wilcox  as 
clerk.  He  continued  with  Mr.  Wilcox  and 
his  successor  in  business,  Samuel  C.  Wilcox, 
until  after  1850  when  he  purchased  the  busi- 
ness and  continued  it  successfully  to  the  end 
of  his  life.  He  owned  considerable  real  es- 
tate in  the  vicinity  of  the  store  building.  In 
1861  his  building  and  goods  were  destroyed 
by  fire,  but  he  erected  a  new  building  and  re- 
sumed business.  Though  parth-  paralyzed 
from  the  efifects  of  a  fall  in  1883,  he  contin- 
ued to  manage  his  business.  He  was  one  of 
the  leading  citizens  of  the  town,  a  substan- 
tial and  capable  man  of  business,  active  and 
useful  in  town  afifairs.  Before  the  civil  war 
he  was  a  Democrat,  but  he  became  a  Repub- 
lican in  i860  and  continued  to  support  that 
political  party  to  the  end  of  his  life.  For 
many  years  he  was  town  auditor  and  in  1863- 
80-82  represented  his  town  in  the  general  as- 
sembly. He  was  treasurer  of  school  district 
No.  5  from  1878  until  he  died,  and  was  also 
trustee  of  the  Selden  school  fund.  He  was 
one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Wilcox  Cemetery 
Association  and  was  its  first  president,  con- 
tinuing to  fill  that  office  until  his  death.  In 
1845  he  was  first  commissioned  as  postmaster 
of  Berlin  and  he  held  the  office  almost  con- 
tinuously until  he  died.  The  post  office  was 
in  his  store.  At  the  time  of  his  death  he  was 
a  director  of  the  Berlin  Iron  Bridge  Com- 
pany, vice-president  of  the  Berlin  Savings 
Bank,  an  office  that  he  held  from  1873  to  the 
end  of  his  life.  He  was  an  earnest  and  sin- 
cere Christian,  a  prominent  and  consistent 
member  of  the  Congregational  church,  of 
which  he  was  treasurer  at  the  time  of  his 
death  and  the  good  work  of  which  he  sup- 
ported generously  with  his  time  and  money. 
He  was  kindly  to  all,  generous  to  the  unfor- 
tunate, upright  in  all  his  dealings,  the  adviser 
of  many,  the  friend  of  all  who  knew  him.  His 
death  was  a  serious  loss  to  the  community. 

He  married  (first),  June  25,  1845,  Tamson 
Eliza  Dowd,  of  East  Berlin,  born  in  1823, 
died  April  26,  1846,  daughter  of  Willis  and 
Rebecca  (Groves)  Dowd.  He  married  (sec- 
ond), April  26,  1864,  ITarriet  A.  Dowd,  sister 
of  his  first  wife.  She  was  born  in  1832,  died 
July  3,  1865.     She  was  a  teacher  in  Temple 


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Grove  Seminary,  Saratoga,  New  York,  before 
marriage.  He  married  (third),  October  2, 
1867,  Mrs.  Eliza  (Sanford)  Booth,  of  Sey- 
mour, Connecticut,  who  was  born  December 
14,  1838.  Child  of  first  wife:  Daughter, 
died  in  infancy.  Child  of  second  wife: 
Daughter,  died  aged  one  year.  Children  of 
third  wife:  i.  Mary,  born  July  24,  1868; 
married,  June  24,  1891,  Ernest  W.  Mildrum, 
of  East  Berlin,  a  contractor  for  Peck,  Stow 
&  Wilcox  Company.  2.  Ruth,  December  4, 
1870:  graduate  of  the  New  Britain  high 
school :  Hves  with  her  mother.  3.  Helen,  May 
23,  1879;  graduate  of  the  Ternple  Grove  Sem- 
inary, class  of  1898 :  married  Arthur  H.  Lom- 
bard, of  Guilford,  Connecticut;  children: 
Howard  Galpin  Lombard,  died  young,  and 
Danforth  Henry  Lombard,  born  August  21, 
1908. 

Mrs.  Galpin  was  the  daughter  of  Nathan 
and  Mary  Ann  (Talmadge)  Sanford,  grand- 
daughter of  Philo  and  Cherry  (Wheeler) 
Sanford,  great-granddaughter  of  Zadoc  and 
Sarah  (Briscoe)  Sanford,  great-great-grand- 
daughter of  Moses  and  Hannah  Sanford. 
Moses  was  the  fourth  generation,  son  of 
Samuel  and  Esther  (Baldwin)  Sanford, 
grandson  of  Samuel  and  Hannah  (Bunson) 
Sanford,  and  great-grandson  of  the  immi- 
grants,  Thomas   and  Sarah   Sanford. 


John  Reynolds,  Renalds,  or 
REYNOLDS  Ranals,  died  in  1702.  He 
married  Sarah  Backus. 
Perkins'  "Old  Houses  of  Norwich"  says : 
"Starting  from  Mill  Lane  (now  Lafayette 
Street),  the  first  home-lot  on  the  left,  as  we 
enter  the  main  highway,  is  that  of  John  Rey- 
nolds, of  whose  antecedents  we  only  know, 
that  he  came  from  that  part  of  Saybrook, 
which  is  now  Lyme,  where  he  married  shortly 
before  emigration,  Sarah,  daughter  of  Wil- 
liam Backus,  and  brought  with  him  to  Nor- 
wich his  wife  and  four  children — John, 
Sarah,  Susanna  and  Joseph.  John  Rey- 
nolds may  have  been  a  descendant  of  either 
Robert  or  John  Reynolds,  early  settlers  of 
Watertown,  who  moved  from  there  to  Weth- 
ersfield.  John  moved  to  Stamford  and  Rob- 
ert is  thought  to  have  returned  to  Massachu- 
setts.) Four  more  children  were  born  after 
his  settlement  in  Norwich — Mary,  Elizabeth, 
Stephen,  and  Lydia.  He  was  by  trade  a 
wheelwright,  and  in  his  will  calls  himself  a 
kinsman  of  Ensign  Thomas  Leffingwell.  The 
two  following  records  of  his  home-lot  will 
show  how  the  early  records  vary.  In  the 
first  book  it  is  described  as  of  four  and  a 
quarter  acres,  abutting  east  on  the  highway 
to  the  Landing  Place,  abutting  north  on  the 


highway  to  the  Great  Plain,  west  on  land  of 
Lt.  Thomas  Leffingwell,  ^southeast  on  the  way 
to  the  Mill,  with  an  addition  on  the  south  of 
six  acres  adjacent  to  it,  abutting  south  on 
the  land  of  William  Hyde,  southeast  on  the 
highway  to  the  Mill.  The  second  book  gives 
the  following  record :  Six  acres  and  ten  acres 
of  first  division  land,  in  all  sixteen  acres  of 
meadow  and  upland,  more  or  less,  abutting  on 
the  Town  street,  and  the  way  to  the  Mill  68 
rods,  'being  a  crooked  line,"  abutting  south  on 
land  of  Samuel  Hyde  52  rods,  abutting  west 
on  land  of  Thomas  Leffingwell  31  rods,  'and 
the  norwest  a  crooked  line  being  in  length 
ID  rods,'  then  abutting  north  on  the  highway 
36  rods.  The  home-lot  was  laid  in  Novem- 
ber, 1659,  the  first  division  land  in  April, 
1661.  The  highway  to  the  Great  Plains  is  the 
little  lane  between  the  Reynolds  and  Bliss 
properties,  which,  crossing  the  river  at  'the 
fording  place,'  joins  'the  Great  Plain. path' 
near  the  residence  of  the  late  Hezekiah  Rudd. 
This  was  ordered,  in  1663,  to  be  a  pent  high- 
way, and  so  remained  as  late  as  1793.  The 
house  and  the  land  on  which  it  stands, 
is  still  in  possession  of  descendants  of  the 
first  John  Reynolds,  but  the  greater  part  of 
the  land  has  recently  been  sold  by  the  family 
of  Charles  Reynolds  (great-great-great- 
grandson  of  John  Reynolds,  the  first  propri- 
etor), to  the  founders  of  the  hospital.  The 
house,  the  framework  of  which,  it  is  claimed, 
is  the  same  that  was  erected  by  John  Rey- 
nolds, the  first  proprietor,  still  retains  its 
huge  central  chimney,  and  many  old-fash- 
ioned features,  though  it  has  been  greatly 
modernized.  When  first  built,  the  entrance 
door  was  on  the  south,  and  by  this  door  still 
stands  the  old  well.  The  present  street  door 
opens  into  a  hall,  which  was  formerly  a  room, 
where  the  pillions  and  saddles  were  kept. 
This  was  always  known  as  'the  pillion  room.' 
John,  the  first-born  son  of  the  proprietor,  was 
killed  by  the  Indians,  while  spreading  flax 
'over  Showtuckett  River'  in  1676.  The  ac- 
count says  that  'Josiah  Rockwell  and  John 
Renolls  Jun.,  were  found  dead,  and  thrown 
down  ye  River  bank,  theire  scalps  cutt  ofif.' 
The  son  of  Josiah  Rockwell,  about  thirteen 
years  of  age,  was  carried  off  by  the  Indians, 
but  soon  afterward  restored  to  his  friends. 
To  his  only  remaining  son,  Joseph,  John,  ac- 
cording to  the  early  custom,  deeds  in  1690, 
the  west  'halfe'  of  the  house  and  home  lot, 
and  the  other  half  in  reversion  on  the  death 
of  himself  and  wife.  In  this  deed  he  men- 
tions the  pond  south  of  the  house.  This  was 
probably  the  one  recently  drained  and  filled 
up  in  the  laying  out  of  the  hospital  grounds." 
Children:    John,  born  1655,  killed  by  Indians 


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in  1675;  Sarah,  1656;  Susannah,  1658;  Jo- 
seph, 1660,  mentioned  below;  Mary,  1664; 
EHzabeth,  1666;  Stephen,  1669;  Lydia,  1671. 

( II )  Joseph,  son  of  John  Reynolds,  was 
born  in  1660,  died  in  1728-29.  He  married,  in 
1688,  Sarah  Edgerton,  who  was  born  1667, 
died  1714,  daughter  of  Richard  and  Mary 
(Sylvester)  Edgerton.  "Old  Houses  of  Nor- 
wich" says  :  "Joseph  Reynolds  marries  Sarah, 
daughter  of  Richard  Edgerton.  In  1711-12 
he  was  allowed  liberty  'to  sett  the  shop,  he 
hath  already  sett  up  the  frame  of,  to  sett  the 
one  halfe  of  sd  shop  in  the  street,  and  so  to 
continue  during  the  towne's  pleasure.'  This 
may  have  been  the  old  house  which  formerly 
stood  facing  the  south  close  to  the  street,  near 
the  present  entrance  to  the  hospital  grounds. 
In  the  early  years  of  the  century,  this  was  oc- 
cupied as  a  dwelling,  and  about  the  middle  of 
the  century  was  moved  down  the  lane  to  a 
site  back  of  the  Reynolds  house,  where  it  now 
remains.  It  is  said  to  have  been  used  formerly 
as  a  shop,  but  no  one  remembers  the  date  of 
its  erection,  and  no  record  of  it  has  been  dis- 
covered. In  1714  Joseph  Reynolds  was  li- 
censed to  keep  a  house  of  entertainment,  and 
in  17 17-18  (his  wife  having  died  in  1714) 
he  deeds  to  his  son  John,  his  house  and  home 
lot,  'except  reserving'  to  himself  'ye  West 
Room,"  'ye  Lodging  Room,  with  ye  Porch 
chamber,"  &c.  'during  my  natural  life,'  and 
then  makes  the  wise  (but  in  this  case  un- 
necessary) provision,  'if  I  do  marry  again, 
and  it  shall  please  God  to  remove  me  by 
death,  and  leave  my  wife  surviving  that  she 
shall  have  free  use  and  benifet  of  ye  west 
rooms  and  ye  Lxjdging  Room,'  etc.,  'during 
ye  time  of  her  living  in  sd  house  a  widow.'  '" 
Children,  born  in  Norwich:  John,  1691, 
mentioned  below ;  Mary,  1693-94 ;  Joseph, 
1695-96;  Stephen,  1698;  Daniel,  born  and  died 
1701  ;  Lydia,  born  1702-03;  Daniel,  1705,  died 
1706-07;  Sarah,   1707. 

(III)  John  (2),  son  of  Joseph  Reynolds, 
was  born  in  1691,  died  in  1742.  He  married, 
1720,  Lydia  Lord,  born  in  1694,  died  in  1786, 
daughter  of  Captain  Richard  and  Elizabeth 
(Hyde)  Lord,  of  Lyme,  Connecticut.  He 
inherited  his  father's  estate.  "Old  Houses  of 
Norwich"  says :  "This  son  John  married  in 
1720,  Lydia  Lord,  daughter  of  Captain  Rich- 
ard Lord,  of  Lyme,  and  his  wife,  Elizabeth 
Hyde,  who  was  the  first  child  born  in  Nor- 
wich." This  Lydia,  Miss  Caulkins  says,  "was 
an  admirable  Christian  woman,  surviving  her 
husband  more  than  forty  years,  and  dying  in 
1786,  aged  92."  On  her  gravestone  is  in- 
scribed "Here  lies  a  lover  of  Truth."  John 
and  Lydia  Reynolds  had  eight  children,  who 
married    prominent    inhabitants   of   Norwich, 


Middletown  and  Lyme.  Their  eldest  son, 
John,  while  visiting  friends  on  Long  Island 
in  1752,  was  killed  by  a  riding  accident,  his 
horse  running  against  a  tree.  Children,  born 
in  Norwich:  Deborah,  1721 ;  Ann,  1723; 
Sarah,  1725;  Ruth,  1727-28;  John,  1730;  Jo- 
seph, 1732,  mentioned  below;  Abigail,  1734; 
Lydia,  1736;  Elizabeth,  1738-39. 

(IV)  Joseph  (2),  son  of  John  (2)  Rey- 
nolds, was  born  in  1732,  died  in  1792.  He 
married,  in  1755,  Phebe  Lee,  born  in  1736, 
died  1 8 18,  daughter  of  Elisha  and  Hepzibah 
Lee,  of  Lyme,  Connecticut.  "Old  Houses  of 
Norwich"  says;  "Joseph  inherited  the  home 
lot  after  the  death  of  his  mother.  He  had 
married  in  1755,  Phoebe  Lee,  daughter  of  Eli- 
sha and  Hepzibah  Lee  of  Lyme,  and  had 
eleven  children.  He  died  after  a  very  short 
illness  in  1792.  and  the  house  and  home  lot 
came  into  the  possession  of  the  widow  and 
son  Elisha,  who  was  second  mate  on  the  ship 
Gen.  Lincoln.  Elisha  was  lost  overboard  in 
a  gale  in  1799,  while  only  three  days  out  of 
New  London.  After  the  widow  Phoebe's 
death  in  1818,  the  daughters,  Phoebe  and 
Sarah,  resided  with  Capt.  Giles  and  Abigail 
L'Hommedieu,  their  sister  and  brother-in- 
law,  who  then  owned  the  homestead.  Many 
years  ago  an  old  manuscript  record  of  the 
Reynolds  family  was  found  in  a  Norwich 
Town  attic,  which  says:  'This  family  name 
is  likely  to  become  extinct  in  this  town  as 
there  is  not  any  of  this  name  that  will  prob- 
ably keep  it  up.  It  may  truly  be  said  of  the 
most  of  those  that  descended  from  the  first 
John,  that  they  have  been  smart,  active,  sen- 
sible men  and  women  for  a  period  of  148 
years ;  the  few  relatives  which  now  remain 
will  in  a  short  time  be  off  the  stage,  and  the 
name  will  be  forgotten,  as  there  is  not  at  this 
time,  1808,  a  man  of  the  name  living  here.' 
This  melancholy  prophecy  is  not  yet  fulfilled, 
as  after  the  death  of  Capt.  Giles  L'Homme- 
dieu, the  nephews,  Henry  and  Charles  Rey- 
nolds, entered  into  possession  of  the  property, 
and  the  heirs  of  Henry  Reynolds  still  retain 
the  old  homestead.  An  old  journal  exists, 
written  by  Abigail  Reynolds  (Mrs.  Giles 
L'Hommedieu),  which  gives  a  vivid  and  in- 
teresting picture  of  a  young  girl's  mind  and 
life  one  hundred  years  ago."  Children  of 
Joseph  Reynolds:  Rufus,  born  1756;  Sarah, 
1758;  Phebe,  1760;  John,  1762;  Sarah,  1764; 
Joseph,  1766;  Enoch,  born  and  died  1767; 
Elisha,  born  1769;  Anne,  1771 ;  Abigail,  1774; 
Enoch,   1776;  Charles,  mentioned  below. 

(V)  Charles,  son  of  Joseph  (2)  Reynolds, 
was  born  in  Norwich  in  1780.  He  was  a 
lawyer  at  Zanesville,  Ohio.  He  married  Mary 
Sage,  of  Middletown,  Connecticut.     Children: 


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313 


I.  Charles  L'Hommedieu,  born  1816,  died 
June  26,  1852;  married,  September,  1843, 
Helen  M.  W.  Downing,  of  Preston  City,  Con- 
necticut ;  children :  i.  Helen  L'Hommedieu, 
born  June  19,  1844,  married,  September  23, 
1872,  Thomas  Perkins,  son  of  Colonel  George 
Leonard  Perkins ;  ii.  Louise  Downing,  born 
June  2,  1846,  died  November  14,  1884,  un- 
married; iii.  Mary  Day,  born  June  23,  1848, 
married,  November  18,  1868,  William  A. 
Buckingham,  nephew  of  Governor  Bucking- 
ham; iv.  Ida  Geddes,  born  January  15,  1850, 
married,  October  13,  1880,  Dr.  Anthony  Peck, 
Oculist  of  Norwich ;  v.  Charlie  L'Homme- 
dieu, born  December  17,  1852,  married,  Octo- 
ber 10,  1888,  Albert  Lewis,  of  Boston.  2. 
Henry  Lee,  mentioned  below. 

(VI)  Henry  Lee,  son  of  Charles  Reynolds, 
was  born  at  Norwich,  September  18,  1818. 
He  was  a  hardware  merchant  in  Mobile,  Ala- 
bama, at  the  time  the  civil  war  began,  and  he 
then  removed  to  Washington,  D.  C.  He  re- 
turned to  Norwich  in  1871,  and  Hved  in  the 
old  homestead,  imtil  his  death,  June  6,  1888. 
He  married  (first)  September,  1850,  Martha 
J.  Thomas,  died  in  1855,  daughter  of  Henry 
Thomas,  of  Norwich.  He  married  (second) 
Mary  Wilson  Hill,  born  in  Baltimore,  Mary- 
land, daughter  of  Rev.  Stephen  Prescott  Hill, 
born  in  Salem,  Massachusetts,  a  clergyman, 
son  of  John  Hill.  Rev.  Stephen  Prescott  Hill 
married  Martha  Ellen,  daughter  of  Thomas 
Corcoran,  a  leather  merchant  of  Georgetown, 
and  at  one  time  mayor.  Thomas  Corcoran 
married  Hannah  Lemon,  of  Baltimore,  Mary- 
land. Their  son,  William  Wilson  Corcoran, 
was  the  founder  of  the  Corcoran  Art  Gallery 
of  •Washington,  and  a  noted  philanthropist. 
Children  of  Rev.  Stephen  Prescott  and  Mar- 
tha Ellen  (Corcoran)  Hill:  Charles  Stephen 
Hill,  William  Corcoran  Hill  and  Mrs.  Rey- 
nolds. Child  of  Henry  Lee  Reynolds  by  first 
wife:  Charles  Sage,  born  December  13,  1851; 
resides  in  Columbus,  Ohio,  married.  May, 
1877,  Florence  Jones ;  children :  Carl,  Eliot, 
Henry  Lee  and  John  Neil  Reynolds.  Chil- 
dren of  second  wife:  i.  Henry  Lee,  born  Au- 
gust 4,  1 86 1 ;  educated  in  Columbian  College, 
Washington,  D.  C. ;  was  in  the  Bureau  of 
Ethnology,  Smithsonian  Institute ;  died  April 
15,  1891,  aged  twenty-nine  years;  was  very 
talented :  writer  of  scientific  papers  for  vari- 
ous magazines.  2.  William  Corcoran,  August 
21,  1863;  married,  October  25,  1888,  Florence 
Maclay  All,  of  Columbus,  Ohio;  children:  Re- 
becca, Ruth  and  Georgianna  ;  he  represents  the 
firm  of  Harding,  Tilton  &  Company  of  Bos- 
ton. 3.  Ellen  Hill,  August  11,  1865;  mar- 
ried William  H.  Palmer,  of  Norwich,  June  15, 
1898;    child,    Henry    Reynolds    Palmer.      4. 


Louise  Eustis,  March  6,  1867 ;  married,  April 
4,  1904,  Gardiner  Green,  judge  of  the  supe- 
rior court ;  no  children.  5.  Robert,  died 
young.  6.  Stephen,  died  young.  7.  Albert 
Lewis,  January  14,  1875  ;  unmarried.  8.  John 
Marbury,  March  19,  1877 ;  married,  Decem- 
ber, 1902,  Elsie  Johnson,  of  Norwich;  child, 
Julia,  born  December  6,  1903 ;  he  represents 
the  firm  of  Harding,  Tilton  &  Company  of 
Boston  in  Philadelphia.  9.  Reginald,  Decem- 
ber 14,  1878,  represents  the  firm  of  Graton  & 
Knight,  leather  manufacturers  of  Worcester, 
Massachusetts,  in  New  York  City. 


The  Reynolds  family  set- 
REYNOLDS     tied  about  the  time  of  the 

revolution  in  the  town  of 
Northeast,  Dutchess  county.  New  York. 
Lewis  Reynolds  was  born  in  New  York  state, 
probably  at  (Painetown)  Cornwall-on-the- 
Hudson,  and  of  the  Dutchess  county  family. 
He  was  a  shoemaker  by  trade  and  worked 
at  shoemaking  all  his  active  life.  He  died  at 
Cornwall,  New  York,  aged  about  sixty  years. 
He  married  Esther  Benedict.  Children :  Da- 
vid, settled  in  Easton,  Connecticut ;  Hiram, 
settled  in  Easton ;  Jacob,  settled  in  Norwalk, 
Connecticut;  Lewis  Benedict,  mentioned  be- 
lo\''  :  and  two  daughters. 

(II)  Lewis  Benedict,  son  of  Lewis  and  Es- 
ther (Benedict)  Reynolds,  was  born  at  Corn- 
wall in  1818.  His  boyhood  was  spent  largely 
in  Easton,  Connecticut,  on  the  farm  of  his 
brother,  David.  Afterward  he  was  in  the  em- 
ploy of  Walker  Sherwood,  known  as  "Esquire 
Sherwood,"  for  ten  years.  He  then  purchased 
a  farm  in  Easton  and  conducted  it  the  rest 
of  his  life.  He  died  in  1876.  He  married 
Fannie,  daughter  of  Abel  and  Lovica  (Ed- 
wards) Peck,  and  she  died,  aged  sixty-eight 
years.  Children  of  Abel  and  Lovica  (Ed- 
wards) Peck:  Polly,  married  Charles  Mor- 
gan ;  Fannie,  married  Lewis  B.  Reynolds. 
Children  of  Lewis  Benedict  and  Fannie 
(Peck)  Reynolds:  Fannie  Marion,  born  Sep- 
tember 8,  1847,  married  (first)  Louis  Wake- 
lee,  of  Trumbull :  (  second  )  Charles  S.  Gilbert, 
and  they  reside  on  the  old  homestead ;  Marcus 
L.,  mentioned  below;  Acta,  born  October  31, 
1854,  married  Fred  Cocker. 

(III)  Hon.  Marcus  L.  Reynolds,  son  of 
Lewis  Benedict  and  Fannie  (Peck)  Reynolds, 
was  born  at  Easton,  Connecticut,  April  15, 
1850.  He  attended  the  publi.;  schools  of  his 
native  town,  and  the  Easton  academy  for  three 
years.  In  March,  1872,  he  accepted  a  posi- 
tion with  the  Wheeler  and  Wilson  Manufac- 
turing Company,  at  Bridgeport,  and  contin- 
ued with  that  concern  for  a  period  of  thirty- 
four  years.     He  won  promotion  rapidly,  and 


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from  time  to  time  was  advanced  to  positions 
of  greater  responsibility  and  reward,  finally 
becoming  department  superintendent,  and  re- 
maining in  this  capacity  until  1906,  when, 
owing  to  his  election  to  the  office  of  mayor  of 
Bridgeport,  he  resigned.  His  energy,  knowl- 
edge of  the  business  and  faithfulness  made 
him  one  of  the  most  valued  men  in  the  em- 
ploy of  this  great  corporation.  He  was  held 
in  equal  esteem  by  the  employees  of  the  com- 
pany and  the  administrative  officers.  He  is 
a  Republican  in  politics  and  began  to  take 
an  interest  in  public  affairs  early  in  life.  In 
1890  he  was  elected  first  selectman  of  Bridge- 
port, and  in  1891-92  he  was  police  commis- 
sioner ;  and  in  1905  he  was  a  member  of  the 
general  assembly  of  Connecticut,  representing 
Bridgeport,  and  serving  on  various  impor- 
tant committees,  including  the  committee  on 
corporations,  upon  which  he  occupied  second 
place.  At  the  expiration  of  his  term  of  of- 
fice in  the  legislature,  he  was  elected  mayor  of 
the  city.  He  was  an  able  and  efficient  execu- 
tive, instituting  many  important  reforms  and 
winning  the  popular  approval.  In  1885  he 
was  elected  to  the  board  of  trustees  of  Lake 
View  Cemetery  Association  and  has  served 
to  the  present  time.  He  has  seen  the  de- 
velopment of  this  beautiful  cemetery  and  has 
had  charge  of  the  most  important  work.  In 
1872-73  he  saw  the  removal  of  the  bodies 
from  the  old  cemetery  to  Lake  View.  He  is 
the  only  survivor  of  the  original  board  of 
trustees.  Since  1907  he  has  been  president 
of  the  board  and  has  entire  charge  of  the 
grounds.  During  the  time  he  has  been  on 
the  board  a  tract  of  nearly  fifty  acres  has 
been  added  to  the  cemetery  and  he  has  super- 
intended the  laying  out  of  this  addition. 

Mr.  Reynolds  has  been  prominent  in  fra- 
ternal orders.  After  serving  in  various  of- 
fices, as  a  member  of  Pequonick  Lodge,  No.  4, 
Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  he  was 
elected  noble  grand,  December  i,  1883,  and 
from  July  i,  1885,  to  the  present  time,  he 
has  been  treasurer  of  the  lodge.  He  has  been 
a  member  of  the  Connecticut  Grand  Lodge 
of  Odd  Fellows  since  May,  1884;  of  the  En- 
campment, since  1882 ;  and  was  elected  grand 
patriarch  of  the  state  in  1902.  In  1904  he 
represented  the  Grand  Lodge  in  the  Sov- 
ereign Grand  Lodge  in  San  Francisco  and  in 
1905  at  Philadelphia,  serving  on  both  occa- 
sions upon  important  committees  and  taking 
an  active  part  in  the  deliberations.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  local  lodge.  Knights  of  Pyth- 
ias, and  the  Improved  Order  of  Red  Men. 
He  married  (first)  in  June,  1872,  Laura  S. 
Bank,  born  in  Easton,  daughter  of  Samuel  O. 
Bank,   a   native   of   Easton,   Fairfield   county. 


Connecticut.  Her  father  was  a  carpenter  and 
builder  in  Easton.  She  died  February  i^ 
1883.  She  was  one  of  six  children.  She  was 
a  member  of  the  Easton  Congregational 
Church.  Mr.  Reynolds  married  (second),, 
June  12,  1890,  Kate  J.  Segears,  born  at  Wa- 
terbury,  daughter  of  Edwin  and  Katherine 
L.  (Sperry)  Segears.  She  is  one  of  three 
children,  having  brothers,  Edwin  and  George 
Segears,  of  Waterbury.  Mr.  Reynolds  and 
his  family  attend  St.  Paul's  Church,  Bridge- 
]5ort,  Connecticut. 


Prentice    or    Prentiss    is    an 
PRENTICE     ancient     surname,    and    the 

spelling  varies  even  at  the 
present  time.  As  early  as  13 18,  there  is  men- 
tion of  a  Thomas  Prentiz  in  England,  and  a 
William  de  Prentice  de  Leak  lived  in  Eng- 
land in  1341.  Peter  Prentiz  was  a  member 
of  the  house  of  commons  from  Derby  about 
1361-62,  and  John  Prentiz  was  also  a  mem- 
ber from  Derby.  Elizabeth  Prentise  mar- 
ried the  Earl  of  Ferra  in  1778.  John  Pren- 
tyz  was  rector  of  Winterborn  Gradston,  Au- 
gust 22,  1713,  and  prebendary  of  York,  North 
Newbold,  which  he  resigned  August  22,  1723. 
The  first  of  the  name  recorded  in  America 
was  Valentine  Prentice,  who  came  over  from 
Nazing,  county  Essex,  England,  with  the  In- 
dian apostle,  Eliot,  in  1631,  with  his  wife 
Alice  and  son,  John  Prentice,  and  another 
child  who  died  on  the  voyage.  He  settled  in 
Roxbury,  Massachusetts.  It  is  supposed  that 
Valentine  of  Roxbury,  Robert  of  Roxbury, 
Henry  of  Cambridge,  and  Captain  Thomas  of 
Cambridge  and  Newton,  were  in  some  way 
connected.  • 

(I)  Captain  Thomas  Prentice,  immigrant 
ancestor,  called  the  "trooper,"  was  born  in 
England  in    1621.     He  married  there,   about 

r643,   Grace  .     The  earliest  notice  of 

him  in  America  is  on  the  records  of  the  First 
Church  in  Cambridge,  Massachusetts,  under 
the  Rev.  Mr.  Shepard.  He  came  to  Cam- 
bridge with  his  wife  and  daughter  Grace  and 
joined  the  church  there  about  1652.  May  23, 
1652,  he  was  rnade  a  freeman.  A  few  years 
later  he  removed  to  Newton,  where  he  spent 
the  remainder  of  his  life.  In  1653  he  hired 
a  farm.  In  1656  he  was  chosen  lieutenant 
of  a  troop  of  horse,  and  its  captain  in  1662. 
In  1 66 1  he  bought  three  hundred  acres  of 
land  in  the  "Pequod  Country."  In  1667  he 
was  sent  to  lay  out  and  settle  Quinsigamond 
(Worcester,  Massachusetts),  and  had  fifty  or 
sixty  acres  of  land  and  one  of  the  first  fifty- 
eight  houses  there.  He  had  also  grants  of 
land  in  Woburn  in  1684,  and  in  Billerica  and 
other  places.   In  1672-74  he  was  a  representa- 


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tive  to  the  general  court.  In  1675  three  hun- 
dred acres  of  land  were  granted  to  him  by 
the  general  assembly  of  Connecticut.  In  1675 
he  and  his  troop  of  horse  are  mentioned  nine- 
teen times  on  books  of  the  treasurer  of  Mas- 
sachusetts colony.  "He  and  his  troop  of 
horse  were  a  terror  to  the  Indians  by  his  sud- 
den attacks  -and  impetuous  charges."  June 
24,  1675,  he  was  appointed  captain  of  the 
troop  of  horse  in  the  Indian  war,  was  in  the 
Narragansett  fight  and  helped  in  its  success. 
June  26,  1675,  he  marched  with  his  troop  to 
Swansea,  and  December  29,  1675,  to  Narra- 
gansett;  in  1676,  with  a  "Ply"  of  horse,  he 
was  sent  to  Sudbury,  and  April  27,  1676,  to 
Grafton,  Massachusetts.  In  1689  he  and  his 
troop  were  ordered  to  Rhode  Island  to  arrest 
and  bring  back  Sir  Edmond  Andros.  He  was 
one  of  the  commissioners  to  put  Indian  chil- 
dren to  service  in  1675,  ^"d  the  same  year  a 
commissioner  to  rebuild  Lancaster,  Massa- 
chusetts, after  it  had  been  burned  by  the  In- 
dians. He  was  a  friend-  and  counsellor  of  the 
converted  Indians,  who  in  1691  petitioned  the 
general  court  that  "Captain  Thomas  Prentice 
may  be  appointed  their  overseer  and  magis- 
trate." In  1705  he  settled  his  estate  by  gift 
deeds.  He  died  July  6,  17 10,  "on  Sunday,  in 
consequence  of  a  fall  from  his  horse  on  re- 
turning from  church  "and  was  buried  under 
arms  by  the  company  of  troop  July  8,  1710,  in 
the  old  burying  ground  in  Newton."  His 
gravestone  is  still  to  be  seen  there.  His  wife 
Grace  died  in  Newton,  October  9,  1692.  Chil- 
dren: Grace,  born  in  England,  1648;  Thomas 
(twin),  January  22,  1649,  rnentioned  below 
Elizabeth  (twin);  Mary;  Henry,  died  1654 
John,  February  2,  1653,  died  March  10,  1654 
John,   July    10,    1655;   Hannah,    1661. 

(II)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Captain  Thomas 
(i)  Prentice,  was  born  January  22,  1649. 
He  married,  March  20,  1675,  Sarah,  born 
T655,  daughter  of  Captain  Thomas  Stanton. 
Thomas  Stanton  left  England  in  1635,  at  the 
age  of  thirty,  and  was  a  man  of  note  in  the 
colony.  He  was  a  famous  Indian  interpreter. 
The  name  of  his  wife  was  Anna  Lord,  and 
they  were  of  Stonington,  Connecticut.  Anna 
Lord  was  the  daughter  of  Thomas  Lord. 
Sarah,  wife  of  Thomas  Prentice,  married 
(second)  Captain  A\^illiam  Dennison,  and  died 
in  1713.  Thomas  Prentice  was  probably  a 
trooper  in  his  father's  troop  of  horse.  He 
died  April  19,  1685.  Children:  Thomas,  Jan- 
uary 13,  1676;  Grace;  Samuel,  about  1680, 
mentioned  below;  John,  1682. 

(III)  Samuel,  son  of  Thomas  (2)  Pren- 
tice, was  born  about  1680.  He  married  Es- 
ther, daughter  of  Nathaniel  Hammond,  of 
Newton.     Before  1700  he  owned  a  large  tract 


of  land  in  that  part  of  Stonington  which  was 
in  1807  set  off  as  North  Stonington,  and 
about  1709  removed  there.  Most  of  the  land 
"-emained  in  the  family  until  recent  years,  and 
the  old  house  in  which  he  lived  is  standing. 
He  was  deputy  to  the  general  court  from 
Stonington  in  1721  and  1724,  and  a  selectman 
of  that  town  in  1718-20-22-24-26-27.  He  was 
grandfather  of  Senator  and  Judge  Samuel 
Prentiss,  of  Montpelier,  Vermont.  He  died 
April  24,  1728.  Children:  Samuel,  born  No- 
vember 25,  1702,  mentioned  below;  Joseph, 
January  26,  1704;  Grace,  January  16,  1705; 
Mary,  April  12,  1708:  Jonas,  September  28, 
1710,  in  Stonington;  Esther,  December  12, 
1713;  Oliver  died  in  Stonington,  October  18, 
1755;  Eunice,  December  8,  1717;  Thomas, 
October  25,  1719;  Dorothy,  December  13, 
1723. 

(IV)  Deacon  Samuel  (2)  Prentice,  son  of 
Samuel  (i)  Prentice,  was  born  in  Newton, 
November  25,  1702.  He  married  Abigail, 
daughter  of  Ebenezer  Billings.  She  died  Oc- 
tober 30,  1789.  He  was  town  clerk  of  Ston- 
ington for  over  thirty  years,  and  deputy  to 
the  general  court  in  1749-50-53-57.  In  1751 
he  was  appointed  by  the  general  court  a  jus- 
tice of  the  peace  for  New  London  county,  and 
annually  thereafter  was  reappointed  until  his 
death,  which  occurred  October  11,  1773.  Chil- 
dren: Dorothy,  January  7,  1727;  Samuel, 
May  24,  1729;  Ebenezer,  October  25,  1731 ; 
John,  May  13,  1733;  Abigail,  December  11, 
1734 ;  Joshua,  July  2,  1737,  mentioned  below ; 
Phebe,  February  22,  1738 ;  Asa,  September  7, 
1740,  died  September  7,  1742;  Jonas,  Febru- 
ary 9,  1742 ;  Jesse,  January  24,  1743  ;  Esther, 
January  31,  1745,  died  March  25,  1751 ;  Amos, 
April  24,  1748;  Grace,  December  4,  1750. 

(V)  Joshua,  son  of  Deacon  Samuel  (2) 
Prentice,  was  born  July  2,  1737.  He  married 
(first),  January  14,  1776,  Widow  EHzabeth 
Stanton,  who  died  December  10,  1776.  He 
married  (second),  April  25,  1787,  Polly, 
daughter  of  Josiah  Shepard,  of  Plainfield, 
Connecticut.  She  died  August  27,  1840.  He 
lived  in  Stonington,  and  died  there  September 
9,  1794.  He  was  a  member  of  the  general 
court  in  1776  and  1786,  and  selectman  in  1775- 
76-78,  and  from  1780  to  1787  inclusive.  Chil- 
dren: Samuel,  born  April  22,  1788;  Polly, 
April  24,  1791  ;  Amy,  September  10,  1792. 

(VI)  Samuel  (3),  son  of  Joshua  Prentice, 
was  born  April  22,  1788.  He  married,  De- 
cember 23,  1810,  Amy,  daughter  of  Colonel 
Chester  Smith,  of  North  Stonington.  He  was 
a  lieutenant  in  the  state  militia  and  served 
in  Stonington  during  the  bombardment  of  that 
place  in  1813;  also  at  New  London.  He  died 
May  25,  1837.     His  wife  died  February   15, 


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1870,  aged  eighty  years.  Children :  Samuel 
S.,  born  October  28,  1814,  died  July  7,  1815; 
Chester  Smith,  August  15,  181 6,  mentioned 
below;  Charles  F.,  August  8,  1820;  Mary  E., 
September  16,  1822 ;  William  H.,  August  26, 
1825. 

(VII)  Chester  Smith,  son  of  Samuel  (3) 
Prentice,  was  born  August  15,  1816.  He  mar- 
ried Lucy,  daughter  of  Elisha  Crary,  of  Pres- 
ton, December  13,  1843.  He  was  first  select- 
man of  the  town  in  the  civil  war  period  and 
representative  to  the  general  assembly  in  1857 
and  1862.  He  was  appointed  justice  of  the 
peace  in  1848.  He  lived  in  his  native  town, 
North  Stonington,  until  1872,  when  he  moved 
to  Preston  City,  Connecticut.  He  was  a  farm- 
er until  this  removal.  Children :  Samuel  Os- 
car, born  August  8,  1850,  mentioned  below ; 
Herbert  L.,  CJctober  i,  1853;  Charles  P.,  No- 
vember 26,   1857,  died  in  infancy. 

(VIII)  Hon.  Samuel  Oscar  Prentice,  son 
of  Chester  Smith  Prentice,  was  born  at  North 
Stonington,  August  8,  1850.  His  youth  was 
spent  on  his  father's  farm  and  in  the  district 
schools  of  his  native  town.  He  prepared  for 
college  at  the  Norwich  Free  Academy,  in 
which  he  was  a  student  from  1866  to  1869, 
and  then  entered  Yale  College,  from  which  he 
was  graduated  in  the  class  of  1873  with  the 
degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts.  During  his  col- 
lege course  he  won  three  prizes  for  English 
composition,  a  junior  rhetorical,  the  "Lit" 
prize  medal  and  was  one  of  the  Townsend 
speakers.  He  graduated  with  an  oration 
stand.  He  was  chairman  of  the  editorial 
board  of  the  "Lit"  and  member  of  the  Kappa 
Sigma  Epsilon,  Delta  Beta  Xi,  Delta  Kappa 
Epsilon  and  the  Skull  and  Bones. 

After  graduating  from  college  he  continued 
his  studies  at  Yale  in  the  law  school  and  re- 
ceived the  degree  of  LL.B.  in  1875,  taking  the 
Townsend  prize  for  the  best  oration  at  Com- 
mencement. During  his  course  in  the  law 
school  he  was  also  a  special  teacher  in  the 
Hopkins  Grammar  School  in  New  Haven. 
Immediately  after  graduation  from  the  law 
school  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  and  in  the 
following  autumn  began  practice  as  a  law 
clerk  in  the  office  of  Chamberlain,  Hall  & 
White,  of  Hartford.  In  1876  he  became  the 
junior  partner  of  the  new  law  firm  of  John- 
son &  Prentice.  In  the  summer  of  1889  he 
was  appointed  judge  of  the  Connecticut  su- 
perior court  by  Governor  Morgan  G.  Bulkeley, 
whose  executive  secretary  he  had  been.  At 
the  expiration  of  his  term  of  eight  years  he 
was  re-appointed  in  1897  for  a  second  term, 
and  in  1901  he  was  appointed  to  his  present 
position  on  the  supreme  court  of  errors  of 
Connecticut.      In-  1909  he   was    re-appointed. 


From  October,  1881,  to  October,  1886,  he  was 
chairman  of  the  Hartford  city  and  town  Re- 
publican committees,  and  he  was  a  delegate 
to  the  Republican  state  convention  in  1884  and 
also  in  1886.  For  twelve  years  he  was  clerk 
of  the  Hartford  county  bar,  and  for  several 
years  town  and  city  attorney  of  Hartford.  He 
has  been  a  member  of  the  state  bar  examining 
committee  since  its  formation  in  1890  and 
chairman  since  June,  1898.  He  was  appointed 
instructor  in  pleading  in  the  Yale  Law  school 
in  1896,  and  professor  of  pleading  in  1901 
and  he  still  continues  his  teaching  in  the  Uni- 
versity. 

From  1879  to  1889  Judge  Prentice  was  an 
officer  of  Company  K,  First  Regiment,  Con- 
necticut National  Guard.  He  was  president 
of  the  Haitford  Library  .Association  in  1885- 
86,  has  been  president  of  the  Hartford  Public 
Library  since  1895,  and  in  1906  was  made 
president  of  the  Watkinson  Library,  which 
position  he  now  holds.  He  is  also  trustee  of 
the  Wadsworth  Atheneum.  He  was  president 
of  the  Yale  Alumni  Association  of  Hartford 
Count}'  in  1899,  and  of  the  Hartford  Golf 
Club  for  three  years.  He  is  a  communicant 
of  the  Congregational  church.  He  married, 
April  24,  1901,  Anne  Combe  Post,  of  Jersey 
City,  New  Jersey,  daughter  of  Andrew  J. 
Post.  Their  home  is  at  70  Gillett  street,  Hart- 
ford.    They  have  no  children. 

In  addition  to  the  ancestors  mentioned  in 
the  foregoing  article,  Judge  Prentice  traces 
his  ancestry  to  Elder  William  Brewster  of  the 
"Mayflower,"  Colonel  George  Denison,  of 
Stonington,  Thomas  Stanton,  Captain  James 
Avery,  Captain  John  Gallup,  Richard  Treat, 
Rev.  James  Noyes  and  William  Cheesboro,  all 
conspicuous  in  the  early  history  of  Connecti- 
cut. Accounts  of  these  immigrants  will  be 
found  elsewhere  in  this  work. 


Represented  in  Connecticut  by  Na- 
HEFT     than  Hopkins  Heft,  of  Bridgeport, 

formerly  chief  of  the  electrical  de- 
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Hartford  Railroad,  the  Heft  family,  of  early 
Pennsylvania  ancestry,  have  been  very  con- 
spicuously identified  with  the  introduction  and 
development  of  electrical  railways,  as  well  as 
with  the  invention  and  utilization  of  notable 
electrical  improvements.  The  founder  of  the 
family  in  this  country,  an  immigrant  from 
Muhlenberg,  Holland,  where  the  surname  was 
written  Kefft,  established  himself  in  Pennsyl- 
vania in  the  first  half  of  the  eighteenth  cen- 
tury. 

(I)  Daniel  Heft  was  born  near  German- 
town,  Pennsylvania,  and  after  his  marriage 
removed  to  Carverton,  Luzerne  county,  Penn- 


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sylvania,  where  he  purcuased  land  which  he 
afterward  divided  among  his  three  sons,  each 
of  whom  married  sisters,  members  of  the  Wil- 
son family.  Daniel  Heft  was  a  man  of 
marked  mechanical  and  inventive  abilities, 
traits  which  have  especially  distinguished  his 
descendants  for  three  succeeding  generations. 

(II)  Samuel,  son  of  Daniel  Heft,  was  also 
a  resident  of  Carverton.  "He  was  a  born  me- 
chanic, a  man  of  fine  intelligence  and  highly 
respected."  He  married  Rebecca,  daughter  of 
John  and  Mary  (Blair)  Wilson;  she  died 
March  9,  1909,  aged  eighty-three  years  and 
eleven  months.  She  was  paternally  descended 
from  the  ancient  and  distinguished  Wilson 
family  of  Scotland.  Her  father,  John  Wilson, 
resided  in  Luzerne  county,  Pennsylvania.  Her 
mother,  Mary  (Blair)  Wilson,  was  the  daugh- 
ter of  Robert  Blair,  of  New  Hope,  now 
Blairstown,  New  Jersey,  and  was  an  own  cou- 
sin of  John  I.  Blair,  noted  for  the  great  for- 
tune which  he  accumulated,  his  restless  en- 
ergies and  his  philanthropies.  Children  of 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Heft:  i.  Nathan  Hopkins,  see 
forward.  2.  Mitchell  J.,  resides  on  the  old 
homestead  at  Carverton;  manufacturer,  mill 
owner,  and  identified  with  lumber  interests ; 
married  Delia  Schooley  and  has  two  children. 
3.  John  Benham,  died  at  the  age  of  two.  4. 
Philip  Sarver,  deceased ;  was  a  mechanical 
genius  and  a  man  of  enterprising  character; 
married,  but  left  no  issue. 

(III)  Nathan  Hopkins,  eldest  child  of  Sam- 
uel and  Rebecca  (Wilson)  Heft,  was  born  in 
Carverton,  Luzerne  county,  Pennsylvania,  No- 
vember 28,  1848.  With  no  opportunities  for 
educational  training  in  that  rural  region  ex- 
cept the  ordinary  ones  afforded  by  the  dis- 
trict schools,  his  early  career,  as  in  the  cases 
of  so  many  Americans  who  have  risen  to  suc- 
cess and  reputation,  was  that  of  self-reliant 
industry  from  very  small  beginnings.  After 
acquiring  sufficient  means  for  a  business  ven- 
ture in  a  modest  way,  he  purchased  a  store  at 
Parsons,  in  his  native  county,  but  in  the  great 
coal  strike  of  1872,  so  destructive  to  commer- 
cial enterprise,  his  resources  were  wiped  out, 
and  at  the  age  of  twenty-four  he  was  obliged 
to  start  anew.  Soon  afterward  he  accepted 
the  superintendency  of  Broderick  &'  Com- 
pany's mines  at  what  was  then  Valley,  now 
West  Portland,  New  Jersey,  receiving  a  salary 
of  fifty  dollars  a  month.  In  that  position  he 
continued  for  nearly  twelve  years,  demon- 
strating great  executive  ability,  both  in  the 
conduct  of  the  practical  mining  operations, 
with  which  he  made  himself  personally  famil- 
iar in  every  detail,  and  in  the  management  of 
the  men.  Although  the  period  was  marked  by 
general  industrial  unrest  throughout  the  coun- 


try, only  one  strike  occurred  during  all  these 
years  in  the  mines  under  his  charge,  and  that 
was  terminated  at  the  end  of  two  days.  It 
may  be  observed  that  the  same  thoroughness 
in  the  mastery  of  detail,  executive  tact  and 
ability  were  at  all  times  the  distinguishing 
characteristics  of  Mr.  Heft  in  his  subsequent 
important  and  extensive  enterprises.  While 
in  charge  of  the  mines  he  devised  and  pat- 
ented several  notable  inventions,  including  the 
Heft  lubricating  oil  cup,  the  mining  cartridge 
used  for  blasting  purposes,  and  the  back  pres- 
sure valves  for  connecting  oil  cups  to  loco- 
motive engines. 

Retiring  from  the  mining  business  in  1883, 
Mr.  Heft  was  for  the  following  year  identi- 
fied with  the  firm  of  O.  A.  Jenks  &  Company 
of  Binghamton,  New  York,  at  the  end  of 
which  time  he  established  at  Easton,  Penn- 
sylvania, the  Heft  Lubricating  Oil  Works, 
which,  as  sole  proprietor,  he  developed  into 
one  of  the  most  flourishing  industries  of  that 
place.  During  his  residence  in  Easton  he 
served  as  president  of  the  Farmers'  and  Me- 
chanics' Institute,  and  was  instrumental  in 
greatly  promoting  its  usefulness  and  efficien- 
cy. He  was  also  one  of  the  directors  of  the 
Northampton  County  National  Bank. 

From  an  early  period  of  the  utilization  of 
electricity  for  lighting  and  power,  Mr.  Heft 
was  strongly  attracted  by  its  advantages  for 
industrial  economy  and  profit.  Making  a 
study  of  the  subject  with  a  view  to  engaging 
definitely  in  some  department  of  the  electri- 
cal business,  he  was  satisfied  that  the  time 
was  at  hand  for  the  introduction  of  this  as  a 
new  motive  power  in  the  operation  of  street 
railways,  and  decided  to  throw  all  his  ener- 
gies into  that  work.  Accordingly,  in  1890, 
he  sold  a  large  portion  of  his  interests  in  Eas- 
ton, and  went  to  New  York  City.  After  care- 
ful investigation  of  various  opportunities,  he 
selected  Bridgeport,  Connecticut,  as  the  place 
to  begin  his  active  efforts,  and  in  the  same 
year  organized  the  Bridgeport  Traction  Com- 
pany, of  which  he  was  chosen  president,  and 
which  took  over  the  old  horse  railway  secu- 
rities. As  the  proposed  system  was  then  a 
perfect  novelty,  it  became  necessary  to  en- 
gage in  a  regular  educational  campaign  for 
the  enlightenment  of  the  public  and  more  par- 
ticularly of  those  in  official  position,  and  to 
that  task  Mr.  Heft  devoted  himself  with  de- 
termination and  tireless  patience.  He  framed 
the  charter  which  the  legislature  passed  grant- 
ing a  franchise  to  his  electric  roads,  and  also 
overcame  the  special  local  obstacles  in  Bridge- 
port, procuring  the  adoption  of  the  franchises 
over  the  mayor's  veto.  With  the  installation 
of  the  new  lines  in  that  city  the  great  advan- 


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tages  to  the  public  were  at  once  apparent, 
and  rapid  progress  followed  elsewhere,  con- 
ferring similar  benefits  and  indeed  completely 
revolutionizing  the  ordinary  traffic  conditions 
of  the  state  of  Connecticut. 

In  the  situation  thus  created  the  steam  rail- 
way companies  early  discovered  a  dangerous 
factor,  with  which  it  was  necessary  for  them 
to  deal  by  new  policies  and  departures.  In 
1893-94  President  Clark,  of  the  New  York, 
New  Haven  &  Hartford  Railroad  Company,  in 
his  annual  report  advocated  the  equipment  of 
a  branch  line  to  demonstrate  what  could  be 
done  with  electric  power  on  a  standard  steam 
railway.  No  practical  steps  were  taken  in 
that  direction,  however,  until  1895,  when  a 
proposal  was  made  to  Mr.  Heft  to  institute 
and  assume  entire  charge  of  the  work  as 
chief  of  the  electrical  department  of  the  New 
York,  New  Haven  &  Hartford  Company,  a 
department  which  was  expressly  created  for 
him,  and  in  which  he  was  to  be  given  inde- 
pendent authority.  Accepting  the  position,  he 
entered  at  once  upon  a  vigorous  administra- 
tion. The  first  installation  was  made  on  a 
seven-mile  section  of  road  running  from  Nan- 
tasket  Junction  to  Pemberton,  along  Nantasket 
Beach,  in  the  state  of  Massachusetts.  This  sec- 
tion was  equipped  with  the  overhead  trolley 
conductor  and  put  in  operation  on  June  20, 
1896,  being  the  first  standard  steam  railroad  in 
the  world  to  be  equipped  and  operated  by  elec- 
tricity. Mr.  Heft  being  the  motorman,  the 
first  train  order  ever  issued  in  the  world  un- 
der these  conditions  was  issued  to  him.  Just 
one  year  later,  in  1897,  an  additional  stretch 
of  track,  three  and  a  half  miles  in  length,  ex- 
tending from  Nantasket  Junction  to  East 
Weymouth,  was  equipped  with  the  third-rail 
system  and  put  in  operation.  Within  a  com- 
paratively brief  period.  Mr.  Heft  had  designed 
and  installed  a  third-rail  within  two  inches  of 
the  surface  of  the  ground  and  was  able  to 
demonstrate  that  the  third-rail  system  pos- 
sessed decided  advantages,  that  the  danger  to 
the  public  and  employees  from  this  system 
was  shown  to  be  largely  theoretical,  and  that 
by  its  use  the  cost  of  maintenance  was  re- 
duced to  the  minimum.  As  early  as  the  sum- 
mer of  1897  Mr.  Heft  felt  justified  in  pre- 
dicting that :  "The  advantages  of  a  third- 
rail  construction  are  such  that  I  have  no 
doubt  that,  in  one  form  or  another,  it  will 
become  the  standard  method  of  contact  con- 
ductors for  the  heavy  electric  currents  needed 
for  heavy  railroad  service." 

In  addition  to  the  original  constructions 
which  have  been  noted,  Mr.  Heft,  while 
serving  as  chief  of  the  electrical  department 
of  the  New  York,  New   Haven  &   Hartford 


road,  equipped  lines  in  Connecticut  running 
from  Hartford  to  New  Britain  and  Bristol 
and  from  New  Britain  to  Berlin,  as  well  as 
the  Stamford  and  New  Canaan  Branch  of 
overhead  trolley,  and  the  branch  from  Provi- 
dence, Rhode  Island,  to  Warren,  Bristol  and 
Fall  River.  He  served  as  president  of  the 
Meriden  Electric  Railroad  and  the  Stamford 
Street  Railway,  the  two  latter  belonging  to 
the  New  Haven  system.  Both  of  these  roads 
he  rebuilt  and  electrically  equipped.  In  1903 
he  resigned  his  office  in  that  corporation,  and 
he  has  since  retired  from  active  railway 
afTairs,  residing  in  his  beautiful  home  on  Park 
avenue,  Bridgeport. 

The  professional  career  of  Mr.  Heft  in  con- 
nection with  the  establishment  and  develop- 
ment of  electrical  railways  is  remarkable  when 
it  is  remembered  that  previous  to  1890,  when 
he  embarked  upon  that  work,  he  had  no  spe- 
cial training  or  preparation  whatever  for  it. 
His  previous  life  had  been  devoted  entirely  to 
business  interests,  sustaining  no  relation  to 
electrical  science.  He  had  never  had  the  ad- 
vantage of  any  technical  educational  course, 
and  he  was  then  forty  years  old,  yet  he  speed- 
ily mastered  the  intricacies  both  of  the  prin- 
ciples involved  and  of  the  practical  problems 
to  be  solved,  and  attained  recognized  posi- 
tion as  an  accomplished  engineer  and  one  of 
the  foremost  experts  in  construction  and  ad- 
ministration. In  the  department  of  electrical 
inventions  and  improvements  as  applied  to 
raihva}'  service,  he  has  also  made  a  distin- 
guished reputation.  He  designed  the  "heavy 
motor  truck"  used  on  the  New  York,  New 
Haven  &  Hartford  road,  which  was  the  first 
to  use  hollow  axles  with  electric  motors  sus- 
pended on  bars  independent  of  truck  frame, 
and  also  a  new  electric  car,  in  which,  without 
impairing  strength  or  safety,  he  succeeded  in 
effecting  a  reduction  in  weight  of  from  one- 
third  to  one-half  in  relation  to  seating  capac- 
ity. Both  of  these  valuable  improvements  are 
now  in  general  use.  He  is  the  inventor  of 
the  atmospheric  brake  for  automobiles,  and 
is  now  engaged  in  the  manufacturing  of  im- 
proved automobiles.  He  is  the  author  of  vari- 
ous professional  papers  on  technical  subjects, 
which  Iiave  been  read  before  societies  and 
conventions  and  are  regarded  as  standard  au- 
thorities. In  1900  he  was  honored  by  selec- 
tion as  representative  of  the  United  States 
to  the  International  Railway  Congress  at 
Paris,  and  by  that  body  he  was  designated 
to  prepare  and  submit  the  report  for  this 
country  on  "Electric  Traction."  The  result- 
ing paper  was  specially  printed  in  a  separate 
volume,  with  numerous  illustrations. 

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trade  of  Bridgeport  for  two  years.  He  is  a 
member  of  Landmark  Lodge,  No.  442,  Free 
and  Accepted  Masons,  of  Wilkes-Barre,  and 
has  taken  all  the  orders  up  to  the  thirty-sec- 
ond degree,  the  latter  bodies  being  in  Bridge- 
port. He  is  a  member  of  the  Engineers'  Club 
of  New  York,  and  of  several  of  the  principal 
social  organizations  in  Bridgeport,  including 
the  Algonquin,  Brooklawn,  Country,  and 
Bridgeport  Yacht  clubs.  In  politics  he  is  a 
Republican. 

Mr.  Heft  married  (first),  1874,  Frances 
Cease.  He  married  (second),  Mrs.  Josephine 
Richardson,  daughter  of  John  W.  and  Eliza- 
beth (Stauffer)  Moore,  of  Queensburg,  Penn- 
sylvania. Child  by  first  marriage:  George 
Stanley,  born  in  Parsons,  Luzerne  county, 
Pennsylvania,  January  22,  1874.  He  was 
graduated  as  mechanical  engineer  at  Lafay- 
ette College,  Easton,  Pennsylvania,  when  only 
eighteen  years  old,  and  subsequently  studied 
medicine  in  the  College  of  Physicians  and 
Surgeons,  New  York,  and  the  University  of 
Vermont,  receiving  his  degree  from  the  latter 
institution.  His  residence  is  in  Bridgeport, 
Connecticut,  where  he  is  at  the  head  of  the 
Heft  Motor  Company,  a  manufacturing  con- 
cern which  is  engaged  principally  in  building 
marine  and  automobile  motors. 


The  name  Leonard  is  one  of 
LEONARD  those  taken  from  the  Chris- 
tian name,  and  signifies  the 
lion-hearted.  The  ancient  coat-of-arms  of 
the  family  is :  Or  on  a  fesse  azure  three  fleur 
de  lis  argent.  Crest :  Cut  of  a  ducal  coro- 
net or  a  tiger's  head  argent.  Motto:  "Me- 
mor  at  fidelis." 

(I)  Solomon  Leonard,  immigrant  ances- 
tor, was  born  in  England  about  1610,  in 
Monmouthshire  or  vicinity,  in  the  southwest- 
erly part  of  England.  Fie  seems  first  to  have 
gone  to  Leyden,  Holland,  probably  with  his 
father,  believed  to  be  Samuel  Leonard.  He 
came  to  New  England  and  was  engaged  in  the 
service  of  the  colony  company  in  Plymouth 
for  a  time,  but  became  one  of  the  early  set- 
tlers of  Duxbury,  where  he  was  living  when 
the  town  was  incorporated  in  1637.  He  re- 
ceived a  grant  of  land  there  in  1638  and  was 
admitted  a  freeman  in  1643.  The  same  year 
he  was  on  a  list  of  those  able  to  bear  arms. 
He  spelled  his  name  Lenner,  and  sometimes 
Lennerson.  He  became  one  of  the  earliest 
proprietors  and  settlers  of  Bridgewater, 
_  where  he  lived  the  remainder  of  his  life.  He 
was   a  weaver  by  trade.     He  married  Mary 

.  Children :     Samuel ;  John,  born  about 

1645  •    Jacob,    about    1647  •    Isaac,    mentioned 
below  ;    Solomon  ;    Marv. 


(II)  Isaac,  son  of  Solomon  Leonard,  was 
born  about  1650,  probably  in  Bridgewater. 
He  was  one  of  the  eight  hundred  and  forty 
soldiers  who  were  in  "Narragansett  Fight," 
King  Philip's  war,  December  19,  1675.  About 
sixty  years  afterward  seven  townships  of 
land  were  granted  to  them  by  the  state  of 
Massachusetts ;  fourteen  were  from  Bridge- 
water,  and  when  their  shares  were  drawn, 
October  17,  1733,  only  two  were  living.  His 
share  was  drawn  by  his  son  Isaac.  These 
grants  were  confirmed  by  the  legislature, 
April  18,  1735.  He  probably  married  Deliv- 
erance   ,  about  the  close  of  this  war. 

Deeds  of  land  made  to  him  in  Bridgewater 
by  his  brother  Samuel  in  1677-78  are  on  rec- 
ord, and  he  had  a  house  there  in  1679.  He 
seems  to  have  owned  land  in  Mendon  and 
may  have  lived  there  for  some  time.  He  also 
owned  land  in  Worcester,  and  a  surmise  is 
made  that  he  may  have  moved  to  Worcester 
after  deeding  his  land  in  Bridgewater  to  his 
son  Joseph.  He  conveyed  land  in  Worcester 
to  Nathaniel  Jones  by  a  deed  in  which  he 
calls  himself  a  weaver,  March  27,  17 17.  His 
wife  Deliverance  signed  it,  March  7,  1719-20, 
and  two  days  afterward  Benjamin  Leonard, 
very  likely  his  youngest  son,  appeared  before 
the  general  court  of  sessions  and  certified  that 
he  saw  him  sign  this  deed.  He  had  doubt- 
less died  about  this  time.  His  wife  was  one 
of  the  original  members  of  the  Second  Church 
in  Bridgewater.  Children,  born  in  Bridge- 
water  :  Isaac,  mentioned  below ;  Hannah, 
born  March  15,  1680;  Deliverance;  Joseph: 
Benjamin. 

(III)  Isaac  (2),  son  of  Isaac  (i)  Leon- 
ard, was  born  in  Bridgewater  before  1680. 
He  married,  April  16,  1701,  Mary  Randall, 
daughter  of  Guido  Bailey,  who  was  then 
widow  of  Samuel  Randall,  son  of  Thomas 
Randall,  who  died  as  early  as  1697.  By  rec- 
ords of  deeds  it  is  known  that  they  were  liv- 
ing in  Taunton,  North  Purchase  (Easton), 
in  1713.  July  13,  1713,  Nathaniel  Manley, 
son  of  William  Manley,  calls  him  brother-in- 
law.  March  9,  1719-20,  he  had  deed  of  land 
on  the  easterly  end  of  North  Purchase  of 
Jeremiah  Willis,  of  Dorchester,  and  Samuel 
Smith,  of  North  Purchase.  In  March,  1726, 
he  and  his  wife  Mary  conveyed  their  home- 
stead in  Easton  to  Eliphalet  Leonard.  July 
23,  1727,  he,  of  Mendon,  bought  of  John 
Adams,  of  Pomfret,  Connecticut,  one  hundred 
and  thirty-two  acres  of  land  in  that  town  for 
three  hundred  pounds.  On  September  9, 
1727,  then  of  Pomfret,  he  sold  land  in  Eas- 
ton to  Thomas  Randall,  and  January  4,  1729, 
sold  one-third  of  an  iron  mine  in  Easton  to 
Eliphalet    Leonard.      It   is    said    that   he    and 


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his  wife  were  members  of  the  Second  Church 
when  it  was  formed,  in  1734.  He  bought 
other  lands  here,  but  February  9,  1735-36, 
for  eight  hundred  pounds,  he  sold  out  to  Isaac 
Parks,  and  no  further  trace  of  him  or  his 
family  can  be  found.  He  was  in  Boston,  Oc- 
tober 17,  1733,  and  drew  the  share  of  land 
belonging  to  his  father  as  one  of  the  soldiers 
in  the  Narragansett  fight.  Children :  Isaac  ; 
David,  mentioned  below ;  Thomas,  and  others. 

(IV)  David,  son  of  Isaac  (2)  Leonard, 
was  born  about  1710,  in  Taunton  or  vicinity. 

(V)  David  (2),  son  or  nephew  of  David 
(i)  Leonard,  was  born  about  1740.  In  1790 
he  was  living  in  Guilford,  Windham  county, 
Vermont,  and  according  to  the  first  federal 
census  taken  in  that  year  had  four  sons  un- 
der sixteen  and  five  females  in  his  family. 
Among  his  children  was  Daniel,  mentioned 
below. 

(VI)  Dr.  Daniel  Leonard,  son  of  David 
(2)  Leonard,  settled  in  Dover,  Vermont. 
He  was  a  prominent  citizen  and  served 
the  town  in  various  offices,  including  that  of 
selectman.  He  was  a  Freewill  Baptist 
preacher,  also  a  physician  and  surgeon.  He 
married  Sally,  born  September  4,  1798,  died 
at  Dover,  February  11,  1862,  daughter  of  Rev. 
James  Mann,  a  Baptist  clergyman.  Her  fa- 
ther was  born  February  6,  1768,  at  Mont- 
gomery, Massachusetts,  and  in  1813  removed 
to  Dover,  Vermont,  where  he  died  February 
II,  1854:  children,  born  at  Dummerston,  now 
,Dover:  James  Mann  Jr.,  July  13,  1790;  Abi- 
jah.  May  3,  1792;  George,  December  11, 
1793;  Betsey,  August  28,  1796;  Sally,  Sep- 
tember 4,  1798 ;  Hosea,  October  18,  1801 ; 
William  Riley.  Timothy  Mann,  father  of 
Rev.  James,  settled  in  Dover,  Ne^y  Jersey,  re- 
moved to  Montgomery,  Massachusetts,  and 
finally  to  Dummerston,  A^ermont,  where  he 
died  ;  children  :  Stephen,  Nathaniel,  Darius, 
Richard,  Rachel,  Rev.  James.  It  is  said  that 
the  town  of  Dover  was  named  for  a  dog.  but 
it  is  a  strange  coincidence  that  settlers  from 
Dover,  New  Jersey,  should  have  come  to 
Dover,  Vermont.  Children  of  Dr.  Daniel 
Leonard :  Clark ;  Alvira ;  Martin  :  Mary 
Ann;  Elliott;  Filena  and  Fidelia  (twins): 
Filena  married  Alanson  Smith ;  Fidelia  mar- 
ried Moses  J.  Bogle ;  Daniel  Green,  mentioned 
below  ;  Chloe  ;  David  Pitt. 

(VII)  Daniel  Green,  son  of  Dr.  Daniel 
Leonard,  was  born  at  West  Dover,  Vermont, 
September,  1833,  died  in  Wilmington,  Ver- 
mont, August  13,  1892.  He  received  a  com- 
mon school  education.  At  the  time  of  the 
Jiscovery  of  gold  in  California  he  joined  the 
Argonauts,  going  by  way  of  the  Isthmus  of 
Panama  and  remaining  in  the  mining;-  district 


about  a  year.  After  he  returned  to  Vermont 
he  followed  farming.  He  had  an  extensive 
maple  orchard  of  some  twenty-five  hundred 
trees,  from  which  he  produced  annually  some 
six  hundred  gallons  of  syrup.  He  was  also 
a  wholesale  dealer  in  this  product,  buying 
from  the  farmers  and  selling  in  the  retail 
markets.  He  was  a  pioneer  in  the  manufac- 
ture of  cider  apple  jelly,  and  established 
plants  to  manufacture  this  article  at  Wilming- 
ton, Jacksonville  and  Newfane,  Vermont.  He 
made  a  specialty  also  of  his  dairy.  His  farm 
contained  some  two  hundred  acres  of  land. 
He  lived,  until  within  one  year  of  his  death, 
at  Dover,  Vermont,  then  removed  to  Wil- 
mington, where  he  died.  He  was  a  deacon  of 
the  Congregational  church  at  West  Dover. 
He  married  Annette  M.,  born  in  Marlboro, 
Vermont,  in  1837,  daughter  of  Captain  Ira 
Adams.  Children,  born  at  Dover :  Florence, 
died  in  childhood ;  Claud  G.,  insurance  broker, 
Springfield.  Vermont,  married  Eleanor  Rice ; 
children ;  Stuart  and  Eulalie ;  Florrie,  de- 
ceased, married  W.  E.  Corse,  machinist,  of 
Springfield,  Vermont ;  child,  Grace ;  Mabel 
Grace,  lives  in  Winchenden,  Massachusetts ; 
Charles  Hugh,  mentioned  below. 

(VIII)  Charles  Hugh,  son  of  Daniel  Green 
Leonard,  was  born  in  West  Dover,  Vermont, 
July  14,  1874.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  town  and  at  the  Leland 
Gray  Seminary,  at  Townsend,  Vermont. 
When  seventeen  years  old  he  became  clerk  in 
a  general  store  at  Wilmington,  Vermont. 
After  about  three  years  in  this  business  he 
took  a  course  in  the  Albany  Business  College. 
He  was  in  the  insurance  business  for  a  short 
time.  At  the  age  of  twenty-one  he  started 
to  learn  the  trade  of  jeweler  in  the  employ  of 
Bogle  Brothers,  of  Boston.  This  firm  after- 
ward removed  to  White  River  Junction,  Ver- 
mont ;  Mr.  Leonard  went  thither  and  remained 
with  the  concern  there  for  five  years.  Dur- 
ing three  years  he  was  traveling  salesman  for 
the  concern,  which  was  engaged  in  a  whole- 
sale business.  In  1900  he  accepted  a  position 
with  C.  G.  Alford  &  Company,  of  New  York, 
wholesale  jewelers,  and  for  the  next  five  years 
was  traveling  salesman  for  this  concern.  Dur- 
ing three  years  of  that  time  he  made  his  home 
at  Brattleboro,  Vermont.  In  1905  he  came 
to  Winsted,  Connecticut,  buying  the  jewelry 
business  of  F.  B.  Catlin,  and  since  then  has 
continued  there  in  this  business  on  his  own 
account.  He  is  a  prominent  citizen  ;  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Business  Men's  Association  of. 
Winsted ;  director  of  the  Young  Men's  Chris- 
tian Association  of  Winsted ;  a  member  of 
United  Brothers  Lodge,  No.  21,  Free  and 
Accepted  Masons,  White  River  Junction,  Ver- 


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mont.  He  is  a  member  and  deacon  of  the 
First  Congregational  Church.  He  married, 
November  5,  1899,  Ella  Annette,  born  at 
West  Halifax,  Vermont,  1874,  daughter  of 
Luther  and  Susan  Emeline  (Winchester) 
Adams  (see  Adams  VII).  They  have  one 
child,  Madeline,  born  at  White  River  Junc- 
tion, Vermont,  December  5,  1900. 

(The  Adams  Line). 
-  (I)  Robert  Adams,  immigrant  ancestor  of 
this  branch  of  the  family  in  America,  was 
born  in  England  in  1602.  He  came  first  to 
Ipswich  in  1635,  with  his  wife  and  two  chil- 
dren. He  was  a  tailor  by  trade  and  resided 
in  Salem  in  1638-39.  He  removed  to  New- 
bury in  1640,  where  he  acquired  a  large  farm 
and  valuable  property.  He  is  beHeved  by 
some  to  have  come  fropi  Devonshire,  Eng- 
land, and  by  others  from  Holderness,  county 
York,  England.  There  is  a  tradition,  also, 
that  he  was  of  Scotch  origin.  The  large, 
hand-made  shears  which  he  brought  from 
England,  and  which  he  used  in  his  trade,  are 
now  owned  by  Stephen  P.  Hale,  of  Newbury, 
a  descendant.  His  will  was  dated  March  7, 
1680-81,  proved  November  27,  1682.  He  died 
October  12,  1682,  aged  eight3'-one.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  Eleanor  Wilmot,  who  died  Tune 
12,  1677.  Hs  married  (second)  February  6. 
1678,  Sarah  (Glover)  Short,  widow  of  Henry 
Short.  She  died  in  Newbury,  October  24, 
1697.  Children  :  John,  born  in  England  :  Jo- 
anna, England,  about  1633-34;  Sergeant  Abra- 
ham, 1639;  Elizabeth,  Newbury,  about  1641- 
42;  Mary,  about  1644-45;  Isaac,  1647-48;  Ja- 
cob, April  23,  1649,  died  August  12,  1649  '■ 
Hannah,  June  25,  1650 ;  Jacob,  m,entioned  be- 
low. 

(II)  Jacob,  son  of  Robert  Adams,  was 
born  in  Newbury,  September  13,  1651.  He 
married,  April  7,  1677,  Anna,  born  January 
3,  1658,  daughter  of  Nicholas  Allen,  of  Dor- 
chester, Massachusetts.  He  removed,  very 
likely  about  1681-82,  to  Suffield  (now  Con- 
necticut), where  he  was  one  of  the  most 
prominent  and  influential  of  the  early  settlers. 
He  was  often  chosen  for  important  offices. 
He  was  a  mernber  of  the  general  court  of 
the  colony,  then  held  in  Boston,  1711-14.  and 
again  in  1717.  He  died  in  Boston  suddenly, 
in  November,  1717,  while  in  attendance  upon 
his  duties  as  a  member  oi  the  court.  He  had 
much  property  and  was  greatly  esteemed.  His 
will  was  dated  November  20,  1717.  and  is 
recorded  both  at  Boston  and  Northampton, 
which  was  the  county  seat  of  Hampshire 
county,  to  which  Suffield  then  belonged.  Chil- 
dren: Dorothy  born  in  Newbury,  June  25, 
1679;  Rebecca,  Newbury,   August  26,   1680; 


Sergeant  Jacob,  Suffield,  about  1681-82;  Dan- 
iel, Suffield,  about  1682-83  ;  Elizabeth,  Suffield, 
August  16,  1686;  Lieutenant  Abraham,  Suf- 
field, November  10,  1687 ;  John,  Suffield,  died 
November  9,  1690;  John,  mentioned  below. 

(II)  John,  son  of  Jacob  Adams,  was  born 
in  Suffield,  June  18,  1694.  He  married  (first), 
July  26,  1722,  Abigail,  daughter  of  Peter 
and  Sarah  (Remington)  Roe  or  Rowe.  He 
married  (second),  July  12,  1732,  Martha  Win- 
chell.  He  lived  in  Suffield.  Children,  born  in 
Suffield :  Moses,  1723 ;  Captain  Simeon,  No- 
vember 20,  1724,  mentioned  below ;  Anna, 
June  8,  1727;  Lieutenant  Joel,  December  20, 
1729;  Lucy,  May  31,   1731. 

(IV)  Captain  Simeon,  son  of  John  Adams, 
was  born  in  Suffield,  November  20,  1724.  He 
married,  January  28,  1765-66,  Susanna,  born 
in  Westfield,  Massachusetts,  September  22, 
1747,  died  in  Marlboro.  Vermont,  September 
14,  1845,  daughter  of  Jonathan  Underwood. 
He  was  a  soldier  in  the  French  war ;  he  was 
taken  captive  twice  and  carried  to  Canada, 
but  was  exchanged  and  returned.  He  pur- 
chased a  farm  in  Marlboro,  Vermont,  in 
1783,  of  Joseph  Pease,  of  Suffield,  and  it  is 
very  likely  that  he  moved  to  Marlboro  at  this 
time.  He  is  called  Captain  Simeon,  and  there 
is  a  tradition  that  Susanna,  his  wife,  drove 
British  officers  out  of  her  house  during  the 
revolution.  He  died  in  Marlboro,  August  i, 
1803.  Children:  Hannah,  born  in  Suffield, 
November  23.  1766-67;  Captain  Oliver,  April 
3.  1769,  Suffield  ;  David,  Suffield,  June  9,  1773  ; 
Hannah,  Suffield,  October  10,  1775 ;  Captain 
Simeon,  Suffield,  January  8,  1776,  mentioned 
below;  Susanna,  Suffield,  July  11,  1778;  Ru- 
fus,  Suffield,  March  28,  1785. 

fV)  Captain  Simeon  (2),  son  of  Captain 
Simeon  (i)  Adams,  was  born  in  Suffield, 
January  8,  1776.  He  married,  August,  1797, 
Lucy,  born  February  26,  1780,  died  March  31, 
i860,  daughter  of  Major  Timothy  Mather. 
He  settled  in  Marlboro,  Vermont,  died  there 
December  13,  1846.  Children,  all  born  in 
Marlboro:  Captain  Ira,  February  23,  1799; 
Philena,  March  3,  1800 ;  Simeon,  March  24, 
1803,  mentioned  below ;  Lucy,  March  8,  1805  ; 
Clark,  April  27,  1807 ;  Hannah,  June  23, 
1809;  Timothy  Mather,  October  18,  181 1: 
Louisa,  November  16,  1813 ;  Lucius  F.,  June 
18,  1816;  Samuel  Newell,  January  27,  1819; 
Minerva,  May  15,  1821. 

(VI)  Simeon  (3),  son  of  Captain  Simeon 
(2)  Adams,  was  born  in  Marlboro,  March 
24,  1803,  died  in  Marlboro,  April  12,  1885. 
He  married,  November  26,  1828,  Mary  Ann 
W.  Sargent,  born  in  Brattleboro,  Vermont, 
May  13,  1805.  Children,  all  born  in  Marl- 
boro:   Sarah,  May   15,  1832,  married  Cotton 


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Mather  Houghton ;  Henry,  December  27, 
1833,  married,  October  6,  1857,  Lucy  Ann 
Winchester,  (second)  Ellen  L.  Fowler, 
widow;  H^annah,  February  15,  1836,  married, 
March  16,  1859,  David  Mather:  Lucy,  Jan- 
uary 10,  1838,  married,  October  7,  1857, 
George  C.  Higley ;  Luther,  March  26,  1840, 
mentioned  below ;  Mary  Ann,  July  8,  1842, 
married,  February  10,  1864,  Elliot  J.  Higley ; 
Simeon,  July  15,  1844,  married,  December 
31,  1867,  Mrs.  Mary  jane  (Squir)  Fulton; 
Samuel,  August  24,  1846;  David,  October  14, 
1850,  married,  November  29,  1867,  Louisa 
Jenette  Adams. 

(VII)  Luther,  son  of  Simeon  (3)  Adams, 
was  born  in  Marlboro,  March  26,  1840,  died 
May  30,-  1893.  He  married,  December  12, 
i860,  Susan  Emeline,  born  December  29, 
1839,  daughter  of  Clark  A.  and  Louisa 
(Thayer)  Winchester.  They  lived  in  West 
Halifax,  Vermont.  Children:  Evena  L., 
born  in  West  Halifax,  February  6,  1862,  mar- 
ried, February  22,  1883,  Charles  H.  Parme- 
iee ;  Mervill  L.,  West  Halifax,  February  6, 
1865;  Alice  S.,  West  Halifax,  July  28,  1867; 
Marion  S.,  West  Halifax,  April  2,  1871,  mar- 
ried, June  12,  1895,  William  B.  McClellan ; 
Ella  Annette,  West  Halifax,  December  28, 
1874,  married,  November  5,  1899,  Charles 
Hugh  Leonard ;  child :  Madeline,  born  De- 
cember 5,  1900  (see  Leonard  VIII)  ;  Erunia, 
West  Halifax,  January  23,  1877. 


Jonathan  Rudd,  immigrant  an- 
RUDD     cestor,  was  born  in  England.     He 

settled  as  early  at  1640  in  New 
Haven,  Connecticut,  and  soon  afterward  in 
Saybrook,  Connecticut.  He  took  the  oath  of 
allegiance  in  1651.  He  was  a  prominent  cit- 
izen of  Saybrook,  assistant  to  Captain  Mason 
in  the  fort  there  in  1652 ;  sealer  of  leather 
in  1656,  and  held  various  other  places  of  trust 
and  honor.  Governor  John  Winthrop  Jr. 
in  1672  put  on  record  as  part  of  his  testimony 
concerning  the  boundary  line  of  New  Lon- 
don the  romantic  story  of  Mary  Rudd's  wed- 
ding. The  story  is  given  in  the  history  of  New 
London:  "A  young  couple  in  Saybrook  were 
married.  The  groom  was  Thomas  Bingham 
and  the  bride  Mary  Rudd,  daughter  of  Jona- 
than Rudd.  The  wedding  day  was  fixed  and 
a  magistrate  from  one  of  the  upper  towns  on 
the  river  was  engaged  to  perform  the  rite 
(ministers  were  not  allowed  to  perform  mar- 
riages) ;  for  there  was  not,  it  seems,  any 
person  in  Saybrook  duly  qualified  to  officiate 
on  such  an  occasion.  But  'there  falling  at 
the  time  a  great  snow'  the  paths  were  oblit- 
erated, traveling  obstructed  and  intercourse 
with   the    interior   interrupted,     so    that    'the 


magistrate  intended  to  come  thither  was  hin- 
dered by  the  depth  of  the  snow.'  On  the  sea- 
board there  is  usually  less  weight  of  snow 
and  the  causes  can  be  more  readily  ascer- 
tained. The  nuptials  must  not  be  delayed  with- 
out inevitable  necessity.  Application  was 
therefore  made  to  Mr.  Winthrop  (who  as 
governor  of  New  London  colony  was  a  mag- 
istrate qualified  to  officiate)  to  come  to  Say- 
brook to  unite  the  parties.  But  he  deriving 
his  authority  from  Massachusetts  could  not 
le  all}'  officiate  in  Connecticut.  T  saw  it 
necessary,'  he  wrote  in  his  testimony,  'to 
deny  them  in  that  way,  but  told  them  for  an 
expedient  for  their  accommodation  if  they 
come  to  the  plantation  it  might  be  done.  B;it 
that  being  too  difficult  for  them,  it  was  agreed 
that  they  should  come  to  that  place  which  is 
now  called  Bride  Brook,  as  being  a  place 
within  the  bounds  of  the  authority  whereby  I 
then  acted,  otherwise  I  had  exceeded  the  lim- 
its of  my  commission.'  This  proposition  was 
accepted.  On  the  brink  of  this  little  stream, 
the  boundary  between  the  two  colonies,  the 
parties  met,  Winthrop  and  his  friends  from 
Pequot,  and  the  bridal  train  from  Saybrook. 
Flere  the  ceremony  was  performed  tmder  the 
shelter  of  no  roof,  by  no  hospitable  fireside, 
without  any  accommodation  but  those  fur- 
nished by  the  snow-covered  earth,  the  over- 
arching heavens  and  perchance  the  sheltering 
side  of  a  forest  of  pines  and  cedars.  Roman- 
tic lovers  have  sometimes  pledged  their  faith 
by  joining  hands  over  a  narrow  streamlet, 
but  never  perhaps  before  or  since  was  the 
legal  rite  performed  in  a  setting  so  wild  and 
solitary  and  under  circumstances  so  interest- 
ing and  peculiar.  Bride  Brook,  which  is 
named  for  this  event,  issues  from  a  beautiful 
sheet  of  water  known  as  Bride  Lake,  and 
runs  into  the  Sound  about  a  mile  west  of 
Grant's  .Cove."  The  marriage  was  in  1646- 
47.  He  died  about  1668.  Children :  Jona- 
than, mentioned  below  :  Nathaniel,  born  about 
1650;  Patience,  married,  October  7,  1685, 
Samuel  Brintnall ;  Mary,  married,  December 
12,  1666,  Thomas  Bingham  (the  romantic 
marriage). 

(II)  Jonathan  (2),  son  of  Jonathan  (i) 
Rudd,  was  born  at  Saybrook,  Connecticut, 
died  at  Norwich  in  that  colony,  1689.  He  be- 
queathed to  his  wife,  sons  Jonathan  and  Na- 
thaniel, and  daughter  Abigail.  He  lived  in 
Norwich,  settling  there  with  his  brother  Na- 
thaniel. Jonathan  had  a  farm  on  the  east 
side  of  Shetucket,  later  at  West  Farms,  now 
the  town  of  Franklin,  Connecticut,  where  he 
bought  a  tract  of  land  of  Owaneco,  Decem- 
ber 10,  1683,  one  hundred  acres  on  Con- 
noughug  Brook,  one  hundred  and  eight  acres 


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between  S"hunkhungannock  Hill  and  Norwich 
bounds.  He  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the 
church.  The  descendants  of  his  brother  were 
numerous  at  Montville,  Connecticut.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Norwich:  Mercy,  October  8, 
1679 ;  Jonathan,  March  18,  1682 ;  Nathaniel, 
A'iay  22,  1684,  mentioned  below;  Mary,  Oc- 
tober 15,  1686;  Abigail,  born  February  2, 
1688. 

(HI)  Nathaniel,  son  of  Jonathan  (2) 
Rudd,  was  born  at  Norwich,  May  22,  1684, 
died  there  February  20,  1776.  He  settled  in 
Windham,  Connecticut,  and  was  a  prominent 
citizen.  He  was  ensign  in  the  militia  in 
1736,  and  a  member  of  the  Connecticut  gen- 
eral assembly  in  1737.  He  bought  land  in 
what  is  now  Scotland,  Connecticut,  in  1702, 
and  removed  there.  He  was  commissioned 
ensign  of  the  second  company  of  militia  of 
the  town  of  Windham  in  October,  1722,  and 
in  1736  he  became  captain.  He  was  a  deputy 
from  Windham  to  the  general  assembly  at  the 
October  session  in  1737.  He  married  (first) 
December  27,  1709,  at  Windham,  Rebecca 
Waldo,  born  August  6,  1686,  at  Dunstable, 
Massachusetts,  died  at  Windham,  September 
7,  1727,  daughter  of  John  and  Rebecca 
(Adams)  Waldo,  granddaughter  of  Cornelius 
Waldo,  of  Chelmsford,  Massachusetts,  and 
of  Captain  Samuel  Adams,  also  of  Chelms- 
ford. Nathaniel  Rudd  married  (second) 
April  18,  1728,  at  Windham,  Esther  Burnum, 
who  died  March  22,  1756,  in  the  eighty- 
fourth  year  of  her  age,  leaving  no  children. 
An  agreement  dated  May  25,  1760,  between 
Jonathan  Rudd,  Zebulon  Rudd,  and  John 
Cary  Jr.,  and  Rebecca,  his'  wife,  all  of  Wind- 
ham, which  Jonathan,  Zebulon,  and  Rebecca 
are  children  of  Nathaniel  Rudd,  late  of  Wind- 
sor, deceased,  witnesses  that  Nathaniel  Rudd 
died  intestate.  February  20,  1760,  and  they 
agree  to  divide  some  small  estate  not  divided 
by  said  Nathaniel  Rudd  in  his  lifetime.  Chil- 
dren of  first  wife :  Jonathan,  born  November 
27,  1710,  mentioned  below;  Nathaniel,  May 
30,  1713;  Rebecca,  November  17,  1714;  Zeb- 
ulon, July  26,  1717. 

(lA^)  Jonathan  (3),  son  of  Nathaniel  Rudd, 
was  born  at  Windham,  November  27,  1710, 
died  at  Kent,  Connecticut,  December  5,  1771. 
He  married  Esther  Tyler.  They  had  a  son 
Jonathan,  mentioned  below. 

(V)  Deacon  Jonathan  (4)  Rudd,  son  of 
Jonathan  (3)  Rudd,  was  born  in  Windham, 
died  April  3,  1823.  He  married  (first)  Oc- 
tober I,  1766,  Mary,  born  at  Norwich,  Au- 
gust II,  1741,  daughter  of  Deacon  Simon  and 
Elizabeth  (Hyde)  Tracy,  granddaughter  of 
Jabez  Hyde.  Elizabeth  Hyde  was  born  at 
Norwich   West   Farms,   now    Franklin,   July 


9,  171 1,  daughter  of  Jabez  and  Elizabeth 
(Bushnell)  Hyde,  and  granddaughter  of  Sam- 
uel and  Jane  (Lee)  Hyde;  married,  Decem- 
ber 29,  1735,  Deacon  Simon  Tracy,  born  No- 
vember 7,  1710,  at  Norwich,  second  son  of 
Simon  and  Mary  (Leffingwell)  Tracy.  Si- 
mon Tracy  was  born  January  6,  1680,  at  Nor- 
wich, died  September  14,  1775,  son  of  Dr. 
Solomon  Tracy,  of  Norwich,  and  Sarah 
(Huntington)  Tracy,  grandson  of  Lieuten- 
ant Thomas  Tracy,  one  of  the  original  pro- 
prietors of  Norwich.  The  Tracys  settled  in 
Norwich  where  the  wife  of  Deacon  Simon 
Tracy  died  August  3,  1741 ;  and  he  married 
(second)  February  23,  1744,  Abigail  Bush- 
nell, born  October  22,  1718,  daughter  of  Dr. 
Caleb  Bushnell.  Deacon  Simon  Tracy  died 
August  9,  1793,  in  his  eighty-third  year.  Dea- 
con Jonathan  Rudd  married  (second)  March 
I,  1804,  Anne  Tyler.  Children:  Abigail, 
June  13,  1767;  Simon  Tracy,  September  i, 
1768;  Mary,  August  22,  1770;  Elizabeth, 
March  13,  1772;  Jonathan,  August  16,  1774; 
Sarah,  December  17,  1776;  Hezekiah,  men- 
tioned below;  Lydia,  May  6,  1785. 

(VI)  Hezekiah,  son  of  Deacon  Jonathan 
(4)  Rudd,  was  born  at  Scotland,  Connecti- 
cut, February  2,  1781.  He  graduated  from 
Yale  College  in  the  class  of  1806  and  for 
forty  years  followed  the  profession  of  school 
teacher.  He  taught  at  Colchester,  Hunting- 
ton and  Stratford.  He  was  a  man  of  culture 
and  fine  literary  tastes,  a  gifted  poet.  He 
conducted  on  his  own  account  a  school  for 
boys  at  Huntington  for  many  years.  He 
married  (first)  September  24,  1809,  Maria 
De  Forest,  born  in  1790  at  Huntington, 
daughter  of  Othniel  and  Hannah  (Tomlin- 
son)  De  Forest.  She  died  January  12,  1828, 
at  Huntington.  He  married  (second)  Sep- 
tember 4,  1828,  Mary  Eliza  Coggeshall,  born 
April  8,  1802,  at  Newport,  daughter  of  Na- 
thaniel and  Margaret  Rudd.  Children  of 
first  wife:  Caroline,  February  20,  18 12,  died 
April  13,  1812;  Abigail,  September  4,  1813, 
married  George  W.  Shelton;  Mary  Rexford, 
December  4,  1815 ;  Charles  De  Forest,  men- 
tioned below;  Caroline  May,  July  31,  1820, 
married  George  Nelson  Allen.  Children  of 
second  wife :  William  Henry,  September  8, 
1829,  at  Colchester;  Nathaniel,  April  8,  1831 ; 
Frederick,  March  19,  1834,  died  August  29, 
1836;  Emily  Post,  June  10,  1837;  Abigail, 
February  25,  1839. 

(VII)  Charles  De  Forest,  son  of  Hezekiah 
Rudd,  was  born  at  Huntington,  February  20, 
1818.  He  received  his  early  education  in  the 
Boys'  School  conducted  by  his  father  at 
Huntington.  When  a  young  man  he  was 
engaged  in  the  banking  business  in  New  York 


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City,  and  was  afterward  a  stock  broker  in 
Wall  street.  He  was  an  able  and  success- 
ful man.  He  died  at  Brooklyn,  New  York, 
November  14,  1893,  and  was  buried  at  Nor- 
wich, Connecticut.  In  religion  he  was  a  Con- 
gregationalist ;  in  politics  a  Republican.  He 
married,  August  7,  1849,  Rosina  Newport, 
born  April  23,  1828^  in  New  York,  daughter 
of  William  and  Margaret  (McGregor)  Bla- 
grove.  Her  father  was  born  in  Richmond, 
Virginia,  son  of  Rev.  Benjamin  and  Sarah 
(Pelham)  Blagrove,  the  latter  daughter  of 
Peter  Pelham,  of  Richmond,  descendant  of 
Lord  Pelham.  Children:  Margaret  Bla- 
grove, born  May  12,  1851 ;  George  Allen 
(twin),  March  30,  1853;  Erastus  St.  John 
(twin),  died  January  3,  1855  ;  Mary  St.  John, 
August  19,  1855  ;  Maria  De  Forest,  Decem- 
ber 20,  1856,  married  Charles  B.  Rich- 
ards, M.  D.,  a  noted  physician  of  Bingham- 
ton.  New  York;  Kate  Allen,  May  25,  1858: 
Annie  McGregor,  October  14,  i860,  married 
Allen  M.  North,  of  Binghamton;  Octavia 
Pelham,  married  William  P.  Lyman,  of  Nor- 
wich ;  Angeline  D. 


The  ancestors  of  the  Pierson 
PIERSON  family  were  clear,  cool,  con- 
sistent men  of  mature  opin- 
ions, of  large  and  fair  views.  They  were  rare 
men,  men  of  comprehensive,  exact,  liberal, 
regulated  minds.  They  were  highly  educated, 
and  stood  high  in  the  community  in  regard 
to  educational  talents  and  integrity.  Being 
nearly  all  of  Puritan  stock  they  possessed  all 
the  religious  earnestness  of  their  age. 

(I)  Henry  Pierson,  the  first  of  the  name 
of  whom  we  have  definite  information,  was 
one  of  the  first  settlers  of  Southampton,  Long 
Island,  in  1640,  coming  from  Lynn,  Massa- 
chusetts, with  his  brother  Abraham.  He 
served  as  clerk  of  Suffolk  county  from  1655 
to  1669.  He  married  Mary  Cooper;  chil- 
dren :  Joseph,  see  forward ;  Henry,  born 
1652,  died  1701 ;  Benjamin,  died  1731 ;  Theo- 
dore, born  before  1659;  Sarah,  born  January 
20,  1660.  Henry  Pierson  (father)  died  in 
1680-81. 

(II)  Lieutenant  Joseph  Pierson,  eldest  son 
of  Henry  and  Mary  (Cooper)  Pierson,  .was 
born  at  Southampton,  Long  Island,  date  un- 
known. He  married,  November  17,  1675, 
Amy  Barnes  ;  children :  Amy,  born  October 
28,  1676;  Henry,  April  17,  1678;  Mary,  June 
12,  1680;  Joseph,  August  6,  1682 ;  Ephraim, 
see  forward ;  Samuel,  February  24,  1689-90. 

(III)  Sergeant  Ephraim  Pierson  third  son 
of  Lieutenant  Joseph  and  Amy  (Barnes) 
Pierson,  was  born  January  20.  1686-87,  at 
or  near  Southampton,  Long  Island,  died   at 


Guilford,  Connecticut,  February  25,  1761.  He 
served  as  sexton  for  twenty  years  of  the  old 
First  Church.  He  married,  June  27,  1710; 
Dorothy  Bishop ;  children :  Hannah,  born 
March  8,  1711  ;  Mary,  May  30,  1713;  Mary 
(2),  September  3,  1720;  Nathaniel,  Septem- 
ber 13,  1722;  Sarah,  August  5,  1724;  Eunice, 
July  13,  1726;  Ephraim,  see  forward;  Sub- 
mit, October  8,  1732. 

(IV)  Ephraim  (2),  second  son  of  Ser- 
geant Ephraim  (i)  and  Dorothy  (Bishop) 
Pierson,  was  born  September  21,  1728.  He 
married,  August  31,  1758,  Submit  Stowe,  of 
Guilford,  Connecticut,  ceremony  performed 
by  James  Sprout,  minister.  Children:  Sam- 
uel, see  forward;  Mollie,  born  September  11, 
1760,  baptized  October  12,  1760.  Ephraim 
Pierson  Jr.  was  a  resident  of  Guilford ;  he 
was  drowned  at  sea  before  his  daughter  was 
born. 

(V)  Samuel,  only  son  of  Ephraim  (2)  and 
Submit  (Stowe)  Pierson,  was  born  in  Wal— 
lingford,  August  2,  1759,  died  June  8,  1845. 
He  lived,  died  and  was  buried  in  Glaston- 
bury, as  did  also  his  wife.  The  following 
account  of  Mr.  Pierson  was  given  by  Mr. 
Henry  M.   Selden,  of  Brooklyn,  New  York: 

"At  the  beginning  of  the  Revolutionary  War 
he  was  an  impressed  seaman  on  board  of  a 
British  man-of-war,  from  which  he  escaped 
and  joined  the  American  army.  During  the  lat- 
ter service,  while  marching  barefoot  over  the 
frozen  ground,  with  his  head  inclined  forward, 
the  better  to  pick  his  way,  he  was  reproved  by 
an  officer  behind  him  for  not  marching  in  an 
erect,  soldier-like  manner,  and  who.  at  the  same 
time,  struck  him  with  his  sword.  Pierson  sud- 
denly brought  his  musket  back  with  such  force 
that  the  butt,  striking  the  officer  in  the  breast, 
knocked  him  down.  He  then  wheeled,  and  was 
about  to  pin  him  to  the  ground  with  his  bay- 
onet, and  was  only  prevented  by  the  efforts  of 
his  fellow  soldiers.  He  was  arrested,  tried  by 
court  martial,  and  sentenced  to  be  shot.  Gen- 
eral Washington,  hearing  of  the  affair,  had  the 
prisoner  brought  before  him,  and  on  learning 
the  particulars  asked  him  if  he  did  not  know  it 
was  death  for  a  private  to  strike  an  officer. 
Pierson  replied  with  spirit:  'I  know  it  is  death 
for  an  officer  to  strike  me.'  General  Washing- 
ton immediately  ordered  his  release,  and  a  pair 
of  shoes  from  his  chest  to  be  given  him,  and 
told  him  never  to  be  without  shoes  again.  He 
then  reproved  his  officers,  and  charged  them  to 
be  more  careful  and  considerate  for  their  men, 
adding  that  such  a  soldier  was  too  valuable 
to  lose,  and  if  he  had  a  body  of  men  like  him 
ho  could  pierce  the  enemy's  center  at  any  time. 
Pierson  at  length  fell  into  the  enemy's  hands, 
and  as  he  was  being  marched  away,  unarmed,  in 
charge  of  two  of  his  captors,  he  managed,  un- 
der some  pretext,  to  take  off  his  shoes,  and 
on  approaching  water,  he  threw  them  away, 
saying  'Catch  me  if  you  can,'  rushcii  for  the 
water,    swam  away  and   escaped." 

Samuel  Pierson  married  Betsy  Dickinson, 
of  Glastonbury,  born  May  28,  1765,  died  De- 


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cember  13,  1839.  Children:  i.  Betty,  born 
September  8,  1786,  died  April  11,  1803.  2. 
Annia,  December  22,  1787,  died  September 
23,  1873 ;  married  a  Pary  or  Perry.  3.  Orin- 
da,  November  23,  1789,  died  August  26, 
1880;  married  a  Chappell.  4.  Mehetable,  Au- 
gust 28,  1791,  died  Jariuary  5,  1835;  married 
a  Dickinson.  5.  Ephraim,  May  15,  1793,  died 
March  10,  1797.  6.  Samuel,  December  30, 
1794,  died  March  13,  1877.  7.  Pamelia,  March 

18,  1797,  died  October  26,  1884;  married  a 
Curtis.  8.  Sally,  February  29,  1799,  died  July 
12,  1867 ;  married  a  Nichols.     9.  Suky,  April 

19,  1800,  died  October  3,  1897:  married  a 
House.  10.  Ephraim,  January  31,  1802,  died 
April  23,  1874 :  he  was  a  resident  of  Haddam ; 
he  represented  his  county  in  the  legislature 
in  1840-41-49-62.  II.  Elizabeth,  May  19, 
1804 ;  married  a  Loveland.  12.  Daniel,  Jan- 
uary 22,  1806,  died  March  15,  1863.  13.  Na- 
than, see  forward.  14.  Nathaniel,  twin  of 
Nathan,  March  31,  1809,  died  same  day.  15. 
Betsey,  April  23,  1811,  died  January  3,  1898; 
married  a  Hodge. 

(VI)  Nathan,  son  of  Samuel  and  Betsy 
(Dickinson)  Pierson,  was  born  March  31, 
1809,  died  April  15,  1897.  He  resided  for 
many  years  in  Glastonbury,  and  later  re- 
moved to  Tolland,  where  his  death  occurred. 
He  represented  Glastonbury  and  later  Tolland 
in  the  legislature.  He  married,  December  i, 
1831,  Jufia  M.  Post,  born  May  8,  1809,  died 
August  I,  1891  (see  Post  V).  Children:  Jo- 
sephine, born  May  23,  1833,  died  June  9, 
1856 :  Dennison,  December  23,  1835,  died  Jan- 
uary 16,  1898;  Lyman  A.,  September  22, 
1837,  died  July  16,  1896;  Martin  Van  Bu- 
ren,  see  forward;  Thomas  B.,  July  20,  1841, 
died  March  i,  1862;  Melissa,  July  20,  1843, 
died  November  26,  1843  •  Newton,  September 
25,  1844,  died  September  9,  1865 ;  Mehssa, 
December  15,  1846,  died  October  19,  1863; 
Frederick  A.,  April  15,  1849;  George  B., 
April  27,  185 1. 

(VII)  Martin  Van  Buren,  son  of  Nathan 
and  Julia  M.  (Post)  Pierson,  was  born  in 
Glastonbury,  Connecticut,  July  9,  1839.  He 
was  educated  in  the  schools  of  his  native  town, 
worked  on  his  father's  farm,  and  later  en- 
gaged in  agriculture  on  his  own  account. 
After  his  marriage  he  removed  to  Norwich, 
Connecticut,  and  for  some  time  worked  in 
the  depot  of  the  Central  railroad  of  Vermont. 
He  then  established  a  local  stage  and  omni- 
bus line,  which  continued  tmtil  the  advent  of 
the  electric  cars,  and  during  this  time  he  also 
engaged  in  the  sale  of  horses,  continuing  in 
both  lines  of  business  for  a  quarter  of  a  cen- 
tury, at  the  expiration  of  which  time  he  dis- 
posed of  the  same  to   his   son.     During  his 


business  career  he  gained  a  reputation  for  in- 
tegrity and  honesty,  and  was  esteemed  and 
honored  by  all  with  whom  he  was  brought  in 
contact.  He  is  public-spirited  and  enterpris- 
ing, contributing  his  share  toward  the  welfare 
and  progress  of  the  community  in  which  he 
resides.  Mr.  Pierson  is  a  member  of  Trin- 
ity Methodist  Episcopal  Church  of  NorwicI\, 
and  of  Norwich  Lodge,  No.  12,  Ancient  Or- 
der of  United  Workmen.  He  married,  No- 
vember 28,  1861,  Annis,  daughter  of  Samuel 
and  Eliza  (Root)  Finley,  of  Marlborough, 
Hartford  county,  Connecticut.  Children:  i. 
Elmer  Ransom,  born  July  13,  1863;  engaged 
in  business  with  his  father,  and  is  now  de- 
voting his  attention  to  the  shipping  of  horses, 
having  purchased  his  father's  interest  in  the 
business ;  his  place  of  business  is  at  No.  349 
West  Main  street,  Norwich.  He  married 
Carrie  Virginia  Lesher ;  children :  i.  Harold 
Lesher,  born  August  16,  1889;  ii.  Edith  An- 
nie, born  November  2,  1892.  2.  Annie  E., 
born  June  2,  1869;  married  John  M.  Newton: 
six  children,  two  of  whom  died  young:  the 
other  children  are :  Gladys  Etta,  born  May 
2j,  1894:  Floyd  Chesebrough,  November  27, 
1896:  Alberta  Pierson,  August  16,  1903; 
Russell  Elmer,  February   19,    1910. 

(The    Post    Line). 

(I)  Stephen  Post  and  his  wife  Eleanor  were 
born  in  Clamsford,  England,  and  came  to 
America  in  the  ship  "Griffin,''  arriving  in 
Boston,  Massachusetts,  September  4,  1633. 
They  were  members  of  the  congregation 
which  the  Rev.  Mr.  Hooker  led  through  the 
wilderness  in  June,  1635,  to  found  the  col- 
ony, afterward  called  Connecticut.  After  a 
time  Stephen  Post  removed  to  Saybroo!<  Fort, 
at  a  place  called  Oyster  River,  where  he  died 
August,  1659.  His  name  is  inscribed  on  the 
monument  in  the  old  burying  ground  of  the 
Center  Church,  erected  by  the  citizens  of 
Hartford,  in  memory  of  the  founders  of  that 
city.  His  wife  Eleanor  died  November  13, 
1670.  They  had  four  children  born  in  Eng- 
land :  John,  1626 ;  Thomas,  see  forward : 
Abraham,  1629;  Catherine,  163 — . 

(II)  Thomas,  second  son  of  Stephen  and 
Eleanor  Post,  was  born  in  1628.  He  moved 
to^  Norwich  with  his  brother  John  in  1660. 
He  married  (first)  Mary  (May)  Andrus ; 
one  child,  Sarah.  Married  (second)  Rebec- 
ca (Bruen)  Brown.  Children:  Obadiah,  Jo- 
seph, see  forward,  Hannah. 

(III)  Joseph,  second  son  of  Thomas  and 
Rebecca     (Bruen)     (Brown)     Post,    married. 

.     Children :  Rebecca,  Sarah,  Lucretia, 

Mindwell,  Marah  or  Maria,  Elizabeth,  Joseph, 
see  forward,  and  Huldah. 


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(IV)  Joseph  (2),  son  of  Joseph  (i)  Post, 
died  at  Granby,  Connecticut,  May  20,  1828, 
aged  eighty-one.  He  married  .  Chil- 
dren: I.  Joseph,  born  May  9,  1772;  married 
Clarissa  Wilcox ;  children :  Clarissa,  Lorenzo, 
John,  Fanny.  2.  Betsey,  born  February  21, 
1774;  married  Elijah  Holcomb ;  children: 
Chandler,  Juliette,  Hiram.  3.  Polly,  born 
February  17,  1776.  4.  Eleazer,  born  Novem- 
ber, 1777;  married  Asenath  Brockway.  5. 
Dan,  born  November  20,  1779  ;  married  (first) 
Polly  Heresford;  (second)  Hannah  Finley; 
children  of  first  wife :  John,  Marrietta,  Mar- 
tin, Charles ;  children  of  second  wife :  Finley, 
Hannah,  Joseph,  Eleazer.  6.  Asahel,  born 
September,  1781,  see  forward.  7.  William, 
born  May  23,  1784;  married  Betsey  Heres- 
ford: children:  Climsna,  Caroline,  Mary, 
Hannah,  Polly,  Sarah,  Gibson,  Leonard,  John. 
8.  Wealthy,  born  August  31,  1786;  married 
Warren  Warner  ;  six  children :  Wealthy,  died 
October  20,  1857 :  her  husband  died  Novem- 
ber 20,  1882,  at  Marlboro.  9.  Araunah,  born 
January  31,  1789;  married  Jerusha  Daniels; 
nine  children. 

(V)  Asahel,  son  of  Joseph  (2)  Post,  was 
born  September,  1781.  He  married  Anna 
Dunham.  Children:  i.  Samantha,  married 
Daniel  Pierson ;  three  children.  2.  Julia  M., 
married  Nathan  Pierson  (see  Pierson  VI). 
3.  Mariva,  died  young.  4.  Mariva,  married 
Austin  Root;  four  children.  5.  Sarilla,  un- 
married. 6.  Celia,  unmarried.  7.  Henry, 
married  :  eight  children ;  lived  in  Cali- 
fornia. 8.  Electa,  married  Albert  Rockwell ; 
four  children.    9.  Hiram,  went  to  Michigan. 


The  surname  Briggs  is  from  the 
BRIGGS  old  Saxon  word  Brigg,  mean- 
ing bridge,  and  has  been  in  use 
from  the  earliest  times  in  England.  William 
atte  Brigge  of  Salle  was  mentioned  in  the 
records  of  Edward  I.  and  Edward  II.,  about 
1272,  and  the  Norfolk  family  of  this  name 
traces  their  descent  from  him.  Various 
branches  of  the  family  in  England  have  coats- 
of-arms  and  include  many  distinguished  men. 
(I)  Clement  Briggs,  American  immigrant, 
came  from  Southwarke,  England.  At  any 
rate  he  made  an  affidavit,  August  29,  1638, 
to  the  effect  that  in  the  year  1616  he  was 
living  with  Samuel  Latham  on  Bermundsey 
street,  Southwarke,  England.  He  came  to  the 
Plymouth  colony  in  New  England  in  1621 
in  the  ship  "Fortune."  He  was  a  felsmonger 
by  trade.  Latham  was  also  a  felsmonger 
and  doubtless  taught  him  his  trade.  In  this 
affidavit  Briggs  states  that  Thomas  Harlow 
was  then  dwelling  with  Robert  Weeks  at  that 
place.     Briggs  is  mentioned  in  a  letter  from 


Governor  Bradford  to  Governor  John  Win- 
throp  in  1631.  Briggs  was  in  Weymouth  in 
1633;  he  acknowledged  the  sale  of  a  piece  of 
land  at  Plymouth  to  Robert  Weeks,  August 
29,  1638.  He  shared  in  the  division  of  the 
common  cattle,  May  22,  1627.  He  owned 
land  at  Jones  Swamp,  June  3,  1639 ;  was  an 
innholder  at  Weymouth,  June  5,  1660,  and 
earlier.  His  will  was  proved  October  24, 
1650,  bequeathing  to  wife,  to  sons  Thomas, 
Jonathan,  Clement,  David,  Remember.  The 
widow  made  her  will  November  13,  1683,  be- 
queathing to  grandchild  Clement  and  to  son 
Remember  Briggs.  He  married  (first)  Joane 
Allen.  Mr.  Thomas  Stoughton  performed 
the  ceremony,  and  was  fined  for  action  March 
I,  1630-31.  Apparently  the  marriage  was 
properly  legalized,  but  the  magistrate  exceed- 
ed his  authority  in  some  manner.  Briggs  was 
a  resident  of  Weymouth  from  about  1630, 
though  this  marriage  was  before  a  Dorchester 
magistrate.  Clergymen  were  not  allowed  to 
officiate    at    marriages    in    the    early    colonial 

days.   He  married  (second)  Elizabeth . 

Children :  Thomas,  born  June  14,  1633  '<  Jon- 
athan, June  14,  1635 ;  David,  August  23, 
1640;  Clement  Jr.,  January  2,  1642-43.  Chil- 
dren of  second  wife:  John,  died  young;  Re- 
member. 

(II)  William  Briggs,  of  Taunton,  Massa- 
chusetts, thought  to  be  son  of  Clement  Briggs, 
and  mentioned  by  Savage  as  probably  brother 
of  Clement's  son  Jonathan,  settled  with  oth- 
ers of  this  family  in  Taunton.  He  married, 
in  November,  1666,  Sarah  Macomber.  Chil- 
dren, born  in  Taunton :  William,  January  25, 
1667-68,  mentioned  below:  Thomas  (twin), 
September  9,  1669:  Sarah  (twin),  September 
ID,  1669,  a  day  later  than  her  brother:  Eliza- 
beth, March  14,  1671 ;  Hannah,  November  4, 
1672 ;  Mary,  August  14,  1674 ;  Matthew,  Feb- 
ruary 5,  1675  '  John,  March  19,  1680. 

(HI)  William  (2),  son  of  William  (i) 
Briggs,  settled  in  Taunton  about  1690.  He 
married  there  October  13,  1693,  Elizabeth 
Lincoln.  Children :  Isaac,  Elizabeth,  Noah, 
mentioned  below,  William,  Sarah,  born  July  5, 
1694. 

(IV)  Noah,  son  of  William  (2)  Briggs, 
was  born  about  1700  or  later.  He  married, 
at  Taunton,  August  17,  1733,  Elizabeth  Trum- 
bull. He  settled  at  Volunton,  Windham  coun- 
ty, Connecticut,  about  1745.  He  was  an  el- 
der of  the  Voluntown  Congregational  Church 
in  1760.  He  was  one  of  the  petitioners  from 
the  towns  of  Farmington,  Windham,  Canter- 
bury, Plainfield  and  Voluntown  for  a  grant 
of  land  on  the  Delaware  river,  March  29,  1753, 
and  was  of  the  company  formed  July  18,  1753, 
in  Windham  county  to  settle  in  the   Susque- 


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hanna  valley,  but  it  does  not  appear  that  he 
joined  the  colony.  Children,  born  at  Taunton: 
Elkanah,  about  1735 ;  Zephaniah,  lived  at 
Sherman,  Connecticut ;  Elizabeth  or  Betsey ; 
Freelove.  Children,  born  at  Voluntown : 
Sarah;  Susannah;  Perez,  married  Elizabeth 
Smith,  and  lived  at  Burlington,  Otsego  coun- 
ty.   New    York ;   William,    mentioned   below ; 

John,  soldier  in  the  revolution,  married 

Hall,  lived  at  Skaneateles,  New  York;  James, 
soldier  in  the  revolution,  married  Phebe 
Bowen ;  Isaac,  never  married. 

(V)  William  (3),  son  of  Noah  Briggs,  was 
born  at  A^oluntown,  Connecticut,  about  1750. 
The  first  federal  census  taken  in  1790  shows 
that  he  was  living  at  Voluntown  and  had  four 
sons  under  sixteen  and  two  females  in  his 
family.  His  brother  James  was  also  head  of 
a  family  there.  He  was  on  a  committee  to 
settle  the  boundary  line  of  Voluntown  in  1794. 
He  married  Elizabeth,  born  June  2,  1753, 
daughter  of  John  and  Hannah  (Frink)  Gal- 
lup (see  Gallup  IX).  He  married  three 
times. 

(VI)  Isaac,  son  of  William  (3)  Briggs, 
was  born  at  A-^oluntown  about  1780.  He  was 
a  farmer  and  blacksmith  at  Plainfield,  Wind- 
ham county.  He  married  Cynthia,  born  De- 
cember 22,  1784,  daughter  of  Benjamin  and 
Amy  (Kinne)  Gallup  (see  Gallup  IX).  Chil- 
dren :  Asher,  born  1809,  mentioned  below ; 
William,  February,  1815,  mentioned  below; 
Nathaniel,  died  aged  five  years ;  Horace 
Avery,  January  6,  1820,  mentioned  below. 

(VII)  Asher,,  son  of  Isaac  Briggs,  was  born 
in  May,  1809,  died  September,  1886.  He 
married  (first)  Eliza  Park;  (second)  Julia 
Williams;  (third)  Sabrina  Francis.  Children, 
all  by  first  wife:  i.  Isaac,  lived  and  died  in 
Woodstock,  Windham  county ;  married  and 
had  children:  i.  Lillian,  married  Oliver  His- 
cox  and  lives  in  Woodstock ;  ii.  Alfred,  mar- 
ried Bertha  Spencer  and  lives  in  Pomfret, 
Connecticut,  and  has  Harold  and  Edith ;  iii. 
Emily,  married  Sydney  Butler  and  resides  in 
New  Haven,  Connecticut,  has  no  children.  2. 
James,  resides  in  Plainfield. 

(VII)  William  (4),  son  of  Isaac  Briggs, 
was  born  February,  1815,  died  May,  1893. 
He  married  (first)  Ruth  Taf t ;  (second)  Eliz- 
abeth Yerrington.  Children,  all  by  first  wife: 
Ruth,  Luther,  Mary  and  Emma.  Emma 
married  Charles  Woodmansee ;  children :  i. 
Ruth  Elizabeth  Woodmansee,  married  Ray- 
mond P.  Geer,  son  of  Elisha  Geer,  a  farmer 
of  Scotland  Road,  Norwich,  Connecticut,  and 
has  two  children,  Gladys  Vivian  and  Beatrice 
Geer ;  ii.  Belton  Everett  Woodmansee,  mar- 
ried  Louisa ,    and    has    one    son ;    iii. 

Wesley  Woodmansee,  died  young ;  iv.  Maurice 


D.  Woodmansee,  unmarried ;  v.  Clark  W. 
Woodmansee,  unmarried ;  vi.  Child,  died  in 
infancy. 

(VII)  Horace  Avery,  son  of  Isaac  Briggs, 
was  born  at  Plainfield,  January  6,  1820.  He 
was  educated  there  in  the  public  schools.  In 
1849  he  came  to  Norwich,  Connecticut.  He 
worked  at  first  at  the  trade  of  blacksmith  in 
the  gun  shop  of  Edwin  Wesson,  in  Hartford 
for  two  years.  He  was  employed  at  Norwich 
in  the  shop  of  Horace  Smith,  gun  maker,  for 
two  or  three  years,  then  he  came  to  Worcester 
to  work  in  the  Allen  gun  factory.  After  two 
years  he  returned  to  Norwich  and  for  a  year 
made  guns  for  Christopher  Brand.  He  then 
entered  the  employ  of  the  new  firm  of  Smith 
&  Wesson  who  began  business  in  Norwich, 
making  pistols  and  rifles,  and  he  continued 
with  the  firm  until  the  business  was  sold  to 
the  Winchester  Arms  Company.  He  worked 
for  several  years  afterward  for  the  Manhat- 
tan Arms  Company  of  Norwich.  He  was  aft- 
erward with  the  Bacon  Arms  Company  until 
it  was  sold  to  the  Hopkins  &  Allen  Company 
of  Norwich,  of  which  Mr.  Briggs  was  one 
of  the  five  founders.  He  took  an  active  part 
in  the  development  and  growth  of  the  con- 
cern and  is  still  a  director,  though  after  the 
shops  were  burned  February  4,  1900,  he  re- 
tired from  active  work.  He  married  (first) 
November  25,  1849,  Susan  M.  Stanton,  of 
Voluntown,  daughter  of  Daniel  and  Keturah 
(Gallup)  Stanton.  He  married  (second)  Es- 
ther Green,  of  Mansfield,  Connecticut.  Chil- 
dren of  first  wife:  i.  Charles  E.,  born  Au- 
gust 23,  1853  ;  married  Louisa  Swan  and  had 
Harvey  M.  and  Horace  Isaac  Briggs ;  Har- 
vey M.  married  Hortense  Ladd  Manning  and 
lives  in  Norwich ;  Horace  Isaac  married 
Alice  Clark,  and  lives  in  Providence,  Rhode 
Island.  2.  Susan  Maria,  born  September  19, 
1855 ;  unmarried.  3.  Lillian  W.,  born  De- 
cember 17,  1858;  married  Charles  Cross;  chil- 
dren :  Robert  and  Lillian  Cross.  4.  Alvin  D., 
born  February  i,  1862;  married  (first)  Alice 
Thompson;  (second)  a  Miss  Riley;  resides 
in  Westerly,  Rhode  Island.  Children  of  sec- 
ond wife:  5.  Hattie  C,  married  Leonard 
Church,  of  Norwich.  6.  Edward,  married 
Martha  Babcock  and  has  one  child,  Augus- 
tine, a  daughter.  7.  Horace  A.,  died  young. 
8.  Nellie  E.,  married  Henry  Whiting,  and 
resides  in  Worcester,  Massachusetts,  has  no 
children. 

(The   Gallup   Line). 

(VIII)  Captain  John  Gallup,  son  of  John 
Gallup  (q.  v.),  was  born  at  Stonington,  Con- 
necticut, in  1675.  He  married,  in  1709,  Eliz- 
abeth, born  May  22,  1683,  daughter  of  Isaac 
and  Martha   (Park)   Wheeler,  of  Stonington, 


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and  granddaughter  of  Thomas  Wheeler,  who 
was  born  in  England  in  1602,  and  came  to 
America  in  1630.  Captain  John  Gallup  moved 
to  Voluntown  about  17 10  and  was  one  of  the 
early  settlers  of  the  town,  having  much  land 
there  which  the  Gallup  family  owned  in  1891. 
He  was  chosen  one  of  the  selectmen  at  the 
first  town  meeting,  June  20,  1721,  and  his 
name  is  mentioned  in  all  the  important  trans- 
actions of  the  town.  He  gave  three  acres  for 
a  meeting  house  and  a  burial  ground,  and  was 
on  a  committee  to  build  the  church.  He  was 
one  of  the  ruling  elders  of  the  first  church 
formed  in  the  town,  which  was  Presbyterian. 
In  1726  he  was  captain  of  the  first  military 
company  formed  there.  He  died  December 
29,  175s,  and  his  wife  died  April  14,  1735. 
It  appears  in  his  will  that  he  married  twice, 
but  no  record  of  it  has  been  found.  Children, 
Sxjrn  at  Voluntown :  William,  September  2, 
S710;  Isaac,  February  24,  1712;  Elizabeth, 
April  9,  1714:  Martha,  September  3,  1716; 
Hannah,  January  29,  1719 ;  Dorothy,  March 
22,  1721 ;  John,  mentioned  below. 

fix)  John  (2),  son  of  Captain  John  (i) 
Gallup,  was  born  June  9,  1724,  at  Voluntown. 
He  married  Hannah  Frink,  April  9,  1747, 
and  they  settled  at  Voluntown.  He  died 
April  6,  1801,  and  his  wife  died  in  1773.  Chil- 
dren:  Hannah,  born  February  15,  1748;  Wil- 
liam, October  8,  1749;  John,  July  23,  1751 ; 
Elizabeth,  June  2,  1753,  married  William 
Briggs  (see  Briggs  V)  ;  Daniel,  March  7, 
175s  ;  Wheeler,  January  25,  1757 ;  Jabish,  May 
12,  1759  ;  Samuel,  April  7,  1761 ;  Nathan,  Feb- 
ruary II,  1763;  Dorothy,  January  11,  1765. 

(VIII)  Nathaniel,  son  of  John  Gallup  (q. 
-v.),  was  baptized  at  Stonington,  Connecticut, 
July  4,  1692,  died  April  3,  1739.  He  married 
Margaret,  daughter  of  Benadam  and  Esther 
(Prentice)  Gallup,  June  4,  1717.  Both  were 
admitted  to  the  Stonington  church,  July  20, 
1718.  She  died  March  2,  1761.  Children, 
born  at  Stonington :  Nathaniel,  April  29, 
1718;  John.  January  29,  1720;  Thomas,  April 
19,  1722,  died  young;  Mercy,  April  7,  1725; 
Thomas,  August  26,  1727;  Margaret,  Octo- 
ber 12,  1730;  Martha,  July  30,  1733;  Benja- 
min, mentioned  below. 

(IX)  Benjamin,  son  of  Nathaniel  Gallup, 
was  born  July  26,  1736,  at  Stonington,  died 
July  4,  1824.  He  married,  January  20,  1763, 
Amy  Kinne,  of  Voluntown,  who  died  Decem- 
ber 6.  1824.  Children  :  Hannah  ;  Nathaniel 
January  14,  1765;  Zerviah.  January  20,  1767; 
Thomas,  November  20,  1768:  Amy,  June  27, 
1770;  Mercy,  April  17,  1772;  Benjamin,  May 
25,  177'-;  Lucy,  May  17,  1776;  Martha,  April 
16,  1778;  Esther,  April  17,  1780;  Margaret, 
November   18,    1782 ;   Cynthia,   December  22, 


1784,  married  Isaac  Briggs  (see  Briggs  VI)  ; 
Eunice,  March  18,  1787 ;  Keturah,  February 
22,   1790. 


Nicholas  Munger  was  a  step- 
MUNGER     son    of    Henry    Goldam,    an 

early  settler  of  Guilford,  Con- 
necticut, and  it  is  supposed  that  he  came  there 
with  his  stepfather.  He  is  believed  to  have 
been  the  son  of  Frances,  wife  of  Henry  Gold- 
am,  and  had  a  half-sister,  Susannah  Goldam, 
who  married  John  Bishop  Jr.,  of  Guilford. 
Goldam  had  no  other  children  and  by  his 
will,  dated  July  9,  1661,  he  left  to  Nicholas 
Munger,  his  "son-in-law,"  "all  my  land  in 
the  Neck,  paying  myself,  if  demanded  during 
my  lifetime,  one  barley  corn  by  the  year  by 
way  of  acknowledgement,  and,  after  my 
death,  if  my  wife  shall  survive  and  shall  de- 
mand the  same,  the  sum  of  five  bushels  of 
whete  by  the  year,  but  if  she  miss  demand- 
ing in  or  at  the  very  expiring  of  the  year,  then 
to  be  free  from  any  payment  that  present  year, 
and  at  the  death  of  my  aforesaid  wife,  to  be 
to  him  fully  and  freely  and  to  his  heirs  for- 
ever." The  land  left  Nicholas  Munger  was 
situated  on  the  north  bank  of  the  Neck  river 
on  the  public  road,  and  he  is  supposed  to  have 
settled  there  as  early  as  165 1.  He  married, 
June  2,  1659,  Sarah  Hull.  His  wife  sur- 
vived him,  and  married  Dennis  Crampton  in 
1669.  She  died  January  31,  1689.  He  died 
October  16,  1668.     Children :  John,  born  April 

26,  1660,  mentioned  below ;  Samuel,   1665. 

(II)  John,  son  of  Nicholas  Munger,  was 
born  April  26,  1660.  He  was  a  weaver  by 
trade,  and  had  a  list  in  1716  of  one  hundred 
and  thirty  pounds,  six  shillings,  three  pence. 
He  married,  June  3,  1684,  Mary  Evarts.  She 
died  June,  1734.  Children:  Mary,  born  Jan- 
uary 16,  1685-86,  died  young;  John,  August 

19,  1687;  Mary,  August  19,  1689;  Abigail, 
February  26,  1691-92;  Ebenezer,  July  4, 
1693,  mentioned  below ;  Caleb,  May  16,  1695, 
died  young;  Jonathan,  April  14,  1697;  Josiah, 
July  20,  1704;  Rachel,  1706. 

(III)  Ebenezer,  son  of  John  Munger,  was 
born  July  4,  1693.     He  married   (first)    May 

27,  1717,    Anne    Scranton.       She    died    April 

20,  1725.  He  married  (second)  July  6,  1726, 
Susannah  Hubbard,  of  Haddam.  After  his 
death  she  married  Josiah  Crampton,  of  Guil- 
ford, February  14,  1733.  She  died  March  25, 
1788.  Ebenezer  Munger's  list  in  1716  was 
thirty-four  pounds.  Children  of  first  wife : 
Ebenezer,  born  September  3,  17 18;  Caleb, 
September  24,  1722;  Reuben,  March  28,  1725; 
Simeon,  March  28,  1725,  died  May  11,  1725. 
Child  of  second  wife:  Simeon,  mentioned  be- 
low. 


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(IV) Simeon,  son  of  Ebenezer  Munger,  was 
born  April  6,  1727,  died  March  16,  1815.  He 
lived  in  East  Guilford.  He  married,  July  3, 
175 1,  Sarah,  daughter  of  Josiah  Scranton. 
She  died  December  15,  1815  Children:  Si- 
meon, born  December  7,  1752;  Captain  Jo- 
siah, October  16,  1754 ;  Mary,  November  3, 
1756;  Wyllis,  February  9,  1761,  mentioned 
below;  Mabel,  December  17,  1762. 

(V)  Wyllis,  son  of  Simeon  Munger,  was 
born  February  9,  1761.  He  married,  January 
19,  1785,  Hester,  born  September  18,  1760, 
died  March  12,  1846,  daughter  of  Daniel 
Hand. 

(VI)  Walter  Price,  son  of  Wyllis  Munger, 
was  born  in  Madison,  September  21,  1801, 
died  September  4,  1859.  He  remained  in 
his  native  town  and  became  a  prominent  citi- 
zen, town  clerk,  1826,  justice  of  the  peace, 
in  1837  agent  of  the  town  deposit  fund,  and 
deacon  of  the  Congregational  church.  In  pol- 
itics he  was  originally  a  Whig  but  after  the 
dissolution  of  that  party  was  a  Republican. 
He  was  a  prosperous  farmer.  He  was  one 
of  the  founders  of  the  Madison  Mutual  Fire 
Insurance  Company.  He  married,  November 
13,  1828,  Eliza  Seward.  Children:  Walter 
Seward,  born  December  31,  1829,  mentioned 
below ;  George  Wyllis,  November  30,  1832 ; 
Esther  Amelia ;  Ann  Eliza. 

(VII)  Dr.  Walter  Seward  Munger,  son  of 
Walter  Price  Munger,  was  born  in  Madison, 
December  31,  1829.  He  was  a  prominent  phy- 
sician and  surgeon  and  for  many  years  medi- 
cal examiner  and  health  officer  of  Watertown, 
Connecticut. 

Dr.  W.  S.  Munger  marrfed,  in  the  Madison 
Congregational  Cliurch,  February  11,  1856, 
Lucy,  born  June  8,  1829,  died  February  11, 
1906,  daughter  of  Deacon  Zenas  Wilcox,  of 
Madison,  a  lineal  descendant  of  William  Wil- 
coxson  (sometimes  Wilcox),  of  Stratford, 
Connecticut,  born  at  St.  Albans,  Hertford- 
shire, England,  in  1601,  representative  to  the 
general  court  at  Hartford  in  1647,  died  1652. 
Her  mother  was  a  descendant  of  Vincent 
Meigs,  who  came  from  Devonshire  or  Dorset- 
shire, England,  about  1640.  Her  maternal 
grandmother  was  Mary  Field,  sister  of  Da- 
vid Dudley  Field,  father  of  the  famous  Henry 
M.,  Stephen,  David  Dudley  and  Cyrus  Field, 
all  great  men  in  their  chosen  fields.  Their 
only  child  was  Carl  Eugene,  mentioned  below. 

(VIII)  Dr.  Carl  Eugene  Munger,  son  of 
Dr.  Walter  Seward  Munger,  was  born  in  Ber- 
gen, New  York,  where  his  parents  were  then 
living,  April  13,  1858.  He  was  but  three 
months  old  when  they  returned  to  Connecti- 
cut and  located  at  Watertown.  He  attended 
the  public  schools  and  Watertown  Academy, 


and  was  prepared  for  college  by  a  private 
tutor.  He  was  graduated  from  the  Sheffield 
Scientific  School  of  Yale  College  in  the  class 
of  1880  with  the  degree  of  Ph.  B.  He  began 
the  study  of  medicine  in  the  College  of  Phy- 
sicians and  Surg-eons  of  Columbia  University 
and  was  graduated  with  the  degree  of  M.  D. 
in  1883.  After  a  year  in  the  Randalls  Island 
Hospital  of  New  York  City  and  three  months 
in  the  Chambers  Street  Hospital  in  New  York 
City,  he  settled  in  Waterbury,  Connecticut, 
as  a  practicing  physician  and  surgeon,  making 
a  specialty  of  diseases  of  the  nose,  ear  and 
throat.  During  the  fall  and  winter  of  1891- 
92  he  studied  at  Vienna  and  Berlin  in  his 
special  subjects.  He  is  laryngologist  and  au- 
ral surgeon  of  the  Waterbury  Hospital  and 
assistant  surgeon  of  the  Manhattan  Eye,  Ear 
and  Throat  Hospital  of  New  York.  He  is  a 
member  of  medical  board  and  one  of  the 
directors  of  the  Gaylord  Farm  Sanitarium 
for  the  treatment  of  tuberculosis.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Waterbury  Medical  Associa- 
tion, the  New  Haven  Medical  Society,  the 
Connecticut  State  Medical  Society  and  has 
been  president  of  both  Waterbury  and  New 
Haven  societies.  He  is  a  fellow  of  the  New 
York  Academy  of  Medicine,  the  American 
Laryngological,  Rhinological  and  Otological 
Society.  He  was  appointed  assistant  surgeon 
of  the  Second  Regiment,  Connecticut  National 
Guard,  April  14,  1887,  served  about  a  year 
and  was  honorably  discharged  July  18,  1888. 
He  is  a  member  of  St.  John's  Protestant  Epis- 
copal Church.  He  is  a  prominent  Free  Ma- 
son, a  member  of  Continental  Lodge,  No.  76, 
of  Eureka  Chapter,  No.  22,  Royal  Arch  Ma- 
sons, of  Waterbury  Council,  No.  21,  Royal 
and  Select  Masters ;  of  Clark  Commandery, 
No.  7,  Knights  Templar ;  of  Doric  Lodge  of 
Perfection,  of  Ionic  Council,  Princes  of  Jeru- 
salem ;  of  Corinthian  Chapter,  Rose  Croix ; 
of  Lafayette  Consistory  and  of  Sphinx  Tem- 
ple, Mystic  Shrine.  He  has  been  high  priest 
of  Eureka  Chapter,  eminent  commander  of 
Clark  Commandery  and  sovereign  prince  of 
Ionic  Council.  He  is  a  member  of  Theta  Xi 
Beta  Chapter,  college  fraternity,  of  Yale ;  of 
the  Waterbury  Club,  the  Country  Club  of 
Waterbury,  the  Home  Club  of  Waterbury, 
the  Graduates  Club  of  New  Flaven,  the  Yale 
Club  of  New  York  and  the  Connecticut  Soci- 
ety of  Colonial  Wars.  He  is  a  Republican  in 
politics,  but  has  sought  no  public  office. 

He  married  (first)  October  18,  1888,  Mary 
Rose  Anderson,  who  died  November  24,  1889. 
He  married  (second)  November  30,  1893, 
Lucy  L.,  born  in  Waterbury,  daughter  of 
John  Edward  Smith,  a  prominent  manufac- 
turer of  that  city.     She  had  brothers :  J.  Rich- 


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ard,  Edward  S.,  deceased,  John  Clark  and 
Ralph  Herbert  Smith.  Children  of  second 
wife,  born  in  Waterbury:  Walter  Seward, 
June  2,  1896;  Ralph  Smith,  February  i,  1899; 
John  Clarke,  July  19,  1905. 


Andrew  Pitcher,  immigrant 
PITCHER  ancestor,  was  born  in  Eng- 
land and  settled  in  Dorchester, 
Massachusetts,  in  1634.  He  was  admitted  a 
freeman  of  Massachusetts  Bay  Colony,  June 
2,  1641.  He  married  Margaret .  Chil- 
dren :  Samuel,  mentioned  below ;  John ;  Jona- 
than ;  Nathaniel,  mentioned  below ;  Experi- 
ence, baptized  September  25,  1642 ;  Mary,  No- 
vember 25,  1644 ;  Ruth,  July  25,  1647 ;  Son, 
born  April  18,  1652,  died  young. 

(II)  Samuel,  son  of  Andrew  Pitcher,  was 
born  in  Dorchester,  and  settled  in  Milton, 
Massachusetts.  He  married  (first)  Novem- 
ber 30,  1 67 1,  Alice  Caig,  who  died  November 
20,  1680.  He  married  (second)  August  3, 
1681,  Mary  Blake.  Children:  Mary,  born 
January  14,  1673;  Samuel,  December  8,  1674; 
Joanna,  April  13,  1677;  Jonathan,  mentioned 
below;  Mary,  June  10,  1682;  Susanna,  1684; 
Edward,  mentioned  below ;  Joseph,  mentioned 
below. 

(II)  Nathaniel,  son  of  Andrew  Pitcher, 
died  January  12,  1736,  in  his  eighty-fifth  year. 

He  married  (first)  July  8,  1685,  Mary , 

who  died  June  14,  1709,  and  (second)  Mary, 
daughter  of  Ezra  Clapp.  Children  of  first 
wife :  Nathaniel,  mentioned  below ;  Mary, 
April  26,  1688  ;  Sarah,  November  i,  1693  ;  Ed- 
ward, October  24,  1697,  died  young;  Susanna, 
December  2,  1700;  Ezra,  mentioned  below; 
Mary,  November  4,  1705. 

(III)  Jonathan,  son  of  Samuel  Pitcher,  was 
born  at  Milton,  December  10,  1678.  He  ap- 
pears to  have  settled  in  East  Greenwich, 
Rhode  Island.  Among  his  children  were 
these,  recorded  at  East  Greenwich :  Martha, 
October  21,  1721 ;  Phebe,  June  24,  1724;  John, 
May  8,  1728;  Jonathan,  December  6,  1731 ; 
Abigail,  June  16,  1733-34;  William,  settled  at 
Attleborough. 

(HI)  Edward,  son  of  Samuel  Pitcher,  was 
born  at  Dorchester,  February  6,  168 — .  Chil- 
dren: Eliakim,  born  July  23,  1709;  Abijah, 
December  29,  1710;  Jane,  December  26, 
1712;  Edward,  May  30,  1716. 

(Ill)   Joseph,  son  of  Samuel  Pitcher,  was 

born  23,   168 — ,  and  settled  in  Scitu- 

ate.  He  had  a  daughter  Lydia,  May  4,  1717, 
and  probably  other  children. 

(Ill)  Rev.  Nathaniel  (2)  Pitcher,  son  of 
Nathaniel  (i)  Pitcher,  was  born  at  Milton, 
November  30,  1685.  He  married  Sarah 
.     Children:     Nathaniel,  June  7,  171 1; 


Samuel,  July  6,  1713;  Sarah,  April  27,  1715; 
Mary,  January  21,  1716. 

(III)  Ezra,  son  of  Nathaniel  (i)  Pitcher, 
was  born  May  31,  1703,  at  Milton,  and  set- 
tled in  Scituate.    He  married  Zerviah  . 

Children,  born  at  Scituate :  Desire,  Septem- 
ber 25,  1733 ;  Ezra,  June  2,  1735 ;  John,  Janu- 
ary II,  1736;  Elisha,  April  4,  1740. 

(IV)  Elijah  Pitcher,  son  or  nephew  of  one 
of  the  third  generation,  mentioned  above. 
Nearly  the  entire  family  of  the  first  three 
generations,  as  shown  on  the  records,  is  given 
above.  In  1790  there  were  three  of  the  fam- 
ily at  Westfield,  Massachusetts,  according  to 
the  federal  census,  Daniel  Pitcher,  who  had 
one  son  under  sixteen  and  three  females  in  his 
family;  Reuben  Pitcher  who  had  four  sons 
under  sixteen  and  three  females;  Elijah,  who 
had  only  self  and  wife  and  was  either  a  very 
3'Oung  or  very  old  man.  An  Elijah  Pitcher, 
either  the  Westfield  man  or  his  son,  was  in 
the  revolutionary  army  from  Westfield,  in 
Captain  David  Moseley's  company.  Colonel 
John  Moseley's  regiment,  in  September,  1777. 

The  Elijah  of  this  sketch  was  in  New  Lon- 
don, Connecticut,  before  1790,  when,  accord- 
ing to  the  first  federal  census,  he  had  three 
males  over  sixteen,  six  sons  under  sixteen  and 
two  females  in  his  family.  He  married,  in 
1770,  Hannah  Barker.  He  died  July  18, 
1839,  aged  eighty-seven  years.  That  would 
fix  his  year  of  birth  as  1752  and  he  would 
have  been  but  eighteen  when  married.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Elijah,  mentioned  below.  2.  Elisha, 
May  2,  1773  ;  married  Jane  Coombs  ;  children: 
Betsey,  Elisha,  Alexander,  Gerard,  David, 
Maria,  Sally,  Harriet,  Jane  and  Elisha.  3. 
William,  August  26,  1775 ;  married  Lucy 
Dareby ;  children :  Charles,  Joel,  William,  Bos- 
well,  Gilbert,  George,  John,  Samuel ;  by  his 
second  wife,  Nabby  (Hazen),  one  son, 
Henry.  4.  David,  November  6,  1777 ;  mar- 
ried (first)  Polly  Gibbons  and  (second)  Mary 
Hurlburt ;  children :  Eliza,  Lydia,  Lyman, 
Frank,  Mary,  Austin,  Eunice,  Charlotte,  Ju- 
lia, Ellsworth,  Gerard  and  Elizabeth.  5.  Eph- 
raim,  February  22,  1780 ;  married  (first)  De- 
sire Brown  and  (second)  Charlotte  Crocker; 
children :  Mary  Ann,  Emily,  Adeline,  Eph- 
raim,  Washington,  Emily  and  Desire.  6.  Dan- 
iel, November  28,  1782;  married  Betsey  Ellis; 
children:  Eliza,  Caroline,  Lucretia,  Loren, 
Thomas,  Joseph,  Mary  Ann,  Ann,  James 
Monroe,  Hezekiah  and  Daniel.  7.  Gurdon, 
May  15,  1785;  married  Rebecca  Harris;  chil- 
dren :  Jerusha,  Lyman,  Dennison,  Simon, 
Henry,  Janette,  Joanna,  Julia,  Jane ;  by  his 
second  wife  Gurdon.  8.  Asher,  September, 
1788;  married  Bethia  Ellis;  children:  Louisa, 
Emily,  Francis,  Cornelia,  Jane,  Thomas,  Wil- 


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liam,  Lucretia  and  Bethia.  9.  Hannah,  June, 
1791.  10.  Jerusha,  October  11,  1797;  mar- 
ried Erastus  Waters ;  children :  i.  Hannah 
Elizabeth,  married  Jonathan  Starr,  of  New 
London,  a  lumber  merchant :  ii.  Henrietta 
Blake,  married  David  H.  Waterman,  of  Yan- 
tic,  Connecticut ;  iii.  Frances  Jane,  who  died 
young;  iv.  George  Ellsworth,  born  September 
28,  1834;  married  Ann  Holmes,  a  native  of 
England,  November  16,  1862.  He  is  a  well- 
known  citizen  of  Norwich  where  he  followed 
farming.  In  1862  he  entered  the  employ  of 
the  Yantic  cemetery,  Norwich,  and  continued 
for  many  years,  being  superintendent  part  of 
the  time.  He  is  a  member  of  the  First  Con- 
gregational Church  at  Norwich  Town.  Chil- 
dren of  George  Ellsworth  Waters:  Child, 
died  young,  and  Annie  Elizabeth  Waters,  a 
teacher  in  the  public  schools,  living  with  her 
father  in  Norwich. 

(V)  Elijah  (2),  son  of  Elijah  (i)  Pitcher, 
was  born  at  Norwich,  July  25,  1771.  He  mar- 
ried Hannah  Lothrop,  born  at  Norwich,  Sep- 
tember 22,  1772,  daughter  of  Zephaniah  Lo- 
throp (see  Lothrop  VIII).  Children:  Han- 
nah, Abby,  Charity,  Alfred,  Nancy,  Albert, 
mentioned  below. 

(VI)  Albert,  son  of  Elijah  (2)  Pitcher, 
was  born  October  13,  181 1.  He  married,  De- 
cember 27,  1835,  Eliza  Lord,  daughter  of 
Asher  and  Betsey  (Huntington)  Bennett,  the 
latter  a  sister  of  Daniel  Huntington.  She  was 
born  November  14,  1814,  in  Norwich.  Chil- 
dren: Edward  Lyman,  died  young;  Albert 
Huntington,  January  20,  1838,  died  December, 
1886,  married  Emma  C,  daughter  of  Owen 
Stead,  no  children ;  Henry  Alfred,  mentioned 
below. 

(VII)  Henry  Alfred,  son  of  Alfred  Pitch- 
er, was  born  at  Norwich,  November  4,  1842. 
He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Nor- 
wich, and  during  his  youth  assisted  his  father 
on  the  farm  and  in  his  teaming  business.  For 
a  period  of  twenty-three  years  he  was  in  busi- 
ness in  partnership  with  his  brother,  Albert 
Huntington  Pitcher,  general  merchants,  un- 
der the  firm  name  of  A.  H.  &  H.  A.  Pit- 
cher, at  North  Main  street,  Norwich.  After- 
ward he  was  in  partnership  with  Thomas 
Bisket  in  the  drug  business  in  Norwich  for 
five  years,  under  the  firm  name  of  Bisket  & 
Pitcher. 

He  is  a  member  of  Somerset  Lodge, 
Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  of  Norwich.  In 
religion  he  is  a  Congregationalist,  and  in  poli- 
tics a  Republican.  He  married.  May  10,  1881, 
Hannah  Louise,  born  June  17,  1843,  daughter 
of  Henry  and  Hannah  (Allen)  Hamilton,  of 
Hebron,  Connecticut.  Children:  William  Al- 
fred,  born   September   17,    1882,  graduate   of 


Boston  College  of  Pharmacy,  and  is  engaged 
in  the  drug  business  in  Norwich  ;  Louise  Ham- 
ilton, December  4,  1886. 

(The  Lothrop  Line). 
The  surname  Lothrop  or  Lathrop  is  derived 
from  the  parish  Lowthorpe.  Thorp  means  vil- 
lage, so  the  meaning  of  the  word  literally  is 
low  village.  Lowthorpe  is  a  small  parish  in 
the  wapentake  of  Dickering,  East  Riding  of 
county  York,  England,  having  only  about  a 
hundred  'and  fifty  inhabitants.  Walter  de  Low- 
thorpe was  elected  high  sheriff  of  Yorkshire 
in  1216,  and  the  name  has  been  common  in 
Yorkshire  from  that  time.  Robert  and  Rich- 
ard Lowthorpe  lived  at  Whepsted,  Thingoe 
Hundred,  Suffolk,  in  1827.  A  prominent  fam- 
ily of  Lathroppe  lived  in  Staffordshire  before 
1560.  Arms:  Sable,  an  eagle  displayed,  ar- 
gent.    Crest:     A  cornish  chough  proper. 

(IV)  Captain  Ebenezer  Lothrop,  son  of 
Israel  Lathrop,*  was  born  in  Norwich,  Febru- 
ary 7,  1702-03.  He  married.  May  13,  1725, 
Lydia,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Lydia 
(Tracy)  Leffingwell,  of  Norwich,  where  she 
was  born  July  28,  1706.  He  was  well  known 
both  in  civil  and  military  affairs,  and  was  best 
known  by  his  title  of  captain.  He  died  Janu- 
ary 28,  1781.  He  names  his  children  in  his 
will.  Children  :  Sybell,  born  in  Norwich,  Oc- 
tober 13,  1726;  Lydea,  Norwich,  October  14, 
1728,  died  July  7,  1738;  Anne,  Norwich,  Feb- 
ruary 15,  1730-31  ;  Zipporah,  Norwich,  May 
II,  1733;  Sarah,  Norwich,  October  2,  1735; 
Zerviah,  Norwich,  May  6,  1738;  Lydia-,  Nor- 
wich, July  4,  1740;  Ebenezer,  March  30,  1743; 
Zephaniah,  March  26,  1746,  mentioned  be- 
low :  Jedidiah,  Norwich,  April  17,  1748. 

(V)  Zephaniah,  son  of  Captain  Ebenezer 
Lothrop,  was  born  March  26,  1746.  He  mar- 
ried, January  19,  1769,  Hannah,  born  Septem- 
ber 25,  1748,  daughter  of  Ezra  Lothrop.  They 
settled  on  a  farm  which  had  been  his  father's, 
or  a  part  of  it.  His  estate  was  distributed 
April  22,  1817.  He  left  to  his  widow  Hannah, 
the  "Mansion  House"  and  five  acres,  begin- 
ning at  the  guide  post  at  the  corner  of  the 
road  from  Lothrop's  bridge  to  the  court  house, 
and  the  road  fiom  said  bridge  landing.  He 
died  October  25,  1815,  as  his  gravestone,  now 
standing  in  the  new  part  of  Norwich  Town 
cemetery,  shows.  Children  :  Asher,  born  July 
II,  1770;  Hannah,  September  22,  1772, 
married  Elijah  (2)  Pitcher  (See  Pitcher  V)  ; 
Sarah,  November  11,  1783;  Anna,  August  22, 
1786;  Levi,  Auo-ust  28,  1788. 


*The  preceding  generations  are  given  in  Lathrop 
narrative  on  following  pages.  The  names  Lathrop 
and  Lothrop  are  identical,  and  different  branches 
of   the  family  differ  as  to   the   form. 


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The  Lathrop  family  is  among 
LATHROP  the  oldest  of  the  colonial  fam- 
ilies who  settled  in  New  Eng- 
land. Members  of  this  family  suffered  per- 
secution and  arrest  for  expressing  and  living 
according  to  their  honest  religious  convictions 
and  secured  immunity  from  further  molesta- 
tion on  their  promise  to  leave  the  country. 

(I)  Rev.  John  Lathrop,  the  American  an- 
cestor of  this  family,  was  one  of  those  who 
suffered  in  the  above  mentioned  manner,  and 
his  first  wife  died  while  he  was  in  prison.  He 
was  a  minister  in  Egerton,  Kent,  England, 
and  removed  to  London  in  1624,  where  he  be- 
came the  pastor  of  a  Congregational  church. 
He  and  forty-three  members  of  his  church 
were  imprisoned  by  order  of  the  archbishop, 
April  29,  1632,  because  they  practiced  the 
teachings  of  the  New  Testament.  Upon  prom- 
ising to  leave  the  country  they  were  released, 
and  Rev.  Lathrop  came  to  New  England  with 
his  family  in  1634,  and  shortly  afterward  or- 
ganized a  church  at  Scituate,  Massachusetts. 
He  was  admitted  freeman  of  Plymouth  Col- 
ony, 1636-37,  and  two  years  later  removed 
with  the  larger  part  of  the  membership  of  his 
church  to  Barnstable.  In  Pope's  "Pioneers 
of  Massachusetts,"  we  find :  "He  married 
a  second  wife  whose  name  is  not  on  our  rec- 
ords, who  came  here  with  him,  joined  the 
church,  June  14,  1635,  and  survived  him."  He 
was  a  man  of  great  piety  and  energy,  and  did 
much  to  further  the  secular  as  well  as  the  spir- 
itual welfare  of  the  colony.  Children :  Jane, 
Barbara,  Thomas,  Sarah,  Samuel,  see  forward, 
Joseph,  John,  Benjamin,  Barnabas,  Abigail, 
Bathshua,  and  two  who  died  in  infancy. 

(II)  Samuel,  son  of  Rev.  John  Lathrop, 
was  born  in  England  and  came  to  Scituate 
with  his  father  in  1634.  With  his  father  he 
removed  to  Barnstable,  then  he  removed  to 
Boston,  where  he  combined  the  occupation  of 
house-building  with  that  of  farming  on  an  ex- 
tensive scale.  Subsec|uently  he  returned  to 
Barnstable,  in  1648  removed  to  Pequot  (New 
London),  Connecticut,  and  in  the  latter  place 
was  one  of  the  judges  of  the  local  court  organ- 
ized in  1649.  He  located  in  Norwich  in  1668, 
where  he  for  a  time  held  the  offices  of  con- 
stable and  townsman,  and  died  in  1700.  He 
married  (first)  in  Barnstable,  November  28, 
1644,  Elizabeth  Scudder,  who  received  her 
dismissal  frortl  the  church  in  Boston,  Novem- 
ber 10,  1644,  in  order  to  join  that  in  Barn- 
stable. Children  :  John,  baptized  December 
7,  1645  ■  Elizabeth,  born  March,  1648  ;  Samuel, 
March,  1650 ;  Sarah,  1655  :  Martha,  January, 
1657 ;  Israel,  see  forward ;  Joseph,  October, 
1661  ;  Abigail,  May,  1665 ;  Anne,  August  7, 
1667.  Samuel  Lathrop  married  (second),  1690, 


Abigail,  born  January  29,  1632,  died  1734, 
daughter  of  Deacon  John  Doane,  of  Plymouth. 
LTpon  the  occasion  of  her  one  hundredth  birth- 
day, at  which  time  she  retained  in  a  large 
measure  her  youthful  intelligence  and  good 
spirits,  a  great  number  of  people  assembled 
at  her  house,  and  the  pastor  of  her  church 
preached  a  sermon. 

(III)  Israel,  son  of  Samuel  and  Elizabeth 
(Scudder)  Lathrop,  was  born  in  October, 
1659,  died  March  28,  1733.  He  settled  in 
Norwich,  where  he  acquired  considerable 
wealth,  and  had  a  number  of  sons  who  were 
also  thrifty  and  enterprising.  He  married, 
April  8,  1686,  Rebecca,  who  died  August  22, 
1737,  daughter  of  Thomas  Bliss,  of  Saybrook 
and  Norwich.  Children :  Israel,  born  Febru- 
ary I,  1687;  William,  September  20,  1688; 
John,  October  2,  1690;  Samuel,  see  forward; 
Rebecca,  born  April  20,  1695;  Mary,  Novem- 
ber 15,  1696;  Martha,  twin  of  Mary;  Ben- 
jamin, born  July  21,  1699;  Ebenezer,  Febru- 
ary 7,  1702-03;  Jabez,  January  11,  1706-07. 

(IV)  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Israel  and  Re- 
becca (Bliss)  Lathrop,  was  born  in  Norwich, 
July  12,  1692,  and  resided  in  Bozrah.  He 
married,  June  26,  1712,  Elizabeth  Waterman. 
Children:  Elisha,  born  July  13,  1713;  Sam- 
uel, January  12,  1715,  according  to  the  Frank- 
lin church  records. 

(V)  Captain  Elisha,  son  of  Samuel  (2) 
and  Elizabeth  (Waterman)  Lathrop,  was  born 
July  13,  1713,  and  was  killed  at  Lebanon  by 
the  falling  of  a  tree,  July  2,  1787.  At  first 
he  settled  in  Bozrah,  then  removed  to  Leb- 
anon, New  Hampshire,  and  was  a  highly  es- 
teemed citizen  in  both  towns.  He  took  an  ac- 
tive interest  in  all  military  afifairs.  He  mar- 
ried (first),  January  31,  1732,  Margaret  Slu- 
man,  who  died  October  10,  1742.  Children: 
Elias,  born  October  28,  1732;  Elijah,  April 
8,  1735  ;  Lebbeus,  see  forward.  He  married 
(second),  January  23,  1743,  Hannah,  who  died 
in  Hanover,  New  Hampshire,  January  16, 
1807,  daughter  of  Captain  John  and  Hannah 
(Denison)  Hough,  natives  of  New  London. 
Children,  all  born  in  Norwich,  Connecticut : 
Elijah,  October  20,  1743;  Elizabeth,  No- 
vem.ber  20,  1744:  Hannah,  March  22, 
1747;  George,  January  21,  1749;  Joshua, 
April  30,  1753;  Azariah,  1754;  Deni- 
.son,  July  21,  1755;  Samuel,  1756;  Margaret, 
July  2,  1758:  Elisha,  April  15,  1760;  William, 
June  4,  1763  ;  Sarah,  April  27,  1765  ;  Anna,, 
January   17,  1766. 

(VI)  Lebbeus,  son  of  Captain  Elisha  and 
Margaret  (Sluman)  Lathrop,  was  born  in 
Norwich,  Connecticut,  January  -3,  1739,  and 
died  in  Bozrah,  Connecticut.  He  married  in 
the   last  mentioned  town,    and   spent   his   life 


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there.     Children:     Polly;    Lebbeus,    see    for- 
ward, and  probably  one  more. 

(VII)  Lebbeus  (2),  eon  of  Lebbeus  (i) 
Lathrop,  was  born  in  Bozrah,  1780,  died  in 
Lebanon,  January  25,  1866.  He  was  actively 
engaged  in  farming,  in  which  he  was  em- 
inently successful,  settled  in  Bozrah,  but  later 
removed  to  Lebanon.  He  married  Lucretia, 
born  April  29,  1781,  daughter  of  William  and 
Joanna  (Stebbins)  Maples.  Children:  Mary, 
born  1805  ;  Caroline,  August  6,  1807 ;  Elisha, 
October  23,  1808  :  Harvey,  see  forward  ;  Har- 
riet, 1814 ;  Leonard ;  Henry,  born  in  Mont- 
ville ;  Erastus. 

(VIII)  Harvey,  son  of  Lebbeus  (2)  and 
Lucretia  (Maples)  Lathrop,  was  born  in  Boz- 
rah, Connecticut,  October  23,  1808,  died  in 
New  London,  Connecticut,  January  10,  1879. 
He  was  engaged  in  farming  in  Lebanon  for 
many  years  after  his  marriage,  then  resided  in 
Greenville  for  a  time,  where  he  was  occupied 
as  a  teamster,  and  upon  his  return  to  Lebanon, 
in  addition  to  cultivating  his  farm,  he  was  ex- 
tensively engaged  in  the  lumber  and  timber 
trade.  His  farm  was  considered  one  of  the 
finest  in  the  town,  and  when  his  sons  were 
grown  up  and  had  left  the  homestead  he  sold 
it  and  removed  to  New  London,  built  a  com- 
modious residence  there,  and  spent  the  remain- 
der of  his  days  in  that  town.  While  not  in 
any  sense  a  politician  or  desirous  of  holding 
public  office,  Mr.  Lathrop  was  a  staunch  sup- 
porter of  Whig  principles,  and  later  joined  the 
Republican  party.  He  and  his  wife  were  mem- 
bers of  the  Goshen  Congregational  Church, 
and  are  buried  in  Yantic  cemetery.  He  stood 
high  in  the  estimation  of  his  fellow  towns- 
men, and  was  very  charitably  inclined.  He 
married,  January,  183 1,  Octavia,  born  in  1812, 
died  October  26,  1875,  daughter  of  Deacon 
Oliver  Woodworth.  Children:  i.  Albert  H., 
born  November  24,  183 1,  died  in  East  Hart- 
ford, December  5,  1902.  He  was  engaged 
in  the  livery  business  at  East  Hartford,  and 
filled  a  number  of  public  offices  in  that  town. 
He  married  (first)  Jane  Hale,  of  Glastonbury  ; 
(second)  Harriet  Hubbell,  of  the  same  town ; 
(third)  Nancy  Perkins,  of  Bozrah,  who  sur- 
vived him.  2.  Charles  W.,  born  December  31, 
1833,  died  March,  1902.  He  was  in  the  truck- 
ing business  in  East  Hartford  for  about  thirty- 
five  years,  and  at  his  death  left  a  considerable 
fortune.  He  served  in  Company  A,  Twenty- 
fifth  Connecticut  Volunteer  Infantry,  during 
the  civil  war,  and  for  a  number  of  years 
was  a  member  of  the  board  of  selectmen  of 
East  Hartford.  He  married  Harriet  E.  Bliss, 
and  the  only  surviving  child  is  Julia,  who 
married  Henry  S.  Camp,  of  Norwich.  3.  Har- 
riet L.,  born  April  10,  1836,  died  in  Norwich, 


November  20,  1900.  She  married  (first) 
Richard  Palmer,  of  Colchester,  (second)  Cap- 
tain William  Smith.  4.  Henrietta  C,  born 
June  23,  1838,  died  in  Norwich,  September, 
1895.  She  married  Charles  D.  Browning.  5. 
Edwin  Harvey,  see  forward.  6.  Oliver  W., 
born  September  26,  1841,  was  killed  at  Antie- 
tam,  September  20,  1862,  and  his  remains  were 
brought  to  Norwich  and  interred  in  Yantic 
cemetery.  He  enlisted  in  the  Eighth  Connec- 
ticut A/'olunteer  Infantry.  7.  Fannie  M.,  born 
December  28,  1843,  now  resides  in  Norwich. 
She  married  (first)  William  S.  Standish,  of 
Lebanon,  deceased,  (second)  Walter  G.  Kings- 
ley,  also  deceased.  8.  Arthur  Douglas,  born 
February  25,  1846.  He  was  in  business  with 
his  brother,  John  B.,  and  later  for  himself,  and 
in  1894  added  a  coal  business  to  the  trucking 
enterprise,  and  both  are  in  a  very  flourishing 
condition.  He  is  a  director  of  the  Uncas  Na- 
tional Bank.  He  married,  November  30,  1870, 
in  Waterford,  Connecticut,  Belle  E.,  daugh- 
ter of  Captain  John  and  Nancy  (Chapman) 
Bolles,  the  former  a  sea  captain  who  died  in 
Waterford.  Children :  Arthur  Harvey,  born 
September  13,  1871,  is  now  associated  with 
his  father  in  business ;  Charles  Bolles,  born 
March  3,  1873,  died  January  3,  1893 ;  Lizzie 
Belle,  born  March  30,  1885.  9.  John  Bald- 
win, born  March  24,  1848.  For  a  number  of 
years  he  was  engaged  in  the  trucking  business 
with  his  brothers,  then  became  interested  in 
the  coal  business,  supplying  a  number  of  mills 
with  all  their  fuel.  He  is  the  president  of  and 
a  large  stockholder  in  the  Uncas  Dye  Wood 
&  Extract  Company.  H-e  is  a  member  of  the 
Methodist  church,  a  Free  Mason  and  a  Repub- 
lican. He  married  (first)  January  i,  1873, 
Alice  M.,  daughter  of  Norman  B.  Church,  of 
Montville,  and  they  had  two  children,  of 
whom  the  younger  died  in  infancy ;  the  other, 
Norman  C,  is  in  business  with  his  father,  and 
married.  May  23,  1897,  Lulu  Perry,  of  Water- 
ford, and  has  Frederick  B.,  born  January  9, 
1899.  Mr.  Lathrop  married  (second)  October 
14,  1887,  Mary  B.,  daughter  of  Carmichael 
Robertson.  He  married  (third)  April  29, 
1891,  Addie  L.  Church,  a  sister  of  his  first 
wife.  There  were  no  children  by  the  second 
and  third  marriages.  He  died  April  28,  1909. 
ID.  Frederick  W.,  born  August  16,  1850,  died 
August  24,  1883.  He  was  engaged  in  the 
teaming  business  in  Noiwich,  and  married 
Abby  Chester. 

(IX)  Edwin  Harvey,  s,on  of  Harvey  and 
Octavia  (Woodworth)  Lathrop,  was  born  in 
Lebanon,  Connecticut,  February  26,  1840,  died 
while  on  a  visit  near  Syracuse,  New  York,  Au- 
gust 24,  1894,  and  his  remains  were  buried  in 
Yantic  cemetery.    He  was  reared  on  the  home 


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farm  and  instructed  in  its  cultivation  until 
i860,  when  he  went  to  Hartford  and  found 
employment  in  the  trucking  business.  While 
there  he  enlisted,  August,  1862,  in  Company 
K,  Twenty-fifth  Connecticut  Volunteer  In- 
fantry, was  in  the  expedition  of  General  Na- 
thaniel P.  Banks,  in  Louisiana,  and  was  a  par- 
ticipant in  the  siege  and  surrender  of  Port 
Hudson.  With  his  regiment  he  was  mus- 
tered out,  August,  1863,  and  for  a  time  re- 
mained at  the  home  farm  in  Lebanon.  He 
came  to  Norwich  in  November,  of  the  same 
year,  and  accepted  a  clerkship  with  C.  D. 
Browning,  at  Greenville,  later  attending  the 
Springfield  Business  College,  Massachusetts, 
and  then  returned  to  Greenville,  where  he  was 
manager  of  an  ice  company  for  some  time. 
He  then  went  to  Waterford  and  engaged  in 
the  trucking  business,  returning  to  Greenville, 
where  he  associated  himself  with  his  brother 
Frederick  W.  in  the  same  line  of  business, 
under  the  firm  name  of  Lathrop  Brothers. 
This  partnership  continued  until  the  death  of 
Frederick  W.,  when  Mr.  Lathrop  conducted 
the  business  alone  until  his  death.  Mr.  Lath- 
rop was  a  very  thorough  man  of  business,  and 
owed  the  considerable  fortune  he  amassed  en- 
tirely to  his  own  efforts.  He  never  aspired  to 
the  holding  of  pubhc  oflice,  but  was  a  stanch 
supporter  of  the  Republican  party.  His  re- 
ligious affiliations  were  with  the  Congrega- 
tional church.  He  married,  November  4, 
1868,  Lydia  D.,  born  in  Norwich,  daughter 
of  James  and  Mary  (Dyer)  Houston,  grand- 
daughter of  Eliphalet  and  Lydia  (Denison) 
Dyer,  and  a  direct-  descendant  of  Colonel 
Thomas  Dyer,  of  Windham.  James  Houston, 
father  of  Mrs.  Lathrop,  was  born  in  Kilmar- 
nock, Scotland,  and  settled  in  Greenville, 
where  he  was  engaged  in  the  dye  business  un- 
til his  death,  July  17,  1890.  Children:  i. 
James  Houston,  was  born  in  Norwich,  Novem- 
ber 14,  1869.  He  was  graduated  from  the 
Free  Academy  in  Norwich  in  1888,  and  then 
spent  two  years  at  Oberlin  College,  Oberlin, 
C3hio.  He  became  associated  with- his  father 
in  the  trucking  business,  continuing  it  after 
the  death  of  the  latter  until  September,  1902, 
when  it  was  sold.  He  was  one  of  the  incor- 
porators of  the  Scott  &  Clark  Company  in 
November,  1902,  and  is  now  secretary  of  that 
corporation.  They  build  wagons  and  do  all 
kinds  of  repair  work.  He  is  a  Republican,  and 
in  June,  1900,  was  elected  a  member  of  the 
common  council  of  Norwich  and  served  two 
years ;  he  represented  Norwich  in  the  legisla- 
ture in  1901,  serving  as  member  and  clerk  of 
the  committee  on  constitutional  amendments. 
He  is  a  member  of  St.  James  Lodge  No.  23, 
Free  and  Accepted  Masons;  General  Burnside 


Council,  American  Mechanics ;  charter  mem- 
ber of  Norwich  Lodge,  Benevolent  and  Pro- 
tective Order  of  Elks.  He  married,  March 
21,  1895,  Helen  Louise,  born  in  Norwich, 
Connecticut,  daughter  of  Timothy  Parker,  who 
lives  in  Wauregan.  Children :  Timothy  Par- 
ker, born  February  i,  1896;  Edwin  Houston, 
August  II,  1897;  Lydia  Moseley,  August  16, 
1901.  2.  EUa  May,  born  March  21,  1873; 
married  William  L.  Clark,  of  Norwich,  a 
member  of  the  firm  of  Scott  &  Clark,  whose 
place  of  business  is  located  on  North  Main 
street,  Norwich. 

(IV)  Israel  (2)  Lathrop  or  Lothrop,  son 
of  Israel  (i)  Lathrop  or  Lothrop  (q.  v.),  was 
born  in  Norwich,  February  i,  1687.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  June  20,  1710,  Mary  Fellows, 
whose  name  appears  on  the  roll  of  the  West 
Farms  church  as  early  as  172 1.  He  married 
(second)  June  9,  1747,  Mrs.  Sarah  Tuttle. 
He  settled  on  the  eastern  declivity  of  Blue 
Hill,  in  the  southwest  part  of  the  present  town 
of  Franklin,  Connecticut.  He  was  prominent 
in  public  life,  both  civil  and  military.  His 
will,  dated  March  22,  1758,  mentioned  his 
wife  Sarah,  his  deceased  son  Israel's  three 
daughters,  Ann,  Lois  and  Ednah,  his  daugh- 
ter Mary  Birchard,  daughter  Catharine 
Hackly,  youngest  daughter  Prudence,  and  his 
sons,  Jedidiah,  Simeon  and  Ezekiel.  Chil- 
dren, born  in  Norwich :  Israel,  born  March 
19,  1710-11 ;  Ephraim,  January  23,  1713-14; 
i\Iary,  September  3,  1715  ;  Jedidiah,  January  4, 
1718;  Catharine,  August  11,  1720;  Simeon, 
January  15,  1722-23,  mentioned  below;  Eze- 
kiel, September  5,  1724;  Prudence,  March  16, 
1727-28.  " 

{V)  Deacon  Simeon  Lathrop,  son  of 
Israel  (2)  Lathrop,  was  born  in  Norwich, 
Januar)'  15,  1722-23.  He  married,  January 
II,  1749,  Hannah,  daughter  of  Benjamin  and 
Lydia  (Hazen)  Abel,  of  Norwich,  and  they 
settled  in  Bozrah  where  he  was  a  deacon  of 
the  Congregational  church.  His  wife  died 
September  17,  1802.  His  will,  dated  Bozrah, 
February  17,  1804,  mentioned  his  grandsons, 
Giles  and  Simon  Lathrop,  sons  of  his  son  Sim- 
eon ;  granddaughter  Hannah ;  sons  Roger,  Ol- 
iver and  Zabdiel ;  daughter  Hannah,  wife  of 
Christopher  Calkins ;  daughter  Eunice,  wife 
of  Stephen  Woodworth ;  daughter  Lydia,  wife 
of  John  Fish,  and  Sarah  Lathrop.  Children, 
born  in  Bozrah :  Hannah,  born  August  20, 
1749;  Eunice,  August  17,  175 1 ;  Simeon,  Au- 
gust 4,  1753 ;  Roger,  December  3,  1754 ;  Oli- 
ver, September  9,  1756;  Lydia,  September  2, 
1758;  Sarah,  September  22,  1760;  Zabdiel, 
November  30,  1762;  Andrew,  mentioned  be- 
low. 

(VI)  Andrew,  son  of  Deacon  Simeon  Lath- 


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rep,  was  born  in  Bozrah,  October  26,  1764. 
He  married,  very  likely,  (first)  January  22, 
1789,  Lucretia  Smith,  of  Franklin,  who  died 
in  Bozrah,  October  9,  1801.  He  married  (sec- 
ond). May  30,  1802,  Zerviah  Policy,  who  died 
about  1840.  He  died  April  21,  1843.  Child- 
ren, born  in  Bozrah ;  Dice,  December  3, 
1789;  Philena,  April  10,  1791 ;  Simeon,  No- 
vember 25,  1792,  mentioned  below ;  Apama, 
July  25,  1794:  Azariah,  February  25,  1796; 
Lucy,  March  8,  1798,  died  when  about  twenty 
years  old;  Eunice,  June  14,   1799. 

(VII)  Simeon  (2),  son  of  Andrew  Lathrop, 
was  born  in  Bozrah,  November  25,  1792.  He 
married  (first),  March  7,  1814,  Abigail,  daugh- 
ter of  William  Ryder,  and  settled  on  Blue 
Hill  in  Bozrah,  where  she  died  August  29, 
1 81 7.  He  married  (second)  December  20, 
1820,  Phebe,  daughter  of  William  S.  Peck- 
ham,  of  Franklin,  where  she  was  born  in 
1800.  She  died  August  11,  1847,  and  in  1873 
he  was  still  living  on  the  old  homestead  on 
Blue  Hill,  in  the  northwest  part  of  Bozrah. 
Children,  born  in  Bozrah,  of  first  wife :  An- 
drew, born  August  2^,.  1815,  died  March  7, 
1816;  William,  April  17,  1817;  of  second  wife: 
Andrew,  March  19,  1822  ;  Lucy,  May  22,  1823  ; 
Jabez  Smith,  May  28,  1824,  mentioned  below; 
Alanson  Peckham,  July  21,  1826;  Jane  B.,  Oc- 
tober 25,  1828;  David  Austin,  April  23,  1832; 
Lydia  Zerviah,  April  23,  1832 ;  Anna  Hazel- 
tine,  May  20,  1834. 

(Vni)  Jabez  Smith,  son  of  Simeon  (2) 
Lathrop,  was  born  in  Bozrah,  May  28,  1824, 
died  in  Norwich,  July  28,  1903.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools,  and  after  follow- 
ing the  sea  for  a  few  years  devoted  himself  to 
the  profession  of  school  teaching  for  a  period 
of  forty  years  in  Norwich  and  New  London, 
Connecticut.  He  was  a  prominent  citizen  of 
Norwich  and  held  many  offices  of  trust  and 
honor.  He  was  selectman  many  years,  county 
treasurer  and  represented  his  town  in  the 
general  assembly  of  the  state.  He  was  presi- 
dent of  the  board  of  trustees  of  the  Boys 
Reform  School  at  Meriden.  He  v/as  a  prom- 
inent member  of  the  Congregational  church 
of  Norwich  Town.  In  politics  he  was  a  Re- 
publican. He  married,  December  4,  1849, 
Julia  Roxanna,  born  October  11,  1828,  daugh- 
ter of  Elijah  Janes  Backus  and  granddaugh- 
ter of  Asa  Backus.  Children:  i.  Helen  Mar- 
shall, a  teacher  in  the  Broadway  public  school, 
Norwich.  2.  Joseph  Backus,  married  Alfar- 
etta  Blankner,  of  Columbus ;  children :  Julia, 
Helen,  who  is  a  teacher  of  music  in  Hono- 
lulu, Hawaiian  Islands;  Joseph  Backus  was  a 
bookkeeper  for  the  firm  of  Brown,  Hinman 
&  Company,  Columbus,  Ohio,  for  twenty 
years ;   died   there  at  the  age  of   thirty-eight 


years.  3.  Julia  Smith,  married  Walter  H.  Pot- 
ter of  Norwich ;  child,  Ruth  Potter.  4.  Caro- 
line Bloomer,  died  young.  5.  Alanson  Peck- 
ham,  member  of  the  firm  of  Emerson,  McMil- 
lan &  Company,  bankers.  New  York  City; 
president  of  the  American  Light  and  Traction 
Company  of  New  York;  married  Ella  Far- 
quhar  ;  children :  Grayson  and  Gertrude.  6. 
Gertrude,  married  Alonzo  M.  Luther,  of  Nor- 
wich ;  children :  Elizabeth  Lathrop,  Luther 
and  Philip  Tilden  Luther. 


Mrs.     George     Greenman, 

GREEN  MAN     widow     of    Hon.     George 

Greenman,  is  a  descendant 

of  one  of  the  oldest  of  the  colonial  families 

of  New  England  (see  Loring  line). 

Hon.  George  Greenman  was  a  descendant 
on  both  sides  of  his  family  from  colonial  fam- 
ilies of  Massachusetts,  Connecticut  and  Rhode 
Island. 

(I)  James  Greenman,  shortly  after  his  mar- 
riage, removed  from  Gr  is  wold  to  Norwich, 
and  was  one  of  the  oldest  residents  of  Laurel 
Hill.  He  was  engaged  in  the  grain  business, 
was  one  of  the  firm  which  erected  the  "Ele- 
vator" building,  and  for  more  than  twenty 
years  was  a  prominent  factor  in  the  business 
world  of  Norwich.  He  and  his  wife  were  de- 
vout members  of  the  Broadway  Congrega- 
tional Church.  He  died  in  Norwich  in  1870, 
and  was  buried  in  Yantic  cemetery.  He  mar- 
ried, in  Griswold,  March  21,  1836,  Rev.  S. 
D.  Jewett  officiating,  Sarah  L.  Morse,  born 
in  Griswold,  January  5,  1814,  died  in  Nor- 
wich after  an  illness  of  more  than  ten  years, 
i\Iay  26,  1893.  She  was  a  woman  of  unusual 
intelligence  and  kindness  of  heart,  always 
thoughtful  of  the  comfort  of  others  and  ready 
to  make  any  sacrifice  for  those  she  loved.  Her 
charities  were  widespread  and  her  death  was 
deeply  and  sincerely  regretted.  Children : 
Dwight,  born  October  16,  1837;  Sarah 
Morse,  born  May  23,  1840,  became  the 
first  wife  of  Judge  Carter,  and  is  now 
deceased;  William,  died  in  1874;  George, 
see  forward ;  Lydia,  died  in  infancy ; 
Mary,  died  at  the  age  of  twenty-one 
years.  Mr.  Morse,  father  of  Mrs.  Green- 
man, was  the  owner  of  a  large  farm,  and  pos- 
sessed of  many  fine  qualities,  which  have  been 
transmitted  to  his  descendants. 

(II)  Hon.  George,  son  of  James  and  Sarah 
L.  (Morse)  Greenman,  was  born  in  Griswold, 
Connecticut,  January  27,  1843,  died  July  25, 
igo8.  His  preparatory  education  was  received 
in  the  public  schools,  and  this  was  supple- 
mented by  a  course  at  the  Norwich  Free  Acad- 
emy. He  was  but  nineteen  years  of  age  when 
he  enlisted,  August  11,   1862,  as  a  private  in 


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Company  C,  Eighteenth  Connecticut  Volun- 
teer Infantry,  which  participated  actively  in 
the  battles  at  Winchester,  Virginia,  June  13, 
14,  15,  and  received  high  commendation  from 
the  commanding  general.  During  the  engage- 
ment on  the  third  day,  Greenman  with  a  num- 
ber of  others,  was  captured  and  sent  to  Libby 
Prison  and-  Belle  Isle,  and  paroled  until  the 
following  July  14.  He  was  mustered  into 
the  Thirtieth  Connecticut  Volunteer  Infantry 
as  first  lieutenant  of  Company  B,  April  6, 
1864,  and  in  June  of  that  year  this  regiment 
was  consolidated  with  and  afterward  was 
known  as  the  Thirty-first  United  States  Col- 
ored Troops.  From  May,  1864,  he  served  as 
adjutant,  until  his  promotion  to  the  captaincy 
of  Company  K  of  the  same  regiment,  Janu- 
ary 31,  1865,  and  he  was  mustered  out  of 
service  November  7,  1865.  At  the  close  of 
the  war  Captain  Greenman  returned  to  Nor- 
wich, dividing  his  time  between  farming  and 
his  business  as  a  bookkeeper  and  accountant. 
As  a  faithful  supporter  of  Republican  princi- 
ples, Captain  Greenman  was  energetic  and  ac- 
tively interested  in  the  public  welfare  of  the 
town.  He  was  twice  chosen  to  represent  his 
town  in  the  general  assembly ;  was  elected 
a  member  of  the  lower  house  in  November, 
1900,  was  a  member  of  the  committee  on  mili- 
tary affairs,  in  which  capacity  his  practical 
service  was  of  invaluable  assistance  in  decid- 
ing weighty  points ;  he  was  re-elected  to  the 
same  body  in  November,  1902,  and  this  time 
served  on  the  committee  of  appropriations. 
He  has  been  a  zealous  worker  in  the  inter- 
ests of  Sedgwick  Post,  No.'  i,  Grand  Army 
of  the  Republic,  of  Norwich,  and  has  filled  the 
position  of  commander  of  that  body.  He  was 
a  devoted  member  of  the  Congregational 
church,  and  one  of  its  stanchest  adherents. 
Captain  Greenman  married,  March  24,  1874, 
Lucy  Lester  Loring,  of  Preston,  Connecticut 
(see  Loring  IX).  Children:  Mary,  married, 
October  12,  1909,  Rev.  Edward  Starr  Worces- 
ter, of  Norwich ;  Lucy  M.,  an  artist ;  George 
L.,  James  W.,  Lester  and  Charles  D. 

(The    Loring    Line). 

Loring  is  a  name  of  great  antiquity  and  is 
derived  from  the  province  of  Lorraine,  for- 
merly a  French,  and  since  1870-71  a  German 
possession. 

(I)  Deacon  Thomas  Loring,  immigrant  an- 
cestor, came  from  Axminster,  Devonshire, 
England,  December  22,  1634,  with  his  wife 
and  two  sons,  and  died  at  Hull,  Massachusetts, 
April  I,  1661.  For  a  time  he  lived  in  Dor- 
chester, Massachusetts,  later  removed  to 
Hingham,  and  finally  settled  at  Hull,  where 
his  death  occurred.     He  was  one  of  the  first 


deacons  of  the  Hingham  church,  and  was  con- 
sidered a  godly  man.  He  married,  in  Eng- 
land, Jane  Newton,  who  died  in  Hull,  August 

25,  1672.  Children,  of  whom  the  two  eldest 
were  born  in  England,  and  the  four  others  in 
this  country :  Thomas,  John,  see  forward,, 
Isaac,  Josiah,  Joshua  and  Benjamin. 

(II)  John,  son  of  Thomas  and  Jane  (New- 
ton) Loring,  was  born  in  England,  December 
22,  1630,  died  at  the  home  of  his  son.  Captain 
Thomas,  September  19,  1714.  His  entire  life 
was  spent  in  Hingham,  and  he  was  a  very  re- 
ligious man.  He  married  (first)  December 
16,  1656,  Mary,  who  died  July  13,  1679, 
daughter  of  Nathaniel  Baker,  and  they  had 
ten  children.  He  married  (second)  Septem- 
ber 22,  1679,  Rachel  Buckland,  and  they  had 
four  children. 

(III)  Isaac,  fourth  son  of  John  and  Mary 
(Baker)  Loring,  was  born  at  Hull,  Massachu- 
setts, January  22,  1666,  died  in  Boston,  from 
smallpox,  December  3,  1702.  He  removed  to 
Boston  in  early  manhood  and  there  spent  his 
life.  He  married,  August  5,  1691,  Sarah 
Young.  Children :  Sarah,  born  August  26, 
1693,  married,  1716,  Joseph  Blanchard ;  Ruth,, 
December  19,  1696,  died  1772;  Isaac,  April 
20,  1699;  William,  see  forward;  Mary,  born 
February  5,  1702,  married,  1730,  Joseph  Dyer; 
two  daughters  who  died  in  infancy. 

(IV)  William,  son  of  Isaac  and  Sarah 
(Young)  Loring,  was  born  December  23,. 
1700.  He  was  a  carpenter  and  joiner  by  occu- 
pation. He  married,  November  19,  1724,  Ann 
FloUand,  who  died  in  1784.  Children :  Ann,, 
born  May  29,  1726,  married,  1749,  Benjamin 
Clark ;  Isaac,  see  forward ;   Sarah,  December 

26,  1731  ;  William,  June  20,  1736;  Mary,  Au- 
gust 6,  1738. 

(V)  Isaac  (2),  son  of  William  and  Ann 
(Holland)  Loring,  was  born  in  Boston,  No- 
vember 30,  1729,  died  prior  to  March  31, 
1758,  as  the  Boston  probate  records  show  that 
Ann  Loring,  mother  of  Isaac,  was  appointed 
administratrix  of  the  estate  on  that  date.  He 
learned  the  trade  of  sailmaking,  and  was  thus 
occupied  throughout  his  life.  He  married, 
about  January,  175 1,  Elizabeth  Russell.  Child, 
William,  see  forward. 

(VI)  AVilliam  (2),  only  child  of  Isaac  (2) 
and  Elizabeth  (Russell)  Loring,  was  born 
in  Boston,  January  5,  1756,  and  died  at  sea, 
February  2,  1788.  The  following  extract  is 
from  Caulkins'  "History  of  Norwich" :  "In 
February,  1788,  the  brig  'Clarissa'  came  from 
Port  au  Prince ;  her  master,  Captain  William 
Loring,  had  died  on  the  passage  home  just  as 
they  came  upon  the  coast.  The  vessel  touched 
at  Elizabeth  Island,  and  buried  Captain  Lor- 
ing at  Tarpaulin   Cove,  that  very  cold  Tues- 


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r!ay  night,  February  5,  1788."  The  inscrip- 
tion on  a  tombstone  at  Naushon,  Elizabeth 
Island,  reads :  "In  n>emory  of  Captain  Wil- 
liam Loring,  of  Norwich,  Conn.  He  was  born 
in  Boston,  Jan.  5,  1756,  and  died  at  sea  Feb.  2, 


Loring  in  all   the   prime   of  life. 

Hath    quit    this    brittle    clay, 
And   calmly   steered   his    single   bark 

To    yonder  world   of  day." 

Captain  Loring  married.  May  17,  1781,  Zer- 
viah  Lord,  who  died  November  i,  1828.  Chil- 
dren:  Wilham,  born  March  21,  1782,  died 
February  14,  1824,  was  a  sea  captain;  Henry, 
January  22,  1784;  George,  see  forward;  Isaac, 
April  I,  1788,  died  at  sea  in  1805.  Mrs. 
Loring  married  (second)  March  6,  1794,  Dan- 
iel Dunham,  who  died  July  i,  1812.  Chil- 
dren: Hannah,  born  January  6,  1795;  Dan- 
iel, February  18,  1797 ;  John,  September  25, 
1800. 

(VII)  George,  son  of  Captain  William  (2) 
and  Zerviah   (Lord)   Loring,  was  born  April 

23,  1786,  died  December  13,  1852.  He  mar- 
ried, March  23,  1809,  Lucy,  born  February  8, 
1787,  died  August  12,  1836,  daughter  of  Ehjah 
and  Damaris  (Lord)  Lester.  Children:  i. 
Lydia,  born  April  6,  1810;  married,  June  3, 
1835,  Andrew  Huntington,  of  Norwich,  who 
died  in  Savannah,  Georgia,  January  21,  1839. 
2.    Frances   Ann,   born  in   Preston,   February 

24,  1812,  died  May  22,  1834.  3.  Henry  Isaac, 
born  July  19,  1814;  married,  September  4, 
1855,  Lucy  Maria  Baldwin:  died  in  Norwich, 
January  27,  1871.  4.  William,  see  forward. 
5.  Lucy  Ann,  born  July  27,  1819,  died  Decem- 
ber I,  1837;  married,  November  3,  1836,  Dr. 
William  W.  Miner.  6.  Sarah,  born  October 
2,  1821  :  married,  February  22,  1843,  Oliver 
Perry  Avery.  7.  Charles  Frederick,  born 
December  15,  1824,  died  in  St.  Louis,  Missouri, 
March  11,  i860.  8.  George,  born  December 
17,  1830;  married  (first)  March  16,  1859, 
liarriet  Kennedy,  (second)  Susan  C.  Ken- 
nedy,   (third)    Mary   Francis. 

(VIII)  William  (3),  son  of  George  and 
Lucy  (Lester)  Loring,  was  born  in  North 
Preston,  now  Griswold,  February  3,  1817,  died 
in  Norwich,  December  10,  1896.  He  was 
reared  on  a  farm,  trained  in  all  the  details 
which  pertain  to  its  proper  cultivation,  and 
made  this  his  life  work.  Some  years  prior  to 
his  death  he  removed  to  Norwich  and  made 
his  home  in  Laurel  Hill  avenue.  For  more 
than  thirty  years  he  had  been  a  deacon  in  the 
Preston  City  Congregational  Church.  He  was 
very  liberal  in  his  contributions  when  the 
church  was  organized,  and  at  the  time  of  his 
death  had  been  its  most  generous  supporter. 


He  was  a  man  of  inquiring  mind,  liberal  in 
all  his  views,  and  of  extensive  and  diversified 
reading.  Mr.  Loring  married,  February  2, 
1842,  Harriet  Kinney,  daughter  of  Erastus 
and  Polly  (Meach)  Morgan,  and  granddaugh- 
ter of  Jacob  Meach,  who  served  during  the 
revolutionary  war.  Mrs.  Loring,  who  died 
January  20,  1894,  was  noted  for  her  charity 
and  generosity.  Although  her  chief  pleasure 
was  in  her  home,  she  spent  much  time  in  re- 
lieving the  needs  of  those  in  less  fortunate 
circumstances  than  herself.  Children :  Lucy 
Lester,  see  forward ;  George  H.,  born  Sep- 
tember I,  185 1,  married,  October  24,  1884, 
Lillian,  daughter  of  Ulysses  and  Lucy  Ann 
(Williams)  Avery;  children:  Nellie  Avery, 
Frederick  William,  Sarah  Lillian,  Lucy  Wil- 
liams and  Ruth  Lester ;  Mary,  who  resides 
in  Denver,  Colorado. 

(IX)  Lucy  Lester,  daughter  of  William 
(3)  and  Harriet  Kinney  (Morgan)  Loring, 
married  Hon.  George  Greenman  (see  Green- 
man  II). 


The  surname  Ruby  or  Roby  is  of 
RUBY     ancient    English     origin,     derived 

without  doubt  from  a  place  name, 
probably  the  hamlet  of  Roby  in  the  parish  of 
Huyton,  five  or  six  miles  east  of  Liverpool. 
Since  1403  the  residence  of  the  family  can 
be  distinctly  traced  at  Castle  Donington,  a 
small  town  on  the  northern  edge  of  Leicester- 
shire, England,  which  lies  between  the  coun- 
ties of  Derby  and  Nottingham.  The  name  is 
variously  spelled  Ruby,  Roby,  Rooby,  Robie, 
Robey,  Robay,  Robye,  etc.  In  September, 
1402,  John  Roby  was  possessed  of  a  copyhold 
in  the  Manor  of  Castle  Donington.  The  an- 
cestry of  the  American  family,  of  which  the 
immigrant  ancestor  was  Henry  Roby,  of 
Flampton,  New  Hampshire,  born  at  Castle 
Donington,  February  12,  1619,  has  been  care- 
fully traced  to  John  Roby,  of  whom  the 
records  show  that  he  took  part  in  court  pro- 
ceedings of  Castle  Donington  in  October, 
1512:  was  admitted  tenant  of  two  burgages 
in  March,  1513,  and  in  Jj^ne,  1513,  was  named 
at  a  court  at  which  William  Roby  and  three 
others  were  admitted  to  curtilages.  He  died 
shortly  before  Christmas,  1515.  leaving  child- 
ren :  Thomas  and  Emmot.  Thomas  had  a 
son  Thomas  and  his  son  of  the  same  name 
was  father  of  Henry  Roby,  the  American 
immigrant. 

(I)  James  Ruby,  progenitor  of  the  Cennec- 
ticut  branch  of  the  family,  was  probably  of 
the  same  stock,  but  it  is  not  known  that  he 
was  descended  directly  from  Henry  Ruby,  of 
Hampton.  He  lived  in  Nova  Scotia  and  mar- 
ried Abigail  Smith  Adams,  said  to  have  been 


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a  relative  of  President  John  Adams,  whose 
paternal  ancestor,  Henry  Adams,  was  one  of 
the  first  settlers  at  Mount  Wollaston,  now 
Braintree,  Massachusetts. 

(II)  John,  son  of  James  Ruby,  was  born 
in  Nova  Scotia  and  settled  about  the  time  of 
the  outbreak  of  the  revolution  at  Union,  Con- 
necticut. He  was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution 
(See  page  136,  History  of  Union — town  rec- 
ords). Thomas  Rub}-,  presumably  his  bro- 
ther, was  in  Captain  Abel  Brown's  regiment 
in  1776.  He  married,  June  19,  1776,  Esther 
Howe,  who  died  November  17,  1834.  Child- 
ren, born  at  Union:  i.  James,  born  September 

28,  1777;  married  Mary  Lamb,  of  Ashford. 
2.  Thomas,  mentioned  below.  3.  Polly,  No- 
vember 28,  1779 ;  married  Jason  Ferry.  4. 
John,  April  9,  1784.  5.  Esther,  March  23, 
1788,  married.  May  6,  1805,  Chauncey  Ferry. 
6.  Lucinda,  December  7,  1793,  married,  March 

29,  1809,  Daniel  Steers. 

(III)  Thomas,  son  of  John  Ruby,  was  born 
at  Union,  September  28,  1778 ;  died  September 
8,  1855.  He  was  a  man  of  active  tempera- 
ment and  a  prosperous  farmer  in  his  native 
town.  He  married,  February  11,  1800,  Bet- 
sey Fuller,  of  Stafford,  Connecticut,  daughter 
of  William  Fuller,  who  was  a  soldier  in  the 
revolution.  She  died  July  i,  i860.  Children: 
I.  Orrel  or  Orrilla,  born  August  23,  1801 ; 
married,  March  14,  1824,  Paris  H.  Bowers, 
of  Thompson,  Connecticut.  2.  Amanda,  Octo- 
ber 24,   1802;  married,  April   18,   1822,  

Howard,  of  Pahner,  Massachusetts.  3.  Bet- 
sey, January  7,  1804;  married  Nathaniel  Sib- 
ley. 4.  Annis,  December  12,  1805 ;  married 
November  3,  1825,  Daniel  Steers.  5.  James, 
May  13,  1807 ;  married,  November,  1830, 
Nancy  Daggett,  of  Willington,  Connecticut. 
6.  Esther,  December  9,  1808.  7.  Thomas 
Howe,  mentioned  below.  8.  Ariel  Fuller,  May 
4,  1813,  died  October  10,  1831.  9.  Achsah, 
June  6,  1815  ;  married.  May  22,  1834,  William 
Harvey,  of  Palmer.  10.  Edmund,  November 
18,  1817.  II.  Julianne,  November  9,  1819; 
married  Wakeman  Sibley.  12.  Angeline,  Jan- 
uary 9,  1822 :  married,  November  7,  1842, 
Samuel  W.  Moore.  13.  William,  October  22, 
1823  :  married  Leonora  Burley.  14.  Harriet, 
August  14,  1825  ;  married,  October  10,  1842, 
Nathaniel  Sessions. 

(IV)  Thomas  Howe,  son  of  Thomas  Ruby, 
was  born  August  18,  181 1.  He  was  a  farmer 
at  LTnion.  He  married  Almeda  Potter,  of 
Willington. 

(V)  David  Thomas,  son  of  Thomas  Howe 
Ruby,  was  born  January  27,  1837,  at  Union 
died  October  i,  1907,  in  Norwich.  He  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native 
town  and  began  his  business  career  at  Staf- 


ford, Connecticut,  in  the  retail  grocery  busi- 
ness. Afterward  he  was  in  business  at  Mont- 
ville,  Connecticut.'  In  1868  he  located  at  Nor- 
wich, Connecticut,  and  engaged  in  the  meat 
and  provision  business.  He  was  in  the  firm 
of  C.  H.  Davis  &  Company,  of  which  he  was 
a  partner,  until  the  death  of  Mr.  Davis,  when 
he  purchased  the  latter's  interest  and  became 
the  sole  proprietor  of  the  business,  continuing 
from  that  time  until  he  died.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  First  Universalist  Church  of  Nor- 
wich and  a  member  of  its  board  of  trustees. 
He  resided  at  148  Laurel  Hill  avenue,  Nor- 
wich. He  married,  April  7,  1862,  Anna,  born 
September  7,  1839,  daughter  of  Alvah  and 
Mary  Ann  (Bardwell)  Francis,  of  Stafford, 
Connecticut.  Alvah  Francis  was  a  native  of 
Rehoboth,  son  of  John  and  Annie  (Gladding) 
Francis,  who  were  married  at  Rehoboth,  Feb- 
ruary 16,  1792.  Mrs.  Ruby  had  sisters, 
Martha  _and  Harriet,  and  a  brother,  Charles 
Elliott,  who  died  at  the  age  of  fourteen ;  Mar- 
tha Francis  married  Sereno  Edwards  Dwight 
and  had  children:  Nella  Dwight,  married 
Frank  Weston,  Carrie  Dwight,  married  Wil- 
liam Hassett,  Frank  E.  Dwight  and  Myron 
Dwight.  Harriet  Francis  married  Daniel 
Davis  and  had  children,  Daniel,  Alvah  and 
Otis  Davis.  The  only  child  of  David  Thomas 
and  Anna  (Francis)  Ruby:  Ina  Francis,  mar- 
ried George  Albert  Keppler,  of  Norwich. 


No  person  familiar  with  the  his- 
ADAMS  tory  of  Massachusetts  but  ought 
as  they  meet  with  the  family 
name  of  /\dams  to  recall  in  their  minds  the 
historic  services  performed  by  the  various  rep- 
resentatives of  this  family  in  all  of  the  strug- 
gles attending  the  life  of  the  colony  and  our 
nation.  The  name  of  Adams  was  made  illus- 
trious by  Samuel  and  John  Adams,  of  revolu: 
tionary  fame. 

(Ill)  John  Adams,  son  of  Ensign  Edward 
Adams  and  grandson  of  Henry  Adams,  was 
born  in  Medfield,  Massachusetts,  February  18. 
1657,  died  March  i,  1751.  He  resided  in  his 
native  town,  on  the  homestead.  He  married 
(first)  Deborah,  born  1662,  died  before  1695, 
daughter  of  John  and  Magdalen  (Bullard) 
Partridge.  He  married  (second)  Susanna, 
born  in  Sherborn,  Massachusetts,  May  10, 
1667,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Mary  (Hill) 
Breck,  Medway  record  says :  "Susanna,  sec- 
ond wife  of  John,  senior,  died  28  May,  1744." 
Among  his  children  was  Obadiah,  see  for- 
ward. 

(I\')  Obadiah,  son  of  John  Adams,  was 
born  in  Medway,  Massachusetts,  January  20, 
1689,  died  November  22,  1765,  in  his  seventy- 
seventh   year.      Fie  married,   April   24,    1716, 


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Christian  Sanford,  of  Mendon,  Massachusetts, 
daughter  of  Deacon  Thomas  Sanford.  She 
died  July  21,  1777,  in  her  eightieth  year. 
Among  their  children  was  Nathan,  see  for- 
ward. 

(V)  Nathan,  son  of  Obadiah  Adams,  was 
born  in  Medway,  Massachusetts,  December  3, 
1723,  died  January  26,  1800.  He  inherited 
the  homestead  in  West  Medway,  one-half  mile 
south  of  Obadiah  Adams.  He  made  his  will, 
November,  1794,  and  it  was  proved  March  4, 
1800.  He  married.  May  9,  1750,  Kezia,  born 
November  17,  1730,  daughter  of  Eleazer  and 
Hannah  (Daniel)  Thompson.  Among  their 
children  was  Elijah,  see  forward. 

(VI)  Elijah,  son  of  Nathan  Adams,  was 
born  in  West  Medway,  January  7,  1753, 
died  in  Hubbardston,  Massachusetts, 
December  17,  181 7,  having  settled  there  in 
1774.  He  was  a  soldier  of  the  revolution  and 
claimed  a  pension  for  services  in  same.  He 
married,  April  14,  1774,  Lizzie,  born  October 
8,  1753,  died  December  31,  1833,  daughter  of 
Ezekiel  and  Rebecca  (Cousins)  Morse,  of 
Holliston,  Massachusetts.  Children,  all  born 
in  Hubbardston,  Massachusetts:  i.  Abner, 
December  29,  1774,  died  in  West  Brattle- 
boro,  Vermont,  August  10,  1856;  mar- 
ried (first)  April  17,  1797,  Molly  Under- 
wood, who  died  in  West  Brattleboro, 
Vermont,  March  12,  1819,  aged  forty- 
six;  married  (second)  Rhoda  Rheeves, 
who  died  October  28,  1877,  aged  eighty-eight 
years,  seven  months.  2.  Lizzie,  March  12, 
1777,  died  October  12,  1785.  3.  Lydia,  March 
31,  1779,  died  June  25,  1823:  married,  Octo- 
ber 24,  1805,  Thomas  Lazelle.  4.  Elijah,  March 
27,  1781,  died  October  22,  1785.  5.  David, 
April  I,  1783,  died  October  28,  1785.  6.  Azu- 
bah,  June  16,  1785,  died  October  22,  1798.  7. 
Elisha,  see  forward.  8.  Isabel,  December  23, 
1789,  died  March  4,  1865  ;  married,  December 
21,  1813,  Josephus  Clifford:  he  died  October 

15,  1876.  9.  Rhoda,  March  22,  1792,  died 
October  23,  1875;  married,  January  31,  1815, 
Willard  Earle,  of  Worcester,  Massachusetts ; 
he  died  June  17,  185 1.  10.  Rebecca,  Febru- 
ary 13,  1795,  died  October  i,  1798. 

(VII)  Elisha,  son  of  Elijah  Adams,  was 
born  in  Hubbardston,  Massachusetts,  August 

16,  1787,  died  there  July  14,  1868.  He  mar- 
ried, October  12,  1808,  Betsey  Parmenter, 
daughter  of  Richard  and  Grace  (Parmenter) 
Dean,  of  Oakham,  Massachusetts ;  she  died 
May  26,  1859,  aged  seventy  years.  Children, 
born  in  Hubbardston,  Massachusetts:  i.  Ab- 
ner Sumner,  October  4,  1809:  he  removed  to 
Virginia  and  was  engaged  in  quarrying  in  the 
James  river  section ;  not  heard  from  since 
1861.    2.  Elisha  Edson,  July  18,  1812;  removed 


to  St.  Louis  ;  died  in  Peoria,  Illinois,  unmar- 
ried, October  14,  1871.  3.  Mary,  September 
7,  1814,  died  in  Gardner,  Massachusetts,  Sep- 
tember 22,  1895  ;  married,  June  16,  1842,  Abial 
G.  Thomas,  of  Rutland,  Massachusetts ;  he 
died  in  Springfield,  Massachusetts,  March  28, 
1892 ;  their  son  resides  in  Springfield.  4. 
Elijah,  May  14,  1818,  died  March  18,  1842. 
5.  Silas,  August  31,  1820,  died  August  16, 
1884,  in  Gardner,  Massachusetts ;  married 
(first)  April  18,  1845,  Roxa  Hunting,  who 
died  June  21,  i860;  married  (second)  March 
10,  1863,  Pamelia  A.,  born  August  22,  1832, 
daughter  of  Jesse  and  Betsey  E.  Temple,  of 
Gilsum,  New  Hampshire.  6.  Rhoda  Eliza- 
beth, June  12,  1823,  died  in  Fitchburg,  Massa- 
chusetts, October  6,  1856;  married,  November 
20,  1849,  George  W.  Plummer,  who  died  in 
Manchester,  New  Hampshire,  October  21, 
1895.^  7.  Nelson,  see  forward. 

(VIII)  Nelson,  son  of  Elisha  Adams,  was 
born  in  Hubbardston,  Massachusetts,  July  6, 
183 1.  At  an  early  age  he  went  to  Fitchburg 
and  engaged  in  chair  making  for  Alonzo 
Davis,  but  soon  went  to  be  a  drover  with 
John  Lowe,  who  had  interests  in  Rindge,  New 
Hampshire,  and  the  Brighton  market,  near 
Boston,  dealing  in  cattle,  sheep  and  the  cele- 
brated Morgan  horses.  In  the  winter  he 
worked  in  various  packing  houses  in  Boston, 
frequenting  the  fine  markets  there  and  be- 
coming familiar  with  the  processes  of  manu- 
facture, so  that  when  a  small  branch  of  the 
business  was  for  sale  in  Leominster,  Massa- 
chusetts, he  bought  it  and  removed  to  Fitch- 
burg, his  first  established  location.  In  1857 
he  disposed  of  the  Fitchburg  business  and 
went  to  New  Haven,  Connecticut,  driving  his 
own  Morgan  horses,  with  his  dog  following 
on.  He  bought  out  a  small  business  in  Fair 
Haven  and  established  his  factory  on  Goffe 
street.  New  Haven,  on  land  leased  of  Alfred 
Todd,  a  prominent  market  man  of  the  city, 
with  whom  he  made  his  home  for  a  time.  He 
soon  had  the  by-product  business  of  New 
Haven  county  in  hand  and  removed  to  Beaver 
Pond,  where  he  built  a  modern  factory ;  later 
works  were  built  in  Fair  Haven,  where  a 
warehouse  for  finished  products  was  estab- 
lished. Meanwhile  Mr.  Adams  either  bought 
or  established  factories  in  Bridgeport,  Water- 
bury,  New  York  City,  Hartford  and  Spring- 
field, successively,  having  partners  in  those 
different  places.  The  New  York  plant  at  383 
West  Forty-sixth  street  was  entirely  whole- 
sale. For  over  forty  years  Mr.  Adams  con- 
tinued to  manufacture,  supervise,  bu}'  and  sell 
up  and  down  the  Atlantic  coast  from  Maine  to 
Delaware,  until  the  refrigerating  system  came 
in  and  the  by-products  were  manufactured  by 


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the  great  western  packers  there.  He  had  fol- 
lowed the  trend  of  affairs  and  gradually  sold 
out  his  factories,  occupying  himself  in  manu- 
facturing interests  and  developing  the  real  es- 
tate, which  had  become  yearly  more  valuable.  It 
was  no  trifling  change  that  came  over  his  by- 
product business  when  western  refrigeration 
became  a  factor.  It  reduced  the  amount  of 
tonnage  on  coastwise  vessels,  and  interests 
that  stood  in  its  way  had  to  be  removed.  The 
fertilizer  manufacturing  and  shipping  depart- 
ments under  chemical  treatment  became 
changed  entirely;  the  western  packers  having 
in  their  hands  the  ammoniates,  and  south- 
ern establishments  took  possession  of  the  phos- 
phate deposit  mines  and  a  combine  came  that 
no  individual  plant,  such  as  had  been  estab- 
lished by  Mr.  Adams,  could  compete  success- 
fully, hence  it  required  more  tact  in  closing 
out  business  without  loss  than  it  did  to  estab- 
lish them  except,  perhaps,  one  or  two  special- 
ties and  these  were  not  desirable  to  maintain. 

In  1897  Mr.  Adams  removed  with  his  family 
to  Spring-field,  Massachusetts,  and  makes  his 
home  on  the  estate  he  bought  of  D.  B.  Wes- 
son, in  the  Forest  Park  district,  at  "Fountain 
Side."  During  all  his  business  transactions, 
through  panics  and  war,  he  has  preserved  his 
solvency  imaided.  He  is  an  admirer  of  nature 
and  the  romantic  beauty  of  his  well-wooded 
estate  at  "Fountain  Side,"  with  its  abundant 
flowing  springs  of  water,  are  a  constant  joy 
to  the  family.  He  is  a  member  of  many  so- 
cieties, such  as  the  American  1  lumane  Asso- 
ciation, the  Connecticut  Humane  Society,  the 
Connecticut  Equal  Suffrage  League,  the  Sea- 
man's Friend  Society,  the  Mew  England  His- 
torical and  Genealogical  Society,  and  locally 
of  the  Connecticut  Valley  Historical  Society 
and  the  Ethical  Union. 

Mr.  Adams  married,  October  6,  1868,  Jennie 
Edgerton,  daughter  of  Thomas  P.  and  Sarah 
M.  (Parsons)  Dickerman,  ofNew  Haven,  Con- 
necticut. Children,  born  in  New  Haven,  Con- 
necticut: I.  Burton  Sumner,  August  17, 
1869,  died  January  27,  1878.  2.  Grace  Eliza- 
beth, September  23,  1872 ;  married,  April  3, 
1895,  in  New  Haven,  Frank  Seaman  Valen- 
tine, of  Freeport,  Long  Island ;  they  reside 
in  Springfield :  children :  Cora  Mildred,  born 
March  22,  1807,  in  Springfield:  Ruby  Louise, 
born  January  31,  1904,  in  Springfield.  3. 
Mary  Louise,  June  2,  1874,  died  in  Southing- 
ton,  Connecticut,  October  4,  1874,  buried  in 
New  Llaven. 


The   name    Harwood    is    of 
HARWOOD     Saxon  origin,  and  was  an- 
ciently     spelled      Herward, 
Horwade  and  Whorwood.     According  to  the 


Domesday  Book,  Hereward  had  lapds  in 
the  counties  of  Lincoln  and  Warwick,  before 
the  Conquest.  He  was  a  son  of  Leofric,  Earl 
of  Mercia,  and  Lord  of  Bourne,  in  Lincoln- 
shire and  the  marshes  adjoining.  He  was 
chosen  by  the  prelates  and  nobility,  who  retired 
to  the  Isle  of  Ely  after  the  Conqueror's  inva- 
sion, to  be  the  general  of  their  forces.  He 
was  the  last  Earl  of  Mercia  who  resided  at 
Bourne  and  was  buried  in  the  Abbey  there. 
Sir  Robert  Harwood  is  mentioned  as  bearing 
the  arms  "d'azure  a  une  fesse  gabonne  de 
goules  at  de  vert  iij  hewtes  de  argent."  This 
family  continued  in  the  county  of  Lincoln  and 
around  Bourne  for  many  centuries,  and  one 
of  the  last  was  George  Harwood,  a  merchant 
of  London,  who  entered  his  pedigree  in  the 
visitation  for  Cornhill  in  1634.  He  was  a  son 
of  William  Harwood,  of  Thurlby,  near 
Bourne,  county  Lincoln,  and  was  a  brother 
of  Sir  Edward  Harwood,  Knight,  of  whom 
Fuller  says :  "His  birth  was  gentle  and  from 
a  root  fit  to  engraft  his  future  education  and 
excellency."  In  the  visitation  of  London  in 
1634,  George  Harwood  is  recorded  as  bearing 
the  same  arms  as  were  borne  by  Sir  Robert 
Harwood.  There  were  fam.ilies  of  this  line 
in  counties  Stafford  and  Oxford,  who  spelled 
their  names  Harewade,  Whorwood  and  Har- 
wood, and  had  arms :  "arg.  a  chevron  be- 
tween three  stags'  heads  cabashed  sa.",  and 
they  were  of  Compton,  Sandwell  and  Stourton 
Castle,  in  Stafford  county,  and  of  Holton  in 
Oxford  county.  In  the  Staffordshire  family 
was  Sir  William  Whorwood,  Knight  Attorney 
General  to  King  Henry  VIII.  The  name 
was  well  represented  in  early  settlements  in 
America :  several  were  in  Virginia  and  Mary- 
land, and  one,  George  Harwood,  was  the 
first  treasurer  of  the  Massachusetts  Com- 
pany, but  did  not  come  to  America  himself. 

(I)  Henry  Harwood,  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  born  in  England.  He  came  to  Massa- 
chusetts with  the  Winthrop  Company  and  was 
admitted  freeman,  March  4,  1633.  He  mar- 
ried,   in    England,    Elizabeth  .      He    was 

given  land  at  the  end  of  his  ten-acre  lot,  a 
little  land,  three-quarters  of  an  acre,  March 
4,  1643,  at  Salem.  Savage  says  he  died  in 
1630,  but  this  record  appears  to  show  that 
he  was  living  in  1643.  He  appears  to  have 
lived  for  some  years  at  Boston  and  Charles- 
town.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Charlestown 
Church,  dismissed  from  Boston.  ("Winthrop 
vol.  I,  p.  30)  tells  of  his  suffering  in  a  storm. 
He  was  doubtless  a  mariner.  He  had  a  son 
John,  mentioned  below. 

(II)  John,  son  of  Henry  Harwood,  was 
bapti-'ed  Tune  3.  1632,  died  in  i6qo.  He  set- 
tled  in    Salem   in  what   is   now    the   town   of 


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Peabody.     He  married,  July  11,  1659,  Emma 

.     The  inventory  of  his  estate  was  filed 

November  20,  1690,  by  Samuel  Cutterson  and 
Zachariah  Marsh,  Sr.,  amounting  to  one  hun- 
dred and  thirteen  pounds,  twelve  shillings,  as 
returned  by  Emm.  Harwood,  widow,  and 
Jonathan,  his  son,  March  14,  1690-91,  when 
administration  was  granted  to  them.  Under 
agreement,  March  2,  1690-91,  the  estate  was 
divided,  but  to  remain  intact  as  long  as  the 
widow  lived,  (p.  45,  Essex  Inst.  Coll.  vol.  5). 
Children:  John,  Jonathan  (mentioned  below) 
David  and  Alice. 

(III)  Jonathan,  son  of  John  Harwood,  was 
born  in  Salem,  June  18,  1666.  He  married 
Rebecca  Twiss.  He  sold.  May  31,  1722, 
house  and  ten  acres  of  land  to  his  son,  Jona- 
than, for  a  hundred  pounds  and  removed  to 
Sutton,  Massachusetts.  He  made  another 
deed,  for  love  and  affection,  to  the  same  son 
of  a  corner  right  of  land  formerly  owned  by 
his  father.  Children :  Jonathan,  married  at 
Lynn,  intention  dated  December  28,  1749, 
Sarah  Jacobs  (this  may  be  his  son).  Daniel, 
settled  in  Sutton.     David,  mentioned  below. 

(IV)  David,  son  of  Jonathan  Harwood,  was 
born  in  Salem  about  1700-10.  He  removed 
to  Sutton  among  the  first  settlers.  He 
married,  September  6,  1739,  Elizabeth 
Stearns.  Children,  born  at  Sutton :  David, 
May  28,  1740,  Elizabeth,  October  4,  1742. 
Ezra,  August  29,  1744.  Persis,  January  14, 
1747.  Jonathan,  mentioned  below;  Hannah, 
July  2,  1751 ;  Ebenezer,  February  11,  1753. 

(V)  Jonathan  (2),  son  of  David  Har- 
wood, was  born,  according  to  the  town  rec- 
ords. September  8,  1748,  in  Sutton,  Massa- 
chusetts ;  the  date  September  19,  1748,  was 
probably  calculated  from  the  age  at  death  and 
allows  eleven  days  for  the  change  in  calendar 
in  1752.  In  1785  he  removed  from  Stur- 
bridge,  Massachusetts,  to  West  Stafford,  Con- 
necticut, where  he  lived  the  remainder  of  his 
life.  He  was  a  farmer  by  occupation,  and  the 
house  in  which  he  lived  is  still  standing.  He 
married  Mary  Witt,  and  they  had  thirteen 
children,  seven  born  in  Sturbridge,  and  the 
remainder  in  West  Staft'ord.  Jonathan  Har- 
wood was  a  Methodist  in  religion,  and  took  a 
deep  interest  in  church  work.  Children : 
David,  born  August  28,  1772;  Betsey,  Sep- 
tember 10,  1774;  Jonathan,  September  4,  1776, 
died  young;  Henry,  August  21,  1780;  Mary, 
September  i,  1781 ;  Asa,  March  11,  1783; 
Crispus,  December  7,  1784 ;  Keziah,  Septem- 
ber 4,  1786;  Orrin,  August  8,  1788,  mentioned 
below ;  Samuel,  November  20,  1791 ;  Lura, 
July  28,  1793;  Margery,  August  12,  1795,  died 
young;  Ebenezer,  June  7,  1797. 

(VI)  Orrin,  son  of  Jonathan  (2)  Harwood, 


was  born  August  8,  1788,  in  West  Stafford. 
Although  his  health  was  poor,  he  lived  to  be 
nearly  a  century  old.  He  was  a  shoemaker 
by  trade,  and  also  a  farmer.  When  he  was 
fifty  years  old  a  physician  told  him  that  the 
end  was  not  far  oS,  but  he  survived  his  second 
wife  by  many  years.  He  was  a  devout  Metho- 
dist and  much  interested  in  church  work.  He 
was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  church  in 
Stafford,  and  was  widely  known  in  that  con- 
nection, as  his  house  was  the  stopping-place 
of  the  circuit  riders  who  spent  only  a  short 
time  in  each  location.  He  was  a  class  leader 
of  great  character  and  power,  and  his  home 
was  the  center  of  Methodist  influence  in  West 
Stafford.  A  class  leader  did  a  pastor's  work 
to  a  large  extent,  and  the  success  of  the  work 
in  a  new  neighborhood  depended  much  on  the 
efficiency  of  that  officer.  Orrin  Harwood  mar- 
ried (first)  in  181 1,  Charlotte  Spellman ;  mar- 
ried (second),  December  8,  1852,  Mrs.  Polly 
B.  Bartlett,  whom  he  survived. 

(VII)  Francis  Asbury,  son  of  Orrin  and 
Charlotte  (Spellman)  Harwood,  was  born 
May  12,  1817,  in  Ludlow,  Massachusetts,  died 
January  24,  1884,  in  Stafford  Springs,  Con- 
necticut. He  was  a  farmer  for  several  years 
in  West  Stafford,  but  in  1842  he  began  a  mer- 
cantile career  in  Stafford  Springs,  with  only 
one  competitor,  L.  W.  Crane,  who  owned  a 
store  which  was  originally  established  by  the 
Granite  Mill  Company,  and  stood  near  the 
present  "Central  House."  Mr.  Harwood's 
place  of  business  was  at  the  upper  end  of 
Main  street,  and  both  firms  had  a  large  trade. 
He  had  the  responsible  position  of  first  select- 
man of  the  town  during  the  war  of  the  rebel- 
lion. It  required  a  man  of  unusual  ability  to 
carry  through  measures  so  that  they  satisfied 
everyone.  He  was  a  Republican  in  politics. 
He  sold  his  business  several  years  before  his 
death  and  retired.  In  religion  he  was  a 
Methodist,  and  was  an  active  worker  in  the 
church,  being  one  of  the  trustees  at  the  time 
of  his  death.  His  interest  in  all  good  works 
and  his  zeal  in  carrying  them  out,  gained  for 
him  high  respect  and  admiration  on  all  sides. 
He  married,  April  7,  1841,  Clarissa,  born  Sep- 
tember 9,  1821,  died  December  13,  1898,  in 
Stafford  Springs,  daughter  of  Calvin  and  Polly 
Belinda  (Hutchinson)  Luther.  Children:  Cal- 
vin L.,  mentioned  below;  Charles  Francis, 
born  June  25,  1849,  ^o-w  treasurer  of  the 
Stafford  Savings  Bank,  and  a  prominent  citi- 
zen in  the  town ;  married  Ella  A.  Pember,  of 
Stafford,  and  they  have  a  daughter,  Grace 
Emma. 

(VIII)  Calvin  L.,  son  of  Francis  Asbury 
Harwood,  was  born  in  Stafford,  June  24,  1844. 
He  attended  the  public  schools  there  and  the 


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academics  at  East  Greenwich,  Rhode  Island, 
and  Wilbraham,  Massachusetts.     At  the  age 
of  twenty-four  he  came  to  Norwich,  and  after 
serving  as  a  bookkeeper  for  the  wholesale  boot 
and  shoe  house  of  G.  A.  Jones,  Jr..  for  two 
years,  engaged  in  the  wholesale  grocery  busi- 
ness  with   Hammond   &  Company,   and  later 
became  a  member  of   the  firm  of  Lippitt   & 
Harwood,  which  succeeded  Hammond  &  Com- 
pany.    After  ten  years  of  successful  business 
this    firm    dissolved    and    was    succeeded    by 
Harwood   &   Company.     Twelve   years  later, 
January  i,  1893,  it  was  again  changed  to  Har- 
wood, Bishop  &  Bidwell.     It  is  recognized  as 
the  largest  wholesale  grocery  firm  in  eastern 
Connecticut  and  conducts  a  prosperous  busi- 
ness, having  an  entire  building  of  three  floors 
and  a  basement  at  No.  45  Water  street.     Mr. 
Harwood   from   the   outset   demonstrated   his 
eminent  fitness  for  a  business  career,  and  his 
success  was  the  most  practical  evidence  of  his 
efficiency  and  ability.     His  standing  was  won 
by  the   fairest  methods  and  his  position  was 
therefore   unquestioned.      He   was   a   staunch 
Republican.    In  1891  he  was  elected  alderman, 
and  during  his  term  served  as  chairman  of  the 
committee    on   public   grounds ;    in    1893    was 
elected  mayor  of  the  city,  overcoming  a  Demo- 
cratic   majority    and    receiving    a    gratifying 
plurality ;    in    1895    he    was    re-elected    for    a 
second  term,   serving  four  years   in  all.     He 
gave  the  city  a  good,  business-like  administra- 
tion, in  keeping  with  his  personal  character- 
istics and  success  in  his  own  affairs,  thus  in- 
creasing the  esteem  in  which  his  fellow  citizens 
held  him.     He  was   elected  a  trustee   of  the 
Norwich  Savings  Society  and  also  a  director, 
having  held  the  latter  office  over  fifteen  years. 
In  March,   1910,  he  was  elected  a  vice-presi- 
dent,  being  the   third   vice-president   to    pass 
away  within  a  month.     He  was  a  director  of 
the  Merchants  National  Bank  for  a  number 
of  years.     He  was  a  member  of  the  first  board 
of  trustees  of  the  Norwich  State  Hospital  for 
the  Insane;  in  the  original  planning  of  this 
work  he  took  a  deep  interest ;  his  counsel  was 
always  timely  and  practical,  and  as  a  member 
of  the  finance   committee   he  gave   freely   of 
his  time  and  strength.    He  was  elected  a  trus- 
tee of  the  Industrial  School  for  Girls  at  Mid- 
dletown,   succeeding   the   late   L.   A.   Gallup. 
Some  years  since  he  served  as  president  of  the 
Southern    New   England   Wholesale   Grocers" 
Association,  and  was  treasurer  of  the  Norwich, 
Colchester  &  Hartford  Traction  Company. 

Mr.  Harwood  united  with  the  former  East 
Main  Street  Methodist  Episcopal  Church, 
taught  a  class  in  the  Sunday  school  and  served 
as  treasurer  of  the  church.  When  the  Metho- 
dist churches   were   consolidated  and  Trinity 


Methodist  Episcopal  Church  organized,  he 
transferred  his  membership  to  it ;  he  was  a 
trustee  and  member  of  the  finance  committee 
from  its  organization  and  was  a  member  of 
the  building  committee  of  the  church.  He  was 
a  thirty-second  degree  ilason,  having  been  a 
member  of  St.  James  Lodge,  No.  23,  Free 
and  Accepted  Masons,  and  all  the  local 
Masonic  bodies,  as  well  as  Sphinx  Temple, 
Mystic  Shrine,  of  Hartford.  He  was  also  a 
member  of  the  Masonic  Temple  corporation, 
and  belonged  to  the  Ancient  Order  of  United 
Workmen.  Mr.  Harwood  was  a  man  of  the 
highest  integrity,  and  during  his  long  business 
career  gained  the  respect  and  esteem  of  all 
with  whom  he  came  in  contact.  He  possessed 
the  kindliest  disposition,  was  ever  thoughtful 
of  others  in  small  things  as  well  as  great. 
The  aft'ectionate  regard  in  which  he  was  held 
by  a  large  circle  is  particularly  attested  by  the 
sincere  tributes  paid  him  by  business  competi- 
tors and  his  employees.  He  possessed  the 
rare  faculty  of  being  able  to  grasp  the  essen- 
tial facts  of  an  intricate  'or  obscure  proposi- 
tion, and  clarity  of  expression  made  him  of 
great  service  to  the  numerous  interests  with 
which  he  was  identified.  To  his  family  his 
loss  is  irreparable,  and  the  community  loses 
a  citizen  of  a  type  none  too  common. 

Mr.  Harwood  married,  September  26,  1865, 
Ellen  A.  White,  of  Hinsdale,  New  York, 
daughter  of  John  C.  and  Sarah  B.  (Potter) 
White,  the  former  a  native  of  Northfield, 
Massachusetts.  Children:  i.  Clara  E.,  born 
March  16,  1870 ;  married  G.  B.  Dolbeare,  who 
holds  an  important  position  in  the  Norwich 
Savings  Society;  child,  Harwood  Burrows 
Dolbeare,  born  May  11,  1899.  2.  Mary  E.,  born 
May  29,  1877,  died  at  age  of  fourteen  months. 
3.  Francis  C,  born  August  27,  1879,  twin, 
bookkeeper  in  the  employ  of  the  firm  with 
which  his  father  was  connected  ;  married  Mary 
I.  Griswold,  of  Norwich ;  children :  Percival 
Francis,  born  March  21,  1902,  and  Roger 
Griswold,  died  December  3,  1907,  aged  two 
years,  one  month.  '4.  Alice  W.,  twin,  died  at 
age  of  fourteen  months. 

Mr.  Harwood  died  in  Staft'ord  Springs,  Con- 
necticut, March  31,  1910.  There  was  a  very 
large  attendance  at  the  funeral  services  held  in 
Trinity  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  Norwich, 
including  a  representative  gatheringof  business 
men,  as  well  as  representatives  of  the  Nor- 
wich Savings  Society,  Merchants  National 
Bank,  Court  of  Common  Council,  Sedgwick 
Post,  No.  I,  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic, 
Citizens  Corps,  and  Knights  Templar.  A  fit- 
ting eulogy  was  delivered  by  Rev.  Dr.  M.  S. 
Kaufman,  who  conducted  the  services.  Inter- 
ment was  in  Yantic  cemetery. 


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Thomas  Fitch,  the  English  pro- 
FITCH  genitor,  was  born  in  England 
about  1590,  died  in  1645.  He  in- 
herited an  estate  near  Braintree,  Essex  county, 
England.  He  married,  August  8,  161 1,  Annie 
Pew.  After  his  death  the  widow  and  three 
sons  came  to  New  England,  where  two  sons 
had  already  located.  Children,  mentioned  in 
will:  I.  Thomas,  came  to  America  in  1638, 
settled  in  Norwalk ;  in  1663  was  one  of  the 
wealthiest  citizens,  from  whom  in  three  gen- 
erations each  bearing  the  name  of  Thomas 
Fitch,  descended  Governor  Thomas  Fitch,  who 
was  at  the  head  of  the  colony  of  Connecticut 
from  1754  to  1760.  2.  John,  of  Windsor;  left 
no  issue.  3.  James,  mentioned  below.  4.  Na- 
thaniel. 5.  Jeremy.  6.  Samuel,  of  Hartford. 
7.  Joseph,  settled  in  Norwalk  in  1652;  in 
Northampton,  Massachusetts,  in  1655 ;  of 
Flartford,  Connecticut,  in  1660:  married  Mary, 
daughter  of  Rev.  Samuel  Stone,  a  founder  of 
Hartford ;  removed  to  Windsor.  8.  Mary.  9. 
Anna.  10.  Sara.  The  will  of  Thomas  Fitch, 
of  Bocking,  Essex  county,  England,  is  dated 
II  December,  1632,  proved  12  February,  1632 
(O.  S.). 

(II)  Rev.  James  Fitch,  immigrant  ancestor, 
son  of  Thomas  Fitch,  was  born  at  Bocking, 
county  Essex,  England,  December  24,  1622. 
He  came  to  America  when  only  sixteen  years 
'  old,  in  a  company  of  thirteen  young  men,  all 
of  whom  intended  to  enter  the  ministry,  and 
he  was  placed  under  the  instruction  of  Messrs. 
Hooker  and  Stone  at  Hartford,  where  he  re- 
mained seven  years.  He  married  (first)  Oc- 
tober 18,  1648,  Abigail,  daughter  of  Rev. 
Henry  and  Dorothy  (Sheafife)  Whitfield,  the 
former  of  whom  was  minister  at  Guilford, 
Connecticut,  and  the  latter  a  daughter  of  Dr. 
Edmond  and  Joanna  SheafTe,  of  Crawbrook, 
Kent,  England.  She  died  September  9,  1659, 
and  he  married  (second),  October  1664,  Pris- 
cilla,  daughter  of  Major  John  Mason.  In 
1646  he  was  ordained  pastor  of  a  church 
formed  at  Saybrook,  and  in  1660,  after  the 
death  of  his  first  wife,  he  and  a  part  of  his 
church  moved  to  Norwich.  He  learned  the 
language  of  the  Indians  and  went  among  them, 
teaching  them  and  winning  their  friendship, 
even  though  the  Mohegan  sachems  refused 
to  come  to  his  belief.  Large  tracts  of  land 
were  conveyed  to  them  either  in  trust  or  as 
absolute  grants;  a  tract  five  miles  in  length 
and  one  in  breadth,  located  in  the  present  town 
of  Lebanon,  was  conveyed  by  Owaneco  to 
Mr.  Fitch,  and  on  this  land  some  of  his  child- 
ren settled.  He  died  among  them  in  1702, 
aged  eighty.  He  preached  the  election  sermon 
in  1674,  and  it  is  the  oldest  election  sermon 
of  the  Connecticut  ministry  which  has  been 


saved,  and  perhaps  was  the  first  one  preached. 
In  addition  to  his  clerical  labors,  he  educated 
several  young  men  for  the  ministry ;  among 
those  who  received  at  least  a  part  of  their 
ministerial  training  from  him  being  the  Rev. 
Samuel  Whiting,  of  Windsor ;  Rev.  Taylor,  of 
Westfield ;  Rev.  Adams,  of  New  London. 
Children  by  first  wife  :  i.  James,  born  August 
2,  1649,  settled  in  Canterbury.  2.  Abigail, 
August,  1650.  3.  Elizabeth,  January,  1652. 
4.  Hannah,  September,  1653.  5.  Samuel, 
April,  1655,  mentioned  below.  6.  Dorothy, 
April,  1658.  Children  by  second  wife:  7. 
Daniel,  August  16;  1665,  made  his  home  in 
the  North  Parish  of  New  London.  8.  John, 
January,  1667,  settled  in  Windham.  9.  Jere- 
miah, September,  1670.  10.  Jabez,  April,  1672, 
was  a  minister ;  lived  in  Ipswich  and  Ports- 
mouth. II.  Ann,  April,  1675.  12.  Nathaniel, 
1679.  13.  Joseph,  1681.  14.  Eleazer,  May  14, 
1683. 

(III)  Samuel,  son  of  Rev.  James  Fitch,  was 
born  in  April,  1655,  died  in  Preston,  1725. 
He  lived  in  East  Norwich,  in  what  was  called 
Long  Society  in  the  town  of  Preston.  He 
married,  November  28,  1678,  Mary,  born  in 
New  London,  December  10,  1660,  daughter 
of  Benjamin  (died  September  10,  1710)  and 
Ann  (Dart)  Brewster,  who  were  married 
February,  1659:  granddaughter  of  Jonathan 
(died  1659)  and  Lucretia  (died  March,  1679) 
Brewster;  great-granddaughter  of  Elder  Wil- 
liam (died  April  10,  1644)  and  Mary  Brew- 
ster. Children :  Mary,  born  1679 ;  Samuel, 
1681  ;  Hezekiah,  1682;  Elizabeth,  1684;  Abi- 
gail, 1686;  Samuel,  1688;  Benjamin,  1691 ; 
John,  1693 ;  Jabez,  1695 ;  Peletiah,  see  for- 
ward. 

(IV)  Peletiah,  son  of  Samuel  Fitch,  was 
born  in  Mohegan,  1698,  died  in  Preston,  1750. 
He  married  (first)  1723,  Elizabeth  Haskell, 
who  bore  him  one  child,  Abigail,  born  1724. 
Married  (second)  November  2,  1726,  Eliza- 
beth, born  December  9,  1706,  daughter  of 
Samuel  (died  1713)  and  Mary  (Williams) 
Choate  (born  December  20.  1669),  daughter 
of  Stephen  and  Sarah  (Wise)  Williams, 
granddaughter  of  John  (born  1624)  and  Anne 
(born  1637)  Choate,  and  great-granddaughter 
of  Robert  and  Sarah  Choate.  Children  of 
Peletiah  and  Elizabeth  (Choate)  Fitch:  Ben- 
jamin, born  1727;  Jabez,  1729;  Elizabeth, 
1732;  Stephen,  see  forward;  Walter,  1736; 
Mary,  1740;  Ammi,  1742:  Andrew,  March  22, 

1747- 

(V)  Stephen,  son  of  Peletiah  Fitch,  was 
born   in    Preston,    1734.      He   married   Sarah 

.     Children  :     Asa,  see  forward  ;  Walter, 

Clarissa,  also  another  son  and  daughter. 

(VI)  Colonel  Asa,  son  of  Stephen  Fitch, 


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was  born  in  Bozrah,  Connecticut,  February  5, 
1755,  died  August  19,  1844.  He  was  a  pros- 
perous farmer  and  a  manufacturer  of  iron  at 
Fitchville,  Connecticut.  On  February  8,  1781, 
he  married  Susannah  Fitch,  a  descendant  of 
Samuel  Fitch,  who  died  in  1725.  Slie  was 
born  in  Bozrah,  January  4,  1757.  Children: 
Nehemiah  _  H. ;  Lois  F.,  married  Captain 
George  Lee  :  Clarissa  ;  Asa,  born  May  6,  1787  ; 
Susan,  married  Captain  George  Lee,  his  sec- 
ond wife;  Stephen,  August  21,  1790;  Fanny, 
married  Sherwood  Raymond  ;  Douglass,  Feb- 
ruary 18,  1796;  William,  October  27,  1800,  see 
forward;  Clarissa,  June  5,  1802,  married 
Major  John  W.  Haughton,  October  14,  1824. 
(VII)  William,  son  of  Colonel  Asa  Fitch, 
was  born  in  Bozrah,  October  27,  1800.  He 
spent  his  youth  with  his  father,  working  on 
the  farm  in  the  summer,  and  attending  the 
common  schools  in  winter  until  he  was  about 
fifteen  years  old.  He  then  went  to  Colchester 
and  attended  the  Bacon  Academy  from  which 
he  graduated.  He  was  deeply  interested  in 
books  and  study,  and  taught  school  several 
terms  before  he  was  twenty  years  old.  He 
went  to  France  in  1820  or  1821  and  engaged 
in  mercantile  business  there  with  his  brothers, 
Asa  and  Douglass,  under  the  firm  name  of 
Fitch  Brothers  &  Company.  He  returned  to 
the  United  States  about  1825  or  1826  and 
began  business  with  his  brothers  in  New  York 
City,  where  he  remained  until  1848,  and  while 
there  he  had  charge  of  the  entire  correspond- 
ence. On  account  of  his  failing  health,  he  re- 
turned to  his  native  town  where  he  engaged 
for  several  years  in  manufacturing  business 
with  his  brother  Asa.  He  married,  October 
14,  1857,  Mary  E.,  daughter  of  Dr.  Elias  and 
Mary  Ann  (Hillhouse)  Williams.  She  was 
born  in  Bethlehem,  Litchfield  county,  Connec- 
ticut, January  23,  1825,  died  July  12,  1897. 
Her  father  was  born  in  Harwinton,  Connecti- 
cut, September  16,  1797,  son  of  Rev.  Joshua 
Williams,  who  graduated  from  Yale  College  in 
1780,  and  was  a  native  of  Rocky  Hill,  Con- 
necticut, and  for  many  years  was  pastor  of 
the  Congregational  Church  in  Harwinton. 
Rev.  Joshua  Williams'  mother  was  Mary 
Webb ;  Mr.  Williams  was  educated  by  his 
father  and  attended  Yale  College,  and  then 
studied  medicine  with  Dr.  Roswell  Abernethy, 
of  Harwinton.  He  attended  lectures  at  the 
medical  schools  at  New  York  and  New 
Haven  and  was  licensed  to  practice  in 
1822,  when  he  commenced  in  Bethlehem 
with  his  brother-in-law.  Dr.  Conant  Catlin. 
About  1826  he  removed  to  Troy,  New 
York,  and  established  himself  as  a  drug- 
gist, but  his  health  soon  failed  him  and 
he  died  of  consumption  at  Claverack,  Colum- 


bia county.  New  York,  September  28,  1818, 
aged  thirty-one,  while  travelling  between  Troy 
and  New  York.  He  married,  April  3,  1823, 
Mary  Ann  Hillhouse,  of  Montville,  and  left 
one  child,  Mary  E.  Williams  (see  Hillhouse, 
IV).  In  1858  Wilham  Fitch  settled  in  Nor- 
wich town,  and  lived  there  until  his  death, 
December  23,  1880.  He  was  a  Democrat  in 
politics.  He  was  postmaster  of  Fitchville  for 
several  years,  until  he  moved  to  Norwich  town. 
A  friend  wrote  of  him,  after  his  death,  saying : 
''He  was  a  member  of  Trinity  Church,  and 
was  characterized  for  benevolence  among  that 
people.  He  was  a  man  of  generous  impulses, 
and  will  be  missed  by  many  poor  families. 
His  was  a  long  and  useful  life,  peacefully 
closed  with  a  full  hope  of  immortality.  He 
leaves  a  wife  and  five  daughters  to  mourn  his 
loss."  Children:  i.  William  Asa,  born  Aug- 
ust 7,  1858,  died  young.  2.  Marion  Hillhouse, 
September  28,  i860;  married,  April  11,  1882, 
Elihu  G.  Loomis,  and  died  March  21,  1907; 
had  five  children :  Mary  Fitch,  died  young, 
Ralph  Lane,  Hubert  Hillhouse,  Samuel  Lane, 
and  William  Fitch  Loomis.  3.  Susan  Lee, 
born  March  19,  1863 ;  married  William  Rob- 
ert Jewett.  born  October  13,  1861,  son  of 
William  and  Mary  Ann  (Whitehead)  Jewett, 
both  born  in  England,  and  the  children  of  Wil- 
liam Robert  Jewett  are:  Edward  Whitehead, 
William  Fitch,  and  Fannie  Raymond  Jewett. 
4.  Elizabeth  Mason,  born  August  11,  1865; 
married,  April  29,  1885^  William  Nelson  Wil- 
bur; children:  Lawrence  Hillhouse,  William 
Fitch,  Mary  Elizabeth,  Harriet  Mason,  and 
John  Mason  Wilbur.  5.  Fannie  Raymond, 
born  December  22,  1867.  died  July  21,  1890. 
6.  Sarah  Griswold,  December  7,  1871  ;  mar- 
ried Francis  Hillhouse,  July  14,  1897 ;  child- 
ren :  Mary  Fitch,  Frances  Betts,  and  Marian 
Hillhouse. 

(The  Hillhouse  Line). 

( I )  Abraham  Hillhouse  lived  at  Artikelly, 
Ireland.  He  was  among  the  signers  of  an 
address  to  King  William  and  Queen  Mary 
on  the  occasion  of  the  relief  of  the  seige  of 
Londonderry,  dated  July  29,  1669.  He  had 
sons  John  and  James.  James  was  one  of  the 
commissioners  to  treat  with  Lord  Mountjoy 
in  the  memorable  defense  of  Derry  against  the 
forces  of  James  II.  He  was  mayor  of  London 
in   1693. 

(II)  John,  son  of  Abraham  Hillhouse,  was 
of  Free  Hall,  England.  He  died  in  1716, 
leaving  his  estate  to  his  son  Abraham.  His 
wife  died  in  January,  17 17. 

(III)  Rev.  James  Hillhouse,  son  of  John 
Hillhouse,  was  educated  at  the  famous  Uni- 
versity of  Glasgow  in  Scotland,  and  after- 
wards read  divinity  under  Rev.  Mr.  Simson 


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at  the  same  college.  He  was  ordained  by  the 
Presbytery  of  Londonderry  in  Ireland.  He 
seems  to  have  lived  on  or  near  the  ancestral 
home  in  17 16.  Not  long  after  his  mother's 
death  he  came  to  New  England,  probably  with 
other  Presbyterian  immigrants  from  the  north 
of  Ireland  who,  in  17 19,  settled  in  New  Hamp- 
shire, where  the  towns  of  Derry,  Londonderry, 
and  the  Londonderry  Presbytery  still  remain 
as  memorials  of  them.  In  1720  he  came  to 
Boston,  when  he  published  a  sermon  which  he 
had  written  at  his  mother's  death,  but  he  does 
not  seem  to  have  preached  it.  "This  work, 
though  entitled  a  sermon,"  a  historian  says, 
"was  more  properly  a  treatise  in  a  volume  of 
more  than  one  hundred  and  forty  pages." 
Cotton  Mather  speaks  of  him  as  "a  valuable 
minister,''  and  "a  worthy,  hopeful  young  min- 
ister lately  arrived  in  America."  On  Febru- 
^'"y  5>  1721-23,  Joseph  Bradford  was  chosen 
at  a  parish  meeting  of  the  North  Parish  of 
New  London,  now  Montville,  to  request  Mr. 
Saltonstall,  the  governor,  to  write  to  Mr.  Hill- 
house,  requesting  him  to  be  pastor  of  the 
church,  and  on  October  3,  1722,  he  was  in- 
stalled as  pastor.  The  church  was  organized 
only  a  short  time  before  he  came  there.  He 
was  born  about  1687.  He  married,  January 
18,  1726,  Mary,  daughter  of  Daniel  Fitch,  one 
of  his  parishioners.  He  was  pastor  of  the 
church  for  about  sixteen  years,  and  his  early 
death  was  probably  hastened  by  his  many 
cares  and  worries.  He  died  December  15, 
1740,  aged  fifty-three,  and  his  wife  died  Octo- 
ber 25,  1768,  aged  sixty-two.  Children:  John, 
born  December  14,  1726,  died  April  9,  1735; 
William,  August  17,  1728,  mentioned  below; 
James  Abraham,  May  12,  1730;  Rachel,  Jan- 
uary 22,  1735. 

(IV)  Judge  William  Hillhouse,  son  of  Rev. 
James  Hillhouse,  was  born  August  17,  1728. 
He  married  (first),  November  i,  1750,  Sarah 
Griswold,  born  December  2,  1728,  daugh- 
ter of  John  Griswold,  and  sister  of  the  first 
Governor  Griswold.  He  settled  on  the  pater- 
nal estate  at  Montville  and  lived  there  all  his 
life.  He  w^as  a  leading  patriot  in  the  revolu- 
tion and  prominent  in  the  town.  When  he  was 
twenty-seven  he  represented  the  town  in  the 
legislature,  and  held  that  position  for  many 
terms.  In  1785  he  was  elected  an  assistant 
in  the  upper  house,  and  was  also  for  many 
years  a  judge  of  the  county  and  probate  courts. 
He  was  a  major  in  the  Second  Regiment  of 
Cavalry  raised  by  the  state  for  the  revolution. 
When  he  was  eighty,  he  declined  re-election  to 
the  council,  and  retired  from  active  life.  He 
was  tall  and  spare  in  figure,  with  a  dark  com- 
plexion and  overhanging  eyebrows,  very  sim- 
ple in  his  manners  and  quaint  in  speech.     He 


was  very  dignified  and  impressive.  His  wife 
died  March  10,  1777,  and  he  married  (second) 
May  24,  1778,  Delia  Hosmer.  He  died  Janu- 
ary 12,  1816.  Children:  i.  John  Griswold, 
born  August  5,  1751  ;  married  Elizabeth 
Mason,  and  they  had  Mary  y\nn  Hillhouse, 
who  married  Eliar  Vr/illiams  2.  Mary,  April 
10.  1753-  3-  James,  October  20,  1754.  4. 
David,  May  11,  1756.  5.  William,  September 
7'  I7.S7-  6.  Rachel,  August  17,  1760.  7.  Sam- 
uel, January  17,  1762.  8.  Oliver,  November 
ti,  1764.  9.  Thomas,  September  24,  1766.  10. 
Sarah,  May  12,  1773,  died  September  14,  1778. 


Three  pioneers  named 
BLACKMAN  Blackman  came  to  Massa- 
chusetts Bay  Colony  from 
England  before  1640.  Rev.  Adam  Blackman 
was  minister  of  Scituate,  Massachusetts,  and 
afterward  of  Stratford,  Connecticut,  where  he 
died  March  16,  1665,  leaving  children,  John, 
Benjamin,  Joseph,  James,  Samuel  and  Deliv- 
erance and  several  daughters.  Rev.  Benjamin 
Blackman  settled  at  Maiden,  Massachusetts, 
graduate  of  Harvard  College  in  1663;  mar- 
ried, April  I,  1675,  Sarah  Scottow.  The  third 
was  John,  mentioned  below.  According  to 
tradition  they  were  brothers.  The  same  names 
occur  in  each  family.  According  to  a  tradi- 
tion mentioned  by  Elisha  Blackman,  of  Hano- 
ver, Pennsylvania,  the  family  was  wealthy  in 
England,  but  the  property  descended  to  the 
elder  branch,  after  the  law  of  the  land,  and 
the  younger  sons  came  to  America.  The 
Blackman  family  of  London  and  the  East  In- 
dies bears  arms :  Ermine  three  lions  rampant 
within  a  bordure  or.  Crest :  A  griffin  ermine. 
Another  Blackman  armorial :  A  demi-Moor  in 
fetters  crowned  with  an  eastern  coronet.  An- 
other, probably  very  ancient :  A  demi-griffin 
vert. 

(I)  John  Blackman,  immigrant  ancestor  of 
this  family,  was  born  in  England  about  1625, 
died  April  28,  1675,  and  the  inventory  of  his 
estate  is  dated  May  28,  1675.  He  was  one 
of  the  one  hundred  and  two  petitioners  to  the 
general  court,  October  9,  1664,  to  adhere  to 
their  original  patent.  He  was  admitted  a 
freeman  in  1665.  He  married  (first)  about 
1650,   Mary,  daughter  of  Robert  Pond.     He 

married  (second)  about  1669,  Sarah ,  who 

survived  him.  (Children  of  first  wife,  born  at 
Dorchester:  John,  August  10,  1656,  married, 
March  26,  1685,  Jane  Weeks;  Jonathan,  Jan- 
uary  I,    1658;  married,  in    1687,  Leah  ; 

Sarah,  baptized  July  17,  1659;  Joseph,  men- 
tioned below ;  Mary,  baptized  October'  18, 
1663;  Benjamin,  born  December  31,  1665. 
Children  of  second  wife :  Adam,  December 
9,  1670;  Abraham,  February  8,  1674-75. 


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(II)  Joseph,  son  of  John  Blackman,  was 
born  June  27,  1661.  He  removed  to  Little 
Compton,  Rhode  Island ;  about  1709  removed 
to  Freetown,  Massachusetts,  and  in  1717  to 
Lebanon,  Connecticut.  He  was  one  of  the 
organizers  of  the  church  at  Little  Compton 
in  1704  and  at  Freetown  in  1710.  He  bought 
of  Jonathan  Metcalf  one  hundred  and  twenty 
acres  of  land  in  Lebanon,  August  15,  17 17, 
for  six  hundred  pounds.  He  died  at  Lebanon 
and  his  widow,  Elizabeth,  and  son  Elisha  and 
Jonathan  Metcalf  administered  the  estate.  In- 
ventory one  thousand  two  hundred  and  ninety- 
seven  pounds,  nine  shillings,  sixpence,  dated 
Jiily  15,  1720.  He  married,  November  12, 
1685,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Joseph  Church, 
brother  of  the  famous  Captain  Benjamin 
Church,  of  King  Philip's  war.  The  Church 
family  also  lived  in  Dorchester  and  Little 
Compton.  Children:  i.  Benjamin,  born 
about  1686,  died  young.  2.  Ichabod,  March 
8,  1691-92.  3.  Sarah,  January  i,  1694-95.  4. 
Rebecca,  June  5,  1696;  married,  January, 
1722,  Benjamin  Brewster.  5.  Elisha,  Sep- 
tember 23,  1699 ;  married,  January  2,  1723-24, 
Susanna,  daughter  of  Captain  John  and  Han- 
nah (Drake)  Higley  and  sister  of  Hannah 
Fligley,  who  married  Captain  Joseph  Trum- 
bull, father  of  Governor  Jonathan  Trumbull, 
of  Connecticut.  6.  Benjamin,  mentioned  below. 
7.  Mary,  February,  1703-04;  married  Septem- 
ber 17,  1724,  Caleb  Hyde.  8.  Abraham,  July 
II,  1705.  9.  Elizabeth,  September,  1707;  mar- 
ried, June  2,  1724,  Stephen  Powell. 

(III)  Benjamin,  son  of  Joseph  Blackman, 
was  born  November  12,  1701,  at  Little  Comp- 
ton. He  married,  December  17,  1730,  Sarah 
Phelps.  Their  son,  Benjamin,  is  mentioned 
below. 

(IV)  Benjamin  (2),  son  of  Benjamin  (i) 
Blackman,  was  born  at  Lebanon,  Connecticut, 
in  1732,  died  in  1828.  Children:  i.  Captain 
Benjamin,  born  1764,  died  1858,  at  Verona, 
New  York.  2.  Elijah,  mentioned  below.  3. 
Sarah,  July  6,  1771 ;  married  Mason  Tilden ; 
she  died  June  7,  1825  ;  her  grandson.  Commo- 
dore George  M.  Ransom,  was  born  June  18, 
1820,  died  in  Norwich,  Connecticut,  Septem- 
ber 10,  1889. 

(V)  Elijah,  son  of  Benjamin:  (2)  Blackman, 
was  born  in  1766.  He  married  (first)  a  Miss 
Welding;  no  children.  He  married  (second) 
Miss  Spencer,  by  whom  he  had  three  children : 
Orrilla,  Abigail,  Elijah,  who  removed  to  Ver- 
ona, New  York.  He  married  (third)  Char- 
lotte (Ladd)  Smith,  a  widow,  by  whom  he 
had  two  children :  Clarissa,  who  died  young, 
and  Benjamin,  mentioned  below.  Elijah 
Blackman  was  buried  beside  his  second  wife 
in  Andover,  Connecticut. 


(VI)  Benjamin  (3),  son  of  Elijah  Black- 
man,  was  born  March  10,  1810,  died  March 
13,  1872.  He  married,  January  16,  1831, 
Caroline  Fountain,  daughter  of  John  Foun- 
tain Chapman.  She  died  April  4,  1897.  He 
resided  at  Franklin,  Connecticut.  Children: 
I.  Cornelia  Ellerson,  born  December  5,  1831';. 
married  George  W.  Frinck.  2.  John  Foun- 
tain, born  August  2,  1833  >  married  Louise 
Dillaby,  who  died  December,  1897.  3.  Isaac 
Newton,  born  September  17,  1835 ;  married 
Lucy  Ann  Ackley.  4.  Lucy  Ann  Williams,, 
born  March  i,  1837;  died  July  28,  1897;  was 
teacher  in  the  Norwich  Free  Academy,  pupil 
and  teacher  there  for  more  than  thirty  years. 
5.  Caroline  Elizabeth,  born  November  17, 
1838;  has  been  a  school  teacher  for  fifty  years 
in  the  public  schools  of  Norwich,  Connecticut,, 
and  in  her  private  school,  which  she  conducted 
for  fourteen  years.  6.  Antoinette  Johnson,, 
born  September  6,  1840;  married  Samuel  G. 
Hartshorn,  of  Franklin,  Connecticut ;  no  child- 
ren. 7.  Benjamin  Burrill,  born  February  26,. 
1844;  captain  in  the  Forty-third  United  States. 
Infantry,  served  four  years  in  the  civil  war;: 
practiced  law  afterward  and  died  August  12,. 
1888.  8.  Harriet  Louisa,  born  August  13,. 
1847 ;  died  August  18,  1854.  9.  Monroe  Earle, 
(twin),  born  April  14,  1849;  married  Eliza- 
beth Strachan :  is  a  physician  in  Brooklyn, 
New  York.  10.  Marion  Elsie  (twin),  was  a 
teacher  in  the  Norwich  Free  Academy  for 
fifteen  years;  died  May  30,  1887.  11.  Clarissa 
Charlotte,  born  March  20,  1852,  organist  and 
teacher  of  music  in  Norwich  for  many  years. 


John  Downes,  immigrant   an- 
DOWNES     cestor,  was  born   in  England, . 

and  before  1648  had  settled 
in  New  Haven,  Connecticut.  He  was  then  a 
young  man,  an  apprentice.     He  married  Mary 

.       Children :       John,    born     1659,     died 

young;  Samuel,  1662;  Mary,  1665;  Ebenezer, . 
married,  November  28,  1694,  Mary  Umphre- 
ville;  Deliverance,  1669,  mentioned  below; 
Elizabeth,  twin  of  preceding;  Hannah,  1671 ; 
John,  1672;  Daniel,  1674;  Nathaniel,  1676; 
Ruth,  1679. 

(II)  Deliverance,  son  of  John  Downes,  was 
born  in  New  Haven  in  1669.  He  married 
Rebecca,  born  at  Springfield,  1677,  died  at 
Milford,  Connecticut,  February  2,  1740,  daugh- 
ter of  Simon  and  Persis  (Pierce)  Lobdell. 
Her  father  was  one  of  the  "after  planters," 
coming  from  Herefordshire,  England,  about 
1645  ■  was  admitted  a  freeman  at  Hartford, 
May  21,  1657;  went  to  Springfield,  but  re- 
turned to  Milford;  his  wife  Persis,  daughter, 
it  is  thought,  of  Thomas  and  Elizabeth  Pierce, 
of  Charlestown,  Massachusetts,  was  admitted 


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to  the  Milford  Church,  January  7,  1677,  and 
Simon,  January  7,  1710.  Ann  Lobdell,  sister 
of  Simon,  married  Samuel  Terry ;  Elizabeth, 
her  sister,  married  Jonathan  Burt,  and  both 
lived  in  Springfield.  Children  of  Deliverance 
Downes :  Rebecca,  baptized  June  26,  1709; 
married  David  Northey ;  John,  mentioned  be- 
low ;  Mary ;  Elizabeth. 

(III)  John  (2),  son  of  Deliverance  Downes, 
was  baptized  at  Milford,  June  26,  1709,  died 
January  12,  1799.  He  married.  May  24,  1733, 
Ann  Hine,  born  February  19,  171 1,  died  Jan- 
uary 27,  1795. 

(IV)  John  (3),  son  of  John  (2)  Downes, 
was  born  in  Milford,  June  5,  1745.  -He  was  a 
soldier  in  the  revolution,  and  took  part  in 
the  battle  of  Long  Island,  the  battle  of  New 
London,  etc.  He  kept  a  diary  for  more  than 
forty  years,  which  is  still  preserved,  being  in 
the  possession  of  his  great-grandson,  William 
H.  Downes,  of  Boston.  He  married,  Decem- 
ber 14,  1769,  Hannah  Stone,  born  in  1752, 
died  in  1819,  Rev.  Thomas  Hooker,  founder 
of  Hartford,  was  one  of  her  ancestors,  and 
John  Stone,  one  of  the  first  settlers  of  Guil- 
ford, was  another. 

(V)  Horatio,  son  of  John  (3)  Downes,  was 
born  at  Milford,  December  16,  1787,  died  May 
14,  i860 ;  married,  May  27,  1818,  Nancy 
Smith,  born  January  16,  1799,  at  Milford,  died 
August  13,  1855.  Among  her  ancestors  were 
Governor  Robert  Treat,  Rev.  Samuel  An- 
drew, of  Milford,  one  of  the  founders  of  Yale 
College,  and  Edmund  Tapp,  one  of  the  first 
settlers  of  Milford  and  one  of  its  first  five 
judges. 

(VI)  Hon.  William  E.,  son  of  Horatio 
Downes,  was  born  in  Milford,  August  22, 
1824.  He  attended  the  district  schools  of  his 
native  town,  and  prepared  for  college  under 
the  tuition  of  Rev.  Asa  M.  Train,  of  Milford, 
entering  Yale  College  in  1841  and  graduating 
in  the  class  of  1845.  He  studied  law  in  the 
office  of  Hon.  Alfred  Blackman,  of  New 
Haven,  and  in  the  Yale  Law  School.  He  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  at  Danbury,  Connecticut, 
in  1848,  and  in  December  following  opened  an 
office  in  Birmingham  (now  Derby)  Connecti- 
cut, where  he  practiced  his  professidn  until 
1863.  He  then  succeeded  his  father-in-law  in 
the  management  of  the  Howe  Manufacturing 
Company  of  Birmingham,  and  continued  most 
successfully  until  he  retired  in  1875.  He  was 
an  able  and  distinguished  lawyer  and  he  won 
the  respect  and  confidence  of  the  community, 
especially  of  his  clients.  In  his  business  as  a 
manufacturer  of  pins,  he  won  a  high  position 
as  well  as  a  handsome  competence.  After  he 
retired  from  manufacturing,  he  devoted  him- 
self to  various  positions  of  public  and  private 


trust.  For  a  decade  or  more  he  was  president 
of  the  Derby  Savings  Bank.  He  was  a  direc- 
tor and  member  of  the  executive  committtee 
of  the  Ousatonic  Water  Company;  director  in 
many  other  corporations  and  institutions  of 
Derby  and  vicinity.  He  was  one  of  the  prime 
movers  in  securing  the  charter  for  the  water 
company  from  the  legislature.  As  early  as 
1855  he  was  a  representative  to  the  general 
assembly  from  the  town  of  Derby,  and  again 
in  1882-83.  He  took  a  prominent  part  in  estab- 
lishing the  board  of  pardons  of  the  state  and 
was  chiefly  instrumental  in  procuring  the  pas- 
sage of  the  "Act  concerning  Insane  Persons" 
in  1889,  and  it  may  be  said  that  few  legislators 
have  accomplished  more  in  the  same  length  of 
time.  For  several  years,  at  no  little  sacrifice, 
he  filled  the  office  of  justice  of  the  peace  in 
Derby.  In  politics  he  was  a  Republican, 
though  sometimes  he  took  an  independent 
stand.  In  religion  he  was  a  Congregationalist. 
He  died  February  i,  1904,  at  DeLand,  Flor- 
ida. His  character  has  been  described  by  a 
contemporary:  "Mr.  Downes  is  possessed  of 
certain  qualities  rarely  found,  as  in  him,  in 
harmonious  combination.  While  a  lover  of 
books  and  reading  and  with  the  instincts  and 
tastes  of  a  scholar,  he  is  at  the  same  time  a 
practical  man  of  affairs,  v,-ith  an  aptitude  for 
.  business  born  in  a  thorough  legal  and  business 
experience.  In  the  many  corporations  with 
which  he  is  connected,  his  opinion  carries 
much  weight  and  his  counsel  is  rarely  disre- 
garded. While  modest  and  retiring  in  disposi- 
tion, and  willing  to  yield  to  the  judgment  of 
others  in  matters  of  minor  importance,  he  is 
steadfast  in  matters  of  principle  and  loyal  to 
his  convictions  at  all  times,  without  regard  to 
consequence.  His  conclusions  are  generally 
reached  only  after  mature  reflection  and  al- 
though they  are  held  with  firmness,  the  firm- 
ness never  degenerates  into  obstinacy.  He  has 
an  instinct  for  justice  and  a  sense  of  honor 
that  feels  a  stairt  like  a  wound.  His  keen 
perception  of  the  humorous  side  of  human 
nature  and  conduct,  coupled  with  a  genial, 
kindly  disposition,  make  him  a  delightful  com- 
panion and  relieves  the  prosiness  of  many  a 
business  meeting." 

He  married,  June  24,  1851,  Jane-  M.,  born 
October  6,  1825,  died  January  5,  1907,  daugh- 
ter of  Dr.  John  Ireland  and  Cornelia  Ann 
(Ireland)  Howe.  Her  father  was  born  in 
1793  in  Ridgefield,  Connecticut,  graduated 
from  the  Medical  University  of  New  York,  and 
for  many  years  practiced  in  New  York  City. 
Dr.  Howe  obtained  a  patent  on  rubber  com- 
pounds as  early  as  1828 ;  in  1832-33  he  devised 
a  machine  for  making  pins  with  solid  heads 
from  spun  or  twisted  wire,  formerly  made  by 


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hand,  and  visited  England,  Belgium  and 
France  to  secure  patents  for  his  invention ;  and 
in  1835  the  Howe  Manufacturing  Company 
was  organized  in  New  York  to  manufacture 
pins.  For  thirty  years  Dr.  Howe  was  at  the 
head  of  this  business ;  in  1838  the  factory  was 
removed  to  Birmingham,  Connecticut,  on  ac- 
count of  the  superior  water  power  available 
there.  In  i860  he  retired  from  business  and 
interested  himself  in  horticulture.  His  origi- 
nal pin-machine  is  now  in  the  National  Mus- 
eum at  Washington.  Dr.  Howe  was  one  of 
the  industrial  leaders  of  his  day ;  he  died  Sep- 
tember 10,  1876,  in  his  eighty-fourth  year. 
Children  of  William  E.  Downes :  i.  Helen 
Guion,  born  March  29,  1852 ;  married,  No- 
vember 2,  1875,  Charles  Elmes  Atwater,  who 
died  August  2,  1908;  children:  Jean  Howe 
Atwater,  born  September  7,  1876 ;  and  Helen 
C.  Atwater,  May  11,  1879.  2.  William  Howe, 
born  March  i,  1854;  married,  September  28, 
1875,  Helen  Louise  Sawyer;  children:  i.  Doro- 
thea Flelen,  March  3,  1878;  married  in  Pasa- 
dena, California,  June  i,  1910,  William  Ernest 
Pierce;  ii.  Dennis  Sawyer,  November  15, 
1879;  married  in  Pasadena,  California,  De- 
cember 5,  1906,  Marion  Lee;  iii.  Barbara 
Howe,  November  i,  1881 ;  iv.  Carl  Sawyer, 
November  9,  1884;  v.  Jerome  Ireland  Howe, 
August  6,  1887 ;  his  first  wife  died  January 
23,  1891,  and  he  married  (second)  Sarah  Olive 
Lowell,  May  16,  1892;  child:  vi.  William  Lo- 
well, born  May  i,  1893.  3.  Catherine  Jane, 
born  August  29,  1857;  married  at  Cairo, 
Egypt,  February  18,  1878,  William  Wallace 
Whiting,  who  died  March  7,  1884 ;  children : 
i.  Susan  Whiting,  born  January  12,  1879,  mar- 
ried, October  8,  1908,  Paul  Victor  C.  Baur; 
children:  John  Ireland  Howe  Baur,  August 
9,  1909,  and  a  daughter,  December  18,  1910. 
ii.  Phoebe  Whiting,  born  May  31,  1880;  iii. 
\\^illiam  Ernest  Whiting,  born  June  17,  1882; 
iv.  John  Downes  Whiting,  July  25,  1884.  4. 
John  Ireland  Flowe,  mentioned  below. 

(VII)  John  Ireland  Howe,  son  of  William 
E.  Downes,  was  born  in  Derby,  September  18, 
1861.  He  attended  the  public  schools  in  Derby 
and  the  Hopkins  Grammar  School  in  New 
Haven.  He  entered  the  Yale  School  of  Fine 
Arts  and .  received  the  degree  of  B.  F.  A. 
from  Yale  in  1898.  He  continued  his  study 
of  art  in  New  York  City  and  Paris,  where  he 
was  a  pupil  of  Luc  Olivier  Merson.  Return- 
ing to  New  Haven,  he  opened  a  studio  at  254 
Lawrence  street.  He  also  has  a  studio  at 
Mount  Carmel,  Connecticut,  where  he  paints 
many  of  his  pictures.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Society  of  Colonial  Wars ;  president  of  the 
New  Haven  Paint  and  Clay  Club ;  secretary 
and  treasurer  of  the  Alliance  Frangaise ;  mem- 


ber of  the  New  Haven  Colony  Historical  So- 
ciety ;  of  the  Bibliophile  Society  of  America ; 
Lawn  Club  of  New  Haven ;  the  Graduates 
Club ;  the  New  Haven  Country  Club ;  the 
Archaeological  Society  of  Connecticut.  In 
religion  he  is  a  Unitarian ;  in  politics  inde- 
pendent. He  is  librarian  of  the  Yale  School 
of  Fine  Arts.  He  resides  at  345  Whitney  ave- 
nue. New  Haven.     He  is  unmarried. 


The  surname  Lockwood  is 
LOCKWOOD     of  very  ancient  origin  and 

is  mentioned  in  the  Domes- 
day Book.  It  is  a  place  name,  and  the  family 
has  several  branches  in  England — Stafford- 
shire, Yorkshire,  county  Essex  and  Northamp- 
ton. The  coat-of-arms  borne  by  Rev.  Richard 
Lockwood,  of  Dingley,  Northampton,  was : 
Argent,  a  fesse  between  three  martletts  sable. 

(I)  Robert  Lockwood,  immigrant  ancestor, 
came  to  New  England  about  1630  and  settled 
in  Watertown,  Massachusetts.  He  was  ad- 
mitted a  freeman,  March  9,  1636-37,  and  was 
the  executor  of  the  estate  of  one,  Edmund 
Lockwood,  supposed  to  be  his  brother.  He 
removed  to  Fairfield,  Connecticut,  where  he 
died  in  1658.  He  was  recorded  as  settler 
there  as  early  as  1641,  and  was  admitted  a 
freeman  in  that  state,  May  20,  1652.  He  was 
appointed  sergeant  at  Fairfield,  May,  1657, 
and  is  said  to  have  lived  for  a  time  in  Nor- 
walk,  Connecticut.  He  married  Susannah 
— — ,  who  mai-ried  (second)  Jeffrey  Ferris, 
and  died  at  Greenwich,  December  23,  1660. 
Children:  Jonathan,  born  September  10,  1634; 
Deborah,  October  12,  1636;  Joseph,  August 
6,  1638;  Daniel,  March  21,  1640;  Ephraim, 
December  i,  1641  ;  Gershom,  see  forward; 
John ;  Abigail,  married  John  Harlow,  of  Fair- 
field ;  Sarah ;  Mary,  married  Jonathan 
Heusted. 

(II)  Lieutenant  Gershom,  son  of  Sergeant 
Robert  and  Susannah  Lockwood,  was  born 
September  6,  1643,  at  Watertown,  died  in 
Greenwich,  Connecticut,  March  12,  1718-19. 
He  removed  to  Greenwich  with  his  father 
when  he  was  nine  years  of  age.  He  became 
one  of  the  twenty-seven  proprietors  of  Green- 
wich. He  was  a  carpenter  by  trade  and  held 
many  positions  of  trust  in  the  town.  His 
will  was  dated  November  22,  1692.  The  plain 
blue  slate  stone  which  marks  his  grave  is 
well  preserved.  He  married  (first)  Lady  Ann, 
daughter  of  Lord  Millington,  of  England. 
She  came  to  New  England  in  search  of  her 
lover,  a  British  army  officer.  Failing  to  find 
him,  she  taught  school  and  later  married  Ger- 
shom Lockwood.  In  1660  her  parents  sent 
her  a  large  oak  chest,  ingeniously  carved  and 
strongly   built.      Tradition   says    that    it   con- 


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tained  a  half  bushel  of  guineas,  many  fine  silk 
dresses,  etc.  At  last  accounts  the  chest  was 
in  the  possession  of  Samuel  Ferris,  of  Green- 
wich, who  married  Ann  Lockwood,  grand- 
daughter of  Lady  Ann  (Millington)  Lock- 
wood.  Lieutenant  Gershom  Lockwood  mar- 
ried (second)  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  John 
and  Elizabeth  (Montgomery)  Townsend,  and 
widow  of  Gideon  Wright.  Children,  all  by 
first  wife:  Gershom,  see  forward;  William, 
died  young ;  Joseph ;  Elizabeth,  married  John 
Bates;  Hannah,  1667,  married  (first)  John 
Burwell,  (second)  Thomas  Hanford;  Sarah, 
1669,  received  by  will  from  her  father  "a 
certain  negro  girl  being  now  in  my  posses- 
sion" ;  Abraham,  twin  of  Sarah. 

(III)  Gershom  (2),  son  of  Lieutenant  Ger- 
shom (i)  and  Lady  Ann  (Millington)  Lock- 
wood,  was  born  in  Greenwich,  Connecticut, 
and  was  admitted  a  freeman  of  the  colony, 
February  7,  1693-94.  He  was  probably  a 
carpenter  by  trade.  In  1687  he  and  his  brother 
William  agreed  to  build  a  bridge  across 
Myanos  river  at  Dumpling  pond,  and  receive 
in  payment  "whatever  the  town  should  see  fit 
to  give,  after  the  work  was  done."  He  mar- 
ried Mary .  Children  :  Gershom,  see  for- 
ward ;  Jonathan,  born  1710;  Ann,  1713; 
Peter ;  Elizabeth,  married  Silas  Betts ;  Nathan- 
iel, married  Ruth  Knapp;  James,  married 
Sally  Ferris;  Moses. 

(IV)  Gershom  (3),  son  of  Gershom  (2) 
and  Mary  Lockwood,  was  born  in  Green- 
wich, 1708 ;  married  Mary  Ferris,  born  1708, 
died  February  9,  1796.  Children:  Gershom, 
see   forward ;   Moses ;   Milton ;   Ann,   married 

Jessup,  of  Stamford ;  daughter,  married 

Montgomery. 

(V)  Gershom  (4),  son  of  Gershom  (3  )  and 
Mary  (Ferris)  Lockwood,  was  -born  about 
1728,  died  at  Stanwich,  town  of  Greenwich, 
and  his  will  was  dated  February  9,  1796.  He 
and  his  wife  were  buried  in  Greenwich.  He 
married  Eunice  Close,  of  Horse  Neck  Parish, 
Greenwich,  who  died  in  1808  at  the  age  of 
eighty  years.  Children :  Moses,  married  Han- 
nah Brush :  Gershom,  married  Sally  Waring ; 
Nathaniel,  1756;  James,  married  Cynthia 
Matterson;  Joseph,  see  forward;  Edward, 
married  Lydia  Hobby ;  Eunice,  married  Alex- 
ander     McDougall ;     Lydia,     married     

Heckle ;  Mary  Ann,  became  the  second  wife 
of  Alexander  McDougall ;  Elizabeth,  married 
(first)  Joseph  Lockwood,  (second)  John  Hen- 
nings  ;  Sarah,  married Lockwood. 

(VI)  Joseph,  son  of  Gershom  (4)  and 
Eunice  (Close)  Lockwood,  was  born  Novem- 
ber 13,  1769,  spent  the  greater  part  of  his  life 
in  North  Stamford,  Connecticut,  and  died 
in  New  York  City,  where  he  had  passed  the 


last  few  years.  He  married  Sarah  Slawson, 
of  Stanwich,  Connecticut.  Children :  Gideon 
Weed,  see  forward  ;  Andrew  ;  Matilda ;  Maria ; 
Sarah,  1801 ;  Cynthia,  married  Philo  Thatch- 
er ;  Joseph,  died  young ;  Joseph ;  Edward ; 
Silas ;  Odle. 

(VII)  Gideon  Weed,  son  of  Joseph  and 
Sarah  (Slawson)  Lockwood,  was  born  -in 
North  Stamford,  February  27,  1793,  died 
April  II,  1879.  He  married,  at  Poundridge, 
New  York,  February  25,  1818,  Mary,  born  in 
Poundridge,  February  14,  1798,  died  about 
1871,  daughter  of  Reuben  and  Elizabeth 
(Lounsbury)  Ayres.  Children:  Sarah,  born 
March  11,  1819;  Reuben  Ayres,  February  19, 
1820;  Amzi,  July  13,  1822;  Joseph,  January 
II,  1824,  died  March  30,  1830;  William,  Jan- 
uary II,  1826;  Sarah  Elizabeth,  January  3, 
1828;  Mary,  December  i,  1829;  Matilda,  Jan- 
uary 3,  1832;  Edward  Close,  October  11, 
1834;  Joseph,  July  7,  1836;  Emily,  May  18, 
1839;  Henry,  see  forward. 

(VIII)  Henry,  youngest  child  .of  Gideon 
Weed  and  Mary  (Ayres)  Lockwood,  was 
born  in  North  Stamford,  Connecticut,  March 
22,  1843.  He  was  educated  in  district  schools 
and  spent  his  early  years,  up  to  eighteen,  on 
a  farm.  He  then  went  into  a  country  store 
near  his  home  as  a  clerk,  remaining  there  two 
and  one-half  years.  Then  he  came  to  Stam- 
ford in  February,  1866,  as  a  clerk  in  Seth  W. 
Scofield's  hardware  business,  which  vocation 
he  followed  for  fifteen  years,  when  he  pur- 
chased his  employer's  interest,  continuing  in 
the  same  store  until  the  building  of  the  present 
block  in  April,  1902.  This  building  has  a 
floor  space  of  sixty-six  by  eighty-five  feet,  the 
firm  occupying  three  floors  and  the  basement 
and  are  the  largest  hardware  dealers  in  this 
section  of  the  state.  In  addition  to  the  general 
line  of  hardware,  they  also  carry  carriages 
and  wagons  of  all  kinds,  harness,  and  all  kinds 
of  agricultural  implements.  The  firm  is  Lock-, 
wood  &  Palmer,  the  latter  having  been  a  clerk 
for  a  number  of  years  for  Mr.  Lockwood  and 
admitted  to  partnership  in  1897.  Mr.  Lock- 
wood  is  purely  a  self-made  man,  having  started 
at  the  bottom  of  the  ladder  and  risen  to  his 
present  prominent  place  by  strict  attention 
to  business.  He  married  in  that  town,  April 
24,  1872,  Helen  M.,  born  April  19,  185 1, 
daughter  of  George  and  Charlotte  (Warner) 
Davenport.  Child :  Charles  Davenport,  see 
forward. 

(IX)  Charles  Davenport,  only  child  of 
Henry  and  Helen  M.  (Davenport)  Lockwood, 
was  born  in  Stamford,  November  11,  1877. 
He  received  his  early  education  in  his  native 
town  and  attended  the  high  school  there. 
Later  he  was  a  student  at  Yale  University, 


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from  which  he  was  graduated  in  the  class  of 
1900,  and  from  the  Law  School  of  that  insti- 
tution in  1903.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bars 
of  Connecticut  and  New  York  states  in  1903, 
and  was  assistant  district  attorney  in  New 
York  City  under  William  T.  Jerome.  In  1907 
he  was  elected  a  judge  of  the  probate  court  in 
Stamford,  was  re-elected  in  1909,  and  is  serv- 
ing in  this  office  at  the  present  time  (1910). 
He  is  also  a  member  of  the  law  firm  of  Cum- 
mings  &  Lockwood,  who  have  their  offices 
in  Stamford.  He  is  a  director  of  the  Citizens' 
Savings  Bank,  trustee  of  the  Children's  Home, 
trustee  of  the  Society  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church,  and  a  member  of  the  Masonic  fra- 
ternity in  Stamford.  His  political  affiliations 
are  with  the  Democratic  party.  Mr.  Lockwood 
married,  October  13,  1906,  Gertrude,  daughter 
of  Harry  Bell,  of  Stamford.  Child :  Charles 
Davenport  Jr.,  born  in  Stamford,  December 
22,  1907. 


John  Gay,  immigrant  ancestor,  was 
GAY     born  in  England,  and  died  at  Ded- 

ham,  Massachusetts,  March  4,  1688. 
He  settled  in  Watertown,  Massachusetts,  in 
1630,  and  was  one  of  the  grantees  in  the  great 
dividends  and  in  Beaver  brook  plow-lands, 
having  forty  acres.  He  was  admitted  a  free- 
man. May  6,  1635.  With  other  Watertown 
men  he  was  a  settler  of  Dedham,  and  was  one 
of  the  petitioners  for  incorporation  of  that 
town,  September  6,  1636,  and  one  of  the  origi- 
nal proprietors.  He  was  a  selectman  in  1654. 
He  married  Joanna  ,  who  died   August 

14,  1691.    She  is  said  to  have  been  previously 

widow  of Baldmade.     His  will  was  dated 

December  18,  1686,  proved  December  17,  1689. 
His  widow  and  son  John  were  the  executors. 
His  inventory  shows  property  valued  at 
ninety-one  pounds,  five  shillino-s.  Children : 
Samuel  (mentioned  below)  ;  Hezekieh,  born 
July  3,  1640;  Nathaniel,  January  11,  1643: 
Joanna,  March  23,  1645 ;  Eliezer,  June  25, 
1647;  Abiel  and  Judith  (twins),  April  23, 
1649;  John,  May  6,  165 1  ;  Jonathan,  August 
I,  1653;  Hannah,  October  16.  1656;  Eliza- 
beth. 

(H)    Samuel,   son  of  John  Gay,  was  born 
at  Dedham,  March  10,  1639,  died  there  April 

15,  1718.  He  married,  Nov.  23,  1661,  at  Ded- 
ham, Mary,  daughter  of  Edward  Bridge,  of 
Roxbury.  She  died  April  13,  1718.  He  re- 
ceived under  the  will  of  his  father  part  of  the 
land  near  Medfield.  He  was  selectman  of 
Dedham  in  1698.  Children,  born  at  Dedham: 
Samuel,  February  4,  1663:  Edward,  April  13. 
1666 ;  John  (mentioned  below)  ;  Hezekiah, 
May  I,  1670;  Timothy,  September  15,  1674. 

(Ill)   John   (2),  son  of  Samuel  Gay,  was 


born  at  Dedham,  June  25,  1668,  where  he  died 
June  17,  1758.  He  married  there.  May  24, 
1692,  Mary  Fisher,  descendant  of  Anthony 
Fisher,  of  Syleham,  England.  She  died  May 
18,  1748.  He  was  selectman  of  Dedham  in 
1 72 1.  Children,  born  at  Dedham:  Mary,  May 
30,  1693;  Mercy,  February  17,  1696:  John 
(mentioned  below);  Samuel,  July  12,  1702; 
Afargaret,  July  27,  1705  ;  Eliphalet,  Septem- 
ber 24,  1706;  Ebenezer,  April  25,   1711. 

(I\/)  John  (3),  son  of  John  (2)  Gay,  was 
born  at  Dedham,  July  8,  1699.  He  settled  at 
Litchfield,  Connecticut,  thence  removed  to 
Sharon.  He  married,  at  Dedham,  Lydia  Col- 
ver.  Children,  born  at  Litchfield :  Mary,  Octo- 
ber 3,  1722  ;  Lydia,  March  11,  1724;  Ebenezer, 
December  26,  1725 ;  John,  January  28,  1727- 
28 :  Ann,  November  3,  1727 ;  Sarah,  July  20, 
1731 ;  Fisher,  October  9,  1733:  Perez  (men- 
tioned below);  Eleony,  April  17,  1738;  Lat- 
tice, January  29,  1739-40,  died  early. 

(V)  Perez,  son  of  John  (3)  Gay,  was  born 
January  5,  1735-36,  at  Litchfield.  He  married, 
March  23,  1762,  Margaret  Fairbanks.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Sharon :  Edward,  February  3, 
1763  (mentioned  below)  ;  Luther  and  Calvin 
(twins),  August  5,  1765;  John  Banks,  Au- 
gust 6,  1767;  Eliezer,  May  2^,  1770;  Lucy, 
June  4,  1776;  Eliza,  September  20,  1780;  Lu- 
cretia,  December  13,  1782.  Margaret,  his 
wife,  died  January  14,   1813. 

(VI)  Edward,  son  of  Perez  Gay,  was  born 
February  3,  1763,  and  baptized,  with  other 
children  of  his  parents,  April  15,  1770,  at 
Sharon,  Connecticut.  He  married,  May  13, 
1783,  Mary  White,  born  at  Danbury,  Connec- 
ticut, May  12,  1760. 

( Vn )  Henry  Sanford,  son  of  Edward  Gay, 
was  born  in  Sharon,  March  14,  1790,  died  at 
Salisbury.  Connecticut,  January  9,  1879.  He 
was  a  farmer.  He  married,  April  17,  1821, 
Mary  Reed,  born  in  Salisbury,  April  5,  1796, 
died  October  30,  1837. 

(YHI)  Henry,  son  of  Henry  Sanford  Gay, 
was  born  at  Salisbury,  April  5,  1834,  died  at 
Winsted,  May  17,  1908.  He  was  brought  up 
on  his  father's  farm,  and  from  early  youth 
assisted  his  father  in  the  work  and  attended 
the  district  school.  For  three  terms  he  at- 
tended seminaries  at  Salisbury  and  Winsted. 
When  he  was  fourteen  he  began  his  business 
training  as  clerk  in  a  country  dry  goods  store, 
at  Lakeville,  Connecticut.  After  four  years 
he  entered  the  employ  of  the  Iron  Bank  at 
Falls  Village  and  in  the  banking  business 
found  his  calling.  In  1854  he  came  to  Win- 
sted, and  for  more  than  fifty  years  was 
prominent  in  banking  circles.  For  many  years 
he  was  president  of  the  Hurlbut  National 
Bank,   of  Winsted.     He   had  a  multitude  of 


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other  business  interests,  however.  He  was  a 
director  of  the  Willam  _L.  Gilbert  Clock  Com- 
pany ;  the  Winsted  Hosiery  Company ;  the 
New  England  Knitting  Company ;  the  George 
Dudley  &  Sons  Company ;  the  Morgan  Silver 
Plate  Company ;  the  Winsted  Gas  Company ; 
the  Connecticut  Western  Railway  Company ; 
the  Richards  Hardware  Company :  the  Win- 
sted Silk  Company;  the  Citizens'  Printing 
"Company,  and  director  and  president  of  the 
Winsted  Edge  Tool  Company.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  partnership  known  as  the  Win- 
sted Yarn  Company.  He  was  president  of  the 
Gilbert  Home  and  trustee  of  the  Gilbert 
School  and  himself  gave  the  land  for  the 
home.  He  was  president  of  the  Winchester 
Soldiers  Memorial  Park  Association ;  incor- 
porator of  the  Litchfield  County  Hospital  and 
chairman  of  the  trustees  of  its  permanent 
funds,  and  was  president  of  the  Beardsley 
Library.  Few  men  have  been  more  active  and 
useful  in  benevolent  and  charitable  organiza- 
tions, and  none  more  active  in  the  upbuilding 
of  enterprises  that  tended  to  develop  and  ben- 
efit the  city.  He  Owned  and  developed  much 
real  estate.  He  was  a  director  of  the  Tor- 
rington  &  Winchester  Street  Railway  -until 
it  was  sold.  He  was  prominent  also  in  public 
life.  He  was  one  of  the  original  members  of 
the  Republican  party  when  it  was  organized 
and  was  always  active  and  loyal  to  his  party. 
He  was  six  times  elected  to  represent  the 
town  of  Winchester  in  the  general  assembly  of 
the  state.  During  his  last  term  he  was  chair- 
man of  the  committee  on  finance,  an  important 
position  for  which  his  banking  experience 
and  business  attainment  specially  qualified  him. 
He  served  from  1875  to  1877  and  in  1879- 
85-89.  He  was  for  more  than  fifty  years 
a  member  of  the  Second  Congregational 
Church.  His  death  was  a  great  blow  to  the 
community,  and  his  loss  was  felt,  not  only  by 
the  bank  of  which  he  was  head,  the  numerous 
corporations  in  which  his  wisdom  and  exper- 
ience were  invaluable,  in  the  councils  of  the 
political  party  to  which  he  belonged,  and  in 
city  affairs,  but  more  especially  by  his  family 
and  friends,  who  had  for  so  many  years  de- 
pended upon  his  good  judgment,  faithfulness 
and  kindly  sympathy.  "Making  rough  ground 
smooth,"  as  he  used  to  express  his  policy 
in  a  phrase,  was  one  of  his  chief  pleasures 
and  one  of  the  secrets  of  his  success  in  life. 
He  married.  May  20,  1857,  Charlotte  E.  Wat- 
son, born  at  New  Hartford,  Connecticut,  Jan- 
uary 8,  1835,  now  living  in  Winsted,  daughter 
of  Thomas  and  Emeline  (Curtis)  Watson  (see 
Watson).  Their  only  child,  Mary  Watson, 
was  born  June  19,  i860,  died  August  25, 
1901  :  married  Dr.   Edward  L.   Pratt,  a  phy- 


sician, of  Winsted ;  their  son,  Henry  Gay 
Pratt,  was  born  May  25,  189 1,  graduate  of 
the  Winsted  High  School. 

(The    Watson    Line). 

(I)  John  Watson  is  supposed  to  have  been 
a  native  of  England.  A  tradition  among  his 
descendants  says  that  one  of  the  passengers 
on  the  same  vessel  with  him  was  Peggy  Smith, 
a  young  woman  who  fell  overboard,  and  that 
he  saved  her  lite,  and  on  reaching  New  Eng- 
land they  were  married.  He  was  a  juror  in 
Hartford,  Connecticut,  in  1644,  and,  as  shown 
by  Mr.  W.  S.  Porter,  lived  on  lot  No.  9, 
South  Main  street,  in  1646.  The  next  record 
of  him  is  that  he  bought  land  of  the  original 
proprietors  in  the  west  division,  now  West 
Hartford.  He  was  a  highway  surveyor  in 
1646.  The  exact  date  of  his  death  does  not 
appear,  but  the  date  of  his  will  and  that  of 
its  proof  show  that  it  must  have  been  between 
March  26  and  June  4,  1650.  He  bequeathed 
in  his  will  to  his  wife  and  children.  His  wife 
Margaret  made  her  will  in  March,  1683,  which 
was  proved  September  6,  1683.  Her  death 
must  have  occurred  between  those  dates. 
Children:  John,  born  1646  (mentioned  be- 
low) :  Sarah;  Mary. 

(II)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Watson, 
was  born  in  1646,  and  lived  in  West  Hartford 
at  his  death,  1730.     He  married  (first)   Anna 

,    and    (second)    Sarah    .      He   was 

eighty-four  years  old  at  his  death.  His  es- 
tate, amounting  to  one  thousand  seventeen 
pounds,  was  distributed  July  2,  1730.  Chil- 
dren :  John,  born  in  Hartford,  December  14, 
1680;  Thomas,  Hartford,  September  14,  1682: 
Zachariah,  Hartford,  October  26,  1685 ;  Anna, 
May  26,  1688;  Cyprian,  January  12,  1689-90 
(mentioned  below)  ;  Sarah,  December  13, 
1692 ;  Caleb,  May  5,  1695. 

(HI)  Cyprian,  son  of  John  (2)  Watson, 
was  born  in  Hartford,  January  12,  1689-90. 
He  married  (first)  Elizabeth,  born  in  Hart- 
ford, daughter  of  James  and  Sarah  (Bar- 
nard) Steele.  He  married  (second)  Abigail, 
who  died  December  17,  1757.  The  date  of 
the  death  of  his  first  wife  is  not  known.  He 
died  December  30,  1753,  laged  sixty-three 
years.  He  was  one  of  the  first  settlers  of 
New  Hartford,  and  was  moderator  of  the 
first  meeting  which  the  proprietors  held  in 
the  town,  December  11,  1739,  at  the  house 
of  Daniel  Shepard.  He  lived  for  the  first 
year  or  two,  on  Town  Hill,  near  the  centre 
of  the  town,  but  soon  removed  towards  the 
southwest  part  of  the  town,  and  built  a  house 
on  the  bank  of  the  stream  where  Bakerville 
is  situated.  It  was  inclosed  in  a  log  fort,  and 
soldiers  were  stationed  there  to  guard  against 


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Indians.  Children,  by  first  wife:  Zachariah, 
born  in  West  Hartford ;  Ammi,  West  Hart- 
ford, died  at  New  Hartford,  February  24, 
1746.  Children  by  second  wife:  Mary,  born 
in  West  Hartford,  1724;  Levi,  1726  (men- 
tioned below);  Thomas,  1730;  Cyprian,  June 

i>  1737- 

(IV)  Levi,  son  of  Cyprian  Watson,  was 
born  in  1726.  He  married  Abigail  Ensign, 
who  died  March  22,  1819,  aged  eighty-nine 
years.  He  died  May  27,  1798,  aged  seventy- 
two  years. 

Levi  Watson  lived  in  New  Hartford,  about 
a  mile  west  of  Bakerville.  He  was  an  enter- 
prising farmer  and  tavern-keeper,  was  much 
employed  in  town  offices,  and  represented  the 
town  in  the  legislature  at  several  sessions, 
first  in  1780.  He  had  five  sons,  whom  he  as- 
sisted to  commerce  farming  in  that  part  of 
the  town,  and  who  all  in  their  turn  became 
thrifty  farmers  and  lived  to  an  average  age 
of  eighty  years  and  four  months.  He  served 
in  the  revolutionary  war  for  seven  years  and 
carried  the  news  of  the  Boston  Tea  Party 
from  Boston  to  New  York.  Children:  Abi- 
gail, born  in  New  Hartford,  December  23, 
1757:  Levi,  October  9,  1760;  Lydia,  April  21, 
1762;  Thomas,  October  15,  1763  (mentioned 
below);  Isaac,  December  30,  1764;  Alvan, 
April  10,  1768 ;  David,  May  28,  1770. 

(V)  Thomas,  son  of  Levi  Watson,  was 
born  in  New  Hartford,  October  15,  1763 ;  died 
at  the  home  of  his  son  Thomas,  January  23, 
1850,  aged  eighty-three  years.  He  married 
Melesent,  who  was  born  January  10,  1772, 
daughter  of  Joel  and  Sarah  (Lyman)  Wet- 
more.  She  died  September  19,  1848,  aged 
seventy-six  years.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the 
revolution,  both  in  the  militia  and  Continen- 
tal army,  under  Colonel  Zebulon  Butler,  for 
which  service  he  received  a  pension.  He  lived 
in  New  Hartford,  in  Torringford  Society,  till 
April,  182 1,  when  he  removed  to  the  adjoin- 
ing town  of  Torrington,  and  lived  on  the  place 
formerly  owned  by  Nehemiah  Gaylord,  the 
first  place  south  of  where  the  first  church  in 
Torringford  formerly  stood.  This  was  his 
home  for  twenty-seven  years.  After  his 
wife's  death,  in  1848,  he  moved  again  to  his 
former  residence,  at  the  home  of  his  sori 
Thomas.  He  was  a  man  of  independent  mind, 
conservative  in  his  sentiments,  of  good  moral 
character  and  a  supporter  of  the.  Congrega- 
tional society.  He  was  a  very  successful 
farmer,  saving  and  economical,  rather  than 
enterprising.  At  his  death  he  left  an  estate 
which  inventoried,  free  from  incumbrance, 
$15,1  =;8.  Children:  Roman,  born  in  New 
Hartford,  September  27,  1797;  Thomas,  Feb- 
ruary  6,    1800    (mentioned    below)  ;    Hiram, 


January  21,  1802;  Melesent  Wetmore,  Decem- 
iDcr  29,   1808;  George,   March  12,   1812. 

(VI)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Thomas  (i) 
Watson,  was  born  in  New  Hartford,  Febru- 
ary 6,  1800,  died  March  13,  1876.  He  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools  and  followed 
farming.  He  had  five  hundred  acres  about 
a  mile  west  of  Bakerville,  in  New  Hartford, 
a  part  of  which  he  inherited  from  his  father.  . 
In  1855  he  received  a  silver  cup  from  the 
Litchfield  County  Agricultural  Society,  and  the 
first  prize  of  fifteen  dollars  for  the  best  culti- 
vated farm.  He  sold  his  farm  that  year  and  re- 
moved to  Winsted,  Connecticut,  in  April,  1856, 
where  he  was  afterward  engaged  in  the  lum- 
ber, flour  and  feed  business  in  Winsted.  He 
represented  the  town  of  New  Hartford  in  the 
general  assembly  in  1837  and  the  town  of 
Winchester  in  1864.  He  married,  November 
ID,  1829,  Emeline,  born  August  3,  1807, 
daughter  of  Elizur  and  Amanda  (Steele)  Cur- 
tis. He  died  March  13,  1876:  she  died 
November  2,  1892.  Children:  i.  Caroline 
Amanda,  born  at  New  Hartford,  October  7, 
1831,  married,  December  13,  1853,  Dr.  Gay- 
lord  Brown  Miller,  born  at  Torrington,  July 
25,  1 83 1,  son  of  Deacon  Thomas  A.  and  Mary 
(Hudson)  Miller;  settled  in  Harwinton  and 
in  1863  in  Grand  Rapids,  Michigan ;  children : 
Mary  Emma,  born  July  25,  1855;  Thomas 
Watson,  May  3,  1859 ;  Alice  Watson,  Decem- 
ber 16,  i860.  2.  Charlotte  Ellen,  born  at 
New  Hartford,  January  8,  1835,  in  the  same 
house  in  which  her  father  was  born ;  she  is 
a  member  of  the  Daughters  of  the  Revolution, 
Society  of  Colonial  Governors  ;  and  Mayflower 
Descendants.  She  married,  May  20,  1857, 
Henry  Gay.  Their  children:  Mary  Watson, 
born  June  19,  i860,  died  August  25,  1901. 
She  married,  November  7,  1889,  Edward  L. 
Pratt.  They  had  one  son,  Henry  Gay,  born 
A'lay  25,  1891.  Emma  Adelaide  Miller,  born 
January  30,  1840:  married  Edward  R.  Beards- 
ley,  now  living  in  Hartford.  Mr.  Beardsley 
died  May  19,  1906;  children:  Edward  Watson, 
Elliot  Gay  and  Grace  Rockwell. 


(V)  Col.  Fisher  Gay,  son  of  John 
GAY  Gay  (3-q.v.),  was  born  at  Litchfield, 
Connecticut,  October  9,  1733.  He 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools  and  grad- 
uated from  Yale  College  in  1759.  He  then 
taught  school  at  Farmington,  Connecticut,  and 
permanently  settled  there.  Becoming  a  mer- 
chant, he  acquired  wealth  and  influence  and 
was  distinguished  in  civil  and  military  affairs. 
In  1774  he  was  elected  to  the  committee  of 
correspondence,  vigilance  and  supplies,  and 
he  was  representative  in  the  March  session  of 
the  general  assembly  of  the  province  in  1775. 


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He  was  then  lieutenant-colonel  of  militia. 
When  the  Lexington  alarm  came,  Colonel  Gay 
closed  his  store  and  marched  to  Boston  at  the 
head  of  about  a  hundred  volunteers,  but  did 
not  remain  long  in  the  field.  In  January, 
1776,  Governor  Trumbull  sent  several  regi- 
ments to  reinforce  Washington  at  Boston. 
Fisher  Gay  was  lieutenant-colonel  of  Colonel 
Erastus  Wolcott's  regiment  and  his  commis- 
sion was  dated  January  23,  1776.  The  fol- 
lowing extracts  from  his  diary  give  an  ac- 
count of  the  siege  and  evacuation  of  Boston : 

"Feby.  2,  1776.  Set  off  for  headquarters  to  join 
the  army  under  command  of  General  Washington 
before  Koston,  and  arrived  in  Roxbury  with  the 
regiment  1  belonged  to  and  quartered  with  Mr. 
\Vyman's  with  Colonel  Wolcot  and  Mr.  Perry. 
Was  sent  for  by  General  Washington  to  wait  on 
his  Excellency  13th  of  said  month  and  was  or- 
dered by  General  to  go  to  Connecticut  to  pur- 
chase all  the  powder  i  could.  Went  to  Provi- 
dence and  from  thence  to  Lebanon  to  Governor 
Trumbull,  where  I  obtained  2  tun  of  the  Gover- 
nor, and  then  to  New  London  to  Mr.  Imamford, 
and  obtained  from  him  an  order  on  Messrs.  Clark 
&  Nightingill  in  Providence,  and  returned  to 
camp  the  19th  and  made  report  to  the  General 
to   his   great   satisfaction. 

'■*  *  24th.  Went  to  Cambridge  and  Watei'- 
town. 

"26th.  Unwell  by  a  bad  cold  and  sore  throat. 
Was  officer  of  the  day  and  very  much  fatigued 
going  the  rounds  at  night.  Returned  and  got  to 
bed  about  3  o'clock  in  the  morning. 

"27th.  Returned  at  g  o'clock  and  made  report 
to  General  Ward — being  so  unwell  Major  Brewer 
carried  it  for  me.  Hard  sick  with  the  pleurisy 
and  got  to  bed  sweating  and  came  on  an  alarm 
and  reported  that  the  regulars  had  got  on  Dor- 
chester. I  turned  out  and  on  with  my  boots  to 
join  the  regiment  although  advised  not  by  Mr. 
Perry  and  others.  It  happened  to  be  a  false 
alarm.  The  doctor  came  in  and  blooded  me  and 
physicked  the  next  day.  Nothing  material  more. 
Our  people  began  cannonading  the  town  of  Bos- 
ton the  2d  day  of  March  at  evening  11  o'clock. 
Continued  Sabbath  and  Monday  evening  nights. 
Monday  evening  I  went  to  Dorchester  Hill  with 
the  regiment  as  a  covering  party.  2,500  men  sent 
on  and  were  relieved  on  the  morning  of  the  5th 
by  3,000  men.  That  night  was  throwed  up  2 
forts  on  2  advantageous  hills.  The  enemy  made 
an  attempt  on  the  6th  at  evening  to  come  out  to 
dispossess  us  of  our  forts  and  drive  us  off  the 
hill.  The  wind  proved  contrary  and  we  con- 
tinued fortifying  until  Saturday  evening — that  is 
loth  we  went  to  go  on  Nook  Point  to  fortify. 
The  enemy  prevented  by  firing  about  1,200 
cannon.  They  killed  4  men  for  us  with  one  can- 
non ball.  I  had  the  command  of  400  men  at 
Castle  Point.  Providence  so  ordered  that  I  was 
out  of  the  way  of  danger  from  any  other  quar- 
ter only  from   the   Castle. 

"Sabbath  morning  had  orders  from  General 
Thomas  to  return  to  head  quarters.  There  saw 
the  4  dead  men.  Came  off  the  hill  at  evening.  I 
commanded  a  party  of  400  men  at  the  castle. 

"17th.  Colonel  Wolcott  on  the  hill — An  alarm 
in  the  morning.  I  ordered  the  regiment  to  meet 
befon  the  Colonel's  door  after  prayers.  I 
marched  them  off  with  Major  Chester.  Near  the 
alarm   post  found  instead  of  going  to  action  the 


enemy  had  abandoned  Boston.  500  troops  or- 
dered immediately.  Ordered  to  march  into  and 
take  possession  of  the  fortifications  in  Boston. 
Colonel  Learnard,  myself,  Majors  Sprout  and 
Chester,  with  a  number  of  other  officers  and 
troops  marched  in  and  took  possession  and  tar- 
ried there  till  the  19th  at  night;  then  returned 
to  Camp  at  Roxbury.  Never  people  more  glad 
at  the  departure  of  the  enemy  and  to  see 
friends". 

With  the  evacuation  of  Boston,  Gay's  regi!- 
ment  returned  to  Connecticut.  Early  in  the 
following  summer,  however.  Colonel  Gay 
again  took  the  field,  having  been  commissioned 
June  10,  1776,  colonel  of  one  of  the  new  state 
regiments  composing  Wadsworth's  brigade,, 
raised  for  service  at  New  York.  The  brigade 
was  posted  in  the  city  along  the  East  river 
front  until  August,  when  a  portion  of  it  moved 
across  to  the  Brooklyn  lines,  where  General 
Greene  was  in  command.  By  the  General's 
orders  of  August  4,  Colonel  Gay's  regiment 
was  directed  to  make  Fort  Sterling,  on  Brook- 
lyn Heights,  and  the  fort  on  Cobble  Hill,  its 
alarm  posts — four  companies  at  each.  On  the 
25  th  it  was  attached  to  General  Parsons'  bri- 
gade, which  had  been  doing  duty  on  the  picket 
line,  and  remained  on  that  side  until  the  re- 
treat from  Long  Island.  The  colonel  himself, 
however,  did  not  survive  these  movements. 
Taken  ill,  he  died  in  camp  on  or  before 
August  27th,  the  day  of  the  battle.  It  seems 
to  be  uncertain  whether  he  died  or  was  buried 
on  that  day.  "His  zeal  and  self-sacrifice," 
says  President  Porter,  in  his  Farmington  his- 
torical discourse,  1872,  "were  conspicuous." 
On  his  sword,  which  is  still  preserved,  are  en- 
graved the  words,  "Freedom  or  Death."  An 
autograph  of  Colonel  Gay  is  reproduced  in 
"Johnston's  Yale  in  the  Revolution"  (p.  220). 

Fisher  Gay  married  (first),  October  29, 
1761,  Phebe  Lewis,  born  December  14,,  1735, 
died  October  17,  1772,  daughter  of  Daniel 
and  Mary  (Strong)  Lewis,  of '  Farmington. 
He  married  (second)  September  i,  1773, Ruth,, 
born  March  9,  1728-29,  widow  of  Rev.  Na- 
thaniel Hooker,  of  West  Hartford,  daughter 
of  Timothy  and  Ruth  (Colton)  Skinner,  Rev. 
Nathaniel  Hooker  was  born  December  15, 
1737,  in  Hartford,  died  June  9,  1770,  son  of 
Nathaniel  and  Eunice  (Talcott)  Hooker. 
Fisher  Gay  died  August  22,  1776,  in  New 
York  City.  His  widow  married  (third)  Tho- 
mas Goodman,  of  West  Hartford,  who  was 
baptized  March  18,  1739,  died  September  7, 
1809.  son  of  Timothy  and  Joanna  (Wads- 
worth)  Goodman.  She  died  September  21, 
1820.  Children,  by  first  wife:  (i)  Seth,  born 
June  8,  1763,  died  October  18,  1763.  2.  AI- 
mira,  September  17,  1764,  died  October  20, 
1793-      3-    Phebe.    August    17,    1765,    died    in 


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Farmington,  January  8,  1850 ;  married,  Feb- 
ruary 4,  1785,  Elijah  Janes,  born  July  8,  1758, 
died  February,  1823,  son  of  Elijah  and  Lucy 
(Crooker)  Janes.  4.  Erastus,  November  20, 
1768,  died  March  19,  1770.  5.  Erastus  (men- 
tioned below). 

(VI)  Erastus,  son  of  Fisher  Gay,  was  born 
September  21,  1772,  at  Farmington,  died  there 
May '  27,  1855.  He  married  (first),  March 
26,  1794,  Eunice  Treadwell,  born  July  13, 
1776,  died  June  24,  1808,  daughter  of  Govern- 
or John  and  Dorothy  (Pomeroy)  Treadwell. 
He  married  (second)  March  29,  18 13,  Eliza- 
beth Perkins,  of  West  Hartford,  who  was 
baptized  January  8,  1778,  died  February  16, 
1846,  daughter  of  Caleb  and  Sarah  (Trum- 
bull) Perkins.  Children  by  first  wife:  i. 
Fisher,  born  February  24,  1795  (mentioned 
below).  2.  Phebe,  February  12,  1799,  died 
December  13,  1869;  married,  September  29, 
1823,  Thomas  Mygatt,  of  Canton,  born  Octo- 
ber 25,  1797,  died  July  25,  1875,  son  of  Tho- 
mas and  Lucy  (Oakes)  Mygatt.  3.  Mary, 
December  22,  1802,  died  in  Buffalo,  August  30, 
1886;  married,  October  12,  1825,  Henry  Root, 
born  July  27.  1792,  died  September  7,1853,  son 
of  Mark  and  Abigail  (Woodruff)  Root.  4. 
William,  September  22,  1805  (mentioned  be- 
low). 5.  Almira,  August  31,  1807,  died  Jan- 
uary 6,  1872.  Children  by  second  wife:  6. 
Charles,  born  January  7,  1814  (mentioned 
below).  7.  Elizabeth  Perkins,  August  12, 
1818,  died  in  Farmington,  December  26,  185 1. 

(VII)  Fisher  (2),  son  of  Erastus  Gay,  was 
born  February  24,  1795,  died  January  20, 
1865.  He  married  (first),  OctolDer  5,  1824, 
Harriet  Lewis,  born  in  1796,  died  November 
5,  1828,  daughter  of  Luke  and  Abigail 
(Covvles)  Wadsworth.  He  married  (second), 
September  28,  1830,  Lucy,  born  September  10, 
1794,  died  June  22,  i860,  daughter  of  Jona- 
than and  Eunice  (Fitch)  Thomson.  Child  by 
second  wife:  Julius,  born  February  15,  1834 
(mentioned  below). 

(VII)  William,  son  of  Erastus  Gay  and 
brother  of  Fisher  Gay,  was  born  in  Farming- 
ton,  September  22,  1805,  died  February  27, 
1889.  At  the  age  of  sixteen  he  went  to 
Lansingburg,  New  York,  and  lived  with  his 
uncle,  Elijah  Janes,  until  the  latter's  death. 
Later  he  was  in  the  mercantile  business  in 
Albany,  until  his  marriage,  when  he  removed 
to  Farmington  and  was  a  merchant  there  for 
the  remainder  of  his  life.  He  married,  De- 
cember 30,  1830,  Ruth  Marilda  Holmes,  of 
Schodack,  New  York,  born  October  12,  1809, 
at  Saratoga,  New  York,  died  September  29, 
1893,  daughter  of  Jotham  and  Amy  (Knapp) 
Holmes.  Children:  i.  Richard  Holmes,  born 
April   7,    1832    (mentioned  below).     2.   Eras- 


tus, July  26,  1843  (mentioned  below).  3. 
Caroline  Bement,  July  18,  1846.  4.  William 
Treadwell,  September  25,  1850,  died  July  22, 
1855.  5.  Infant  son,  June  27,  1851,  died 
August  7,  1 85 1. 

(VII)  Charles,  son  of  Erastus  Gay  and 
brother  of  Fisher  and  William  Gay,  was  born 
January  7,  1814,  died  in  Albany,  April  4, 
1858.  He  was  a  merchant  in  Albany,  and 
for  many  years  was  in  partnership  with  his 
brother-in-law,  Thomas  Mygatt.  He  mar- 
ried, March,  1840,  Elizabeth  Allen  Hall,  of 
Albany,  born  July  30,  1819,  died  at  Albany, 
daughter  of  Green  and  Margaret  (Canfield) 
Hall.  Children:  i.  Mary  Louisa,  born  July, 
1843;  married  Elias  Gray,  widower,  who  was 
born  in  Guilderland,  New  York,  December  2, 
1829,  died  at  Altamont,  New  York,  February 
14,  1910.  2.  Harriet  Josephine,  June  i,  1855, 
died  October  29,  1886. 

(VIII)  Julius,  son  of  Fisher  (2)  Gay, 
was  born  in  Farmington,  Connecticut,  Febru- 
ary 15,  1834.  He  went  to  the  boarding-school 
of  Simeon  Hart,  and  graduated  from  Yale  Col- 
lege, 1856,  from  engineering  department,  now 
Sheiifield  Scientific  School,  1858.  He  was  a  civil 
engineer  until  1873,  and  was  treasurer  of 
Farmington  Savings  Bank  until  July,  19 10. 
In  politics  he  is  a  Republican.  He  belongs 
to  the  Alpha  Delta  Phi  in  Yale  College.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Farmington  Country  Club, 
and  is  still  connected  with  the  Farmington 
Savings  Bank,  as  director  and  secretary,  as 
well  as  director  in  the  National  Exchange 
Bank  of  Hartford,  Connecticut.  He  married, 
October  16,  1862,  in  Farmington,  Maria,  born 
April  22,  1841,  in  Cleveland,  Ohio,  daughter 
of  Mervin  Clark,  son  of  Oman,  son  of  Mervin, 
son  of  John,  son  of  jMatthew,  son  of  John 
Clark.  Mervin  Clark,  her  father,  was  born 
Januar)',  1812,  and  married  (first),  July  i, 
1839,  in  Cleveland,  Ohio,  Caroline  Guptil, 
born  May  22,  1822,  in  Cleveland,  died  April 
4,  1847,  in  Milwaukee,  Wisconsin,  daughter 
of  John  H.  and  Lucy  (White)  Guptil.  Mer- 
vin Clark  married  (second),  November  6, 
1849,  Mary  Jane  Tharp,  born  January  10, 
1828,  daughter  of  Amariah  and  Elizabeth 
(Hines)  Tharp.  Children:  i.  Maria,  born 
and  died  May  20,  1866.  2.  Florence,  July  17, 
1867.  3.  Lucy  Caroline,  December  27,  1868, 
died  May  29,  1869.  4.  Mabel  Turner.  January 
30,  1875.  died  May  i,  1880. 

(VIII)  Richard  Holmes,  son  of  William 
Gay,  was  born  April  7,  1832,  died  March  30, 
1903.  He  married,  September  25,  1856,  Ger- 
trude    Rivington,   born     in    Whitehall,    New 

York,  September  25,   1835,  daughter  of  

and  Mary  (Rivington)  Palmer.  Children:  i. 
Alary  Rivington,  born  at  Farmington,  August 


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21,  1857,  died  February  2,  1892;  married,  April 

28,  1880,  John  Stanley  Cowles,  born  April  28, 
1885,  son  of  John  Edward  and  Margaret 
(Stanley)  Cowles.  2.  Margaret  Palmer,  born 
at  Farmington,  December  12,  1858.  3.  Anna 
Rivington,  born  at  Hartford,  June  30,  1861, 
died  April  20,  1869.  4.  Gertrude  Holmes, 
born  at  Farmington,  October  13,  1874 ;  mar- 
ried; May  18,  1899,  William  A.  Kimball. 

(VHI)  Erastus,  son  of  William  Gay,  was 
born  July  26,  1843,  i"  Farmington.  He  at- 
tended public  school  and  Deacon  Hart's 
school,  Farmington,  Connecticut.  Employed 
in  general  store  kept  by  his  father  and  suc- 
ceeded him  in  the  business.  He  was  repre- 
sentative in  legislature,  1883-84-85 ;  member 
of  senate,  1897;  served  on  the  committee  on 
banking  in  both  houses.  Has  been  town  treas- 
urer and  justice  of  the  peace.  Member  of 
Hartford  Club  and  member  Country  Club  of 
Farmington.  A  Republican  in  politics,  and  a 
member  of  the  Congregational  church.  He 
married,  November  7,  1867,  Grace  Fessenden, 
born  August  28,  1844,  daughter  of  Francis 
Winthrop  and  Mary  (Root)  Cowles.  Chil- 
dren :  I.  A  son,  born  and  died  September 
16,  1868.  2.  Mary  Cowles,  born  November 
2,  1 87 1 ;  married.  May  7,  1896,  John  W. 
Banks.  3.  William,  October  24,  1873.  4. 
Ruth  Holmes,  August  16,  1875  ;  married,  No- 
vember 6,  1900,  Ernest  H.  Cady.  5.  Harold, 
April  7,  1877.  6.  Alice,  January  22,  1879; 
married,  April  15,  1903,  John  Piatt  Cheney. 
7.  Frank,  March  7,  1881.  8.  Donald,  Novem- 
ber 20,     1882.     9.  Carolyn  Dement,  August 

29,  1884,  died  June  27,  1909;  married,  Octo- 
ber 9,    1907,  Walter  Cowles   Booth. 


This  name  is  one  of  the  oldest 
ROATH  in  the  town  of  Norwich,  and 
those  bearing  it  have  ever  held 
place  among  the  respected  citizens  of  the  com- 
munity. It  is  the  purpose  of  this  article  to 
treat  of  the  branch  of  the  family  to  which 
belonged  Colonel  Asa  Roath  and  his  family. 
Of  his  sons  the  youngest  is  living  in  Nor- 
wich, in  the  person  of  Louis  P.  Roath.  Ste- 
phen B.  Roath,  late  of  Norwich,  was  for- 
merly of  Chicago,  where  he  was  well  known 
in  financial  circles.  Another  son,  Edwin  Al- 
lyn  Roath,  died  in  1900;  his  only  son,  Frank 
A.  Roath,  resided  in  Norwich.  The  lineage  of 
the  family  follows: 

(I)  Robert  Roath,  a  native  of  England,  was 
the  first  of  the  name  to  settle  in  Norwich.  He 
came  here  a  few  years  after  the  settlement 
of  the  town,  in  1660,  and  received  a  grant  of 
a  large  tract  of  land  from  the  original  town 
proprietors.  That  tract  comprised  several 
hundred  acres,  so  that  he  was  enabled  to  give 


each  of  his  sons  a  good-sized  farm.  Robert 
Roath  was  married  in  October,  1668,  to  Sarah 
Saxton,  born  March  20,  1647,  daughter  of 
Richard  Saxton,  of  Windsor,  who  came  to 
America  in  the  ship  "Blessing."  Sarah  (Sax- 
ton) Roath  died  March  20,  1687,  the  mother 
of  the  following  named  children :  John,  born 
in  November,  1669;  Sarah,  August,  1672,  died 
March  12,  1695;  Mary,  November,  1674;  Eliz- 
abeth, March,  1677,  died  in  1678;  Hannah, 
April,  1679;  Daniel,  February  i,  1681 ;  Peter, 
February  17,  1684.  Of  these  Daniel  resided 
at  what  is  now  Preston,  and  was  the  ancestor 
of  the  Preston  branch  of  the  family.  It  is  in- 
teresting in  this  connection  to  note  that  in 
1806  ten  male  members  of  this  branch  of  the 
family  purchased  a  fishing  ground  at  Roath's 
Landing  (the  old  battleground),  near  the 
present  Preston  bridge,  which  is  never  to  go 
out  of  the  family  name.  Peter,  the  young- 
est son  of  Robert  Roath,  received  a  grant  of 
a  farm  on  Wawecus  Hill.  An  antique  writ- 
ing desk,  which  is  supposed  to  have  been 
brought  from  England  by  Robert  Roath,  is 
now  in  the  possession  of  Louis  P.  Roath. 

(II)  John,  eldest  of  the  children  of  Rob- 
ert Roath,  was  born  in  November,  1669.  His 
farm  was  at  the  Little  Fort.  On  August  6, 
1695,  he  married  Sarah  Williams,  who  died 
September  10,  1702,  the  mother  of  three  chil- 
dren:  John,  born  in  November,  1697;  Joseph, 
November  11,  1699;  Benjamin,  October  31, 
1701.  On  July  8,  1708,  for  his  second  wife, 
John  Roath  married  Mary  Andrews,  and  they 
died  on  the  same  day,  March  9,  1743.  Chil- 
dren: David,  born  July  20,  1709;  Stephen, 
July  30,  1710;  Samuel,  May  15,  1712;  Mary, 
August  15,  1714;  Ebenezer,  April  16,  1716. 

(III)  Stephen,  son  of  John  Roath  and 
grandfather  of  Colonel  Asa  Roath,  was  born 
July  30,  1710.  He  was  a  farmer,  and  resided 
in  Norwich.  He  died  in  1808,  at  an  advanced 
age,  leaving  considerable  property.  His  house, 
which  was  erected  by  a  member  of  the  family 
over  two  hundred  years  ago,  is  yet  standing, 
in  a  good  state  of  preservation.  It  is  lo- 
cated on  Roath  street,  and  remained  in  the 
family  name  until  a  few  years  ago,  when  it 
was  disposed  of  by  the  late  Edwin  A.  Roath. 
Stephen  Roath  married,  March  6,  1739,  Sarah 
Burnham  ;  children :     Stephen,  born  February 

25,  1741 ;  Mary,  April  23,  1744;  Sarah,  July 
21,  1747;  Eleazer,  February  20,  1754;  Asa, 
November   10,   1758. 

(IV)  Eleazer,  son  of  Stephen  Roath,  was 
born  in  the  old  house  mentioned  previously, 
February  20,  1754,  died  in  1835,  leaving  a 
large  and  valuable  estate.    He  married,  March 

26,  1777,  Hannah  Killam ;  children:  Eras- 
tus,  born  June   15,    1779,   died   November  4, 


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1794;  Betsey,  September  6,  1780;  Eunice, 
May  15,  1783;  Asa,  January  22,  1785,  died 
November  26,  1787;  Asa  (2),  March  3,  1790; 
Rebecca,  July  25,  1792;  Eleazer,  August  7, 
1795  ;  Hannah,  March  16,  1797.  Six  of  this 
family  lived  to  a  good  old  age.  Eleazer  Roath 
Jr.  was  an  officer  in  the  old  Third  Regiment  of 
militia.  After  the  death  of  Eleazer  Roath  Sr., 
his  daughters,  Betsey,  Eunice  and  Rebecca, 
continued  to  occupy  the  old  house.  Betsey, 
the  last  survivor,  did  not  move  out  until  1866. 
She  died  December  31,  1880,  aged  one  hun- 
dred }'ears,  three  months  and  twenty-five  days, 
retaining  to  the  last  the  full  possession  of  her 
faculties.  Remarkable  for  industry  through- 
Out  her  long  life,  her  nimble  fingers  wove 
many  a  carpet  on  the  hand  carpet-loom  left 
there.  On  the  one  hundredth  anniversary  of 
her  birth  she  sat  for  the  first  and  only  pic- 
ture ever  taken  of  her.  Her  sister  Rebecca 
lived  to  be  seventy-five,  and  Eunice  attained 
the  age  of  seventy-three  years. 

(V)  Colonel  Asa  Roath,  son  of  Eleazer 
Roath,  was  born  March  3,  1790,  died  March 
II,  1846.  He  received  a  sound  education  for 
the  times,  proving  an  apt  scholar,  learning 
quickly  and  retaining  his  knowledge.  Being 
intellectually  inclined,  he  became  very  accom- 
plished, and  turned  his  acquirements  to  good 
use.  During  the  earlier  years  of  his  man- 
hood he  was  engaged  as  a  teacher,  and  met 
with  excellent  success  in  that  profession,  giv- 
ing instruction  in  the  higher  branches,  espe- 
cially mathematics,  in  which  he  was  exceed- 
ingly proficient.  He  was  a  very  fine  penman, 
the  master  of  an  art  much  appreciated  in  those 
days.  Following  his  experience  as  a  teacher, 
he  took  up  surveying,  doing  a  great  deal  of 
work  in  that  line  in  Norwich  and  vicinity,  and 
he  served  many  years  as  county  surveyor. 
Other  offices  of  public  trust  were  also  tendered 
him,  and  he  became  one  of  the  leading  and 
influential  citizens  of  his  day,  active  in  every 
movement  for  the  welfare  and  future  good  of 
the  town.  He  served  many  years  as  probate 
judge  for  the  Norwich  district.  He  was 
colonel  of  the  Third  Regiment  of  State  Militia, 
and  was  at  the  defense  of  New  London  dur- 
ing the  war  of  1812.  In  religious  connection 
he  was  an  active  member  of  Trinity  Episcopal 
Church,  and  he  and  the  late  Colonel  George  L. 
Perkins,  who  lived  to  pass  the  century  mark, 
were  mainly  instrumental  in  the  organization 
of  the  first  Sunday  school  in  Norwich.  Fra- 
ternally Colonel  Roath  was  a  Free  Mason. 
He  was  a  staunch  democrat  in  politics.  In 
person  he  presented  a  striking  figure.  He  was 
nearly  six  feet  tall,  and  in  his  prime  weighed 
about  two  hundred  and  ninety  pounds,  and 
he   had   a  most   commanding  presence,   espe- 


cially in  his  military  uniform.  He  was  pos- 
sessed of  immense  physical  strength,  and  had 
a  powerful  voice,  which  he  used  to  good  ad- 
vantage in  his  military  service.  He  was  quite 
a  singer,  having  a  bass  voice. 

Colonel  Roath  married  Elizabeth  Allyij,  of 
North  Groton  (now  Ledyard),  Connecticut, 
where  she  was  born  July  2,  1799,  daughter 
of  General  Stephen  Billings  Allyn.  She  died 
]\lay  20,  1859,  aged  sixty  years.  Children: 
I.  Edwin  Allyn,  born  in  September,  1818, 
died  in  September,  1822.  2.  Ann  E.,  August 
I,  1820,  died  August  25,  1822.  3.  Edwin 
Allyn  (2),  November  2,  1823,  mentioned  be- 
low. 4.  Hannah,  December,  1826;  married 
Rufus  Leeds  Fanning,  and  died  in  Norwich, 
July  27,  1874.  5.  Stephen  Billings,  March  7, 
1829;  went  to  Chicago  in  the  early  sixties, 
accumulated  a  fortune,  and  lived  retired  in 
Norwich  until  his  death,  in  1905.  6.  Eliza- 
beth, August  26,  183 1  ;  widow  of  David  M. 
Randall,  and  resided  in  Norwich ;  she  has  one 
daughter,  Matilda  Brooks.  7.  Louis  Philippe, 
December  25.  1833,  mentioned  below.  8.  Ann 
r\leech,  August  17,  1836,  mentioned  below.  9. 
Henrietta  Louise,  June  29,  1839,  died  July  10, 
1840. 

(YD  Edwin  Allyn,  son  of  Colonel  Asa  and 
Elizabeth  (Allyn)  Roath,  was  born  in  Union 
street,  Norwich,  November  2,  1823.  He  at- 
tended the  public  schools  and  the  old  Norwich 
Academy,  which  was  located  in  the  building 
which  is  now  a  portion  of  the  residence  of 
George  F.  Bard,  in  Union  street,  and  from 
which  he  graduated  in  1841,  when  eighteen 
years  old.  On  that  occasion  he  received  a 
fine  gold  medal  as  a  prize  for  the  best  scholar- 
ship, besides  eleven  other  prizes  for  scholar- 
ships in  various  branches  of  study.  Among 
his  classmates  at  that  time  were  Timothy 
Dwight,  of  Yale,  Judge  Shipman,  Daniel  Dor- 
chester and  Charles  Rockwell.  Edwin  Allyn 
Roath  inherited  much  of  his  father's ,  ability, 
and  but  for  the  fact  that  a  mechanical 
life  appealed  to  him  more  than  a  pro- 
fessional career  his  name  might  well  have 
ranked  with  those  of  his  distinguished 
classmates.  Soon  after  graduating  he 
began  work  on  the  Norwich  &  Wor- 
cester railroad,  which  gave  him  an  opportunity 
to  indulge  his  mechanical  turn  of  mind,  and 
for  twenty-seven  years  he  was  a  locomotive 
engineer,  serving  the  traveling  public  with  the 
greatest  of  care,  so  that  no  serious  accident 
happened  during  that  time  on  his  train.  He 
was  subsequently  appointed  station  agent  at 
the  Ferry  street  station,  where  he  remained 
for  twenty-three  years.  At  the  time  of  the 
dedication  of  the  Bunker  Hill  Monu- 
ment     Mr.      Roath      ran      a      special      train 


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into  Boston.  After  completing  fifty  years 
of  active  service  with  the  railroad  com- 
pany he  retired  to  enjoy  the  fruits  of  his  la- 
bors. In  1868  he  bought  his  residence  on 
Spaulding  street,  and  occupied  that  place  from 
January,  1870,  until  his  death.  He  also  owned 
two  houses  on  North  Main  street,  built  in 
1839,  and  formerly  owned  by  his  father,  as 
well  as  his  grandfather's  place  in  Roath  street, 
built  about  two  centuries  ago,  a  home  in 
which  the  Redman  always  received  kindly 
treatment,  and  from  which  he-  was  never 
turned  away.  When  Mr.  Roath  was  a  boy 
Greeneville  was  a  large  farm,  with  one  house. 
When  he  commenced  to  work  for  the  railroad 
company  Worcester  had  a  population  of  only 
fifteen  thousand  people,  with  prospects  not 
as  bright  as  those  of  Norwich.  Politically  Mr. 
Roath  was  a  Democrat;  as  a  rule  he  declined 
any  official  honors.  In  disposition  he  was 
quiet  but  genial,  and  he  was  held  in  high 
esteem  by  all  his  acquaintances.  He  was  a 
member  of  Trinity  Episcopal  Church.  Mr. 
Roath  passed  away  August  15,  1900,  and  was 
laid  to  rest  in  Yantic  cemetery. 

On  February  21,  1849,  Mr.  Roath  was 
married,  in  Trinity  Episcopal  Church,  by  Rev. 
William  F.  Morgan,  then  rector  of  the  church, 
to  Frances  M.  Rathbone,  of  Norwich,  who 
was  born  June  24,  1828,  and  still  survives, 
making  her  home  with  her  son  Frank  A.  She 
is  a  daughter  of  Asa  and  Fanny  (Geer)  Rath- 
bone,  granddaughter  of  Asa  and  Lucy 
(Brown)  Rathbone,  great-granddaughter  of 
Abel  (Jr.)  and  Ann  (Gates)  Rathbone,  and 
great-great-granddaughter  of  Abel  Rathbone 
(or  Rathbun),  of  Salem,  Connecticut,  where 
the  family  in  past  years  have  had  numerous 
representatives.  This  branch  of  the  Rathbones 
traces  its  lineage  to  Richard  Rathbun,  born 
in  1574,  in  England,  who  came  to  Ipswich, 
Massachusetts.  On  February  21,  1899,  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Roath  celebrated  the  golden  anni- 
versary of  their_  wedding.  Children  :  Francis 
Edwin,  born  November  5,  1851,  died  Novem- 
ber 30,  1853 ;  Frank  AUyn,  born  April  18, 
1857,  mentioned  below. 

(VI)  Louis  Philippe,  son  of  Colonel  Asa 
and  Elizabeth  (Allyn)  Roath,  was  born  in 
Norwich,  December  25,  1833.  He  was  an 
attendant  at  the  public  schools  of  Norwich 
until  1850,  when  he  engaged  as  a  fireman  on 
the  old  Norwich  &  Worcester  railroad,  and  at 
the  expiration  of  fifteen  months  was  advanced 
to  the  position  of  locomotive  engineer.  In 
September,  1852,  when  but  eighteen  years 
of  age,  he  was  advanced  to  the  position  of 
engineer  of  a  passenger  train,  and  was  thus 
employed  until  he  resigned  in  1868.  He  then 
became    engineer    in    the    newly    constructed 


railroad  shops  of  the  company  at  Norwich, 
removed  there  with  his  family,  and  held  this 
position  for  a  period  of  twenty-four  years. 
At  the  request  of  his  employers  in  December, 
1892,  he  resumed  his  position  on  the  road, 
retained  it  until  January  10,  1895,  when  he 
resigned  from  railroad  work  after  a  continued 
service  of  more  than  forty  years.  Since  that 
time  he  has  lived  retired  from  business  em- 
ployment. He  formerly  lived  with  his  wife 
in  a  house  which  he  erected  in  1869  on  land 
which  he  inherited  from  his  father,  and  which 
has  been  in  the  possession  of  the  family  for 
a  number  of  generations.  He  now  resides  at 
No.  22  Warren  street,  Norwich.  He  takes 
an  active  interest  in  political  matters,  although 
he  has  never  held  public  office  with  the  excep- 
tion of  one  term,  when  he  served  as  a  member 
of  the  common  council ;  he  is  a  staunch  sup- 
porter of  the  Democratic  party.  His  religious 
affiliation  is  with  the  Trinity  Episcopal  Church, 
and  he  is  a  member  of  Montacute  Lodge,  Free 
and  Accepted  Masons,  of  Worcester,  Massa- 
chusetts, and  of  the  Brotherhood  of  Locomo- 
tive Engineers-. 

Mr.  Roath  married,  in  Worcester,  Massa- 
chusetts, January  21.  1857,  Laura  E.  Sea- 
grave,  born  in  Worcester,  January  21,  1839, 
died  in  Norwich,  Connecticut,  May  4,  1908. 
Children:  i.  Clarence  P.,  born  December  12, 
1857 ;  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Nor- 
wich ;  was  employed  one  year  in  the  offices 
of  the  Norwich  and  New  York  Transportation 
Company,  then  in  the  office  of  the  Norwich  & 
Worcester  railroad  shops,  and  was  a  conduc- 
tor on  the  New  York,  New  Haven  &  Hart- 
ford railroad;  he  is  a  member  of  St.  James 
Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  Columbian 
Commandery,  Scottish  Rite,  Norwich  Con- 
sistory, thirty-second  degree ;  he  resides  at 
Norwich,  Connecticut.  He  married  (first), 
June  8,  1885,  Fannie  E.  Andrews,  who  died 
August  4,  1896;  (second)  October  25,  1898, 
Elizabeth  S.,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  EHza- 
beth  (Campbell)  Service ;  children:  Marjorie, 
born  July  7,  1904 ;  Louis,  September  27,  1905. 
2.  Walter,  born  December  24,  1861  ;  was  also 
educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Norwich, 
and  at  the  age  of  sixteen  years  entered  the 
United  States  navy  and  served  an  apprentice- 
ship of  four  years.  He  then  entered  the  em- 
ploy of  the  Providence  &  Willimantic  rail- 
road as  a  fireman,  and  was  promoted  to  the 
position  ^f  engineer.  He  married  Ella  F.. 
Burnham,  of  Scarborough,  Maine,  and  they 
have  one  child,   Laura   Louise. 

(VI)  Ann  Meech,  daughter  of  Colonel  Asa 
and  Elizabeth  (Allyn)  Roath,  was  born  Au- 
gust 17,  1836.  She  was  noted  far  and  wide 
for   her   generous   and   charitable   disposition, 


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and  was  a  iiiembe'-  and  communicant  of  Trini- 
ty Episcopal  Church,  where  her  husband  was 
senior  warden.  She  married  Henry  Lester 
Parker,  of  Norwich,  Connecticut.  Children : 
Susan  May,  married  Martin  E.  Jensen,  and 
has  Gerard  Edward,  a  graduate  of  Yale  Uni- 
versity ;  Elizabeth  Roath,  married  Henry  A. 
Norton ;  Gerard  Lester,  married  Fannie  Ar- 
nold Carpenter,  and  has  two  daughters,  An- 
nette and  Lester;  Anne  Meech,  married  Henry 
H.  Walker,  of  Brooklyn,  New  York;  Henry 
Fitch,  married  Elizabeth  Eastmead  Scofield, 
of  Poughkeepsie,  New  York.  Mrs.  Parker 
passed  away  October  22,  1894,  and  an  obituary 
which  appeared  in  one  of  the  Norwich  papers 
spoke  as  follows  of  her: 

"Mrs.  Ann  Meech  Parker,  wife  of  Henry  L. 
Parker,  died  very  suddenly  at  her  home.  No. 
431  Franklin  street,  Monday  morning,  shortly 
after  7  o'clock.  She  had  been  suffering  from 
ill  health  for  a  year  past.  Mrs.  Parker  was 
born  in  this  city  in  1836,  being  a  daughter 
of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Asa  Roath.  She  had  since 
lived  in  Norwich,  where  she  was  widely 
known,  having  a  legion  of  warm  friends  who 
will  deeply  regret  her  death.  She  was  a  mem- 
ber and  communicant  of  Trinity  Episcopal 
Church,  where  her  husband  is  senior  warden. 
Possessed  of  a  deeply  sympathetic  nature,  her 
many  acts  of  kindness  during  her  life  will 
long  be  cherished  and  her  memory  held  in 
loving  remembrance  by  all  with  whom  she 
was  acquainted.'' 

(VH)  Frank  Allyn,  son  of  Edwin  Allyn 
and  Frances  M.  (Rathbone)  Roath,  was  born 
April  18,  1857,  in  Norwich.  He  obtained  his 
education  in  the  public  schools  and  Norwich 
Free  Academy.  Soon  after  leaving  school  he 
entered  the  employ  of  the  old  Norwich  & 
Worcester  Railroad  Company,  in  the  capacity 
of  clerk.  After  remaining  with  them  eleven 
years  he  resigned  to  accept  the  position  of 
freight  clerk  with  the  Norwich  &  New  York 
Transportation  Company,  which  he  acceptably 
filled  for  four  years ;  at  the  end  of  that  time 
he  became  purser  of  the  steamer  "City  of 
Worcester."  He  continued  thus  for  ten  years, 
tmtil  September,  1903,  when  he  resigned  after 
a  period  of  twenty-five  years  of  service.  Mr. 
Roath,  two  years  after  he  retired,  purchased 
Pinehurst,  one  of  the  most  picturesque  places 
in  Norwich,  and  here  he  lived  until  his  death, 
August  5,  1905.  The  Norzvich  Bulletin  said 
in  an  obituary :  "In  the  death  ®f  Frank  Allyn 
Roath,  there  passed  away  a  man  of  the  con- 
servative New  England  type — one  possessing 
faithfulness  and  that  sort  of  unostentatious 
kindliness  which  relieves  the  more  rugged 
element  of  New  England  character.  Friendli- 
ness, a  kindly  spirit  and  a  deep  sense  of  reli- 


gious responsibility,  which  found  expression 
in  the  work-a-day  of  his  life,  formed  the 
trinity  of  characteristics  ascribed  to  Mr.  Roath 
by  tiiose  who  knew  him  best."  He  was  a 
member  of  Trinity  Church.  On  June  20, 
1894,  Mr.  Roath  was  married  in  Worcester, 
Massachusetts,  to  Gertrude  Hakes,  a  native  of 
that  city,  daughter  of  Henry  Babcock  and 
Anna  Williams  (Woodward)  Hakes  (see 
Hakes  V.)  Mrs.  Roath  is  a  member  of  Faith 
Trumbull  Chapter,  Daughters  of  the  Ameri- 
can Revolution,  and  in  1901-02  served  as  re- 
gent of  same.  She  is  a  descendant  of  Robert 
Allyn,  George  Geer,  Captain  James  Avery, 
Thomas  Stanton,  Captain  George  Denison, 
Lieutenant  Thomas  Miner,  Captain  Isaac  Wil- 
liams, Joseph  Saxton,  Daniel  Eldrige  and 
Deacon  William  Parke.  Mrs.  Roath  resides 
at  Pinehurst,  which  is  part  of  the  grant  of  land 
which  John  Elderkin  received  from  the  town 
in  1668  and  where  he  lived. 

(The  Williams  Line). 

(Ill)  John  Williams,  son  of  Isaac  Williams 
(q.  v.),  was  born  at  Roxbury,  Massachusetts, 
October  31,  1667.  He  moved  to  Stonington, 
Connecticut,  about  1685.  He  married,  Janu- 
ary 24,  1687,  Martha  Wheeler,  of  the  Wheeler 
family  of  Stonington.  His  widow  married, 
June  I,  1714,  Thomas  Atwood.  His  epitaph 
reads:  "To  the.  memory  of  John  Williams, 
who  came  from  Roxbury,  Massachusetts,  set- 
tled at  Stonington,  and  married  Martha, 
daughter  of  Isaac  Wheeler,  was  one  of  the 
ancient  proprietors  of  this  town,  died  Novem- 
ber 15,  1702,  aged  33  years.  His  father, 
Capt.  Isaac  ^^'illiams,  died  in  Massachusetts, 
February  11,  1707,  aged  69  years.  His  grand- 
father, Robert  Williams,  came  from  Norwich, 
England,  and  died  in  Roxbury  in  1693,  aged 
86  years."  Children,  born  at  Stonington : 
Isaac,  mentioned  below  :  Colonel  John,  Octo- 
ber 31,  1692;  Martha,  August  5,  1693;  De- 
borah, April  2,  1695 :  William,  March  29, 
1697;  Nathan,  December  1i,  1698;  Benajah, 
baptized  August  28,  1700:  Eunice,  August  16, 
1702. 

(R')  Isaac  (2),  son  of  John  Williams,  was 
born  April  10,  1689.  He  married  Sarah  Deni- 
son of  the  Denison  family  of  Stonington. 
Children,  born  at  Stonington :  Sarah,  March 
12,  1712:  Martha,  1716:  Isaac,  baptized 
March  11,  1717;  Nathan,  baptized  July  22, 
1720;  Atwood,  baptized  April  16,  1723:  War- 
bam,  mentioned  below  ;  Phebe,  bapiized  March 
8,  173 1  :  Eunice,  baptized  December  25,  1733. 

(Y)  Warham,  son  of  Isaac  (2)  Williams, 
was  baptized  at  Stonington.  April  9,  1727. 
He  married,  May  14,  1758,  Rebecca  Satterlee, 
of  Stonington.     Children,  born  at  Stonington : 


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Warham,  mentioned  below ;  Charles,  July  6, 
1760;  Phebe,  December  i,  1761 ;  Asa,  August 
13,  1763;  Luke,  October  26,  1765. 

(VI)  Warham  (2),  son  of  Warham  (i) 
Williams,  was  born  February  19,  1759,  at 
Stonington.  He  married,  April  5,  1789,  Anna 
Stanton,  of  the  old  Stonington  family  of  this 
name.  Children,  born  at  Stonington :  Anna, 
August  22,  1790,  married  George  Bentley ; 
Mary  or  Polly,  February  17,  1792,  married, 
December  3,  1815,  Appleton  Woodward  (see 
Woodward  and  Hakes)  ;  Phebe,  February  15, 
1794,  married   John   Bentley. 

(The   Hakes  Line). 

(I)  Solomon  Hakes,  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  born  probably  in  1688,  in  England,  very 
likely  in  county  Devon.  The  English  families 
believe  that  county  Devon  was  where  the 
family  of  Hake  and  of  Hakes  originated,  and 
that  they  were  first  known  here  by  their  ar- 
morial bearings.  He  was  in  Westerly,  Rhode 
Island,  in  April,  1709,  and  was  propounded 
as  a  freeman  in  the  town  meeting  of  that 
month.  He  was  admitted  a  freeman  in  the 
May  following,  and  was  granted  one  hundred 
acres  of  land.  He  removed  to  Stonington, 
Connecticut,  on  January  i,  1710,  and  he  was 
given  an  ear-mark  for  his  cattle,  and  the  same 
ear-mark  was  afterwards  given  to  his  son, 
George,  June  28,  1754,  and  grandsons  Jesse, 
1793:  Elihu,  1807.  He  married  Anna,  born 
in  October,  1681,  daughter  of  Ebenezer  and 
Anna  (Comstock)  Billings,  of  Stonington, 
January  16,  1718.  They  were  married  by 
Rev.  James  Noyes.  The  burning  of  the 
county  records  of  New  London  destroyed 
much  information  that  might  have  been  gained 
about  him.  From  his  many  purchases  of  real 
estate,  it  is  thought  that  he  was  of  liberal 
means  for  that  time,  and  he  was  a  man  of 
importance  in  New  London  county,  being  ap- 
pointed to  many  places  of  trust.  He  was  alive 
in  1750,  but  must  have  died  before  the  revo- 
lution, as  he  would  have  been  ninety  years 
old  in  1776.  He  may  have  died  in  1753,  and 
he  and  his  wife  were  buried  about  a  mile 
northwesterly  from  the  village  of  North  Ston- 
ington. in  the  old  burying-ground  situated  in 
what  was  formerly  known  as  Milltown.  He 
was  a  farmer  by  occupation.  Children,  born 
at  Stonington:  George,  born  1719  (?),  men- 
tioned below;  Mary,  1721  (?):  Jonathan, 
1724  (  ?)  :  Solomon,  1727  (?). 

(II)  George,  son  of  Solomon  Hakes,  was 
born  in  1719  (  ?)  in  Stonington.  He  married 
(first)  Joanna  (?)  or  Hannah  Jones,  of  Ston- 
ington. May  15,  1739,  and  he  married  (sec- 
ond), Sarah  Coy,  widow,  of  Preston,  Con- 
nerticnt,  October  10,  1770.     He  was  a  farmer 


by  occupation,  and  died  in  1790  or  1793. 
Childi'en,  born  at  Stonington :  Richard,  April 
8,  1741,  mentioned  below ;  Solomon,  January 
20,  1743;  Hannah,  February  4,  1745;  Olive, 
December  12,  1749;  George  S.,  January  27, 
1751 ;  James,  March  25,  1752. 

(III)  Richard,  son  of  George  Hakes,  was 
born  April  8,  1741,  at  Stonington.  He  was 
a  soldier  in  the  revolution,  and  was  in  the. 
battle  of  New  London,  though  he  seems  to 
have  been  only  an  emergency  man.  He  ac- 
cumulated quite  a  fortune  during  the  war, 
intending  to  purchase  a  large  piece  of  land 
in  Central  New  York,  but  as  his  continental 
money  became  worthless,  he  remained  at  Ston- 
ington until  about  1800,  when  he  moved  to 
Pitcher,  Chenango  county.  New  York,  and 
bought  a  large  tract  of  land.  He  married 
Mary  Babcock,  of  Stonington,  August  11, 
1763,  and  Joseph  Fish  was  their  minister. 
He  died  July  5,  1815,  and  was  buried  at 
Pitcher  in  Hinman  cemetery.  His  epitaph 
was :  "Life  is  uncertain,  death  is  sure :  Sin  is 
a  wound,  Christ  is  a  cure."  He  was  a  farmer 
by  occupation.  Children,  born  at  Stonington : 
Mary  (Polly),  1764;  Eunice,  March  19,  1765; 
Richard,  Jr.,  January  14,  1767;  Jesse,  October 
15,  1768;  Amos,  1770;  Solomon,  1772;  Eze- 
kiel,  1774;  Perez,  1777;  Elihu,  1779,  men- 
tioned below  ;  Hannah,  1781  ;  Elias,  March  27, 
1783;  Esther,  1785;  Harry,  1787. 

(IV)  Elihu,  son  of  Richard  Hakes,  was 
born  at  Stonington  in  1779.  He  married 
(first)  Anna  Geer,  June  13,  1802,  and  he 
married  (second)  Abigail  Geer,  November  29, 
1810.  He  w?s  a  farmer,  and  lived  at  North 
Stonington,  where  he  died  April  20,  1834. 
Children,  born  at  Stonington :  Elihu,  Jr.,  Au- 
gust 13,  1803  ;  Richard,  March  2,  1806;  Anna, 
May  I,  1808;  Abbie  Park,  April  8,  1810. 
Children  by  second  wife :  Thomas  G.,  Septem- 
ber 19,  1812;  Phebe,  April  20,  1815  ;  Henry 
Babcock,  July  20,  1817,  mentioned  below, 
John  Morgan,  September  19,  1822 ;  Cynthia 
Louisa,   September  21,   1824. 

(V)  Henry  Babcock,  son  of  Elihu  Hakes, 
was  born  in  Preston.  Connecticut,  July  20, 
1817.  He  married,  January  6,  1841,  Anna 
Williams  Woodward,  born  in  Preston,  March 
26,  1820,  and  lived  for  a  number  of  years  in 
North  Stonington,  daughter  of  Appleton  and 
Mary  (Williams)  Woodward  (see  Woodward 
A'll).  In  the  Stanton  line  Mrs.  Hakes  traces 
her  lineage  back  to  Thomas  Stanton,  the 
founder  of  Stonington,  Connecticut,  who  mar- 
ried Catherine  Washington,  who  was  a  grand- 
daughter of  Robert  Bateman,  from  whom  the 
Bateman  ancestry  is  traced  back  to  the  year 
1045.  Henry  Babcock  Hakes  began  his  busi- 
ness   career    in    Preston    City.    Connecticut, 


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about  1838.  He  was  an  expert  iron  worker 
and  tool  maker.  In  November,  1846,  he  went 
to  Deep  River,  Connecticut,  where  he  was 
employed  in  the  works  of  the  Jennings  Auger 
Bit  Company.  In  1847  he  removed  to  Nor- 
-\vich,  where  he  was  master  mechanic  in  the 
shops  of  the  Norwich  and  Worcester  railroad, 
in  1849  he  went  to  Worcester,  Massachusetts, 
where  he  was  master  mechanic  in  the  repair 
shops  of  the  Nashua  railroad  at  the  opening 
of  the  road,  and  later  became  associated  with 
the  firm  of  Williams  Rich  &  Company,  manu- 
facturers of  machinists'  tools.  He  sold  out 
iiis  interest  in  this  business  and  became  a 
business  manager  of  the  Ames  Plow  Com- 
pany. He  was  an  inventor  of  prominence. 
One  of  his  inventions  was  the  Hakes  swivel 
plow,  which  was  used  on  side  hills,  and  this 
was  absorbed  by  the  Ames  Plow  Company. 
He  died  in  Worcester,  December  26,  1884. 

In  a  Worcester  newspaper  was  the  follow- 
ing obituary  of  Mr.  Hakes:  "Mr.  H.  B. 
Hakes,  whose  death  was  recorded  Satur- 
day, came  to  this  city  from  Preston  City 
thirt\-iive  years  ago.  During  much  of  this 
time  he  has  been  either  foreman  or  superin- 
tendent of  the  works  of  the  Ames  Plow 
Company.  It  was  in  the  employ  of  this  com- 
pany that  he  made  an  extended  tour  through 
Europe,  South  Africa,  Australia,  New  Zea- 
land, and  back  to  California,  the  trip  occupy- 
ing thirteen  months.  Mr.  Hakes  has  been  a 
member  of  the  Baptist  Church  forty-three 
years,  and  of  the  First  Baptist  Church  in  this 
city  thirty-three  years.  The  many  friends 
who  attended  the  funeral  services  in  the 
church  yesterday  afternoon  bore  witness  to  the 
■esteem  in  which  he  was  held.  The  number  of 
gray-headed  men  present  was  something  re- 
markable. Among  the  many  who  have  called 
to  express  sympathy  with  the  family  are  a 
•goodly  number  who  have  been  in  his  employ 
in  the  shops.  Mr.  Hakes  served  the  city  very 
acceptably  as  alderman  in  1865,  under  Mayor 
Ball,  and  in  1866,  under  Mayor  Blake.  He 
was  earnest  and  conscientious  in  all  he  at- 
tempted to  do.  Mr.  Hakes  was  one  of  the 
■gifted  mechanics  who  have  so  largely  made 
Worcester  what  it  is."  Children:  i.  Mary 
Abby,  born  March  24,  1843,  died  March  7, 
1892;  married,  September  26,  1871,  Rev. 
Leroy  Stephens,  D.D. ;  moved  to  Mt.  Pleas- 
ant, Pennsylvania.  2.  Henry  Albert,  Octo- 
ber I,  1847,  died  August  25,  1848.  3.  Anna 
Woodward,  February  14,  1850:  married,  Au- 
gust 5,  187 1,  Rev.  J.  Sexton  James,  D.D.,  of 
Lewisburg,  Pennsylvania.  4.  Gertrude,  March 
15,  1856;  lived  in  Worcester;  secretary  of  the 
Hakes  reunion  in  1889 ;  married,  June  20, 
1894,  Frank  Allyn  Roath,  of  Norwich,  Con- 


necticut (see  Roath  VII).  5.  Sarah  Rogers, 
April  13,  1859;  married,  January  26,  1887, 
Milo  C.  Treat  and  resides  in  Washington, 
Pennsylvania.  6.  Henry  (twin),  June  2, 
1863,  died  January  4,  1866.  7.  Albert  (twin), 
died  February  23,  1864. 

(The  Woodward  Line). 

(I)  Richard  Woodward,  immigrant  ances- 
tor, was  born  in  England  in  1590.  He  sailed 
for  New  England  in  the  ship  "Elizabeth"  of 
Ipswich,  April  30,  1635,  with  his  wife  Rose, 
aged  fifty,  and  children,  George  and  John, 
aged  thirteen  years.  He  settled  at  Water- 
town,  Massachusetts,  and  was  admitted  a  free- 
man, September  2,  1635.  He  was  a  miller 
and  bought  a  wind-mill  located  at  Boston  and 
mortgaged  or  sold  it  in  1648.  His  wife  Rose 
died  October  6,  1666,  aged  eighty  years,  and 
he  married  (second)  (the  settlement  being 
dated  April  18,  1663)  Ann  Gates,  born  1603, 
widow  of  Stephen  Gates,  of  Cambridge.  In 
1642  he  had  a  homestall  of  twelve  acres, 
bounded  by  land  of  John  Spring,  Martin  Un- 
derwood, and  the  highway,  John  WincoU  and 
John  Knight.  He  had  another  lot  bounded  by 
land  of  Edward  How,  Richard  Benjamin  and 
Edmund  Blois,  a  total  of  three  hundred  and 
ten  acres.  He  bought,  September,  1648,  of 
Edward  Holbrook  and  wife  Anne,  a  mill  in 
Boston  and  sold  it  December,  1648,  to  Wil- 
liam Aspinwall.  He  died  February  16,  1664- 
65.  The  inventory  of  his  estate  was  filed 
April  4,  1665.  His  widow  died  in  Stow,  Feb- 
ruary 5,  1682-83. 

(II)  'George,  son  of  Richard  Woodward, 
was  born  in  England  in  1622  and  came  with 
brother  and  parents  in  1635  in  the  ship  "Eliz- 
abeth." He  was  admitted  a  freeman.  May 
6,  1646.  He  removed  from  Watertown  to 
Brookline  (Muddy  River)  in  Boston.  He  was 
selectman  of  Watertown  in  1674.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  Mary  ;  (second)  August  17, 

1659,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Thomas  Ham- 
mond, of  Newton.  Her  father  in  his  will, 
proved  November  5,  1675,  gave  her  a  hundred 
acres  of  land  in  Muddy  River,  probably  where 
George  Woodward  lived.  George  Woodward 
died  May  31,  1676,  and  administration  was 
granted  to  his  widow,  June  20,  1676.  His 
widow  married  Samuel  Truesdale.  Children 
of  first  wife:  Mary,  August  12,  1641  ;  Sarah, 
February  6,  1642-43;  Amos,  died  at  Cam- 
bridge, October  9,  1679,  mentioning  his 
brothers  and  sisters  in  his  will ;  Rebecca, 
December  30,  1647;  John,  mentioned  below; 
Susanna,  September  30,  1651,  unmarried; 
Daniel,  September  2,  1653,  inherited  the 
homestead ;  Mary,  June  3,  1656.  Child  of 
second  wife:     George,  September  t,-  1660. 


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(III)  John,  son  of  George  Woodward,  was 
born  at  Watertown,  March  28,  1649.  He 
married  (first)  Rebecca  Robbins,  of  Cam- 
bridge, Massachusetts;  (second)  July  7,  1686, 
Sarah  Bancroft,  of  Reading.  She  died  Sep- 
tember 22,  1723.  They  lived  at  Newton,  Mas- 
sachusetts. Children  of  first  wife:  John,  born 
September  7,  died  September  22,  1674;  John, 
mentioned  below ;  Richard,  December  26, 
1677;  Rebecca,  October  29,  1679,  died  young; 
Daniel,  September  22,  1681  ;  Rebecca,  Febru- 
ary 2,  1682-83;  Mary,  October  6,  1684;  Jon- 
athan, September  25,  1685.  Children  of  sec- 
ond wife:  Joseph,  November  26,  1688;  Eben- 
ezer,    March    12,    1690-91  ;    Abigail,    May   25, 

1695- 

(IV)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Wood- 
ward, was  born  in  Newton,  July  12,  1675. 
He  and  his  brothers  settled  in  Windham,  Can- 
terbury and  Preston,  Connecticut.  Joseph 
bought  land  in  Canterbury  in  1710  with  John 
and  Richard.  Daniel  Woodward,  perhaps  an 
uncle,  was  one  of  the  signers  for  the  incor- 
poration of  Plainfield  in  1699.  The  brother 
Daniel  was  not  then  of  age.  Daniel,  brother 
of  John,  and  wife  Thankful  joined  the  church 
at  Preston,  Connecticut,  April  18,  1711,  and 
had  children  baptized  1704-20.  Amos  Wood- 
ward, son  of  Daniel,  grandson  of  George  (2), 
and  wife  Hannah  were  also  members  of  the 
Preston  church. 

(V)  Thomas,  son  or  nephew  of  John  (2) 
Woodward,  was  born  about  1700.  He  mar- 
ried, May  18,  1725,  at  Preston,  Connecticut, 
Dorothy  Parke,  who  was  baptized  at  the  First 
Church  of  Preston,  April  15,  1704,  daughter 
of  Robert  Parke.  Thomas  Woodward  joined 
the  church  April  17,  1726,  and  his  wife  Doro- 
thy February  27,  1732.  They  lived  in  the 
southern  part  of  Preston  for  a  time.  There 
was  a  settlement  of  bounds  between  Heze- 
kiah  Parke  and  Thomas  Woodward,  "Begin- 
ning at  a  white  oak  tree  which  is  a  southeast 
corner  of  a  fifty  acre  grant  that  ye  said  Wood- 
ward now  lives  upon."  Parke  quitclaims  to 
Woodward  all  land  on  the  north  and  east 
of  a  certain  line  and  Woodward  to  Parke 
all  right  in  the  west  and  south  of  said  line. 
Woodward  also  owned  land  just  over  the  line 
in  Stonington,  where  he  probably  lived  at 
the  time  of  his  death,  as  his  will  was  proved 
there.  Thomas  Woodward  was  one  of  the 
six  organizers  of  the  Separist  Church  in  Pres- 
ton, March  17,  1747,  the  other  five  being, 
Hezekiah  Parke,  Paul  Parke,  relatives  of  his 
wife,  John  Avery,  Ephraim  Jones  and  his 
wUe  Martha.  The  Separist  Church  was  built 
not  far  from  his  home.  He  died  in  1778 ;  his 
will,  dated  April  13,  1776,  was  probated  at 
Stonington,    Connecticut,    July   22,    1778,   the 


witnesses  being  Paul  Parke,  his  pastor,  Heze- 
kiah Parke,  his  brother-in-law,  and  Jeremiah 
Halsey.  The  inventory  amounted  to  two  thou- 
sand three  hundred  and  fifty-nine  pounds,  six- 
teen shillings.  He  mentions  his  wife  Doro- 
thy in  the  will,  giving  her  a  third  of  the  land 
and  buildings  during  her  life,  his  mare,  one 
cow,  six  sheep,  two  hogs,  all  the  bees  and 
all  the  house  furnishings.  During  his  life- 
time he  had  given  land  to  his  sons  Parke, 
Hezekiah  and  Jonas ;  in  his  will  he  gives  to 
his  son  Caleb  all  land  and  buildings  on  the 
north  side  of  the  highway  that  runs  through 
my  farm  that  I  now  live  on,  "and  bequeaths 
to  him  his  sword  and  charges  him  with  the 
care  of  his  mother."  To  his  son  Thomas  he 
gives  the  land  on  the  south  side  of  the  high- 
way and  to  his  daughters  Joanna,  Dorothy 
and  Mary,  he  gives  money  in  addition  to 
what  they  have  already  had.  Children: 
Parke,  born  March  21,  1726,  baptized  July 
31,  1726,  at  First  Church,  Preston;  Joanna, 
February  8,  1729;  Hezekiah,  May  20,  1732; 
Dorothy,  November  28,  1734,  baptized  June 
12,  1735;  Jonas,  born  March  21,  baptized 
May  25,  1737;  Mary,  baptized  June  14,  1741 ; 
Caleb,  mentioned  below  ;  Thomas  ;  Elkanah. 

(VI)  Caleb,  son  of  Thomas  Woodward, 
was  born  about  1744  in  Preston,  Connecti- 
cut. He  owned  land  in  Preston,  but  lived 
in  Stonington  and  died  there  July  18,  1814. 
He  married.  May  14,  1769,  Alifif  HilHard,  born 
October  26,  1751,  at  Stonington  (town 
records  vol.  3,  p.  152),  died  March  13, 
1826,  at  Stonington,  daughter  of  Ambrose 
and  Mary  HilHard,  of  Stonington.  Am- 
brose Hilliard  died  at  Stonington,  Octo- 
ber 2,  1769,  aged  seventy-five  years  and  three 
days.  At  a  court  of  probate  held  at  Stoning- 
ton, November  7,  1769,  John  Hilliard  was  ap- 
pointed administrator  of  the  estate,  the  widow 
declining  the  trust.  A  portion  of  the  es- 
tate was  set  off  to  the  widow  Mary  on  May 
I,  1770.  Children:  i.  Dolly,  born  February 
7,  1770;  married Nye  and  lived  in  Tol- 
land, Connecticut.  2.  Ambrose,  September  3, 
1 77 1,  died  unmarried  at  his  sister's  home  in 
New    York    state.      3.    Nancy,    January    31, 

1773;   married   Baird,   and   lived   at  or 

near  Newburg,  New  York ;  son  Archibald  also 
lived  there.     4.  Aliff,  May  23,  1775  ;  married 

Dennison ;    lived    and    died    in    Mystic, 

Connecticut.  5.  William,  September  23,  1777, 
probably  died  young.  6.  Caleb,  February  14, 
1781 ;  married  Sallie  Yerrington  and  died  at 
Stonington.  7.  John,  July  7,  1783;  had  son 
living  in  New  York  City.  8.  Appleton,  men- 
tioned below.  9.  Polly,  September  14,  1788 ; 
married  Ambrose  Green  ;  son  Ambrose  lived 
near  Newburg,  New  York.     10.  Cynthia,  Feb- 


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ruary     5,    1791  :    married   Morgan,    of 

Ledyard,  Connecticut;  settled  in  vicinity  of 
Newburg,  New  York;  had  three  children.  11. 
Betsey,  June  i,  1793;  unmarried,  died  in  Wil- 
lington,  Connecticut.  12.  Elias,  July  20,  1795, 
died  in  Newburg,  leaving  several  children. 

(VII)  Appleton,  son  of  Caleb  Woodward, 
was  born  February  2,  1786;  married,  Decem- 
ber 3,  1815,  Mary,  daughter  of  Warham  and 
Anna  (Stanton)  Williams,  of  North  Stoning- 
ton.  He  died  February  20,  1850,  at  North 
Stonington,  where  he  was  buried  on  his  own 
farm  in  the  family  lot,  where  his  father  Caleb 
was  also  buried.  Children:  i.  Maryanna, 
born  July  6,  1817,  at  North  Stonington,  died 
May  18,  1907,  at  Preston ;  married,  August 
27,  1848,  Seth  Main.  2.  Appleton  Albert, 
May  26,  1818,  at  North  Stonington,  died  Sep- 
tember 26,  1883,  at  Jersey  City,  New  Jersey ; 
married,  August  12,  1840,  Frances  Eliza  Wil- 
liams. 3.  Anna  Williams,  March  26,  1820, 
at  Preston:  married,  January  26,  1841,  Henry 
Babcock  Hakes,  of  Preston  (see  Hakes  V). 
4.  Phebe  Aliff,  June  13,  1822.  at  Preston; 
married,  March  8,  1840,  Ellis  Leonard,  for- 
merly of  Rehoboth,  Massachusetts.  5.  Cyn- 
thia Rebecca,  December  27,  1824,  at  Preston, 
died  February  6,  1897,  at  Croton,  Connecti- 
cut; married,  May  10,  1846,  Isaac  Gardner 
Fcrd.  6.  Harriet  Frances,  January  4,  1827, 
at  North  Stonington :  married,  September  9, 
1849,  William  Hallett,  of  Ledyard;  they  live 
in  Des  Moines,  Iowa.  7.  William  Hilliard, 
.April  II,  1829,  at  North  Stonington,  died  No- 
vember 26,  1881,  at  Jersey  City;  served  in 
Company  F,  Twenty-sixth  Connecticut  Volun- 
teers, in  the  civil  war,  a  musician ;  married, 
September  9,  1849,  Irena  Frances  Billings.  8. 
Dolly  Rozilla,  North  Stonington,  June  27, 
1 83 1,  died  in  Greenville,  March  4,  1833. 


Ezekiel  Foster  was  born  Octo- 
FOSTER  ber  24,  1767,  died  December  18, 
1835,  at  Norfolk,  Connecticut. 
He  taught  school  in  his  younger  days,  and  was 
afterward  a  farmer  at  New  Marlborough, 
Massachusetts.  He  married,  February  19, 
1795,  Sally,  born  August  20,  1771,  died  Janu- 
ary 15,  1816,  daughter  of  Captain  Ebenezer 
Smith,  who  was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution 
and  took  part  at  the  battle  of  Bennington. 
Children :  Smith,  mentioned  below ;  Sally, 
born  September  11,  1797:  Junius,  October  15, 
1799,  died  young:  Lorinda,  September  23, 
180T  ;  Paulina,  March  22,  1804;  Junius,  July 
7,  1807;  Lucia,  February  23,  1810. 

(11)  Smith,  son  of  Ezekiel  Foster,  was 
horn  at  New  Marlborough,  Massachusetts, 
January  29,  1796,  died  in  Canaan,  Connecticut, 
January  29.  1878.     He  received  a  good  edu- 


cation in  the  public  schools.  When  a  young 
man  he  followed  farming  fot,  an  occupation, 
cultivating  a  farm  for  two  years  at  Jefferson, 
Schoharie  county,  New  York,  whither  he  re- 
moved. Later  he  located  in  Norfolk,  and 
worked  with  his  brother  at  carriage  making, 
subsequently  learning  the  trade  of  spinner 
there.  He  was  a  skillful  penman,  and  took  a 
just  pride  in  the  appearance  of  the  books 
which  he  kept  for  his  son  during  his  later 
years.  He  was  active  and  well  preserved  to 
the  time  of  his  last  illness  at  the  age  of  eighty- 
two  years.  Of  fine  carriage  and  commanding 
presence,  Mr.  Foster's  personality  was  always 
attractive,  and  he  enjoyed  the  friendship  of 
many.  He  married,  September  4,  1825, 
Dency,  born  March  14,  1803,  died  June  i, 
1875,  daughter  of  Eliphalet  Clark,  of  Hudson, 
New  York,  who  was  a  wealthy  land  owner 
of  Norfolk,  the  farm  on  which  Hillshurst 
house  now  stands  being  his  estate.  Mrs.  Fos- 
ter, who  was  a  handsome  and  talented  woman, 
was  of  Welsh  ancestry  through  the  Thomas 
line.  Children :  Chauncey  Smith,  mentioned 
below :  Sarah  Ann,  born  January  17,  1828, 
resides  at  old  home  in  East  Canaan ;  Emily 
Jane,  May  2,  1836,  deceased,  married  Horace 
B.  Stevens,  of  Canaan. 

(Ill)  Chauncey  Smith,  son  of  Smith  Fos- 
ter, was  born  in  Jefferson,  Schoharie  county. 
New  York,  September  12,  1826.  He  attended 
the  district  schools  and  the  academy  at  Nor- 
folk. During  his  boyhood  he  worked  in  the 
mill  when  not  attending  school.  He  could 
have  had  a  college  education,  but  preferred 
to  learn  a  trade  and  engage  in  business.  He 
was  apprenticed  to  a  merchant  tailor  in  Nor- 
folk, and  at  the  age  of  eighteen  was  sent  by 
him  to  Huntsville,  where  he  carried  on  the 
business  for  his  employer  until  twenty-one 
years  of  age,  when  he  assumed  the  business 
for  himself.  Afterwards  started  in  business 
in  Falls  A'illage,  and  in  the  spring  of  1855 
removed  to  Winsted,  Connecticut,  engaging 
in  business  as  a  merchant  tailor.  In  addition 
to  his  tailoring,  he  is  the  owner  of  a  large 
store,  dealing  in  men's  furnishing  goods.  His 
business  career  has  been  notably  successful. 
He  is  also  secretary  and  director  of  the  Win- 
sted Edge  Tool  Company  and  director  of  the 
Hulbert  National  Bank.  He  is  a  thirty-second 
degree  Mason,  a  member  of  St.  Andrew's 
Lodge  of  Winsted,  of  Meriden  Chapter,  Royal 
Arch  Masons,  of  which  he  is  past  high  priest, 
of  Clark  Commandery,  Knights  Templar,  of 
Waterbury,  Mystic  Shrine,  of  Bridgeport,  and 
of  other  Scottish  Rite  bodies  of  that  city.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Society  of  the  Sons  of  the 
Revolution  by  virtue  of  the  service  of  his 
mother's    revolutionary    ancestor.       He    is    a 


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prominent  member  and  trustee  of  the  Meth- 
odist Episcopal  church  and  member  of  the  offi- 
cial board.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican.  He 
is  one  of  the  most  substantial  and  influential 
merchants  of  the  town,  popular  among  all 
classes  of  his  townsmen.  He  married,  in  1848, 
Helen  E.,  born  in  Canaan,  July  2,  1824,  died 
at  Winsted,  October  23,  1902,  daughter  of 
Ebenezer  and  Fannie  (Yale)  Beebe,  the  lat- 
ter of  whom  was  a  descendant  of  the  founder 
of  Yale  College.  Children :  Junius  Smith, 
died  in  childhood;  George  C,  born  Septem- 
ber 8,  1865,  associated  in  business  with  his 
father;  married  Annie  Betts.  They  had  an 
adopted  daughter,  Fannie  Belle,  born  August 
28,  1881,  died  April  19,  1898;  she  was  edu- 
cated at  Windsor,  Connecticut,  and  was  a  fine 
musician. 


Timothy  Foster  was  very  likely 
FOSTER     born    in    Devonshire,  England. 

He  married  (first)  ,  vvho 

died  in  England.  He  married  (second),  in 
England,  Mrs.  Eglin  (Hatherly)  Hanford. 
She  married  (third),  in  America,  Deacon 
Richard  Sealis,  who  died  in  Scituate  in  1656. 
Eglin  Hatherly  was  sister  of  the  venerable 
Timothy  Hatherly  who  arrived  in  Plymouth  in 
the  "Ann"  in  1623;  his  home  was  destroyed 
by  fire,  and  he  returned  to  England  in  1625, 
and  returned  here  again  in  1632  in  the 
"Charles"  from  Barnstable,  went  to  Plymouth 
and  to  Scituate  in  1633 ;  was  a  large  property 
owner,  and  was  considered  the  guardian  and 
patron  of  Scituate ;  was  assistant  in  the  gov- 
ernment for  thirteen  years,  treasurer  of  the 
colonies  and  commissioner  of  the  United  Col- 
onies for  three  years ;  died  in  1666,  issueless. 
After  the  death  of  Timothy  Foster,  his  widow 
came  to  America  in  the  ship  "Planter"  in 
1635  with  her  three  children,  Eglin  Hanford, 
Lettie  Hanford  and  Rev.  Thomas  Hanford. 
Deacon  Sealis,  her  third  husband,  was  a  mem- 
ber of  Mr.  Lathrop's  church :  he  went  to  Sci- 
tuate in  1634,  and^had  a  house  in  1636  north 
of  Thomas  Ensign's,  which  he  turned  over 
to  Ealin  Hanford,  his  wife's  daughter ;  in 
iC)  ^1  he  had  a  house  north  of  Scituate  brook, 
and  he  was  one  of  the  Conihassctt  parties  in 
i6^<fi:  his  will  was  dated  1656,  and  he  be- 
queaths to  wife  Eglin,  daughter  Hannah, 
wife  of  John  Winchester,  and  Hester,  wife  of 
Samuel  Jackson,  Winchester,  who  was  of 
Hingham  and  succeeded  to  Sealis  residence 
in  Scituate,  and  had  one  son  Jonathan,  born 
1647,  who  was  in  King  Philip's  war  and  was 
granted  land  for  his  services.  Children : 
Edward,  born  in  England,  1610,  mentioned 
below ;  Eglin.  married  Isaac'  Robinson  Jr., 
grandson  of  the  venerable  John  Robinson,  the 


"Mayflower"  pastor;  Isaac  Jr.  was  drowned 
at  Barnstable. 

(II)  Edward,  son  of  Timothy  Foster,  was 
born  in  county  Kent,  England,  1610,  and  came 
to  this  country  probably  in  the  ship  "Ann" 
with  Timothy  Hatherly,  who  was  his  mother's 
brother.  He  settled  in  Kent  street,  Scituate, 
near  Scituate  brook,  in  1633,  and  was  taxed 
that  year  by  the  colony  court.  He  was  a  law- 
yer and  practiced  in  England  before  coming 
to  America.  He  was  a  farmer  in  this  coun- 
try, where  there  was  virtually  no  law  busi- 
ness. He  had  sixty  acres  of  land  on  the 
North  River  near  Humphrey  Turner's  lot 
near  King's  Landing.  He  was  a  man  of  high 
reputation  and  one  of  the  founders  of  the 
church,  January  8,  1635 ;  was  deputy  to  the 
general  court  in  1639-40.  He  was  constantly 
active  in  public  affairs,  and  but  for  his  early 
death  would  doubtless  have  taken  a  place  of 
historical  importance  in  the  colony.  He  was 
assistant  in  1637.  His  will  was  dated  Novem- 
ber 24,  1643  '  hs  bequeathed  to  wife  Lettie 
and  son  Timothy  and  to  an  infant  unborn.  He 
married   at   Mr.   Cudworth's   house,   April   8, 

1635,  Lettie  Hanford,  mentioned  above.  The 
famous  Captain  Myles  Standish  performed 
the  ceremony,  which  had  to  be  by  a  magistrate 
at  that  time.  The  inventory  of  his  estate  was 
taken  by  Timothy  Hatherly  and  his  father-in- 
law.  Deacon  Sealis.  They  with  Edward  Eden- 
den  were  trustees  under  the  will.  Children, 
born  at  Scituate:  Timothy,  baptized  March  7, 

1636,  buried  December  5,  1637;  Timothy,  bap- 
tized April  22,  1638,  died  young ;  Timothy, 
born  1640,  mentioned  below  ;  Elizabeth,  born 
164,1,  married,  1666.  Ephraim  Hewitt,  of  Hull. 

(III)  Sergeant  Timothy  Foster,  son  of  Ed- 
ward Foster,  was  born  at  Scituate  in  1640.  He 
sold  part  of  his  house  in  Scituate  in  1662  to 
Edward  Jenkins  and  went  to  live  in  Dorches- 
ter, Massachusetts,  but  he  soon  returned  to 
his  farm  at  North  River.  He  sold  the  west 
part  of  his  house  lot  and  the  house  at  the 
harbor  to  John  Allen  in  1679.  In  1671  he 
purchased  one-half  of  the  Edward  Breck  mill 
with  land  adjoining  of  Mrs.  Isabel  Fisher, 
widow  of  Edward  Breck,  and  afterward  wife 
of  Anthony  Fisher,  of  Roxbury,  and  before 
her  marriage  to  Breck,  widow  of  John  Rigby. 
Sergeant  Foster  married  (first)  October  13, 
1663,  Mrs.  Ruth  (Tileston)  Denton,  of  Dor- 
chester, daughter  of  Thomas  Tileston  and 
widow  of  Richard  Denton.  Her  father  was 
a  freeman  in  1636  and  an  enterprising  and 
useful  citizen.  Ruth  died  December  5.  1677. 
He  married  (second),  March  9,  1680,  Mrs. 
Relief  (Holland)  Dowse,  who  married  (first), 
October  31,  1672,  John  Dowse  and  had  four 
children.   Her  third  husband  was  Henry  Lead- 


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better,  bo''n  October  16,  1664.  She  died  July 
7,  1743.  He  died  December  16,  1688.  Chil- 
dren of  Sergeant  Timothy  Foster;  by  first 
wife:  Ruth,  born  at  Scituate,  September  4, 
1664;  Elizabeth,  October  8,  1667;  Naomi, 
February  11,  1668,  married  John  Davenport: 
Hatherly,  September  22.  1671 ;  Rebecca,  Sep- 
tember 12,  1675,  married  R.  Mountefort. 
Children  of  second  wife :  Timothy,  men- 
tioned below ;  Edward,  January  22,  1682 ; 
Thomas,  November  3,  1686;  Elizabeth,  Octo- 
ber 13,  1688 ;  Prudence,  December  3,  1694. 

(IV)  Timothy  (2),  son  of  Sergeant  Tim- 
othy   (I)    Foster,  was  born  January  8,   1681, 

at  Dorchester.     He  married,  in  1705,  , 

and  lived  in  Walpole,  Massachusetts.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Walpole:  William,  1706;  Han- 
nah, 1708;  Lydia,  1710;  Timothy,  mentioned 
below. 

(V)  Timothy  (3),  son  of  Timothy  (2) 
Foster,  was  born  in  171 5  at  Walpole.  He  was 
a  cordwainer  (shoemaker)  by  trade.  From 
Walpole  he  came  to  Oxford,  Worcester 
county,  Massachusetts,  where  he  bought  land 
in  1748  in  what  is  now  the  southeast  part  of 
Dudley.  He  and  thirteen  sons  served  in  the 
revolution,  an  aggregate  of  sixty  years.  He 
had  also  been  in  the  colonial  service.  His 
will  was  proved  at  Worcester,  May  5,  1795, 
bequeathing  to  wife  Mary  and  children  Sarah, 
John,  Hannah,  Jacob,  Joseph  and  Rebecca. 
The  service  of  eight  of  the  sons  is  found  in 
the  revolutionary  rolls.  He  died  April,  1795. 
He  married  (first)  in  1739,  Molly  May;  (sec- 
ond). May  17,  1753,  Keziah  Lyon;  (third), 
1755.  Mary  Payson.  Children  of  first  wife : 
Ebenezer,  born  January  i,  1740;  Timothy, 
June  20,  1741 ;  John,  April  10,  1743 ;  Richard, 
November  24,  1744;  Samuel,  December  4, 
1746:  Mary,  June  5,  1748;  Hannah,  March 
18,  1750:  Jonathan,  xA.ugust  19,  1752.  Child 
of  second  wife:  Benjamin,  December  13, 
1754,  killed  in  revolution.  Children  of  third 
wife:  Jacob.  August  27,  1756:  Aaron,  Oc- 
tober ID.  1758:  William,  July  20,  1760;  Jo- 
seph, mentioned  below :  John  (twin  of  Jo- 
seph), April  29,  1762;  Samuel,  April  30, 
1764;  Sarah,  March  21,  1766;  Rebecca,  No- 
vember 19,  1768.  Timothy  was  sergeant  in 
the  Dudley  compan}'  of  Captain  Nathaniel 
Healey,  regiment  of  Colonel  Ebenezer 
Learned. 

(VI)  Joseph,  son  of  Timothy  (3),  Foster, 
was  born  at  Dudley,  April  29,  1762.  He 
moved  to  Mansfield.  Connecticut,  about  1795, 
and  soon  afterward  to  Hampton  in  that  state. 
He  was  a  farmer.  He  spent  his  last  vears  in 
the  homes  of  his  children  and  died  at  Chaplin, 
Connecticut,  aged  eighty-three  years.  He  was 
a  rclc'ier  in  the  revolution,  enlisting  first  at  the 


age  of  thirteen  years ;  was  stationed  at  New 
London,  Connecticut ;  served  in  New  Jersey 
and  northern  New  York ;  was  a  fif  er,  it  is 
said,  in  the  escort  which  went  with  Major 
Andre  to  the  execution.  His  gravestone 
states :  "He  enlisted  in  the  Revolutionary 
army  when  but  thirteen  years  of  age  and  was 
one  of  thirteen  brothers,  who.  together  with 
their  father,  served  in  the  war  in  the  aggre- 
gate over  sixty  years."  He  was  a  private  in 
Captain  David  Batchellor's  company,  Colonel 
Ezra  Wood's  regiment,  from  June  5,  1778, 
to  January  29,  1779,  raised  for  service  at 
North  River :  also  in  Captain  Thomas  Fish's 
company.  Colonel  Nathan  Tyler's  regiment, 
from  July  i,  1779,  to  December  i  following  in 
Rhode  Island;  also  from  November  20,  1779, 
to  January  I,  1780.  He  died  November  27, 
1845.  He  married,  at  Dudley,  March  18, 
1782.  Chloe,  daughter  of  Adams  White,  of 
Dudley,  a  descendant  of  the  Ouinceys  and 
Brentons  and  said  to  have  been  descended 
from  Peregrine  White  of  the  "Mayflower'' 
family.  Children :  Asenath,  born  November 
2,  1783,  died  unmarried  at  Hampton;  Lyman, 
mentioned  below ;  Lucy,  April  18,  1786,  mar- 
ried John  Ford;  William,  December  7,  1790; 
Samuel  P.,  September  13,  1793;  Sophia,  Feb- 
ruary 6,  1796:  Chloe,  February  22,  1798; 
Charles,  August  29,  1800:  Joseph,  March  22, 
1803 ;  Mary  Ann,  September  22,  1805 ;  Re- 
becca, December  2,   1807. 

(VII)  Lyman,  son  of  Joseph  Foster,  was 
born  May  14,  1784.  He  was  a  carpenter  at 
Hampton,  Connecticut.  He  married  Abigail 
(Nabby)  Cady.  They  had  a  son  Lyman 
\'\'hite,  mentioned  below. 

(A  III)  Lyman  White,  son  of  Lyman  Fos- 
ter, married  Sarah  Bradbury.  Children:  i. 
Rowena  C,  married  Samuel  J.  Bidwell,  of 
Hartford,  Connecticut:  children:  i.  Nellie  M. 
Bidwell,  died  aged  eighteen  years :  ii.  Kate  L. 
Bidwell,  married  Arthur  B.  Clarkson  and  had 
Rowena  A. :  iii.  Grace  C.  Bidwell,  never  mar- 
ried. 2.  Abbie  M.,  married  George  Clark,  of 
South  Norwalk,  Connecticuc:  child,  George  D. 
Clark,  married  Harriet  \'alentine :  children : 
Gilford  Foster  Clark  (daughter)  ;  Amy 
Thelma  Clark ;  George  Frank  Clark.  3. 
Frank  Alonzo,  born  September  26,  1843,  men- 
tioned below. 

( IX  )  Frank  Alonzo,  son  of  Lyman  White 
Foster,  was  born  in  Brooklyn,  Connecticut, 
September  26,  1843.  ^^  ^^'^^  ^  prominent  in- 
ventor and  manufacturer  of  firearms  in  Nor- 
wich, engaging  in  the  same  for  many  years. 
He  enlisted  June  21,  1861,  at  Springfield,  Mas- 
sachusetts, in  the  Tenth  Massachusetts  Regi- 
ment, Volunteer  Militia.  He  was  captured 
at  Savage  Station,  Virginia,  while  in  the  hos- 


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pital  there,  June  26,  1862,  and  was  afterward 
paroled  and  sent  to  Annapolis,  Maryland.  He 
was  mustered  out  July  i,  1864.  He  settled 
in  Norwich  in  1876.  He  married  Lotina  Al- 
mina,  daughter  of  Seth  and  Almina  (Green) 
Brown,  both  natives  of  Rhode  Island,  town 
of  Smithfield,  who  settled  in  Tolland,  Con- 
necticut; Seth  Brown  was  a  farmer;  his  chil- 
dren :  Smith  Harkness,  Abigail  Matilda,  John, 
died  young,  Jane  Melinda,  Albert,  died  young ; 
Lottie  Almina,  Martin  Arnold,  Harriet  Eu- 
nice. Mr.  and  Mrs.  Foster  had  one  son,  How- 
ard Brown,  born  September  6,  1868,  graduate 
of  the  Worcester  Polytechnic  Institute,  class 
of  1891  ;  married  Margaret  L.  Bettes  and 
has  one  child,  Ruth  Brown  Foster,  born  Au- 
gust 22,  1897. 


Hon.     Samuel     Foster,     immi- 
FOSTER     grant    ancestor,    was    born    in 

England  in  1619,  died  April  16, 
1702.  He  married,  at  Dedham,  Massachu- 
setts, May  30,  1647,  Esther,  daughter  of  Ed- 
ward Kemp,  of  Wenham,  Massachusetts.  In 
1650  he  romeved  to  Wenham  and  was  ad- 
mitted a  freeman  the  same  year.  In  1655  he 
removed  to  Chelmsford,  Massachusetts,  where 
he  became  a  leading  citizen,  deacon  of  the 
church  and  deputy  to  the  general  court  (1679). 
He  brought  with  him  the  Foster  coat-of-arms 
on  parchment  and  an  old  copy  of  it  was  in  ex- 
istence until  recently.  His  house  was  on  the 
lower  edge  of  the  southeast  corner  of  Robbins 
Hill,  not  far  from  the  center  of  the  village, 
and  is  now  or  was  lately  owned  by  George  A. 
Parkhurst.  He  is  called  lieutenant  in  the  rec- 
ords as  early  as  1666.  He,  his  son  Samuel 
and  grandson  Edward,  and  others,  bought  of 
Jonathan  Tyng  his  interest  in  five  hundred 
acres  in  Wamesit.  Even  during  King  Philip's 
war  he  tried  to  prevent  cruelty  to  the  Indians, 
but  he  found  public  sentiment  against  him, 
and  even  the  cold-blooded  murder  of  peace- 
able Indians  was  permitted  unpunished.  Chief 
Wanalaneett's  lands  were  confiscated  and  di- 
vided and  though  the  general  court  gave  him 
Tyng's  Island,  he  soon  left  the  country  and 
sought  a  home  in  Canada.  Foster's  will  was 
dated  April  30,  1692,  and  proved  in  July,  1702. 
He  died  July  10,  1702.  Children :  Samuel, 
born  at  Wenham,  1650,  mentioned  below;  Eli, 
born  at  Wenham  in  1653  ;  Eli,  1655,  at  Chelms- 
ford ;  Edward,  April  30,  1657 ;  Esther,  Novem- 
ber I,  1659;  Andrew,  April  30,  1662;  Abra- 
ham, October  27,  1664 ;  Nathaniel,  October  14, 
1667;  John,  September  28,  1671. 

fll)  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Samuel  (i)  Fos- 
ter, was  born  in  AVenham  in  1650,  died  July 
21,  1730.  He  married  there.  May  28,  1678, 
Sarah,   born    1657,   died   December    10,    1738, 


daughter  of  Solomon  Keyes.  Children,  born 
at  Chelmsford:  Anna,  December  2,  1684;  Jo- 
seph, November  14,  1686;  Edward,  January 
29,  1689,  mentioned  below;  Moses,  October 
4,  1692;  Sarah,  August  16,  1694;  Andrew, 
March  28,  1695 ;  Jean,  October  8,  1696,  mar- 
ried John  Senter,  a  prominent  pioneer  of  Lon- 
donderry, New  Hampshire ;  Samuel,  died  De- 
cember, 1698;  Samuel,  died  February  18, 
1718:  Joseph:  Elizabeth. 

(III)  Edward,  son  of  Samuel  (2)  Foster, 
was  born  at  Chelmsford,  January  29,  1689, 
died  in  1740.  He  married  Remembrance 
Fletcher.  Fler  will,  dated  May  16,  1752,  men- 
tions the  children.  Children,  born  at  Chelms- 
ford:  Edward,  January  28,  1714,  mentioned 
below;  William,  November  11,  1716;  Remem- 
brance, March  2,  1718:  Mary,  April  25,  1725; 
Josiah,  July  25,  1728;  Samuel,  March  23, 
1731  :  Bridget,  June  12,  1739;  Sarah. 

(IV)  Deacon  Edward  (2),  son  of  Edward 
(i)  Foster,  was  born  January  28,  1714,  at 
Chelmsford,  died  February  9,  1775.  He  mar- 
ried   Rachel   ,    who    died    November    13, 

1803.  His  will  was  dated  November  22,  1774, 
bequeathing  to  wife  Rachel,  daughters  Sarah, 
Rachel  and  Remembrance,  sons  Fletcher, 
Moses,  Henry  and  Edward.  He  settled  in 
Sturbridge.  Children,  born  in  Sturbridge: 
Henry,  March  31,  1737;  William,  March  3, 
1738;  Rachel,  July  4,  1742;  Sarah,  April  6, 
1744,  married  Colonel  Reuben  Alexander; 
Remembrance,  September  31,  1746;  Edward, 
May  14,  1749,  mentioned  below;  Fletcher,  Au- 
gust I,  1751;  Alpheus,  August  16,  1753; 
Moses,  March  2,  1756. 

(V)  Deacon  Edward  (3),  son  of  Deacon 
Edward  (2)  Foster,  was  born  at  Sturbridge, 
May  14,  1749,  died  March  i,  1818.  He  was 
a  soldier  in  the  revolution  from  Sturbridge,  a 
corporal  in  Captain  Timothy  Parker's  com- 
pany of  minute-men.  Colonel  Warner's  regi- 
ment on  the  Lexington  alarm ;  sergeant  in 
Captain  Abel  Mason's  company.  Colonel  Jon- 
athan Holman's  regiment  in  1776-77  in  Rhode 
Island,  and  sergeant  in  Captain  Benjamin 
Freeman's  company.  Colonel  Holman's  regi- 
ment in  1777.  He  removed  to  Union,  Connec- 
ticut. He  married,  at  Sturbridge,  November 
4,  1773,  Rachel,  born  May  24,  1747.  died  June 
6,  1835,  daughter  of  Timothy  Newell,  of 
Needham.  Children  born  at  Sturbridge:  Wil- 
liam, August  17,  1774:  Edward,  March  20, 
1777;  Eleazer,  mentioned  below. 

(A^I)  Eleazer,  son  of  Deacon  Edward  (3) 
Foster,  was  born  at  Union  in  1779,  died  May 
I,  1819.  He  graduated  at  Yale  College  in  the 
class  of  1802  and  became  a  lawyer.  Soon 
after  his  admission  to  the  bar,  he  displayed 
great  ability  and   rose  rapidly  in  his  profes- 


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sion.  In  1817  he  was  a  representative  from 
New  Haven  to  the  general  assembly,  in  which 
he  distinguished  himself.  His  practice  was 
largely  in  the  probate  courts,  and  he  was  fre- 
quently called  upon  to  administer  important 
estates  as  assignee  for  debtors  and  agent  for 
creditors.  He  held  many  important  trusts 
and  never  failed  in  his  duty.  He  was  kindly, 
charitable  and  generous  to  the  poor  and  unfor- 
tunate. He  was  an  exemplary  Christian  and 
a  useful  citizen.  He  married,  at  New  Haven, 
January  i,  1806,  Mary  Pierrepont,  born  1800, 
died  January  29,  1852,  descendant  of  Rev. 
James  Pierrepont,  a  settler  in  New  Haven  in 
1684  and  one  of  the  founders  of  Yale  College. 
She  was  also  a  descendant  of  Rev.  Samuel 
Hooker,  of  Farmington,  through  his  daugh- 
ter Mary,  and  of  Thomas  Hooker,  the  founder 
of  Hartford.  Children,  born  at  New  Haven: 
Pierrepont  Beers,  September,  181 1,  mentioned 
below;  Eleazer,  May  2,  1813;  Mary  Ann; 
Harriet ;  Jane  ;  Caroline ;  Edward  William, 
March  28,   1819. 

The  Pierreponts  are  descended  from  Sir 
Hugh  Pierrepont,  Lord  of  the  Castle  of 
Pierrepont  in  980,  then  of  the  south  part  of 
Picardy.  Godfrey  Pierrepont  was  living  in 
1090,  and  his  son  Robert  de  Pierrepont  came 
to  England  as  an  officer  in  the  army  of  Wil- 
liam the  Conqueror  in  1066,  and  was  granted 
great  estates  in  the  counties  of  Sufifolk  and 
Essex,  England. 

John  Pierrepont,  the  American  immigrant, 
son  of  James  Pierrepont,  was  born  in  Lon- 
don in  1619  and  settled  in  Roxbury,  Mas- 
sachusetts, now  part  of  Boston,  where  he 
bought  three  hundred  acres  of  land  and  where 
he  died  in  1682.  He  was  a  deputy  to  the  gen- 
eral court.  He  married  Thankful  Stow  and 
had   five    children. 

Rev.  James  Pierrepont,  or  Pierpont,  son  of 
John,  was  born  January  4,  1659 ;  graduated  at 
Harvard  College  in  1681,  and  was  ordained 
a  minister,  July  2,  1685,  over  the  first  church 
at  New  Haven.  His  home  has  long  been 
known  as  the  Pierrepont  mansion.  Two  elms 
that  he  planted  in  1686  are  still  standing  in 
front  of  the  north  side  of  the  village  green. 
He  was  minister  of  this  church  for  thirty 
years.  He  was  one  of  the  founders  of  Yale. 
His  daughter  Sarah  married  the  famous  Rev. 
Jonathan  Edwards.  His  third  wife  was  Mary 
Hooker,  daughter  of  Rev.  Samuel  Hooker,  of 
Farmington. 

Hezekiah  Pierrepont,  son  of  Rev.  James 
and  Maty  (Hooker)  Pierrepont,  was  born 
May  26,  1712,  died  September  29,  1781 ;  mar- 
ried, February  9,  1736,  Lydia  Hemmingway. 

John  Pierrepont,  son  of  Hezekiah  Pierre- 
pont, was  born   June    i,    1741.      He  married 


Sarah,  daughter  of  Nathan  Beers,  December 
19,  1767.  Their  daughter  Mary  married 
(first)  Edward  O'Brien;  (second)  Eleazer 
Foster  (see  Foster  VI). 

(VII)  Pierrepont  Beers,  son  of  Hon.  Elea- 
zer Foster,  was  born  in  New  Haven,  Septem- 
ber 8,  181 1,  died  there  August  4,  1886.  Pre- 
ferring a  mercantile  life  to  a  professional  ca- 
reer, he  entered  the  shipping  house  of  Clark 
&  Company,  located  on  Long  Wharf.  He  af- 
terwards was  clerk  in  the  hardware  store  of 
Timothy  Dwight,  an  uncle  of  ex-President 
Dwight  of  Yale  College.  The  store  was  lo- 
cated in  the  Dwight  building,  now  known  as 
the  Boardman  building.  Later  he  was  asso- 
ciated with  Mr.  Dwight  in  the  manufacture  of 
augers  at  Humphreysville,  now  called  An- 
sonia.  By  the  death  of  his  first  wife,  Mr. 
Foster  came  into  a  life  interest  in  her  estate, 
which  was  then  large.  His  time  was  entirely 
given  up  to  the  management  of  this  estate, 
and  shortly  after  his  first  marriage  he  aban- 
doned active  business  pursuits.  He  married 
(first)  July  16,  1838.  Stella  L.  Bishop,  who 
died  April  11.  1845.  Their  only  child  was  Wil- 
liam Law,  mentioned  below.  He  married 
(second)  December  20,  1849,  Cornelia  Au- 
gusta Miller.  He  married  (third)  October 
22,  1863,  Elizabeth  A.  Higgins. 

(VIII)  William  Law,  son  of  Pierrepont 
Beers  Foster,  was  born  in  New  Haven,  April 
26,  1841,  died  there  June  24,  1881.  He  en- 
tered Yale  College  in  1863,  but  ill  health 
prevented  him  from  graduating,  and  in  1865 
he  was  a  graduate  of  Yale  Law  School.  He 
then  entered  the  office  of  his  uncle,  Eleazer 
Foster,  where  he  remained  several  years, 
during  which  time  he  acted  as  clerk  of  super- 
ior court  and  as  assistant  prosecuting  attorney 
during  the  time  his  uncle  served  in  the  capa- 
city of  states  attorney.  In  1874-75  William 
L.  Foster  acted  as  clerk  of  the  court  of  com- 
mon pleas ;  in  1876  he  was  appointed  assistant 
clerk  by  Judge  Stoddard,  and  in  1877  re- 
appointed by  Judge  Harrison,  and  was  the  in- 
cumbent of  the  office  at  the  time  of  his  death. 
In  addition  to  the  above  named  office  he 
served  as  councilman  from  the  eighth  ward 
in  1880,  performing  with  faithfulness  and  fi- 
delity the  duties  and  responsibilities  devolv- 
ing upon  him.  He  joined  the  Grays  in  1865, 
and  in  1876,  was  an  aide  on  Brigade-Com- 
mander Kellogg's  staff  at  the  Bridgeport  en- 
campment. Mr.  Foster  married,  October  12, 
1870,  Mary  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Edmund 
K.  and  Abigail  (Heard)  Board,  the  former 
of  whom  was  born  in  April,  1816,  and  was 
a  resident  of  Boardville,  New  Jersey,  and 
later  of  Washingtonville,  same  state,  where  he 
died   in    iSor.      Children    of   Mr.    and   Mrs. 


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Foster:  Stella  Elizabeth,  born  July  24,  1871, 
died  August  26,  1872;  Pierrepont  Beers,  men- 
tioned below. 

(IX)  Pierrepont  Beers,  son  of  William 
Law  Foster,  was  born  in  New  Haven,  Decem- 
ber 9,  1878.  He  attended  the  public  and  high 
schools  of  New  Haven  and  the  St.  Paul 
school  at  Concord,  New  Hampshire,  for  two 
years.  He  completed  his  preparation  for  col- 
lege under  private  tutors.  He  was  graduated 
from  Yale  with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of 
Arts  in  the  class  of  1903.  He  studied  his 
profession  in  the  Yale  Law  School,  received 
the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Laws  in  1907,  and 
was  admitted  the  same  year  to  the  bar.  He 
is  now  practicing  his  profession  in  New 
Haven,  meeting  with  a  well-merited  degree 
of  success.  He  is  a  director  of  the  Yale 
National  Bank  of  New  Haven,  and  an  active 
factor  in  all  that  pertains  to  the  welfare  of 
of  his  native  city.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Graduates  Club,  the  County  Club,  the  Lawn 
Club,  and  the  Republican  Club  of  New  Ha- 
ven. He  affiliates  with  the  Center  Congrega- 
tional Church.  He  married,  June  27,  1903, 
Elizabeth  Plummer  Bowen,  of  Plainfield,  New 
Jersey,  born  March  2,  1883,  daughter  of 
Henry  E.  and  Elizabeth  (Plummer)  Bowen. 
Her  grandfather  was  editor  and  proprietor  of 
The  Independent,  of  New  York  City.  Chil- 
dren:  Elizabeth  Pierrepont,  born  August  i, 
1905  ;  Marion,  October  28,  1909. 


The  Coe  family  came  to  this  country 
COE     from    Suffolkshire,    England,    where 

they  had  resided  for  many  genera- 
tions. The  earliest  notice  of  them  which  can 
be  found  is  in  Fox's  Book  of  Martyrs,  which 
states  that  "Roger  Coo,"  of  Milford,  Suffolk- 
shire, was  burned  by  Queen  Mar}',  September, 
ISS5'  ^t  Yexford,  in  that  shire.  A  full  ac- 
count of  his  trial  and  defense  is  given  by  Fox. 
Little  is  known  respecting  the  family  till  the 
removal  of  Robert  Coe  to  this  country.  In 
the  authentic  family  record,  he  belongs  to  the 
first  generations.  In  Fox's  Book  of  Martyrs 
the  orthography  is  Coo.  In  the  records  of  the 
customs  house,  preserved  in  the  state  papers 
office.  Westminster  Hall,  London,  the  name  is 
Written  Cooe.  In  many  of  the  earJy  records 
of  New  England  it  is  Co.  "The  oldest  orig- 
inal signature,"  says  the  Rev.  David  B.  Coe, 
"which  I  have  found  is  in  the  town  records 
of  Jamaica,  Long  Island,  and  was  written 
February  14,  1663.  The  name  is  Robert  Coo, 
but  a  signature  written  March  2,  1663,  is 
Robert  Coe." 

(I)  Robert  Coe,  immigrant  ancestor,  was 
born  in  Suffolkshire,  England,  in  1596.  With 
his   wife,    Anna,   born    1591,   and    their  three 


sons,  he  sailed  from  Ipswich,  Suffolkshire,  in 
company  with  seventy-nine  others,  in  the  ship 
"Francis,"  John  Cuttinham,  master,  April 
10,  1634.  They  reached  Boston  in  the  follow- 
ing June,  only  six  years  from  the  date  of  the 
first  settlement  in  the  Massachusetts  Colony. 
Robert  Coe  settled  with-  his  family  in  Water- 
town,  near  Boston,  and  was  made  a  freeman 
there,  September  3,  1634.  In  1635  "all  the 
towns  in  the  Bay  began  to  be  much  straight- 
ened by  their  own  nearness  to  one  another." 
So,  leave  being  granted  by  the  council,  several 
families  from  Watertown,  Newton  and  Dor- 
chester formed  settlements  at  Windsor,  Hart- 
ford and  Wethersfield.  Robert  Coe  settled 
in  Wethersfield,  which  was  purchased  from 
the  Indians.  On  account  of  some  difficulty 
which  arose  in  the  church,  he  and  several 
others  agreed  to  move  to  Rippowams  (Stam- 
ford). Andrew  Ward  and  Robert  Coe  pur- 
chased the  land  for  the  settlers.  In  the 
autumn  of  1643  ^  deputation  was  sent  from 
Stamford  to  Long  Island,  to  examine  the 
country  and  in  the  spring  following,  Robert 
Coe,  Richard  Denton,  pastor  of  the  church 
at  Stamford,  and  several  others,  formed  the 
first  English  settlement  at  Hempstead,  Long 
Island.  In  1652  he  removed  to  a  place  called 
Mespat,  and  aided  in  establishing  a  settlement 
named  Middleburg,  now  Newtown.  He  was  a 
magistrate  during  his  whole  residence  there, 
and  took  a  leading  part  in  all  the  affairs  of 
the  town.  Early  in  1656  he,  with  several 
others,  commenced  a  settlement  in  Jamaica. 
He  was  magistrate  of  the  town  and  repre- 
sented it  in  the  general  convention  at  Hart- 
ford, May,  1664.  He  continued  to  be  one  of 
the  most  active  and  prominent  men  in  public 
affairs  till  about  1672,  at  which  time  he  was 
seventy-six  years  old.  The  time  of  his  death 
is  not  known.  Children:  John,  born  in  Eng- 
land in  1626;  Robert,  mentioned  below;  Ben- 
jamin, born  in  England  in   1629. 

(II)  Robert  (2),  son  of  Robert  (i)  Coe, 
was  born  in  England  in  1627.  He  accom- 
panied his  father  to  Watertown,  Wethersfield, 
and  Stamford.  From  there  he  moved  to 
Stratford,  Connecticut,  and  married   Hannah 

,  according  to  Rev.  David  B.  Coe.    The 

Hawley  genealogy  says  that  he  married  Su- 
sanna, probably  at  Hempstead,  Long  Island, 
and  settled  in  Stratford  before  165 1,  when  he 
purchased  a  house  and  lot  and  land  as  a  farm- 
er. He  died  in  1659,  aged  thirty-two.  His 
widow  married  (second)  Nicholas  Elsey,  of 
New  Haven.  She  died  April  2,  1702.  That 
her  name  was  Hannah  is  proved  by  the  in- 
ventory of  her  estate.  Nicholas  Elsey  died 
December  20,  1691.  He  gave  all  his  property 
to    his     wife    Hannah    and    three    children. 


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namely:  Susannah,  born  1653;  Sarah,  1656; 
John,  mentioned  below.  Robert  Coe's  char- 
acter may  be  inferred  from  the  following 
written  after  his  death  by  Rev.  Abraham 
Pierson : 

"Rest,  blessed  Coe,  upon  thy  bed  of  ease. 

The  quiet  grave  with  thee  is  no  decease. 

All,  all  our  anguish  hath  its  period  fixed, 

E'er  hence  we  go  not  any  joy  but  mixed; 

Rare   grace   which   makes   the   Hfe  of  man   the  best, 

This  young  man  hved  to  God,  and  now  is  blest, 

Come  parallel  this  saint,  now  far  exceed, 

Omit  no  means  that  may  true  goodness  breed ; 

E'er  trials  came,  he  stowed  for  days  of  need. 

The  Lord  his  widow  bless  and  take  his  seed." 

(III)  Captain  John,  son  of  Robert  (2) 
Coe,  was  born  May  10,  1658,  died  April  19, 
1741.  He  married,  December  20,  1682,  Mary, 
daughter  of  Joseph  Hawley.  His  father  died 
when  he  was  not  two  years  old,  and  his  mother 
married  Mr.  Elsey,  of  New  Haven,  where  he 
was  reared  until  he  was  twenty-one  years  old. 
He  then  returned  to  Stratford,  and  apparently 
took  possession  of  the  land  which  he  inherited 
from  his  father,  and  became  a  prominent 
citizen.  He  was  commissioned  ensign  of  Foot. 
county  Stratford,  1698;  lieutenant,  1706; 
captain,  1709;  was  lister,  1705;  deputy  to  the 
general  court  for  Stratford,  1701-15;  was  in 
the  French  and  Indian  war.  The  following 
letter  to  his  wife  has  been  preserved  in  the 
family : 

"Westfield,  Aug.  23d,   170S. 

My  Dear  Wife ; — Thies  come  to  bring  my  harty 
love  and  efections  to  j'ou  and  to  tell  you  of  my  ear- 
nest desire  to  imbrace  you  in  the  arms  of  my  love, 
hoping  they  may  find  you  and  ouers  in  health.  I 
have  bene  very  well  eve  sins  I  left  you  for  which  I 
prays  God.  The  post  from  Albani  last  week  brings 
news  that  the  enemy  disagree  and  the  French  In- 
dians are  turned  bak.  The  scouts  from  Dearfield 
have  not  yet  discovered  the  army.  We  look  for  a 
post  from  Albani  to-morrow  after  which  we  are  in 
great  hops  of  being  drawn  ofe  or  the  greater  part 
of  us.  I  am  just  now  a  going  to  north  hampton  to 
wait  on  our  governor  which  make  me  in  so  much 
haste   so   I   remain   til  death  your  loving  husband, 

John  Coe. 

Our  soldiers  heare  are  all  well." 

His  wife  died  September  9,  1731,  aged 
sixty-nine  years.  She  was  born  July  16,  1663, 
the  eighth  and  youngest  child  of  Joseph  and 
Catherine  fBirdsey)  Hawley.  Children: 
Robert,  born  September  21,  1684;  Joseph, 
February  2,  1686,  mentioned  below ;  Hannah, 
April  14,  1689:  Mary,  August  11,  1691 ;  John, 
December  5,  1693;  Sarah,  March  26,  1696; 
Ephraim,  December  18,  1698;  Katherine,  Sep- 
tember 23,  1700;  Abigail,  November  11,  1702; 
Ebenezer,  August  18,  1704. 

(IV)  Captain  Joseph,  son  of  Captain  John 
Coe,  was  born  February  2,  1686,  died  July  15, 
1754.     He   was   one  of  the  early   settlers  of 


Durham,  Connecticut.  His  brothers,  John  and 
Ephraim,  also  settled  in  Durham,  and  his 
brother  Robert  settled  in  Middletown.  Cap- 
tain Joseph  Coe  was  deputy  to  the  general 
court,  1728;  commissioned  ensign,  1722;  lieu- 
tenant, 1725 ;  captain,  1729.  In  1738  "liberty 
was  granted  to  those  in  the  north  end  of  the 
town  to  set  up  a  school  in  the  highway  not 
far  from  Captain  Joseph  Coe's  house."  He 
married,  November  21,  1708,  Abigail,  born 
April  3,  1690,  died  July  6,  1775,  daughter  of 
David  Robinson.  Children:  Joseph,  born 
September  5,  1713;  David,  mentioned  below; 
Abigail;  Abel,  July  20,  1727;  Josiah. 

(.V)  Captain  David,  son  of  Captain  Joseph 
Coe,  was  born  February  18,  1717,  died  Janu- 
ary 14,  1807.  He  was  an  early  settler  in  Mid- 
dlefield.  His  house  stood  where  the  first 
house  south  of  the  Middlefield  Center  rail- 
road depot  now  stands  (on  the  west  side  of  the 
road).  His  son  Eli  built  the  present  one  on 
its  site.  In  1759  he  was  made  lieutenant  of 
the  sixteenth  military  company  in  the  Sixth 
Regiment  of  the  Colony  of  Connecticut,  and 
was  established  captain  of  the  company  in 
1764.  He  performed  important  services  dur- 
ing the  revolutionary  war.  He  was  on  a 
committee  in  behalf  of  the  town  to  see  that  the 
families  of  the  enlisted  were  properly  cared 
for  during  the  war.  He  and  his  wife  lived' 
together  sixty-seven  years.  He  was  interred 
in  the  old  burying-ground  at  Middlefield.  On 
headstone  is  this :  "The  known  bounds  of 
time  bear  no  proportion  to  the  unknown 
bounds  of  eternity."  Hannah  Camp,  his  wife, 
daughter  of  Nathan  Camp,  was  born  Novem- 
ber 2,  1720,  died  October  16,  1808.  She  was 
a  zealous  Christian  and  an  earnest  supporter 
of  the  Congregational  Church.  The  religious 
antagonism  of  her  son-in-law,  Joshua  Stow, 
was  a  great  grief  to  her.  She  was  an  econo- 
mist of  the  old  school.  In  later  life  she  was 
known  by  the  familiar  cognomen  of  "Granny 
Coe."  Children:  Nathan,  born  1742;  Jesse, 
T743:  Mary,  1745;  David,  1747;  Ezra,  1750; 
TTannah,  1751 ;  Adah,  1753:  Seth,  mentioned 
below;  Eli,  April  11,  1758;  Ruth.  1760;  Grace, 
1763. 

(VI)  Seth,  son  of  Captain  David  Coe,  was 
born  in  Middlefield  in  1756.  He  married 
Mary,  daughter  of  Deacon  Ichabod  Miller. 
Among  their  children  was  Elias  C. 

(VII)  Elias  C,  son  of  Seth  Coe,  married 
Hannah  Tryon.  Their  daughter.  Harriet  Tat- 
nall,  born  March  9,  1821,  married,  December 
30,  1841,  Alvin  B.  Coe,  born  February  13, 
182 1,  son  of  Colonel  Levi  and  Sarah  (Ward) 
Coe,  grandson  of  Eli  and  Rachel  (Miller) 
Coe,  and  great-grandson  of  Captain  David 
Coe,   mentioned   above.     This   branch   of  the 


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Coe  family  was  also  prominent  in  public  af- 
fairs and  church.  Their  son,  Ebenezer  J., 
is  mentioned  below. 

(VIII)  Ebenezer  J.,  son  of  Elias  C.  Coe, 
was  born  at  Middlefield;  died  at  Stony  Creek. 
He  married  Phoebe,  daughter  of  John  Bird- 
sey.  Children:  i.  Ruth  Birdsey,  married 
Elsworth  Austin,  of  Meriden,  and  has  one 
child,  Florence  Austin,  married  Dr.  Harold 
Meeks,  a  physician  of  Meriden.  2.  John  W., 
mentioned  below.  3.  Edwin,  died  in  infancy. 
4.  Martha,  married  Wilbur  Maynard,  of  Hart- 
ford, now  Stony  Creek ;  children :  i.  Alice 
Maynard,  married  Charles  Maderin,  of  Cali- 
fornia, now  of  Stony  Creek,  Connecticut;  ii. 
Wilbur  Maynard,  Jr.,  married  Mabel  Buider, 
now  living  in  New  Haven;  children:  Wilbur 
and  Maynard.  5.  Fanny,  married  William 
Wallace,  of  New  Haven;  no  children. 

(IX)  John  William,  son  of  Ebenezer  J. 
Coe,  was  born  in  Durham,  Connecticut,  No- 
vember 8,  1841.  He  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools.  His  home  is  at  72  Colony 
street,  Meriden.  For  many  years  he  has  been 
a  director  of  the  First  National  Bank  of  Meri- 
den. He  is  a  member  of  the  Sons  of  the 
American  Revolution  and  of  the  Protestant 
Episcopal  church  of  Meriden.  He  married, 
December  15,  1865,  Sarah  Adella  Williams, 
born  at  Wallingford,  September  29,  1845, 
daughter  of  Elijah  and  Lydia  Ann  (Preston) 
^^''illiams,  granddaughter  of  Almon  and  Nancy 
(Humiston)  Preston,  and  of  Herman  Wil- 
liams. She  has  one  sister,  Estella  A.  Wil- 
liams, born  October  10,  185 1,  unmarried.  Mrs. 
Coe  is  a  member  of  the  Susan  Carrington 
Clark  Chapter,  Daughters  of  the  American 
Revolution,  by  virtue  of  the  service  of  Cap- 
tain James  Peck,  an  ancestor  of  her  mother. 
Children  of  John  W.  and  Sarah  A.  Coe:  i. 
Walter  Elsworth,  born  August  18,  1870:  mar- 
ried Carlotta  Toothe,  of  Madison,  New  York  ; 
no  children.  2.  John  William,  Jr.,  June  19, 
1873 ;  married  Mary  Clark,  of  Lexington, 
Kentucky ;  children :  Marion,  January  19, 
1904,  and  Catherine  Louise,  January  18,  1905. 
3.  Mabel  Estella,  August  26,  1877 ;  married 
Howard  Hammat,  of  Brooklyn,  New  York, 
now  living  in  Detroit,  Michigan ;  child,  John 
Coe  Hammat,  born  February  5,  1909.  4.  Ada 
Louise,  May  2,  1879 ;  married  Charles  F. 
Rockwell,  of  Meriden  ;  children  :  William  F., 
born  September  28,  1905,  and  Thomas  Brad- 
ley,  May  4    1909. 


fIV)  Robert  Coe,  son  of  John  (q. 
COE     v.),    Coe,    was    born    in    Stratford, 

September  21,  1684.  He  settled  in 
Durham,  Connecticut.  He  married  Barbara 
Parmale,  who  died  at  Bristoi,  September  26, 


1774,  in  her  eighty-sixth  ye^.  He  was  com- 
missioned an  ensign  in  the  train  band  in  17 18. 
He  purchased  land  in  Torrington  in  1736-37. 
Children,  born  at  Durham:  John,  1710;  Mar- 
tha, March  21,  1713;  Ebenezer,  August  21, 
1715;  Mary,  April  11,  1717;  Robert,  June  il, 
1 719,  died  young;  Hannah,  baptized  April, 
1721 :  Robert,  baptized  June,  1723;  Thomas, 
baptized  June  25,  1727;  Reuben,  baptized  De- 
cember 22,  1728;  William,  mentioned  below; 
Rachel,  baptized  October  22,  1732. 

(V)  William,  son  of  Robert  Coe,  was  bap- 
tized at  Durham,  June  7,  1730.  He  came  to 
Torrington  after  his  brothers,  John  and  Eben- 
ezer, and  in  1752  purchased  twenty-eight 
acres  of  land  in  the  southwestern  part  of  the 
town.  The  name  of  his  wife  is  not  known. 
He  and  his  wife  joined  the  Torrington  church 
in  1757,  and  he  died  in  that  town  in  1766. 
Children  :  Seth,  mentioned  below  ;  William, 
born  March  23,  1764. 

(VI)  Captain  Seth  Coe,  son  of  William 
Coe,  was  born  in  Torrington,  December  21, 
1757.  He  served  in  the  revolution,  it  is  said, 
eight  years,  enlisting  when  he  was  barely 
eighteen.  The  state  records  do  not  give  all 
his  service.  He  drew  a  pension  for  many 
years.  His  name  was  on  the  Litchfield  county 
pension  list  of  1832.  He  lived  at  an  advanced 
age,  and  was  a  captain  in  the  militia.  He  mar- 
ried   (first)    Hopkins;    (second)    

Elmer,    sister  of   Abiathar  Elmer.      Child   of 

first  wife :     Lucianna,  married   Scoville. 

Children  of  second  wife:  Lurania,  never 
married  ;  Henry,  mentioned  below ;  Marilla ; 
Sylvester, 

(VII)  Henry,  son  of  Captain  Seth  Coe,  was 
born  at  Torrington,  September  2,  1792.  After 
his  marriage  he  lived  on  the  farm  of  his 
father-in-law  for  some  years,  when  he  re- 
moved to  Wolcottville,  where  he  purchased 
fifty  acres  of  land  and  built  a  house  on  South 
Main  street,  living  there  until  his  death,  Janu- 
ary 4,  1862.  He  was  for  some  years  engaged 
in  manufacturing 'furniture  in  Torrington.  He 
married,  Alarch  15,  1815,  Sophronia,  daugh- 
ter of  Alexander  Elmer.  Children,  born  at 
Torrington:  i.  Henry  P.,  August  3,  1817; 
married  Mary  Bissell ;  removed  to  Clayton, 
Illinois.  2.  Sophronia  E.,  September  16,  1820, 
died  March  16,  1836.  3.  Jane  E.,  November 
20,  1824;  married  Samuel  A.  Healy,  of  Tor- 
rington ;  lived  in  Canton,  Connecticut.  4.  Oli- 
ver P.,  April  25,  1828.  5.  Lurania,  December 
20,  1830,  died  January  8,  i'833.  6.  James  E., 
January  16,  1834 :  lived  in  Chicago  and  had 
five  children.    7.  Nelson  W.,  mentioned  below. 

(VIII)  Nelson  W.,  son  of  Henry  Coe,  was 
born  in  Torrington,  January  2,  1837,  died  Oc- 
tober 25,  1887.    He  was  educated  in  the  public 


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schools  of  his  native  town,  and  later  became 
associated  with  his  father  in  business,  and 
in  the  course  of  time  succeeded  to  the  busi- 
ness of  manufacturing  furniture,  established 
by  his  father.  He  added  the  retail  furniture 
business  under  the  name  of  the  Coe  Furni- 
ture Company,  of  which  he  was  the  sole  pro- 
prietor until  he  died.  He  was  one  of  the  lead- 
ing merchants  of  the  town  for  many  years. 
He  was  also  active  in  public  affairs,  and  for 
many  years  was  on  the  board  of  selectmen 
of  Torrington.  He  was  a  member  of  Senaca 
Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  of  Tor- 
rington. His  home  was  on  Main  street.  He 
married,  October  i8,  1864,  Caroline,  born  at 
Torrington,  August  27,  1845,  daughter  of 
Samuel  Workman,  a  native  of  England,  and 
Caroline  (Franklin)  Workman.  Children: 
Frank,  born  November  25,  1865,  died  Septem- 
ber 29,  1866;  Grace  Franklin,  mentioned  be- 
low ;  Frank  Elmer,  who  is  also  mentioned 
below. 

(IX)  Dr.  Grace  Franklin  Coe,  daughter  of 
Nelson  W.  Coe,  was  born  in  Torrington,  June 
13,  1867.  She  attended  the  public  schools 
of  that  town,  and  also  studied  at  Vassar  Col- 
lege. She  received  a  medical  education  in 
Chicago,  graduating  with  the  degree  of  M.D. 
from  Herring  College  of  Homeopathy.  She 
also  took  special  work  in  electric  therapeutics 
xmder  Dr.  Augustine  Coelet,  of  New  York, 
and  in  Paris  under  Dr.  Apostoli,  one  of  the 
most  eminent  European  specialists.  Also  post- 
graduate of  Cornell  University.  She  is  a 
member  of  the  Connecticut  Homeopathic  So- 
ciety and  of  the  International  Hahnemann  As- 
sociation. She  is  also  a  skillful  musician  and 
prominent  in  musical  circles.  She  married 
Dr.  Hudson  J.  Pulver,  who  died  September 
3,  1901,  a  prominent  physician. 

(IX)  Frank  Elmer,  son  of  Nelson  W.  Coe, 
was  born  at  Torrington,  February  i,  1872. 
He  attended  the  public  schools  there  and  com- 
pleted his  academic  education  in  Eoane  Col- 
lege, Nebraska.  He  started  in  the  bicycle  busi 
ness  in  Torrington,  remaining  in  same  for  a 
number  of  years  and  later  became  manager  of 
the  Coe  Furniture  Company  of  Torrington. 
He  designed  and  supervised  the  erection  of 
Coe  Block  in  1894.  He  remained  at  the  head 
of  the  Coe  Furniture  Company  until  the  busi- 
ness was  merged  with  that  of  Workman,  Raw- 
linson  &  Company.  Since  then  he  has  been 
with  the  Warington  Woolen  Company  of 
Torrington  as  maiiager  of  the  wool  depart- 
ment. 

He  married  Jennie  Ford,  of  Torring- 
ton. Children :  Nelson,  died  in  infancy ; 
Franklin  Earl,  born  May  6,  1897,  student  at  a 
school  in  Cheshire. 


John  Alden,  immigrant  ancestor, 
ALDEN  was  born  in  England  in  1599. 
He  joined  the  Pilgrims  on  the 
"Mayflower"  at  Southampton  as  the  ship  was 
on  its  way  to  America.  When  the  ship  stopped 
there  for  supplies,  he  was  hired  as  cooper. 
He  had  not  been  with  them  at  Ley  den,  and 
was  probably  not  a  member  of  the  independent 
church,  but  soon  joined.  He  cast  his  fortunes 
with  the  Pilgrims,  after  enduring  the  hard- 
ships of  that  first  terrible  winter  at  Plymouth, 
when  so  many  died.  He  was  doubtless  influ- 
enced in  this  decision  by  his  love  for  Priscilla 
Mullens,  the  story  of  which,  with  some  em- 
bellishments, is  told  in  the  "Courtship  of  Miles 
Standish."  She  was  the  daughter  of  William 
Mullens,  who  came  on  the  "Mayflower"  with 
his  family.  John  and  Priscilla  were  married 
in  the  spring  of  162 1.  When  the  common 
property  of  the  colony  was  divided  in  1627, 
Alden  went  with  Captain  Standish,  Elder 
Brewster,  John  Howland,  Francis  Eaton  and 
Peter  Brown,  to  Mattakeeset,  the  Indian  name 
of  the  territory  now  included  in  Duxbury, 
Marshfield,  Pembroke,  Hanson  and  Bridge- 
water,  Massachusetts.  For  several  years  they 
were  obliged  to  return  to  Plymouth  during 
the  winter  season  to  combine  all  their  forces 
against  the  possible  Indian  attacks.  The  resi- 
dence at  Plymouth  in  the  winter  also  gave 
them  an  opportunity  to  attend  worship,  and 
the  records  show  a  written  agreement  of  Al- 
den and  others  in  1632  to  remove  their  fam- 
ilies to  Plymouth  in  the  winter.  In  1633 
Alden  was  appointed  assistant  to  the  governor, 
an  office  which  he  held  for  nearly  the  whole 
of  the  remainder  of  his  life,  serving  with  Ed- 
ward ^^'inslow,  Josiah  Winslow,  Bradford, 
Prince  and  Thomas  Hinckley.  From  1666  un- 
til his  death,  he  held  the  office  of  first  assist- 
ant, was  often  called  the  deputy  governor, 
and  was  many  times  acting  governor  in  the 
absence  of  the  governor.  From  1640  to  1650 
he  was  also  deputy  to  the  colonial  council  from 
Duxbury.  Winslow's  History  of  Duxbury 
says  of  him,  "Holding  offices  of  the  highest 
trust,  no  important  measure  was  proposed,  or 
any  responsible  agency  ordered  in  which  he 
had  not  a  part.  He  was  one  of  the  council 
of  war,  many  times  an  arbitrator,  a  sur- 
veyor of  lands  for  the  government  as  well  as 
for  individuals,  and  on  several  important  oc- 
casions was  authorized  to  act  as  agent  or 
attorney  for  the  colony.  He  was  possessed 
of  a  sound  judgment  and  of  talents  which, 
though  not  brilliant,  were  by  no  means  or- 
dinary. W^riters  who  mention  him  bear  am- 
ple testimony  to  his  industry,  integrity  and 
exemplary  piety,  and  he  has  been  represented 
as  a  worthy  and  useful  man  of  great  humility. 


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and  eminent  sanctity  of  life,  decided,  ardent, 
resolute  and  persevering,  indifferent  to  dan- 
ger, stern,  austere  and  unyielding,  and  of 
incorruptible  integrity.  He  was  always  a  firm 
supporter  of  the  church  and  everything  of  an 
innovating  nature  received  determined  oppo- 
sition." From  the  Puritan  point  of  view  Al- 
den  was  a  model,  if  this  description  of  his  vir- 
tues is  truthful.  He  took  his  part  in  making 
the  life  of  the  Quakers  at  Plymouth  colony 
intolerable.  On  the  Alden  farm  stands  the 
house  built  by  his  son  Jonathan,  having  been 
occupied  by  eight  generations  in  direct  line. 
It  is  the  oldest  house  in  New  England,  with 
three  exceptions ;  the  old  fort  at  Medford, 
built  in  1634,  the  Fairbanks  house  at  Dedham, 
built  in  163s,  and  the  old  stone  house  at  Mil- 
ford,  Connecticut,  built  in  1640.  Here  Alden 
spent  his  declining  years.  He  died  in  Dux- 
bury,  September  12,  1686,  aged  eighty-seven, 
the  last  of  the  famous  band  of  Pilgrim  Fath- 
ers, and  the  last  of  the  "Mayflower"  com- 
pany except  only  Allerton,  who  died  in  1669, 
aged  ninety. 

John  Alden  had  eleven  children,  only  eight 
of  whom  are  known.  Children:  i.  John, 
born  about  1622,  at  Plymouth;  freeman  1648, 
at  Boston ;  died  May  14,  1702 ;  married,  April 
I,  1660,  Elizabeth  Everill,  widow,  daughter 
of  William  Phillips.  2.  Joseph,  born  1624, 
see  forward.  3.  Elizabeth,  born  1625,  died  at 
Little  Compton,  Rhode  Island,  aged  ninety- 
three  :  married  William  Peabody.  4.  Jona- 
than, born  about  1627.  5.  Sarah,  married  Al- 
exander Standish.  son  of  Captain  Miles  Stan- 
dish.  6.  Ruth,  married  John  Bass,  of  Brain- 
tree,  from  whom  the  presidents  Adams  de- 
scended. 7.  Mary,  married  Thomas  Delano, 
f)f  Duxbury,  son  of  Philip  Delano,  who  came 
in  the  "Fortune"  in  162 1.  8.  David,  prom- 
inent man  of  Duxbury. 

(II)  Joseph,  son  of  John  Alden,  was  born 
in  Plymouth  in  1624,  died  February  8,  1697. 
He  inherited  land  at  Bridgewater,  where  he 
settled,  and  also  at  Middleborough,  Massa- 
chusetts. He  was  admitted  a  freeman  in  1659. 
He  married  Mary,  daughter  of  Moses  Sim- 
mons Jr.,  who  came  in  the  "Fortune"  in 
1621  and  settled  at  Duxbury.  Joseph  Aldan's 
will  was  dated  December  14,  1696,  and  proved 
March  10,  1697.  Children:  Isaac,  married, 
December  2,  1685,  Mehitable  Allen;  Joseph, 
born  1667,  mentioned  below ;  John,  born  at 
West  Bridgewater,  died  September  29,  1730 ; 
married  Hannah  Waite :  Elizabeth,  married, 
1691,  Benjamin  Snow;  Mary,  married,  1700, 
Samuel  Allen. 

(III)  Joseph  (2),  son  of  Joseph  (i)  Al- 
den, was  born  in  1667  at  Plymouth  or  Dux- 
bury, died  at  Bridgewater,  December  22,  1747. 


He  settled  in  South  Bridgewater,  Massachu- 
setts. He  was  deacon  of  the  church  and  a 
prominent  citizen.  His  will  was  dated  No- 
vember 12,  1743.  He  married,  in  1690,  Han- 
nah Dunham,  of  Plymouth,  daughter  of  Dan- 
iel Dunham.  She  died  January  13,  1748,  aged 
seventy-eight  years.  Children,  born  at  Bridge- 
water :  Daniel,  January  29,  1691 ;  Joseph,  Au- 
gust 26.  1693;  Eleazer,  September  27,  1694; 
Hannah,  1696;  Mary,  April  10,  1699;  Jo- 
seph, September  5,  1700;  Jonathan,  Decem- 
ber 3,  1703;  Samuel,  August  20,  1705,  men- 
tioned below;  Mehitable,  October  18,  1707; 
Seth,  July  6,  1710. 

(IV)  Samuel,  son  of  Joseph  (2)  Alden, 
was  born  at  Bridgewater,  August  20,  1705, 
died  in  1785.  He  resided  at  Titicut,  Bridge- 
water.  He  married  (first),  1728,  Abiah, 
daughter  of  Captain  Joseph  Edson.  He  mar- 
ried (second),  1752,  a  daughter  of  Josiah 
Washburn.  Children,  born  at  Bridgewater: 
Abiah,  1729;  Mehitable.  1732;  Sarah,  1734; 
Samuel,  1736;  Josiah,  mentioned  below;  Sim- 
eon, 1740:  .Silas,  died  aged  twenty -one ;  Mary; 
Hosea,  killed  by  kick  of  a  horse. 

(V)  Josiah,  son  of  Samuel  Alden,  was  born 
at  Bridgewater  in  1738.  He  was  a  farmer  in 
his  native  town  and  at  Wales  and  Ludlow, 
Hampshire  county.  Massachiisetts.  He  mar- 
ried, in  1 76 1,  Bathsheba  Jones,  of  Raynham. 
Children  :  Elijah,  revolutionary  soldier  ;  Azel, 
born  1770;  Abiah,  married  Benjamin  Win- 
chester; Josiah,  1773;  Bathsheba;  Charity, 
married  Peter  Trask ;  Lucy,  married  Amos 
Fletcher ;  Rebecca,  married  Benjamin  Snow ; 
Benjamin,  mentioned  below.  The  order  of 
birth  is  not  known. 

(VI)  Benjamin,  son  of  Josiah  Alden,  was 
born  in  1781,  died  in  1841.  He  married  Mary 
(Polly)  Hodges,  born  1783,  died  in  1865. 
Children,  born  at  Ludlow :  Jefiferson,  January 
26,  1804;  Mary,  February  17,  1806;  David, 
May  17,  1807;  Dexter,  mentioned  below; 
Caroline,  June  26,  1815  ;  Lucinda,  December 
4,  1817,  married  Amos  Josiah  Gardner,  of 
Springiield  ;  Eliza  A.,  July  8,  1822,  married 
Samuel  Gay. 

(VTI)  Dexter,  son  of  Benjamin  Alden,  was 
born  in  Ludlow,  October  13,  1812.  He  came 
to  New  Haven  wh'^n  a  young  boy  and  became 
associated  with  Mr.  Allis,  then  proprietor  of 
the  leading  hotel  of  that  city.  In  early  man- 
hood Mr.  Alden  went  to  Painesville,  Ohio, 
with  a  party  of  settlers  who  were  confident 
that  in  the  near  future  that  place  would  be- 
come an  important  railroad  center.  While 
there  he  suffered  from  malaria  and  had  to  re- 
turn east.  He  stopped  at  Little  Falls,  New 
York,  however,  and  went  into  a  joint  stock- 
company,     composed    of    Gordon    Trumbull, 


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Washington  Van  Dreesen,  James  Aldrich  and 
himself,  for  the  manufacture  of  carpets  and 
rugs.  He  was  also  interested  with  Mr.  Al- 
drich in  a  dry  goods  business  at  Little  Falls. 
The  store  was  sold  after  several  years  of 
successful  operation  and  about  the  same  time 
Mr.  Alden  sold  his  share  in  the  factory  and 
came  back  to  New  Haven,  where  he  em- 
barked in  the  retail  dry  goods  business  in 
partnership  with  Mr.  Huntington,  continuing 
in  this  firm  until  1862.  He  then  engaged  in 
manufacturing,  forming  the  Elm  City  Ruffle 
Company.  He  was  also  one  of  the  founders 
of  the  American  Fish  Hook  and  Needle  Com- 
pany, the  first  factory  of  the  kind  in  which  the 
goods  were  made  entirely  by  machinery,  and 
the  fish  hook  business  is  still  continued  on  a 
large  scale.  Mr.  Alden  had  an  interest  also 
in  a  hide  and  rendering  establishment  which 
was  very  profitable.  He  became  a  member  of 
the  United  States  Dairy  Company  of  New 
York  City,  and  individually  owned  the  rights 
of  the  new  process  of  making  oleomargarine 
for  the  state  of  Connecticut.  In  this  business 
he  was  particularly  prosperous,  his  profits 
from  this  source  alone  amounting  in  the  month 
of  March,  1883,  to  over  $50,000,  and  in  that 
year  to  over  $225,000.  The  ruffle  business 
proved  quite  as  s^ood  in  its  way,  and  he  had 
from  $50,000  to  $100,000  a  year  in  profits 
from  it.  He  invested  money  afterward  in  an 
automatic  fire  extinguisher,  but  this  venture 
was  unsuccessful.  He  erected  many  fine  resi- 
dences in  New  Haven  for  investment.  Mr. 
Alden  was  an  upright  and  conscientious  man, 
and  a  useful  citizen.  He  was  deacon  of  the 
Presbyterian  church  at  Little  Falls  and  after- 
ward a  member  of  the  Center  Congregational 
Church  of  New  Haven.  In  politics  he  was  a 
Republican. 

He  married  (first)  Eliza,  daughter  of  Le- 
verite  and  Esther  Griswold,  of  New  Haven. 
He  married  (second),  December  30,  1857, 
Margaret  E.,  daughter  of  John  and  Nancy 
(Failing)  Feeter,  of  Little  Falls,  New  York 
(see  Feeter  III).  Child  of  first  wife:  Anna 
Griswold,  married  William  L.  Fields,  presi- 
dent of  the  National  Tradesmen's  Bank  of 
New  Haven.  Children  of  second  wife:  i. 
Mary  Elizabeth,  born  April,  1861 ;  married 
Charles  Kingsbury  Billings,  of  New  York 
City,  son  of  James  N.  and  Julia  (Holmes) 
.  Billings  ;  children  :  Charles  Kingsbury,  Mar- 
garet Louise,  Mabel  Frances,  Julia  Holmes, 
Mary  Elizabeth  and  John  Alden  Billings.  2. 
Louise  Gertrude,  born  September  9.  1865  ■ 
married  Lieutenant  William  L.  Howard,  of 
the  United  States  navy,  who  took  part  in  the 
battle  of  Manila  in  1898,  when  the  Spanish 
fleet  was    destroyed,   being  on    the    "Boston" 


during  the  engagement;  stafif  officer  in  the 
intelligence  bureau ;  in  command  of  the  gun- 
boat "Bancroft"  as  executive  officer  and  navi- 
gator; later  at  Colon;  then  on  the  United 
States  steamship  "Illinois"  when  it  was  flag- 
ship in  the  squadron  that  met  Prince  Henry 
of  Prussia  and  at  the  Coronation  of  King  Ed- 
ward VII.  of  England ;  was  appointed  naval 
attache  to  Berlin,  Rome  and  Vienna,  now  sta- 
tioned at  League  Island.  Will  be  promoted 
to  rank  of  captain  in  191 1.  Child,  Helen 
Howard. 

(The    Feeter   Line). 

(I)  Lucas  Feeter  (formerly  Vedder,  Vet- 
ter,  and  other  variations  in  spelling  in  the 
early  records )  was  born  in  Wittenburg,  Ger- 
many, as  early  as  1730.  He  settled  in  Stone 
Arabia,  New  York,  in  1754,  on  lands  now  in 
Fulton  county.  He  had  several  sons  who  were 
very  much  under  the  influence  of  Sir  William 
Johnson,  and  at  the  time  of  the  revolution  all 
of  the  family  except  William  Feeter  were 
Loyalists  and  went  to  Canada.  Some  of  the 
descendants  have  added  the  prefix  Mc  to 
their  name.  Lucas  Feeter  married  (first) 
Agnes  Wacker,  November  8,  1753 ;  she  died 
before  1765 ;  married  (second)  Maria  Eva, 
daughter  of  Captain  Peter  and  Lena  Serviss, 
who  were  related  to  Sir  William  Johnson.  He 
had  a  daughter,  Anna  Catherine,  by  first  wife. 

(II)  Colonel  William,  named  for  Sir  Wil- 
liam Johnson,  son  of  Lucas  Feeter,  was  born 
February,  1756.  He  became  one  of  the 
most  noted  pioneers  and  soldiers  in  the  Mo- 
hawk Valley.  He  was  justice  of  the  peace 
and  a  citizen  of  wide  influence.  Against  the 
opinions  and  wishes  of  all  his  family  he  sup- 
ported the  patriotic  cause  in  the  revolution, 
and  on  every  occasion  when  the  Mohawk 
Valley  was  raided  by  Indians  and  Tories  he 
was  foremost  in  the  defense.  On  one  occasion 
a  party  of  Indians  and  Tories  descended  on 
the  Palatine  district  to  plunder  and  murder, 
but  one  of  the  party  discovered  that  a  family 
of  his  own  relatives  was  marked  for  destruc- 
tion, and,  blood  being  thicker  than  water,  he 
deserted  and  betrayed  the  expedition.  Wil- 
liam Feeter  was  one  of  a  party  of  twenty-five 
volunteers  that  went  out  to  repel  the  invad- 
ers. When  the  party  was  discovered  and  put 
to  flight  he  was  one  of  six  to  follow  the  band, 
overtaking  and  wounding  one  of  them,  and 
compelling  the  others  to  flee  without  their 
knapsacks  and  provisions.  Three  of  the  party 
died  on  the  way  back  to  Canada,  we  are  told, 
and  the  wounded  Indian  was  slain  by  his  for- 
mer Tory  comrade.  William  Feeter,  however, 
found  little  sympathy  in  his  own  neighborhood 
for  his  stand,  and  he  left  home  to  live  with  a 
Mr.   Yauney,    a   firm   patriot,    who   presented 


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to  Feeter  the  musket  that  he  carried  through 
the  war.  It  was  inscribed  "Presented  to 
Colonel  Feeter  by  Henry  Yauney  during  the 
year  of  the  Revolutionary  war  and  car- 
ried by  him  during  the  seven  years'  war." 
The  gun  is  still  in  the  possession  of  his  de- 
scendants. The  inscription  must  have  been 
added  by  Colonel  Feeter  after  the  war.  He 
was  one  of  the  forty  picked  men  of  this  county 
known  as  the  "Tryon  County  Bulldogs."  He 
continued  in  the  militia  after  the  war  and 
rose  to  the  command  of  his  regiment.  He  was 
commissioned  ensign  in  Captain  Jacob  Petrie's 
company,  Montgomery  county,  in  1786;  again 
as  ensign  in  Lieutenant  Colonel  Henry  Star- 
ing's  regiment  in  1789  and  made  captain  of 
his  company  March  8,  179 1 ;  commissioned 
captain  again  October  9,  1793,  in  Lieutenant 
Colonel  Jacob  Petrie's  regiment ;  second  major 
of  the  same  regiment  April  21,  1796,  and  lieu- 
tenant-colonel, March  29,  1798.  For  more 
than  twenty-five  years  it  was  the  habit  of 
Colonel  Feeter  to  fire  the  revolutionary  war 
musket  at  seven  o'clock  of  the  morning  of 
January  first  and  July  fourth.  He  settled, 
after  the  war,  on  a  large  farm  within  the 
present  limits  of  Little  Falls,  New  York,  and 
cultivated  it  for  fifty  years  or  more.  He  was 
a  progressive  and  enterprising  man.  In  1797 
he  conceived  the  idea  of  establishing  a  mail 
route  for  this  section  and  started  his  son 
Adam,  then  a  lad  of  sixteen,  riding  from  Al- 
bany to  Little  Falls,  to  deliver  letters  and 
newspapers  in  Johnstown  and  vicinity  through 
the  Royal  Grant  north  of  Little  Falls  and  to 
German  Flats.  He  continued  this  business  for 
three  years.  Colonel  Feeter  died  May  5,  1844, 
at  an  advanced  age.  He  reared  twelve  children 
of  his  own  and  six  others  belonging  to  vari- 
ous poor  and  unfortunate  families  in  his 
neighborhood.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Ger- 
man Lutheran  church  and  of  Fairfield  Lodge, 
Free  and  Accepted  Masons. 

He  married,  in  1781,  Elizabeth,  born  March 
23,  1765,  daughter  of  Adam  and  Mary  Eliza- 
beth (Petrie)  Bellinger,  descended  from  sev- 
eral of  the  most  prominent  German  settlers. 
She  died  August  30,  183 1.  Among  his  chil- 
dren was  John,  mentioned  below,  and  Adam, 
born  October  27,  1782,  died  April  15,  1865 ; 
married,  February  10,  1805,  Maria  Keyser; 
resided  at  Ingham's  Mills. 

(Ill)  John,  son  of  Colonel  William  Feeter, 
was  born  November  30,  1804,  and  was 
brought  up  on  the  homestead  at  Top  Notch, 
now  the  Goodell  and  Pickett  farms  in  the 
town  of  Little  Falls,  New  York.  He  fol- 
lowed farming  for  many  years.  In  1847  he 
came  to  the  village  of  Little  Falls  and  engaged 
in  general   contracting.     He   constructed   the 


highway  leading  to  Timmerman's  Hotel, 
planted  the  trees  surrounding  Eastern  Park 
and  assisted  in  building  the  old  "yellow  tav- 
ern church."  He  married,  September  17,  1829, 
Nancy  Failing,  at  St.  Johnsville,  daughter  of 
Jacob  and  Gertrude  (Dockey)  Failing,  of  St. 
Johnsville.  Children:  i.  Jacob,  born  1830; 
a  prominent  lawyer  in  New  York  City,  living 
in  Yonkers,  New  York.  2.  Margaret  Eliza- 
beth, June  13,  1832 ;  married,  December  30, 
1857,  Dexter  Alden  (see  Alden  VII).  3. 
Parmelia,  born  January  13,  1834;  married  Jo- 
seph French,  of  Buffalo,  state  engineer  of 
New  York.  4.  James,  died  1846.  5.  Ger- 
trude, born  December  29,  1836;  married  — — - 
Cruttenden.  6.  Cynthia,  born  August,  1838; 
married  Alfred  Walker,  of  Utica,  New  York. 
7.  Mary,  born  September  10,  1840;  married 
Nathan  Esterbrook,  of  New  Haven. 


John  Sackett,   immigrant   an- 
SACKETT     cestor,  came  to  New  England 

from  Bristol,  England,  with 
his  brother  Simon,  on  the  ship  "Lyon,"  in  the 
winter  of  1630-31.  He  brought  with  him  his 
son,  John  Sackett  Jr.,  who  was  about  three 
years  old  at  the  time.  No  record  of  any  other 
of  his  immediate  family  has  been  found. 
Either  before  leaving  England,  or  during  his 
tedious  mid-winter  voyage  to  America,  he 
became  attached  to  the  brilliant  and  popular 
non-conformist  minister,  Roger  Williams, 
whom  he  followed  first  to  Plymouth  settle- 
ment and  afterwards  to  Rhode  Island.  Tiring 
of  life  in  the  wilderness,  he  made  his  way  to 
New  Haven  settlement,  in  the  records  of 
which  he  is  mentioned  as  early  as  1640,  and 
as  late  as  1684.  On  October  6,  1684,  he  filed 
an  inventory  of  the  estate  of  John  Sackett,  Jr. 
Child:    John,  see  forward. 

(II)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Sackett, 
was  born  about  1628,  died  September  3,  1683. 
He  was  born  in  England  and  brought  to  New 
England  by  his  father  in  1631,  when  about 
three  years  old.  Very  little  is  known  of  his 
boyhood  days.  In  1646  he  was  a  member  of 
the  New  Haven  train  band.  The  general  court 
of  that  year  first  brought  him  to  notice  and 
gave  him  a  place  in  the  recorded  history  of 
Connecticut  by  fining  him  six  cents  "for  want- 
ing a  rest  at  the  training  he  attended."  A 
rest  was  a  stick  crotched  at  one  end  which 
was  used  to  steady  the  heavy  musket  then  in 
use,  when  taking  aim.  On  May  20,  1652,  he 
married  Agnes  Tinkham,  who  was  probably  a 
younger  sister  of  the  colonist,  Ephraim  Tink- 
ham, of  Plymouth  settlement.  He  remained 
a  resident  of  New  Haven  until  his  death  in 
1684.  The  records  there  show  that  on  Octo- 
ber 6,  1684,  John  Sackett  made  and  filed  an 


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inventory  of  the  estate  of  John  Sackett  Jr. 
Agnes  (Tinkham)  Sackett  died  at  New 
Haven  in  the  early  part  of  the  year  1707.  An 
inventory  of  her  estate  was  filed  April  25, 
1707,  by  her  grandson,  Lieutenant  Joseph 
Sackett,  who  had  previously  been  appointed 
administrator  of  her  husband's  estate.  The 
records  also  show  that  on  July  8,  1712,  Lieu- 
tenant Joseph  Sackett  made  a  final  account- 
ing of  said  estates  and  was  discharged  from 
his  bonds.  Children :  John,  born  April  30, 
1653,  mentioned  below ;  Jonathan,  June  6, 
1655;  Mary,  September  24,  1657;  Joseph, 
March  2,  1660;  Martha,  September  19,  1662. 

(III)  Lieutenant  John  (3),  son  of  John 
(2)  Sackett,  was  born  April  30,  1653,  died  in 
1703.  He  married,  about  the  year  1686,  Mary, 
daughter  of  William  and  Sarah  (Allard) 
Woodixi.  William  Woodin  was  a  colonist  and 
is  first  mentioned  in  the  New  Haven  records 
in  1643.  I^^  married  there  October  5,  1650, 
Sarah  Allard,  who  died  in  1693.  He  died  in 
1684.  John  Sackett's  wife,  Mary  Woodin, 
died  in  1717.  Like  his  father  and  many  of  his 
kin,  John  Sackett  took  a  lively  interest  in 
military  afifairs.  As  soon  as  he  reached  the 
required  age,  he  joined  the  New  Haven  mili- 
tary company  and  remained  an  active  member 
of  it  to  the  day  of  his  death.  After  serving 
for  many  years  as  a  private  and  non-commis- 
sioned officer,  he  was  commissioned  an  en- 
sign and  later  a  lieutenant.  The  records  of 
the  general  court  of  Connecticut  show  that  at 
a  session  held  at  Hartford,  May  14,  1696,  a 
lease  from  certain  Indians  was  confirmed  for 
a  considerable  tract  of  land  to  John  Sackett 
and  others.  Children :  Mary,  born  1688 ; 
Sarah.  1694;  John,  1699;  Samuel,  see  for- 
ward. 

(IV)  Captain  Samuel,  son  of  Lieutenant 
John  (3)  Sackett,  was  born  March  7,  1702, 
died  in  February,  1781.  Captain  Sackett  is  fre- 
quently referred  to  in  the  colonial  records  of 
New  Haven  as  "Deacon  Samuel  Sackett." 
These  early  records  show  that  he  was  prom- 
inent in  business  and  social  circles  as  well  as 
in  military  and  religious  afTairs.  In  1736  he 
was  appointed  a  lieutenant  and  in  1754  he 
was  commissioned  captain  of  the  "sth  Com- 
pany or  Train  Band"  in  the  town  of  New 
Haven.  He  was  justice  of  the  peace  in  1748- 
49,  and  again  from  1758  to  1776.  In  1759 
the  governor  and  general  council  of  Connecti- 
cut authorized  Samuel  Sackett  and  several 
other  prominent  citizens  to  organize  a  com- 
pany and  build  and  maintain  a  bridge  across 
the  "New  Haven  East  River."  He  married 
(first),  December  11,  1728,  Elizabeth,  daugh- 
ter of  Samuel  and  Susanna  (Tuthill)  Todd. 
She  died  1737.    Before  1741  he  married  (sec- 


and ) ,   and   she   died  before    1751. 

On  August  6,  1752,  he  married  (third)  Mrs. 
Hannah  Russell  Pierpont,  daughter  of  Rev. 
Noahdiah  Russell  and  widow  of  Lieutenant 
Joseph  Pierpont.  Children:  Sarah,  born 
April  9,  1730;  Mahitable,  February  23,  1732; 
Elizabeth ;  Samuel,  March  20,  1741  ;  Elias, 
March  3,7,   1743 ;  Solomon,  mentioned  below. 

(V)  Solomon,  son  of  Captain  Samuel  Sack- 
ett, was  born  in  1748,  died  August  8,  1823. 
He  lived  in  New  Haven  and  Norfolk.  He 
married  twice  and  both  of  his  wives  are  bur- 
ied in  the  "North  End  Cemetery,"  at  Nor- 
folk. Several  of  their  descendants  resided  in 
1904  in  the  adjoining  town  of  Colebrook. 
Children :  Solomon,  born  1785,  mentioned 
below  ;  Thomas  ;  Sylvia,  born  1805. 

(VI)  Solomon  (2),  son  of  Solomon  (i) 
Sackett,  was  born  in  1785,  died  1855.  He  re- 
sided in  Sandsfield,  Massachusetts,  and  North 
Canaan,  Connecticut.  He  married  Huldah 
Webster.  Children :  Mary  ;  Rhoda  ;  George, 
born  June  9,  1820;  Solomon,  May  24,  1823, 
mentioned  below  ;  Lucretia  ;  Cordelia. 

(VII)  Solomon  (3),  son  of  Solomon  (2) 
Sackett.  was  born  in  Sandsfield,  Massachu- 
setts, May  24,  1823,  died  in  Colebrook,  Con- 
necticut, February  19,  1904.  He  was  a  trav- 
eling salesman  for  the  Beardsley  Scythe  Com- 
pany, and  the  Winsted  Manufacturing  Com- 
pany of  Winsted  for  twenty  years.  In  later 
years  he  had  a  small  farm  in  Colebrook,  after 
he  had  retired  from  active  business.  He 
settled  a  great  many  estates.  He  was  a 
Republican,  and  a  representative  to  the  legis- 
lature several  times.  He  married  Melissa 
Fargo,  who  died  September  30,  1909.  Chil- 
dren:  Grove,  born  March  18,  1851  ;  George, 
December  14,  1857 ;  Frank,  mentioned  below. 

(VIII)  Frank,  son  of  Solomon  (3)  Sackett, 
was  born  in  Sandsfield,  Massachusetts,  May  2, 
1861.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of  Cole- 
brook and  Winsted,  Connecticut.  He  began 
his  business  career  in  the  employ  of  the  Wil- 
liam L.  Gilbert  Clock  Company  in  1879  and 
continued  with  this  concern  until  1905.  For 
twenty  years  he  was  foreman  of  the  lever  and 
movement  department.  Since  1905  he  has 
been  retired,  living  at  Winsted.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  Clifton  Lodge  of  Odd  Fellows.  In  re- 
ligion he  is  a  Methodist  and  he  is  trustee  and 
collector  of  the  Winsted  Methodist  Church. 
In  politics  he  is  a  Republican.  ITe  married 
(first)  in  Colebrook,  October  4,  1883,  Alice 
G.  Greene,  who  died  May  13,  1884.  He  mar- 
ried (second),  July  4,  1887,  Nettie  J.,  daugh- 
ter of  James  Edwin  and  Sarah  M.  (White) 
Dean,  of  Winsted.  She  died  in  1898.  He 
married  (third),  March  14,  1900,  Sarah  C. 
Chase,  who  died  June  3,  1909.     He  married 


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(fourth)  Belle  Hart,  born  December  7,  1876, 
daughter  of  Walter  and  Lilly  (Church)  Hart. 
Children  of  second  wife :  Grove  E.,  born  Sep- 
tember 3,  1892 ;  George  Solomon,  July  4,  1896. 


John  Adam,  immigrant  ancestor, 
ADAM  was  born  in  Bowfield,  Scotland,  in 
171 5,  son  of  Robert  and  Mary 
Adam,  grandson  of  John  Adam,  and  great- 
grandson  of  John  Adam,  the  name  John  being 
in  the  family  for  several  generations.  He  was 
born  three  months  after  the  death  of  his 
father,  the  other  children  of  Robert  and  Mary 
Adam  having  been  Robert,  who  died  in  the  fif- 
teenth year  of  his  age ;  Agnes,  Margaret  and 
Mary,  all  of  whom  married  and  reared  fam- 
ilies. John  Adam  emigrated  to  the  new  world 
May  17,  1737,  and  landed  at  Boston,  Massa- 
chusetts, July  6,  1737,  after  a  voyage  of  seven 
weeks  and  one  day.  For  the  first  twelve 
years  he  resided  in  Easton,  Bristol  county, 
Massachusetts,  whence  he  removed  to  Taun- 
ton, and  in  1794  to  Salisbury,  Connecticut, 
where  his  death  occurred  April  17,  1802.  He 
married,  November  16,  1749,  Sarah,  eldest 
daughter  of  Captain  Eliphalet  and  Ruth  Leon- 
ard, both  of  whom  died  in  Easton,  Massachu- 
setts, Captain  Leonard  February  7,  1786,  in 
the  eighty-fifth  year  of  his  age,  and  his  wife 
April  12,  1786,  in  the  eighty-third  year  of  her 
age,  leaving  two  sons,  Eliphalet  and  Jacob, 
and  their  families,  and  three  daughters,  Sarah, 
Ruth  and  Mary,  with  their  husbands,  Isaac 
Johnson,  John  Adam,  Abiel  Mitchel,  and  fam- 
ilies. Sarah  (Leonard)  Adam  died  at  Salis- 
bury, 1785,  aged  sixty-two  years.  Children 
of  John  and  Sarah  (Leonard)  Adam:  John, 
mentioned  below ;  Sarah,  born  March  14, 
1758;  Robert,  June  26,  1762;  Ann,  November 
28,  1765;  Mary,  March  29,  1768;  Ruth,  March 
23,  1771  ;  William,  December  17,  1773. 

(II)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Adam,  was 
born  in  Taunton,  Massachusetts,  ^  March  4, 
1755,  died  in  Salisbury,  aged  sixty-five  years. 
He  was  a  graduate  of  Yale  College.  He  was 
a  bookkeeper  for  Samuel  Forbes,  the  pioneer 
iron  manufacturer  of  Connecticut.  He  mar- 
ried, August  6,  1780,  Abigail,  born  June  16, 
1755,  died  July  30,  1836,  daughter  of  Samuel 
Forbes,  Children,  born  at  Salisbury :  Lucy, 
May  26,  1781,  married  Judge  Walker,  of 
Lenox,  Massachusetts:  Sarah,  June  26,  1782, 
married  Judge  David  Davis,  of  Illinois ;  Sam- 
uel Forbes,  mentioned  below :  John,  June  22, 
1785  ;  William,  May  7,  1786,  died  October  26, 
1791  ;  Leonard,  March  8,  1788;  Abigail, 
March  28,  1790,  died  1791  ;  Polly,  February 
9,  1794,  died  February  29,  1796;  William, 
April  17,  1799. 

(III)  Samuel    Forbes,    son    of   John    (2) 


Adam,  was  born  at  Canaan,  Connecticut,  June 

I,  1783,  died  February  20,  1854.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools,  and  was  a  man  of 
pronounced  literary  taste.  He  was  in  the  iron 
business  at  Salisbury  for  many  years  and  was 
a  large  owner  of  real  estate  in  that  section. 
He  married,  April  17,  1805,  Mary,  daughter 
of  Rev.  Ezra  Sampson,  of  Hudson,  New 
York,  Children,  born  at  Canaan :  Mary 
Frances,  February  i,  1806;  Charles  Sampson, 
April  I,  1808;  Forbes  Sampson,  July  13,  1810; 
George,  mentioned  below. 

(IV)  Dr.  George,  son  of  Samuel  Forbes 
Adam,  was  born  at  Canaan,  September  17, 
18 1 2,  died  January  4,  1894.  He  attended  the 
public  schools  and  studied  medicine  at  Pitts- 
field,  Massachusetts,  and  in  the  College  of 
Physicians  and  Surgeons,  of  New  York  City. 
He  practiced  his  profession  at  Canaan  until 
the  death  of  his  father,  after  which  he  devoted 
his  attention  to  the  management  of  the  estate. 
He  married  (first),  January  30,  1839,  Ro- 
sanna  Mills,  of  Newark,  New  Jersey.  He 
married  (second),  January  7,  1869,  Mary 
Geikie,  born  at  Edinburgh,  Scotland.  She 
came  to  this  country  with  her  parents  in  1853. 
Children  of  first  wife  :  George  Sampson,  born 
February  23,  1842 ;  Joseph,  September  14, 
1845;  Mary  Elizabeth,  August  31,  1847; 
Samuel  Forbes,  February  20,  1854.  Children 
of  second  wife:     George  Archibald,  born  July 

II,  1872,  married  Lena   B.   Hatch:  children 
Kenneth     Archibald,     born     July    23,     1896 
George,  July  12,  1898 :  Malcolm  Geikie,  1900 
Maitland  Edmund,    1902 ;   Catherine   Isabelle, 
October    22,    1876,    married    Joseph    Roswell 
Hawley  Moore,  a  school  teacher  in  Indianap- 
olis, Indiana,  and  had  John  Adam,  born  March 
3,  1908,  and  E.  Lewis,  October  29,  1910;  John 
Geikie,  mentioned  below. 

(V)  Dr.  John  Geike,  son  of  Dr.  George 
Adam,  was  born  at  Canaan,  April  4,  1878.  He 
attended  the  public  schools  of  his  native  town 
and  Hopkins  grammar  school  of  New  Haven. 
He  received  his  medical  education  in  Trinity 
Medical  College,  in  Toronto,  Canada,  gradu- 
ating in  the  class  of  1900.  In  the  following 
year  he  located  in  Canaan,  where  he  has  prac- 
ticed his  profession  since.  He  married,  July 
23,  1902,  Christine,  born  August  4,  1879,  in 
Bowmansville,  Ontario,  Canada,  daughter  of 
Paul  C.  Trebilcock.  Children :  Douglas 
Geikie,  born  October  15,  1905;  Norma  Sin- 
clair, March  25,  1908. 

Mary  (Geikie)  Adam,  wife  of  Dr.  George 
Adam,  is  a  daughter  of  Rev.  Archibald  Geikie 
Jr.,  and  granddaughter  of  Archibald  Geikie. 
Archibald  Geikie  Jr.  was  born  June  7,  1797.  in 
Edinburgh,  Scotland,  died  July  27,  1872,  in 
Canaan,  Connecticut.    He  was  educated  in  the 


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schools  of  Edinburgh,  and  later  studied  for 
the  ministry,  pursuing  the  lectures  of  Rev.  Dr. 
Chalmers  in  his  course.  In  1843  he  removed 
to  Toronto,  Canada,  settling  on  the  river  St. 
Clair,  opposite  St.  Clair,  where  he  built  a 
church  and  served  in  the  capacit}'  of  pastor  un- 
til 1848,  the  year  of  the  death  of  his  wife, 
when  he  removed  to  Toronto,  and  served  as 
pastor  of  the  Richmond  Street  Congregational 
Church  until  about  1855,  then  he  took  up  his 
residence  in  the  state  of  Connecticut,  residing 
in  Colebrook  for  eleven  years,  removing  to 
East  Granville,  where  he  resided  until  his 
resignation  from  the  ministry,  after  which 
he  was  a  resident  of  Canaan.  He  married  Isa- 
bella Cunningham,  of  Edinburgh,  June  11, 
18 17. 

Rev.  Archibald  (3)  Geikie,  D.D.,  eld- 
est son  of  Rev.  Archibald  (2)  Geikie,  was 
born  in  Edinburgh,  Scotland,  educated  in  its 
schools,  graduating  from  the  Edinburgh  Uni- 
versity, and  studied  for  the  ministry  in  Tor- 
onto, Canada.  He  preached  in  Stratford  and 
Gait,  where  he  was  assistant  to  Rev.  Dr.  John 
Bayne  until  the  death  of  the  latter.  Later  he 
went  to  Australia,  and  for  twenty-five  years 
served  as  pastor  of  the  Bathhurst  Presbyterian 
Church,  after  which  he  resigned,  his  death  oc- 
curring in  Sidney,  Australia,  July  7,  1871.  Dr. 
Geikie  was  largely  instrumental  in  uniting  the 
Presbyterian  bodies  of  Australia,  so  that  they 
are  now  known  as  the  ''Presb3'terian  Church 
of  Australia."  He  was  also  moderator  of 
the  synod,  and  author  of  "Human  Sympathies 
of  Christ,"  "Missions,  to  \Vi"ong  Races,  in 
Wrong  Places  and  in  Wrong  Lands,"  and  of 
other  works. 

Rev.  Cunningham  Geikie,  second  son  of 
Rev.  Archibald  (2)  Geikie,  was  born  in  Edin- 
burgh, Scotland,  educated  in  its  schools,  came 
to  Canada,  and  there  studied  for  the  ministry. 
His  first  charge  was  Whitby,  Ontario,  and 
he  was  called  from  there  to  Halifax,  Xova 
Scotia.  Later  he  went  to  England  and 
entered  the  service  of  the  Episcopal 
church.  He  was  vicar  at  Barnstable,  and 
subsequently  was  given  the  living  at  Norwich 
by  William  Gladstone.  After  his  resignation 
from  the  ministry  he  devoted  his  attention  to 
literature,  and  was  the  author  of  "Life  of 
Christ,"  "Hours  with  the  Bible,"  "The  Refor- 
mation in  England,"  etc.  He  died  at  Bourne- 
mouth. England,  April  31,  1907. 

Walter  Bayne  Geikie,  i\I.D..  C.L.,  third 
son  of  Rev.  Archibald  (2)  Geikie,  was  born  in 
Edinburgh,  Scotland.  May  8,  1830.  He  served 
as  dean  of  Trinity  Medical  College,  of 
Toronto,  Ontario,  for  a  quarter  of  a  century, 
and  since  his  resignation  has  carried  on  a 
gfeneral  practice. 


Benjamin  Webster,  descend- 
WEBSTER     ant  of  an  old  English  family, 

lived  at  Bradford,  England, 
and  followed  the  trade  of  butcher.  Among  his 
children  was  Benjamin,  mentioned  below. 

(II)  Benjamin  (2),  son  of  Benjamin  (i), 
Webster  was  born  in  Bradford,  England,  in 
1820.  died  at  Leeds,  England.  September  7, 
1896.  He  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  his 
native  town,  and  engaged  in  the  railroad 
business.  He  became  station  master  at  Leeds. 
He  married  Eliza  Parker,  who  was  born  at 
Bradford,  died  at  the  age  of  seventy-three, 
in  Leeds,  England.  Children:  Benjamin, 
mentioned  below ;  William,  lives  in  Califor- 
nia ;  Clara,  married  and  lives  in  England ; 
Samuel,  came  to  Bridgeport.  Connecticut, 
and  died  there,  was  a  die  sinker ;  Hannah, 
lives  in  England:  Isaac;  Edwin,  lives  in  Eng- 
land :  George,  died  in  Philadelphia. 

(III)  Benjamin  (3),  son  of  Benjamin  (2) 
Webster,  was  born  at  Bradford,  England,  died 
December  11,  1908,  at  Bridgeport,  Connecti- 
cut. He  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  his 
native  town.  He  began  to  work  at  Leeds, 
England,  in  1868.  He  came  to  New  York 
City,  where  he  was  in  the  employ  of  the 
Shelton  Company,  manufacturers  of  carpet 
tacks.  Thence  he  came  to  Bridgeport,  and 
for  sixteen  years  was  with  the  Glover  San- 
ford  Company,  hat  manufacturers.  He  was 
then  chief  engineer  of  the  Bridgeport  Brass 
Company  for  twelve  years,  and  retired  from 
active  business  about  1885.  He  took  an  active 
interest  and  had  a  potent  influence  in  the 
affairs  of  the  city,  though  he  never  aspired  to 
public  office.  He  was  a  Republican  and  a 
stout  supporter  of  the  candidates  and  princi- 
ples of  his  party.  He  became  a  large  tax- 
payer, as  he  invested  in  real  estate  and  built 
a  number  of  houses  in  the  city.  He  also 
built  engines,  heaters  and  lubricators,  and 
patented  a  number  of  them.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  no  secret  order  and  had  few  interests 
outside  his  business  and  his  home,  to  which 
he  was  devotedly  attached.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  St.  Paul's  Protestant  Episcopal  Church 
and  assisted  in  raising  the  fund  for  the  build- 
ing. He  was  studious  and  read  historj^  chiefly, 
being  able  to  read  and  readily  translate  Greek 
history.  Few  men  of  his  age  had  acquired 
more  general  knowledge  from  reading  and 
study  and  few  indeed  had  covered  so  thor- 
oughly the  range  of  history.  His  death  was 
mourned  by  a  host  of  friends  and  was  a  dis- 
tinct loss. 

He  married,  July  19,  1865,  at  Leeds,  Eng- 
land, in  St.  Luke's  Church  (by  Rev.  Dr. 
Brackenburgh),  Margaret  Calam.  born  at 
Eastrington,  Yorkshire,  England,  daughter  of 


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William  and  Sarah  (Longhorn)  Calam.  Her 
father  was  born  in  1812,  died  at  Howden, 
England,  July  14,  1849.  Children  of  William 
Calam  :  George  ;  Robert,  resides  in  England  ; 
Peter,  died  young ;  William,  deceased,  was  a 
blacksmith  at  Bridgeport ;  Margaret,  men- 
tioned above ;  Mary,  resides  in  London,  Eng- 
land, married  Peter  Stephenson ;  Elizabeth, 
deceased.  Isaac  Calam,  father  of  William 
Calam,  was  a  chemist.  Children  of  Isaac 
Calam :  Isaac,  Thomas,  Peter,  Hannah,  Mary 
Elizabeth  and  William.  Children  of  Benja- 
min and  Margaret  (Calam)  Webster:  i.  Ed- 
gar Parker,  born  October  23,  1867,  ^t  Leeds ; 
assistant  superintendent  of  Smith  &  Egge 
Company  ;  married  Bertha  Miller  ;  children  : 
Earl  Parker,  Edgar  Ferdinand  and  Lillian 
Margaret.  2.  Mary  Florence,  born  November 
4,  1869:  married  Benjamin  Webster,  of  Cali- 
fornia, a  draughtsman ;  child,  Benjamin  Ches- 
ter. 3.  Harry  Calam,  born  January  22,  1871, 
at  Bridgeport ;  foreman  in  Smith  &  Egge  Com- 
pany :  married  Mary  Leaman ;  children : 
Ethel  Elizabeth  and  Margaret  Anna.  4.  Ross, 
born  November  28,  1878;  an  engineer  in  the 
Smith  &  Egge  Company :  married  Carrie  Bal- 
lard. 


The  surname  Hendee  is  identi- 
HENDEE     cal  with  Hende,  Hendys,  and 

Handy,  and  is  evidently  of 
French  origin,  though  the  first  of  the  name 
in  this  country  doubtless  came  from  England, 
where  it  may  have  been  seated  for  many  gen- 
erations. 

(I)  Richard  Hendee,  emigrant  ancestor, 
was  one  of  the  original  proprietors  of  Nor- 
wich, Connecticut,  in  1660.  A  tract  of  land 
was  granted  to  him,  Josiah  Reed  and  Richard 
Welles,  both  of  Leffing's  Neck.  He  had  an 
early  allotment  near  the  town  plot,  and  shared 
in  the  first  division  of  land,  but  it  is  not  known 
that  he  ever  lived  in  Norwich.  In  1660-61  he 
worked  on  vessels  at  New  London,  Connecti- 
cut, and  Newport,  Rhode  Island,  and  was  evi- 
dently a  ship  carpenter  by  trade.  Four  or  five 
years  later  he  was  proprietor  of  a  mill  built 
by  John  Elderkin,  on  the  Menunkatesuck 
river,  at  Killingworth,  where  he  died  August 
4,  1670.  This  mill  at  Killingworth,  and  fifty 
acres  of  land  on  Westward  Hill,  Norwich, 
were  among  his  assets  in  the  inventory  of  his 
estate.  In  the  same  year  the  townsmen  of 
Norwich  directed  that  the  children  of  Richard 
Hendee  should  have  a  share  in  the  division  of 
common  lands  as  equal  proprietors.  He  mar- 
ried Hannah,  daughter  of  John  Elderkin,  who 
was  guardian  of  their  three  children :  Jona- 
than, Richard  and  Hannah  Hendee. 

(II)  Richard  (2),  son  of  Richard  (i)  Hen- 


dee, was  born  about  1665.  He  w€nt  to  live 
in  the  family  of  his  grandfather,  John  Elder- 
kin, and  became  an  inhabitant  of  Norwich. 
His  sister  Hannah  married,  January  14,  1685, 
Samuel  Belding,  of  Wethersfield.  In  1691 
he  and  others  from  Norwich  settled  at 
Joshua's  purchase,  Windham,  Connecticut,  and 
he  had  a  house  built  there,  on  what  was  called 
the  Hither  Place,  on  the  north  side  of  Old 
Windham  street.  Hendee  bought  his  land  of 
Captain  James  Fitch,  and  was  then  unmar- 
ried. Joshua's  tract  was  named  for  the  son 
of  Uncas,  the  Indian  sachem,  and  the  land 
was  granted  to  Norwich  men.  Hendee  was 
one  of  those  granted  the  mill  privilege  of 
Beaver  Brook,  Windham.  He  was  on  the  list 
of  admitted  inhabitants.  May  30,  1693.  A. 
new  pound  was  ordered  built  at  the  south- 
east corner  of  his  lot  in  1698.  Children: 
Joshua,  married  (first)  Elizabeth  Wheelock, 
born  July  18,  1709,  at  Preston,  Connecticut; 
(second)  September  30,  1726,  Mercy  Stand- 
ish,  descendent  of  Captain  Myles  Standish, 
of  the  "Mayflower" ;  Joshua  settled  in  Cov- 
entry, Connecticut ;  Jonathan,  owned  the 
covenant  in  1725,  at  Windham;  settled  in 
Coventry ;  married,  February  12,  1740,  Martha 
Millenton,  five  children;  Asa,  mentioned 
below. 

(III)  Asa,  son  of  Richard  (2)  Hendee, 
was  born  about  1700.  He  removed  from 
Windham  to  Coventry,  Connecticut.  He  mar- 
ried Mary .  Children,  born  at  Coven- 
try:  Asa,  December  9,  1739,  died  young; 
Asa,  January  19,  1740-41,  lived  at  Bolton; 
Eliphalet,  1743,  mentioned  below ;  Lydia,  July 
14,  1746;  Eunice,  November  24,  1748;  Mary, 
January  14,  1751;  Abner,  May  22,  1753;  Es- 
ther, May  29,  1757. 

(IV)  Eliphalet,  son  of  Asa  Hendee,  was 
born  in  1743,  at  Coventry,  died  there  February 
28,  1827,  aged  eighty-four  years,  according 
to  town  record.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  rev- 
olution, in  Captain  Elias  Buell's  company, 
on  the  Lexington  alarm,  and  sergeant  in  Cap- 
tain Eleazer  Hutchins's  company.  Colonel  Hos- 
ford's  regiment,  in  1776.  He  settled  in  An- 
dover,  Connecticut,,  where  he  was  living  in 
1790,  according  to  the  first  census,  having 
in  his  family  two  males  over  sixteen,  five 
under  that  age,  and  three  females.  The  only 
other  heads  of  families  reported  at  that  time 
in  the  state  were  Widow  Hendee,  of  Coventry, 
Joseph  and  Caleb ;  the  last  named  was  also 
a  soldier  in  the  revolution.  Eliphalet  Hendee 
married  Mary  Loomis,  born  January  29,  1745, 
died  November  21,  1824,  daughter  of  Captain 
Matthew  Loomis,  of  Bolton,  who  married 
(first)  October  19,  1727,  Rachel  Wright,  of 
Wethersfield,   who   died    February    16,    1736; 


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(second)  Ma>  29,  1739,  Martha  Lothrop,  who 
died  August  26,  1787.  James  Loomis,  father 
of  Captain  Matthew  Loomis,  hved  at  Windsor 
and  Bolton;  was  born  October  31,  1669;  niar- 

ried  Alindwell  ,  in  1696;  she  died  March 

I,  1736,  and  he  died  December  29,  1750.  The 
father  of  James  was  James  Loomis,  the  emi- 
grant, elsewhere  referred  to  in  this  work.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Bolton  and  Andover,  of  Eliphalet 
and  Mary  Hendee  :  Abner,  June  30,  1779,  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  Johnson;  Marj^,  June  3,  1780; 
Eliphalet,  July  25,  1783,  mentioned  below ; 
Justin,  July  2,  1785 ;  Leonard  T-,  July  21,  1788. 

(V)  Eliphalet  (2),  son  of  Eliphalet  (i) 
Hendee,  was  born  at  Coventry,  Connecticut, 
July  25,  1783,  died  at  Andover,  October  29, 
1863.  He  married  Amelia  Babcock,  who  died 
at  Andover,  November  27,  1870,  aged  eighty- 
one  years.  Children,  born  at  Andover :  Justin, 
March  28,  1817,  died  May  23,  1817;  Lucius 
Justin,  July  13,  1818,  mentioned  below;  Eliza- 
beth Amelia,  December  7,  182 1 ;  Mary  Jane, 
March  23,  1830,  died  June  23,  1833;  Leon- 
ard Christopher,  December  20,  1832,  died 
January  31,  1833;  Mary  Frances,  June  17, 
1837 :  married,  October,  1867,  Frank  J. 
Smith  :  lived  at  Schuyler,  and  now  at  Leigh, 
Nebraska. 

(VI)  Lucius  Justin,  son  of  Eliphalet  (2) 
Hendee,  was  born  at  Andover,  Connecticut, 
July  13,  1818,  died  September  4.  1888.  He 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools.  He  set- 
tled in  Hartford,  Connecticut,  and  became 
president  of  the  Aetna  Insurance  Company, 
and  was  a  man  of  lofty  character  and  great 
business  ability.  He  married  Adeline  Eliza 
Whitmore,  born  at  Chatham,  Connecticut, 
daughter  of  Gordon  Whitmore.  Children, 
born  at  Hebron  and  Hartford:  Abner,  De- 
cember 15,  1853,  mentioned  below:  Hetta 
Elizabeth,  June  16,  1856:  married  Rev.  James 
Bradin ;  Sarah  Jane,  December  8,  1857,  un- 
married ;  Richard,  born  in  Hartford,  Novem- 
ber I,  1862,  died  February  19,  1908:  Lucius, 
born  in  Hartford,  May  8,  1866 :  married 
Elizabeth  M.  Reilly,  who  died  April  7,  1907 ; 
children :  Eleanor  Mary  and  Philip  Abner. 

(VII)  Abner,  eldest  child  of  Lucius  Justin 
and  Adeline  Eliza  (Whitmore)  Hendee,  was 
born  in  Hebron,  Connecticut,  December  15, 
1853.  He  obtained  his  early  education  in  the 
public  schools  there  and  in  Hartford.  He 
then  entered  the  grain  office  of  Smith.  Nor- 
tham  &  Robinson,  of  Hartford,  where  he 
learned  the  first  lessons  of  business  experience, 
not  only  in  the  office  of  the  firm,  but  on  the 
road  as  traveling  salesman,  where  he  came  in 
contact  with  business  men  of  wide  knowledge 
?nd  acute  discernment.  To  a  large  extent 
his  marked  success  in  his  wisely  chosen  field 


of  endeavor  is  attributable  to  the  experience 
thus  early  obtained  in  his  business  career.  It 
was  while  thus  employed  that  he  met  Mr. 
David  B.  Crittenden,  with  whom  he  was  close- 
.  ly  associated  as  a  partner  in  business  for 
more  than  a  decade.  Mr.  Hendee  came  to 
New  Haven,  and  July  i,  1879,  the  firm  of 
D.  B.  Crittenden  &  Company  was  formed  for 
the  conduct  of  an  extensive  grain  business,, 
and  which  was  dissolved  by  the  death  of  Mr. 
Crittenden,  May  i,  1890.  Since  that  time  Mr. 
Hendee  has  continued  in  the  business  under 
his  own  name.  While  associated  with  Mr. 
Crittenden,  Mr.  Hendee  devoted  his  attention 
almost  exclusively  to  the  distribution  of  their 
goods  in  carload  lots.  In  1895,  in  order  to 
meet  the  demands  of  his  constantly  expanding 
business,  he  opened  up  a  large  wholesale  es- 
tablishment in  New  York  City,  with  offices 
at  16  Broad  street,  where  he  conducts  an  ex- 
tensive business,  employing  many  salesmen 
who  cover  the  fields  of  New  Jersey,  part  of 
A^ew  York,  Connecticut,  and  the  east.  In  New 
Haven  Mr.  Hendee  ranks  among  the  leading 
business  men  of  the  city.  He  is  a  director  of 
the  Yale  National  Bank  of  New  Haven,  a 
member  of  the  Union  League  Club,  the  Young 
Alen's  Republican  Club,  and  Trinity  Church, 
all  of  New  Haven.  In  politics  he  is  a  Repub- 
lican. In  matters  of  public  concern  he  takes 
a  deep  interest,  and  contributes  freely,  not 
only  of  his  time,  but  financially,  to  the  up- 
building of  the  city  and  its  business  interests,, 
and  is  ever  ready  to  aid  the  unfortunate  poor.. 
Mr.  Hendee  married  (first)  Louise  H.  King, 
who  died  in  New  Haven,  Connecticut.  One 
child  was  born  to  them,  Mary  Vail,  who  mar- 
ried Chauncey  Rice,  of  Yale  College.  Mr. 
Hendee  married  (second)  Nellie  Elizabeth 
Green,  and  they  have  one  son,  Lucius  Justin 
Hendee.  Mr.  Hendee's  residence  on  Whitney 
avenue,  New  Haven,  is  a  handsome  edifice,, 
artistically  decorated  and  furnished,  and  is 
one  of  the  "show  places"  in  the  Elm  City  of 
beautiful  homes. 


Professor  John  Christopher 
SCHWAB  Schwab,  son  of  Gustav  and 
Catherine  (von  Post)  Schwab, 
of  ancient  German  ancestry,  was  born  in  1865 
in  New  York  City.  Lie  was  graduated  from 
Yale  College  in  the  class  of  1886  and  pursued 
his  studies  as  a  graduate  the  following  year 
at  Yale :  in  1887-88  at  Berlin  University ;  in 
1889-go  at  Gottingen  LTniversity;  making  a 
special  study  of  historical  subjects  and  politi- 
cal economy.  He  returned  to  Yale  College 
and  was  appointed .  instructor,  assistant  pro- 
fessor and  professor  of  political  economy.  He 
received  the  degree  of   Ph.D.   at  Gottinsren. . 


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Since  1892  he  has  been  editor  of  the  Yale 
Review,  and  since  1905  Ubrarian  of  Yale  Uni- 
versity. He  has  contributed  articles  to  various 
historical  publications  and  has  written  a  "His- 
tory of  New  York  Property  Tax"  (1890)  ; 
"The  Confederate  States  of  America"  (1901). 
He  is  a  member  of  the  American  Economic 
Association,  the  Royal  Economic  Association 
of  Great  Britain,  correspondmg  member  of  the 
Massachusetts  Historical  Society ;  member  of 
the  Century  Club  of  New  York  and  of  the 
Graduates  Club  of  New  Haven.  In  politics 
he  is  an  Independent,  in  religion  an  Episco- 
palian. He  married,  October  5,  1893,  at  New 
Haven,  Edith  A.  Fisher.  They  reside  at  310 
Prospect  street.  New  Haven. 


The  name  Middle- 
MIDDLEBROOK    brook     is     of     Dutch 

origin  and  the  first  of 
the  name  came  undoubtedly  from  North 
Netherlands.  They  were  among  the  earlier 
Teutonic  tribes  who  crossed  the  North  Sea  for 
the  purpose  of  colonizing  the  British  Isles,  and 
settled  for  the  most  part  in  the  north  of 
England,  particularly  in  Lincolnshire,  Not- 
tinghamshire and  Yorkshire,  where  the  family 
is  well  represented  to-day.  The  ancient  spell- 
ing of  the  name  dififers  slightly;  early  records 
in  Holland  and  Yorkshire  give  it  as 
Middelburgh,  IMidelbrugh,  Myddelbroughe, 
Mydelbrough,  Midelbrough,  Mydelbrok, 
Mydelbrocke,  Middlebrock,  Middlebrough, 
Mi.stlebrooke,  Middlebroke,  Middelbrooke 
and  Middleborrow.  Since  the  beginning 
of  the  eighteenth  century  it  is  gener- 
ally recorded  as  Middlebrook.  The  coat-of- 
arms  is  described  thus :  "In  a  golden  field,  a 
blue  turret." 

(I)  Joseph  Middlebrook,  immigrant  ances- 
tor, was  born  in  England  about  1610,  and  came 
to  Concord,  Massachusetts  Bay  Colony,  in 
October,  1635.  In  the  summer  of  1644  six- 
teen families  from  Concord,  owing  to  some 
dissatisfaction  on  account  of  excessive  taxes, 
removed  to  Fairfield,  Connecticut,  and  among 
them  was  Joseph  Middlebrook.  He  settled 
in  the  Pequonnock  district,  where  he  was 
granted,  January  8,  1649,  ^  home  lot  consist- 
ing of  two  and  one-half  acres.  He  married 
(first)  Mary,  daughter  of  William  Bateman, 
of  Fairfield,  who  died  young.  He  married 
(second)  Mary  Turney,  widow  of  Benjamin 
Turney,  1648.  He  died  at  Fairfield  in  1686. 
He  left  a  nuncupative  will,  and  according  to 
it  his  estate  was  divided  between  his  two 
children,  Joseph  and  Phebe.  Children:  Jos- 
eph, mentioned  below ;  Phebe,  married  Sam- 
uel Wilson. 

(II)  Joseph  (2),  son  of  Joseph  (i)  Middle- 


brook, died  1709.     He  married  Sarah , 

who  died  in  October,  1746.  Children,  and 
dates  of  baptism  :  Sarah,  November  12,  1675  ; 
Hannah,  June  25,  1677;  John,  October  25, 
1678,  mentioned  below;  Joseph,  April  15, 
1680;  Jonathan,  1684. 

(III)  John,  son  of  Joseph  (2)  Middle- 
brook, was  baptized  October  25,  1678.  He 
married  (first)  Elizabeth,  baptized  February 
17,  1694,  died  in  1720,  daughter  of  Robert 
Bisbom,  of  Fairfield.  He  married  (second) 
1726,  Mary  Porter.  She  was  born  in  1692, 
died  August  13,  1771.  Elizabeth,  his  first 
wife,  was  admitted  as  a  communicant  to  the 
Church  of  Christ  in  Fairfield,  July  29.  1713. 
He  removed  from  Fairfield  to  Stratford  as 
early  as  February  12,  1724.  In  1728  he  agreed 
with  Robert  Turney  upon  the  division  of  a 
tract  of  land  in  Long  Hill,  North  Stratford, 
now  Trumbull,  Connecticut.  Here  he  made 
his  homestead  until  his  death,  October  10, 
1769.  Children  of  first  wife,  and  dates  of  bap- 
tism :  Robert,  May  16,  1703,  died  in  infancy; 
John,  December  10,  1704,  died  in  infancy; 
Elizabeth,  January  7,  1708;  John,  October  i, 
1710:  Mary,  March  i,  1713;  David,  June  5, 
1715  ;  Stephen,  February  2,  1718,  died  in  in- 
fancy:  Ephraim,  August  21,  1720,  died  in  in- 
fancy. Children  of  second  wife :  Mary,  born 
1727;  Stephen,  mentioned  below. 

(IV)  Stephen,  son  of  John  Middlebrook, 
was  born  June  30,  1731,  at  North  Stratford. 
He  was  executor  of  his  father's  will,  dated 
March  27,  1755,  and  by  it  received  the  entire 
homestead  at  Long  Hill,  and  other  lands  and 
property.  He  was  a  physician  and  surgeon 
and  established  the  first  store  in  North  Strat- 
ford, about  1752.  This  store  was  successfully 
kept  by  his  descendants  for  one  hundred  years, 
when  it  was  closed  by  his  grandson,  Robert. 
At  the  time  of  the  revolution  he  was  an  ar- 
dent patriot;  chairman  of  the  committee  of 
inspection  and  safety  appointed  by  the  town  : 
captain  of  the  "town  Watch  and  Ward"  Com- 
pany. During  the  year  1777  he  did  scouting 
service  in  and  around  the  neighboring  towns, 
when  British  raids  were  frequently  made  from 
Long  Island.  He  also  was  influential  in  pro- 
viding the  soldiers  and  their  families  with 
funds  and  provisions.  He  died  November 
17,  1795.  He  married,  January  2,  1755,  Han- 
nah, daughter  of  Ebenezer  Hubbell,  born 
February  5,  1730,  died  February  11,  1816. 
Children :  Dr.  Stephen,  Jr.,  December  8, 
1755,  mentioned  below;  Patience,  October  2, 
1758 ;  Theophilus,  July  29,  1768. 

(V)  Dr.  Stephen  (2),  son  of  Captain  Ste- 
phen (i)  Middlebrook,  was  born  December 
8,  1755.  During  the  revolution  Dr.  Middle- 
brook   was    a    member    of   the    "Watch    and 


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Ward"  Company,  comm<inded  by  his  father. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Connecticut  general 
assembly  in  1802-03-06-15.  He  was  a  repu- 
table ph3'sician  and  influential  citizen  and  left 
a  large  estate.  He  died  December  18,  1S19. 
He  married  (first)  Anner,  daughter  of  Cap- 
tain Elijah  Beach;  she  was  born  1758,  died 
July  28,  1792.  He  married  (second),  Oc- 
tober 8,  1793,  Mrs.  Eleanor  (Hobart) 
Gold,  of  Fairfield,  daughter  of  Justin 
and  Hannah  Hobart ;  she  was  born  at 
Fairfield,  1764,  died  at  Trumbull,  March 
27,  1813.  He  married  (third)  May  10,  1814, 
Mrs.  Abigail  Ann  (Booth)  Burton,  daughter 
of  Captain  James  Booth,  of  Stratford,  and 
widow  of  Captain  Nathaniel  Judson  Burton; 
she  was  born  in  1766,  died  October  5,  1823. 
Children  of  first  wife:  Elijah,  born  October 
20,  1785  ;  Robert,  August  28,  1789,  mentioned 
below;  Isaac,  July  12,  1791,  died  August  13, 
1 79 1.  Children  of  second  wife:  Stephen, 
May  4,  1796;  Susan,  April  30,  1802. 

(VI)  Robert,  son  of  Dr.  Stephen  (2) 
Middlebrook,  was  born  August  28,  1789.  He 
succeeded  his  father  as  a  merchant  in  the  Long 
Hill  District  of  Trumbull  until  1852,  when  he 
retired  from  further  active  interest  in  business. 
In  politics  he  was  an  active  Whig  and  occupied 
various  positions  in  the  political  affairs  of  the 
town.  He  was  town  treasurer  for  many  years 
and  a  representative  to  the  general  assembly 
in  1827-33.  He  was  also  instrumental  in  the 
establishment  of  Grace  Episcopal  Church  at 
Long  Hill,  its  building  and  installation,  and 
was  the  first  treasurer  of  the  parish.  During 
the  war  of  1812  he  enlisted,  April  15,  1814, 
as  a  private  in  Captain  Philip  Walker's  com- 
pany of  Bridgeport,  Connecticut.  In  June, 
18 14,  he  was  appointed  quarteirmaster  of  the 
Fourth  Regiment  of  Cavalry,  commanded  by 
Colonel  Abel  Hall,  and  had  the  rank  of  lieu- 
tenant. He  served  as  paymaster  in  1815,  and 
as  regimental  adjutant  of  the  Third  Regiment 
of  Horse  Artillery  in  1819.  This  last  position 
he  held  until  1824,  when  he  was  discharged  at 
his  own  request.  He  was  prominent  in  many 
public  and  financial  institutions,  and  one  of 
the  largest  land  holders  in  the  town.  He  mar- 
ried, December  14,  1820,  Nancy,  born  at 
Stratford,  October  22,  1799,  died  at  Trumbull, 
September  12,  1852,  daughter  of  Captain  Na- 
thaniel J.  Burton.  Children :  Anner  Augusta, 
August  26,  1824;  Louis  Nathaniel,  June  19, 
1825;  Susan  Frances,  October  18,  1828; 
James  Robert,  October  27,  1832. 

(VII)  Major  Louis  Nathaniel,  son  of 
Robert  Middlebrook,  was  born  June  19,  1825, 
died  at  Bridgeport,  November  28,  1908.  He 
was  educated  at  the  academies  in  Newtown, 
Easton  and  Cheshire,  Connecticut,  graduated 


from  Trinity  College,  Hartford,  in  1848, 
among  the  honor  men  of  his  class.  He  was 
president  of  the  Athenaeum  Literary  Society 
of  the  college,  and  a  member  of  the  Alpha 
Delta  Phi  secret  society.  In  185 1  he  received 
the  degree  of  A.  M.  from  Trinity.  In  1849- 
50-51  he  studied  law  in  the  office  of  the  late 
Lieutenant-Governor  Charles  Hawley,  of 
Stamford,  was  admitted  to  the  bar  of  Connecti- 
cut at  Danbury,  in  August,  185 1,  and  in  1852, 
began  the  practice  of  law  in  Bridgeport.  In 
the  same  year  he  was  commissioned  major, 
and  in  1853,  judge  advocate  in  the  military 
organization  of  the  state.  In  1861  he  enlisted 
as  a  private  in  a  company  raised  by  himself 
for  the  First  Battalion,  Connecticut  Cavalry. 
He  was  subsequently  commissioned  captain  of 
Company  D  of  this  organization,  was  made 
senior  captain  of  the  First  Squadron  of  the 
same,  and  at  different  periods  commanded  the 
battalion  as  acting  major,  under  Generals 
Rosencrans,  Fremont,  Pope,  McClellan.  After 
the  war,  he  wrote  a  history  of  the  battalion. 
He  was  honorably  discharged,  November  21, 
1862,  from  the  army  on  account  of  disabilities 
incurred  in  the  service,  and  because  of  said 
disabilities  was  rendered  unable  to  resume 
active  employment  until  1866.  October  i,  of 
that  year,  he  became  associate  editor-in-chief 
and  one  of  the  joint  proprietors  of  the 
Republican  Standard  of  Bridgeport,  and  con- 
tinued in  that  position  until  1869,  when  he  re- 
sumed the  practice  of  law  in  Bridgeport.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  council  of  administration 
of  the  Connecticut  department  of  the  Grand 
Army  of  the  Republic  in  1869-71,  and  judge 
advocate  in  the  same  in  1870-72-73.  In  1872 
he  was  appointed  assistant  United  States  dis- 
trict attorney  for  the  district  of  Connecticut, 
and  September  27,  of  the  same  year,  upon  the 
nomination  of  Chief  Justice  Chase,  of  the 
supreme  court,  register  in  bankruptcy  for  the 
fourth  congressional  district.  This  last  office 
he  filled  until  the  repeal  of  the  National 
Bankruptcy  Act.  In  1883  he  was  appointed 
director  and  prosecuting  attorney  for  the  Con- 
necticut Humane  Society,  and  in  1887  was 
made  chairman  of  its  standing  committee  on 
legislation.  He  also  represented  the  city  gov- 
ernment of  Bridgeport  in  the  capacities  of 
deputy  judge  of  the  city  court  and  clerk  of 
the  city  court.  He  was  one  of  the  original 
founders  and  charter  members  of  the  Fair- 
field County  Historical  Society,  and  for  several 
years  corresponding  secretary  and  honorary 
vice-president  of  the  same,  and  a  member  of 
the  Connecticut  Historical  Society.  He  was 
also  a  member  of  the  Connecticut  Chapter  of 
the  Society  of  the  Sons  of  the  American  Rev- 
olution.    He  had  no  taste  for  political  pref- 


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erment  and  uniformly  discouraged  solicita- 
tions to  became  a  candidate  for  them.  He 
was  a  lifelong  member  of  and  a  communicant 
in  the  Protestant  Episcopal  church. 

He  married,  December  9,  1857,  Juliette, 
born  March  22,  1827,  died  May  30,  1901,  at 
Bridgeport,  daughter  of  William  Henry  Tom- 
linson,  of  Stratford.  Children:  Louis  Bur- 
ton, born  March  4,  i860,  died  December  23, 
1866;  Jenny,  May  23,  1862,  died  May  26, 
1897,  married  Frank  Brown  Weeks,  of  Texas ; 
one  child,  died  in  infancy ;  Albert  James,  men- 
tioned below. 

(Vni)  Albert  James,  son  of  Major  Louis 
Nathaniel  Middlebrook,  was  born  July  24, 
1864,  at  Bridgeport.  He  was  educated  in 
private  schools  of  Guy  B.  Day,  a  celebrated 
school,  and  of  Seth  B.  Jones.  On  account  of 
ill  health  he  went  south  and  spent  four  years 
in  the  mountains  of  West  Virginia,  at  a  place 
seventy  miles  from  the  nearest  railroad  sta- 
tion. He  returned  to  Bridgeport  and  took 
a  course  at  a  business  college.  During  the 
next  two  years  he  taught  school  in  New 
Haven.  In  1891  he  became  associated  with 
the  Wilmot  &  Hobbs  Manufacturing  Com- 
pany of  Bridgeport,  now  the  American  Tube 
and  Stamping  Company,  of  which  he  was 
assistant  treasurer  and  secretary  until  Octo- 
ber, 1908,  when  he  resigned  on  account  of 
ill  health,  since  which  time  he  has  been  out  of 
business.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Seaside 
Club,  the  Algonquin,  the  Country  Club,  the 
Hartford  Golf  Club.  In  religion  he  is  an 
Episcopalian  and  is  a  member  of  St.  John's 
Protestant  Episcopal  Church  of  Bridgeport, 
to  which  Mrs.  Middlebrook  also  belongs.  In 
politics  he  is  a  Republican.  He  married,  Sep- 
tember 2,  1890,  Isabel  M.  Shelton,  born  Feb- 
ruary 12,  1869  (see  Shelton  VI).  Children: 
Henry  Tomlinson,  born  October  24,  1891, 
student  at  Andover  College,  class  of  191 1  ; 
Louis  Shelton,  December  15,  1892,  Andover 
College,  class  of  191 1 ;  Albert  James,  Jr.,  May 
19,  1906. 


Among  the  men  of  the  state  of 
EHRSAM  Connecticut  who  by  virtue  of 
the  success  which  they  have 
achieved  are  entitled  to  special  mention  is 
Frer'erick  F.  Ehrsam,  late  of  Bridgeport,  who 
died  in  that  city.  May  2,  1910.  He  came  of 
that  sturdy  German  ancestry  whose  represen- 
tatives have  been  model  citizens  in  all  walks 
of  life.  He  was  born  in  Saxe-Meiningen, 
Germany,  in  1843,  ^^'^  ^^  the  age  of  eleven 
came  with  his  mother  and  step-father,  the  late 
Mr.  Eckhart,  of  Bridgeport,  to  the  United 
States. 

The  family  settled  first  on  a  farm  in  Pitts- 


field,  Massachusetts,  and  here  Mr.  Ehrsam 
spent  two  years  following  agricultural  pur- 
suits and  attending  the  public  schools  of  the 
place.  He  then  accompanied  the  family  to 
North  Bridgeport,  Connecticut,  where  he  com- 
pleted his  education  and  began  his  business 
life  as  a  clerk  in  the  wholesale  grocery  house 
of  Conrad  &  Bristol,  on  Water  street.  He 
was  economical,  of  frugal  and  saving  habits, 
and  accumulated  some  money.  In  the  early 
sixties,  together  with  his  half-brother,  George 
F.  Eckhart,  he  established  in  a  modest  way 
the  brewery  business  which  has  since  grown 
to  such  large  proportions  and  is  now  known 
as  the  Eckhart  Brothers  Brewery.  By  close 
application  to  business,  Mr.  Ehrsam  and  his 
half-brother  made  a  success  from  the  very 
start  and  gradually  built  the  business  up  to 
what  it  is  at  the  present  time.  In  1880  Mr. 
Eckhart  died,  and  Mr.  Ehrsam  continued  the 
business  very  successfully  until  1898,  when  he 
retired,  having  at  that  time  amassed  a  com- 
fortable fortune. 

Mr.  Ehrsam  was  ever  a  lover  of  the  country 
and  of  nature  and  nature's  products,  and 
some  years  previous  to  his  retirement  from 
business  he  purchased  a  farm  at  Rocky  Hill, 
North  Bridgeport,  where  he  spent  his  last 
years.  This  farm  he  improved,  bringing  the 
land  up  to  the  highest  possible  state  of  culti- 
vation, and  importing  rare  breeds  of  blooded 
horses  and  cattle,  for  which  he  had  a  reputa- 
tion among  all  lovers  of  blooded  stock  through- 
out this  part  of  the  country,  and  in  farming, 
as  well  as  in  his  previous  business,  he  achieved 
a  decided  success  and  was  recognized  as  one 
of  the  most  progressive  in  this  line.  In  addi- 
tion to  this,  as  opportunity  permitted,  he  also 
invested  profitably  in  real  estate,  and  in  all 
these  affairs  his  shrewd  executive  ability  car- 
ried him  far  on  the  road  to  success.  Born 
ig  a  foreign  country,  yet  when  coming  to  the 
United  States  and  deciding  to  make  it  his 
home,  he  resolved  to  accommodate  himself  to 
conditions  which  up  to  that  time  were  entirely 
new  to  him.  As  a  young  man  he  foresaw 
what  he  believed  to  be  a  possibility  of  success. 
This  he  resolved  to  achieve,  and  bent  every 
energy  in  that  direction  until  he  had  accom- 
plished his  purpose.  He  died  as  he  had  lived, 
loved  and  respected  by  all,  a  man  of  the  high- 
est sense  of  honor  and  integrity,  leaving  be- 
hind him  a  record  which  will  probably  not 
be  surpassed  by  any  man  of  his  day  and  gen- 
eration. He  was  a  staunch  adherent  of  Demo- 
cratic principles,  but  refused  to  allow  his  name 
to  be  used  as  s  candidate  for  public  office. 

Mr.  Ehrsam  married,  in  1899,  Mrs.  Frank 
Porter,  whose  maiden  name  was  Mary  I. 
Brady,    daughter   of  Patrick   Edward   Brady, 


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a  native  of  Ireland,  born  1842,  died  in  New 
Haven,  Connecticut,  1881.  Mr.  Brady  came  to 
this  country  when  a  young  man  in  a  saihng 
vessel,  and  during  the  voyage  the  vessel  be- 
came disabled  and  drifted  about  for  several 
weeks,  and  for  some  seven  weeks  it  was 
thought  that  all  aboard  would  be  lost.  After 
arriving  in  this  country  Mr.  Brady  learned 
the  trade  of  cooper,  which  he  followed  dur- 
ing his  active  life.  He  married,  at  New 
Haven,  Connecticut,  Margaret  McTiernan, 
born  in  Ireland,  1846,  came  to  this  country  a 
few  years  after  her  husband,  and  died  in  New 
Haven,  in  1891.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Brady  were 
the  parents  of  ten  children,  of  whom  the 
following  grew  to  maturity:  i.  John,  resides 
in  New  Haven ;  engaged  in  the  trucking  busi- 
ness. 2.  Mary  I.,  previously  mentioned  as 
wife  of  Frederick  F.  Ehrsam.  3.  Rose,  mar- 
ried (first)  Mark  Neary ;  (second)  James 
McCue.  4.  Margaret  A.  The  family  attended 
the  Roman  Catholic  church.  In  politics  Mr. 
Brady  is  a  staunch  Democrat.  Children  of 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ehrsam  :  George,  born  January 
30,  1901  ;  Frederick,  born  April  16,  1904. 
Mrs.  Ehrsam  died  February  12,  1909. 

Mr.  Ehrsam,  at  his  death,  left  the  control 
and  custody  of  his  children  to  his  sister-in- 
law,  Margaret  A.  Brady,  who  is  to  supervise 
their  education  and  training  until  they  attain 
their  majority.  For  this  purpose  he  left  a 
munificent  sum,  as  well  as  liberal  bequests  to 
his  sister,  Mrs.  Christina  Stoehr,  of  Hartford, 
and  his  brother  William,  of  New  York,  and 
his  niece,  Florence  Neary,  of  Bridgeport. 


Morris    Colgan    was    born    in 
COLGAN     Westmeath,   Ireland,   and   died 

there  in  the  prime  of  life.  He 
was  a  prosperous  farmer  in  county  Westmeath, 
Ireland. 

(II)  Thomas,  son  of  ^Morris  Colgan.  w^s 
born  in  county  Westmeath,  Ireland,  in  1777, 
died  there  in  1847.  He  was  a  well-to-do 
farmer,,  a  faithful  Catholic  and  a  kind  father. 
He  married  Margaret  Leavy,  born  at  West- 
meath, in  1788,  died  there  in  i860.  Children: 
I.  Morris,  died  aged  ninety  years  at  Hones- 
dale,  Pennsylvania:  children:  son  and  daugh- 
ter, residing  at  Honesdale.  2.  James,  died  in 
Ireland,  leaving  three  children.  3.  Catherine, 
married  Edward  Hughes ;  has  three  children : 

resides  in  Bridgeport.  4.  Bridget,  married 

Monahan.  5.  Dennis,  mentioned  below.  6. 
Mary,  died  in  1903  at  Bridgeport :  married 
James  Reddy ;  left  one  son.  7.  John,  resides 
at  New  FTaven ;  has  one  son.  8.  Michael,  died 
at  Norwalk,  Connecticut :  had  one  son  and 
two  daughters.  9.  Christopher,  born  and  re- 
sides in  Ireland ;  unmarried. 


(Ill)  Dennis,  son  of  Thomas  Colgan,  was 
born  at  Westmeath,  Ireland,  February  3,  1830, 
died  at  Bridgeport,  Connecticut,  March  18, 
1893.  He  attended  school  in  Ireland.  He 
came  to  the  United  States  in  1850,  and  landed 
in  New  York  City.  Thence  he  went  soon 
afterward  to  Honesdale,  Pennsylvania,  where 
liis  brother  had  already  located,  and  resided 
there  three  years.  He  then  came  to  Bridge- 
port, Connecticut,  to  work  in  the  construction 
of  the  Harlem  railroad,  being  foreman  of  a 
gang  of  laborers.  He  was  afterward  ap- 
pointed superintendent  of  the  drawbridge  at 
Bridgeport,  and  held  this  position  for  a  period 
of  thirty-eight  years  with  great  faithfulness 
and  efficiency.  Though  his  wages  were  never 
large,  he  was  frugal  and  thrifty  and  shrewd 
in  investing  his  earnings.  He  made  money  in 
various  real  estate  deals.  He  built  no  less  than 
seven  houses  in  Bridgeport.  With  the  aid  and 
cooperation  of  his  wife,  who  was  a  shrewd 
and  careful  business  woman,  he  accumulated 
a  competence,  and  much  of  his  success  in  life 
he  ascribed  to  her  industry  and  good  manage- 
ment. Mr.  Colgan  was  a  Catholic  in  religion 
and  a  Democrat  in  politics.  He  gave  liberally 
to  the  church  and  to  charity.  He  married 
Catherine  Mullally,  born  in  Mill  Town,  county 
Westmeath,  Ireland,  in  1837,  daughter  of 
Peter  and  Elizabeth  (Smith)  Mullally.  Peter 
^lullally  was  born  in  Mill  Town,  county  West- 
meath, Ireland,  in  1796,  died  there  in  1839; 
he  learned  the  trade  of  carpenter,  and  was 
a  prosperous  contractor  and  builder  in  his 
native  county,  erecting  many  prominent  build- 
ings including  the  large  mills  there,  and  also 
many  buildings  in  the  surrounding  towns. 
Elizabeth  (Smith)  Mullally  was  born  in  Kings 
county,  Ireland,  daughter  of  Patrick  Smith, 
who  was  a  prosperous  farmer  there  through- 
out the  active  years  of  his  life.  Children  of 
Peter  and  Elizabeth  Mullally :  Child,  died  in 
infancy.  Patrick,  born  1832,  at  Mill  Town; 
came  with  his  mother  and  sister  to  America : 
learned  the  trade  of  cooper,  and  afterward 
was  locomotive  fireman ;  died  from  exposure ; 
unmarried.  Catherine,  mentioned  above  as 
wife  of  Dennis  Colgan.  Catherine  (Mullally) 
Colgan  came  to  the  United  States  in  1849  with 
her  mother  and  one  brother ;  they  located  in 
Bridgeport,  Conncticut.  where  she  has  re- 
sided ever  since,  being  one  of  the  oldest  resi- 
dents of  the  city ;  she  first  resided  on  Golden 
Hill.  She  attended  the  Sunday  school  in  the 
first  Catholic  church  in  Bridgeport ;  there  are 
now  fourteen :  the  city  had  then  a  population 
of  less  than  ten  thousand,  and  now  it  has  a 
population  of  over  one  hundred  thousand. 
She  is  well  educated,  fond  of  good  books  and 
has  an  excellent  library  in  her  home.     Chil- 


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dren  of  Dennis  and  Catherine  Colgan:  i. 
John  E.,  born  June  24,  1864,  at  Bridgeport ; 
educated  there  in  the  public  schools ;  engaged 
in  railroad  business  and  is  now  conductor 
for  the  New  York,  New  Haven  &  Hartford 
Railroad  Company,  on  the  Naugatuck  division, 
being  thus  employed  for  twenty-nine  years ; 
married  Adele  McCarthy,  of  England ;  chil- 
dren: Loretta,  died  in  infancy;  Irene,  Cather- 
ine, Alma,  John  E.,  Jr.,  George,  I'Yederick, 
Stephen  D.  2.  Margaret,  died  young.  3. 
Catherine,  born  December  27,  1867 ;  married 
Dr.  William  J.  O'Hara,  of  Bridgeport.  4. 
William,  born  December  15,  1869,  at  Bridge- 
port; resides  with  his  mother  in  that  city.  5. 
Thomas,  born  in  Bridgeport,  November  27, 
1871,  died  May  5,  1906:  married  Sarah  Mc- 
Cullough ;  one  child,  William  ;  lost  two  infants. 
6.  Elizabeth,  born  September  19,  1875 ;  mar- 
ried Dr.  Joseph  L.  Egan,  a  dentist  of  Bridge- 
port ;  one  child,  Joseph  L.,  Jr.  7.  Child,  died 
in  infancy.    8.  Child,  died  in  infancy. 


Francis  Joseph  Eisenman 
EISENMAN  was  born  in  1818  in  Bavaria, 
Germany.  He  was  educated 
in  his  native  land  and  studied  music.  He  came 
to  this  country  when  a  young  man  and  for 
thirty-five  years  was  a  musician  at  the  Military 
Academy  at  West  Point.  He  played  in  the 
government  military  band.  His  instrument  was 
a  clarionet.  He  was  a  gifted  musician,  and 
taught  music  during  the  years  he  was  at  West 
Point.  He  was  popular  and  highly  respected 
by  all  who  knew  him.  He  died  at  West  Point, 
January  18,  1909,  aged  ninety-one.  He  mar- 
ried Caroline  Rudemere,  born  183 1,  died  1897, 
at  West  Point.  Children,  born  at  West  Point, 
all  living  at  present  time:  i.  Frederick,  born 
at  West  Point.  2.  Francis,  died  1861.  3. 
Theresa,  married  George  Sawyer,  of  Bridge- 
port. 4.  Catherine,  married  William  John- 
son, of  West  Point,  a  musician.  5.  Louise, 
married  Charles  M.  Miller,  of  West  Point, 
New  York.  6.  John,  born  in  Brooklyn,  New 
York.  7.  Emma,  married  Perie  Heyer,  of 
Bridgeport.  8.  Joseph,  mentioned  below.  9. 
Elizabeth,  married  Herman  Harbers,  steward 
to  the  president's  doctor,  now  head  of  Medi- 
cal Supply  Co.,  Washington,  D.  C.  10.  Caro- 
line C,  married  Charles  Curtis,  of  West  Point, 
at  the  old  homestead. 

(II)  Joseph,  son  of  Francis  Joseph.  Eisen- 
man, was  born  May  25,  1861,  at  West  Point, 
New  York.  He  attended  the  public  schools  and 
graduated  from  the  Military  Academy.  He 
made  a  specialty  of  music  and  has  devoted  his 
life  to  it.  In  August,  1882,  he  came  to  Bridge- 
port, Connecticut.  He  has  taught  instrumen- 
tal  music,  having   a  large  number  of  pupils. 


For  many  years  he  has  been  a  member  of  the 
famous  Wheeler  &  Wilson  band  of  Bridge- 
port and  of  the  theatre  orchestra.  He  has 
taken  part  in  a  great  many  concerts  and  other 
entertainments  in  Bridgeport  and  vicinity,  and 
takes  high  rank  among  the  best  in  his  pro- 
fession. He  is  a  member  of  the  local  lodge, 
Knights  of  Pythias.  In  politics  he  is  a  Repub- 
lican. He  belongs  to  St.  Paul's  Protestant 
Episcopal  Church. 

He  married,  May  17,  1883,  at  Bridgeport, 
Lily' J.,  born  November  23,  1864,  at  Sheffield, 
England,  daughter  01  Henry  Thomas  and 
Hannah  (Davey)  Wright.  Her  father  died 
at  Walden,  New  York,  in  1908,  aged  seventy 
years.  Her  mother  was  a  daughter  of  Abra- 
ham Davey,  of  Sheffield,  who  was  in  the  cut- 
lery business  all  his  life ;  he  came  to  Pitts- 
burg, Pennsylvania,  from  England,  and  after- 
wards lived  at  Walden,  New  York.  Henry 
Thomas  Wright  lived  in  Middlebury,  Wood- 
bury and  Bridgeport,  Connecticut,  then  at 
Walden,  New  York.  He  made  six  visits  to 
his  native  country.  Mr.  Wright  was  a  Free 
Mason,  member  of  the  Improved  Order  of 
Red  Men,  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  Sons  of 
St.  George  and  the  Modern  Woodmen  of 
America.  William  Wright,  father  of  Henry 
Thomas  Wright,  was  born  at  Sheffield  in 
1823,  died  in  October,  1863 ;  married  Eliza- 
beth Berry,  who  died  September  20,  1864,  at 
Sheffield :  children :  i.  William  Wright,  still 
living,  aged  seventy-five  ;  had  twelve  children ; 
lived  at  Sheffield ;  ii.  Henry  Thomas  Wright, 
mentioned  above ;  iii.  James  Christopher 
Wright,  and  his  son  William  lives  at  War- 
wick, Orange  county.  New  York.  William 
Wright  was  a  manufacturer  of  surgical  instru- 
ments in  Sheffield  and  London,  England.  Wil- 
liam Davey,  father  of  Abraham  Davey,  was  a 
manufacturer  of  table  knives  and  had  an 
extensive  business.  Mrs.  Eisenman  had  a 
brother,  Arthur  Thomas  Wright,  born  in 
1869,  died  in  1889.  Children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Eisenman:  i.  Ethel  Lillian,  born  at  Bridge- 
port, February  7,  1884,  a  teacher  in  the 
schools  of  Bridgeport ;  graduate  of  city  schools 
and  the  Normal  School.  2.  Harold  Eugene, 
born  June  16,  1885.  a  musician. 


Thomas  Flint,  immigrant  ances- 
FLINT  tor,  came  to  America,  tradition 
says,  from  Wales,  in  Great  Brit- 
ain. He  is  first  mentioned  in  the  town 
records  of  Salem  in  1650,  but  there  is  reason 
to  believe  that  he  came  to  America  much 
earlier.  It  is  also  thought  that  his  mother 
was  here  as  early  as  1642.  He  was  among 
the  first  settlers  of  Salem  Village,  now  South 
Danvers,  and  his  home  was  situated  on  the 


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Salem  and  North  Reading  road,  about  six 
miles  from  the  present  court  house  in  Salem, 
five  miles  from  the  town  of  North  Reading, 
and  near  Phelps's  mill  and  brook.  He  ac- 
quired his  land  by  purchase.  The  first  deed 
found  on  record  is  September  18,  1654,  when 
he  bought  of  John  Pickering  one  hundred  and 
fifty  acres  of  meadow  and  pasture  land,  within 
the  bounds  of  Salem.  John  Pickering  had 
paid  John  Higgenson  thirteen  pounds  for  this 
land  three  years  before.  He  purchased  on 
January  i,  1662,  fifty  acres  of  land  from 
Robert  Goodall,  and  paid  twenty  pounds  ster- 
ling. This  land  was  in  Salem,  and  was 
bounded  on  the  south  by  land  of  Henry 
Phelps,  on  the  west  by  Phelps's  brook,  and 
on  the  north  and  east  by  Goodall's  land.  This 
land  has  remained  in  the  family  for  a  period 
of  more  than  two  hundred  years.     He  died 

April    15,    1663.      He    married    Ann   . 

Children  :  Thomas  ;  Elizabeth,  born  April  30, 
1650:  George,  January  6,  1652,  mentioned 
below ;  John,  October  3,  1655 ;  Anna,  Decem- 
ber 25,  1657  ;  Joseph,  1662. 

(II)  Sergeant  George  Flint,  son  of  Thomas 
Flint,  was  born  January  6,  1652.  He  went  to 
Reading  before  1682  and  settled  on  land  which 
he  inherited  from  his  father.  He  was  a 
farmer,  and  lived  in  the  North  Precinct,  in 
that  part  which  is  now  the  village  of  North 
Reading.  Tradition  says  that  he  built  the 
first  frame  house  in  the  vicinity,  and  it  was 
used  as  a  garrison  house  when  there  were 
hostile  Indians  in  the  vicinity,  and  there  were 
said  to  be  marks  on  the  door  made  by  the 
bullets  of  the  Indians.  There  is  also  a  story 
that  on  one  Sabbath  when  all  the  family  but 
two  sisters  were  at  church,  one  of  the  daugh- 
ters took  a  pistol  in  her  hand  and  aimed  it 
at  her  sister,  saying:  "Suppose  you  wefe  an 
Indian,  how  easily  I  could  shoot  you,"  and 
at  that  moment  the  pistol  went  off,  and  the 
bullet  struck  the  sister  in  the  shoulder,  crip- 
pling her  for  life.  Her  father  in  his  will  men- 
tions his  "unfortunate  daughter  Mary,"  and 
makes  suitable  provision  for  her  proper  main- 
tenance. Her  grandfather,  Nathaniel  Put- 
nam, gives  her  a  double  portion,  "because  she 
hath  a  lame  arm."  The  old  garrison  house 
was  torn  down,  and  a  modern  one  is  built 
in  its  place.  For  several  years  George  Flint 
was  one  of  the  selectmen  of  the  town.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  Salem  church,  and  was 
active  in  religious  matters,  which  is  shown 
by  the  interest  he  took  in  the  organization  of 
the  North  parish  and  church.  At  the  first 
meeting  of  the  parish  he  presided  as  modera- 
tor, and  as  long  as  he  lived  he  took  a  leading 
part  in  the  management  of  its  affairs.  He 
gave  the   parish  one  acre  of  land   on   which 


the  first  meeting  house  was  built.  The  first 
minister  of  the  church.  Rev.  Daniel  Putnam, 
was  his  nephew.  He  married  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  Nathaniel  and  Elizabeth  (Hut- 
chinson) Putnam,  who  was  born  August 
II,  1662,  died  March  6,  1697.  He  married 
(second),  March  2,  1699,  Mrs.  Susannah 
Gardner.  She  died  March,  1720,  and  he  died 
June  23,  1723.  Children,  all  by  first  wife : 
Elizabeth,  born  August  19,  1685 ;  George, 
April  I,  1686;  Ann,  April  18,  1687;  Ebenezer, 
December  16,  1689,  mentioned  below;  Nathan- 
iel, October  21,  1690,  died  in  infancy;  Mary, 
November  4,  1691 ;  Mercy,  October  7,  1692; 
Nathaniel,  January  4,  1694;  Hannah,  Febru- 
ary 12,  169s ;  John,  March  4,  1696,  died  in 
infancy. 

(III)  Ebenezer,  son  of  Sergeant  George 
Flint,  was  born  December  16,  1689,  died  Sep- 
tember 18,  1778.  He  was  a  farmer  and  lived 
in  North  Reading  on  a  farm  given  him  by  his 
father.  It  was  taken  from  the  northern  end 
of  his  father's  land  near  the  Andover  line, 
and  has  always  been  in  possession  of  his  de- 
scendants, and  has  the  same  boundaries  to- 
day as  it  had  then.  A  part  of  it  was  land 
inherited  by  his  father  from  Thomas  Flint, 
his  father,  and  was  called  in  the  will,  "the 
land  I  bought  beyond  Ipswich  River."  He 
married.  May  18,  1714,  Tabitha  Burnap,  who 
died  July  30,  1734.  Children :  Tabitha,  born 
February  15,  1715,  died  in  infancy;  Ebenezer, 
September  i,  1716,  mentioned  below;  Eunice; 
John,  1720;  Tabitha,  May  18,  1721 ;  Eliza- 
iDeth,  1723;  Jacob,  1729;  Hepzibah,  June  18, 
1732 ;  Ann,  born  and  died  July  30,  1734. 

(IV)  Ebenezer  (2),  son  of  Ebenezer  (i) 
Flint,  was  born  September  i,  1716.  He  was  a 
farmer  and  lived  in  North  Reading  on  the 
homestead  with  his  father.  He  was  in  the 
French  war,  and  was  shot  by  an  Indian,  in 
township  No.  4,  now  Charlestown,  New 
Hampshire.  He  married,  May  25,  1738,  Abi- 
gail, daughter  of  Henry  and  Sarah  Sawyer. 
Children:  Abigail,  born  March  9,  1739;  Dan- 
iel, July  30,  1740;  Ebenezer,  June  17,  1742, 
mentioned  below  ;  Abigail,  June  30,  1744  ;  Ben- 
jamin, March  12,  1746. 

(V)  Ebenezer  (3),  son  of  Ebenezer  (2) 
Flint,  was  born  in  North  Reading,  June  17, 
1742,  died  in  Wilton,  New  Hampshire,  April 
29,  1829.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution 
in  the  Third  Reading  Company,  Captain  John 
Flint,  Colonel  David  Green,  at  Lexington,  and 
afterward ;  also  in  Captain  Jesse  Upton's  com- 
pany. Colonel  Josiah  Whitney's  regiment, 
1777.  He  was  a  farmer,  and  lived  in  North 
Reading  until  1802,  when  he  removed  to  Wil- 
ton. He  married  (first)  June  7,  1764,  Asse- 
nath  Holt,  born  March  31,  1744,  died  Decem- 


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ber  8,  1786.  He  married  (second)  Novem- 
ber 27,  1789,  Mrs.  Mary  Taylor,  whose  maiden 
name  was  Damon.  She  was  born  October  11, 
1753,  died  March  20,  1844.  Children  of  first 
wife:  Ebenezer,  torn  May  13,  1765,  men- 
tioned below ;  Daniel,  March  27,  1767 ;  Asse- 
nath,  March  4,_  1769;  Nabby,  June  30,  1771 ; 
Ephraim,  September  4,  1773 ;  John,  April  4, 
1776,  died  September  4,  1778;  Amos,  April 
16,  1778;  John,  February  23,  1780;  Phebe, 
May  4,  1782,  died  August  30,  1797.  Children 
by  second  wife:  Samuel  (twin).  May  2, 
1791  ;  Lucinda  (twin)  ;  Abner,  October  20, 
1796. 

(VI)   Ebenezer    (4),  son  of  Ebenezer   (3) 
Flint,  was  born  in   North   Reading,  May   13, 
1765.  died  March  24,  1833.    He  was  a  farmer 
and  lived  in  Hillsborough,   New   Hampshire. 
He  married,  March  14,  1793,  Dorcas  Lufkin, 
who  died  in  Nashua,  March,  1848.    Children : 
Ebenezer,  born  December  19,  1793;  John,  De- 
cember 24,  1795;  Dorcas,  November  11,  1797 
Henry,   February  2.    1801,  mentioned   below 
Isaac,  March  29,  1803,  died  September,  1804 
Isaac,  March  20,  1805  :  Mary  Lufkin,  July  31, 
1807;  Charles,  November  14,  1809;  Eliza  Das- 
comb    (twin),   July   30,    1812,   died   in    1815; 
Sarah  Barnes   (twin),  died  in  1817;  Abigail, 
December  5,  1814. 

(ATI)  Henry,  son  of  Ebenezer  (4)  Flint, 
was  born  at  Hillsborough,  New  Hampshire, 
February  2,  1801,  died  April  27,  1847,  at 
Woburn,  Massachusetts.  He  was  born  and 
reared  on  a  farm,  and  when  a  young  man 
engaged  in  the  trucking  business  in  Boston. 
He  helped  to  draw  the  lumber  of  which  the 
famous  Long  Wharf,  Boston,  was  built. 
Afterward  he  bought  a  farm  at  North  Woburn 
and  settled  there,  but  died  soon.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  Methodist  church,  and  in  poli- 
tics was  a  Republican.  He  married.  April 
14,  1833,  Mary  Watson,  of  Brookline,  Massa- 
chusetts, born  August  19,  1803,  at  Dorchester, 
Massachusetts,  and  resided  until  1840  in  Bos- 
ton ;  died  in  1882  at  Bridgeport,  Connecticut, 
where  she  is  buried  in  Mountain  Grove  ceme- 
tery. Children:  i.  Mary  Eliza,  born  Sep- 
tember 19,  1835,  died  September  27,  1848.  2. 
Henry  Isaac,  February  5,  1838,  mentioned  be- 
low. 3.  Abbie  Maria,  December  8.  1839 : 
married,  July  6,  1865,  John  Henry  Linscott. 
an  ensign  in  the  United  States  navy,  who 
died  February  26,  1904 :  children :  George 
Henry,  born  April  7,  1866 ;  Mary  Lizzie,  Sep- 
tember 7.  1867,  died  August  26,  1868:  Charles 
W.,  May  9,  1869  ;  Florence  May,  May  2,  1873  ; 
all  born  at  Woburn.  4.  Charles  Flint,  Decem- 
ber 14,  1842,  died  July  27,  1844.  5.  Thomas 
Watson,  November  28,  1844 ;  married,  in 
1867,  Emma  J.  Linscott ;  children :  Lucy  Isa- 


belle,  born  1867 ;  Harry  Watson,  1871 ;  Ger- 
trude ;  the  family  lives  at  Bridgeport. 

(VIII)  Henry  Isaac,  son  of  Henry  Flint, 
was  born  February  5,  1838,  on  Hanover  street, 
Boston.  He  moved  to  Woburn  with  his. 
father's  family  and  lived  there  until  he  was 
of  age,  attending  the  public  schools  there. 
He  was  but  nine  years  old  when  his  father 
died  and  he  had  to  begin  work  at  that  age ; 
he  was  employed  first  by  John  S.  Perry,  of 
\\'ilmington,  Massachusetts,  and  after  leaving: 
his  employ  lived  for  three  years  with  Asa  G. 
Sheldon,  one  of  the  first  agriculturists  in  the 
state  of  Massachusetts.  He  then  went  to 
work  on  the  Boston  &  Maine  railroad,  on  re- 
pairs, remaining  two  years.  Fie  then  learned 
the  trade  of  tanner  and  currier,  and  after 
acquiring  this  knowledge  took  up  his  residence 
in  Connecticut,  and  then  became  acquainted 
with  Mr.  Ellis,  of  the  firm  of  Ellis  &  Willett, 
stone  cutters,  for  whom  he  worked  during  the 
winter ;  in  the  spring  he  entered  the  employ 
of  John  Shelton  at  Bulls  Head  as  manager  of 
a  farm,  receiving  twenty  dollars  a  month  and 
board,  this  being  the  highest  price  paid  at 
that  time  in  this  section,  but  his  employer 
never  had  cause  to  regret  hiring  Mr.  Flint, 
who  remained  with  him  eight  months.  From 
that  time  until  the  civil  war  he  was  employed 
in  road-making  and  painting.  He  enlisted  in 
the  First  Cavalry  Regiment  of  Connecticut 
for  three  years  and  at  the  expiration  of  his 
term  of  service  re-enlisted  and  served  in  all 
four  years,  remaining  until  close  of  war.  He 
was  promoted  to  company  commissary  and 
later  regimental  commissary  sergeant,  and 
was  discharged  with  this  rank.  After  he  was 
mustered  out  he  followed  house  painting  for  a 
year  and  the  trucking  business  three  years.. 
He  then  purchased  a  cigar  and  tobacco  store 
in  Bridgeport  and  conducted  it  successfully 
until  he  retired  in  1907.  While  engaged  in 
this  line  of  work .  he  became  a  successful 
operator  in  real  estate;  he  purchased  four 
thousand,  six  hundred  acres  of  land  in  West 
Virginia  at  ten  cents  an  acre  and  sold  part  of 
it  at  a  profit  of  twenty  thousand  dollars ;  built 
the  Mountain  House,  which  he  operated  some 
years,  and  here  he  kept  a  herd  of  sixty  head 
of  cattle,  two  hundred  sheep  and  forty  hogs. 
He  disposed  of  the  property  in  1904.  He  is 
a  member  of  Elias  Howe  Post,  Grand  Army 
of  the  Republic  and  of  Harris  Lodge,  Inde- 
pendent Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  of  Bridge- 
port. In  politics  he  is  a  Republican.  He 
resides  in  Fairfield. 

He  married  (first),  October  26,  1867,  Lottie 
C,  born  March  6,  1852,  died  July  3,  1878, 
daughter  of  Edmund  Kent.  He  married 
(second)     November    4,     1879,     Mrs.    Louis 


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Scheuch,  nee  Josephine  Caroline  Kurt,  born 
in  Plainfield,  New  Jersey.  Children  of  first 
wife  were:  i.  Lewis  Henry,  born  July  ii, 
1868,  died  aged  three  months.  2.  Susie  Irene, 
June  15,  1871,  died  April  19,  1908;  married 
George  Robertson,  of  Bridgeport :  child,  Char- 
lotte Marguerite,  born  July  2.  1892.  3.  Char- 
lotte M.,  January  27,  1873,  died  September 
15'  1873.  4.  Glendora,  September  28,  1874; 
lives  at  home.  5.  Henry  Sylvester,  July  5, 
1876,  lives  in  Bridgeport ;  married  Jessie 
Gregory,  December  i,  1899;  children:  Henry 
Thomas,  born  April  10,  1900,  and  Esther 
Kent,  born  November,  1910.  Child  of  second 
wife :  6.  Joseph  Isaac,  born  September  18, 
1880.  an  attorney  at  law  and  now  town  clerk 
and  tax  collector  of  Fairfield  ;  married,  No- 
vember 30,  1908,  Clara  Middlebrook,  and  they 
have  one  child,  Retha  Middlebrook,  born  Feb- 
ruary 26,  1910. 


The  name  Preston  is  of  great 
PRESTON  antiquity  in  North  Britain  and 
was  assumed  by  the  family 
from  territorial  possessions  in  Midlothian  in 
the  time  of  Malcolm,  King  of  Scots.  Leol- 
phus  De  Preston  of  the  time  of  William  the 
Lion  in  1040  was  grandfather  of  Sir  William 
De  Preston,  one  of  the  Scotch  noblemen  sum- 
moned to  Berwick  by  Edward  I.  in  the  com- 
petition for  the  Crown  of  Scotland  between 
Bruce  and  Baliol,  the  decision  having  been 
referred  to  Edward.  After  the  death  of 
Alexander  III.  in  1291,  this  Sir  William  De 
Preston  was  succeeded  by  his  son,  Nicol  de 
Preston,  one  of  the  Scottish  barons  who 
swore  fealty  to  King  Edward  I.  He  died  in 
the  beginning  of  the  reign  of  David  II.  of 
Scotland,  son  of  Robert  Bruce,  and  was  suc- 
ceeded by  his  son.  Sir  Lawrence  De  Preston, 
who,  in  turn,  was  succeeded  by  Richard  De 
Preston,  who  was  seated  at  Preston  Richard 
in  Westmoreland  in  the  time  of  Henry  II. 
Sir  Richard  De  Preston,  fifth  in  descent  from 
the  above,  Richard  of  Preston  Richard,  repre- 
sented the  county  of  Westmoreland  in  parlia- 
ment in  the  seventeenth  year  of  Edward  III. 
His  son.  Sir  Richard  De  Preston,  had  like- 
wise the  honor  of  being  Knight  of  the  Shire 
for  Westmoreland  in  the  same  reign,  twenty- 
seventh.  Edward  III.,  and  in  the  same  year, 
1368,  obtained  license  to  empark  five  hundred 
acres.  His  successor  was  Sir  John  De  Pres- 
ton, of  Preston  Richard  and  Preston  Patrick, 
and  was  member  of  parliament  for  Westmore- 
land in  the  thirty-sixth,  thirty-ninth  and  forty- 
sixth  years  of  Edward  HI.  His  son  Richard 
had  no  male  issue ;  his  son  John  was  judge  of 
the  court  of  common  pleas  in  the  reigns  of 
Henry  IV.  and  VI.  and  retired  from  the  bench 


in  consequence  of  great  age  in  1427.  Children 
of  Judge  John :  Rev.  John ;  Richard,  his  heir ; 
and  a  daughter. 

(I)  The  American  line  is  undoubtedly  of 
this  family  and  is  traced  to  George  Preston, 
of  Valley  Field,  who  was  created  a  baronet  of 
Nova  Scotia  in  1637.  Children :  George,  had 
a  son  Major  William,  who"  died  in  1637 ; 
William,  mentioned  below. 

(II)  William,  son  of  George  Preston,  mar- 
ried Anna  Saunders  and  lived  in  England  in 
the  reigns  of  Charles  I.  and  Charles  II.,  dying 
April  23,  1685.  Children:  William,  left  no 
male  issue :  Richard,  took  the  title ;  had  a  son 
William  who  inherited  it ;  Ellen  ;  Alice  ;  John, 
mentioned  below. 

(HI)  John,  son  of  William  Preston,  had 
two  sons :  William,  mentioned  below  :  John, 
had  a  son  William,  who  died  without  issue  in 
1729:  was  Lord  Bishop  of  Fernsborough ; 
Fellow  of  Trinit)'  College,  Cambridge. 

(IV)  William  (2),  son  of  John  Preston, 
came  to  this  country  from  Yorkshire  in  1635 
with  wife  Mary  and  six  children  and  settled 
at  New  Haven,  Connecticut.  The  settlement 
of  his  estate,  January  4,  1639,  shows  that  he 
owned  real  estate  in  Yorkshire,  England. 
Children  :  Edward  ;  Daniel ;  Eliasaph  ;  Sarah  ; 
Mary ;  John,  of  New  Haven ;  Jeheil,  born 
T640,  lived  at  Stratfield ;  Joseph,  born  1646; 
Hackaliah.  mentioned  below :  Eliasaph,  twin 
of  Hackaliah,  1650. 

(V)  Hackaliah,  son  of  William  (2)  Pres- 
ton, was  born  in  New  Haven,  Connecticut, 
about  1650,  died  November  20,  1692.  He  mar- 
ried, April  20,  1676,  Emma  Fairchild,  of 
Stratfield.  They  settled  at  Woodbury,  Con- 
necticut. Children,  born  there:  William, 
March  21,  1676-77,  mentioned  below  :  Hannah, 
baptized  August,  1680;  Lydia,  baptized  No- 
vember, 1682;  Sarah,  baptized  November, 
1683;  Jehiel,  baptized  October,  1686:  Emma, 
March.  1688 ;  Remember,  baptized  October, 
1691. 

(A^I)  Hon.  William  (3)  Preston,  son  of 
Hackaliah  Preston,  was  born  at  Woodbury, 
March  21,  1676-77.  He  married,  June,  1705, 
Martha,  daughter  of  John  Judson.  She  died 
September  5,  1754.  Children,  born  at  Wood- 
bury :  Samuel,  February  25,  1706,  died 
March  10,  1706;  Elizabeth,  February  21,  1707; 
Martha,  April  23,  1709 ;  Sarah,  September  9, 
1711;  Hannah,  December  18,  1713:  Emma, 
February  17,  1716;  Seth,  November  24,  1718; 
Mary,  August  6,  1721  ;  Esther,  March  20, 
1725 ;  Jehiel,  November  8,  1727,  mentioned 
below  :  Ruth,  July  28,  1730. 

(VII)  Jehiel,  son  of  Hon.  William  (3) 
Preston,  was  born  at  Woodbury,  November 
8,   1727,  died  there  December  18,   1807.     He 


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was  an  active  patriot  during  the  revolution 
and  served  on  the  town  committee  to  provide 
for  the  famihes  of  soldiers  who  were  fighting 
in  the  American  army.  He  married  Betterus 
Mitchell,  who  died  January  24,  1795,  aged 
sixty-five.  Children,  born  at  Woodbury: 
Jehiel,  January  16,  1754,  died  young;  Nathan, 
April  20,  1756;  Martha,  August  29,  1758; 
Jehiel,  February  15,  1761,  mentioned  below; 
Sarah,  June  29,  1763,  died  young;  Esther, 
April  17,  1766;  Ruth,  August  14,  1769;  Sarah, 
baptized  January  8,  1775. 

(VIII)  Jehiel  (2),  son  of  Jehiel  (i)  Pres- 
ton, was  born  at  Woodbury,  February  15, 
1761,  died  there  October  29,  1847.  He  mar- 
ried there  Anna  Terrill,  who  died  July  12, 
185 1,  aged  eighty-seven.  Children,  born  at 
Woodbury :  Nathaniel,  November  25,  1785, 
mentioned  below;  Flora,  July  17,  1787,  mar- 
ried John  Strong;  Julia,  July  25,  1791 ;  James, 
July  31,  1796. 

(IX)  Nathaniel,  son  of  Jehiel  (2)  Pres- 
ton, was  born  at  Woodbury,  November  25, 
1785.  He  was  educated  in  the  district  schools. 
He  settled  in  Woodbury  and  became  a  well- 
to-do  farmer.  He  was  captain  of  a  company 
in  the  war  of  1812.  In  religion  he  was  a 
Congregationalist.  He  married  Maria  Ham- 
mond. Children,  born  at  Woodbury :  Bennett 
H.,  died  young;  Bennett  S.,  a  merchant  of 
Roxbury,  Connecticut,  married  C.  Elizabeth 
Whittlesey :  Maria  H.,  married  Robert  C. 
Lawson;  Nathan  H.,  mentioned  below,  the 
only  one  living. 

(X)  Nathan  Hammond,  son  of  Nathaniel 
Preston,  was  born  at  Woodbury,  in  1825. 
He  lived  and  worked  during  his  boyhood  on 
the  old  homestead  where  his  ancestors  settled 
and  he  was  born.  He  attended  the  district 
schools  for  a  short  time,  but  was  in  the  main 
educated  through  his  own  study  and  observa- 
tion. He  was  with  his  father  until  he  came 
of  age.  At  that  time  his  father  died,  having 
just  built  a  new  house,  and  the  son  being 
unwilling  to  assume  the  farm  and  its  encum- 
brance, the  place  was  sold.  He  went  to  work 
for  his  brother,  who  had  a  general  store,  and, 
though  his  wages  for  the  first  year  amounted 
to  but  seventy-five  dollars,  he  gained  a  busi- 
ness education  that  stood  by  him  through  a 
long  and  interesting  business  life.  From  the 
fact  that  most  of  the  business  was  done  on  a 
basis  of  barter  instead  of  cash,  Nathan  R. 
Smith,  a  cattle  dealer,  became  interested  in 
him  and  he  sent  him  out  one  day  to  buy  cattle 
for  him.  and  in  this  first  trip  he  bought  three 
hundred  and  forty  head  of  cattle  and  three 
horses,  bringing  the  entire  herd  back  safely  to 
Roxbury,  reaping  a  very  large  profit.  He 
continued  in  business  after  that.     He  became 


well  known  to  all  the  farmers  and  stock  raisers 
of  this  section  of  the  country,  and  was  given 
the  entire  confidence  and  esteem  of  all  with 
whom  he  did  business.  Among  his  various 
business  transactions,  on  one  trip  to  buy  cattle, 
he  brought  back  one  hundred  and  fourteen 
steers  and  was  offered  a  profit  of  a  thousand 
dollars  on  the  lot,  but  refused.  The  panic  of 
1857  came  on,  the  banks,  manufacturers  and 
merchants  failed  and  business  was  prostrate. 
He  was  out  of  business  for  a  time,  and 
later  bought  a  small  restaurant  in  Seymour 
and  conducted  it  for  three  years.  He  sold 
this  business  and  accepted  a  position  as  mes- 
senger for  the  Merchants  Express  Union  of 
New  Haven,  running  on  the  line  to  New 
York.  About  a  year  later  the  business  was 
sold  out  and  he  took  a  position  as  messenger 
on  the  lines  to  Hartford  and  Winsted,  Con- 
necticut, and  afterward  to  Winsted,  on  the 
Naugatuck  railroad,  remaining  in  the  latter 
position  twenty  years.  In  the  course  of  his 
business,  he  noted  an  opportunity  to  buy  vege- 
tables and  produce  along  the  line  of  the  rail- 
road, shipping  it  to  points  on  the  Naugatuck 
railroad.  He  built  up  a  profitable  business  in 
this  way  and  continued  with  much  success 
until  1891,  when  he  retired.  He  has  made 
his  home  in  Bridgeport  since  1873.  He  never 
lost  his  appreciation  of  a  good  horse  and 
usually  owned  one  of  the  best.  He  was  a 
member  of  no  secret  orders. 

He  married,  in  1868,  at  Hartford,  Agnes, 
born  at  Enfield,  Connecticut,  daughter  of  Wil- 
liam Hamilton,  born  1804  in  Scotland,  died 
1871  at  Hartford ;  married,  in  1830,  Rhoda 
Saunders ;  children :  Thomas  Hamilton,  born 
1832,  lives  at  Hartford;  Henry  Hamilton, 
died  from  exposure  in  the  civil  war  in  1867, 
aged  thirty-one ;  Mary  Hamilton ;  Agnes 
Hamilton,  mentioned  above:  Martha  Ham- 
ilton ;  William  Hamilton ;  Margaret  Hamil- 
ton, lives  at  Flushing,  Long  Island. 
Mr.  Hamilton  was  a  weaver  by  trade;  he 
came  from  Scotland  and  after  working  at  his 
trade  for  a  time  at  Thompsonville,  Connecti- 
cut, he  came  to  Hartford,  where  he  spent 
most  of  his  later  years.  Children  of  Nathan 
Hammond  Preston :  child,  died  young ;  Wil- 
liam Hamilton,  died  aged  thirty-two,  in  1905 ; 
was  a  journalist  by  profession. 


Henry  Rowland,  immigrant 
ROWLAND  ancestor,  was  born  in  Eng- 
land and  settled  in  Fairfield, 
Connecticut.  In  1649-50  he  bought  John 
Grey's  lot  on  the  Foster  Square.  He  became 
a  dividend  land  owner  in  the  town  and  for 
some  years  kept  an  ordinary  there.  He  died 
in  1691.    His  will  was  dated  October  30,  1690, 


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when  he  describes  himself  as  "well-stricken  in 
years."  His  wife  Rebecca  was  executrix. 
Children :  Joseph,  mentioned  below ;  Jona- 
than, married  Abigail  Barlow  ;  Israel ;  Henry, 
died  in  1691 ;  Elizabeth,  married  Sergeant 
John  Wheeler ;  Abigail,  married  Thomas 
Jones ;  Rebecca,  married  Ebenezer  Smith ; 
Mary,  married  Daniel  Frost. 

(II)  Joseph,  son  of  Henry  Rowland,  set- 
tled in  Greenfield,  Connecticut.  He  had  his 
share  of  his  father's  estate  before  the  will  was 
made.  He  married  Sarah,  daughter  of  An- 
thony Wilson.  The  older  children  were  not 
baptized  until  they  became  of  age.  When 
Greenfield  parish  was  formed  in  1726  he  and 
his  second  wife  Abigail  "covenanted  and  were 
baptized  the  same  year."  He  was  a  petit 
juror  in  the  witchcraft  case  against  Mary  Dis- 
borough.  Children :  Sarah,  baptized  April 
24,  1726,  adult;  Mary;  Hannah;  Deborah, 
baptized  and  covenanted  with  Mary,  Joseph 
and  Hannah,  June  26,  1726.  Joseph,  men- 
tioned below ;  Israel ;  Samuel ;  James  ;  Henry, 
baptized  November  16,  17 12. 

(III)  Joseph  (2),  son  of  Joseph  (i)  Row- 
land, was  born  in  Greenfield,  a  part  of  Fair- 
field, Connecticut,  about  1700.     He  settled  in 

his  native  town  and  married   Sarah  . 

Children,  born  at  Fairfield:  Sarah,  baptized 
April  24,  1746;  Abigail,  baptized  April  24, 
1746;  Hannah,  baptized  in  infancy;  Joseph, 
mentioned  below ;  Jeremiah,  born  September 
12.  1748;  Daniel,  April,  1750;  Jeremiah,  July 
30,  1758. 

(IV)  Joseph  (3),  son  of  Joseph  (2)  Row- 
land, was  baptized  August  11,  1746.  He  lived 
in  Fairfield,  perhaps  in  Redding. 

(V)  Israel,  son  of  Joseph  (3)  Rowland, 
was  living  in  Redding  in  1790,  according  to 
the  first  federal  census,  and  had  in  his  family 
one  son  under  sixteen  and  two  females.  He 
had  a  son  Joseph,  mentioned  below. 

(VI)  Joseph  (4),  son  of  Israel  Rowland, 
was  born  about  1800,  or  later,  died  in  1843. 
He  was  a  ship  builder  all  his  life.  He  lived 
for  a  time  at  Port  Jefferson,  New  York,  but 
spent  his  last  days  in  Setauket,  Long  Island, 
near  Port  Jefiferson.  He  built  a  number  of 
ships,  some  having  very  high  reputations  for 
workmanship  and  speed.  He  married  Esther 
McGiveny,  an  only  child.  Children :  Joseph 
Edwin,  mentioned  below ;  Theodocia  Eliza- 
beth ;  Charles,  deceased ;  Messalina  Esther ; 
Evelina  Virginis ;  Mary  Augusta ;  Alzina 
Aurelia. 

(VII)  Joseph  Edwin,  son  of  Joseph  (4) 
Rowland,  was  born  May  12,  1840,  at  Jersey 
City,  New  Jersey,  died  September  26,  1872, 
at  Jacksonville,  Florida.  He  was  educated  in 
the  public  schools  of  Setauket,  Long  Island, 


and  at  Danbury,  Connecticut,  where  he  went 
to  live  with  an  uncle,  Alfred  Darling,  his 
father  having  died  when  he  was  but  three 
years  old.  He  learned  the  trade  of  shipwright 
at  his  father's  shipyard  at  Setauket,  Long 
Island.  He  worked  at  this  trade  all  his  life.  He 
finally  determined  to  go  south  in  the  winter  and 
made  a  trip  to  see  how  the  climate  would  agree 
with  him.  He  returned  north  for  the  summer 
and  in  the  following  fall  went  again  and  built 
a  house  and  moved  there,  intending  to  build 
a  shipyard  and  establish  his  business  there. 
But  his  death  cut  short  a  promising  career. 
He  took  no  active  part  in  politics. 

He  married,  October  12,  1870,  at  Brooklyn, 
ceremony  performed  by  Rev.  Erastus  Sey- 
mour, Sarah  Lucy  Curtis,  born  May  8,  1840, 
at  Rose  Valley,  Wayne  county.  New  York, 
daughter  of  Isaac  Curtis,  who  was  born  in 
Bridgeport,  died  in  Rose  Valley;  married 
Clarissa  Soper,  a  native  of  Long  Island. 
Isaac  Curtis  was  a  shoemaker  in  Bridgeport 
and  in  Rose  Valley,  New  York,  and  in  later 
life  a  farmer.  His  father  was  Ira  Curtis, 
also  of  Bridgeport.  Children  of  Isaac  Curtis : 
Ann  Maria ;  Sarah  Lucy,  married  Joseph  Ed- 
win Rowland,  mentioned  above ;  Ira,  married 
Maggie  E.  Ledger,  and  lives  at  Cleveland, 
Ohio.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Rowland  had  one  child, 
Clara  Esther,  born  August  31,  1871,  married 
John  A.  Morgan,  of  Trumbull,  who  is  now  a 
farmer  in  Indiana ;  child,  Maurice  E.  Morgan, 
born  December  2,  1894,  in  Jacksonville,  Flor- 
ida. Mrs.  Rowland  is  a  member  of  the  Metho-  • 
dist  church. 


The  Knapp  family  originated  in 
KNAPP  the  province  of  Saxony,  Ger- 
many. The  English  family  has 
been  traced  to  county  Sussex,  in  the  fifteenth 
century.  In  1540  a  Roger  Knapp  dis- 
tinguished himself  at  a  tournament  held  at 
Norfolk,  England,  and  was  specially  honored 
by  Henry  V.  and  granted  a  coat-of-arms.  In 
1630  three  brothers  came  to  this  country. 
Nicholas,  mentioned  below  :  Roger,  who  settled 
in  New  Haven  and  Fairfield,  Connecticut ; 
William,  born  in  Sussex  in  1570,  settled  at 
Watertown,  where  he  died  August  30,  1659,  a 
carpenter  by  trade. 

(I)  Nicholas  Knapp,  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  born  in  England,  and  came  to  America 
in  the  fleet  with  Winthrop  and  Saltonstall  in 
1630.  He  settled  in  Watertown,  Massachu- 
setts. He  sold  his  lands  and  rights  at  Water- 
town,  May  6,  1646,  and  removed  to  Stamford, 
Connecticut,   where   he    died    in    April,    1670. 

He  married   (first)    Elinor  ,  who  died 

August  16,  1658.    He  married  (second)  1659, 
Unity  Brown,  widow  of  Peter  Brown,  and  also 


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before  that  of  Clement  Buxton  ;  she  died  April, 
1670.  Children,  born  in  Watertown,  by  first 
wife:  Jonathan,  buried  December  27,  163 1  ; 
Timothy,  born  December  14,  1632 ;  Joshua, 
January  5,  1634;  Caleb,  January  20,  1636; 
Sarah,  January  5,  1638;  Ruth,  January  6, 
1640 ;  Hannah,  March  6,  1643  >  children,  born 
in  Stamford :  Moses,  mentioned  below ; 
Lydia. 

(II)  Moses,  son  of  Nicholas  Knapp,  was 
born  in  Stamford  about  1645.  He  was  of 
Stamford  as  early  as  1667  and  probably  lived 
there  all  his  life.  His  father  left  him  land  in 
his  will.  He  married  (first)  in  Stamford, 
October  30,  1668,  Elizabeth  Crissey.  He  mar- 
ried (second)  Abigail,  daughter  of  Richard 
Wescoat.  Children  :  Elizabeth,  born  Septem- 
ber 7,  1690;  Moses,  mentioned  below;  prob- 
ably other  children. 

(III)  Moses  (2),  son  of  Moses  (i)  Knapp, 
was  born  about  1700-10.  He  married,  No- 
vember 25,  173 1,  Jemima  Weed.  Children, 
born  at  Stamford:  Jemima,  January  9,  1733; 
Ebenezer,  August  4,  1734,  mentioned  below; 
Moses,  June  5,  1735  ;  Abraham,  December  28, 
1736;  Tamsen,  July  28,  1738;  Jabez,  June  24, 
1741 ;  Phebe,  June  19,  1743 ;  Sarah,  August 
2,  1745;  Jane,  March  3,  1747-48;  Isaac,  April 
I,  1750. 

(IV)  Ebenezer,  son  of  Moses  (2)  Knapp, 
was  born  August  4,  1734.  He  married  and 
had  a  son,  Ebenezer. 

(V)  Ebenezer  (2),  son  of  Ebenezer  (i) 
Knapp,  was  born  at  Stratfield,  June  25,  1755. 

He  married  Mary ,  born  1758.    He  was 

a  farmer  on  the  old  homestead. 

(VI)  Robert,  son  of  Ebenezer  (2)  Knapp, 
was  born  at  Stratfield,  June  10,  1781.  He 
married  Sally  Wilson.  Children :  Mahala 
W.,  born  July  10,  1804,  died  1804;  Emeline 
W.,  May  18,  1807,  never  married ;  Robert  W., 
September  19,  181 1;  Seth  Silliman  Wilson, 
January  24,  1814,  mentioned  below ;  Iverson 
Wilson,  September  16,  1816;  Mahala  W.,  No- 
vember 28,  1818,  married  Andrew  Jennings; 
William,  April  12,  1822;  Albert  Wilson,  De- 
cember ID,  1823  ;  all  now  deceased. 

(VII)  Seth  Silliman  Wilson,  son  of  Robert 
Knapp,  was  born  in  Stratfield,  January  24, 
1814,  died  at  Bridgeport  at  the  age  of  eighty- 
four  years.  He  attended  the  public  schools  at 
Stratfield  and  learned  the  trade  of  carriage- 
maker.  He  worked  at  his  trade  in  New 
Haven  and  Bridgeport.  He  was  in  the  cus- 
tom house  in  New  York  many  years,  retiring 
in  1864.  He  was  highly  esteemed  in  the 
community.  He  was  charitable  and  upright, 
honest  and  honorable  in  all  the  relations  of 
life,  and  a  good  citizen,  interested  in  the  af- 
fairs of  the  town  but  never  seeking  political 


honors.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Odd  Fel- 
lows Lodge  and  of  Christ  Church.  He  mar- 
ried, at  New  Haven,  Harriet,  daughter  of 
James  and  Mary  Cannon.  James  Cannon  was 
a  prominent  importer  of  dry  goods  in  New 
York  City,  and  died  there.  Cannon  street, 
New  York  City  was  named  after  this  family. 
Children :  James  A.,  died  aged  forty-eight ; 
Harriet  C,  married  William  Sutton,  of  New 
York,  died  in  Bridgeport ;  Helen  F.,  resides 
in  Bridgeport ;  Adah  C,  resides  with  sister. 


Nicholas  Knapp,  immigrant  an- 
KNAPP     cestor,  was  born  in  England  and 

came  about  1630  to  Massachu- 
setts with  Winthrop.  He  settled  at  Water- 
town.  He  sold  land  and  privileges  there  May 
6,  1646.  His  wife  Eleanor  died  August  16, 
1658,  and  he  married  (second) 'March  9,  1659, 
Unity  Brown,  widow  of  Peter  Brown  and  for- 
merly widow  of  Clement  Buxton.  He  died  in 
April,  1670.  His  will  bequeaths  to  four  sons 
and  four  daughters.  Children :  Jonathan,  bur- 
ied December  27,  1631  :  Timothy,  born  De- 
cember 14,  1632 ;  Joshua,  January  5,  1635 ; 
Caleb,  mentioned  below ;  Sarah,  January  5, 
1639 ;  Ruth,  January  6,  1641  ;  Hannah,  No- 
vember 6,   1643  ;  Moses  ;  Lydia. 

(II)  Caleb,  son  of  Nicholas  Knapp,  was 
born  at  Watertown,  January  20,  1637.  He  set- 
tled at  Stamford,  Connecticut.  His  will  was 
dated  December  11,  1674.     He  was  admitted  a 

freeman  in  1670.     He  married  Hannah  . 

Children,  born  at  Stamford:  Caleb,  Novem- 
ber 24,  1661 ;  John,,  mentioned  below  ;  Moses  ; 
Samuel ;  Sarah  ;  Hannah. 

(III)  John,  son  of  Caleb  Knapp,  was  born 
July  25,  1664,  at  Stamford.  He  married,  June 
ID,  1692,  Hannah  Ferris.  Children,  born  at 
Stamford:  Samuel,  August  27,  1695;  John, 
August  14,  1697;  Hannah,  March  10,  1698-99; 
Peter,  August  5,  1701 ;  Charles,  May  9,  1703 ; 
Deborah,  June  28,  1705 ;  Moses,  mentioned 
below. 

(IV)  Moses,  son  of  John  Knapp,  was  born 
at  Stamford,  August  6,  1709.  He  married, 
November  25,  1731,  Jemima  Weed.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Stamford :  Jemima,  January  9, 
1732-33 ;  Ebenezer,  August  4,  1734 ;  Moses, 
June  5,  1736;  Abraham,  December  28,  1737; 
Tamsen,  July  28,  1739;  Jabez,  June  24,  1741 ; 
Phebe.  Tune  19,  1743;  Sarah.  August  2,  1745; 
Jane,  March  3,  1747-48;  Isaac,  mentioned  be- 
low. 

(V)  Isaac,  son  of  Moses  Knapp,  was  born 
at  Stamford,  April  14,   1750. 

(VI)  Isaac  (2),  son  of  Isaac  (i)  Knapp, 
was  born  about  1775.  He  married  Thirza 
Lockwood.  daughter  of  Josiah  (6).  son  of 
John    (5),   John    (4),   Joseph    (3),   Jonathan 


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(2),  Robert  Lockwood  (i).  He  settled  in 
Norfolk,  Connecticut. 

(VTI)  Lockwood,  son  of  Isaac  (2)  Knapp, 
was  born  about  1800,  in  Norfolk,  Connecticut. 
He  was  a  farmer  and  lived  and  died  in  Nor- 
folk, Connecticut.  He  married  Charlotte 
Walker.  Children:  Henry,  Samuel,  Isaac, 
Sarah,  Boughton. 

(A^III)  Isaac  (3),  son  of  Lockwood  Knapp, 
was  born  in  Norfolk,  Connecticut,  July  10, 
1843.  He  removed  to  Stratford,  Connecticut, 
and  followed  farming.  During  the  civil  war 
he  served  in  the  Second  Connecticut  Regi- 
ment, Heavy  Artillery,  for  three  years.  He 
married,  in  1863,  Jane  Sullivan,  who  was  born 
in  Ireland  and  came  to  America  when  young; 
both  living.  Children:  i.  Boughton  D.,  born 
in  Norfolk,  July  31,  1866;  a  machinist  in 
Torrington,  married  Mary  Deland.  2.  George 
H.,  born  in  Massachusetts,  died  in  1906;  was 
a  mechanic  and  hotel  proprietor.  3.  Benjamin 
Isaac,  born  in  Norfolk,  April  27,  1870;  lived 
in  Norfolk  and  North  Marlborough,  Massa- 
chusetts, until  ten  years  old,  then  at  Torring- 
ton, Connecticut,  where  he  attended  the  public 
schools  and  learned  the  trade  of  machinist ; 
came  to  Bridgeport  from  Torrington  in  1900; 
was  assistant  superintendent  of  the  Union 
Typewriter  Company  factory  two  years ;  since 
1902  he  has  been  in  charge  of  the  works  of 
the  Blickensderfer  Typewriter  Company  at 
Stamford ;  he  is  a  Republican,  Free  Mason, 
Odd  Fellow,  Knight  of  Pythias  and  member 
of  the  Baptist  church  of  Stamford ;  married 
Alice  Cargill,  July  4,  1895  •  children,  born  in 
Torrington :  Howard  Monroe,  born  October 
4,  1896:  Stewart  Benjamin,  born  September  22, 
1898.  4.  Elizabeth,  married,  July  11,  1894, 
Fayette  C.  Clark,  of  Bridgeport. 


Roswell  Sutton  was  a  native  of 
SUTTON     Pompey,  New  York,  where  he 

was  a  well-to-do-farmer.  He 
married  Nancy  Atwell,  who  lived  and  died  at 
Pompey.  Children :  Oran.  Alvin.  Lyra,  He- 
man,  Luman,  Nathaniel,  Roxanna,  Julia,  Char- 
lotte, Hiram,  Herrick  Allen,  mentioned  belov;, 
Alden. 

(II)  Herrick  Allen,  son  of  Roswell  Sut- 
ton, was  born  in  Pompey,  New  York,  in  1820, 
died  at  Flagerstown,  Maryland,  buried  at 
Stratford,  Connecticut,  in  1882.  He  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native 
town.  During  his  boyhood  he  worked  on  his 
father's  farm.  When  a  young  man  he  came 
to  Bridgeport,  Connecticut,  where  he  was  en- 
gaged first  as  clerk  with  W.  A.  Gregory,  in 
the  grocery  business ;  later  in  business  for 
a  time  with  Levi  Parrott,  and  afterward  with 
his    brother    in    law,    Chester    Russell.      The 


firm  conducted  a  general  grocery  and  bakery. 
After  this  firm  was  dissolved,  Mr.  Sutton 
established  a  grocery  and  bakery  business  on 
his  own  account  at  Stratford.  Some  years 
later  Mr.  Sutton  sold  this  business  and  es- 
tablished a  drug  store,  which  he  conducted 
successfully  for  ten  years  at  Stratford.  Then 
his  health  failed,  and  he  sold  out  and  went 
south,  but  with  no  benefit  to  his  health,  and 
he  died  there.  He  was  an  active  and  useful 
citizen  and  served  the  town  in  various  offices 
of  trust  and  honor.  He  was  town  clerk  for  a 
time  and  justice  of  the  peace.  In  religion 
he  was  a  Methodist  and  for  a  number  of 
years  was  superintendent  of  the  Sunday 
school.  In  politics  he  was  a  staunch  Repub- 
lican. 

He  married,  November  28,  1844,  Sarah 
Ann,  born  at  Stratford,  June  6,  1825,  daugh- 
ter of  Alden  Russell,  who  followed  the  sea  all 
his  life.  She  is  now  living  at  662  Park  ave- 
nue, Bridgeport.  Children:  i.  Edwin  Allen, 
died  aged  one  month.  2.  Nellie  Frances,  mar- 
ried Samuel  S.  Zella,  born  at  Hagerstown, 
Maryland,  son  of  Samuel  and  grandson  of 
Daniel  Zella,  of  an  ancient  Swiss  family ; 
children :  i.  Anna  Russell  Zella,  married  Carl 
J.  Hazelton ;  two  children :  Carl  Russell  and 
Ruth  Frances  Hazelton ;  ii.  Allen  Sutton 
Zella :  iii.  Bessie  May  Zella.  Mrs.  Herrick 
Allen  Sutton's  adopted  daughter  married 
Charles  E.  Hubbell,  who  died  in  1892 :  had 
five  children:  Elbert  Allen,  Louis  Howard, 
Nellie  Sutton,  Carrie  Bell,  Marguerite  Eliz- 
abeth. 


Fletcher  is  an  ancient  Span- 
FLFTCHER  ish  surname,  meaning  an  ar- 
row maker.  The  origin  of 
the  family  is  traced  to  Burgundy.  The  pro- 
genitor in  England  came  with  the  Earl  of 
Richmond  in  the  latter  part  of  the  thirteenth 
century,  with  two  other  nobles,  from  Chillon, 
now  in  Switzerland,  Portier,  whose  name  be- 
came spelled  Porter,  and  Granson,  whose  de- 
scendants spell  the  name  Grandison.  De  la 
Flechiere  was  the  original  spelling  of  the 
Fletcher  surname.  The  ancient  coat-of-arms 
was :  Sable,  a  cross  flory  between  four  scal- 
lop shells  argent. 

fl)  Robert  Fletcher,  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  born  in  England  in  1592.  According  to 
an  old  family  tradi'tion  he  came  from  York- 
shire, one  of  the  northern  counties.  He  set- 
tled in  Concord,  Massachusetts,  in  1630,  and 
became  a  wealthy  and  influential  citizen.  He 
was  appointed  constable  by  the  general  court 
for  the  town  of  Concord.  He  removed  to 
Chelmsford  and  was  one  of  the  citizens  who 
signed  the  invitation  to  Mr.  John  Fiske  and 


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the  members  of  the  Wenham  church  to  re- 
move to  Chelmsford.  He  died  at  Concord, 
April  3,  1677,  aged  eighty-five.  His  will  was 
dated  February  4,  1672.  He  committed  his 
wife  to  the  care  of  his  son  Francis  and  his 
wife,  bequeathed  to  his  sons  Francis,  William 
and  Samuel.  The  inventory  of  his  estate  is 
dated  May  12,  1677.  Children:  i.  Luke, 
born  in  England.     2.   William,   see   forward. 

3.  Cary,  a  daughter.  4.  Samuel,  born  in  Con- 
cord, Massachusetts,  1632 ;  admitted  a  free- 
man, March  21,  1689-90.  He  settled  in  that 
part  of  Chelmsford  now  known  as  Westford, 
and  died  December  9,  1697.  He  married,  Oc- 
tober 14,  1659,  Margaret  Hailston,  and  had 
children:  Samuel,  born  about  1661,  married, 
June  7,  1692,  Mary  Cotton,  of  Concord ; 
Sarah,  born  August  24,  1663 ;  Hannah,  born 
September  14,  1666;  Lydia,  born  September 
26,  1669;  William,  born  January  i,  1671,  mar- 
ried, December  10,  1701,  Mary ,  and  died 

about  1743.  5.  Francis,  born  in  Concord, 
1636. 

(H)  Ensign  William  Fletcher,  son  of  Rob- 
ert Fletcher,  was  born  in  England  in  1622, 
and  came  with  his  father  to  Concord,  Massa- 
chusetts, when  he  was  eight  years  of  age. 
He  was  admitted  a  freeman,  at  Concord,  i\Iay 
10,   1643. 

He  married,  October  7,  1645,  Lydia  Bates, 
of  Concord,  and  in  1653  settled  in  Chelmsford. 
Massachusetts,  of  which  he  was  one  of  the 
first  inhabitants,  and  in  which  he  held  the  of- 
fice of  selectman,  being  first  chosen  Novem- 
ber 22,  1654,  at  a  town  meeting  in  his  own 
house.  In  1673.  he  was  appointed  commis- 
sioner for  Chelmsford.  His  land  embraced 
what  is  now  the  city  of  Lowell,  and  a  part 
of  his  land,  a  farm  near  the  meeting  house, 
remains  in  the  possession  of  his  descendants. 
He  died  November  6,  1677.  His  widow, 
Lydia,  died  October  12,  1704.  Children:  i. 
Lydia,  born  at  Concord,  January  30,  1647 ; 
married  Rev.  John  Fiske.  2.  Joshua,  March 
30,  1648.  3.  Paul,  married  Deliverance  Steven. 

4.  Sarah.  5.  William,  February  21,  1657.  6. 
Mary,  Chelmsford,  October  4,  1658.  7.  Es- 
ther, Chelmsford,  April  12,  1663.  8.  Samuel, 
.see  forward. 

(Ill)  Samuel,  son  of  Ensign  William  and 
Lydia  (Bates)  Fletcher,  was  born  at  Chelms- 
ford, Massachusetts,  July  23,  1664.  He  was 
admitted  a  freeman,  March  11,  1689.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  Hannah ,  who  died  Decem- 
ber II,  1697;  (second)  June  7,  1699,  at  Con- 
cord, Sarah  Bale,  who  died  April  29,  1703 ; 
(third)  at  Concord,  December  20,  1708,  Eliz- 
abeth Proctor,  of  that  town.  Children,  born  at 
Chelmsford :  Samuel,  see  forward  ;  Sarah, 
Rosanna  ;  Lydia  ;  Isaac,  born  August  27,  1694 ; 


William,  born  October  23,  1673 ;  Mary,  born 
February    i,    1686;   Elizabeth;   Hannah. 

(IV)  Captain  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Samuel 
(i)  and  Hannah  Fletcher,  was  born  at 
Chelmsford,  September  5,   1684,  and  married 

Hannah   .     The   part   of  the   town   in 

which  he  Hved  and  in  which  his  children  were 
born  became  Westford  in  1729.  Children: 
Samuel,  born  March  17,  1713,  died  young; 
Jacob,  March  17,  1715,  died  February  26, 
1716;  David,  see  forward;  Hannah,  born  No- 
vember 9,  1718;  Elizabeth,  March  9,  1719-20; 
Samuel,  April  20,  1722;  Susannah,  December 
29,  1723 ;  Jacob,  April  4,  1725  ;  John,  married 
Parkhurst;  Abigail. 

(V)  David,  son  of  Captain  Samuel  (2)  and 
Hannah  Fletcher,  was  born  November  9,  1718. 
He  married  Mary  Butterfield.  Children,  born 
at  Westford :  Oliver,  September  25,  1743 ; 
Samuel,  October  13,  1745,  see  forward ;  jo- 
anna,  June  21,  1747;  Willard,  August  21, 
1749 ;  David,  June  8,  1752 ;  Jeremiah,  April 
9,  1756:  Andrew,  March  25,  1761. 

(VI)  Samuel  (3),  son  of  David  and  Mary 
(Butterfield)  Fletcher,  was  born  at  Westford, - 
October  13,  1745,  and  settled  at  Hollis,  New 
Hampshire.  He  married,  January  15,  1771, 
Olive  Wright.  Children:  Mary,  born  at 
Westford,  November  8,  1771 ;  Samuel,  West- 
ford, June  6,  1773;  Benjamin,  see  forward; 
Olive,  Westford,  October  14,  1776:  Joel, 
Ashby,  October  18,  1779 ;  Isaac,  Ashby,  No-, 
vember  15,  1782;  Amos,  October  29,  1784. 

(VII)  Benjamin,  second  son  and  third  child 
of  Samuel  (3)  and  Olive  (Wright)  Fletcher, 
was  born  at  Westford,  November  28,  1774. 
He  married  Abigail  Kittridge.  Children :  Abi- 
gail, born  June  18,  1805  ;  Benjamin,  see  for- 
ward:  John;  Almira,  October,  181 1;  William 
K.,  May  20,  1817,  died  young. 

(VIII)  Benjamin  (2),  eldest  son  of  Ben- 
jamin (i)  and  Abigail  (Kittridge)  Fletcher, 
was  born  in  Hollis,  New  Hampshire,  Febru- 
ary 4,  1807,  died  in  Chester,  Vermont,  in 
1897.  In  early  manhood  he  went  to  Acworth, 
New  Hampshire,  from  there  to  Lempster, 
and  .subsequently  to  Nashua,  New  Hampshire, 
where  he  resided  for  many  years.  Still  later 
he  removed  to  Chester,  Vermont,  where  his 
death  occurred.  In  his  early  years  he  was  a 
carpenter,  but  his  later  years  were  devoted  to 
farming.  He  married.  May  25,  1830,  Mrs. 
Lucinda  Clark,  of  Acworth,  New  Hampshire. 
Children :  Maryetta,  born  in  Acworth,  April 
II,  1831,  died  in  Indiana;  Lydia,  Acworth, 
August  18,  1832,  died  in  Goshen,  New  Hamp- 
shire ;  Catherine  E.,  Sutton,  Vermont,  August 
25-  1835:  Benjamin,  see  forward:  Carlos 
Coolidge.  Lempster.  New  Flampshire,  Febru- 
ary  14,  1839;  Lucius  Chase,   Lempster,  New 


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Hampshire,  December  30,  1840,  deceased;  Jos- 
eph W.,  Nashua,  New  Hampshire,  January 
30,  1843,  killed  at  the  battle  of  Cold  Harbor, 
June  I,  1864:  Elbridge  N.,  Nashua,  New 
Hampshire,  August  11,  1845,  died  there. 

(IX)  Benjamin  (3),  eldest  son  of  Benja- 
min (2)  and  Lucinda  (Clark)  Fletcher,  was 
born  at  Westmore,  Vermont,  June  4,  1837.  He 
removed  to  Nashua,  New  Hampshire,  with  his 
iather's  family  in  1842,  and  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools  and  at  Crosby's  Private 
Academy.  He  was  employed  in  various  posi- 
tions in  the  lower  mills  at  Nashua  for  several 
years,  and  in  1854  entered  the  employ  of  the 
Nashua  Iron  and  Steel  Company.  Beginning 
at  the  lowest  round  of  the  ladder  he  made 
rapid  progress  upward ;  at  the  age  of  twenty- 
five  years  he  was  a  master  hammerman  for 
this  concern,  later  filled  the  position  of  fore- 
man of  the  hammer  department,  and  was  ac- 
tively engaged  in  the  management  of  the  busi- 
ness. His  connection  with  this  company  was 
an  uninterrupted  one  for  a  period  of  twenty- 
seven  years,  during  which  time  he  was  in- 
strumental in  bringing  its  business  to  large 
proportions  and  placing  it  upon  a  sound  finan- 
cial basis,  and  it  was  largely  owing  to  his 
good  judgment  and  discretion  that  the  com- 
pany weathered  the  troublous  times  of  panic 
.and  business  depression.  Prominent  as  was 
.the  standing  of  Mr.  Fletcher  in  the  business 
circles  of  Nashua,  his  place  in  its  political 
circles  was  on  a  par  with  it,  and  his  voice 
was  an  influential  one  in  arriving  at  important 
decisions.  His  affiliations  in  politics  have 
been  with  the  Republican  party,  and  his  career 
has  been  a  distinguished  one.  As  early  as 
1868  he  was  elected  to  the  common  council 
■of  Nashua  from  ward  four,  and  in  1869  was 
•elected  president  of  the  board.  In  1881  and 
1882  he  was  mayor  of  the  city,  and  his  admin- 
istration was  notable  for  its  economy  and  pro- 
gressiveness.  From  1882  until  he  left  the  city 
lie  served  as  a  member  of  the  board  of  edu- 
cation. His  popularity  in  Nashua  was  ex- 
ceeded by  that  of  no  other  man  at  that  time. 
In  the  fire  department  he  had  been  in  active 
service  twenty-one  years,  and  as  its  chief  was 
well  known  throughout  New  England.  He 
joined  the  Nashua  fire  department  in  185 1  as 
a  torch  boy  for  Tiger  Company  No.  2,  and  in 
1855  became  a  regular  member  of  Niagara 
Company,  No.  5,  under  Chief  Franklin  Mun- 
roe.  He  filled  all  the  offices  of  this  company 
in  succession,  with  the  exception  of  that  of 
foreman.  At  the  outbreak  of  the  civil  war 
so  many  members  of  the  fire  company  enlisted 
that  but  a  dozen  men  remained  to  man  the 
tub  at  fires.  But  many  prominent  citizens  loy- 
ally took  the  places  of  the  boys  who  went  to 


the  front,  and  JMr.  Fletcher  was  then  chosen 
foreman.  The  Niagara  Rifles  were  formed 
mainly  from  this  company.  In  1872  he  was 
elected  chief  of  the  department  during  the  ad- 
ministration of  Mayor  Chandler,  and  was  re- 
elected the  following  year  under  Mayor  F.  A. 
McKeon.  In  1878  he  was  again  chief  and  he 
held  the  position  until  he  was  elected  to  the 
office  of  mayor. 

A  Nashua  writer  pays  this  tribute  to  Mr. 
Fletcher :  "Apropos  of  Mr.  Fletcher's  suc- 
cess in  public  and  business  life,  it  is  fitting 
to  mention  briefly  the  underlying  causes  that 
have  been  potential  in  bringing  about  the  result. 
Being  possessed  naturally  of  a  sympathetic  tem- 
perament and  understanding  thoroughly  the 
needs  and  weaknesses  of  his  workmen  from 
years  of  actual  experience,  he  has  always  ob- 
tained and  merited  the  respect  and  esteem  of 
the  many  employes  that  have  labored  under 
his  direction.  The  fact  was  unmistakably  evi- 
denced by  his  election  to  the  mayoralty,  when 
the  workmen,  without  respect  to  party  affilia- 
tions, supported  him  unitedly  at  the  polls.  Al- 
ways upright  and  conscientious,  he  was  never 
swerved  from  what  he  considered  the  path  of 
rectitude  and  unselfish  duty,  even  when  the 
consequences  of  his  action  fell  upon  himself. 
As  chief  engineer  his  efficiency  was  manifested 
not  only  by  his  excellent  management  of 
fires,  but  also  by  his  successful  efforts  in  ob- 
taining permanently  beneficial  improvements. 
During  his  term  the  modern  post  hydrant  was 
substituted  for  the  old-fashioned  underground 
style  so  long  in  use,  and  to  his  efforts  is  the 
city  chiefly  indebted  for  the  improved  hy- 
draulic service  now  enjoyed.  By  letters, 
speeches  and  public  exhibitions  on  Main  street, 
he  proved  conclusively  the  utter  inadequacy  of 
the  water  supply  to  the  city  need,  a  condition 
of  affairs  soon  recognized  by  the  water  com- 
pany and  which  they  were  not  slow  to  rem- 
edy. In  1883  Mr.  Fletcher  was  called  from 
Nashua,  New  Hampshire,  to  Bridgeport,  Con- 
necticut, to  take  the  position  of  superintendent 
of  the  Bridgeport  Forge  Company,  and  super- 
intended the  erection  of  this  plant  in  the  West 
end,  Bridgeport,  the  erection  of  which  was  the 
means  of  building  up  that  part  of  the  city  be- 
yond Howard  avenue.  He  was  later  made 
treasurer  and  general  manager  of  this  con- 
cern. In  addition  to  this,  in  1886,  he  became 
one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Bridgeport  Roll- 
ing Mill,  and  upon  the  incorporation  of  this 
company  was  made  its  president.  His  con- 
nection with  the  Bridgeport  Forge  Company 
remained  in  force  until  his  resignation  in 
1904,  when  he  went  to  California  and  spent 
considerable  time  in  visiting  the  large  cities 
and  traveling  generally  throughout  the  west. 


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Upon  his  return  he  was  elected  to  the  presi- 
dency of  the  Park  City  Lumber  Company  and, 
under  his  capable  management,  the  business 
of  this  concern  has  grown  to  huge  propor- 
tions. His  position  among  the  captains  of  in- 
dustry in  Bridgeport  is  in  the  first  rank,  and 
his  opinions  are  deferred  to  by  those  who  are 
considered  competent  judges.  He  was  elected 
a  trustee  of  the  Bridgeport  City  Savings  Bank 
in  July,  1894 ;  vice-president  in  1904,  and  pres- 
ident in  July,   1906. 

He  was  a  member  of  Pennichuck  Lodge,  In- 
dependent Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  of  Nashua, 
and  has  held  most  of  the  honors  of  that  or- 
der. He  was  grand  patriarch  of  the  State  of 
New  Hampshire  in  1870-71,  and  representa- 
tive to  the  Sovereign  Grand  Lodge  in  1871. 
He  was  initiated  into  the  Masonic  fraternity 
in  Rising  Sun  Lodge,  of  Nashua,  was  a  char- 
ter member  and  for  a  number  of  years  treas- 
urer of  Ancient  York  Lodge,  and  is  now  a 
member  of  St.  John's  Lodge,  of  Bridgeport. 
He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Council,  Chapter 
and  Commandery,  Knights  Templar.  He  was 
formerly  a  member  of  the  Seaside,  Algonquin 
and  Outing  Clubs,  but  has  resigned  from  the 
two  latter.  His  religious  affiliations  are  with 
the  Universalist  denomination. 

Mr.  Fletcher  married  at  Nashua,  New 
Hampshire,  March  6,  1859,  Parmelia,  daugh- 
ter of  Roswell  Ingram,  of  Wardsboro,  Ver- 
mont (see  Ingram  VI).  Children:  Frank 
M.,  born  December  24,  1859,  died  January  25, 
1885 ;  Laura  B.,  April  29,  1864;  Rosalind,  De- 
cember 4,  1870,  married  Oliver  Cole,  of 
Bridgeport,  and  has  one  son,  Oliver  Fletcher ; 
Mr.  Cole  is  a  clerk  with  the  Automatic  Ma- 
chine Company  of  Bridgeport ;  Agnes,  twin 
of  Rosalind,  died  April  24,  1873. 

(The  Ingram  Line), 
(I)  John  Ingram  or  Ingraham,  presumably 
a  son  of  Richard  Ingram  or  Ingraham,  and 
pioneer  ancestor  of  the  Ingram  family,  was 
iDorn  in  England  about  1642.  He  came  to 
New  England  when  a  young  man  and  settled 
first  at  Boston ;  removed  to  Hadley,  Massa- 
chusetts, with  two  others  in  1661,  and  was 
admitted  a  freeman  in  1663.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  Captain  Joseph  Kellogg's  company  of 
Hadley,  under  Captain  William  Turner,  and 
was  engaged  in  the  fight  at  Turner's  Falls 
during  King  Philip's  war.  May  19,  1675.  He 
died  June  22,  1722.  He  married,  in  1664, 
Elizabeth  Gardner,  who  died  November  29, 
1684,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Elizabeth  Gard- 
ner of  Hadley.  Children :  John,  see  for- 
ward;  Jadiah.  born  August  16,  1668;  Sam- 
uel, October  8,  1670 ;  Ebenezer,  February  3, 
1673;  Nathaniel,  October  8,   1674;  Jonathan, 


1676;  Elizabeth,  May  i,  1679;  Abigail,  Janu- 
ary 12,  1683. 

(II)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  and  Eliza- 
beth (Gardner)  Ingram,  was  born  in  Had- 
ley, June  29,  1665.  He  removed,  when  ad- 
vanced in  years,  from  Hadley  to  Amherst, 
Massachusetts,  where  he  was  living  in  Octo- 
ber, 1742.  He  married,  June  26,  1689,  Me- 
hitable,  daughter  of  John  Dickinson.  Chil- 
dren: Elizabeth,  born  March  15,  1691 ;  John, 
see  forward;  Ebenezer,  December  10,  1694; 
Hannah,  October  17,  1697;  Mehitable,  Sep- 
tember 13,  1698;  Mary,  July  10,  1700;  Ebene- 
zer, November  10,  1702 ;  Rebecca,  November 
5,  1704;  Jonathan,  December  15,  1708;  Elisha, 
September  7,  1717. 

(III)  John  (3),  son  of  John  (2)  and  Me- 
hitable (Dickinson)  Ingram,  was  born  at  Had- 
ley, Massachusetts,  January  9,  1693,  died  May 
23,  1783.  He  lived  at  Amherst,  Massachu- 
setts, and  married  there,  June  29,  1719,  Lydia, 
daughter  of  Samuel  Boltwood  ;  she  died  about 
1779.  Children:  Samuel,  born  December  18, 
1720;  Sarah,  September  25,  1725;  Philip,  see 
forward;  John,  born  November  19,  1730; 
Reuben,  November  18,  1732 ;  Ebenezer,  May 
21,  1737. 

(IV)  Philip,  son  of  John  (3)  and  Lydia' 
(Boltwood)  Ingram,  was  born  at  Amherst, 
Massachusetts,  August  27,  1727.  He  married, 
March  10,  1757,  Experience,  widow  of  Jona- 
than Peirce,  and  daughter  of  Peter  Montague, 
of  South  Hadley.  He  settled  in  Wardsbor- 
ough,  Vermont.  Children:  lodeona,  bap- 
tized October  i,  1758;  Philip,  April  27,  1760; 
Experience,  baptized  November  i,  1761, 
lived  at  Ticonderoga ;  William,  baptized 
May  15,  1763;  Jonathan  Pierce,  bap- 
tized October  12,  1766;  Lucretia,  baptized 
May  22,  1768;  Lucinda,  twin  of  Lucretia; 
Asa,  baptized  January  27,  1771 ;  Phebe,  bap- 
tized August  9,  1772 ;  Roswell,  see  forward. 

(V)  Roswell,  youngest  child  of  Philip  and 
Experience  (Montague)  (Peirce)  Ingram, 
was  born  at  Amherst,  Massachusetts,  in  1775, 
and  baptized  July  30,  of  that  year.  He  was 
a  farmer  at  Wardsboro,  Vermont.  He  mar- 
ried    Spear.     Children :     Roswell,  see 

forward,  Dwight,  Emily  and  Chester. 

(VI)  Roswell  (2),  eldest  child  of  Roswell 

(i)    and  (Spear)    Ingram,   was  born 

at  Wardsboro,  Vermont,  in  1804,  died  at 
Nashua,  New  Hampshire,  in  1863.  He  was 
a  farmer  and  a  cattle  buyer  and  drover,  and 
lived  at  Williamsville  for  a  number  of  years. 
He  married  Laura  Pratt,  born  at  Williams- 
ville, Vermont,  1806,  died  in  1896.  Children: 
Hannah,  died  young;  Merton,  died  young; 
Emily,  married  John  Pratt  and  lived  at  Mai- 
den, Massachusetts,  both  deceased;  Parmelia, 


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married  Benjamin  Fletcher  (see  Fletcher 
IX)  ;  Laura,  deceased,  married  Richard  Whit- 
ney, of  Nashua ;  Henrietta,  deceased,  married 
Charles  Bickford;  Henry,  twin  of  Henrietta, 
also  deceased. 


The  name  of  Hinman  is  found 
HINMAN  in  England,  Ireland  and  Scot- 
land, and  also  in  Germany, 
spelled  Hinmann.  In  England  the  name  was 
often  spelled  Inman,  Hyndman,  and  other 
ways.  The  Inman  coat-of-arms :  Vert  on  a 
chevron  or  three  roses  gules  slipped  and  leaved 
of  the  first.  Crest :  On  a  mount  a  wivern 
proper  ducally  gorged  and  lined  or. 

(I)  Edward  Hinman,  immigrant  ancestor, 
came  from  England  and  settled  in  Stratford, 
Connecticut,  about  1650.  He  was  the  first 
and  only  immigrant  of  the  name  in  America. 
Tradition  says  that  he  had  belonged  to  the 
bodyguard  of  Charles  I.  as  sergeant-at-arms, 
and  escaped  from  Cromwell's  wrath  to  Amer- 
ica. This  is  probably  where  he  gained  the 
title  of  sergeant  which  he  held  in  America. 
From  the  Dutch  records  at  Albany  it  appears 
that  he  had  some  connection  with  Captain 
John  Underbill,  in  offering  their  military  serv- 
ices to  Governor  Stuyvesant  to  fight  the  In- 
dians, but  the  offer  was  declined,  and  tradition 
says  that  Sergeant  Hinman  disbanded  his 
company  at  Stamford  soon  afterward,  and  set- 
tled in  Stratford.  He  was  a  farmer  and  ex- 
tensive land  liolder  there  and  was  the  first 
owner  of  the  old  tide  mill  between  Stratford 
and  what  is  now  Bridgeport.  Soon  after  set- 
tling there  he  had  a  house-lot  which  is  re- 
corded and  described  in  the  "Stratford  Rec- 
ords, igth  of  9th  month,  1668."  Royal  R. 
Hinman,  in  his  work  of  1856,  says:  "This 
house  of  Sergeant  was  located  upon  the  west 
of  the  present  Main  street  in  Stratford,  a  little 
southwest  of  that  noble  old  Episcopal  Church, 
the  beauty  of  which  is  its  antiquated  structure 
and  plainness."  At  a  town  meeting  on  March 
7,  1654,  and  on  February  2,  1664,  various 
pieces  of  land  were  given  to  him  by  division 
of  the  town  lands.  He  also  purchased  land  at 
different  times.  In  1681  he  sold  his  homestead 
and  removed  to  Woodbury,  Connecticut, 
where  he  made  his  will.  He  died  Novem- 
ber 26,  1681,  it  is  thought  in  Stratford, 
where  his  will  was  proved  and  recorded.  He 
remembered  all  his  children,  and  directed  that 
his  youngest  son,  Edward  Jr.,  be  brought  up 
to  a  trade  by  Jehial  Preston,  of  Stratford. 
His  death  is  recorded  in  Stratford.  He  was 
a  man  of  pure  character,  and  was  much  re- 
spected for  his  strict  honesty  and  integrity. 
He  married,  in  Stratford,  Hannah,  daughter 
of   Francis    and    Sarah    Stiles,    who    removed 


from  Windsor  to  Stratford.  Children,  born 
in  Stratford:  Sarah,  September  10,  1653; 
Titus,  June,  1655;  Samuel,  1658;  Benjamin, 
February,  1662-63;  Hannah,  July  15,  1666; 
Mary,  1668;  Patience,  1670;  Edward,  men- 
tioned below. 

(II)  Edward  (2),  son  of  Edward  (i)  Hin- 
man, was  born  in  Stratford,  1672,  and  was 
the  only  son  to  settle  at  Stratford  with  his 
father.  He  was  taught  a  trade  by  Jehial  Pres- 
ton, according  to  the  will  of  his  father,  and 
he  remained  with  him  until  he  came  of  age. 
He  drew  eighteen  acres  of  land  in  the  division 
in  Woodbury  in  1702,  but  it  is  evident  that  he 
lived  and  died  at  Stratford,  where  all  his  chil- 
dren were  born.  He  was  one  of  the  first  Epis- 
copalians in  Connecticut,  and  signed  the  first 
petition  to  sift  out  the  churchmen  from  the 
Congregationalists  in  that  colony.  He  mar- 
ried Hannah,  daughter  of  Joshua  Jr.  and 
Mary  (Lyon)  Jennings.  She  died  on  her 
ninety-ninth  birthday,  July  25,  1777.  Twenty 
years  before  her  death,  she  had  a  premonition 
that  she  would  live  to  be  ninety-nine  years  old, 
but  no  more.  She  said  that  a  venerable, 
comely  person  whom  she  used  to  call  her 
guardian  angel  and' whom  she  had  seen  once 
before  appeared  to  her  and  asked  her  age. 
She  told  him,  upon  which  he  replied,  "You 
will  not  live  to  an  hundred  years,  but  almost ; 
you  will  live  to  be  ninety-nine  and  then  die." 
She  often  mentioned  this  to  her  friends  and 
was  so  confidently  persuaded  of  the  truth  of 
it  that  she  would  often  reckon  up  how  long 
she  had  to  live.  She  arose  on  the  morning  of 
her  ninety-ninth  birthday  in  her  usual  good 
health.  Her  son,  John  Hinman,  with  whom 
she  lived,  said  to  her,  "Well,  mother,  the  day 
has  arrived."  She  replied,  "Yes,  and  I  shall 
die  to-day."  And  she  died  on  the  afternoon 
of  her  birthday.  Children:  Jonah  or  Jonas, 
born  November  5,  1700;  Hannah,  March  3, 
1702;  Zachariah,  January  27,  1704;  Samuel, 
1705:  Justus,  December  28,  1707;  Ebenezer, 
October  5.  1709,  died  young;  Sarah,  October, 
171 1 ;  John,  November  4,  1713,  mentioned  be- 
low; Rachel,  December  4,  1715;  Ebenezer, 
August  16,  1717;  Amos,  October  18,  1720; 
Charity,  June  6,  1722^. 

(III)  John,  son  of  Edward  (2)  Hinman, 
of  Stratford,  was  born  November  4,  1713.  He 
was  at  Litchfield  and  Goshen,  aiding  his 
brother,  Captain  Samuel,  in  surveying  lands, 
about  1738-39-40.  He  returned  to  Stratford 
and  settled  at  Unity  or  North  Stratford  where 
he  was  long  known  as  an  innkeeper.  He  was 
a  member  of  the  First  Church  at  the  time 
of  the  settlement  of  North  Stratford.  Rev. 
James  Beebe,  May  6,  1747,  and  his  wife 
Eunice,  was  also  a  member.   His  mother,  Han- 


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nah  Hinman,  lived  with  him  after  his  father's 
death,    until    her    death    on    her    ninety-ninth 

birthday.     He  married  (first)   Eunice  , 

and  (second)  Ann  Nicholls,  August  15,  1754. 
Children  by  first  wife:  John,  born  Febru- 
ary 4,  1747;  David,  February  10,  1750;  Jonas, 
March  30,  1752.  By  his  second  wife:  Eunice, 
June  6,  1755;  Martha,  August,  1757;  Ann, 
May  19,  1760;  Isaac,  mentioned  below;  Au- 
rilla,  1765. 

(IV)  Isaac,  son  of  John  Hinman,  was  born 
March  3,  1763,  died  January  5,  1817.  He 
was  a  ship-builder,  and  owned  much  land  in 
Stratford.  He  married  (first),  January  7, 
1784,  Charity  Edwards,  born  June  9,  1767, 
died  January  16,  1808,  and  he  married  (sec- 
ond) June  4,  180 — ,  Hannah .  Chil- 
dren, all  born  at  Stratford;  by  first  wife: 
Lucy,  May  10,  1785;  Munson,  May  5,  1787, 
mentioned  below;  Harriet,  April  26,  1790; 
Sally,  February  12,  1793 ;  William,  August  2, 
1796 ;  George,  December  30,  1797,  died  young  ; 
Sally,  September  14,  1799 ;  George,  Septem- 
ber 12,  1802 ;  Frances  Ann,  February  7,  1805 ; 
Catherine  Ann,  May  13,  1807. 

(V)  Munson,  son  of  Isaac  Hinman,  was 
born  in  Stratford,  May  5,  1787,  died  in 
Bridgeport,  December  31,  1857.  He  was  a 
master  mariner  and  for  many  years  sailed  to 
foreign  ports.  He  then  settled  in  Bridgeport 
and  ran  the  City  Hotel  located  on  the  cor- 
ner of  Wall  and  Middle  streets.  He  was  one 
of  the  best  known  hotel  men  in  the  section,  and 
was  very  popular.  He  married,  October  5, 
1813,  Priscilla  Mead,  of  Greenwich,  born  July 
26,  1790,  died  January  i,  1863.  Children: 
Isaac,  born  July  18,  1815,  died  January  10, 
1853;  Henry  Mead,  December  25,  1817,  men- 
tioned below;  Elizabeth,  April  22,  1819,  died 
July  3,  1873,  married  William  J.  Beebe,  De- 
cember 5,  1838;  Lavinia  B.,  August  29,  1822; 
Munson  (twin),  March  10,  1825;  Priscilla 
(twin),  died  young;  Walter  E.,  March  14, 
1827,  died  May  8,  1879,  married  Virginia 
Conway,  January  7,  1858;  Priscilla,  February 
12.  1829. 

(VI)  Henry  Mead,  son  of  Munson  Hin- 
man, was  born  December  25,  1817,  died  Janu- 
ary Ti,  1846.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  for  a  time,  and  later  was  in  the  gro- 
cery business.  He  was  afterward  in  the  ship- 
ping business  and  the  vessel  on  which  he  sailed 
being  wrecked  in  Hell  Gate,  New  York,  he 
managed  to  get  on  the  rocks  on  what  is  known 
as  Hog's  Back,  and  remained  there  all  night 
until  picked  up  by  one  of  the  New  Haven 
boats  in  the  morning.  He  took  a  fearful  cold 
which  resulted  in  his  death.  He  married,  at 
Bridgeport.  December  25,  1839,  Eliza,  daugh- 
ter of  Charles  Hawley,  of  Trumbull,  who  died 


aged  seventy-two  years,  at  Bridgeport.  Chil- 
dren :  Charles  Henry,  mentioned  below ;  Wil- 
liam B.,  born  January  10,  1845,  lives  at 
Bridgeport,  unmarried. 

(VII)  Charles  Henry,  son  of  Henry  Mead 
Hinman,  was  born  at  Bridgeport,  August  15, 
1843.  He  was  educated  there  in  the  public 
schools.  As  a  young  man  he  took  a  position 
for  a  house  dealing  in  dental  supplies.  Re- 
signing from  this  after  a  time,  he  went  to 
New  York,  and  associated  himself  with  the 
oil  concern  of  Bostwick  &  Tilford,  finally  tak- 
ing charge  of  their  export  business  and  re- 
maining several  years,  until  his  health  failed. 
Then  he  returned  to  Bridgeport  and  took  a 
position  with  Frank  Miller  &  Company,  in 
the  coal  business,  and  continued  with  this  firm 
for  thirty  years,  when  he  resigned  and  since 
then  has  been  engaged  in  looking  after  real 
estate,  of  which  he  owns  considerable.  In 
politics  he  is  a  Democrat,  and  was  a  member 
of  the  school  board  of  the  borough  of  West 
Stratford  for  several  years  and  clerk  of  the 
borough  nine  years.  He  was  for  some  years 
a  member  of  Pequonnick  Lodge,  No.  4,  Inde- 
pendent Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  is  a  member 
of  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  and 
has  passed  through  all  the  chairs  and  is  a 
member  of  the  Grand  Lodge. 

He  married,  October  25,  1870,  at  Bridge- 
port, Cornelia  Frances,  born  in  New  York, 
July  2"],  185 1,  daughter  of  George  Hawley, 
who  was  born  in  Stepney,  Connecticut,  and 
was  an  engineer,  running  for  a  time  on  the 
old  "Elm  City"  from  New  Haven  to  New 
York.  He  made  his  home  in  Bridgeport 
where  he  died  at  fifty-five.  He  married  Cor- 
nelia Waters,  born  in  Huntington,  Long 
Island.  Had  three  children:  Mrs.  Hinman; 
George,  died  an  infant ;  Helen,  married  Her- 
bert Brown  and  resides  in  Albany.  Children 
of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hinman:  i.  Henrietta  Jane, 
born  in  Bridgeport,  August  12,  1872;  married 
Albert  P.  Simonds,  a  native  of  New  Orleans 
and  now  residing  in  Philadelphia,  Pennsyl- 
vania ;  they  have  "one  child,  Ludlow  Gibson, 
born  December  6,  1903.  2.  Albert  Denton, 
born  in  West  Stratford,  January  i,'  1874;- 
married  Lydia  Gates ;  resides  at  1253  Amster- 
dam avenue.  New  York  City,  where  he  is  in 
business,  having  an  office  at  33  Warren  street. 


Dr.  Samuel  Wood,  immigrant  an- 
WOOD     cestor,  was  born  in  England.     It 

is  said  that  he  landed  first  in 
Massachusetts,  1683,  and  settled  soon  after- 
ward in  Norwalk,  Connecticut.  In  1685-86 
he  settled  in  Danbury,  Connecticut,  with  the 
pioneers  soon  after  the  first  settlement  of  the 
town.     He  stood  high   in  his  profession  and 


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was  a  leading  citizen.  His  residence  was  on 
Deer  Hill,  west  of  the  county  jail.  He  mar- 
ried Rebecca,  born  on  Long  Island,  1660. 
daughter  of  Thomas  Benedict.  Dr.  Wood 
died  in  1714,  leaving  a  goodly  estate.  He  had 
a  son  Samuel,  mentioned  below,  and  one 
daughter. 

(II)  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Dr.  Samuel  (i) 
Wood,  was  born  in  Connecticut  and  died  in 
1763  at  Danbury.  He  resided  on  the  home- 
stead at  Deer  Hill.  He  married  Sarah  Crom- 
well. Children:  Captain  John,  born  1715. 
Samuel,  married,  March,  1754,  Mary  Mahey ; 
Lemuel,  mentioned  below;  Daniel,  born  1726; 
daughter. 

(III)  Lemuel,  son  of  Samuel  (2)  Wood, 
was  born  at  Danbury  about  1720.  His  will 
was  dated  there  April  19,  1797.  He  married, 
October  29,  1744,  Griswold  Mallory.  Chil- 
dren :  Lemuel,  Joseph,  Nathan,  Elizabeth  and 
Ezra. 

(IV)  Lemuel  (2),  son  of  Lemuel  (i) 
Wood,  was  born  1745-55,  at  Danbury.  He 
had  a  son  Thomas,  mentioned  below. 

(V)  Thomas,  son  of  Lemuel  (2)  Wood, 
was  born  about  1770-75,  in  Danbury  or  vicin- 
ity. He  settled  in  Weston,  Connecticut.  He 
was  a  farmer  all  his  active  life.  Children:  i. 
Burwood,  settled  at  Milton  or  Weston.  2. 
Bradley,  married  Mrs.  Hough  and  settled  at 
Weston.  3.  Alvah,  lived  at  Southport ;  a 
prominent  man  there.  4.  Thomas,  lived  at 
Greenfield.  5.  Curtis  Marvin,  mentioned  be- 
low.    6.   Esther,  married Lyons,  and 

lived  at  Weston.    7.  Lucinda,  married 

Smith.     8.  Laura,  married Brown.  9. 

Maria,  married Quintard. 

(VI)  Curtis  Marvin,  son  of  Thomas  Wood, 
was  born  in  Weston  in  1803,  died  there  in 
1877.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools, 
and  during  his  youth  worked  at  home  on  his 
father's  farm.  In  the  course  of  time  he  pur- 
chased a  farm  near  the  old  homestead,  and 
followed  farming  all  his  active  life.  In  poli- 
tics he  was  a  Democrat,  and  he  and  his  wife 
were  devout  members  of  the,  Protestant  Epis- 
copal church,  and  he  was  prominent  in  the 
movement  to  erect  the  new  church.  He  was 
active  in  early  life  in  the  state  militia  and  at- 
tained the  rank  of  sergeant.  He  married 
Sally  Lockwood,  born  1805,  died  in  1894, 
daughter  of  Harry  Lockwood,  of  Weston,  and 
a  member  of  the  well-known  family  of  that 
name.  Children:  i.  Sarah  Marvin,  married' 
Thomas  Reed,  a  blacksmith  and  carriage 
maker  of  New  Jersey.  2.  Mary  Jane,  mar- 
ried Levi  O.  Banks,  of  Weston,  later  a  car- 
penter of  Bridgeport ;  resides  at  728  Shelton 
street,  Bridsjeport.  3.  Galeta,  married  Wil- 
lia'n  Lobdell,  of  Greenfield.     4.  Eunice,  mar- 


ried Ephraim  Osborne,  a  merchant  in  Weston. 
5.  Daniel  Curtis,  mentioned  below.  6.  Har- 
riet, married  John  Williams,  a  farmer  in 
Stratford. 

(VII)  Daniel  Curtis,  son  of  Curtis  Marvin 
Wood,  was  born  December  25,  1840,  in  Wes- 
ton. He  worked  on  the  farm  and  attended 
public  and  private  schools  in  his  native  town. 
When  he  came  of  age  he  went  to  Bridgeport 
and  entered  the  employ  of  Dwight  &  Chapin, 
nianufacturers  of  guns  and  military  supplies, 
who  were  then  engaged  in  filling  large  orders 
for  the  government.  Later  he  went  to  Lime 
Rock,  Connecticut,  where  he  was  employed 
in  a  similar  establishment  for  a  time,  and 
upon  his  return  to  Bridgeport,  became  a 
sub-contractor  for  the  Wheeler  &  Wilson 
Sewing  Machine  Company,  remaining  for 
twelve  years  and  prospering  in  his  business. 
He  then  embarked  in  business  for  himself 
as  a  dealer  in  meats,  groceries  and  notions, 
at  West  Stratford,  now  part  of  the  city  of 
Bridgeport,  and  built  up  a  large  trade,  re- 
cjuiring  six  or  seven  delivery  wagons.  When 
he  sold  this  business  he  purchased  his  saw- 
mill property  in  Stratford  and  engaged  in 
lumbering  and  manufacturing  of  lumber.  He 
has  also  followed  agriculture  and  is  one  of 
the  largest  land-owners  in  that  town.  About 
a  hundred  acres  in  the  village  he  has  laid 
out  in  building  lots  and  in  part  sold.  He  has 
three  hundred  acres  in  other  parts  of  the 
town  and  large  tracts  in  Weston,  Trumbull 
and  Milford  in  New  Haven  county.  He  has 
been  especially  successful  in  market  garden- 
ing. He  has  a  grist  mill  and  is  interested  in 
various  other  industries.  In  politics  he  has 
been  a  prominent  Democrat ;  selectman  fif- 
teen years;  justice  of  the  peace  many  years; 
burgess  of  borough  a  number  of  years,  rep- 
resented the  town  in  the  general  assembly 
and  served  on  the  committee  that  considered 
the  subject  of  equal  suffrage  in  1877-78.  He 
has  been  a  member  of  the  local  school  board. 
H^e  is  a  member  of  the  Social  Club  of  Strat- 
ford ;  Cuppeadie  Club,  of  Stratford,  of  which 
he  is  past  master;  St.  John's  Lodge,  No.  8, 
Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  Hamilton  Com- 
mandery,  No.  5,  Knights  Templar.  Mr. 
Wood  has  a  handsome  colonial  residence  in 
Stratford,  built  in  1895.  I"  religion  he  is  a 
Congregationalist,  and  was  deacon  five  years. 
He  married  (first)  in  i860,  Celestia  A. 
Sturges,  died  in  1877,  daughter  of  Edwin 
Sturges,  of  Weston.  He  married  (second) 
in  1878,  Mary  A.,  daughter  of  John  S.  Fray, 
of  Bridgeport;  she  died  in  iSgo.  He  married 
(third)  Mary  A.  Beardsley,  of  Stratford, 
daughter  of  Lewis  Beardsley ;  she  died  in 
1897.      He    married    (fourth)    Eliza    Stacey, 


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widow  of  John  Stacey,  daughter  of  Thomas 

Howe,  who  was  a  knife  maker  by  trade. 
Children  of  Thomas  Howe :  Henry,  died 
young ;  Thomas  Henry,  died  young ; 
Sarah,  died  aged  forty-one  years;  EHza,  mar- 
ried Daniel  Curtis  Wood,  mentioned  above ; 
Mary,  died  aged  twenty-two :  Rose,  married 
Bert  Spencer,  of  East  Hartford ;  Charles,  died 
aged  nine  months.  Child  of  first  wife :  Ed- 
mund C,  a  real  estate  broker  of  Bridgeport; 
married  Anna,  daughter  of  Rev.  G.  H.  War- 
ner, of  Hartford  :  children  :  Florence,  George, 
Catherine  and  Dorothy.  Children  of  second 
wife  :  Laura  Belle ;  Nellie  Frances,  married 
Robert  Athington ;  Jessie  May,  married  Wal- 
ter C.  Lursher. 


General  Edward  Harland, 
HARLAND     one  of  the  foremost  citizens 

of  the  town  of  Norwich, 
Connecticut,  has  been  distinguished  as  a  sol- 
dier, lawyer  and  legislator,  as  well  as  in  finan- 
cial circles.  His  family  history  is  an  interest- 
ing one. 

(I)  Thomas  Harland  was  born  in  England, 
1735.  He  was  an  expert  watch  and  clock 
maker,  and  an  experienced  and  capable  arti- 
san, and  came  to  America  from  London,  Eng- 
land, 1773.  For  a  short  time  he  lived  in  Bos- 
ton, but  removed  to  Norwich  the  year  of  his 
arrival  in  this  country.  The  construction  of 
the  first  fire  engine  owned  in  Norwich  was 
superintended  by  him  in  1788.  Mr.  Harland 
married,  1779,  Hannah,  born  in  1754,  daugh- 
ter of  Elisha  and  Hannah  (Lefiingwell)  Clark. 
Children:  Mary,  born  1780,  died  1859; 
Thomas,  1781,  died  1806:  Hannah,  1785,  died 
1803;  Fanny,  1787:  Henry,  see  forward; 
Edward,  1793,  died  1817. 

(II)  Henry,  second  son  and  fifth  child  of 
Thomas  and  Hannah  (Clark)  Harland,  was 
born  in  Norwich,  Connecticut,  February  16, 
17S9,  died  at  the  Harland  homestead  in  that 
town,  1841.  In  early  life  he  took  up  his  resi- 
dence in  New  Orleans,  Louisiana,  residing 
in  that  city  until  1830,  and  engaged  in  busi- 
ness as  a  watchmaker  and  jeweler.  He  then 
returned  to  his  native  town,  residing  on  the 
Harland  homestead,  and  taking  an  active  and 
beneficial  interest  in  the  public  affairs  of  the 
town.  He  married,  October  14,  1822,  Abigail 
Leffingwell,  born  in  Norwich,  October.  1800, 
died  1888,  a  daughter  of  Judge  John  and 
Sarah  Russell  (Leffingwell)  Hyde,  of  Nor- 
wich (see  Hyde  VII).  Children:  Edward, 
born  October  5,  1823,  died  September,  1824; 
Harriet,  October  3,  1825,  died  September, 
T837;  Elizabeth,  October  21,  1827,  married 
Ferdinand  Castile  Stedman,  born  April  5, 
1826,  resided  in  Norwich;  Thomas,  March  17, 


1830,  became  a  lawyer  of  Norwich;  Edward, 
see  forward;  Harriet,  August  31,  1834, 
died  in  infancy:  Ruth  L.,  January  16,  1837.  ' 

(III)  General  Edward  Harland,  third  son 
and  fifth  child  of  Henry  and  Abigail  Leffing- 
well (Hyde)  Harland,  was  born  in  Norwich, 
June  24,  1832.  His  education  prior  to  en- 
tering Yale  College  was  the  usual  prepara- 
tory one,  and  he  was  graduated  from  that 
institution  in  1853.  He  had  determined  to 
make  the  profession  of  law  his  life  work,  and 
entered  upon  its  study  in  the  office  of  the 
late  Hon.  John  Turner  Wait,  of  Norwich, 
being  admitted  to  the  bar  in  New  London 
county,  in  1855.  He  immediately  engaged  in 
the  practice  of  his  profession,  in  which  he 
met  with  unusual  success  for  a  beginner,  when 
the  outbreak  of  the  civil  war  caused  a  tem- 
porary change  in  his  plans.  April  25,  1861, 
General  Harland  enlisted  in  Company  D, 
Third  Connecticut  Volunteers,  and  was  mus- 
tered into  service  as  captain  of  that  company 
May  II,  1861.  The  company  became  a  part 
of  the  command  of  Colonel  John  L.  Chat- 
field,  and  was  engaged  in  the  first  battle  of 
Bull  Run,  where  "the  Third  moved  with  its 
brigade  at  the  head  of  the  column  under 
McDowell,  when  it  advanced  via  Centreville 
and  Bull  Run,  and,  in  the  trying  scenes  on 
that  disastrous  field,  behaved  with  the  firm- 
ness and  courage  of  veterans."  Of  this  en- 
gagement Colonel  Keyes  said :  "The  gallan- 
try with  which  the  Second  Regiment,  Maine, 
and  the  Third  Connecticut  Volunteers  charged 
up  the  hill  upon  the  enemy's  artillery  and 
infantry  was  never,  in  my  judgment,  sur- 
passed." August  12,  1 861,  Captain  Harland 
was  mustered  out  of  his  three  months'  serv- 
ice, and  on  September  4,  1861,  joined  the 
Eighth  Connecticut  Volunteer  Infantry,  and 
was  appointed  its  colonel  October  5,  1861. 
The  engagements  in  which  this  regiment  par- 
ticipated were  as  follows :  Newbern,  North 
Carolina,  March  14,  1862;  siege  of  Fort 
Macon,  North  Carolina,  April,  1862;  Antie- 
tam,  Maryland,  September  17,  1862;  Fred- 
ericksburg, Virginia,  December  13,  1862; 
Fort  Hugar,  Virginia,  April  19,  1863 !  Wal- 
thall Junction,  Virginia,  May  7,  1864;  Fort 
Darling,  Virginia,  May  16,  1864;  Petersburg, 
Virginia,  August  24,  1864 ;  Fort  Harrison, 
Virginia,  September  29,  1864.  November  29, 
1862,  Colonel  Harland  was  advanced  to  the 
rank  of  brigadier-general,  and  from  that  time 
on  was  in  command  of  a  brigade.  In  Feb- 
ruary, 1863,  this  brigade  consisted  of  the 
eighth,  eleventh,  fifteenth,  sixteenth  and 
twenty-first  Connecticut  regiments  and  was  a 
part  of  Peck's  division.  General  Harland  re- 
signed from  the  army  June  22,  1865,  having 


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a  war  record  throughout  the  years  of  his  serv- 
ice of  which  any  hero  might  justly  feel  proud. 
At  the  close  of  the  war  he  returned  to  his 
native  town  and  resumed  the  practice  of  the 
legal  profession,  which  has  engaged  his  at- 
tention to  a  great  extent  since  that  time.  He 
has  also  been  active  in  the  political  affairs 
of  his  town  and  state,  greatly  to  their  benefit. 
He  was  elected  to  the  state  legislature  in  1869 
and  1878,  and  represented  -his  district,  in  the 
state  senate  in  1870,  serving  for  a  time  as 
president  of  the  latter  body.  He  served  as 
judge  of  probate  for  the  Norwich  district 
from  1872  to  1876.  and  was  adjutant-general 
for  the  commonwealth  for  1879-80.  He  has 
always  supported  the  principles  of  the  Repub- 
lican party,  and  in  March,  1883,  Governor 
Thomas  M.  Waller  appointed  him  a  member 
of  the  state  board  of  pardons,  an  appointment 
which  has  been  successively  renewed  since 
that  time,  and  General  Harland  is  still  hold- 
ing this  honorable  office.  In  the  world  of 
finance  his  work  has  been  no  less  important 
than  along  military  lines.  He  was  chosen  a 
director  of  the  Chelsea  Savings  Bank  in  1875, 
was  elected  vice-president  a  few  years  later, 
and  elected  president  in  1890,  an  office  he  is 
still  filling,  as  the  third  president  of  this  in- 
stitution since  its  organization,  in  1858. 
Among  the  worthy  institutions  he  has  as- 
sisted in  calling  into  life  is  the  W.  W.  Backus 
Hospital,  at  Norwich,  of  which  he  was  one 
of  the  corporators.  Naturally  a  man  of  great 
executive  ability  and  boundless  energy,  he  has 
been  a  tireless  worker  and  a  harmonizer  of 
discordant  elements.  His  character  is  a  prac- 
tical one,  as  may  be  seen  by  a  study  of  his 
career,  and  his  mind  is  well  stored  with  in- 
formation on  all  topics.  In  the  preparation 
of  his  law  cases  his  arguments  have  always 
been  clearly  and  concisely  expressed,  and  have 
carried  conviction  to  the  minds  of  his  hearers. 
The  high  esteem  in  which  he  is  held  by  his 
fellow  citizens  and  the  number  of  his  friends 
bears  eloquent  testimony  to  the  sterling  worth 
of  his  character  and  to  the  value  of  his  efforts 
in  behalf  of  the  community.  General  Harland 
has   never   married. 

(The  Hyde  Line). 
(I)  William  Hyde,  immigrant  ancestor  of 
this  family,  first  appears  on  record  in  1636,  at 
Hartford,  Connecticut,  and  was  an  original 
proprietor  in  1639-40,  his  name  being  per- 
petuated as  such  on  the  monument  standing 
at  the  present  time  in  the  old  graveyard  at 
the  rear  of  the  First  church,  in  Hartford. 
His  death  occurred  in  Norwich,  January  6, 
1681.  In  later  years  he  was  recorded  as  of 
Saybrook,  and  became  one  of  the  thirty-five 


original  proprietors  of  Norwich  in  1660.  Mr. 
Hyde  was  a  man  of  importance  in  his  time 
and  the  various  communities  in  which  he  re- 
sided, and  served  frequently  as  selectman. 

(II)  Samuel,  son  of  William  Hyde,  was 
born  in  Hartford  about  1637,  died  at  Nor- 
wich West  Farms  in  1677.  He  was  also  one 
of  the  original  proprietors  of  Norwich,  and 
had  lands  assigned  to  him  at  Norwich  West 
Farms.  Like  all  of  the  colonists  of  his  time, 
he  was  engaged  in  farming.  Mr.  Hyde  mar- 
ried, in  June,  1659,  Jane,  daughter  of  Thomas 
and  Phoebe  (Brown)  Lee,  of  East  Saybrook, 
now  Lyme.  Their  daughter  Elizabeth  is  said 
to  have  been  the  first  white  child  born  in 
Norwich. 

(III)  Jabez,  son  of  Samuel  and  Jane  (Lee) 
Hyde,  was  born  in  Norwich,  May,  1677,  died 
September  5,  1762.  He  settled  in  Norwich 
West  Farms,  now  Franklin,  where  he  was 
considered  a  wealthy  farmer  and  possessed 
large  tracts  of  land.  Beginning  with  the  year 
1716,  Mr.  Hyde  was  clerk  of  the  Franklin 
church  for  many  years,  and  his  importance 
in  the  community  may  be  estimated  by  the 
fact  that  he  served  as  justice  of  the  peace, 
and,  for  eight  sessions,  was  a  representa- 
tive in  the  general  court.  He  married,  De- 
cember 29,  1709,  Elizabeth,  who  died  August 
21,  1768,  daughter  of  Richard  and  Elizabeth 
(Adgate)    Bushnell,  of  Norwich. 

(lY)  Jabez  (2),  son  of  Jabez  (i)  and 
Elizabeth  (Bushnell)  Hyde,  was  born  in  Nor- 
wich West  Farms,  September  16,  1713,  died 
March  6,  1805.  He  settled  in  Norwich  West 
Farms,  where  he  was  owner  ,of  extensive 
lands.  He  married,  December  8,  1736,  Lydia. 
who  died  June  25,  1803,  daugiiter  of  Benja- 
min and  Lydia   (Hazen)  Abel. 

(V)  Ezekiel,  son  of  Jabez  (2)  and  Lydia 
(Abel)  Hyde,  was  born  in  Norwich  West 
Farms,  April  20,  1738,  died  July  10,  1808. 
He  married  (first)  December  6,  1768,  Rachel, 
who  died  November  20,  1781,  daughter  of 
John  and  Margaret  (Hyde)  Tracy,  and  set- 
tled at  Norwich  West  Farms.  He  married 
(second)  December  12,  1782,  Mary  Closen. 

(VI)  Judge  John  Hyde,  son  of  Ezekiel 
and  Rachel  (Tracy)  Hyde,  was  born  in  Nor- 
wich, June  23,  1773,  died  March  10,  1847. 
He  was  a  lawyer  in  his  native  town  and  served 
in  a  number  of  public  offices,  among  them 
being  justice  of  the  peace,  postmaster  and 
judge  of  probate.  He  married,  March,  1798, 
Sarah  Russell,  born  October  20,  1778,  daugh- 
ter of  Daniel  and  Elizabeth  (Whiting)  Lef- 
fingwell,  of  Norwich,  and  a  descendant 
through  her  mother  of  Governor  Bradford 
and  John  Alden,  who  came  to  America  in  the 
"Mayflower."     She  survived  her  husband. 


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(VII)   Abigail     Leffingwell,  daughter     of 

Judge  John  and  Sarah  Russell  (Leffingwell) 

Hvde,  married  Henry  Harland  (see  Harland 
II). 


Among  the  families  which  have 
COIT     been    prominently    identified    with 

the  history  of  the  commonwealth 
of  Connecticut  for  almost  three  centuries  the 
name  of  Coit  is  one  of  especial  distinction. 
As  in  the  majority  of  the  colonial  families, 
the  male  members  of  the  earlier  generations 
were  inainly  engaged  in  farming  or  seafaring 
occupations,  but  there  has  been  a  goodly 
sprinkling  of  lawyers,  merchants  and  holders 
of  public  offices  of  responsibility.  At  first 
they  were  more  closely  connected  with  New 
London  and  Plainfield,  later  with  Preston  and 
Griswold,  and  since  the  revolution  with 
Norwich. 

(I)  John  Coit,  immigrant  ancestor  of  the 
New  London  and  Norwich  families,  was  prob- 
ably born  in  Glaenmorganshire,  Wales, 
whence  he  came  between  1630  and  1638,  and 
died  August  29,  1659.  He  had  a  grant  of 
land  in  1638  in  Salem,  Massachusetts,  re- 
moved to  Gloucester  in  1644,  was  a  freeman 
in  1647,  t^nd  a  selectman  there  in  1648.  He 
was  the  owner  of  a  quantity  of  land  on 
Wheeler's  Point  and  Planter's  Neck,  and  re- 
ceived a  grant  of  land  in  New  London,  Con- 
necticut, in  1650,  where  he  went  the  follow- 
ing year.  He  married,  in  England,  Mary 
Ganners  or  Jenners,  who  died  January  2, 
1676.  Children,  all  born  in  England  prior 
to  the  emigration  of  the  family :  John ;  Jo- 
seph, see  forward;  ]\Iary;  Martha. 

(II)  Deacon  Joseph  Coit,  son  of  John  and 
Mary  (Ganners  or  Jenners)  Coit,  in  all  prob- 
ability came  from  Gloucester  to  New  London 
with  his  father  in  1651,  and  died  March  27, 
1704. 

He  spent  the  greater  part  of  his  life  in  the 
latter  place,  and  was  engaged  in  the  ship- 
building trade  in  association  with  his  brother- 
in-law,  Hugh  Mould.  Both  he  and  his  wife 
joined  the  church  in  1681,  in  which  he  subse- 
Cjuently  became  a  deacon.  The  greater  num- 
ber of  persons  bearing  the  name  of  Coit  in  this 
country  are  descendants  of  Deacon  Joseph 
Coit.  He  married,  July  15,  1667,  Alartha, 
who  died  July  14,  1710,  daughter  of  William 
and  Edith  Harris,  of  Wethersfield.  Children, 
all  born  between  1670  and  1692,  inclusive: 
John:  Joseph,  see  forward:  William;  Dan- 
iel ;  Solomon ;   Samuel. 

(HI)  Rev.  Joseph  Coit,  son  of  Deacon  Jo- 
seph and  Martha  (Harris)  Coit,  was  born 
in  New  London.  April  4,  1673,  died  in  Plain- 
field,  Connecticut,  July  i,  1750.    He  was  grad- 


uated from  Harvard  College  in  1697,  and 
was  admitted  to  the  master's  degree  at  the 
first  commencement  of  Yale  College  in  1702. 
He  preached  at  Norwich  late  in  1698  and  re- 
ceived an  invitation  to  settle  there,  but  soon 
afterward  went  to  Plainfield,  where  for  the 
greater  part  of  five  years  he  was  engaged  in 
preaching.  He  accepted  a  call  to  settle  as 
pastor  of  the  church  at  Plainfield  in  1704, 
and  officiated  until  1748,  when  he  asked  for 
his  dismissal  on  the  score  of  old  age,  but 
continued  to  reside  in  Plainfield  until  his  death. 
He  married,  September  18,  1705,  Experience, 
who  died  January  8,  1759,  daughter  of  Isaac 
Wheeler,  of  Stonington,  Connecticut.  Chil- 
dren: Elizabeth,  born  February  19,  1706-07; 
Samuel,  see  forward ;  Joseph,  baptized 
171 1 ;  Martha,  born  1713;  Isaac,  December 
26,  1714;  Abigail,  about  1716;  Mary,  about 
1718;  William,  November  20,  1720;  Exper- 
ience, about  1722;  Daniel,  1731. 

(IV)  Colonel  Samuel  Coit,  eldest  son  and 
second  child  of  Rev.  Joseph  and  Experience 
(Wheeler)  Coit,  was  born  in  Plainfield,  Con- 
necticut, 1708,  died  in  North  Society,  Pres- 
ton, October  4,  1792.  He  attained  the  mili- 
tary rank  of  colonel,  and  was  in  command  of 
a  regiment  in  1758,  which  had  been  raised  in 
the  vicinity  of  Norwich  and  which  wintered 
at  Fort  Edward.  He  was  prominent  in  the 
public  affairs  of  the  community  in  which  he 
resided,  holding  a  number  of  offices.  He  set- 
tled in  North  Society,  Preston,  now  Griswold, 
representing  Preston  in  the  general  assem- 
bly in  1761-65-69-71-72-73.  During  the  rev- 
olution he  served  as  a  judge  of  the  county 
court  and  also  of  the  maritime  court.  His  wife 
joined  the  church  at  Preston  in  1733,  he 
joined  it  in  1742.  Colonel  Coit  married, 
March  30,  1730,  Sarah,  born  1711,  died  July 
II,  1776,  daughter  of  Benjamin  Spalding,  of 
Plainfield.  Children:  Benjamin,  born  March 
28,  1731;  Samuel,  July  23,  1733;  William, 
February  13,  1735  ;  Oliver,  February  23,  1736- 
37;  Wheeler,  February  24,  1738-39;  John,  see 
forward;  Sarah,  May  12,  1743;  Joseph,  bap- 
tized May  2,  1746;  Isaac,  baptized  October 
3,   1748;  Olive,  baptized  April  5,   1752. 

(V)  John  (2)  sixth  son  of  Colonel 
Samuel  and  Sarah  (Spalding)  Coit,  was  born 
June  4,  1741,  died  March  3,"i8o8.  His  entire 
life  was  spent  in  Preston,  where  he  was  the 
owner  of  a  large  farm,  with  the  cultivation 
of  which  he  was  chiefly  occupied.  He  married 
February  6,  1766,  Mehitable,  who  died  Jan- 
uary 3,  1806,  daughter  of  John  Tyler,  of 
Preston.  Children:  Lydia,  bom  December 
13,  1766;  Nathaniel,  see  forward;  Sarah, 
May  I,  1770;  Olive,  February  22,  1772;  John, 
December  20,  1773  ;  Sophia,  Octoljer  14,  1775  ; 


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James  T3'ler,  October  i,  1778;  Rebecca,  Feb- 
ruary 2,   1783;  Roger,  January  25,  1786. 

(VI)  Captain  Nathaniel  Coit,  eldest  son 
and  second  child  of  John  and  Mehitable  (Ty- 
ler) Coit,  was  born  in  Preston,  May  5,  1768, 
died  in  Jewett  City,  which  was  formerly  a 
part  of  Preston,  March  11,  1848.  He  ac- 
quired his  title  by  right  of  military  service 
and,  settling  in  Preston,  was  very  successful 
in  the  occupation  of  farming.  His  sound 
common  sense  and  faithfulness  in  the  dis- 
charge of  responsible  duties  won  him  the 
esteem  of  his  fellow  townsmen,  and  they  be- 
stowed several  honors  upon  him.  He  made 
no  profession  of  religion,  although  leading 
a  most  exemplary  life,  until  late  in  life,  when 
he  joined  the  church  at  Jewett  City.  Captain 
Coit  married,  March  14,  1792,  Betsey,  died 
March  13,  1831,  daughter  of  Daniel  and  Eliz- 
abeth (Lord)  Morgan,  of  Preston.  Children: 
Charles,  see  forward ;  Martha,  born  Decem- 
ber 12,  1795;  Charlotte,  August  11,  1797; 
Olive,  October  12,  1799;  Betsey,  January  10, 
1802;  a  son,  March  2,  1804,  died  in  infancy; 
Charlotte,  born  September  20,  1805 ;  Hannah 
M.,  May  28,  1808:  George,  April  29,  181 1; 
William. 

(VII)  Colonel  Charles  Coit,  eldest  child 
of  Captain  Nathaniel  and  Betsey  (Morgan) 
Coit,  was  born  February  19,  1793,  died  in 
Norwich.  October  26,  1855.  He  was  actively 
engaged  in  the  war  of  1812,  and  upon  its 
conclusion  continued  in  the  militia,  finally 
attaining  the  rank  of  colonel  of  artillery.  He 
removed  to  Norwich  about  181 7,  and  there 
engaged  in  business,  mainly  in  the  grocery 
line,  being  thus  occupied  until  his  death.  He 
joined  the  Second  Congregational  Church  in 
Norwich  in  1822,  where  he  officiated  as  dea- 
con for  a  number  of  years  and  as  superintend- 
ent of  the  Sabbath  school.  His  life  was  one 
of  rare  purity,  and  his  fellow-citizens  looked 
up  to  him  as  a  model  in  many  respects,  as 
one  teaching  right  living  in  the  best  of  all 
ways,  that  of  example.  Colonel  Coit  married 
(first)  May  21,  1821,  Lucretia,  who  died  in 
1822,  daughter  of  Colonel  Moses  and  Olive 
(Coit)  Tyler.  He  majTied  (second)  Lydia 
Tyler,  a  sister  of  his  first  wife,  who  died 
October,  1834.  They  had  two  children,  Lu- 
cretia, and  one  unnamed,  both  of  whom  died 
in  infancy.  He  married  (third)  Sarah  Per- 
kins, daughter  of  General  Lemuel  Grosvenor, 
of  Pomfret.  Children :  Ellen  Grosvenor, 
born  November  15,  1835,  died  December  13, 
1909:  Charles  Morgan,  see  forward:  Sarah 
Perkins,  born  October  16,  1840,  died  May  17, 
1843;  George  Douglas,  a  sketch  of  whom 
follows. 

(VIII)  Colonel  Charles  Morgan  Coit,  eld- 


est son  and  second  child  of  Colonel  Charles 
and  Sarah  Perkins  (Grosvenor)  Coit,  was 
born  in  Norwich,  March  28,  1838,  and 
drowned  in  New  London  harbor,  July  3,  1878,. 
after  a  successful  attempt  to  save  the  life  of 
his  little  son,  who  had  fallen  overboard.  He 
was  in  his  seventeenth  year  and  a  student  at 
college  when  the  death  of  his  father  necessi- 
tated his  giving  up  his  college  course  and 
turning  his  attention  to  business  life.  He  en- 
tered upon  a  situation  at  the  Uncas  Bank,  but 
was  made  treasurer  of  the  Chelsea  Savings: 
Bank  when  but  twenty-one  years  of  age.  He- 
was  an  incumbent  of  this  responsible  position 
at  the  outbreak  of  the  civil  war,  and,  while  his 
fervent  patriotism  urged  him  to  yield  to  the- 
first  call  to  arms,  he  was  obliged  to  combat 
his  desires  in  favor  of  the  claims  made  upon- 
him  as  the  eldest  son  of  the  family.  When 
the  second  call  for  troops  was  issued  by 
President  Lincoln  Mr.  Coit  could  no  longer 
resist  the  appeal  of  his  country,  and  entered' 
the  service  as  adjutant  of  the  Eighth  Connec- 
ticut Volunteer  Infantry,  which  was  then  be- 
ing organized  by  Colonel  Edward  Harland. 
The  record  of  his  service  is  a  gallant  one, 
and  can  be  found  in  full  in  the  chapter  on  the 
military  history  of  Connecticut  in  the  "History 
of  New  London  County,"  by  Hurd.  A  brief 
account  is  as  follows : 

Charles  Morgan  Coit  enlisted  September 
18,  1 86 1,  mustered  October  5,  1861 ;  promoted' 
from  adjutant  of  the  Eighth  Connecticut  Vol- 
unteer Infantry  to  captain  of  Company  B  of 
that  regiment,  March  27,  1862;  wounded  at 
Fair  Oaks,  Virginia,  October  28,  1864;  pro- 
moted lieutenant-colonel  by  brevet  March  13,. 
1865:  discharged  May  27,  1865.  L^pon  his 
return  to  Norwich,  shortly  after  the  close  of 
the  war.  Colonel  Coit  was  re-elected  to  the 
position  of  treasurer  of  the  Chelsea  Savings 
Bank,  an  office  for  which  he  was  eminently 
fitted,  and  in  which  his  executive  ability  had 
full  scope.  When  General  Joseph  R.  Hawley 
was  governor  of  Connecticut  Colonel  Coit 
served  as  an  aide  on  his  staff,  and  also  served 
one  term  as  postmaster  of  Norwich.  He  was 
one  of  the  organizers  and  staunchest  support- 
ers of  the  local  post  of  the  Grand  Army  of 
the  Republic,  and  a  member  of  the  Boston 
Commandery  of  the  Loyal  Legion  of  the- 
L^nited  States.  Lie  took  an  active  interest  in 
the  afl^airs  of  the  Second  Congregational 
Church,  of  which  he  was  a  consistent  member, 
and  in  which  he  served  as  deacon  and  treas- 
urer of  the  church  and  as  librarian  of  the- 
Sunday  school.  No  better  commentary  can  ■ 
be  offered  upon  the  character  of  Colonel  Coit 
that  the  following"  resolutions,  which  were 
unanimously  passed  at  a  meeting  of  the  board  1 


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of   directors   of   the    Chelsea   Savings   Bank, 
held  July  5,  1878; 

"Resolved,  That  in  the  recent  sudden  death  of 
Colonel  Charles  M.  Coit,  our  secretary  and  treasurer, 
this  bank  has  suffered  the  greatest  loss  which  it  has 
ever  been  called  upon  to  bear.  We  have  lost  one 
who  has  been  identified  with  the  bank  for  nearly 
twenty  years,  in  whose  sound  judgment  and  business 
capacity  we  have  always  had  the  greatest  confidence, 
one  Avhose  integrity,  both  in  thought  and  deed,  was 
such  that  it  seems  impossible  to  replace  him. 

"Resolved,  That  in  Colonel  Coit's  death  this  com- 
munity suffers  the  loss  of  one  who,  having  passed  his 
entire  life  among  them,  except  that  portion  given  to 
his  country,  had  gained  their  confidence,  respect  and 
love  to  a  very  unusual  degree.  As  a  citizen,  a  patriot 
soldier,  and  a  public  officer,  he  has  always  shown 
those  qualities  of  mind  and  heart  which  endeared 
him  to  all  who  were  brought  in  contact  with  him. 
Though  cut  off  in  his  prime,  the  example  of  such  a 
life  is  of  incalculable  value  to  the  community.  Early 
professing  his  love  for  Christ,  Colonel  Coit  exhibited, 
through  the  pleasures  of  youth,  the  trials  and  tempta- 
tions of  army  life  and  the  cares  of  business,  such  a 
sincere,  unostentatious,  but  decided  Christian,  spirit 
as  left  no  room  for  question  or  cavil.  His  unswerv- 
ing allegiance  to  his  God  controlled  all  his  life,  and 
has,  we  believe,  won  for  him  at  the  judgment  on  high 
the  same  verdict  so  heartily  given  by  all  who  knew 
him  here.    'Well  done,  good  and  faithful  servant.' " 

Colonel  Coit  married,  June  18,  1872,  Mary 
B.  Hillard.  Children:  i.  Oiarles,  born  at 
Norwich.  March  28,  1873;  was  graduated 
from  Yale  University  in  the  class  of  1896. 
He  at  once  became  interested  in  railroad  work, 
with  which  he  has  been  identified  since  that 
time.  His  first  position  was  in  the  general 
offices  of  the  New  York  Central  and  Hudson 
River  Railroad  Company,  in  New  York  city, 
and  while  with  them  he  accepted  a  position 
with  the  Honduras  Syndicate,  which  had  been 
organized  chiefly  for  the  construction  of  a 
railroad  in  Honduras.  The  Spanish-American 
war  interfered  with  the  process  of  this  work 
to  such  an  extent  that  Mr.  Coit  returned  to 
this  country  during  the  summer  of  1898. 
Shortly  afterward  he  formed  a  connection 
with  the  Great  Northern  Railway  Company, 
whom  he  served  at  various  points,  and  is  now 
employed  on  the  Panama  Railroad,  on  the 
Isthmus  of  Panama.  He  married,  in  Balti- 
more, Maryland,,  November  25,  1908,  Evelyn 
H.  Joynes,  of  that  city.  2.  Augustus,  born 
in  Norwich,  April  29,  1876,  died  March  22, 
1909.  He  was  graduated  from  the  Sheffield 
Scientific  School  of  Yale  University  in  1897 
with  high  honors,  and  was  elected  to  member- 
ship in  Sigma  Xi.  His  first  business  position 
was  in  the  office  of  the  superintendent  of  the 
Norwich  and  Worcester  division  of  the  New 
York,  New  Haven  and  Hartford  Railroad, 
at  Norwich,  and  in  1899  he  became  connected 
with  the  Uncas  National  Bank,  of  Norwich, 
holding  the  position  of  assistant  cashier  at  the 
time  of  his  death. 


George  Douglas  Coit,  member  of  a 

COIT     distinguished  family  in  Connecticut, 

was  a  brother  of  Colonel  Charles 

Morgan  Coit,  a  sketch  of  whom,  containing 

the   ancestral  history  of  the  family,  precedes 

this  in  the  work. 

George  Douglas  Coit  was  born  in  Norwich, 
Connecticut,  January  2,  1845,  died  October  4, 
igo6.  He  was  a  student  at  Yale  College,  and 
was  graduated  from  the  Sheffield  Scientific 
School  with  the  class  of  1866.  He  was  ap- 
pointed to  the  position  of  assistant  secretary 
in  the  Norwich  Fire  Insurance  Company,  but, 
early  in  1868,  impaired  health  obliged  him  to 
refrain  from  all  business  interests  for  the 
period  of  one  year.  In  the  fall  of  1869  the 
Dime  Savings  Bank  had  just  been  organized, 
and  the  position  of  treasurer  was  offered  to 
Mr.  Coit  and  accepted  by  him.  Under  his 
able  management  the  deposits  at  this  institu- 
tion had  aggregated  about  one  million  and 
a  quarter  by  July,  1878,  when,  upon  the  death 
of  his  brother,  Colonel  Charles  M.  Coit,  he 
became  his  successor  as  treasurer  of  the  Chel- 
sea Savings  Bank,  a  position  he  retained  until 
his  death.  Mr.  Coit  was  never  desirous  of 
holding  public  office,  although  opportunities 
to  do  so  were  not  lacking.  In  financial  and 
religious  circles  he  filled  many  offices  of  trust 
and  responsibility,  notably  as  executor  and 
trustee  of  a  number  of  large  estates.  He  was 
connected  as  director  with  a  number  of  manu- 
facturing interests,  and  served  as  treasurer 
for  the  Otis  Librarj^,  the  City  Missionary  So- 
ciety, the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association, 
and  the  chapel  and  other  organizations  at  his 
summer  home.  Eastern  Point.  The  church 
and  Sunday  school  enjoyed  the  benefits  of  his 
active  labors  in  their  interests.  In  his  asso- 
ciation with  the  Second  Congregational 
Church  he  had  filled,  at  various  times,  all  the 
offices  in  its  jurisdiction,  until  compelled  by 
ill  health  to  resign  these  duties.  At  this  time 
the  superintendency  of  the  Sunday  school  had 
been  in  the  hands  of  three  members  for  more 
than  fort}--five  years  continuously.  He  suc- 
ceeded his  uncle.  Deacon  George  Coit,  as  dea- 
con of  the  church,  but  failing  health  necessi- 
tated his  declining  re-election  in  1889.  Mr. 
Coit  married,  1870,  Frances  Henrietta,  daugh- 
ter of  Professor  James  Dwight  Dana,  who 
married,  June  5.  1844,  Henrietta,  daughter  of 
Professor  Benjamin  and  Harriet  (Trumbull) 
Silliman.  By  this  marriage  Mr.  Coit  became 
connected  with  the  Backus,  Huntington, 
Trumbull,  Dana  and  Silliman  families.  Chil- 
dren of  George  Douglas  Coit :  George  Gros- 
venor,  born  September  29,  1873,  died  October 
4,  1885  ;  a  son,  born  November  4,  1875,  died 
November    7,    1875 ;    Helen   Grosvenor,   born 


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February  9,  1879,  died  January  27,  1880; 
James  Dana,  born  December  5,  1880;  received 
his  preparatory  education  at  Holbrook's  j\Iili- 
tary  Academy,  at  Sing  Sing  on  the  Hudson, 
and  matriculated  at  the  Sheffield  Scientific 
School  of  Yale  University  in  1900.  His  eye- 
sight having  become  impaired,  he  was  obliged 
to  abandon  his  studies  during  his  second  year 
in  the  university,  accepted  a  position  in  the 
Merchants'  National  Bank  in  Norwich,  and 
has  been  a  clerk  in  the  Chelsea  Savings  Bank 
since  1907,  and  resides  in  that  town.  He 
married,  May  9,  1906,  Emily  H.,  daughter  of 
Charles  Turnbull,  of  Baltimore, Maryland. 

(The  Huntington  Line). 

(I)  Simon  Huntington,  who  was  born  in 
England,  married  there  Margaret  Baret,  of 
Norwich,  England,  and  died  of  smallpox  while 
on  his  way  to  this  country,  his  body  being  con- 
signed to  the  ocean.  The  Rev.  John  Eliot, 
pastor  of  the  church  at  Roxbury,  Massachu- 
setts, recorded  as  follows :  "Margaret  Hunt- 
ington, widow,  came  in  1633.  Her  husband 
died  by  the  way  of  smallpox.  She  brought 
children  with  her."  She  married,  1635-36, 
Thomas  Stoughton,  of  Dorchester,  Massachu- 
setts, and  removed  to  Windsor,  Connecticut, 
where  her  husband  was  a  deputy  several  times 
from  that  town  to  the  general  court,  and  prom- 
inent in  all  public  affairs.  Children  of  Si- 
inon  and  Margaret  (Baret)  Huntington: 
William,  Thomas,   Christopher,    Simon,  Ann. 

(H)  Deacon  Simon  (2)  Huntington,  son 
of  Simon  (i)  and  Margaret  (Baret)  Hunt- 
ington, was  born  in  England  about  1629,  died 
in  Norwich,  Connecticut,  June  28,  1706.  With 
his  brother  Christopher  he  migrated  to  Say- 
brook,  whence  in  1660  he  joined  the  Norwich 
■colonists,  and  became  one  of  the  most  im- 
portant men  in  the  management  of  the  affairs, 
both  secular  and  spiritual,  of  the  colony. 
Shortly  after  his  advent  in  the  colony  he  was 
chosen  as  deacon  of  the  church  of  Mr.  Fitch, 
serving  in  this  office  until  the  infirmities  of 
old  age  compelled  him  to  resign  from  these 
■duties  in  1696,  when  he  was  succeeded  by  his 
son.  He  was  a  large  land-owner  and  a  man 
of  enterprise,  and  represented  Norwich  at  the 
general  court  in  1674  and  1685.  Deacon  Si- 
mon Huntington  married,  in  Saybrook,  Octo- 
ber, 1653,  Sarah,  born  1633,  died  1721,  daugh- 
ter of  John  (or  Joseph)  Clark,  of  Windsor, 
later  of  Saybrook.  Children:  i.  Sarah,  born 
in  Saybrook,  August,  1654,  married  in  Nor- 
wich, November  23,  1676.  Dr.  Solomon  Tracy, 
and  died  in  1683.  2.  Mary,  born  August, 
1657,  in  Saybrook,  married  a  Mr.  Forbes,  of 
Pre.ston.  3.  Simon,  see  forward.  4.  Joseph, 
born  in  Norwich,  September,   1661,  died  De- 


cember 29,  1747.  He  located  at  Windsor  in 
1687,  and  in  1729,  was  chosen  deacon  of  the 
church.  He  married  Rebecca  Adgate.  5. 
Elizabeth,  born  February,  1664,  died  in  in- 
fancy. 6.  Samuel,  born  March  i,  1665.  7. 
Elizabeth,  October  6,  1669.  married  Joseph 
Backus.  8.  Nathaniel,  born  July,  1672,  died 
young.  9.  Daniel,  born  March  13,  1675  or 
1676,  married  (first)  Abigail  Bingham, 
(second)  Rachel  Wolcott,  of  Windham.  10. 
James,  born  May  18,  1680,  died  in  Norwich, 
where  he  attained  prominence,  September  3, 
1727.     He  married  Priscilla  ]\Iiller. 

(HI)  Deacon  Simon  (3)  Huntington,  eld- 
est son  and  third  child  of  Deacon  Simon  (2) 
and  Sarah  (Clark)  Huntington,  was  born  in 
Saybrook,  February  6,  1659,  died  November 
2,  1736.  He  succeeded  his  father  as  deacon 
in  the  church  in  1696,  and  served  capably  in 
many  of  the  most  important  offices  of  the  town 
of  Norwich.  He  married,  Norwich,  October 
8,  1683,  Lydia,  born  August,  1663,  died  Au- 
gust 8,  1737,  daughter  of  John  Gager. 

(IV)  Joshua,  son  of  Deacon  Simon  (3) 
and  Lydia  (Gager)  Huntington,  was  born  in 
Norwich,  December  30,  1698,  died  August  26, 
1745.  His  business  ability  was  of  a  very  high 
order,  and  he  laid  the  foundation  of  the  wealth 
which  gave  the  family  such  prestige  at  the 
beginning  of  the  revolutionary  war.  He  and 
his  wife  were  admitted  to  the  church  in  1727. 
He  married,  October  16,  1718,  Hannah,  born 
1701,  died  1745,  daughter  of  Jabez  and  Han- 
nah  (Lathrop)   Perkins. 

(A'")  General  Jabez  Huntington,  son  of 
Joshua  and  Hannah  (Perkins)  Huntington, 
was  born  August  7,  1719.  He  was  graduated 
from  Yale  College  in  1741  and  united  with 
the  church  the  same  year.  He  was  elected  a 
member  of  the  general  assembly  of  Connec- 
ticut in  1750,  represented  his  native  town  in 
that  body  for  many  years,  and  frequently  acted 
as  presiding  officer  of  the  lower  house.  He 
engaged  in  the  West  India  trade  soon  after 
his  graduation  and  acquired  one  of  the  larg- 
est fortunes  of  the  times.  The  immense  num- 
ber of  ships  of  which  he  was  the  owner  were 
cheerfully  sacrificed  on  the  altar  of  patriotism 
when  hostilities  broke  out  with  the  mother 
country,  and  he  was  a  most  active  member 
of  the  committee  of  safety  during  the  war. 
He  was  appointed  one  of  the  two  major-gen- 
erals from  Connecticut  in  1776  for  the  mili- 
tia, and.  upon  the  death  of  David  Wooster, 
the  other  appointee,  Mr.  Huntington  was  ap- 
pointed major-general  over  the  entire  militia 
of  Connecticut.  He  and  his  family  made 
enormous  sacrifices  in  the  cause  of  the  revolu- 
tion, and  at  the  time  of  the  Norwich  bicen- 
tennial celebration  these  words  occur  in  Gil- 


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man's  oration :  "If  the  annals  of  the  revolu- 
tion record  the  name  of  any  family  which  con- 
tributed more  to  that  great  struggle,  I  have 
yet  to  learn  it".  General  Huntington  mar- 
ried (first)  January  20,  1741-42,  Elizabeth, 
born  February  21,  1721,  died  July  i,  1745, 
daughter  of  Samuel  and  Elizabeth  (Tracy) 
Backus.  He  married  (second)  July  10,  1746, 
Hannah  Williams,  of  Pomfret,  born  July  23, 
1726.  Children:  Jedediah,  see  forward; 
Andrew  ;  Joshua ;  Ebenezer ;  Elizabeth  ;  Mary  ; 
Zachariah. 

(VI)  General  Jedediah  Huntington,  son  of 
General  Jabez  and  Elizabeth  (Backus)  Hunt- 
ington, was  born  August  4,  1743,  died  Sep- 
tember 25,  1818,  at  New  London,  whei'e  his 
remains  were  at  first  interred,  but  later  re- 
moved to  the  family  tomb  at  Norwich.  He 
was  graduated  from  Harvard  College  with 
honor  in  1763,  and  Yale  College  conferred 
the  master's  degree  upon  him  in  1770.  Upon 
the  conclusion  of  his  studies  he  became  asso- 
ciated with  his  father  in  the  latter's  mercan- 
tile enterprises  until  the  beginning  of  the 
revolutionary  war.  His  military  record  is  so 
closely  and  so  brilliantly  interwoven  with  the 
history  of  this  struggle  that  a  record  of  one 
is  practically  a  record  of  the  other.  He  was 
especially  recomm.ended  for  promotion  by 
Washington,  and  was  a  member  of  the  com- 
mittee which  drafted  a  plan  of  organization 
resulting  in  the  constitution  of  the  Society 
of  the  Cincinnati.  Upon  his  return  to  Nor- 
wich General  Huntington  resumed  his  busi- 
ness operations,  was  chosen  sheriff  of  the 
county,  treasurer  of  the  state,  and  delegate 
to  the  convention  which  adopted  the  consti- 
tution of  the  United  States.  In  1789  he  was 
appointed  by  President  Washington  collector 
of  the  customs  of  New  London,  retained  this 
office  under  four  administrations,  and  resigned 
a  .short  time  prior  to  his  death.  He  made  a 
public  profession  of  religion  when  twenty- 
three  years  of  age,  and  throughout  his  life  was 
a  most  active  supporter  of  the  church's  inter- 
ests. General  Huntington  married  (first) 
Faith,  daughter  of  Governor  Jonathan  and 
Faith  (Robinson)  Trumbull.  She  died  at 
Dedham,  Massachusetts,  on  her  way  to  camp, 
December,  1775,  leaving  one  son.  He  mar- 
ried (second)  Ann,  daughter  of  Thomas 
Moore,  who  had  seven  children  and  survived 
her  husband. 

(The  Trutnbull  Line). 
(I)  John  Trumbull,  immigrant  ancestor  of 
this  family,  was  a  cooper,  and  came  to  New 
England  from  Newcastle-on-Tyne.  He  set- 
tled at  Rowley,  Massachusetts,  in  1640,  and 
filled  the  offices  of  town  clerk  and  schoolmas- 


ter. He  married,  in  England,  1635,  Ellinor 
Chandler,  and  brought  his  wife  and  a  son, 
John,  with  him.  Children :  I'eriah,  born  in 
1637,   died  in  infancy;  John,  see  forward. 

(II)  John  (2),  youngest  child  of  John  (i) 
and  Ellinor  (Chandler)  Trumbull,  was  born 
1639,  died  1690.  He  married  Deborah  Jackson. 
Children:  i.  John,  born  1670,  died  1751 ; 
married  Elizabeth  Winchell ;  removed  to  Suf- 
field,  Connecticut.  2.  Hannah,  1673.  3. 
Mary,  1675,  married  Captain  Job  Ellsworth. 
4.  Joseph,  see  forward.  5.  Ammi,  1681,  re- 
moved to  East  Windsor;  married  Ann  Burn- 
ham.     6.   Benoni,   1684,  removed  to   Hebron. 

(III)  Joseph,  second  son  and  fourth  child 
of  John  (2)  and  Deborah  (Jackson)  Trum- 
bull, was  born  1678,  removed  to  Lebanon, - 
Connecticut,  and  died  June  16,  1755.  He  mar- 
ried, August  31,  1704,  Hannah  Higley,  born 
at  Windsor,  April  22,  1683,  died  November 
8,  1768.  Children:  i.  Joseph,  born  March 
27,  1705,  died  1732;  married,  November  20, 
1727,  Sarah  Bulkley.  2.  Jonathan,  see  for- 
ward. 3.  Mary,  born  August  21,  171 3.  4. 
Plannah,  1715,  died  young.  5.  Hannah,  Sep- 
tember 18,  1717.  6.  Abigail,  March  6,  1719. 
7.  David,  September  8,  1723,  died  July  9, 
1740. 

(IV)  Governor  Jonathan  Trumbull,  second 
son  and  child  of  Joseph  and  Hannah  (Hig- 
ley) Trumbull,  was  born  October  12,  1710, 
died  August  17,  1785.  He  was  graduated 
with  honor  from  Harvard  College  at  the  age 
of  seventeen  years,  having  acquired  an  es- 
pecial proficiency  in  the  Hebrew  language. 
He  commenced  the  study  of  theology  under 
the  Rev.  Solomon  Williams,  of  Lebanon,  be- 
came a  dul}'  licensed  clergyman,  and,  at  the 
time  of  the  death  of  his  brother  Joseph,  had 
received  a  call  to  the  church  in  Colchester. 
This  death  changed  the  plans  made  for  his 
future  life  by  his  father,  and  his  business  and 
public  life  began  with  the  following  year. 
His  rise  in  public  life  was  a  constant  and 
successful  one,  and  is  a  matter  of  history 
which  it  is  unnecessary  to  give  in  detail  here. 
His  relations  with  Washington  were  of  so 
confidential  a  nature  that  Connecticut  tradi- 
tion has  it  that  the  origin  of  the  popular  name 
of  the  American  people  arose  from  a  remark 
of  Washington,  when  in  need  of  supplies  of 
any  nature  or  counsel  during  the  days  of  trib- 
ulation of  the  war,  "We  must  consult  bro- 
ther Jonathan."  Governor  Trumbull  married, 
December  9,  1735,  Faith,  daughter  of  Rev. 
John  Robinson,  of  Duxbury,  Massachusetts. 
She  was  a  lineal  descendant  of  John  Alden, 
the  pilgrim,  and  is  said  to  have  been  a  lineal 
descendant  of  John  Robinson,  of  Peyden,  the 
Puritan  leader,  but  this  latter  statement  has 


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no  proofs  to  substantiate  it.  Children :  i . 
Joseph,  born  March  ii,  1737,  died  July  23, 
1778;  married,  March,  1777,  Amelia  IDyer. 
2.  Jonathan,  see  forward.  3.  Faith,  January 
25,  1743,  died  November  24,  1775;  married 
General  Jedediah  Pluntington.  4.  Mary,  July 
16,  1745,  died  February  9,  1831 ;  married, 
February  14,  1771,  William  Williams,  one  of 
the  signers  of  the  Declaration  of  Indepen- 
dence. 5.  David,  February  5,  1751-52,  died 
January  17,  1822;  married,  December  6,  1778, 
Sarah  Backus,  born  February  7,  1760,  died 
June  2,  1846.  6.  John,  June  6,  1756,  died 
November  10,    1843  ■  married   in  London. 

(V)  Jonathan  (2),  second  son  and  child 
of  Governor  Jonathan  (i),  and  Faith  (Rob- 
inson) Trumbull,  was  born  March  26,  1740, 
died  August  7,  1809.  He  was  graduated  from 
Harvard  College  with  honors  in  1759.  At  the 
time  of  the  beginning  of  the  revolutionary 
war  he  was  serving  as  a  deputy  from  Lebanon 
to  the  general  assembly  of  Connecticut,  and 
in  1775  was  appointed  deputy  paymaster-gen- 
eral for  the  northern  department  of  the  army, 
an  office  he  filled  until  the  close  of  the  north- 
ern campaign.  He  was  obliged  to  retire  from 
the  army  for  a  time  on  the  death  of  his  broth- 
er Joseph,  in  order  to  settle  up  the  latter's 
estate,  and  during  this  time  was  re-elected  as 
a  deputy  to  the  general  assembly.  While 
presenting  his  brother's  accounts  to  the  con- 
tinental congress,  at  Philadelphia,  his  finan- 
cial ability  was  conceded  to  be  so  remarkable 
that  he  was  appointed  comptroller  of  the  treas- 
ury, a  position  which  placed  him  at  the  head 
of  the  treasury  department.  The  department 
was  reorganized  the  following  year  and  he 
was  made  one  of  a  committee  of  five  to 
control  it.  In  1780  he  was  appointed 
secretary  and  first  aide  to  General  Wash- 
ington, a  position  which  kept  him  in  close 
and  constant  touch  with  that  eminent 
man,  and  he  was  present  at  the  surrender  of 
Cornwallis.  He  was  again  elected  as  a  deputy 
to  the  general  assembly  in  1788,  and  became 
speaker  of  the  house  of  representatives.  In 
1789  he  represented  Connecticut  in  the  first 
congress  of  the  United  States  under  the  con- 
.stitution,  in  1791  was  made  speaker  of  the 
house  of  representatives  of  that  body,  and  in 
1794  was  elected  a  senator  in  the  congress  of 
the  United  States.  Fie  resigned  his  seat  in 
the  senate  when  he  was  elected  lieutenant- 
governor  of  his  native  state,  in  1796,  and 
was  elected  governor  in  1798,  upon  the  death 
of  Governor  Oliver  Wolcott,  an  office  he 
filled  by  successive  re-elections  until  his  death. 
Few  men  of  his  day  studied  more  closelv  the 
public  questions  of  the  hour,  and  his  perfect 
mastery  of  the  subjects  under  his  considera- 


tion enabled  him  to  give  a  clear  and  decisive 
expression  to  his  views.  In  manner  he  was 
simple  and  unaffected,  and  even  during  the 
most  heated  political  campaign  his  private 
character  was  never  subjected  to  attack,  but 
the  criticism  was  always  directed  against  the 
measures  he  championed.  Governor  Trum- 
bull married,  March  26,  1767,  Eunice  Backus. 
Children:  Jonathan,  born  December  24,  1767, 
died  young;  Faith,  February  i,  1769,  mar- 
ried Daniel  Wadsworth,  of  Hartford;  Mary, 
December  27,  1777,  died  young;  Harriet,  see 
forward;  Maria,  February  14,  1785,  mar- 
ried Henry  Hudson,  of  Hartford. 

(VI)  Harriet,  third  daughter  and  fourth 
child  of  Governor  Jonathan  (2)  and  Eunice 
(Backus)  Trumbull,  was  born  September  2, 
1783,  married,  September  17,  1809,  Professor 
Benjamin    Silliman,  of   Yale   College. 

(VII)  Henrietta,  daughter  of  Professor 
Benjamin  and  Harriet  (Trumbull)  Silliman, 
married,  June  5,  1844,  Professor  James 
Dwight  Dana.  They  had  six  children,  of 
whom   four  are  now  living. 

(VIII)  Frances  Henrietta,  daughter  of 
Professor  James  Dwight  and  Henrietta  (Sil- 
liman) Dana,  married  George  Douglas  Coit 
(see  Coit). 


It  is  supposed  that  Edward 
SHEPARD  Shepard  came  from  England, 
but  no  mention  is  found  of 
him  previous  to  his  appearance  in  New  Eng- 
land, nor  has  any  connection  been  found  be- 
tween him  and  some  half  dozen  other  Shep- 
ards  who  came  to  this  country  about  the  same 
time.  There  is  no  record  of  his  marriage, 
but  Violet  Shepard  died  January  9,  1648-49. 
The  daughter  of  Mary  Pond  married  John 
Blackman,  and  their  first  child  was  born  Au- 
gust 10,  1656.  It  is  very  likely,  therefore, 
that  Mrs.  Mary  Pond  lived  at  Cambridge  be- 
fore her  marriage  with  Edward  Shepard,  as 
her  first  husband,  Robert  Pond,  died  in  1637. 
Daniel  Pond,  who  married  Abigail  Shepard, 
was  probably  her  son,  and  she  must  have 
brought  other  children  with  her  to  Cam- 
bridge. Edward  Shepard's  name,  and  that  of 
his  son,  John  Shepard,  appears  in  the  town 
and  county  records  in  various  places  until 
1680-81,  when  his  will  was  proved  August 
20,  1680.  and  John  sold  the  homestead,  Sep- 
tember 18,  1 68 1,  to  Owen  Warland.  That 
he  was  a  mariner  appears  from  his  own 
assertion  in  deeds  and  in  his  will.  The  exac*- 
date  of  his  death  is  not  known.  Child'-en : 
John,  born  1627,  mentioned  below;  Eliz 
1629;  Abigail,  163 1  ;  Deborah,  1633; 
t6^6.  There  is  no  record  of  any  ..jren 
by  Mary  Pond. 


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(II)  John,  son  of  Edward  Shepard,  was 
born  in  England  in  1627.  He  married  (first) 
October  i,  1649,  Rebecca,  daughter  of  Samuel 
Greenhill.  She  died  December  22,  1689.  He 
married  (second)  Susannah,  widow  of  Wil- 
liain  Goodwin  Sr.,  of  Hartford.  He  made  a 
marriage  contract  with  her  dated  August  3, 
1691.  William  Goodwin  died  October  15, 
1689.  His  wife's  will,  dated  March  7,  1698, 
mentioning  three  children  by  name  of  Good- 
win, was  proved  April  14,  1698.  William 
Goodwin  and  John  Pratt  were  appointed  ad- 
ministrators. He  married  (third)  September 
8,  1698,  Martha,  widow  of  John  Henbury, 
who  survived  him.  John  Henbury  was  bur- 
ied August  I,  1687.  John  Shepard  died  June 
12,  1707.  He  was  made  a  freeman  at  Cam- 
bridge, May  22,  1650.  It  is  supposed  that 
he  moved  to  Hartford  after  the  birth  of 
Thomas  in  1666,  as  this  is  the  last  birth 
record  at  Cambridge.  The  first  mention  of 
him  in  Hartford  is  found  in  1654.  Hinman 
says  that  he  was  "a  man  of  consequence  in 
the  colony."  He  was  known  as  Sergeant 
John  Shepard.  He  lived  in  Hartford  on  what 
is  now  known  as  Lafayette  street,  just  south 
of  the  new  State  House,  and  owned  lands  to 
the  Wethersfield  bounds.  Children,  all  by 
first  wife:.  Rebecca,  born  1650;  John,  Janu- 
ary 22,  1653;  Sarah,  March  5,  1656;  Violet; 
Elizabeth,  1660;  Edward,  July  31,  1662, 
mentioned  below;  Samuel,  1664;  Thomas, 
November  12,  1666;  Deborah;  Abigail; 
Hannah. 

(III)  Edward  (2),  son  of  John  Shepard, 
was  born  July  31,  1662,  died  September  9, 
171 1.  He  resided  at  Middletown,  and  was 
deputy  to  the  general  court,  1710-11.  He 
married,  April  14,  1687,  Abigail,  born  July 
10,  1666,  died  October  16,  1719,  daughter  of 
John  and  Elizabeth  Savage.  Children :  John, 
born  February  19,  1688,  mentioned  below; 
Edward,  December  18,  1689;  Samuel,  April 
18,  1692. 

(IV)  John  (2),  son  of  Edward  (2)  Shep- 
ard, was  born  February  19,  1688.  He  mar- 
ried, February  17,  1720,  Sarah,  born  Septem- 
ber 8,  1692,  daughter  of  John  and  Elizabeth 
(White)  Clarke,  of  Middletown.  Children: 
John,  born  January  19,  1722;  Daniel,  Septem- 
ber 16,  1723,  mentioned  below;  Abigail,  Octo- 
ber 23,  1726;  Sarah,  December  10,  1727; 
Elizabeth,  July  23,  1729;  Thomas,  July  20, 
1731 ;  Hannah,  April  26,  1734;  Elisha,  Sep- 
tember 30,   1736. 

(V)  Daniel,  son  of  John  (2)  Shepard,  was 
born  September  16,  1723,  died  at  Portland, 
August  22,  1798.  He  lived  at  Chatham,  Con- 
necticut. He  married  (first)  June  30,  1749, 
Sarah  Cornwall,  who  died  January  10,   1773. 


He  married  (second)  October  17,  1773, 
Widow  Grace  Savage.  Children,  by  first 
wife:  William,  born  August  30,  1750;  Eliza- 
beth, August  I,  1752;  Daniel,  March  2,  1754, 
mentioned  below;  Sarah,  November  30,  1756; 
Mary,  January  30,  1758;  Reuben,  August  13, 
1760:  Rachel,  March  19,  1763;  William,  Feb- 
ruary 19,  1765  ;  Elizabeth,  February  15,  1767; 
Andrew,  December  15,  1768;  Samuel,  Novem- 
ber 19,  1772.  Children,  by  second  wife :  Lucy, 
August  I,  1774;  Nathaniel,  September  7, 
1776;  Esther;  Jonathan;  Ruth,  November  2, 
1788. 

(VI)  Daniel  (2),  son  of  Daniel  (i)  Shep- 
ard, was  born  at  Chatham,  now  Portland, 
March  2,  1754,  died  there  October  24,  1850, 
at  the  great  age  of  ninety-seven. 

(VII)  Erastus,  son  of  Daniel  (2)  Shep- 
ard, was  born  at  Portland,  in  1791,  died  there 
September  15,  1843.  He  married  (first) 
Monor,  daughter  of  Luther  Goodrich,  of 
Chatham.  She  died  in  1832,  and  'he  married 
(second)  Desire,  daughter  of  Samuel  Wil- 
cox. Children,  born  at  Chatham,  now  Port- 
land:  Emily,  1812;  Edward,  1814;  Edward, 
1816;  Delia  L.,  1818;  Nelson,  mentioned  be- 
low; Maria,  1824.  Child  of  second  wife: 
Henry   S.,   September  13,   1833. 

(VIII)  Nelson,  son  of  Erastus  Shepard, 
was  born  at  Portland,  December  25,  1820. 
He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  his 
native  town.  He  inherited  from  his  father 
sixty  acres  of  land,  and  in  1856  built  a 
new  house  on  the  site  of  the  old  one.  About 
this  time  he  began  to  raise  tobacco,  and  was 
very  successful  in  the  venture,  acquiring  a 
comfortable  fortune.  He  was  a  prominent 
citizen,  and  was  for  many  years  active  and  in- 
fluential in  public  affairs.  He  was  for  three 
years  county  commissioner,  selectman  of  the 
town  three  years,  and  for  a  time  represented 
Portland  in  the  general  assembly.  He  was 
a  vestryman  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal 
church  of  Glastonbury.  He  was  a  stockhol- 
der in  the  Middlesex  Quarry  Company,  trus- 
tee of  the  Freestone  Savings  Bank,  and  di- 
rector and  vice-president  of  the  National 
Bank  of  Portland.  He  married,  in  Novem- 
ber, 1844,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Noah  Try- 
on.  Children,  born  at  Portland:  i.  Gertrude 
Elizabeth,  May  29,  1848;  married,  Novem- 
ber 3,  1869,  Henry  Cromwell,  who  served 
with  credit  through  the  civil  war  in  the 
Twentieth    Connecticut    Volunteer    Infantry. 

2.  Isabella  Leland,  November  11,  1850;  mar- 
ried. May  14,  1880,  Erastus  Hubbard  Crosby. 

3.  Lizzie  A.,  October  30,  1853 ;  died  July  7, 
1856.  4.  Carrie  E.,  November  10,  1857;  died 
February  7,  1870.  5.  Andrew  Nelson,  men- 
tioned below. 


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(IX)  Colonel  Andrew  Nelson,  son  of  Nel- 
son Shepard,  was  born  at  Portland,  May  5, 
1862.  He  attended  the  public  schools,  the 
Glastonbury  Academy  and  the  Cheshire  Mili- 
tary Academy  under  the  principalship  of  Dr. 
Horton.  During  his  boyhood  he  worked  on 
his  father's  farm  when  not  in  school,  and 
since  1888  has  been  engaged  in  growing  to- 
bacco on  a  large  scale.  He  is  one  of  the 
most  progressive,  scientific  and  successful 
farmers  in  the  state.  He  has  a  large  plant 
for  housing,  packing  and  dealing  in  tobacco 
at  Portland.  Colonel  Shepard  has  been  dis- 
tinguished also  in  public  life.  He  was  auditor 
of  the  town  of  Portland  from  1883  to  1893; 
member  of  the  board  of  relief  from  1899  to 
1909;  represented  the  town  in  the  general  as- 
sembly in  1901 ;  served  on  the  house  commit- 
tee on  appropriations;  in  1907  was  elected  to 
the  state  senate  and  was  chairman  of  the  com- 
mittee on  humane  institutions.  In  politics  he 
is  a  Republican.  He  is  a  director  of  the  First 
National  Bank  and  trustee  of  the  Freestone 
Savings  Bank.  He  was  a  member  of  the  staff 
of  Governor  George  A.  Lilley,  and  when  the 
governor  died  and  was  succeeded  by  Lieuten- 
ant-Governor F.  B.  Weeks,  Colonel  Shepard 
was  reappointed  to  the  staff  with  the  rank  of 
colonel.  He  is  a  member  of  Warren  Lodge 
No.  52,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  of  Port- 
land; Washington  Chapter,  Royal  Arch  Ma- 
sons, of  Middletown;  Washington  Comman- 
dery,  Knights  Templar ;  Sphinx  Temple,  Mys- 
tic Shrine,  of  Hartford;  Freestone  Lodge, 
Odd  Fellows ;  Order  of  Elks ;  Ancient  Order 
of  United  Workmen,  and  the  Hartford  Club. 
He  is  a  vestryman  of  Trinity  Protestant  Epis- 
copal Church  of  Portland.  Colonel  Shepard 
is  fond  of  out-of-door  sports,  and  makes  an 
annual  hunting  trip  in  the  Maine  woods.  He 
married,  in  1889,  Harriet,  born  August,  1868, 
daughter  of  A.  B.  Stockwell,  of  Windsor 
Locks,  Connecticut.  Children :  Dorothea, 
born  Mary  13,  1891,  a  graduate  of  the  Bennett 
School,  Halcyon  Hah,  Millbrook,  New  York, 
in  the  class  of  1910,  with  the  degree  of  A.B. ; 
Nelson  A.,  November  i,  1897. 


Hon.  Hugh  Henry  Osgood 
OSGOOD     (deceased),    for   a    number   of 

years  one  of  the  leading  drug- 
gists of  the  state  of  Connecticut,  at  the  time 
of  his  death  president  of  the  Norwich  Drug- 
gists Association,  and  associated  with  nu- 
merous other  enterprises,  commercial  and 
otherwise,  in  his  city,  county  and  state,  was 
one  of  the  most  progressive,  successful  and 
altogether  creditable  citizens  Norwich  has 
ever  had  the  honor  to  claim.  Perhaps  no  bet- 
ter  description  of  the  character  of  the  man 


could  be  given  than  that  which  appears  on 
the  tablet  at  the  entrance  to  the  beautiful 
parish  house  of  Park  Congregational  church, 
erected  to  his  memory :  "An  interested  and 
generous  member  of  Park  Congregational 
Church  from  its  organization ;  a  sincere  and 
earnest  Christian ;  a  public-spirited  citizen ;  a 
broad-minded  patriot ;  a  wise  counselor ;  a 
devoted  and  unselfish  friend ;  a  man"  of  noble 
powers,  nobly  used."  The  last  clause  is  the 
keynote  to  his  whole  life. 

Colonel  Osgood  was  born  October  10,  1821, 
in  Southbridge,  Massachusetts,  son  of  Arte- 
mas  and  Salonia  (Johnson)  Osgood,  and 
passed  his  earlier  years  at  his  native  place.  At 
the  age  of  ten  he  came  to  Norwich,  and  first 
lived  with  an  uncle,  but  his  parents  came 
hither  later,  from  Pomfret,  and  the  family 
resided  in  what  is  now  the  Young  block,  on 
Franklin  Square.  Mr.  Osgood's  early  am- 
bitions inclined  him  toward  the  drug  business, 
and  he  entered  the  employ  of  Samuel  Tyler 
&  Son  (afterwards  Tyler  &  Devotion),  who 
conducted  a  drug  store  in  a  small  wooden 
building  on  Water  street,  where  the  Tyler 
Building  now  stands.  In  March,  1842,  in 
company  with  his  uncle,  Dr.  Charles  Lee,  he 
opened  a  drug  store  under  the  firm  name  of 
Lee  &  Osgood,  occupying  the  room  later  used 
for  part  of  their  wholesale  business.  Dr. 
Lee  remained  as  a  member  of  their  firm  until 
his  death,  in  the  middle  sixties,  and  Mr.  Os- 
good continued  in  the  business  for  over  half 
a  century,  until  his  death,  October  22,  1899. 
The  concern  prospered  beyond  all  expecta- 
tion, in  time  requiring  two  large  buildings,, 
and  Mr.  Osgood  came  to  the  front  not  only  in 
that  line,  but  in  every  branch  of  commercial 
enterprise  in  his  section.  At  the  time  of  his 
death  he  was  president  of  the  Uncas  Paper 
Company,  the  Goodwin  Cork  Company,  the 
Dime  Savings  Bank,  and  the  Sterling  Dyeing 
and  Finishing  Company,  of  Sterling,  Connec- 
ticut. He  served  a  long  time  as  president  of 
the  Worcester  Thread  Company,  of  Worces- 
ter, Massachusetts,  and  the  Glasgo  Yarn 
Company,  of  Glasgo,  Connecticut,  until  they 
were  absorbed  by  the  American  Thread  Com- 
pany. He  served  a  long  time  as  president  of 
the  Norwich  Bleaching,  D}'eing  and  Printing 
Company,  and  when  it  was  merged  into  the 
United  States  Finishing  Company,  of  New 
York,  he  became  vice-president  of  the  new 
concern.  He  was  a  director  of  the  Thames 
National  Bank,  the  First  National  Bank,  the 
Ashland  Cotton  Company,  of  Jewett  City,  the 
Norwich  Gas  and  Electric  Company,  the  Yan- 
tic  Woolen  Company,  and  the  Richmond  Stove 
Company.  Ever  on  the  alert  to  advance  the 
interests  of  his  own  city,  he  was  one  of  the 


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early  promoters  of  the  Norzvich  Bulletin,  and 
acted  as  president  of  the  Bulletin  Association 
and  the  Bulletin  Company ;  he  was  one  of  the 
prime  movers  in  the  organization  of  the  Nor- 
wich Board  of  Trade,  was  the  first  president 
of  that  body,  and  never  lost  his  interest  in  it. 

Mr.  Osgood  was  equally  active  in  the  pub- 
lic life  of  the  community.  He  served  several 
terms  as  a  member  of  the  court  of  common 
council,  and  was  subseciuently  honored  with 
the  mayoralty  of  the  city,  serving  from  1875 
to  1876,  and'  from  1877  to  1886,  with  what 
satisfaction  may  be  best  judged  from  the 
length  of  his  term.  Whenever  he  consented 
to  run  he  was  elected  with  flattering  majori- 
ties, which  were  fully  explained  by  the  char- 
acter of  his  administration.  Many  public  im- 
provements were  inaugurated  and  carried 
through  while  he  was  in  office,  among  the 
most  important  being  a  sewer  system,  in  the 
central  part  of  the  city  and  the  introduction 
of  the  fire  alarm  telegraph.  He  was  always 
interested  in  the  fire  department.  When  the 
Wauregan  Steam  Fire  Engine  Company  was 
organized  his  name  headed  the  list,  and  he 
was  foreman  several  years,  and  always  a 
warm  friend  of  the  organization,  in  which 
he  retained  an  honorary  membership  until 
his  death.  Public  education  was  another 
matter  to  which  he  gave  especial  attention. 
He  was  a  fellow  of  the  corporation  of  the 
Norwich  Free  Academy,  and  for  over  forty 
years  served  as  treasurer  of  the  Center  school 
district. 

During  the  civil  war  Mr.  Osgood  was  an 
ardent  Union  man,  aided  in  raising  and  send- 
ing troops  to  the  front,  and  was  a  member 
and  on  the  executive  committee  of  the  Loyal 
League,  an  organization  formed  to  advance 
the  Union  cause.  While  William  A.  Buck- 
ingham was  governor  Mr.  Osgood  was  a 
member  of  his  staff,  ranking  as  colonel,  and 
was  the  only  one  on  the  staff  who  served 
through  the  governor's  entire  administration. 
He  was  a  promoter  of  the  organization  of 
the  Buckingham  Rifles.  His  political  alle- 
giance was  originally  given  to  the  Whig 
party,  and  he  joined  the  Republican  party 
at  its  organization,  being  ever  after  one  of 
its   staunchest  supporters. 

Socially  Mr.  Osgood  was  one  of  the  or- 
ganizers of  the  Kitemaug  Association,  of 
which  he  was  president :  was  a  charter  mem- 
ber of  the  Norwich  Club  and  held  membership 
in  the  Arcanum  Club.  Fraternally  he  stood 
high  in  Masonic  circles.  In  i860  he  joined 
Somerset  Lodge,  No.  34,  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons,  and  in  1872  became  a  charter  mem- 
ber oi  St.  James  Lodge,  No.  23,  Free  and 
Accepted    Masons ;    he    also    affiliated     with 


Franklin  Chapter,  No.  4,  Royal  Arch 
Masons;  Franklin  Council,  No.  3,  Royal  and 
Select  Masters ;  Columbian  Commandery, 
No.  4,  Knights  Templar;  and  all  of  the  Scot- 
tish rite  bodies.  He  was  one  of  the  trustees 
of  the  Masonic  Temple  corporation  bonds. 

Air.  Osgood's  religious  connection  was 
with  the  Park  Congregational  Church,  of 
which  he  was  one  of  the  constituent  members, 
and  he  served  for  years  as  chairman  of  the 
society's  committee.  He  attended  services 
regularly,  and  was  active  in  every  branch 
of  work  undertaken  by  the  congregation,  but 
was  particularly  interested  in  the  Parish 
House  Association,  organized  to  promote 
church  work  and  build  a  parish  house  to 
accommodate  the  needs  of  an  increasing 
membership,  and  afford  room  for  the  various 
entertainments  and  social  functions  of  the 
congregation.  In  February,  1895,  it  was 
voted  to  purchase  a  piece  of  land  south  of 
the  chapel,  which  had  been  offered  to  the 
association  for  $3,000.  Colonel  Osgood  pur- 
chased the  land  himself,  and  before  his  death 
deeded  it  to  the  association.  He  was  much 
interested  in  the  idea  of  having  this  needed 
building,  and  on  the  Easter  morning  after 
his  death  it  was  announced  that  Mrs.  Osgood 
would  make  a  gift  of  a  parish  house  in  mem- 
ory of  her  husband.  The  beautiful  building, 
complete  in  every  detail,  and  ample  for  every 
requirement,  was  dedicated  on  Sunday,  No- 
vember 2,  igo2,  and  is  a  fitting  memorial  to 
the  high  Christian  character  of  the  man  in 
whose  honor  it  was  reared.  It  is  the  most 
beautiful  structure  of  the  kind  in  eastern 
Connecticut.  Colonel  Osgood  was  interested 
in  all  benevolent  and  charitable  work,  was  a 
vice-president  of  the  Young  Men's  Christian 
Association,  a  member  of  the  advisory  com- 
mittee of  the  United  Workers,  and  for  two 
years  president  of  the  Norwich  City  Mission. 
In  all  these  organizations,  as,  indeed,  in_  every 
body  with  which  he  was  connected,  Mr.  Os- 
good was  a  power  for  good,  possessing  much 
influence  with  all  his  associates — the  result  of 
a  life  of  unimpeachable  integrity,  combined 
with  ability  of  a  high  order.  The  welfare  of 
his  employees  was  always  a  matter  of  con- 
cern to  him,  and  he  had  their  unbounded  con- 
fidence and  esteem;  the  same  might  be  said 
of  his  relations  with  his  patrons,  among 
whom  he  was  regarded  with  feelings  of  the 
utmost  respect.  He  was  often  chosen  to  act 
as^  chairman  in  such  positions,  his  remarks 
being  few  and  well  chosen-,  typical  of  his 
unassuming  and  retiring  disposition.  All  the 
honors  he  received  came  to  him  entirely  un- 
solicited, and  Dr.  Howe  expressed  the  gen- 
eral sentiment  when,   in  the  funeral  address. 


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he  said:  "No  office  in  his  reach  could  have 
brought  him  added  honor.  The  few  offices  of 
trust  and  responsibihty  which  his  fehow 
townsmen  thrust  upon  him  added  nothing  to 
the  name  he  won,  and  were  only  accepted  as 
the  means  of  rendering  his  city  a  needed 
service."  Such  was  the  impression  he  made 
upon  those  with  whom  he  daily  associated. 

On  June  23,  1892,  Mr.  Osgood  was  mar- 
ried, by  Rev.  Dr.  S.  H.  Howe,  to  Miss  Mary 
Ruth  Lee,  of  Manlius,  New  York,  who  sur- 
vives him.  He  was  also  survived  by  his  twin 
sister,  Miss  Jane  E.  Osgood  (now  deceased), 
and  several  nieces  and  nephews.  Mrs.  Os- 
good is  a  most  estimable  lady,  and,  like  her 
husband,  deeply  interested  in  works  of  a 
benevolent  and  charitable  nature.  She  has 
been  connected  with  the  W.  W.  Backus  Hos- 
pital since  it  was  established,  and  is  chairman 
of  the  advisory  committee  of  that  institution. 
Mrs.  Osgood  is  a  member  of  the  local  chapter 
of  the  Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution. 

On  October  7,  1899,  Mr.  Osgood  and  his 
wife  left  Norwich  for  Niagara  Falls,  where 
Mr.  Osgood  attended  the  national  convention 
of  wholesale  druggists.  On  the  return  trip 
he  was  taken  ill,  but,  not  regarding  his  cold 
as  serious,  proceeded  to  Manlius,  New  York, 
near  Syracuse,  where  JMrs.  Osgood  resided 
before  her  marriage.  There  he  was  again 
prostrated,  and  became  sick  with  pneumonia, 
which,  with  heart  failure,  caused  his  death, 
October  22.  His  health  had  not  been  good 
for  the  last  several  years.  The  death  of  a 
citizen  whose  interests  wei-e  so  numerous, 
whose  sympathies  were  so  wide,  caused  uni- 
versal grief  in  Norwich,  and  throughout  that 
part  of  the  state  in  general,  and  many  were 
the  expressions  of  sorrow  at  his  demise.  A 
number  of  prominent  citizens-met  the  remains 
at  the  depot,  and  all  honor  was  shown  to  one 
who  had  throughout  life  shown  himself 
worthy  and  highly  deserving.  During  the 
funeral  almost  every  place  of  business  in  the 
city  was  closed,  and  the  court  house  bell  was 
tolled  for  half  an  hour  at  noon  that  day — 
the  first  time  such  an  honor  was  ever  paid 
to  a  private  citizen.  There  were  many  other 
unusual  marks  of  respect.  At  the  funeral 
services  in  the  church  were  members  of  the 
city  and  town  government,  bank  officials,  and 
representatives  from  the  various  organiza- 
tions to  which  Mr.  Osgood  belonged,  and 
the  members  of  Sedgwick  Post,  No.  i.  Grand 
Army  of  the  Republic,  were  present  in  a  body, 
in  citizens'  dress.  Relatives,  friends,  neigh- 
"bors,  business  associates,  employes — all  came 
to  do  honor  to  the  memor}'  of  one  who  had 
ever  commanded  their  respect  and  affection, 
and  a  most  touching   address   was   delivered 


by  his  pastor.  Rev.  Dr.  Howe.  Among  the 
resolutions  of  sympathy  passed  by  the  organi- 
zations with  which  he  had  been  connected, 
Coolcy's  Weekly  of  Friday,  October  27,  1899, 
published  those  from  the  common  council,  the 
Norwich  Board  of  Trade,  Sedgwick  Post,  No. 
I,  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  the  Masonic 
Temple  Corporation,  Hugh  H.  Osgood  Lodge, 
Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  the 
Wauregan  Steam  Fire  Engine  Company, 
the  Dime  Savings  Bank,  the  Norwich 
Savings  Society,  the  Thames  National 
Bank,  the  First  National  Bank,  the  Norwich 
Drus  gists"  Association,  the  L'ncas  Paper 
Company  and  the  Crescent  Fire  Arms  Com- 
pany. A  few  extracts  from  these  will  not 
be  out  of  place  in  this  connection.  From  the 
Masonic  Temple  Corporation : 

While  Hon.  H.  H.  Osgood,  32d  degree,  was  not 
a  director,  nor  even  an  incorporator,  of  this  corpora- 
tion, it  is  felt  that  his  death  should  receive 
something  more  than  a  passing  notice  from  us.  In 
spite  of  the  almost  innumerable  interests,  public, 
corporate  or  private,  which  demanded  his  attention, 
he  took  a  deep  interest  in  the  formation  and  suc- 
cess of  this  corporation,  subscribing  liberally  for 
our  bonds,  willingly  consenting  to  act  as  trustee  for 
the  bondholders,  in  which  capacity  his  autograph 
appears  upon  all  the  bonds. 

He  was  ever  read\'  with  his  mature  judgment,  to 
give  us  the  benefit  of  his  vast  experience  at  the 
t!me  of  our  organization  and  later  in  the  conduct 
of  affairs,  and  the  success  which  has  attended  the 
corporation  was  a  source  of  deep  gratification  to 
him. 

It  is.  therefore  voted :  That  a  page  in  the  records 
of  this  corporation  be  set  apart  to  the  memory  of 
Hon.  Hugh  Henry  Osgood,  the  upright  citizen,  the 
incorruptible  public  official,  the  firm  and  devoted 
friend,  in  short  the  consistent  ^Nlason,  with  all  that 
is  implied  thereby. 
Official :  Arthur   H.    Brewer, 

Ch-\s.    B.     Chapman,  President. 

Secretary. 

The  Thames  National  Bank  : 

By  the  death  of  the  Hon.  Hugh  H.  Osgood  there 
is  lost  to  the  State  and  community  a  patriotic  and 
public-spirited  citizen  of  the  best  type,  to  our  busi- 
ness interests  an  example  of  enterprise,  thrift  and 
honorable  conduct  of  affairs,  to  the  poor  a  friend 
ever   sympathizing,    helpful   and   generous. 

Full  of  years  and  honors  he  has  gone  to  his  rest 
with  the  respect,  the  esteem  and  the  love  of  all  to 
whom  he  was  known.  No  man  has  been  more  widely 
identified  with  all  the  varied  interests  of  a  com- 
munity, with  its  political  and  social  life,  its  churches 
and  schools,  its  manufacturing,  mercantile  and 
financial  enterprises,  and  in  all  he  was  a  leader,  not 
by  reason  of  self  seeking,  but  by  the  common  con- 
sent of  his  fellows,  who  have  recognized  in  him  a 
superiority  in  wisdom,  in  self  control,  in  tact  and 
disinterestedness. 

Kindly  in  heart,  and  genial  in  bearing,  he  in- 
vited confidence  and  from  the  stores  of  his  large 
experience,  gave  counsel  to  the  inexperienced  or 
perplexed.  No  measure  for  the  public  welfare,  no 
plan  to  relieve  private  distress,  but  enlisted  his 
ready   sympathy  and  active  assistance. 

.Always  progressive  he  kept  pace  with  the  advance 


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of  the  age,  and  in  appreciation  of  every  material  im- 
provement in  social,  scientific  and  industrial  af- 
fairs he  was  as  one  entering  upon  a  career  and 
desirous  of  equipping  himself  with  the  best  instru- 
ments of  success.  Large  minded  and  far  seeing,  he 
wrought  for  the  best  interests  of  the  community  in 
which  he  lived,  and  among  the  successful  institu- 
tions of  his  town,  there  are  few  who  do  not  bear 
the  impress  of  his  energy,  knowledge  and  public 
spirit. 

In  voicing  its  own  severe  loss  this  board  but 
joins  in  sympathy  with  a  community  which  is  be- 
reaved of  its  foremost  citizen. 

Voted :  That  this  banking  house  be  closed  during 
the  hours  of  the  funeral  and  that  the  directors  at- 
tend the  services  in  a  body. 

Chas.    W.    Gale,    Cashier. 

The   First   National  Bank : 

The  death  of  Hon.  Hugh  H.  Osgood  has  fallen 
upon  this  community  with  suddenness,  and  with 
almost  paralyzing  force.  On  every  side  spontaneous 
expressions  of  respect  and  affection  are  heard,  and 
sincere  regret  that  this  community  has  lost  its  first 
citizen. 

No  eulogistic'  expression  can  completely  portray 
his  character,  which  had  for  its  broad  foundation 
truth,  honor  and  integrity  and  all  those  character- 
istics which  marked  the  moral,  the  social,  the  re- 
ligious  and  the  business   life   of  an   upright   man. 

He  was  in  touch  with  and  his  force  was  felt 
in  business  enterprises  to  a  great  extent  that  is 
the  choice  or  possibility  with  few  men  only.  He 
yielded  his  personal  comfort  and  pleasure  at  the 
solicitation  of  friends,  who  leaned  upon  him  in  as- 
sociation for  advice  and  assistance.  In  business 
his  was  notably  the   strong  arm. 

In  church  and  school,  and  in  the  broader  walks 
of  life,  he  was  an  intelligent,  sympathetic  and  strong 
leader,  the  supporter  of  all  that  is  good  and  true. 

In  charities  the  kindest  sympathies  and  the  gen- 
erous impulses  of  a  Christian  philanthropist  took 
expression  in  the  deeds  done,  the  number  of  which 
none  can  know. 

Joining  in  the  universal  expression  of  sorrow, 
and  in  sympathy  and  love  for  a  true  friend,  this 
board  desires  to  record  their  appreciation  of  the 
man,  and  their  pleasure  in  having  so  long  enjoyed 
his  friendship  and  association,  as  well  as  his  val- 
uable advice  and  co-operation  in  its  affairs. 

It  is  further  ordered  that  the  bank  be  closed  on 
the  afternoon  of  Thursday,  26th,  and  that  the  di- 
rectors attend  the  funeral  services. 

F.   S.  Jerome,  Cashier. 

Following  is  the  editorial  which  appeared 
in  the  paper  mentioned,  and  in  which  the 
foregoing  notices   appeared : 

In  the  death  of  Hon.  Hugh  H.  Osgood,  Norwich, 
as  a  community,  suiifers  an  almost  irreparable  loss, 
that  is  universally  recognized  and  sincerely  felt. 
The  many  large  business  interests  with  which  he 
was  so  long  and  closely  identified  are  deprived  of 
a  wise  counsellor  and  hundreds  of  individuals  mourn 
the  departure  of  a  personal  friend  whose  substan- 
tial aid  has  time  and  again  been  unostentatiously 
tendered   them. 

Col.  Osgood  was  a  self-made  man,  who  achieved 
the  highest  measure  of  usefulness  and  influence  in 
both  public  and  private  life.  He  was  successful  not 
only  in  promoting  business  enterprises  but  also  in 
winning  by  honest  and  able  effort  the  hearty  esteem 
of  his  fellow  citizens.  Firm  in  his  own  convictions, 
he   was   yet   tolerant  of   opposing  opinions,   and   his 


advice  for  years  had  been  sought  by  men  of  af- 
fairs in  all  walks  of  life.  His  going  out  creates 
vacancies  many  and  varied.  He  will  be  sadly 
missed,  yet  the  genuine  public  sorrow  that  marks 
his  passage  from  the  scenes  of  his  life  work  is  mel- 
lowed by  the  realization  that  his  years  of  activity 
were  prolonged  nearly  a  decade  beyond  the  allotted 
life  of  man.  His  work  is  done,  and  the  memory 
of  it  will  long  be  gratefully  cherished  by  his  ap- 
preciative  townsmen. 


Miles  Merwin,  immigrant  an- 
MERVVIN  cestor,  was  born  in  Wales  in 
1623,  died  at  Milford,  Con- 
necticut, z\pril  23,  1697.  He  came  to  this 
country  in  1645  ^nd  settled  first  at  Milford, 
later  at  Merwin's  Point,  as  it  came  to  be 
known,  in  the  town  of  West  Haven.  His 
inventory  was  dated  May  12,  1697:  his  will 
bequeathed  to  four  sons  and  several  daugh- 
ters.    He  married   (first)   Sarah ,  who 

died   July   16,    1664;    (second)    Sarah   Beach, 
widow   of   Thomas   Piatt;   she   died    in    1670 

and  he  married    (third)    Sarah  ,   who 

survived  him.  Children  :  Elizabeth ;  John, 
mentioned  below  ;  Abigail ;  Thomas  ;  Samuel 
Augu.st  21,  1656;  Miles,  December  14,  1658, 
The  first  six  are  mentioned  in  the  will  of 
their  aunt,  Abigail  Wareham,  widow  of  Rev, 
John,  and  previously  widow  of  John  Branker 
Daniel,  died  young;  Mary  (twin),  January 
23,  1666;  Martha  (twin)  ;  Hannah,  1667 
Deborah,  1670. 

(11)  John,  son  of  Miles  Merwin,  was  born 
in  1650,  in  Connecticut,  died  at  Milford  in 
1728.  He  inherited  his  father's  homestead. 
He  married  Mary  (Welch)  Holbrook. 
Among  their  children  was  John,  mentioned 
below. 

(HI)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Merwin, 
was  born  at  Milford,  April  16,  1683,  died  in 
1762.  He  married  Hannah  Piatt.  Among 
their  children  was  Joseph,  mentioned  below ; 
John,  born  in  April,  1707. 

(IV)  Joseph,  son  of  John  (2)  Merwin, 
was  born  in  1705.  He  lived  at  Milford  and 
married  Margaret,  daughter  of  John  Fowler. 
Among  their  children,  was  David,  mentioned 
below. 

(V)  David,  son  of  Joseph  Merwin,  was 
born  at  West  Haven,  October  11,  1746,  on 
the  homestead  at  Merwin's  Point,  died  at 
New  Milford,  April  25,  1826.  He  was  a 
soldier  in  the  revolution  from  New  Haven  in 
1 78 1,  and  must  have  had  other  service  in  the 
continental  army,  for  he  was  .a  pensioner  in 
later  life.  He  married  Tamesin  Comstock, 
born  June,  1742.  died  May  28,  1828.  Chil- 
dren :  Orange,  mentioned  below ;  Sarah, 
born  about   1785. 

(VI)  Orange,  son  of  David  Merwin,  was 
born    at    New    Milford,    April    7,    1777,    died 


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September  4,  1853.  He  married  (first) 
Trypliena  Warner;  (second)  Lydia  Sarah 
Bostwick,  born  August  3,  1783,  died  October 
4,  1853.  He  was  a  prosperous  farmer,  active 
in  public  afifairs  and  of  much  influence  in  the 
community.  He  held  various  offices  of  trust 
and  honor,  and  represented  for  a  time  his 
district  in  congress.  He  was  an  intimate 
friend  of  Elijah  Boardman.  Children  of  first 
wife:'  I.  Caroline,  born  1801,  died  January 
20,  1824,  married  Judge  David  Sanford.  2. 
Henry,  July  13,  1803;  died  April  3,  1880; 
married  Susan  Gaylord.  3.  Tryphena,  born 
1805,  died  June  2,  1870;  married  Mar-shall 
Piatt.  4.  Horace,  mentioned  below.  Chil- 
dren of  second  wife:  5.  Harriet,  born  May 
12,  iSli,  died  June  18,  1867,  unmarried.  6. 
Charlotte,  August  5,  1814,  died  June  4,  1890; 
married  (first)  Ezra  Murray;  (second)  Starr 
Hurd. 

(VH)  Horace,  son  of  Orange  Merwin, 
was  born  in  New  Milford,  December  i,  1806, 
died  April  12,  1890.  He  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  of  his  native  town.  He  fol- 
lowed farming  all  his  active  life  on  the  old 
Merwin  homestead.  He  was  active  in  the 
militia  and  captain  of  his  company.  He  was 
prominent  in  politics  and  represented  his 
town  in  the  general  assembly.  He  married 
Sarah  Florinda  Peet,  born  at  New  Milford, 
June  3,  1818,  died  February  20,  1898.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Carlos  Peet,  mentioned  below.  2. 
Garwood  Riley.  3.  Sarah  Florinda,  married 
Daniel  E.  Marsh,  living  at  Bridgeport.  4. 
Orange,  born  August  21,  1854.  5.  Florence 
Caroline,  married  (first)  Henry  C.  Lemmon; 
(second)  N.  Penrose  Allen;  (third)  Clark- 
son  Clothier. 

(Vni)  Carlos  Peet,  son  of  Horace  Mer- 
win, was  born  at  New  Milford,  August  30, 
1839,  died  May  2,  1885.  He  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools  and  in  the  Claverack 
Institute  on  the  Hudson,  New  York,  and  at 
the  academy  at  Watertown,  Connecticut.  He 
was  a  farmer  at  New  Milford.  For  many 
years  he  was  a  gauger  in  the  United  States 
internal  revenue  service.  He  married,  in 
1869,  Mary  Alice  Monroe,  born  at  Salisbury, 
Connecticut,  July  3,  1845,  now  living  at  New 
Milford,  Connecticut,  a  daughter  of  Chancel- 
lor and  Jane  (Barton)  Monroe.  Children: 
I.  Garwood  M.,  mentioned  below.  2.  Fred- 
erick Carlos,  born  June  2,  1878,  hardware 
dealer  in  Freedom,  Pennsylvania ;  married 
Mildred  Hallock,  of  New  Milford. 

(IX)  Garwood  M.,  son  of  Carlos  Peet 
Merwin,  was  born  at  New  Milford,  January 
30,  1872.  He  attended  the  public  schools 
and  the  academy  at  Poultney,  Vermont.  He 
left  school  in  i8gi  and  worked  for  a  year  on 


his  father's  farm.  He  entered  the  employ  of 
E.  S.  Wheeler  &  Company,  wholesale  dealers 
in  plumbers'  supplies,  in  1892.  From  1895 
in  1897  he  was  with  the  Farest  Steel  Com- 
pany of  Bridgeport  and  from  1897  to  1903 
with  Charles  M.  Beach,  hardware  dealer. 
New  Milford.  He  became  president  of  the 
Dickerman  &  Pond  Company,  hardware  mer- 
chants, in  1903,  at  Winsted,  Connecticut,  and 
has  continued  in  that  business  to  the  present 
time.  He  and  Mr.  Dickerman  are  the  prin- 
cipal owners  and  control  the  company.  Mr. 
Alerwin  also  has  farming  interests  in  New 
Milford.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Second 
Congregational  church  of  Winsted.  He  mar- 
ried, June  15,  1898,  Edith  May  Landon,  of 
Sharon,  Connecticut,  daughter  of  James  H. 
and  Mary  (Barton)  Landon.  They  have  one 
child,  Florence  Landon,  born  at  New  Mil- 
ford, August  14,   1 90 1. 


James  Latimer  was  born  in 
LATIMER     Ireland.      He    came    to    this. 

country  when  a  young  man 
and  settled  in  Connecticut.  He  has  followed 
farming  in  Torrington  and  Goshen,  and  at 
the  present  time  has  extensive  farming  inter- 
ests in  Goshen.  He  married  Margaret  Row- 
land, who  was  also  born  Jn  Ireland.  Chil- 
dren:  I.  Frederick  Porter,  mentioned  below.. 
2.  William  James,  married  Alice  Rorabacher;. 
children :  Rowland,  Dorris  and  Edith.  3. 
Jennie,  married  Charles  Morehouse,  a  car- 
penter in  Danbury ;  child,  Gladys  Morehouse. 

4.  May  Elizabeth,  married  Elijah  Pond,  lives 
in   Canada,  and  has  one  child,    Ralph   Pond. 

5.  Robert,  died  in  childhood.  6.  Hattie,  mar- 
ried Julius  Seymour,  now  with  the  Excelsior 
Steam  Laundry.  7.  Emma,  married  George 
Ailing,  of  Westville,  Connecticut ;  child,. 
Hazel  Ailing.  8.  Isabella,  married  John 
Quinn  and  lives  in  Los  Angeles,  California. 
9.  Albert,  lives  on  the  homestead.  10.  George,, 
resides  in  Pittsfield,  Massachusetts.  11.  Val- 
entine, died  in  infancy. 

(II)  Frederick  Porter,  son  of  James  Lati- 
mer, was  born  in  Torrington,  October  14,. 
1870.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
of  Goshen,  and  during  his  boyhood  and  youth 
worked  at  home  on  his  father's  farm.  After- 
ward he  learned  the  laundry  business  at  Tor- 
rington, and  in  1893  started  in  that  business 
in  Torrington  on  his  own  account  under  the 
name  of  Excelsior  Steam  Laundry.  He  has. 
been  very  successful  in  business.  In  1900  he 
built  the  business  building  in  which  the  laun- 
dry' has  since  been  located.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Business  Men's  Association  of  Tor- 
rington and  a  member  of  the  Ridgeley  Lodge  ■ 
of   Odd    Fellows.      He   is   a   communicant  ofJ 


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the  Methodist  Episcopal  church.  He  mar- 
ried, September  22,  1896,  Anna  Neth,  of 
Winchester  Center,  Connecticut,  daughter  of 
John  and  Hannah  (Bidwell)  Neth.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Walter  Neth,  born  August  19,  1899. 
2.  Marjorie  Lydia,  October  16,  1900.  3. 
Howard  John,  January  7,   1902. 


ried,  November  2,  1862,  Sarah  Morrill 
Thome,  born  October,  1831,  died  July,  1909, 
daughter  of  Nathaniel  Arthur  and  Sarah  Abi- 
gail (  Bishop)  Thorne.  They  had  one  child, 
Sarah  Marion,  born  January  2,  1872 ;  died 
May  6,   1876. 


The  surname  Armstrong 

ARMSTRONG  is  one  of  the  most  ancient 
and  honored  Scotch 
family  names.  Some  branches  of  the  family 
use  the  spelling  Armstrang.  Perhaps  the 
oldest  coat-of-arms  is  simply :  Argent  three 
pellets  azure.  Another,  perhaps  originally 
the  same,  is :  Argent  three  torteaux  azure. 
In  Lincolnshire  and  Nottinghamshire  the 
family  uses :  Gules  three  dexter  arms  vam- 
braced  argent  hands  proper.  Crest :  A  dex- 
ter arm  vambraced  in  armor  hand  proper. 
A  prominent  Armstrong  family  lives  in  Scot- 
land. 

(I)  Griffith  Armstrong,  a  descendant  of 
the  ancient  Scotch  family,  lived  in  the  Bar- 
badoes.  He  married  Mary .  Chil- 
dren :  Joseph  Griffith,  William  H.  Benomy, 
Thompson  Lorenzo,  mentioned  below.  The 
order  of  birth  is  not  known. 

(H)  Thompson  Lorenzo,  son  of  Griffith 
Armstrong,  was  born  in  the  Barbadoes,  West 
Indies,  about  1801,  died  in  1840.  He  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  Leslie  Martindale,  born  1801, 
died  in  1876,  daughter  of  George  and  Eliza- 
beth Nichols  (Leslie)  Martindale,  of  the  Bar- 
badoes. Children :  Elizabeth  Martindale,  born 
in  the  Barbadoes,  September,  1831,  died  in 
1870;  George  Leslie,  mentioned  below. 

( III)  George  Leslie,  son  of  Thompson 
Lorenzo  Armstrong,  was  born  in  the  Bar- 
badoes, West  Indies,  August  31,  1833,  and 
received  his  early  education  there,  graduat- 
ing from  Harrison  College  in  the  class  of 
1850.  He  then  engaged  in  mercantile  life 
in  the  West  Indies  and  continued  for  many 
years  with  great  success.  He  was  in  busi- 
ness from  1856  to  1866  in  Philadelphia,  Penn- 
sylvania. Rather  late  in  life  he  took  up  the 
study  of  law  and  graduated  from  the  Yale 
Law  School  with  the  degree  of  LL.B.  in  the 
class  of  1891.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
the  same  year  and  has  been  in  general  prac- 
tice in  New  Haven  since  then.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  New  Haven  Bar  Association,  and 
of  Industrial  Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons,  of  Philadelphia.  He  was  made  a 
Mason  in  Scotia  Lodge  in  the  Barbadoes  and 
was  at  one  time  senior  warden  of  his  lodge 
in  Philadelphia.  He  is  independent  in  poli- 
tics. He  belongs  to  St.  Paul's  Protestant 
Episcopal  Church  of  New  Haven.     He  mar- 


John  Hugo  was  born  in  Germany. 

HUGO  He  came  to  this  country  when  a 
\oung  man  with  has  family  and 
settled  on  a  farm  at  Hopkinsville,  Connecti- 
cut, between  Waterbury  and  Union  City. 

(II)  Hon.  Philip  Hugo,  son  of  John  Hugo, 
was  born  in  Hoesbach,  Bavaria,  Germany, 
March  8,  1841.  He  was  educated  in  the 
schools  of  his  native  place.  He  came  to  this 
country  in  1865  and  lived  with  his  parents 
two  months :  in  December  of  that  year  he 
came  to  New  Haven  and  has  resided  there 
ever  since.  He  established  a  German  paper, 
called  Connecticut  Observer,  and  continued 
its  publication  for  two  years.  He  then  en- 
gaged in  the  grocery  business  and  continued 
the  sam2  until  1883.  He  became  a  Demo- 
crat in  politics  and  took  an  active  interest 
in  public  affairs.  In  1879  he  was  elected 
selectman  of  the  town  and  served  for  four 
years ;  he  served  in  the  capacity  of  town  clerk 
for  five  years,  from  1884  to  1889;  in  1904 
he  was  the  candidate  of  the  Democratic  party 
in  the  state  of  Connecticut  for  the  office  of 
secretary  of  state.  He  was  elected  to  his  pres- 
ent office  of  sheriff  of  New  Haven  county  in 
November,  1906,  taking  office  the  following 
January.  In  all  the  offices  he  has  held  he  has 
displayed  marked  executive  ability  and  capac- 
ity. He  has  won  the  public  confidence  by  his 
courtesy,  zeal  for  the  public  welfare  and  his 
uprightness.  Year  by  year  he  has  grown  in 
popularity  and  the  public  confidence.  He  was 
one  of  the  original  founders  and  is  now  vice- 
president  and  a  most  influential  and  enthu- 
siastic member  and  worker  in  the  German 
Society  of  New   Haven. 

Mr.  Hugo  married,  April  10,  1864,  at 
Nuremberg,  Bavaria,  Germany,  Eliza  Stuer- 
mer.  Children:  i.  Grace,  born  in  Germany, 
September,  1865;  married  (first),  1885, 
Robert  E,  Bacon,  who  died  in  1887;  their 
only  child  died  in  infancy;  married  (second) 
1891,  Frederick  Bassermann ;  children:  Flor- 
ence, Frederick  and  Margaret.  2.  Annie, 
born  1867;  married  Augustus  P.  Smith; 
children :  Philip  A.,  student  in  Yale  Col- 
lege, class  of  1910;  Albert;  John.  3.  Kate, 
married  Frank  J.  Monz  ;  children  :  Margaret, 
Alma,  Gertrude.  4.  John,  born  in  America, 
1876;  married  Matilda  Rademacher,  of  Mil- 
waukee, Wisconsin  ;  children  :  Dorothy  Eliz- 
abeth and  Eleanor  P.     5,  Elizabeth  Gertrude, 


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born  in  New  Haven,  Connecticut.  6.  Mary 
Theresa,  born  in  New  Haven,  Connecticut; 
married,  1907,  Charles  J.  Donohue;  child, 
Charles  J.  Jr.,  born  in  New  Haven.  7.  Simon 
M.,  born  in  New  Haven,  Connecticut,  1882 ; 
married  Bernette  Crowley,  of  New  Haven ; 
child,  Bernette. 


This  surname  has  many  variations 
HOIT     of  spelling.     The  early  records  of 

New  England  show  the  name 
spelled  Hoyt,  Hoit,  Hoyte,  Hoite,  Hoytt, 
Hoitt,  Hoyett,  Hoyet,  Hoyette,  Hoyght, 
Hoight,  Hight,  Hite,  Hyatt,  Hayte,  Haite, 
Hayt,  Haight  and  Hayte.  All  the  Hoight 
families  appear  to  have  originated  in  Massa- 
chusetts and  New  Hampshire  or  Maine,  and 
spelled  the  name  Hoyt  or  Hoit  originally. 
The  family  of  Hoyt  in  Somersetshire,  Eng- 
land, was  located  there  for  many  centuries, 
but  it  is  thought  by  some  investigators  that 
the  family  came  to  New  England  from  some 
German  state. 

(I)  Simon  Hoit,  immigrant  ancestor,  was 
one  of  the  earliest  settlers  of  Charlestown, 
Massachusetts.  He  landed  at  Salem  in  1628 
or  1629  and  shortly  afterward  went  to 
Charlestown  to  live,  as  one  of  the  first  set- 
tlers. He  removed  to  Dorchester  in  1633  or 
earlier.  He  was  appointed  "to  see  to  the 
fences  for  the  east  field"  at  Dorchester,  Oc- 
tober 8,  1633,  and  in  January  following  had 
a  grant  of  marsh  land.  Early  in  1635  he 
left  Dorchester  and  located  at  Scituate  where 
he  and  his  wife  joined  the  church,  April  19, 
1635.  Here  he  built  his  house  between  Sep- 
tember, 1634,  and  October,  1636.  He  next 
moved  to  Windsor,  Connecticut,  about  1639, 
where  he  had  a  grant  of  land,  February  28, 
1640.  His  house  was  on  the  east  side  of  the 
river  near  what  is  still  known  as  Hoyt's 
Meadow.  Again  he  moved  to  Fairfield,  Con- 
necticut, before  1659,  and  March  6,  1649,  he 
had  a  grant  of  land  there.  He  sold  his  land 
at  Windsor  in  1648.  There  were  few  pio- 
neers who  moved  oftener  than  he.  Between 
1649  and  1657  he  had  settled  at  Stamford, 
Connecticut,  and  here  he  died,  according  to 
Stamford  records,  September  i,  1657.  He 
left  a  widow,  Susanna,  who  married  (second) 

Bates,  and  died  before  February,  1674. 

She  was  probably  Hoit's  second  wife.  He 
was  born  very  likely  as  early  as  1595,  in  Eng- 
land, and  was  an  early  settler  in  seven  dif- 
ferent colonies  in  New  England,  in  most  of 
them  one  of  the  first.  He  was  hardly  located 
in  one  before  he  gave  up  his  farm  and  home 
and  began  to  clear  another  part  of  the  wil- 
derness for  a  new  home.  Most  of  his  chil- 
dren   inherited    his    propensity    for   changing 


residence,  and  in  twenty  years  after  his  death 
no  one  of  the  name  of  Hoit  remained  in  any 
of  the  seven  towns,  except  Stamford.  The 
family  seems  to  have  been  adventurous  rather 
than  restless,  and  in  most  cases  well-to-do. 
Children:  Walter,  born  about  1618;  Nicho- 
las, about  1620;  John,  about  1630.  Children 
by  wife  Susanna:  Moses,  born  before  1637; 
Joshua,  1641,  mentioned  below;  Deacon  Sam- 
uel, 1643 ;  Benjamin,  February  2,  1644,  at 
Windsor ;  Daughter,  married  Thomas  Lyon ; 
Daughter,  married  Samuel  Finch;  Daughter, 
married  Samuel  Finnan. 

(H)  Joshua,  son  of  Simon  Hoit,  was  born 
in  1641,  died  in  1690.  He  married  Mary 
.  They  lived  in  Stamford,  Connecti- 
cut. His  wife  survived  him.  The  Stamford 
records  show  that  "Ye  aintiant  Widow  Halt" 
died  January  27,  1729-30,  and  she  was  either 
widow  of  Joshua  or  of  Samuel.  The  first 
mention  of  him  on  the  records  is  in  1661, 
when  he  was  named  on  the  boundary  of  land 
of  another  man.  In  1662  and  1665  he  is 
named  as  a  witness.  He  was  on  the  town 
lists  in  1667,  and  received  a  share  in  the 
horse-pasture.  He  was  made  a  freeman  in 
1669.  In  1666  he  was  administrator  of  his 
father's  estate.  On  February  25,  1668-69, 
at  a  town  meeting  he  was  granted  a  house-lot. 
March  24,  1670-71,  he  made  a  record  of  the 
Stamford  land  records  of  all  his  land,  con- 
sisting of  many  acres.  He  was  on  a  com- 
mittee to  build  a  meeting-house  in  1669;  "to 
finish  the  town-house  and  fence  the  lot  be- 
longing unto  it"  in  1677,  and  he  was  also 
on  other  committees  to  lay  out  land  several 
times.  In  1677  or  1678  he  was  authorized 
by  the  town  to  build  a  saw-mill  "at  the  head 
of  the  salt  at  five  mile  river  or  thereabout" 
within  two  years,  and  later  he  was  given 
permission  to  build  a  wind-mill;  in  1683  his 
cider-mill  and  press  are  mentioned.  In  1682 
he  was  constable  and  for  eight  years  he  was 
selectman  or  "townsman"  from  1671  on. 
From  1681  to  1687  he  was  a  deputy  of  the 
general  court  in  the  October  sessions,  and  at 
three  other  sessions.  In  1683  the  court  re- 
mitted a  fine  imposed  upon  him  "for  not  mak- 
ing up  the  payment  of  his  country  rate  with 
the  Treasurer  according  to  law,  he  paying  the 
Marshall's  fees."  There  were  thirteen  per- 
sons from  different  towns  whose  fines  were 
remitted  also.  In  1665  the  general  court  of 
Connecticut  granted  to  hiixi,  among  others, 
land  in  the  southern  part,  of  what  is  now 
Poundridge,  New  York.  In  most  of  the 
places  where  he  is  named,  the  name  is 
spelled  Hoyt  or  Hoyte,  though  it  is  spelled 
in  many  other  ways.  The  inventory  of  his 
estate  was  eight  hundred  pounds,  as  well  as 


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two  negroes,  several  lots  of  land  and  a  mill 
on  Myanus  river.  Eight  children  with  dates 
of  birth  are  also  given  in  the  records.  The 
estate  was  divided  March  10,  1691,  the  widow 
receiving  one-third,  the  eldest  sons  double 
portion  and  the  remainder  of  the  children 
receiving  equal  and  single  portions  except 
Moses ;  the  sons  too  received  their  shares 
when  twenty-one  years  old,  and  the  daughters 
when  eighteen  years  old.  Children :  Mary, 
born  December  22,  1664 ;  Rebecca,  September 
21,  1667;  Joshua,  October  4,  1670;  Sarah, 
April  17,  1674;  Samuel  (Smith),  July  3, 
1678,  mentioned  below ;  Hannah,  September 
I,  1681 ;  Moses,  October  7,  1683;  Abigail, 
August  20,  1685. 

(III)  Samuel  (Smith),  son  of  Joshua 
Hoit,  was  born  July  3,  1678.  He  lived  in 
Stamford,  and  died  August  10,  1738.  He 
married  (first)  Susanna  Slason,  October  24, 
1700,  and  (second)  Mary  Weed,  widow  of 
Jonas  Weed,  and  daughter  of  Daniel  Sco- 
field,  December  31,  1707.  His  first  wife  died 
]\Iarch  26,  1706-07.  His  widow  was  living 
in  March,  1748,  when  she  deeded  land  to  her 
son  Jonathan.  He  was  called  "Sam.  Hoyt 
Jun."  in  1699,  when  he  sold  land  in  "long 
neck"  which  was  laid  out  to  his  father 
Joshua.  In  most  places  he  was  called  a 
blacksmith,  in  order  to  distinguish  him  from 
the  other  Samuel  Halts  in  Stamford.  He  and 
his  brother  Joshua  sold  land  on  Shiphan 
neck  in  1701-02,  and  he  bought  land  of  his 
brother,  and  sold  him  his  right,  one-eighth, 
in  his  father's  dwelling  house  in  1701.  He 
received  land  of  his  father  in  1706,  other  land 
in  1706,  and  as  late  as  1737.  After  1704  his 
name  is  in  the  Stamford  records  often.  His 
widow  Mary,  and  his  son  Josiah,  were  ap- 
pointed administrators  of  his  estate.  Septem- 
ber 13,  1738,  and  the  inventory  amounted  to 
one  thousand,  four  hundred  and  sixty-three 
pounds,  in  1741,  when  the  property  was  di- 
vided among  the  widow  and  nine  children. 
Children:  Josiah,  born  November  24,  1701  ; 
Abigail,  October  26,  1703 ;  Rebecca,  August 
8,  1705;  Susanna,  March  24,  1706-07.  By 
second  wife:  Mary,  September  23,  1708; 
Samuel,  January  28,  1709-10,  died  young; 
Israel,  died  September  25,  1711-15;  Samuel, 
born  March  7,  1712-13,  died  before  1741  ; 
Rachel,  January  31,  1714-15;  Jonathan,  Jan- 
uary 14,  1716-17;  Nehemiah.  April  13,  1718, 
mentioned  below:  Martha,  October  3,  1719; 
Deborah,  July  30,  1721. 

(IV)  Nehemiah,  son  of  Samuel  (Smith) 
Hoit,  was  born  April  13,  1718,  died  in  1785. 
He  married  Ruth,  daughter  of  Samuel  Peck, 
of  Greenwich,  November  25;.  1742.  They 
lived  in  Stamford.     He  and  his  brother  Jona- 


than sold  land  in  Stamford  in  March,  1741- 
42.  He  also  sold  land  alone  in  1742-43-44. 
In  February,  1744-45,  he  and  his  wife  Ruth 
sold  to  their  brother,  Samuel  Peck,  of  Green- 
wich, land  in  Stamford  which  formerly  be- 
longed to  their  father,  Samuel  Peck,  of 
Greenwich.  |His  will  was  dated  February  i, 
and  proved  September  6,  1785.  His  widow 
Ruth  made  a  will  in  1799  which  was  proved 
in  1805  or  1808,  in  which  she  mentioned 
her  children  and  a  granddaughter  Lydia,  wife 
of  Daniel  Hubbard.  Children:  Ruth,  born 
July  13,  1744;  Samuel,  June  4,  1745;  Eliza- 
beth, August  20,  1746;  Mary,  February  7, 
1747-48;  Nehemiah,  deacon.  May  14,  1752; 
Jesse,  died  about  1804;  Joel,  died  about  1805; 
Noah,  born  March  23,  1759,  mentioned  below; 
Stephen,  living  in  1804;  Seth,  died  1815 ; 
Sarah,  unmarried  in  1785;  Thankful,  named 
Halt  in  1804;  Lydia,  married  Lock- 
wood  before  1785. 

(V)  Noah,  son  of  Nehemiah  Hoit,  was 
born  March  23,  1759.  He  married  Sarah, 
daughter  of  Abel  and  Sarah  Moulton,  Janu- 
ary 23,  1782.  He  died  in  Castleton,  Ver- 
mont, February  13,  181 1.  His  widow  Sarah 
died  September  8,  1857,  aged  ninety  or  more. 
He  was  a  farmer,  and  lived  in  Stamford,  Con- 
necticut, and  Castleton.  Children,  born  in 
Castleton  :  Calvin,  mentioned  below  ;  Noah, 
January  20,  1788;  Sarah,  June  9,  1790;  Doc- 
tor Moore,  October  15,  1796. 

(VI)  Deacon  Calvin,  son  of  Noah  Hoit,  was 
born  October  15,  1785,  in  Castleton,  Ver- 
mont. He  was  a  farmer,  and  lived  in  Stam- 
ford. He  married  Mary  Ann,  daughter  of 
Jonah  Ferris,  June  29,  1812.  His  wife  Mary 
"died  June  15,  1851.  Children:  i.  Sarah 
Ann,  April  20,  1813,  in  Stamford ;  married 
Rev.  Aaron  Snow,  May  9,  1841,  and  lived  in 
Saybrook,  Connecticut;  died  December  4, 
1841.  2.  John  Lee  Count,  April  24,  1816, 
mentioned  below.  3.  Calvin  Ferris,  Decem- 
ber 7,  1817;  unmarried;  lived  at  Stanwich, 
Stamford.  4.  Emmet  Moore,  February  27. 
1819;  married  Lucy  Ann  Hull,  January  27, 
1841 ;  died  November  21,  1843.  5-  Mariette, 
July  25,  1832,  died  April  5,  1866. 

(VII)  John  Lee  Count,  son  of  Deacon  Cal- 
vin Hoit,  was  born  April  24,  1816,  died  April 
24,  1907.  He  lived  on  the  homestead  at  Long 
Ridge  in  the  town  of  Stamford,  and  for  the 
last  forty  years  of  his  life  lived  in  new  resi- 
dence near  the  one  where  he  was  born.  He 
was  a  public-spirited  and  enterprising  citizen. 
He  was  a  prominent  farmer  and  cattle  dealer 
throughout  the  active  years  of  his  life.  For 
more  than  seventy  years  he  was  a  memlDcr  of 
the  Stanwich  Congregational  Church  and  an 
active   worker.      He    took    a   promirtent   part 


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in  public  affairs,  but  never  sought  public 
office.  He  married,  January  3,  1843,  Rebecca 
Ann,  born  1822,  daughter  of  Edward  Brush, 
of  Greenwich.  She  died  April  6,  1866,  aged 
forty-four  years.  Children,  born  in  Stam- 
ford: I.  John  Moore,  April  18,  1845;  mar- 
ried Caroline  Piatt ;  lives  on  the  old  home- 
stead at  Long  Ridge.  2.  Edward  Brush,  Au- 
gust 20,  1847,  mentioned  below.  3.  Mary 
Anna,  February  10,  1852,  died  November  25, 
1857.  4.  Norman  Lee,  January  10,  1858.  5. 
Mary  Elma,  born  in  Stanwich,  October  14, 
1861  ;  married,  May  28,  1885,  Leroy  B.  De- 
Forest,  born  May  9,  1852,  of  Poundridge, 
town  of  Bedford,  New  York,  now  living  at 
Long  Ridge;  children:  Leroy  B.  Jr.,  born 
February  22,  1886;  John  James,  June  21, 
1888;  Edward  Brush,  October  11,  1890:  Har- 
old Hoigh,  February  i,  1893;  Wilfred  Cal- 
vin, April   15,  1896. 

(VIII)  Edward  Brush,  son  of  John  Lee 
Count  Hoit,  was  born  on  the  Hoit  home- 
stead at  Long  Ridge,  Stamford,  Connecticut, 
August  20,  1847.  He  had  a  common  school 
education,  and  lived  at  home  until  1879,  when 
he  came  to  Stamford  and  engaged  in  business 
as  the  proprietor  of  a  meat  market.  He  pros- 
pered in  business  and  in  1890  built  the  store 
he  now  occupies.  His  business  has  grown 
from  year  to  year  and  takes  the  leading  place 
in  this  line  of  business  in  the  city  of  Stam- 
ford. In  1907  the  business  was  incorporated 
as  the  E.  B.  Hoit  Company  with  Mr.  Hoit  as 
president,  A.  B.  Chichester  as  vice-president 
and  W.  W.  Brush  as  secretary.  The  store  is 
known  as  the  Grand  Central  Market.  Here 
he  has  a  large  up-to-date  refrigerator  plant 
and  employs  thirty  clerks,  having  the  largest 
business  of  its  kind  in  this  section  of  the 
state,  his  trade  extending  to  all  surrounding 
towns,  keeping  for  delivery  purposes  two 
automobiles,  which  cover  fifty  miles  each  per 
day,  and  four  horses  for  the  same  purpose. 
Since  1892  Mr.  Hoit  has  been  interested  ex- 
tensively in  real  estate  also ;  he  entered  a  part- 
nership under  the  name  of  Ayres  Brothers 
&  Hoit,  developing  large  tracts  of  real  es- 
tate in  Stamford  and  Greenwich,  selling  lots 
and  building  a  large  number  of  houses  to  sell. 
He  has  been  a  member  of  the  board  of  as- 
sessors for  two  years  and  also  held  other 
town  offices.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Con- 
gregational church  of  Stamford,  in  which  he 
has  been  deacon  for  twenty -five  years  and 
member  of  the  church  committee  for  twentv 
years.  He  is  a  Republican  in  politics.  He 
married,  December  24,  1874,  Adelaide  V., 
born  at  Greenwich,  March  14,  1854,  daughter 
of  William  and  Sobina  (Bonnell)  Bowen. 
They  have  two  adopted  children :     Florence 


A.,  married  Angus  A.  Anderson,  of  Boston; 
Kenneth  E.,  student  at  the  military  school  of 
Poughkeepsie,  New  York,  four  years,  there 
learning  the  profession  of  civil  engineering. 


Andrew  Lester,  immigrant  an- 
LESTER     cestor,-    was    born    in    England. 

The  Lester  or  Leister  family  is 
of  ancient  English  origin  and  the  family  has 
produced  many  distinguished  men.  Lester 
came  to  this  country  and  settled  at  Glouces- 
ter, Massachusetts,  where  he  was  elected  con- 
stable, January  7,  1646,  and  was  licensed  to 
keep  an  ordinary  or  tavern  February  6,  1648, 
by  the  country  court.  He  removed  to  Pe- 
quot,  Connecticut,  in  1651,  and  was  collector 
of  taxes  and  constable  at  that  place.  He  died 
at  Pequot,  (New  London)  June  7,  1669.  His 
home  was  on  the  neck.  He  had  liberty  to 
draw  land  in  1651-52.  His  first  wife  Bar- 
bara died  February  2,  1653-54,  the  first 
woman  whose  death  was  recorded  at  Pequot. 
He  married  (second)  Joanna  Hempstead, 
widow  of  Robert  Hempstead,  and  she  died 
before  1670.  By  his  third  wife  Anna  he  had 
three  children.  The  "Widow  Lester"  was 
admitted  to  the  New  London  church  by  letter 
from  the  church  at  Concord,  Massachusetts, 
in  1670.  Children  of  first  wife,  born  at  Glou- 
cester:  Daniel,  April  16,  1642,  died  at  Great 
Neck,  New  London,  January  16,  1715-16, 
married  Hannah  Fox ;  Andrew,  December  26, 
1644 ;  Mary,  December  26,  1647 1  Anne, 
March  21,  1651,  married  Isaac  Willey;  child 
of  second  wife :  Joanna ;  children  of  third 
wife,  born  at  New  London :  Timothy,  July 
4,  1662;  Joseph,  June  15,  1664;  Benjamin, 
mentioned  below. 

(II)  Benjamin,  son  of  Andrew  Lester,  was 
born  at  New  London  about  1666-67.  He  and 
his  brothers  Daniel  and  Joseph  settled  in  the 
vicinity  of  the  town  plot.  He  married  Ann 
Stedman,  and  had  nine  sons  and  two  daugh- 
ters. Their  descendants  have  been  very  num- 
erous in  Groton,  Connecticut,  and  vicinity. 
Ann  Lester,  his  wife,  died  January  27,  171 1- 
12.  He  died  April  24,  1737,  according  to  the 
Hempstead  diary,  but  his  will  was  dated  May 
23.  1737-  and  he  probably  died  May  24,  1737, 
not  April  24.  The  will  bequeathed  to  his 
wife,  Timothy,  eldest  .son.  John,  Benjamin, 
Isaac,  Daniel,  Ann  and  Hannah.  Children 
born  at  N'ew  London  and  Groton :  Timothy, 
John,  Benjamin,  Isaac,  David,  Jonathan,  men- 
tioned below,  Daniel,  Ann,  Hannah.  Others 
died  young. 

(III)  Jonathan,  son  of  Benjamin  Lester, 
was  born  at  New  London,  July  26,  1706.  He 
married.  May  15,  1729  (Vol.  2,  p.  54,  town 
records),  at  Groton.     He  and  his  wife  owned 


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the  covenant  in  the  Congregational  church  at 
Groton.  His  children:  Jonathan,  Deborah, 
Thomas,  Amos,  born  about  1730,  mentioned 
below ;  Wait,  baptized  with  the  four  preced- 
ing in  childhood  and  infancy,  October  11, 
1731  ;  Simeon,  baptized  August  14,  1734; 
David,  baptized  November  7,  1736.  The  eld- 
est, Captain  Jonathan,  died  February  12,  1797; 
his  wife,  Hannah,  March  5,  1776,  in  her 
forty-sixth  year.  A  son  of  Jonathan,  aged 
ten  years,  and  two  others  were  slightly 
wounded  and  one  escaped  unhurt  July  31, 
1742  (town  records). 

(IV)  Amos,  son  of  Jonathan  Lester,  was 
born  at  Groton  about  1730,  in  the  house  oppo- 
site the  Starr  burial  ground.  He  was  a  sol- 
dier in  the  revolution  and  was  wounded  in  the 
hip  at  the  battle  of  Groton,  recovered  and 
lived  forty  years  afterward,  though  he  was 
one  of  those  loaded  so  inhumanly  on  the 
wagon.  His  captain,  Samuel  Allyn,  on  hear- 
ing the  alarm  at  the  time  of  the  British  at- 
tack, rode  to  the  house  of  Lester,  who  was 
ensign  of  the  company,  and  together  they 
rode  to  the  old  Wood  House,  North  Lane, 
where  they  left  their  horses.  Allyn  was 
among  those  killed.  After  the  Americans 
surrendered  the  fort,  the  British  prepared  to 
destroy  it  and  load  the  American  wounded 
on  a  wagon.  The  hill  was  long  and  steep  and 
in  some  way,  intentional  or  on  account  of 
bad  management,  the  wagon  got  away  and 
descended  the  hill  with  its  load  of  helpless, 
suffering  men.  It  was  stopped  finally  by  strik- 
ing a  tree.  The  shock  killed  many  of  the  men.  It 
was  reported  at  the  time  that  the  thing  was 
intentional  and  that  the  British  fired  at  the 
ill-fated  freight  as  the  wagon  coasted  down 
the  hill.  Other  accounts  say  the  wheels  were 
chained  and  the  chain  broke.  The  name  of 
Amos  Lester  is  among  those  reported  as 
wounded  (p.  578,  Rev.  Rolls).  His  name 
appears  among  the  invalid  pensioners  in 
1833-34.  He  had  a  grant  of  land  in  1792  in 
Pennsylvania  at  the  "head  of  Lake  Erie,"  on 
account  of  revolutionary  service.  He  married 
Anna,  born  December  17,  1736,  daughter  of 
Peter  Lester,  Sr.,  who  married  Anna  Street, 
daughter  of  James  Street,  August,  1733.  He 
died  September  10,  1789;  she  died  March  6, 
1790. 

(V)  Amos  (2),  son  of  Amos  (i)  and  Anna 
(Lester),  Lester,  was  born  March  25,  1776. 
He  married,  January  18,  1800,  Sarah,  daugh- 
ter of  James  Avery,  born  March  3,  1781. 
Children:  i.  Anna,  born  July  20,  1801 ;  mar- 
ried Oliver  S.  Tyler,  January  3,  1831.  2. 
Lydie,  December  19,  1802 ;  married  Erastus 
Kimball,  December  30,  1821.  3.  Amos  A., 
March  30,  1805.    4.  Isaac  A.,  March  4,  1810, 


mentioned   below.     5.   Eliza  Maria,   July  26, 
1813,  married  Asa  Lyman  Lester,  August  16, 

1835. 

(VI)  Isaac  A.,  son  of  Amos  (2)  and  Sarah 
(Avery)  Lester,  was  born  at  Groton,  March 
4,  1 8 to.  He  married,  October  7,  1838,  Mary, 
daughter  of  Ichabod  Chapman.  They  lived  at 
Ledyard.  Children  :  i .  Amos,  born  December  3, 
1839;  married.  May  28,  1868,  Caroline  Gallup 
Spicer,  born  May  28,  1850.  2.  Mary  Jane, 
born  June  6,  1841 ;  married,  December  12, 
i860,  Courtland  Lamb.  3.  Nathan  Larrabee, 
born  January  i,  1843,  died  June  27,  igoo,  San 
Jose,  Cahfornia;  married.  May  24,  1871, 
Sarah  Elizabeth  Spicer,  born  August  3,  1847. 
4.  Henry  C,  born  October  20,  1844,  died  Sep- 
tember 17,  1850.  5.  Jonathan  Fairbanks, 
mentioned  below.  6.  William  Isaac,  born 
February  7,  1848;  married,  April  16,  1885, 
Sarah  E.  Simmons.  7.  Frank  Larrabee,  born 
April  23,  1850,  died  November  17,  1876.  8. 
Samuel  Wood,  born  April  7,  1852  ;  unmarried ; 
lived  in  California.  9.  Walter  C,  born  April 
15,  1854,  died  July  14,  1855.  10.  Sarah  E., 
born  January  22,  1856,  died  March  11,  1857. 
II.  Edward  Everett,  born  April  29,  1858; 
married,  September  6,  1884,  Almyra  Chap- 
man, born  March  9,  1857. 

(VII)  Jonathan  Fairbanks,  son  of  Isaac 
A.  Lester,  was  born  at  Ledyard,  June  11,  1846. 
He  was  educated  there  in  the  public  schools. 
He  taught  school  when  a  young  man  at  Led- 
yard and  Groton.  He  spent  several  years  in 
California,  where  he  followed  farming.  He 
returned  to  Connecticut,  after  a  number  of 
years,  and  engaged  in  the  meat  and  provision 
business  at  Norwich.  Then  with  his  brothers, 
Amos,  Samuel  N.  and  Frank  L.,  he  returned 
to  California  and  followed  farming  for  four 
years.  Upon  his  return  to  Norwich  he  mar- 
ried and  made  his  home  there.  He  was  for  a 
time  in  the  optical  business,  manufacturing 
his  own  goods.  Afterwards  he  was  in  the 
wholesale  produce  business  in  the  firm  of 
Cook  &  Lester  for  several  years.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  Ancient  Order  of  United 
Workmen  and  of  the  Broadway  Congrega- 
tional church.  He  married.  May  28,  1873, 
Cecelia  Williams,  born  September  30,  1852, 
daughter  of  Edmund  and  Bethia  Williams 
(Avery)  Spicer,  of  Groton,  Connecticut. 
Edmund  Spicer  was  a  prominent  citizen  of 
Groton.  He  was  postmaster  from  1867  to  the 
time  of  his  death.  May  i,  1890.  He  was 
selectman  seven  years,  between  1836  and 
185 1 ;  clerk  and  treasurer  from  1853  to  1865; 
representative  to  state  legislature  in  1849; 
candidate  for  state  senate  in  1862;  judge  of 
probate  for  twelve  years,  beginning  in  1865. 
He  was  one  of  the  charter  members  of  the 


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Bill  Library  Association  and  was  secretary 
of  the  association  eighteen  years  in  succession, 
retiring  in  1885.  He  was  treasurer  and 
librarian  from  1867  until  1890.  He  united 
with  the  Congregational  church  in  1843  5  he 
often  served  on  the  church  committee,  also  on 
the  standing  committee  of  the  Ecclesiastical 
Society.  Children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lester: 
I.  Ella  Cecelia,  graduate  of  Mount  Holyoke 
College :  has  taught  school  in  the  south  and  is 
now  teaching  in  Hartford.  2.  Jonathan  Frank, 
engaged  in  business  at  Newcastle,  Pennsyl- 
vania. 3.  Fannie  Bethia,  now  taking  a  three- 
years  course  in  a  Philadelphia  hospital  with 
the  intention  of  following  the  profession  of 
trained  nurse  in  church  or  missionary  work. 
4.  Ida  May,  died  young.  5.  Mamie  Carrie, 
died  young. 


Thomas  Loveland,  immi- 
LOA'ELAND  grant,  was  born  in  Eng- 
land, and  settled  early  in 
Wethersfield,  Connecticut.  He  owned  land 
in  the  First  Purchase  before  1670,  and  was 
made  a  freeman  of  Wethersfield  in  May,  1670. 
There  is  a  tradition  that  he  was  the  son  of 
John  or  Robert  Loveland  and  that  his  grand- 
father died  on  the  voyage  to  this  country,  his 
widow  and  three  sons  buying  land  of  the 
Indians  on  the  Connecticut  river.  In  1673 
Thomas  was  assessed  to  pay  the  Indian  Pur- 
chase. He  shared  in  the  first  division,  April 
28,  1 701,  having  a  hundred  and  twenty  acres 
in  the  first  division  and  sharing  also  in  the 
later  divisions  of  Wethersfield.  He  deeded 
land  to  his  sons,  John,  Thomas,  Robert  and 
grandson,  Thomas,  Jr.,  in  171 7.  He  died  in 
1723.  Children:  John,  married,  June  16, 
1708,  Keziah  Williams:  Robert,  married,  Au- 
gust 19,  1697,  Ruth  Gillam;  Hannah,  mar- 
ried, December  i,  1709,  William  House; 
Mary,  married,  June  i,  1693,  Thomas  Dickin- 
son;  Elizabeth,  married,  December  2,  1708, 
Benjamin  Strickland ;  Thomas  Jr.,  mentioned 
below ;  Samuel,  married,  October  4,  1705, 
L}-dia  Barnard. 

(II)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Thomas  (i) 
Loveland.  was  born  in  Glastonbury,  formerly 
Wethersfield,  Connecticut,  about  1675.  He 
married     (first)     Eunice     House;     (second) 

.       Children,     born     at     Glastonbury : 

Eunice,  born  1692,  married  Richard  Keeney ; 
Thomas,  1700,  married  Elizabeth  Keenney ; 
John,  1701,  married  Ruth  Chapman;  Elisha, 
mentioned     below;     Joseph,     1712,     married 

Hannah ;  Mary,  1714,  married  Samuel 

Hodees  Jr.;  Benjamin,  1716,  married  Abigail 
Hollister;  Sarah.  1721,  married  Israel 
French;  Elizabeth,  1723. 

(III)  Elisha,    son    of    Thomas    (2)    Love- 


land, was  born  in  Glastonbury  in  1709. 
Thomas  Wells  was  appointed  his  guardian  in 
1725,  when  he  was  aged  sixteen.  He  mar- 
ried, January  19,  1737,  Hannah,  born  Janu- 
ary 24,  1716,  of  Glastonbury,  daughter  of 
Josiah  Hills,  descendant  of  William  Hills,  of 
Hockanum.  Elisha  Loveland  operated  a 
ferry  between  Glastonbury  and  Wethersfield. 
Children:  Elisha,  born  May  4,  1735,  married 
Lucy  Sparks;  Elijah,  November  16,  1742, 
married  Sarah  Smith;  Hannah,  October  31, 
1744,  died  December  4,  1769;  Peletiah,  Janu- 
ary 13,  1748,  married  Ruth  Sparks;  Levi, 
November  19,  1749,  married  Esther  Hill; 
Lucy,  June  8,  1754,  married  Thomas  Forbes. 
(iV)  Elijah,  son  of  Elisha  Loveland,  was 
born  in  Glastonbury,  November  16,  1742.  He 
removed  to  Hinsdale,  Massachusetts,  and  died 
there  at  an  advanced  age.  Elijah  Loveland 
was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution  in  Captain 
Elijah  Deming's  company,  Colonel  Ashley's 
regiment,  from  Berkshire  county,  September- 
October,  1777,  and  served  at  Stillwater  under 
General  Gates.  He  was  also  in  Captain 
Heman  Smith's  company,  Lieutenant-Colonel 
Coller's  regiment  (Colonel  John  Ashley's 
regiment)  at  Stillwater  in  1781.  He  married, 
at  Sandisfield,  Berkshire  county,  Massachu- 
setts, Sarah  Smith.    Children :    Hannah,  born 

in  Glastonbury,  married Smith ;  Lucy, 

born  at  Hinsdale;  Hiel,  born  1778,  married 
Sally  Bartlett:  Elijah;  Alfred,  born  1783; 
Levi,  born  1784;  Clara;  Erastus,  mentioned 
below. 

(V)  Erastus,  son  of  Elijah  Loveland.  was 
born  at  Hinsdale,  October  23,  1787,  died  in 
W^ashington,  Massachusetts,  August  15,  1840, 
buried  at  Hinsdale.  He  married  Olive  Forbes 
of  Hartford,  Connecticut,  born  February  18, 
1790,  died  at  Hinsdale,  June  12,  1849.  He 
was  a  farmer.  Children,  born  at  Hinsdale : 
Lewis,  mentioned  below;  Amanda,  born  1812, 
married  William  Roth ;  Lucy,  February  18, 
1815,  married  William  Beech;  Erastus,  1817, 
died  September  3,  1843;  Orin,  1822,  died  May 
24.  i8_si  ;  Emily,  1824,  died  in  infancy;  Al- 
mira,  September  4,  1826,  married  John  Day ; 
Louise,  June  28,  1829,  married  Andrew  Good- 
sell ;  Samuel,  July  28,  1832;  Emily,  died  aged 
twenty-four  vears. 

(VI)  Lewis,  son  of  Erastus  Loveland,  was 
born  in  Hinsdale,  August  18,  1810,  died  in 
Colebrook,  Connecticut,  May  20,  1889.  He 
received  a  common  school  education  in  his 
native  town,  and  when  about  twenty  years 
of  age  removed  to  North  Colebrook,  Con- 
necticut, remaining  there  until  his  death.  He 
was  a  farmer  by  occupation,  and  being  a  man 
of  influence  in  the  neighborhood  was  chosen 
to  fill  various  town  offices.     He  married,  June 


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18,  1839,  Fannie  Hill,  born  in  Hartland,  Con- 
necticut, November  25,  1823,  died  September 
20,  1895.  Children:  Harriet  E.,  born  May  i, 
1840,  died  September  13,  1842;  Laura  A., 
July  15,  1841,  died  1863;  Orlo  C,  December 
25,  1842,  resides  in  Hinsdale,  Massachusetts; 
Albert  A.,  May  26,  1844,  attorney  in  Mt. 
Pleasant,  Michigan;  Emeline  C,  November 
28,  1845,  married  Henry  Hill,  of  Canton,  Con- 
necticut; Warren  S.,  November  8,  1847,  died 
October  21,  1878;  Ada  L.,  August  25,  1849, 
died  September  19,  1905;  Lois  S.,  October  22, 
1851,  died  March  31,  1891 ;  Merriman,  Sep- 
tember 24,  1853,  resides  in  Winsted,  Connec- 
ticut; Susie  L.,  August  23,  1855,  resides  in 
Mt.  Pleasant,  Michigan;  Wolcott,  September 

19,  1857,  resides  in  Winsted,  Connecticut; 
Breckenridge,  August  19,  i860;  Grove  Wash- 
ington, see  forward;  Lillian  Bell,  February  9, 

1866,  married Tibbies,  resides  in  i^or- 

folk,  Connecticut. 

(VH)  Grove  Washington,  son  of  Lewis 
Loveland,  was  born  in  Colebrook,  Connecticut, 
June  18,  1863.  He  attended  the  public  schools 
and  the  knowledge  thus  acquired  was  supple- 
mented by  private  tuition ;  completing  his 
studies  at  the  age  of  twenty-one  years,  he 
assumed,  the  management  of  his  father's  es- 
tate and  so  continued  for  a  period  of  six 
years.  At  the  age  of  twenty-six  he  com- 
menced the  study  of  medicine  under  private 
instruction,  and  later  entered  the  Chicago 
Veterinary  College,  from  which  institution  he 
was  graduated  with  honors  in  the  class  of 
1894.  After  practicing  for  a  short  time  in  Mt. 
Pleasant,  Michigan,  he  located  in  Torring- 
ton,  Connecticut,  1894,  and  by  conscientious 
and  painstaking  methods  he  has  built  up  an 
extensive  and  lucrative  practice  in  this  and 
adjoining  towns,  besides  doing  a  large  amount 
of  work  for  the  Connecticut  Cattle  Commis- 
sion and  State  Board  of  Agriculture.  In  addi- 
tion to  the  practice  of  his  profession,  he  is 
serving  in  the  capacity  of  milk  inspector  of 
Torrington,  state  secretary  of  American  Vet- 
erinary Medical  Association,  chairman  of 
Board  of  Censors  of  Connecticut  Veterinary 
Association,  and  member  of  State  Board  of 
Examination  and  Registration.  Dr.  Loveland 
holds  membership  in  the  Benevolent  and  Pro- 
tective Order  of  Elks  of  Torrington.  Scru- 
pulously honorable  in  all  his  dealings  with 
mankind,  he  bears  a  reputation  for  public  and 
private  integrity,  and  being  sociable  and 
genial  in  disposition  has  won  and  retained 
a  wide  circle  of  friends. 

Dr.  Loveland  married  (first)  February  22, 
1887,  Ida  J.  Thompson,  of  Sandisfield,  Mas- 
sachusetts, daughter  of  Newton  and  Eleanor 
Thompson.     Child,  May  Belle,  born  May  24, 


1889.  Mrs.  Loveland  died  March  11,  1896. 
Dr.  Loveland  married  (second)  December  15, 
1897,  Gertrude  Emmons,  of  Cornwall,  Con- 
necticut, daughter  of  William  and  Mary 
(Bennett)  Emmons.  Children:  Grove  Wash- 
ington, Jr.,  born  April  23,  1899,  and  Glenna, 
July  22,  1900. 

The  surname  Dougal  or  Mac- 
DOUGAL  Dougall,  as  some  branches 
spell  it,  is  of  ancient  Scotch 
origin.  It  is  the  same  as  MacDowall.  As 
early  as  1284  this  family  was  settled  in  county 
Argyle,  Roxburghshire  and  Galloway,  Scot- 
land. The  MacDowall  family  holds  the  Earl- 
dom of  Dumfries.  The  name  is  derived  from 
the  Gaelic  dhu  (black)  and  gall  (stranger) 
and  was  an  expression  of  the  Celtic  inhabi- 
tants of  Scotland  to  denote  a  Lowlander  or 
any  not  of  their  race.  It  is  still  in  use  as  a 
baptismal  name.  ^t| 

The  family  appears  in  this  country  before 
the  revolution.  Thomas  Dougal,  of  Milton, 
Massachusetts,  served  through  the  revolution. 
He  appears  to  be  the  same  man  that  served 
in  the  Sixth  Troop  of  Connecticut  Dragoons 
in  the  revolution.  In  1790  there  were  two 
families  of  Dougals  in  Connecticut,  according 
to  the  first  federal  census :  James,  who  had 
three  males  over  sixteen,  one  under  that  age 
and  three  females  in  his  family,  and  David, 
who  had  two  sons  under  sixteen  and  one  fe- 
male in  his  family. 

(I)  Thomas  Dougal,  son  of  one  of  the  pio- 
neers mentioned  above,  was  born  about  1780. 
He  married  at  New  Haven,  Mary,  born  Feb- 
ruary 6,  1785,  daughter  of  Henry  Peck  (see 
Peck  V).  Among  their  children  was  Henry 
Peck,  mentioned  below. 

(II)  Henry  Peck,  son  of  Thomas  Dougal, 
was  born  in  New  Haven,  Connecticut.  He 
settled  in  the  south  and  became  the  owner  of 
three  extensive  plantations  in  South  Caro- 
lina. He  died  at  Newark,  New  Jersey.  He 
married  Dorothy  Mix,  born  at  New  Haven. 
Children :  Martha ;  Amelia ;  Ferederick 
Lewis,  mentioned  below;  Julia,  married  S.  O. 
Nichols,  of  Newark,  New  Jersey,  where  she 
is  now  living. 

(III)  Frederick  Lewis,  son  of  Henry  Peck 
Dougal,  was  born  in  Columbia,  South  Caro- 
lina, August  1841.  He  came  north  when  a 
young  man  and  made  his  home  in  Nauga- 
tuck,  Connecticut.  He  enlisted  in  the  union 
army  in  the  civil  war,  in  the  second  Connec- 
ticut regiment,  Volunteer  Militia,  and  was 
killed  by  a  sharp-shooter  before  he  had  partic- 
ipated in  any  battles.  He  married  Mary  M., 
born  at  Plymouth,  Connecticut,  May  28,  1841, 
daughter  of  Martin  L.  and  (Fenton) 


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Griggs.  She  is  living  at  Plainville.  Chil- 
dren :  Clarence  Henry,  mentioned  below ; 
Frederick  L.,  born  November,  1862,  is  with 
the  Coe  Brass  Manufacturing  Company,  of 
Torrington,  married  Nellie  Johnson ;  children  : 
Mabel,  Clark  and  Frederick. 

(IV)  Clarence  Henry,  son  of  Frederick 
Lewis  Dougal,  was  born  at  Naugatuck,  May 
20,  1861.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  Bristol,  Forestville  and  Harwin- 
ton,  Connecticut.  He  followed  farming  in 
his  youth.  He  was  afterward  a  clerk  in  the 
drug  store  of  C.  F.  Williams,  of  Thomaston, 
Connecticut,  where  he  worked  for  six  years. 
He  worked  for  a  short  time  at  Willimantic 
and  in  1890  came  to  Torrington  and  during 
the  next  five  years  was  clerk  in  the  drug 
store  of  Simeon  D.  Piatt.  He  then  bought 
the  business  of  his  employer  and  has  con- 
ducted it  to  the  present  time  with  abundant 
success.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican.  He 
represented  the  town  in  the  general  assembly 
of  the  state  in  1907  and  served  on  the  com- 
mittee on  cities  and  boroughs.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  local  camp,  Sons  of  Veterans, 
and  of  the  Congregational  church  of  Torring- 
ton. He  married,  October  15,  1891,  Minnie 
L.  Hotchkiss,  of  Torrington,  born  November 
5,  1867,  daughter  of  Edward  C.  and  Amelia 
(Briggs)   Hotchkiss.     They  have  no  children. 

(The  Peck  Line). 
(I)  Henry  Peck,  immigrant  ancestor,  was 
among  the  first  settlers  of  New  Haven  in  the 
spring  of  1638.  He  and  Deacon  William 
Peck,  who  also  settled  there  in  1638,  were 
doubtless  relatives,  and  are  supposed  to  have 
emigrated  to  this  country  in  the  company  of 
Governor  Eaton,  with  the  Rev.  John  Daven- 
port and  others,  who  arrived  at  Boston  June 
26,  1637,  in  the  ship  "Hector."  He  signed 
the  fundamental  agreement  of  the  settlers  of 
New  Haven,  and  took  an  active  interest  in 
the  management  and  affairs  of  the  settlement. 
A  portion  of  his  home  lot,  on  what  is  now 
George  street,  in  still  in  the  possession  of  his 
descendants.  He  died  in  1651.  His  will  is 
dated  October  30,  1651.  Children,  born  in 
New  Haven:  Eleazer,  baptized  March  13, 
1643 ;  Joseph,  baptized  September  5,  1647 ; 
Benjamin,  baptized  September  5,  1647;  Eliza- 
beth, born   March   16,    1649. 

(II)  Joseph,  son  of  Henry  Peck,  was  born 
in  New  Haven,  and  baptized  there  September 
5,  1647.  He  lived  in  his  native  town,  on 
the  homestead.  He  married,  November  28, 
1672,  Sarah,  daughter  of  Roger  Ailing,  of 
New  Haven.  His  widow  was  appointed  to 
administer  upon  his  estate,  September  5,  1720, 
and    returned    the    inventory    September    30, 


1720.  The  court  ordered  a  division  of  the  estate 
among  the  heirs,  October  6,  1720.  The  widow 
was  still  living  in  1729.  Children,  born  in 
New  Haven:  Sarah,  September  11,  1673; 
Joseph,  October  9.  1675;  Samuel,  December 
29,  1677; 'James,  February  17,  1679-80,  men- 
tioned below :  John,  October  6,  1682 ;  Elipha- 
let.  May  12,  1685;  Abigail,  May  2,  1686; 
Mary,  October  6,  1689;  Ebenezer,  May  2, 
1693. 

(Ill)  James,  son  of  Joseph  Peck,  was  born 
February  17,  1679-80,  died  in  1760,  in  New 
Haven.  His  will  is  dated  February  11,  1760. 
He  married  (first)  Abigail  Morris,  February 
4,  1705-06;  (second)  Hannah  Leek,  July  10, 
1729.  Children,  born  in  New  Haven:  Ebene- 
zer, January  20,  1706-07;  James,  August  4, 
1708;  Hannah,  August  10,  1710;  Abigail,* 
July  I,  1713;  Sarah,  married  Timothy  How- 
ell, August  7,  1755;  John  (twin),  June  30,  . 
1718.  died  young;  Morris  (twin),  died  young. 
Child  of  second  wife :  Stephen,  "mentioned 
below. 

(  F\')  Stephen,  son  of  James  Peck,  was  born 
in  New  Haven.  June  5,  1730,  and  settled  there, 
upon  the  family  estate,  which  had  been  pur- 
chased by  his  father  of  the  widow  and  heirs 
of  John,  grandson  of  the  ancestor,  Henry.  He 
married  (first)  Esther  Munson;  (second) 
Lydia  Miles.  Children:  Esther,  born  July  i, 
1753;  Henry,  August  20,  1755,  mentioned  be- 
low; Elisha,  October  11,  1757,  died  young; 
John,  December  12,  1759;  Stephen,  February 
2.  1765;  Sarah,  April  24,  1766;  Lucy,  July 
20,  1768. 

(V^)  Henry  (2),  son  of  Stephen  Peck,  was 
born  in  New  Haven,  August  20,  1755,  and 
lived  there  upon  the  George  street  estate. 
He  married  Hannah  Lewis.  Children :  Es- 
ther, born  December  19.  1783;  Mary,  Febru- 
ary 6,  1785,  married  Thomas  Dougal  (see 
Dougal  I)  ;  Grace,  December  2,  1786;  Elisha, 
May"27,  1788,  died  October  18,  1789;  Elisha, 
May  5,   1790. 

Abel  Fowler,  the  first  member 
FOWLER     of  the  family  of   whom  there 

is  mention,  was  a  resident  of 
Rhode  Island.  He  married  and  had  a  son 
Anson,  mentioned  below. 

(II)  Anson,  son  of  Abel  Fowler,  was  born 
in  Rhode  Island,  died  at  the  age  of  eighty- 
four  at  Churchville,  New  York.  He  was  a 
soldier  in  the  revolution  in  Colonel  Tophan's 
regiment  from  Newport  and  Bristol,  Rhode 
Island.  lie  removed  from  Rhode  Island  to 
Herkimer,  New  York,  and  about  1816  to 
Churchville,  same  state,  where  he  cleared  a 
farm  and  followed  farming  during  the  re- 
mainder of  his  life.     His  children  were:     i. 


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Anson,  mentioned  below.  2.  Abel,  whose  son, 
Nelson  S.  Fowler,  resided  at  Churchville,  New 
York,  on  the  old  homestead.  3.  Daughter. 
(This  family  is  doubtless  a  branch  of  that 
founded  by  William  Fowler  and  very  numer- 
ous in  Connecticut.  There  was  an  Anson 
Fowler,  son  of  Captain  Amos  Fowler,  born 
in  1803,  in  Lebanon,  Connecticut,  where  he 
lived  to  a  great  age.) 

(III)  Anson  (2),  son  of  AnsOn  (i)  Fow- 
ler, was  born  in  1809,  in  Rhode  Island,  died 
in  1B54  at  Wheatland,  Michigan.  He  ac- 
companied his'  parents  to  New  York  state, 
removing  from  Churchville  to  Wheatland, 
Michigan.  He  followed  the  occupation  of 
farming. 

Anson  Fowler  married,  February  11,  1831, 
Harriet  L.  Gridley.  Children:  i.  Edward 
K.,  resided  at  St.  Louis,  Michigan,  where  his 
death  occurred.  2.  Louise  M.,  died  November 
1909;  she  married  Cornelius  Deering.  3. 
Frank  Gridley,  mentioned  below.  4.  Amelia, 
died  in  Jackson,  Michigan.  5.  Lucilla,  died 
in  Wheatland,  Michigan.  The  births  of  the 
last  three  of  these  children  occurred  in  AVheat- 
land.  Michigan. 

(IV)  Frank  Gridley,  son  of  Anson  (2) 
Fowler,  was  born  April  24,  1836,  at  Wheat- 
land, Michigan.  After  attending  the  public 
scIioqIs  of  that  section  he  entered  a  private 
institution,  but  abandoned  it  after  a  few  terms. 
He  did  not  relinquish  his  purpose,  however, 
but  pursued  the  studies  of  geometry,  physics, 
chemistry,  mechanical  drawing  and  shorthand 
successfully  without  the  aid  of  a  teacher.  In 
the  latter  study  he  was  particularly  interested 
and  was  soon  called  to  fill  a  position  tendered 
by  Professor  O.  S.  Fowler,  the  noted  author, 
and  lecturer  on  phrenology,  Mr.  F.  G.  Fow- 
ler, being  kindly  recommended  by  Andrew 
J.  Graham.  He  joined  Professor  Fowler  in 
the  spring  of  1857  at  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  and 
traveled  with  him,  visiting  all  the  principal 
cities  of  the  LTnited  States  and  Canada.  After 
spending  two  years  with  Professor  Fowler 
he  located  in  Springfield,  Illinois,  with  a  view 
of  taking  up  legislative  reporting,  but  the 
appropriation  for  this  purpose  failing  and 
being  offered  a  position  as  tutor,  he  accepted 
it  and  taught  for  several  years  in  Springfield 
and  vicinity.  During  this  period  he  was 
awarded  a  diploma  by  the  department  of  pub- 
lie  instruction,  which  entitled  him  to  teach 
any  school  in  Illinois  during  his  life  without 
further  examination.  This  was  the  highest 
honor  possible  to  pay  any  teacher,  and  was 
awarded  only  to  those  who  had  proved  them- 
selves successful,  and  after  a  rigid  examina- 
tion by  the  state  superintendent.  During  this 
period  he  often  had  calls  to  do  reporting.     In 


1864,  when  the  Union  party  found  itself 
obliged  to  carry  on  a  war  at  the  front  and  a 
presidential  election  at  the  rear,  he  reported 
patriotic  speeches,  which  were  published. 
Among  the  speakers  were  eminent  statesmen, 
famous  generals,  and  local  speakers  of  note, 
whose  sentiments  were  sometimes  couched  in 
homely  phrase,  but  aglow  with  patriotic  fire 
and  which  told  with  the  masses.  Among  some 
of  the  speakers  reported  were  Governor  Yates, 
Governor  Oglesby,  Senator  Wilkinson,  Presi- 
dent Andrew  Johnson,  General  Sherman,  Gen- 
eral Logan,  General  Sickles  and  many  others. 
Soon  after  this  his  reporting  practice  was  in- 
terrupted and  his  energies  directed  in  the 
channel  of  mechanical  engineering.  At  the 
request  of  one  of  his  country  friends  he  con- 
structed a  novel  windmill,  which  was  quite 
extensively  used  in  that  locality  in  lifting 
water  from  wells.  In  studying  upon  this 
theme  he  perceived  the  device  was  not  merely 
a  windmill,  but  a  propellor  as  well,  and  could 
be  used  for  propulsion,  steering  and  manoeu- 
vering  of  vessels.  Accordingly  patents  were 
secured  and  it  was  "embodied  in  model  form 
and  was  exhibited  at  Chicago,  Buffalo  and 
New  York  City,  and  finally  resulted  in  locat- 
ing him  at  Bridgeport,  Connecticut.  For  this 
device  he  was  subsequently  awarded  a  medal 
by  the  American  Institute,  and  a  diploma  by 
the  Centennial  Commission,  it  having  been 
applied  to  several  steam  vessels.  Among  them 
may  be  mentioned  the  beautiful  little  steam 
yacht,  "Bonito."  which  was  a  part  of  his  cen- 
tennial exhibit,  and  located  on  the  Schuyl- 
kill, and  executed,  with  the  centennial  judges 
aboard,  many  intricate  manoeuvers.  Among 
these  was  one  describing  a  figure  eight 
around  two  buoys,  placed  half  the  length 
of  the  boat  apart,  without  touching  them,  and 
while  steaming  at  full  speed,  both  in  going 
ahead  and  also  going  astern.  The  perform- 
ance of  this  boat  excited  a  good  deal  of  interest 
among  foreign  exhibitors,  and  was  described  at 
length  in  London  Engineering.  She  was  sold 
to  a  gentleman  in  Virginia,  and  was  after- 
ward the  first  boat  to  reach  the' wreck  of  the 
United  States  steamer,  "Huron,"  at  Cape 
Hatteras,  and  rescue  the  survivors.  Another 
vessel  was  the  United  States  torpedo  boat, 
"Alarm,"  the  hull  being  designed  by  Admiral 
Porter,  the  engine  by  John  Roach,  and  the 
propelling  apparatus  by  Mr.  Fowler.  Admiral 
Porter  in  his  report  to  the  secretary  of  the 
navy  said  of  her,  "that  in  steering,  manoeu- 
vering  and  handling  she  had  no  equal  in  the 
navies  of  the  world."  On  one  occasion  Gen- 
eral Grant  was  invited  on  board  to  witness 
her  performance  and  was  particularly  inter- 
ested in  the  celerity  of  her  manoeuvers;  ex- 


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claiming  enthusiastically  to  those  present,  "see 
her  turn,  just  see  her  turn." 

Shortly  after  this  Mr.  Fowler  discovered 
that  he  had  no  pecuniary  interest  in  the  en- 
terprise, and  he  abandoned  all  further  effort 
in  that  direction.  A  friend  happening  to 
know  that  he  was  a  stenographer  called  him 
in  to  report  a  case.  This  call  was  followed 
by  a  second  and  a  third,  and  within  less  than 
three  years,  without  having  made  any  effort 
or  ever  intending  to  enter  the  shorthand  field 
again,  he  found  himself  doing  an  extensive 
shorthand  business.  In  1884  a  general  steno- 
graphic law  was  passed  by  the  Connecticut  leg- 
islature, the  measure  being  brought  about 
mainly  by  Mr.  Fowler's  patrons  and  such 
friends  as  they  could  interest  in  other  parts  of 
the  state.  Mr.  Fowler  was  appointed  to  an  offi- 
cial position,  the  signatures  of  nearly  every  at- 
torney in  the  county  appearing  on  the  applica- 
tion. He  employed  the  best  of  assistance,  and 
did  an  immense  amount  of  work  in  that  section 
of  Connecticut,  being  the  first  to  produce  a 
daily  transcript  on  the  typewriter.  Mr.  Fowler 
was  the  author  of  two  works  on  shorthand,  and 
of  a  process  of  writing  shorthand,  which  under 
some  circumstances  admits  of  very  great 
speed.  As  an  instance  may  be  given  the  re- 
porting of  the  Ouarto-Millenial  Anniversary 
of  the  Old  Stratford  Church,  which  consisted 
in  part  of  fifteen  five  minute  speeches,  de- 
livered in  rapid  succession,  and  in  which  some 
of  the  speakers  covered  twelve  hundred  and 
eighty-four  words,  as  appears  by  the  printed 
report,  and  concerning  which  the  chairman 
of  the  committee  of  publication  stated,  "the 
stenographic  report  of  that  occasion  is  an 
unceasing  marvel  to  me." 

Mr.  Fowler  married,  October  i,  1884,  in 
Kansas,  Jennie  Bell,  born  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio, 
daughter  of  George  Clinton  and  Sarah  Jane 
(Williams)  Farmer.  George  Clinton  Farmer 
was  born  in  Bath,  England,  October  10,  1827, 
died  September  19,  1908,  at  Oskaloosa,  Ohio. 
He  was  a  carpenter  by  trade  and  at  one  time 
operated  a  saw  mill  at  Williamsburg,  Ohio; 
later  he  engaged  in  the  grocery  business, 
wholesale  and  retail,  and  subsequently  added 
a  general  line  of  hardware.  He  retired  in 
1 90 1.  He  was  active  in  public  life  and  held 
various  positions  of  trust  and  honor.  His 
wife,  Sarah  Jane  (Williams)  Farmer,  was 
born  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  where  her  marriage 
occurred ;  her  father.  John  S.  Williams,  was 
a  noted  civil  engineer  and  prominent  citizen 
of  Cincinnati.  Children  of  George  Clinton 
and  Sarah  Jane  Farmer:  i.  William  G.,  re- 
sides at  Duluth,  Minnesota ;  married  Emma 
Jennie  Webb,  of  Greenleaf,  Minnesota;  chil- 
dren':  Leroy,    Carl,    Frederick,    Lee   Farmer. 


2.  Jennie  Bell,  aforementioned.  3.  George 
Clinton  Jr.  4.  Charles  Edward,  married 
Anna  Kirkpatrick ;  son,  George  Edward 
Farmer.  5.  Sadie  May,  married  Judge  J.  C. 
Blanchard,  of  Oskaloosa,  Ohio.  Children  of 
Frank  Gridley  and  Jennie  Bell  (Farmer) 
Fowler :  Frederick  A.  and  Francis  C,  twins, 
born  September  17,  1887.  Both  studied  at 
the  International  Correspondence  School, 
Scranton,  Pennsylvania ;  both  are  draughts- 
men in  Bridgeport.  As  children  they  re- 
sembled each  other  so  nearly  as  to  often 
puzzle  parents  and  friends  to  distinguish  them. 
Mrs.  Fowler  is  also  a  stenographer  and  one 
of  the  few  women  who  have  succeeded  in 
transcribing  notes  taken  in  court  by  another 
person. 


Stapleton  is  an  ancient 
STAPLETON  and  honored  English  sur- 
name. Various  branches 
of  the  family  bear  coats-of-arms.  The  word 
staple  was  originally  used  to  mean  wool  and 
Stapleton  means  literally  wool-town.  The 
family  or  families  took  the  surname  from  the 
locality,  and  a  large  part  of  the  surnames  orig- 
inated in  the  twelfth  century  and  later.  From 
England  a  branch  of  the  family  many  genera- 
tions ago  settled  in  Ireland. 

(I)  George  Stapleton  was  born  at  Castle- 
town, county  Limerick,  Ireland,  and  died 
there  in  1842.  He  was  a  farmer  throughout 
the  active  years  of  his  life.  He  married  Mar- 
garet O'Donnell,  a  native  of  the  same  town, 
who  died  there  in  1840.  Children,  born  in 
Castletown:  i.  John,  died  aged  eighty-three; 
married  Mary  Keating.  2.  Catherine,  died 
in  Ireland,  unmarried.  3.  Dennis,  died  aged 
eighty-four  years;  married  Hannah  McAu- 
liffe.  4.  William,  never  married.  5.  Mary, 
married  Patrick  Burns.  6.  Margaret,  mar- 
ried Cornelius  McCollough.  7.  Bridget,  mar- 
ried Edward  O'Neil.  8.  Walter,  died  un- 
married. 9.  George,  mentioned  below.  10. 
Child,  died  in  infancy.  11.  James,  married 
Mary  Jane  Walsh.  Of  the  above  only  Mrs. 
Patrick  Burns,  Mrs.  Edward  O'Neil  and 
George  Stapleton  are  living  at  the  present 
time    (1910). 

(II)  George  (2),  son  of  George  (i)  and 
Margaret  (O'Donnell)  Stapleton,  was  born 
in  Castletown,  county  Limerick,  Ireland,  in 
1838.  He  was  educated  in  his  native  place 
and  resided  there  until  1853,  when  he  came 
to  the  L^nited  States,  landing  at  New  York. 
He  came  to  Bridgeport,  Connecticut,  October 
II,  1853,  and  for  one  and  one-half  years 
thereafter  was  employed  by  Captain  V.  D. 
Elsworth.  At  the  expiration  of  this  period 
of  time,  being:  ambitious   and   self-reliant,  he 


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started  in  a  small  way  in  the  teaming  busi- 
ness on  his  own  account.  As  his  means  al- 
lowed he  added  to  his  equipment  and  engaged 
in  general  contracting.  Year  by  year  his 
business  increased  in  volume  and  importance, 
and  he  had  business  relations  with  most  of 
the  building  contractors  and  manufacturers  of 
the  city,  for  many  years  being  recognized  as 
the  leader  in  this  line  of  work.  He  has  been 
engaged  in  the  same  business  for  fifty-four 
years,  1910,  and  is  the  only  one  now  left 
who  started  at  the  same  time  he  did.  Always 
a  man  of  his  word  and  carrying  out  faithfully 
every  agreement,  he  has  won  a  position  among 
the  most  substantial  and  influential  business 
men  of  the  city,  and  his  sound  judgment, 
sturdy  independence,  integrity  and  sterling 
character,  have  commanded  the  esteem  and 
respect  of  his  townsmen.  He  has  taken  an 
active  part  in  the  development  and  growth  of 
the  city,  and  knows  the  town  and  the  people 
as  few  others  do.  At  the  time  he  took  up 
his  residence  in  Bridgeport  it  had  a  population 
of  twelve  thousand,  and  at  the  present  time 
its  population  is  one  hundred  thousand,  and 
he  was  a  witness  to  this  remarkable  growth. 
He  is  an  Independent  in  politics,  and  served 
on  the  board  of  education  before  the  schools 
were  consolidated  under  the  city  system.  He 
is  a  Catholic  in  religion,  being  one  of  the 
pioneers  of  that  faith  in  this  section,  there 
iDeing  only  one  church  of  that  kind  in  Bridge- 
port when  he  came  and  now  there  are  nine- 
teen ;  he  witnessed  the  erection  of  all  these 
churches,  and  has  been  a  liberal  supporter  and 
contributor  to  the  cause  of  Catholicism. 

Mr.  Stapleton  married,  February  20,  1862, 
at  Bridgeport,  Bridget,  born  in  Ireland,  daugh- 
ter of  Michael  and  Sarah  (Ryan)  O'Neil. 
Michael  O'Neil  was  a  farmer  in  his  native 
land,  Ireland,  came  to  Bridgeport,  Connecti- 
cut, in  1854,  and  spent  the  remainder  of  his 
life  there ;  he  died  at  the  advanced  age  of 
eighty  years  and  is  buried  in  St.  Augustine 
cemetery,  Bridgeport ;  his  wife,  also  a  native 
of  Ireland,  died  at  the  age  of  fifty-six.  Chil- 
dren of  Michael  and  Sarah  O'Neil:  i.  Ed- 
ward, married  Bridget  Stapleton ;  three  chil- 
dren. 2.  Michael,  Jr.  3.  John,  married  Mary 
Kegan.  4.  Dennis,  never  married.  5.  Mary, 
married  Patrick  Hearn.  6.  Sarah,  married 
Patrick  Fee,  of  Bridgeport.  7.  Anna,  mar- 
ried Dennis  Kealey.  8.  Bridget,  married 
George  Stapleton,  mentioned  above.  9.  Pat- 
rick, married  Mary  Clark.  10.  Michael,  Jr. 
II.  Martin.  Of  these  only  Mrs.  Patrick 
Hearn,  Mrs.  Patrick  Fee,  Mrs.  George  Staple- 
ton,  and  Martin  O'Neil  are  living  at  the  pres- 
ent time  (1910).  Children  of  George  and 
Bridget  Stapleton,  all  born  in  Bridgeport:     i. 


Margaret  A.,  died  aged  thirty-three  years 
buried  at  St.  Michael's  cemetery,  Bridgeport 
2.  John  F.,  died  aged  thirty-six.  3.  George 
died  aged  thirty-one.  4.  Sarah  Gertrude.  5 
William,  died  aged  three  years,  six  months 
6.  Catherine,  died  aged  twenty-one  years.  7 
William  E.,  died  aged  twenty-one  years.  8, 
Mary  Louise,  married,  October  7,  1903 
Thomas  Henry  Devitt,  who  was  engaged  in 
the  grocery  business,  now  associated  with  Mr. 
Stapleton ;  his  father  was  the  oldest  grocer 
in  the  city  of  Bridgeport ;  children :  Mary 
Margaret  Devitt,  born  June  i,  1905,  and 
Dorothy  Ann  Devitt,  April  i,  1910.  9.  Ann 
Marie,  died  aged  twenty-one.  10.  Walter, 
died  aged  seven  months.  11.  Loretta,  died 
aged  three  years  and  eight  months. 


Lieutenant  Walter  Fyler,  immi- 
FYLER  grant  ancestor,  was  born  in  Eng- 
land, and  settled  in  Dorchester, 
Massachusetts,  as  early  as  1634.  He  was  a 
freeman  there,  May  14,  1634.  He  removed 
to  Windsor,  Connecticut,  with  the  first  settlers. 
His  house  there  was  within  the  Palisado,  and 
the  well  is  still  to  be  seen  on  the  property 
of  the  Misses  Stiles.  He  was  deputy  to  the 
general  court  in  1647,  ^"d  from  1661  to  1663. 
He   was   juror   in    1637-42-44.     He   married 

Jane  ,   and  in   his   will   gives   the  use 

of  his  estate  to  her  during  her  life.  He  died 
December  12,  1683,  and  his  widow  in  1690. 
Children  :  John,  born  at  Windsor,  September 
1642;  Zerubbabel,  December  23,  1644,  men- 
tioned below. 

(II)  Zerubbabel,  son  of  Lieutenant  Walter 
Fyler,  was  born  December  23,  1644,  and  mar- 
ried Experience,  daughter  of  Elder  John 
Strong,  of  Northampton,  Massachusetts,  May 
27,  1669.  After  living  for  a  time  in  Wind- 
sor, he  removed  to  Stony  River  in  Suffield, 
but  returned  to  Windsor,  where  he  died  Oc- 
tober 2,  1 714.  He  left  a  good  estate  for  those 
days.  Children:  Thomas,  January  25,  1670; 
Jane,  January  i,  1672;  Zerubbabel,  October 
31,  1673,  died  young;  Zerubbabel,  December 
25,  1674;  John,  March  2,  1676;  Samuel, 
(twin)  'January  5,  1680,  died  June  5,  1680; 
Abigail  (twin),  died  June  9,  1680;  Samuel, 
September,  26,  1681,  SufSeld;  Abigail,  April 
8,  1683,  Suffield;  Stephen,  March  27,  1688; 
Ebenezer,  December  2,  1690;  Experience,  De- 
cember 25,   1691 ;  Elizabeth,  June  2,  1694. 

(III)  Zerubbabel  (2),  son  of  Zerubbabel 
(i)  Fyler,  was  born  December  25,  1674.  He 
married  Rachel,  daughter  of  Jeremiah  Gil- 
lett,  of  Simsbury,  January  3,  1706.  He  was 
a  farmer  by  occupation  and  lived  in  Windsor, 
where  he  died,  January  29,  1761.  His  wife 
died   January   28,    1768.     Children:     Rachel, 


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born  September  29,  1706;  Experience,  Eeb- 
ruary  7,  1707;  Silas,  1710,  mentioned  below; 
Samuel,  1715;  Jeremiah. 

(IV)  Silas,  son  of  Zerubbabel  (2)  Eyler, 
was  born  in  1710.  He  married,  1747.  Cath- 
arine Drake,  of  Windsor.  They  lived  there 
until  the  spring  of  1779.  when  they  removed 
to  Newiield,  in  Torrington.  Here  he  pur- 
chased land  and  began  to  put  up  a  house,  but 
was  taken  suddenly  ill  at  Chauncey's  Hill, 
and  died  April  12,  1779.  His  widow  settled 
on  the  farm  which  he  had  purchased,  with 
some  of  her  children,  but  afterwards  removed 
to  Colebrook,  where  she  died  March,  1809, 
in  her  eightieth  year.  Children,  born  in  Wind- 
sor: Abi,  1748;  Catharine,  1750;  Silas,  1752; 
Jane,  1754;  Stephen,  May  27,  1755,  men- 
tioned below-;  John    (twin),    1760;   Bethesda 

(twin);  Sabra,  April  24,  1764;  Roman,  Au- 
gust  12.   1769. 

(V)  Stephen,  son  of  Silas  Eyler,  was  born 
in  Windsor,  May  27,  1755.  How  long  he 
served  in  the  revolutionary  war  is  not  known, 
but  probably  after  his  marriage  and  until 
the  close  of  the. contest.  He  drew  a  pension 
for  many  years.  About  1781  he  settled  in 
Newfield,  where  he  spent  his  life  as  a  farmer. 
He  was  an  energetic,  hard-working  man,  and 
besides  his  farm,  had  saw  mills,  a  cider  mill, 
brandy  still,  a  brick  yard  and  a  dish  mill, 
where  he  produced  a  variety  of  wooden  dishes. 
This  latter  mill  was  built  about  1790  and  was 
locally  well  known.  He  also  commenced 
keeping  a  dairy  and  making  cheese,  an  occu- 
pation which  was  carried  on  later  by  his  son 
Harlow.  He  was  captain  of  a  military  com- 
pany raised  in  Newfield,  after  the  revolution. 
Mr.  Eyler  was  one  of  the  first  men  in  the 
northern  part  of  the  town  who  objected  to 
the  compulsory  method  of  supporting  the  gos- 
pel, and  as  soon  as  the  Baptist  church  became 
established  in  1789,  he  united  with  it.  He 
is  said  to  have  been  one  of  the  three  first 
Democrats  in  the  town.  Some  years  after- 
wards, when  the  Democratic  party  had  be- 
come established,  there  was  established  a 
Democratic  newspaper  in  Litchfield,  edited  by 
Sehick  Osborn.  This  Mr.  Osborn,  'because 
of  something  he  had  published,  had  been  in- 
dicted for  libel,  and  when  brought  to  trial, 
Stephe.i  Eyler  was  one  of  the  jurors  to  try 
the  case.  When  the  jury  compared  their 
judgments,  it  was  found  that  eleven  were  in 
favor  of  conviction,  and  one,  Mr.  Eyler,  in 
favor  of  clearing  him.  The  eleven  agreed 
among  themselves  to  go  in  and  render  a  ver- 
dict of  guilty,  but  when  they  did  so,  Mr.  Ey- 
ler announced  that  he  had  not  agreed,  which 
created  a  great  sensation  and  caused  the  court 
to    order   further   consideration   of   the    case. 


The  consideration  was  continued  from  week 
to  week,  and  as  Mr.  Eyler  clung  to  his  origi- 
nal decision,  the  judge  at  the  end  of  the 
term  announced  that  the  jury  was  discharged. 
This  trial  is  said  to  have  been  one  of  the  most 
celebrated  that  ever  occurred  in  Litchfield,  be- 
cause of  the  spirit  of  malice  and  persecution 
manifested  on  the  one  side,  and  the  bravery 
and  honesty  of  one  man  who  stood  boldly 
for  the  right.  He  married,  in  Windsor.  Polly 
Collier,  July,  1778.  She  was  born  January 
i.S.    17.58,    and  was   the   daughter   of  Widow 

Mary  Collier,  who  married   (second)  

Coman.  Polly  died  June  12,  1847.  Children: 
Stephen  E.,  born  March  6,  1780,  Windsor; 
George,  Eebruary  10,  1782,  Torrington;  Polly, 
March  13,  1784;  Catharine,  July  16,  1786; 
Roxy,  October  22,  1788;  Reuben,  July  9, 
1791  ;  Juba,  August  5,  1793;  Harlow,  men- 
tioned below. 

(VI)  Harlow,  son  of  Stephen  Eyler,  was 
born  December  21,  1795,  in  Torrington.  He 
inherited  a  part  of  his  father's  homestead  in 
Newiield,  where  he  lived  for  over  seventy- 
eight  years.  He  purchased  land  of  the  lat- 
ter's  heirs  until  he  possessed  all  the  home- 
stead in  connection  with  his  brother  Juba, 
and  then  continued  to  buy  land  adjoining  until 
he  owned  over  eight  hundred  acres.  He  was 
a  man  of  great  energy  and  business  enterprise, 
and  succeeded  in  making  his  lands  highly 
profitable.  Besides  the  farm,  he  conducted 
a  large  dairy,  and  a  brick  kiln.  He  also  took 
contracts  for  repairing  roads,  and  built 
bridges,  brick  school  houses  and  other  build- 
ings of  brick.  He  had  many  acres  of  apple 
orchard,  from  which  he  made  each  year  a 
large  quantity  of  cider,  most  of  which  he 
made  into  brandy  in  his  own  still.  Eor  many 
years  he  did  much  in  support  of  the  Metho- 
dist church  in  Newfield.  He  continued  to 
live  on  the  old  homestead  until  1874,  when 
he  removed  to  Winsted,  Connecticut,  in  order 
to  be  near  one  of  his  sons.  He  married 
(first)  Prudence  E.,  daughter  of Cros- 
by, November  26,  181 8.  She  was  born  at 
Chatham,  July,  1795,  died  March  6,  1819. 
He  married  (second)  Sibyl  R.,  daughter  of 
Joseph  and  Rosannah  (Peck)  Toltes,  July 
6,  1823.  She  was  born  at  Montague,  Massa- 
chusetts, September  22,  1802.  Children  of  sec- 
ond marriage:  Juba,  born  December  10,  1824, 
died  December  13,  1824;  Carolina,  December 
13,  1824,  an  adopted  daughter ;  Harlow,  Octo- 
ber 3,  1827,  died  October  8,  1827 ;  Jenette  E., 
May  27,  1829;  Charles  H.,  September  2.  1831, 
died  June  23,  1832;  Charles  H.,  jMarch  16, 
1833,  died  June  10,  1834;  Elorimond  D.,  De- 
cember II,  1834;  Carlton  C,  December  31, 
1837;  Orsamus  R.,  mentioned  below. 


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(VII)  Orsamus  Roman,  son  of  Harlow 
Fyler,  was  born  at  Torrington,  January  17, 
1840,  died  November  22,  1909.  He  attended 
the  public  schools  of  his  native  town  and 
Wesleyan  Academy  at  Wilbraham.  IMassachu- 
setts.  Soon  after  he  left  school  the  civil  war 
broke  out,  and  he  enlisted  in  the  Nineteenth 
Regiment,  Connecticut  Volunteers,  later  the 
Second  Connecticut  Heavy  Artillery,  and  was 
mustered  into  service  September  11,  follow- 
ing. Colonel  Leverett  W.  Wessells  was  in 
command.  The  regiment  was  stationed  at 
Washington,  and  when  the  regiment  was 
transferred  to  the  artillery,  Mr.  Fyler  was 
appointed  to  recruit  in  order  to  increase  the 
size  of  the  command  and  he  did  his  share 
in  this  work,  which  resulted  in  raising  the 
total  to  eighteen  hundred  men.  He  was  com- 
missioned second  lieutenant,  February  6,  1864, 
and  mustered  in  at  Arlington,  A-^irginia, 
March  4,  1864.  He  took  part  in  the  battles 
of  North  Anna,  Cold  Harbor,  Petersburg, 
Welden  Railroad  and  Winchester.  At  Cold 
Harbor  his  regiment  met  General  Longstreet's 
command  and  was  repulsed,  leaving  on  the 
field  three  hundred  and  twenty-three  men,  of 
whom  one  hundred  and  twenty-nine  were 
killed  or  mortally  wounded.  At  the  battle  of 
Winchester  the  regiment  did  much  to  save 
the  day,  but  lost  fourteen  officers  and  one 
hundred  and  twenty-two  men  in  killed  and 
wounded.  Major  Rice  and  Lieutenants  Can- 
dee,  Hubbard  and  Cogswell,  Captain  Berry 
and  Lieutenant  McCabe  were  mortally 
wounded,  and  Lieutenant  Fyler  was  crippled 
for  life  by  a  wound  in  his  left  leg.  He  re- 
ceived his  commission  as  first  lieutenant  for 
courage  and  gallantry  at  Winchester  and 
while  he  laj'  in  the  hospital  after  the  battle, 
he  cast  his  first  ballot  for  Lincoln  for  presi- 
dent. After  he  was  able  to  return  home,  a 
year  elapsed  before  he  was  able  to  resume 
business,  and  for  the  remainder  of  his  life  he 
had  to  use  a  crutch. 

He  commenced  his  business  career  in  the 
flour  and  grain  trade  under  the  firm  name  of 
O.  R.  Fyler  &  Company,  which  contintied  for 
two  years.  In  1866  he  was  appointed  post- 
master of  Torrington  by  President  Andrew 
Johnson.  He  was  twice  reappointed  by  Presi- 
dent Grant,  once  by  President  Hayes  and  once 
by  President  Garfield,  being  one  of  the  few 
postmasters  in  Connecticut  commissioned  bv 
the  martyr-president.  His  term  came  to  an  end 
under  the  Democratic  administration  of  Gro- 
ver  Cleveland  in  1885,  after  a  continuous 
service  of  nineteen  years.  In  the  meantime 
the  population  of  the  town  had  grown  and 
the  work  of  the  office  increased  greatly.  His 
administration  of  afifairs  was  eminentlv  satis- 


factory both  to  the  government  and  to  the 
public,  and  he  left  the  office  in  admirable  con- 
dition. It  was,  in  fact,  one  of  the  best  of 
its  class  in  the  whole  state.  Then  he  re- 
turned to  public  life  in  a  more  important  and 
responsible  trust.  He  was  appointed  July  i, 
1886,  by  Governor  Henry  B.  Harrison,  in- 
surance commissioner  of  the  state,  largely 
upon  the  recommendation,  it  is  said,  of  Ste- 
phen A.  Hubbard,  of  the  Hartford  Coiirant. 
He  proved  efficient  and  capable  in  this  office 
and  was  reappointed  by  Governor  P.  C. 
Lounsbury  and  Governor  Morgan  G.  Bulke- 
ley.  Almost  the  first  official  act  of  Commis- 
sioner Fyler  was  to  place  the  Charter  Oak 
Life  Insurance  Company  of  this  city  in  the 
hands  of  receivers.  The  Continental  Life 
Insurance  Company  had  passed  previous  ex- 
aminations, but  the  searching  investigation  of 
Mr.  Fyler  resulted  in  his  taking  the  same 
action  as  in  the  Charter  Oak  case,  Hon.  John 
R.  Buck  and  Governor  L.  A.  Cooke  being 
appointed  receivers.  Commissioner  Fyler's 
course  was  commended  and  he  afterward 
made  a  systematic  examination  of  all  the  in- 
surance companies  with  especial  attention  to 
the  values  of  their  holdings  in  western  real 
estate.  This  action  resulted  in  raising  the 
.standard  of  the  Hartford  insurance  com- 
panies. Mr.  Fyler  also  superintended  the 
reorganization  of  the  Phoenix  Mutual  Life 
Insurance  Company  of  Hartford,  when  it  was 
changed  from  a  stock  company  to  mutual.  He 
reorganized  the  work  of  his  own  office  and 
left  it  in  excellent  condition  for  his  successor, 
Burton  Mansfield,  of  New  Haven. 

Mr.  Fyler  represented  Torrington  in  the 
general  assembly  of  Connecticut  in  1886  and 
was  delegate  from  that  town  in  the  constitu- 
tional convention  of  the  state  in  1902.  He 
became  chairman  of  the  Republican  state  cen- 
tral committee  in  1896  during  the  McKinley 
campaign  and  proved  one  of  the  most  efficient 
men  that  the  party  had  had  in  that  office. 
He  resigned  in  1902.  It  was  while  serving 
as  a  delegate  to  the  constitutional  convention 
that  he  had  an  attack  of  nervous  prostration, 
which  lasted  several  years,  but  from  which  he 
finally  recovered  fully.  This  illness  caused 
him  to  resign  from  the  state  central  com- 
mittee. He  was  at  the  head  of  the  party  or- 
ganization at  the  time  of  some  of  the  most 
memorable  political  contests.  One  of  the 
greatest  controversies  within  the  Republican 
party  was  that  involved  in  the  contest  be- 
tween Governor  McLean  and  State  Attorney 
Donald  T.  Warner  for  the  nomination  for 
governor  in  1900.  A  great  effort  was  made 
at  that  time  to  depose  Mr.  Fyler  as  chairman, 
but  he  retained  his  office.     When  he  had  to 


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fight  he  was  a  hard  and  effective  fighter,  but 
the  most  bitter  opponent  never  had  reason  to 
accuse  him  of  unfairness.  Judge  Warner  was 
supported  by  Samuel  Fessenden  while  Mr. 
Fyler  led  the  support  of  Governor  McLean, 
who  won  the  nomination  and  became  one  of 
the  ablest  and  most  popular  governors  the 
state  ever  had.  In  1897  Governor  Lorrin  A. 
Cooke  appointed  Mr.  Fyler  a  member  of  the 
railroad  commission  for  four  years  and  he 
was  reappointed  by  Governor  McLean,  Gov- 
ernor Roberts  and  Governor  Lilley.  He  died 
in  ofifice. 

He  was  always  keenly  interested  in  local 
affairs.  He  was  a  prime  mover  in  the  intro- 
duction of  a  water  supply  for  the  town  and 
served  on  the  original  committee  to  investi- 
gate and  make  plans  for  the  water  works, 
and  at  a  later  meeting  of  the  town  he  was 
appointed  with  the  same  associates,  Senator 
Isaac  W.  Brooks  and  Charles  F.  Brooker, 
to  secure  subscriptions  and  take  charge  of  the 
construction.  He  was  appointed  superintend- 
ent and  supervised  the  work.  He  was  also 
one  of  the  leading  men  who  established  the 
Torrington  &  Winchester  Tramway  Company, 
building  an  electric  railway  between  Torring- 
ton and  Winsted.  The  first  meeting  was 
held  November  16,  1896,  and  it  was  largely 
through  his  efforts  that  the  corporation  was 
formed  and  the  road  built.  It  afterward  be- 
came a  part  of  the  system  of  the  Connecticut 
Company. 

Mr.  Fyler  was  a  member  of  the  Military 
Order  of  the  Loyal  Legion.  He  never  lost 
interest  in  his  old  regiment  and  he  was  a 
welcome  comrade  at  the  regimental  reunions. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  General  Sedgwick 
monument  commission.  In  religion  he  was 
a    Congregationalist. 

Among  messages  of  condolence  re- 
ceived by  the  family  at  Mr.  Fyler's  death 
was  the  following  from  President  Taft :  'T 
have  just  learned  of  your  great  loss  and  I 
tender  to  you  my  sincere  sympathy.  He  was 
a  warm  friend  of  mine  and  I  condole  with 
you  in  your  sorrow."  Governor  Weeks  tele- 
graphed :  'T  am  greatly  shocked  to  learn  of 
Mr.  Fyler's  sudden  death.  j\irs.  Weeks  joins 
me  in  heartfelt  sympathy  for  yourself  and 
family."  Senator  Morgan  G.  Buckley :  "With 
sincere  regret  I  have  your  announce- 
ment of  the  death  of  our  friend,  O.  R.  Fyler. 
His  patriotism  and  public  service  will  be  held 
in  grateful  remembrance  by  the  people  of  this 
state."  Senator  Brandegsee :  "Your  telegram 
just  received  on  my  return  from  Panama. 
You  all  have  my  deepest  sympathy."  Similar 
expressions  of  sympathy  were  received  from 
the    most    prominent   men    of    the    state    and 


nation.     The  interment  was  at  Hillside  ceme- 
tery. 

Mr.  Fyler  married,  December  14,  1865, 
Mary  E.,  daughter  of  David  and  Sarah 
(Bliss)  Vaill,  of  Torrington,  granddaughter 
of  David  Vaill.  Samuel  Vaill,  father  of 
David  Vaill,  was  a  son  of  David,  grandson  of 
John,  and  great-grandson  of  Jeremiah  Vaill, 
the  immigrant,  who  settled  in  Salem,  Massa- 
chusetts, as  early  as  1639,  and  became  the  pro- 
genitor of  a  prominent  New  England  family. 
Mr.  and  ;\lrs.  Fyler  had  one  child,  Gertrude 
B.,  married  Edward  Henry  Hotchkiss  (see 
Hotchkiss  IX). 

(The  Hotchkiss  Line). 

(ATI I)  Edward  C.  Hotchkiss,  son  of 
Charles  Hotchkiss  (q.  v.),  was  born  at  Nauga- 
tuck,  November  5,  1833.  He  was  seven  years 
old  when  the  family  moved  to  Torrington  and 
he  was  educated  there  in  the  public  schools, 
and  learned  the  trade  of  carpenter.  At  the 
age  of  seventeen  he  held  the  responsible  posi- 
tion of  foreman  in  charge  of  important  con- 
tracts for  his  father's  firm,  afterward  C. 
Hotchkiss  &  Son,  and  from  1856  to  1866  he 
was  a  partner.  In  1866  his  brother  Henry 
was  admitted  to  the  firm  and  the  name  became 
C.  Hotchkiss  &  Sons.  In  1880  the  sons 
bought  the  interests  of  their  father  and  until 
1888  conducted  the  business  under  the  firm 
name  of  Hotchkiss  Brothers.  Afterward  the 
business  was  incorporated  under  the  present 
name  of  Hotchkiss  Brothers  Company.  This 
concern  is  one  of  the  best  known  among  the 
contractors  and  builders  of  the  state.  Mr. 
Edward  C.  Hotchkiss  was  an  able  architect. 
In  politics  he  was  a  Republican,  and  he  cast 
his  presidential  vote  for  John  C.  Fremont, 
walking  a  distance  of  ten  miles  in  order  to 
vote.  He  represtented  the  town  in  the  general 
assembly  in  1871-75.  He  was  selectman  of 
Torrington  for  two  years,  member  of  the 
board  of  burgesses  two  years  and  for  many 
years  member  of  the  board  of  relief.  He  was 
a  member  of  the  Masonic  fraternity,  belong- 
ing to  Seneca  Lodge,  of  Torrington,  Cyrus 
Chapter,  Royal  Arch  Masons,  Clark  Com- 
mandery.  Knights  Templar,  of  Waterbury, 
and  Pyramid  Temple,  Mystic  Shrine,  of 
Bridgeport.  In  religion  he  was  a  Congrega- 
tionalist. He  married,  in  1856,  Amelia 
Briggs,  of  Saratoga,  New  York,  one  of  a 
family  of  fourteen  children.  She  died  at  the 
age  of  forty-seven  years.  Children  :  Edward 
H.,  mentioned  below ;  Josephine  A.,  born  No- 
vember 29,  1864,  married  Harlow  Pease; 
Minnie  E.,   November  5,   1866. 

(IX)  Edward  Henry,  son  of  Edward  C. 
Hotchkiss,  was  born  at  Torrington,  October 


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29,  1861.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools,  and  in  1888  was  admitted  to  part- 
nership by  his  father,  and  the  name  of  the 
concern  became  Hotchkiss  Brothers  &  Com- 
pany, afterwards  incorporated  as  Hotchkiss 
Brothers  Company.  He  married  Gertrude  B. 
Fyler   (see  Fyler  VH). 


John  Beck  was  born  March  31, 
BECK  1838,  in  Germany.  He  came,  in 
i860,  to  New  Haven,  Connecti- 
cut, when  a  young  man,  and  has  lived  there 
since.  He  lived  in  New  York  City  for  about 
ten  years  after  coming  from  his  native  land, 
and  is  now  retired  from  active  business.  He 
married  Elizabeth  Madeline  Schwile.  Chil- 
dren :  Mary,  John,  Louise,  Frederick, 
George. 

(H)  Dr.  Frederick  George  Beck,  son  of 
John  Beck,  was  born  in  New  York  City,  where 
his  parents  lived  for  a  time,  October  12,  1874. 
He  attended  the  public  schools  of  New  York 
and  New  Haven.  He  graduated  from  the 
New  Haven  high  school  in  the  class  of  1895 
and  entered  the  academic  department  of  Yale 
College.  At  the  end  of  his  sophomore  year, 
he  left  college  to  engage  in  business.  After 
two  years  he  determined  to  study  medicine 
and  in  1899  entered  Yale  Medical  School, 
from  which  he  was  graduated  with  the  degree 
of  M.D.  in  1903.  While  at  college  he  took  a 
very  active  part  in  athletics.  He  then  be- 
came an  interne  at  the  New  Haven  Hospital, 
remaining  for  eighteen  months,  and  afterward 
was  at  the  New  York  City  Lying-in  Hospital 
and  the  St.  Mary's  Children's  Hospital  of 
New  York  City.  He  went  abroad  for  study 
and  spent  1905-06  in  the  hospitals  and  medical 
schools  of  Vienna,  Berlin  and  Paris,  receiving 
diplomas  at  Berlin.  He  returned  to  this 
country,  and  in  January,  1907,  commenced  to 
practice  at  199  York  street.  New  Haven,  hav- 
ing also  an  office  at  his  residence,  821  Con- 
gress avenue.  He  is  one  of  the  attendant  phy- 
sicians at  the  New  Haven  Free  Dispensary 
and  physician  to  the  Springside  Home  of  New 
Haven.  He  is  a  member  of  the  New  Haven 
Medical  Society ;  New  Haven  County  Medical 
Society;  Connecticut  State  Medical  Society; 
American  Medical  Association ;  Connecticut 
Rock  Lodge,  No.  92,  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons,  of  New  Haven,  and  has  taken  many 
of  the  higher  degrees  in  the  order ;  New  Ha- 
ven Lodge,  No.  25,  Benevolent  and  Protec- 
tive Order  of  Elks ;  Dorscht  Lodge,  No.  2 ; 
Harugri  Liendertafel ;  D.  E.  L,  Green  letter 
medical  fraternity  at  Yale;  Phi  Gamma  Delta, 
society  of  the  New  Haven  high  school ;  Quin- 
nipiac  Club  of  New  Haven ;  New  Haven 
Country  Club;  New  Haven  Automobile  Club, 


and  the  Chamber  of  Commerce.  He  is  a 
member  of  Yale  University  athletic  advisory 
board.  In  politics  he  is  an  Independent.  For 
a  time  he  was  one  of  the  military  staff  of 
Troop  A,  and  at  present  belongs  to  the  fam- 
ous New  Haven  Grays. 

He  married,  June  28,  1905,  Margaret  Eliza- 
beth Fresenius,  born  in  New  Haven,  Septem- 
ber 3,  1879,  daughter  of  Philip  and  Elizabeth 
(Schmidt)  Fresenius.  Children:  Frederick 
Beck,  born  in  Berlin,  Germany,  June  14,  1906; 
Margaret  Elizabeth,  December  7,  1907,  at 
New  Haven. 


Dr.  Maurice  Ferdinand  Lin- 
LINQUTST     quist,    M.D.,    was    born    at 

Gottenberg,  Sweden,  July  13, 
1825.  He  had  brothers :  Isaac,  Edward, 
George,  Mortimer,  and  sister,  Sarah  Linquist. 
He  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  his  native 
land.  He  came  to  New  York  City  in  1855 
and  soon  afterward  began  the  study  of  medi- 
cine at  the  New  York  Eclectic  Medical  Col- 
lege, from  which  he  was  graduated  with  the 
degree  of  M.D.  He  went  abroad  and  studied 
at  Vienna,  Austria.  Upon  his  return  he  prac- 
ticed medicine  for  a  time  in  New  York.  In 
1862  he  came  to  New  Haven,  Connecticut, 
and  continued  in  general  practice  there  until 
1903,  when  he  retired.  He  was  for  several 
years  president  of  the  Connecticut  Eclectic 
Medical  Society.  He  married  Josephine,  born 
March  9,  1841,  daughter  of  Isaac  and  Laura 
Taylor,  of  New  York  City.  Her  paternal  an- 
cestors were  of  the  Tavlor  family  of  Yonkers, 
New  York.  Children:  Carl  F.,  M.D.,  born 
in  New  York  City  in  1863,  died  in  1889,  grad- 
uate of  Yale  College  Medical  School  with 
the  decree  of  M.D.,  in  the  class  of  1885;  Ed- 
ward Friechf,  born  in  1867,  died  in  1899, 
married  Annah  Ayres;  Dr.  Maurice  Ferdi- 
nand, mentioned  below. 

(II)  Dr.  Maurice  Ferdinand  (2)  Linquist, 
son  of  Dr.  Maurice  Ferdinand  (i)  Linquist, 
was  born  at  Hastings,  New  York,  June  25, 
1869,  died  April  3,  1910.  He  attended  the 
public  schools  of  his  native  town,  and  in  1887 
entered  the  New  York  Homeopathic  Medical 
College  and  was  graduated  with  the  degree 
of  M.D.  in  the  class  of  1891.  He  then  be- 
came an  interne  at  the  Buffalo  Homeopathic 
Hospital  at  Buffalo,  New  York,  and  afterward 
began  to  practice  there.  He  was  on  the  medi- 
cal staff  of  this  hospital  for  eight  years  and 
was  for  three  years  surgeon  for  the  West 
Shore  Railroad  Company.  He  was  at  that 
time  a  member  of  the  New  York  Homeo- 
pathic Medical  Society.  He  came  to  New 
Haven  in  1904  and  continued  in  general  prac- 
tice there  until  his  death.     He  was  a  member 


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of  the  New  Haven  County  Medical  Society, 
the  Connecticut  Homeopathic  Medical  So- 
ciety, and  the  Ouinnipiac  Club  of  New  Ha- 
ven. In  religion  he  was  a  Methodist  and  in 
politics  Republican.  He  contributed  from 
time  to  time  to  the  New  York  and  Connecti- 
cut Medical  Societies.  He  was  unmarried. 
He  resided  at  129  Whalley  avenue,  New  Ha- 
ven, Connecticut. 


General  William  Huntington 
RUSSELL     Russell,  M.  A.   (Valedictorian 

Yale,  1833),  educator,  was  de- 
scended from  two  founders  of  Yale  College, 
and  from  a  distinguished  Puritan  and  earlier 
English  ancestry.  One  of  his  ancestors  was 
Rev.  Thomas  Hooker  (1586-1647),  the  most 
famous  of  the  Puritan  pastors,  a  graduate  of 
Cambridge,  England,  in  161 1,  who  in  Eng- 
land "won  renown  as  an  eloquent  preacher," 
the  founder  and  first  pastor  of  Hartford,  and 
the  founder  of  Connecticut.  Historians  con- 
cede to  Thomas  Hooker  the  honor  of  being 
the  father  of  the  first  constitutional  govern- 
ment the  world  has  ever  known,  and  of  Amer- 
ican Democracy  which,  according  to  Profes- 
sor Johnston  of  Princeton  College,  had  its 
origin  "under  the  mighty  preaching  of 
Thomas  Hooker."  Langdon's  "Constitutional 
History  of  the  United  States"  states  concern- 
ing Thomas  Hooker:  "He  grasped  the  true 
idea  of  popular  government,  and  through  the 
first  constitution  of  Connecticut  gave  it  to  the 
world."  "Hooker's  clear  conception  of  the 
idea  that  all  governmental  power  is  derived 
under  God  from  the  people  was  remarkable 
for  that  age."  Fiske,  in  his  "Beginnings  of 
New  England,"  shows  how  the  present  form 
of  government  of  the  United  States  is  a  lineal 
descendant  of  that  "of  which  Thomas  Hooker 
deserves  more  than  any  other  man  to  be  called 
the  father."  Bancroft,  in  his  "History  of  the 
United  States,"  writes  :  "Hooker  had  no  rival 
in  public  estimation  but  Cotton  whom  he  sur- 
passed in  force  of  character,  in  liberality  of 
spirit,  in  soundness  of  judgment,  and  in  clem- 
ency," and  "They  who  judge  men  by  their 
services  to  the  human  race  will)«-never  cease' 
to  honor  the  memory  of  Hooker."  Governor 
Winthrop,  of  Massachusetts,  wrote  of  Thomas 
Hooker  in  his  "History  of  New  England,"  vol. 
II,  310,  "who  for  piety,  prudence,  wisdom, 
zeal,  learning,  and  what  else  might  make  him 
serviceable  in  the  place  and  time  he  lived  in 
might  be  compared  with  men  of  greatest 
note ;  and  he  shall  need  no  other  praise ;  the 
fruits  of  his  labours  in  both  Englands  shall 
preserve  an  honorable  and  happy  remem- 
brance of  him  forever."  Palfrey's  "History  of 
New  England"  states  of  Thomas  Hooker :  "His 


death  was  keenly  felt  throughout  New  Eng- 
land as  a  general  calamity."  A  Massachu- 
setts chronicler  wrote,  "the  whole  land  sus- 
tained a  great  loss  by  the  death  of  that  most 
eminent  servant  of  Jesus  Christ."  Holmes  in 
his  "History  of  Cambridge"  writes  of  Thomas 
Hooker  as  "the  first  minister  of  Cambridge, 
and  the  father  of  the  Colony,  as  well  as  of  the 
churches  of  Connecticut."  The  celebrated  Dr. 
Ames,  author  of  "Medulla  Theologize,"  de- 
clared that  "though  he  had  been  acquainted 
with  many  scholars  of  divers  nations  yet  he 
never  met  with  Mr.  Hooker's  equal  either  for 
preaching  or  for  disputing."  Hollister's  "His- 
tory of  Connecticut"  states  "no  minister  in 
New  England  possessed  such  unbounded  sway 
over  popular  assemblies  as  did  this  truly  won- 
derful man."  Rev.  Cotton  Alather  in  his  life 
of  Thomas  Hooker  (printed  in  1695)  styles 
him  the  "incomparable  Hooker,"  and  writes, 
"1  shall  now  invite  my  reader  to  behold  at 
once  the  Wonders  of  New  England  and  it  is  in 
one  Thomas  Hooker  that  he  shall  behold  them ; 
even  in  that  Hooker  whom  a  worthy  writer 
would  needs  call  'Saint  Hooker.'  "  Cotton 
Mather  devotes  twenty  pages  of  his  "Mag- 
nalia"  (81-83,  332-352)  to  a  tribute  to  Thomas 
Hooker,  whom  he  styles,  "The  Light  of  the 
Western  Churches."'  Timothy  Dwight  (the 
elder),  president  of  Yale  College,  wrote  of 
Thomas  Hooker  ("Dwight's  Travels,"  vol.  I, 
239)  :  "If  I  may  be  allowed  to  give  an  opin- 
ion ;  he  was  the  wisest  of  all  those  distin- 
guished colonists  who  had  a  peculiar  influence 
on  the  early  concerns  of  this  country."  Rev. 
Mr.  Whitfield  wrote,  "he  had  not  thought 
there  had  been  such  a  man  on  earth  ;  a  man 
in  whom  there  shone  so  many  excellencies  as 
were  in  this  incomparable  Hooker."  (Mc- 
Millan's "Dictionary  of  National  Biography"  ; 
Bancroft's  "History  of  the  United  States," 
vol.  I,  245,  246,  265,  268-271,  363,  364:  Pro- 
fessor Woodrow  Wilson's  "History  of  the 
American  People,"  vol.  I,  141,  142,  145,  148, 
149,  15s,  156,  170,  204:  vol.  Ill,  85;  Elson's 
"History  of  the  United  States"  112,  113;  Lan- 
don's  "Constitutional  History  and  Govern- 
ment of  the  United  States,"  24-26 ;  Eggle- 
ston's  "The  Beginnings  of  a  Nation,"  269, 
292,  316-327,  332-334:  "Short  History  of  the 
English  Colonies  in  America"  by  Henry  Cabot 
Lodge,  346,  247,  373,  424 ;  Professor  Alex- 
ander Johnston's  "Study  of  a  Commonwealth 
Democracy,"  19,  70-74,  221,  222,  320-322, 
365  :  "The  Beginnings  of  New  England,"  by 
Fiske,  124-128:  Palfrey's  "History  of  New 
England,"  vol.  I,  367,  444-448,  453>  581.  582; 
vol.  II,  45,  91,  173,  185,  239,  263,  264;  Hol- 
lister's "History  of  Connecticut,"  vol.  I,  22-25, 
29-31,   109,  204,  212,  447,  456-458.  510,  511; 


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Winthrop's  "History  of  New  England,"  vol. 
I,  88,  108,  109,  115,  118,  140,  160,  187,  238, 
304;  vol.  II,  248,  310,  349;  "The  Pilgrim 
Fathers"  bj'  Brown,  319-321 ;  "History  of  New 
England,"  by  Neal,  vol.  I,  289,  290 ;  Sanford's 
"History  of  Connecticut,"  19-20,  33-34,  57-58; 
"Dwight's  Travels,"  vol.  I,  237-239.) 

For  a  brief,  interesting  account  of  charac- 
teristics of  Puritans  from  English  standpoint 
see  portion  of  Macaulay's  "Essay  on  Milton." 
Another  ancestor  was  Rev.  Samuel  Hooker, 
who  graduated  at  Harvard  in  1653,  and  was 
afterwards  trustee  of  Harvard  College,  of 
whom  Rev.  Cotton  Mather  wrote  in  his  "Mag- 
nalia,"  "thus  we  have  to  this  day  among  us, 
our  dead  Hooker  yet  living  in  his  worthy  son, 
Mr.  Samuel  Hooker,  an  able,  faithful,  useful, 
minister" ;  he  was  also  descended  from  Lion 
Gardiner  (1599-1663),  an  English  officer  who 
was  "master  of  works  of  fortification  in  the 
legers  of  the  Prince  of  Orange  in  the  Low 
Countries" ;  "while  there  certain  eminent  Pu- 
ritans acting  for  a  company  of  Lords  and 
Gentlemen  in  England  approached  him  with 
an  offer  to  go  to  New  England  and  construct 
works  of  fortification  and  command  them. 
The  offer  was  accepted."  He  arrived  in  New 
England  in  1635  and  constructed  a  fort  at 
Saybrook,  Connecticut,  which  he  commanded 
during  the  early  Indian  wars.  Professor 
Woodrow  Wilson's  "History"  describes  him 
as  "a  stout  soldier  bred  to  war."  The  large 
bay  and  island  (Gardiners  Bay  and  Gardi- 
ners  Island)  south  of  the  east  end  of  Long- 
Island  sound,  between  it  and  Montauk  Point, 
still  bear  his  name.  (Appleton's  "Cyclopedia 
of  American  Biography,"  vol.  II,  595-596 ; 
Harper's  "Encyclopedia  of  United  States 
History" ;  Winsor's  "History  of  America," 
vol.  Ill,  331,  349;  Palfrey's  "History  of  New 
England,"  vol.  I,  451,  461,  469;  Woodrow 
Wilson's  "History  of  the  American  People," 
vol.  I,  147,  148;  Doyle's  "English  Colonies  in 
America,"  vol.  I,  149,  157,  168,  225;  Hollis- 
ter's  "History  of  Connecticut,"  vol.  I,  47-49, 
51-53,  55;  Fiske's  "The  Beginnings  of  New 
England,"  129 ;  Sanford's  "History  of  Con- 
necticut," 17,  18,  20,  22,  23,  28;  Lamb's  "His- 
tory of  New  York,"  vol.  I,  570).  He  was  also 
descended  from  John  Brown,  magistrate  of 
Plymouth,  elected  annually  one  of  the  assistant 
governors  of  Plymouth  for  eighteen  years 
from  1636,  and  one  of  the  colonial  commis- 
sioners for  twelve  yesirs  from  1645.  He  was 
styled  "The  grand  old  man"  and  "the  great 
pioneer"  in  "The  Pilgrim  Republic"  (by 
Goodwin),  420,  515,  517-520,  526,  608;  an- 
other ancestor  w'as  Captain  Thomas  Willet 
(1605-74),  who  came  from  England  in  1629, 
and  was  for  fourteen  year  (1651-65)  annually 


elected  one  of  the  assistant  governors  of  Ply- 
mouth Colony,  commander  of  the  military 
forces,  and  magistrate  in  Plymouth  Colony, 
and  founder  of  the  town  of  Swansea.  Imme- 
diately after  the  English  conquest  converted 
New  Amsterdam  into  New  York,  Thomas 
Willet,  who  on  account  of  his  high  character 
"was  more  acceptable  to  both  Dutch  and  Eng- 
lish than  any  other  person,"  was  appointed  in 
1665  first  head  of  the  government  of  New 
York  as  its  first  mayor.  When  his  term  ex- 
pired he  was  reelected.  Later,  he  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  council  of  Lovelace,  governor  of 
the  Province  which  included  New  York  (see 
Life  of  Thomas  Willet,  "Magazine  of  Ameri- 
can History,"  vol.  XVII,  233-242;  McMil- 
lan's "Dictionary  of  National  Biography" ; 
Appleton's  "Cyclopedia  of  American  Biogra- 
phy" ;  Hollister's  "History  of  Connecticut," 
vol.  I,  chap.  VIII ;  Lamb's  "History  of  New 
York,"  vol.  I,  149,  151,  209,  210,  221,  230, 
238,  243 ;  Wilson's  "History  of  New  York," 
vol.  I,  222,  310,  318,  319,  337,  338;  Lossing's 
"The  Empire  State,"  58,  85,  86)  ;  also  from 
Rev.  Andrew  Willet,  D.  D.  (1562-1621),  a 
graduate  of  Cambridge,  England,  in  1580; 
proctor  of  Cambridge  College,  1585;  chaplain 
and  tutor  to  Prince  Henry ;  preacher  to  King 
James ;  appointed  prebend  of  Ely  on  Presenta- 
tion of  the  Queen.  He  was  famous  as  a  power- 
ful preacher  and  as  the  most  learned  and  pro- 
lific author  of  his  time.  He  was  the  author  of 
more  than  forty  treatises  on  Scriptural  inter- 
pretation and  church  history,  one  large  work 
passing  through  eight  editions.  His  contem- 
poraries spoke  of  him  as  a  "walking  library," 
as  "one  that  must  write  while  he  sleeps,  it  be- 
ing impossible  he  should  do  so  much  waking." 
Bishop  Hall,  of  Exeter,  styled  Willet  as  "Stu- 
por Mundi  Clerus  Brittanicus" ;  also  from 
Rev.  Thomas  Willet  (1511-98),  rector  of  Bar- 
ley, prebend  of  Ely  and  subalmoner  to  King 
Edward  VI. 

William  Russell,  American  ancestor,  came 
from  England  in  1638.  He  left  only  one  son, 
an  infant  only  one  year  old,  and  (his  wife 
having  previously  died)  directed  in  his  will 
that  his  "son  be  devoted  to  God  in  the  way 
of  learning,  being  likely  to  prove  a  useful  in- 
strument in  the  good  work  of  the  ministry," 
and  designated  the  person  to  be  his  guardian. 
This  son.  Rev.  Noadiah  Russell,  graduated 
at  Harvard  in  1681,  was  tutor  in  Harvard 
College  ("Short  History,  of  English  Colonies 
in  America,"  by  Henry  Cabot  Lodge,  p.  436), 
and  was  one  of  the  ten  founders  of  Yale  Col- 
lege, and  one  of  the  original  trustees  of  Yale 
College  during  twelve  years  (i  701-13). 
(Trumbull's  "History  of  Connecticut"  [re- 
print, 1898],  vol.  I,  402,  410,  419;  Hollister's 


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"History  of  Connecticut,"  vol.  II,  577,  578). 
He  was  pastor  of  the  First  Congregational 
Church  in  Middletown,  Connecticut,  twenty- 
five  years,  until  his  death,  and  it  was  written 
of  him  that  he  "was  accounted  a  man  of 
weight  and  wisdom  throughout  the  Colony." 
John  L.  Sibley,  librarian  emeritus  of  Harvard 
University,  published  a  sketch  of  Rev.  Noa- 
diah  Russell,  from  which  the  following  are 
quotations :  "How  well  he  performed  his 
work,  how  effectually  he  moulded  the  charac- 
.ter,  and  formed  the  habits  of  the  people,  and 
how  much  he  had  of  their  grateful  affection, 
may  be  inferred  from  the  fact  that  when  he 
died,  in  the  fifty-fifth  year  of  his  age,  and 
twenty-ninth  of  his  pastorate,  his  son  became 
in  a  few  months  his  successor,  and  labored 
there  for  almost  fifty  years — the  entire  pe- 
riod from  the  ordination  of  the  father  to  the 
funeral  of  the  son  being  more  than  three- 
quarters  of  a  century."  "Russell  was  one  of 
the  founders  and  trustees  of  Yale  College  and 
one  of  the  framers  of  the  Saybrook  Platform 
and  of  course  held  high  rank  among  his 
brethren."  Other  published  memorials  prove 
how  much  Rev.  Noadiah  Russell  was  hon- 
ored. Noadiah  married  Mary,  daughter  of 
Hon.  Giles  Hamlin  who  came  from  England 
and  was  one  of  the  first  settlers  and  principal 
proprietors  of  Middletown,  and  styled  "one 
of  the  pillars  of  the  Colony."  The  prominent 
and  honorable  record  of  Giles  Hamlin  and 
family  for  more  than  one  hundred  years  may 
be  found  in  Hollister's  "History  of  Connecti- 
cut," vol.  I,  510;  and  in  the  historical  ad- 
dress of  Rev.  David  Field,  D.  D.,  at  the  sec- 
ond centennial  of  Middletown,  November  13, 
1850. 

Rev.  William  Russell,  M.  A.,  son  of  Noa- 
diah Russell,  also  a  clergyman,  was  gradu- 
ated from  Yale  in  1709,  was  some  time  a 
tutor  at  Yale,  and  trustee  of  Yale  College  six- 
teen years,  from  1745  to  1761.  Rev.  Mr. 
Whitfield  wrote  concerning  him :  "I  think 
him  an  Israelite  indeed  and  one  who  has  been 
long  mourning  over  the  deadness  of  profes- 
sors. Oh,  that  all  ministers  were  like  mind- 
ed." Trumbull,  the  historian,  describes  him 
as  "A  gentleman  of  great  respectability  for 
knowledge,  experience,  moderation,  and  for 
pacific  measures  on  all  occasions."  (Trum- 
bull's "History  of  Connecticut"  [reprint, 
1898],  vol.  II,  86,  87,  98,  100,  loi,  264,  422, 
425,  449.)  He  was  ofl^ered  the  position  of  rec- 
tor or  president  of  Yale  College,  "and  was  the 
first  of  the  alumni  to  receive  that  honor  from 
his  alma  mater,"  but  could  not  accept  because 
"negotiations  with  the  people  of  Middletown 
for  the  removal  of  their  pastor  were  ineffect- 
ual."   (Kingsley's  "History  of  Yale  College.") 


For  a  period  of  forty-six  years,  until  his  death 
in  1761,  he  was  pastor  of  the  First  Congre- 
gational Church  in  Middletown,  to  which  he 
was  called  immediately  upon  the  death  of  his 
father.  Rev.  William  Russell  married  Mary, 
oldest  daughter  of  Rev.  James  Pierpont  (Har- 
vard, 1681),  also  one  of  the  ten  founders  of 
Yale  College,  and  one  of  the  original  trustees 
of  Yale  College  thirteen  years  (1701  to  1714), 
and  for  thirty  years  until  his  death  (1685- 
1714),  pastor  of  the  First  Congregational 
(Center)  Church  in  New  Haven.  Another 
daughter,  Sarah  Pierpont,  married  Rev.  Jona- 
than Edwards,  D.  D.  (Yale,  1720),  the  dis- 
tinguished theologian  and  president  of  Prince- 
ton College,  and  ancestor  of  three  presidents 
of  Yale  (Timothy  Dwight,  president,  1795- 
1817;  Theodore  D.  Woolsey,  president,  1846- 
71 ;  Timothy  Dwight,  president,  1886-99),  ^nd 
whose  granddaughter  married  Eli  Whitney,  in- 
ventor of  the  cotton  gin.  These  Pierponts 
were  descended  from  Sir  Flugh  de  Pierrepont, 
of  Picardy,  in  France,  A.  D.  980,  whose  grand- 
son. Sir  Robert  de  Pierrepont,  went  from 
France  to  England  as  commander  in  the  army 
of  William  the  Conqueror  in  1066,  and  was 
ennobled  for  distinguished  conduct  at  'the 
battle  of  Hastings  (1066),  and  from  him  de- 
scended the  dukes  and  earls  of  Kingston. 
("Genealogical  Abstract  of  the  Family  of 
Pierrepont,"  Yale  College  Library ;  also  Hol- 
lister's "History  of  Connecticut,"  vol.  I,  458- 
459,  510). 

Rev.  Noadiah  Russell,  M.  A.  (Yale,  1750), 
son  of  William  and  Mary  (Pierpont)  Russell, 
was  pastor  of  one  Congregational  church  thir- 
ty-seven years.  He  married  Esther,  daughter 
of  Joseph  Talcott,  treasurer  of  the  Colony  of 
Connecticut  thirteen  years  (1756-69),  and 
granddaughter  of  Joseph  Talcott,  speaker  of 
the  house,  judge  of  the  supreme  court,  and 
governor  of  Connecticut  seventeen  years 
(1724-41),  until  his  death  while  in  office.  He 
was  the  first  governor  of  Connecticut  born 
within  its  limits.  Henry  Cabot  Lodge,  in  his 
"Short  History  of  English  Colonies  in  Amer- 
ica," page  382,  makes  special  mention  of  Gov- 
ernor Talcott's  "long  term,"  and  concludes 
with  the  statement  that  he  carried  on  a  steady, 
frugal  government  which  was  probably  "one 
of  the  best  the  world  has  ever  seen."  The 
Connecticut  Historical  Society  devoted  two 
entire  volumes  (over  nine  hundred  pages)  to 
Governor  Talcott  and  his  official  papers.  Es- 
ther was  also  great-granddaughter  of  Major 
(Lieutenant-Colonel)  John  Talcott,  a  magis- 
trate in  the  Colony,  and  treasurer  of  the  Col- 
ony twenty-six  years,  from  1652  to  1678.  He 
commanded  the  "standing  army"  of  Connecti- 
cut and  their  Indian  allies  in  King  Philip's 


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war,  and  was  one  of  the  patentees  named  in 
the  charter  which  King  Charles  II.  granted 
to  Connecticut,  and  was  one  of  the  three  to 
whom  it  was  intrusted  for  safe  keeping.  Pal- 
frey, in  his  "History  of  New  England,"  styles 
him  the  "indefatigable  Major  Talcott,"  and 
states  that  he  "was  appointed  Commander-in- 
Chief."  It  was  written  of  him  that  "he  was 
always  victorious  and  obtained  great  renown 
as  an  Indian  fighter."  (Palfrey's  "History  of 
New  England,"  vol.  Ill,  197,  198,  203 ;  HolHs- 
ter's  "History  of  Connecticut,"  vol.  I,  209-211, 
284-287,  476-483 ;  Trumbull's  "History  of 
Connecticut"  [reprint  1898],  vol.  I,  46,  55, 
179,  184,  194,  205-207,  211,  213,  214,  226, 
230,  292,  293).  His  father,  John  Talcott, 
came  from  England  with  Rev.  Thomas 
Hooker,  in  1632,  and  was  one  of  the  chief 
magistrates  of  the  Colony  until  his  death,  one 
of  the  wealthiest  of  the  original  settlers  and 
proprietors  of  Hartford,  and  his  name  is  in- 
scribed upon  the  monument  erected  to  perpet- 
uate the  memory  of  the  founders  of  the  Colony 
of  Connecticut.  (Talcott  Pedigree,  22-24,  32- 
35.  39"5ij  66-80:  Appleton's  "Cyclopedia  of 
American  Biography,"  vol.  VI,  23.) 

Matthew  Talcott  Russell,  son  of  Noadiah 
and  Esther  Russell,  graduated  from  Yale  in 
1779,  and  was  tutor  in  Yale  College  four 
years.  He  entered  the  legal  profession,  was 
state's  attorney,  and  during  thirty  years  was 
deacon  in  the  First  Congregational  Church  in 
Middletown.  He  married  Mary,  oldest  daugh- 
ter of  Rev.  Enoch  Huntington  (Yale,  1759), 
and  a  niece  of  Samuel  Huntington,  M.  A.,  LL. 
D.  (Yale),  signer  of  the  Declaration  of  Inde- 
pendence, unanimously  elected  president  of 
the  continental  congress,  1779-80-81  (until  im- 
paired health  compelled  him  to  resign),  chief 
justice  of  the  superior  court,  and  during  ten 
years  until  his  death  in  office  (1786-96),  an- 
nually elected  governor  of  Connecticut. 
Mary's  father  and  two  brothers  all  won  the 
Berkeley  prize  for  scholarship  at  Yale.  Rev. 
Enoch  Huntington  was  a  fellow  (trustee)  of 
the  corporation  of  Yale  College  twenty-eight 
years  (1780- 1808),  and  secretary  of  the  Yale 
corporation  from  1788  to  1793.  He  was  pastor 
of  the  First  Congregational  Church  in  Mid- 
dletown forty-seven  years,  commencing  1762. 
Three  of  his  brothers  were  prominent  (Con- 
gregational) clergymen.  He  was  described  as 
a  man  of  remarkable  scholarship,  and  it  was 
recorded  that  "on  the  death  of  President 
Stiles,  of  Yale  College,  in  1795,  Mr.  Hunting- 
ton was  prominent  as  a  candidate  to  succeed 
him,  but  his  failing  voice  obliged  him  to  de- 
cline the  honor."  (See  interesting  account  of 
the  Ministers  in  Connecticut  previous  to  1818 
in    "Short    History    of    English    Colonies    in 


America,"  by  Henry  Cabot  Lodge,  423-425, 
429-434;  Hollister's  "History  of  Connecticut," 
vol.  I,  427,  428,  447,  448 ;  Sanford's  "His- 
tory of  Connecticut,"  124).  Simon  Hunting- 
ton (ancestor)  came  from  England,  and  was 
one  of  the  original  proprietors,  first  settlers, 
and  deacons  of  Norwich,  Connecticut.  (See 
"Old  Houses  of  the  Ancient  Town  of  Nor- 
wich," Yale  College  Library.) 

The  only  son  of  Matthew  Talcott  Russell 
who  married  was  General  William  Huntington 
Russsell,  M.  A.  (Yale,  1833),  who  was  vale- 
dictorian of  the  class  of  1833,  some  time  tutor, 
and  founder  of  the  famous  Skull  and  Bones 
Society  at  Yale,  and  that  society  perpetuated 
his  name  by  being  incorporated  as  the  "Rus- 
sell Trust  Association."  He  married  Mary 
Elizabeth  Hubbard,  daughter  of  Thomas  Hub- 
bard, whose  only  other  daughter,  Frances 
Harriet  Hubbard,  married  Rev.  Simeon 
North,  D.  D.,  LL.  D.,  valedictorian  of  the 
class  of  1825  (Yale),  professor  of  Greek  and 
Latin  (1829-1839),  and  president  of  Hamil- 
ton College  eighteen  years  (1830-1857). 
Thomas  Hubbard  was  professor  at  Yale  from 
1829  until  his  death,  in  1838 ;  he  was  president 
of  the  Connecticut  State  Medical  Society  five 
consecutive  years,  the  longest  term  of  service 
in  that  position  with  three  exceptions  since  the 
society  was  founded  in  1792,  the  usual  term 
of  service  not  exceeding  one  or  two  years. 
He  had  been  its  vice-president  eight  years, 
that  being  a  longer  term  than  any  other  vice- 
president  since   1792. 

General  Russell  was  born  August  12,  1809, 
in  Middletown,  Connecticut,  where  three  of 
his  ancestors  had  been  pastors  of  the  First 
Congregational  Church,  a  continuous  period 
of  one  hundred  and  eighteen  years,  and  his 
father,  deacon  for  thirty  years.  Before  enter- 
ing Yale  he  was  for  several  years  a  cadet  in 
the  famous  military  academy  founded  and  con- 
ducted by  Captain  Alden  Partridge  (U.  S.  A.) 
a  graduate  of  West  Point,  and-  for  twelve 
years  previously  professor  and  military  super- 
intendent at  the  National  Academy  at  West 
Point.  This  academy  was  similar  to  West 
Point,  having  as  an  object  the  preparation  of 
young  men  "to  command  in  time  of  need  the 
hastily  raised  troops  of  a  great  and  growing 
nation,''  and  General  Sherman  stated  that  it 
at  one  time  almost  rivaled  the  National  Acad- 
emy at  West  Point.  It  was  these  years  of 
strict  military  discipline  that  gave  General 
Russell  such  a  knowledge  of  military  affairs 
and  influenced  his  life  work.  The  death  of 
his  father,  aged  sixty-eight,  from  acute  ery- 
sipelas, and  changes  in  the  fortunes  of  the 
family  threw  the  care  of  his  mother  (who  had 
vigorous  health  to  the  age  of  eighty-seven) 


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upon  him,  and  he  subsequently  entered  Yale 
under  circumstances  of  severe  financial  ad- 
versity. He  was  self-supporting  in  college, 
and  in  all  his  frequent  journeys  between  New 
Haven  and  his  home  in  Middletown  (twenty- 
six  miles)  was  obliged  to  go  on  foot,  owing  to 
financial  necessity.  Such  was  his  ability  and 
industry  that,  in  spite  of  these  impediments, 
he  graduated  as  valedictorian  in  1833,  at  the 
head  of  a  class  which  in  sophomore  year  num- 
bered one  hundred  and  twenty-two  students, 
among  whom  were  many  who  attained  much 
distinction  in  their  life  work.  He  had  hoped 
to  enter  the  ministry.  Urgent  financial  ne- 
cessity, and  the  need  of  assuming  responsibili- 
ties left  by  the  death  of  his  father,  forced  him 
to  give  up  his  earnest  desire  to  study  theology, 
and  he  then  began  teaching,  to  obtain  imme- 
diate  income. 

In  September,  1836,  he  opened  in  a  small 
dwelling  house,  a  new  private  school  for  boys, 
preparatory  for  college.  With  only  a  few 
pupils  at  first,  and  no  assistance  f  rorri  any  one, 
and  owing  only  to  his  personality  and  scholar- 
ship, his  school  rapidly  became  large  and  fa- 
mous, and  when  it  closed  at  his  death.  Ma}-  19, 
1885,  there  were  said  to  have  been  four  thou- 
sand young  men  from  all  parts  of  this  and 
some  foreign  counti'ies  under  his  care  as  pu- 
pils. During  about  half  a  century  there  were 
at  Yale  young  men  who  had  prepared  for  col- 
lege under  his  care.  Never  seeking  to  lay 
up  riches,  giving  away  freely  of  what  he  had, 
he  was  ever  ready  to  assist  many  young  men 
who  without  means  sought  an  education. 

It  was  written  of  General  Russell  that  "he 
was  a  striking  example  of  the  New  England 
life  and  character" ;  that  "his  personality  was 
a  remarkable  one,  and  fitted  him  to  train 
youth  for  an  upright,  independent  and  con-' 
scientious  manhood" ;  that  "he  ranked  with 
Dr.  Thomas  Arnold,  master  of  Rugby 
School" ;  that  "by  his  transparent  integrity 
and  native  vigor  of  intellect  he  impressed  him- 
self on  all  his  pupils  and  on  every  order  of 
mind  with  which  he  came  in  contact."  Gen- 
eral Russell's  greatest  service  was  the  impres- 
sion which  he  made  by  his  character  and  schol- 
arship and  influence  upon  the  thousands  of 
young  men  who,  during  nearly  half  a  cen- 
tury, came  from  all  parts  of  the  country  to  be 
his  pupils.  It  was  written  that  "Hon.  William 
H.  Russell  was  a  Whig  representative  in 
1846-1847.  Upon  the  repeal  of  the  Missouri 
Compromise  in  1854  he  became  active  as  one 
of  the  leaders  of  the  movement  which  resulted 
in  the  organization  of  the  Republican  party." 
He  was  a  strong  Abolitionist  and  a  personal 
friend  of  John  Brown,  the  anti-slavery  martyr, 
and  in  a  will  which  Brown  made  William  H. 


Russell  was  named  as  one  of  the  trustees.  He 
was  the  Connecticut  representative  on  the  Na- 
tional Kansas  (anti-slavery)  committee  before 
the  war,  and  John  Brown  was  many  times  a 
guest  at  his  house.  Rev.  E.  S.  Lines  (bishop 
of  diocese  of  Newark),  president  of  the  His- 
torical Society,  wrote  of  General  Russell,  that 
he  had  "a  New  England  ancestry  than  which 
one  more  distinguished  could  hardly  be 
named."  "He  had  the  respect  and  regard  of 
all  men.  He  commanded  a  feeling  akin  to 
reverence."  "Because  he  wanted  justice  for 
all  men  he  threw  himself  into  the  anti-slavery 
movement  with  all  his  heart,"  and  that  he 
"has  a  high  and  influential  place  among  those 
who  made  the  anti-slavery  sentiment  of  the 
North,  and  especially  of  New  England." 
Congressman  Sperry  wrote :  "If  there  ever 
was  a  man  who  labored  faithfully  and  effi- 
ciently for  the  cause  of  the  anti-slavery  party 
and  the  election  of  Abraham  Lincoln,  that 
man  was  General  Russell.  He  put  his  heart 
and  soul  into  the  cause.  Those  who  knew 
him  best  during  the  days  of  the  anti-slavery 
excitement  and  the  rebellion  which  followed, 
will  admit  that  he  had  no  superior  in  loyalty, 
earnestness,  and  devotion  to  the  cause."  "He 
was  one  of  the  most  courageous  men  I  ever 
knew.  He  had  the  courage  to  do  what  he 
believed  to  be  right  in  spite  of  every  opposi- 
tion." "One  in  whom  was  realized  the  highest 
ideals  of  fearless  exemplary  Christian  man- 
hood." Believing  civil  war  to  be  inevitable,  he 
introduced,  about  1840,  very  thorough  military 
drill  and  discipline  into  his  school  to  fit  every 
pupil  to  serve  his  country  in  war  as  well  as  to 
furnish  a  sound  education  for  times  of  peace. 
In  1861,  at  the  outbreak  of  the  rebellion,  mili- 
tary instructors  were  so  difficult  to  obtain  that 
even  the  younger  boys  from  his  school  were 
in  demand  at  the  encampment  as  drill  in- 
structors for  the  new  recruits  for  army  serv- 
ice. It  v/as  stated  that  over  three  hundred 
men  who  had  been  his  pupils  fought  in  the 
Union  army.  In  1861,  at  the  commencement 
of  the  civil  war.  Governor  Buckingham  relied 
upon  William  H.  Russell,  as  the  man  best 
qualified  by  early  training  and  knowledge  of 
military  aft'airs,  to  organize  the  militia  of  Con- 
necticut for  army  service,  and  first  by  appoint- 
ment of  the  governor  and  later  by  act  of  the 
legislature  he  was  appointed  major-general. 
Such  was  his  earnestness  in  the  prosecution 
of  the  war  that,  it  being  impossible  to  send 
his  five  sons  into  the  army  (as  he  otherwise 
would  have  done),  because  the  oldest  was  only 
about  thirteen  years  of  age,  and  the  youngest 
an  infant,  he  hired  to  represent  them  in  the 
arm)'  five  men  who  otherwise  would  not  have 
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Both  he  and  his  wife  were  earnest  Chris- 
tians in  every  clay's  work.  Always  ready  to 
help  the  weak  and  unfortunate,  the  last  act 
of  his  life  (and  cause  of  death)  was  charac- 
teristic of  him.  In  May,  1885,  he  saw  from 
his  window  numerous  street  boys  throwing 
stones  at  the  birds  in  the  park.  He  ran  out 
to  protect  the  birds  from  being  injured  by  the  ^ 
boys,  but  the  boys  were  active  and  numerous, 
the  park  was  large,  and  he  was  too  old  for 
such  active,  prolonged  effort.  Overcome  by 
the  effort  he  fell  unconscious  from  a  fatal 
rupture  of  a  blood  vessel  (apoplexy)  and  died 
May  19,  1885,  aged  seventy-six  years.  He 
had  never  had  a  day  of  illness  previously  since 
childhood.  Investigation  of  old  records  proves 
that  his  ancestry  was  especially  conducive  to 
vigorous  mental  and  physical  health  and  long- 
evity, and  freedom  from  any  tendency  to  dis- 
ease. His  wife  died  December  11,  1890,  aged 
seventy-four  years,  having  had  good  health 
until  her  last  illness.  Immediately  after  his 
death  the  veteran  soldiers  of  Admiral  Foote 
Post,  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  passed 
the  following  resolution :  "Resolved,  That 
on  Saturday  next,  May  30th,  and  on  all  fu- 
ture Decoration  Days  in  which  we  may  par- 
ticipate, we  will  decorate  the  grave  of  Major 
General  William  Huntington  Russell  in  the 
same  spirit  of  affectionate  respect  with  which 
we  lay  our  garlands  upon  the  graves  of  our 
comrades."  Sixteen  years  after  General  Rus- 
sell's death  the  New  Haven  Colony  Histori- 
cal Society  held  a  meeting  commemorative  of 
his  public  services  at  which  addresses  were 
made  by  President  Lines  (now  bishop  of  the 
diocese  of  Newark)  and  others,  and  his  por- 
trait was  hung  in  their  hall.  Donald  G. 
Mitchell  of  Edgewood  (Yale,  1839),  the  well- 
known  author  (related  to  William  H.  Ryssell, 
through  ancestry),  wrote  of  him  that  he  was 
one  of  "those  who  had  left  reputations  and 
traditions  behind  them  at  Yale,"  "and  stories 
of  his  brilliant  and  effective  speech-making 
were  very  current  about  the  corridors  of  the 
old  Lyceum,"  and  that  "he  did  enough  to 
sway  into  higher  and  conquering  ways  of 
thought,  the  minds  of  hundreds  of  young  peo- 
ple with  whom  he  was  brought  into  profes- 
sional contact,  and  of  older  ones,  too,  who  re- 
sponded to  the  touches  of  his  magnetic  influ- 
ence." Henry  Holt,  the  pubHsher  (Yale, 
1857),  one  of  General  Russell's  old  pupils, 
wrote  of  him  as  "a  man  full  of  his  stern  Puri- 
tan virtues"  and  he  regarded  him  "as  a  very 
remarkable  personality.  When  he  smiles  his 
eyes  glowed  with  a  silvery  light  that  I  have 
never  seen  in  any  other  eyes  than  Herbert 
Spencer's,"  and  that  of  all  the  men  he  had 
known  he  knew  of  no  one  whom  he  would  put 


in  advance  of  him  as  a  model  of  prompt  and 
inflexible  allegiance  to  duty.  Another  old 
graduate  of  Yale,  referring  to  WilHam  H. 
Russell,  wrote,  "I  thought  him  to  be  the  best 
speaker  and  scholar  I  had  seen." 

His  sons  are:  Talcott  Huntington  Russell, 
B.  A.,  Yale,  1869 ;  LL.  B.,  ColumlDia,  1871 ;  in- 
structor on  j\Iunicipal  Corporations  in  Yale 
Law  Department,  1892  to  1900.  He  practices 
law  in  New  Haven,  where  he  has  resided  since 
birth.  Thomas  Hubbard  Russell,  Ph.  B.,  Yale, 
1872 ;  M.  D.,  Yale,  1875 ;  professor  in  Yale 
Universitv  from  1883  to  the  present  time. 
Philip  Gray  Russell,  B.  A.,  Yale,  1876  TLL.  B., 
Yale,  1878,  who,  after  a  very  successful  career 
in  the  legal  profession,  died  without  issue  in 
Washington,  D.  C,  July  21,  1900,  aged  forty- 
six,  from  acute  inflammation  of  kidneys  re- 
sulting from  severe  appendicitis.  Edward 
Hubbard  Russell,  Ph.  B.,  Yale,  1878,  inventor 
of  Russell  Processes  for  Silver  Ores,  who 
lives  abroad.  Robert  Gray  Russell,  who  died 
from  acute  d3'sentery  during  his  sophomore 
year  at  Yale.  A  sketch  of  his  son,  Thomas 
H.  Russell,  Ph.  B.,  M.  D.,  professor  in  Yale 
University  from  1883  until  the  present  time, 
follows  this. 

Thomas  Hubbard  Russell,  Ph.  B.,  Yale, 
1872  ;  M.  D.,  Yale,  1875  ;  professor  in  the  Med- 
ical Department  of  Yale  University  from  1883 
to  the  present  time,  was  born  in  New  Haven, 
December  14,  1851.  Until  1868  he  received 
his  education  in  the  large  preparatory  school 
established  and  conducted  by  his  father  in 
New  Haven.  In  1868  he  resided  in  the  home 
of  his  uncle.  Rev.  Simeon  North,  ex-president 
of  Hamilton  College,  and  there  continued  his 
preparations  for  Yale.  Although  prepared 
to  enter  the  academical  department  in  1869, 
he  preferred  the  scientific  course,  and  having 
obtained  his  father's  consent  to  the  change, 
passed  the  entrance  examination  without  con- 
ditions and  received  the  degree  of  Ph.  B.  in 
1872.  In  1872  he  was  assistant  to  Professor 
O.  C.  Marsh  on  his  paleontological  expedition. 
He  performed  all  his  duties  in  such  a  thor- 
oughly satisfactory  manner  that  Professor 
Marsh  endeavored  to  persuade  him  to  take  up 
paleontology  as  his  life  work.  This  Dr.  Rus- 
sell did  not  consider  advisable,  as  he  was  un- 
willing to  longer  delay  medical  studies.  A 
year  later  Professor  Marsh  urged  him  with 
additional  inducements  to  go  with  him  on  an- 
other expedition,  and  told  him  he  would  al- 
ways leave  his  proposals  open  for  acceptance 
at  any  future  time.  Professor  Marsh  showed 
his  complete  confidence  in  Dr.  Russell's  work 
by  depending  upon  him  as  his  physician  and 
intimate  friend  until  his  death  in  1899.  His 
father  having  suffered  severe  losses  from  de- 


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preciaticn  in  real  estate,  Dr.  Russell  was  self- 
supporting  by  teaching  during  his  professional 
studies  and  subsequently  until  his  medical 
practice  furnished  sufficient  income.  He  re- 
ceived the  degree  of  M.  D.  in  1875,  and  com- 
menced practice  in  February,  1875.  While 
studying  medicine,  and  during  six  or  eight 
years  afterward,  he  was  assistant  to  Professor 
Francis  Bacon.  In  1875  he  was  resident  phy- 
sician and  surgeon  to  the  New  Haven  Hos- 
pital, and  was  for  some  years  physician  to  the 
New  Haven  Dispensary.  From  1877  to  1879 
he  was  assistant  to  Professor  David  P.  Smith, 
and  from  1880  to  1883  was  lecturer  on  surgi- 
cal subjects  in  the  Yale  Medical  Department. 
He  was  attending  surgeon  to  the  New  Haven 
Hospital  thirty  years  from  February,  1878,  to 
February,  1908,  and  from  1908  to  the  present 
time  has  been  consulting  surgeon  to  the  New 
Haven  Hospital.  He  was  professor  of  ma- 
teria Medica  and  Therapeutics  at  Yale  from 
1883  to  1 89 1.  In  1 89 1  he  was  appointed  pro- 
fessor of  Clinical  Surgery,  and  still  occupies 
that  position.    In  1886  he  went  abroad. 

On  December  21,  1882,  he  married  Mary 
K.,  daughter  of  Lyman  Ezra  Munson,  for- 
merly judge  of  the  United  States  court  of 
Montana  by  appointment  from  President  Lin- 
coln. As  illustrating  his  vigor  of  intellect,  he 
when  eighty-four  years  of  age  (by  request) 
delivered  an  address  before  the  students  at  the 
law  department  of  Yale  University  and  con- 
tinued to  do  literary  work  almost  to  the  time 
of  his  death  at  the  age  of  eighty-six.  Mrs. 
Munson  died  at  the  age  of  eighty  years,  hav- 
ing been  happily  married  over  sixty  years,  sur- 
vived by  all  her  children,  all  of  whom  are 
still  living  good,  useful,  strictly  honorable 
lives.  Mrs.  Russell's  ancestors,  through  both 
parents,  were  Puritans,  and  left  a  notable  rec- 
ord of  success,  health  and  longevity.  Mrs. 
Russell's  only  brother,  Major  E.  L.  Munson, 
United  States  army,  is  a  graduate  of  two  de- 
partments of  Yale  University  and  is  profes- 
sor in  the  Army  Service  School  at  Fort  Leav- 
enworth for  instruction  of  officers  in  the 
United  States  army.  He  published  a  large 
volume  which  was  adopted  by  the  United 
States  government  for  that  work  and  by  for- 
eign governments.  Thomas  PI.  Russell  has 
three  sons  and  two  daughters :  Mary  Tal- 
cott  Riissell,  who  has  done  educational  work 
in  several  states.  Thomas  H.  Russell,  Jr., 
Ph.  B.,  Yale,  1906,  and  M.  D.,  1910,  who  in 
freshman  year  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the 
Young  Men's  Christian  Association  in  the 
medical  department  and  later  its  secretary  and 
president.  He  was  president  of  the  senior 
class  and  representative  of  the  medical  de- 
partment on  the  board  of  directors  of  the  Yale 


Cooperative  Corporation.  At  graduation  he 
received  the  "Cum  laude"  degree  in  medicine 
for  general  excellence  in  all  the  studies  and 
examinations  of  the  four  years'  course  in 
medicine.  He  has  been  abroad  at  two  differ- 
ent times  for  periods  of  study  in  Germany  and 
Vienna  and  is  a  member  of  the  Graduates 
Club  and  Lawn  Club.  William  Huntington 
Russell  of  the  class  of  1912  in  Yale  College. 
Eleanor  Russell,  and  Edward  Stanton  Rus- 
sell, who  is  preparing  to  enter  Yale  College. 
The  doctor,  his  wife,  and  all  of  his  children 
are  members  of  the  First  Congregational 
(Center)  Church.  His  practice  has  extended, 
in  consultation  and  otherwise,  over  a  consid- 
erable portion  of  the  state.  He  owes  much  to 
the  help  and  companionship  of  his  good  wife, 
who  has  been  all  that  a  Christian  wife  and 
mother  could  be,  who  never  tires  of  doing 
good,  and  has  always  had  perfect  health, 
sound  common  sense,  and  all  the  most  lovable 
qualities  of  mind  and  heart.  She  had  the  ad- 
vantage of  education  in  both  European  and 
American  boarding  schools.  Like  his  broth- 
ers, who  have  all  been  successful  in  their  pro- 
fessions, he  had  by  inheritance  absolutely  no 
money,  but  what  was  far  better,  sound  health 
and  a  good  name.  As  a  foundation  for  his 
life  work  he  received  from  both  parents  a 
most  careful  religious,  common-sense  train- 
ing, a  college  education,  freedom  from  bad 
habits,  and  an  ability  and  willingness  to  do 
hard  and   successful  professional  work. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  following  societies : 
.A.merican  Association  for  the  Advancement 
of  Science ;  Connecticut  Academy  of  Arts  and 
Sciences ;  New  Haven  Colony  Historical  So- 
ciety ;  American  Medical  Association ;  Con- 
necticut Medical  Society ;  New  Haven  County 
Medical  Association;  New  Haven  (City) 
Medical  Association ;  Graduates"  Club. 


John  Beach,  immigrant  an- 
BEACH     cestor,    was    born    in    England, 

and  settled  at  Stratford,  Con- 
necticut, probably  a  brother  of  Benjamin  and 
Richard  Beach,  of  Stratford,  and  of  Thomas 
Beach,  of  Milford,  Connecticut.  His  house 
lot  was  on  Main  and  Back  streets,  orig-inally 
Front  street.  His  property  in  Stratford 
amounted  to  three  hundred  and  twelve  pounds 
thirteen  shillings,  at  the  time  of  his  death. 
He  also  owned  property  in  Wallingford  to 
the  amount  of  ninety-two  pounds  nineteen 
shillings,  though  it  is  not  known  that  he  ever 
lived  in  that  town.  Three  sons,  however,  set- 
tled in  Wallingford.  He  died  in  1677.  Chil- 
dren :  Elizabeth,  born  March  8,  1652 ;  John, 
April,  1654;  Mary,  September,  1656;  Thomas, 
May,   1659;  Nathaniel,   March,   1662;   Sarah, 


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November,  1667;  Isaac,  June  27,  1669,  men- 
tioned below;  Joseph,  February  5,  1671 ;  Ben- 
jamin, March,  1674. 

(II)  ■  Isaac,  son  of  John  Beach  (q.  v.), 
was  born  June  27,  1669,  in  Stratford.  He 
settled  in  Wallingford  on  land  which  was 
given  to  him  by  his  father  John.  In  1694 
he  was  received  into  the  church  at  Stratford 
from  the  church  at  Wallingford.  In  1699  he 
sold  land  in  Wallingford  to  Joseph  Rice.  He 
married,  in  1693,  Hannah,  born  in  February, 
1671,  daughter  of  John  Birdseye.  John  Birds- 
eye  was  son  of  John,  an  original  settler  in 
Stratford.  He  married  Phebe,  daughter  of 
William  Willcoxson,  who  was  also  among  the 
early  settlers  of  Stratford.  In  1741  he  died 
at  Stratford,  where  his  gravestone  still  re- 
mains. His  wife  died  October  15,  1750,  aged 
seventy-nine,  and  she  was  buried  in  the  Epis- 
copal burying  ground  in  Stratford.  Children : 
William,  born  July  7,  1694;  Elnathan,  July 
7,  1698,  mentioned  below ;  John,  October  6, 
1700;  Mary,  December  16,  1703;  Hannah, 
May  26,  1709;  Dinah,  October  14,  1713. 

(HI)  Elnathan,  son  of  Isaac  Beach,  was 
born  July  7,  1698,  died  August  16,  1743.  He 
was  a  merchant  and  settled  in  Wallingford, 
in  the  south  part  of  what  is  now  Cheshire. 
For  several  years  he  was  engaged  in  foreign 
trade  with  Captain  Samuel  Cooke.  They 
were  very  successful  in  this,  and  he  soon 
became  a  man  of  great  wealth  and  high  stand- 
ing. He  presented  the  Congregational  So- 
ciety of  Cheshire  with  a  bell  for  the  meeting 
house,  and  in  his  will  left  a  bequest  of  several 
pounds  for  the  relief  of  the  poor  in  the  parish 
of  Cheshire.  He  married  (first)  Abigail  Uf- 
ford,  of  Stratford,  May  9,  1720.  She  died 
December  2,  1738.  He  married  (second) 
Hannah,  daughter  of  Captain  Samuel  Cooke, 
February  8,  1742.  She  died  May  18,  1754. 
Children  by  first  marriage :  Isaac,  born  April 
7,  1 72 1,  died  January  27,  1724;  Elnathan, 
July  21,  1723;  Isaac,  March  3,  1725;  Sarah, 
March  25,  1727;  Hannah,  November  12,  1728; 
Abigail,  December  17,  1730;  Lois,  August 
18,  1732;  John,  1733,  mentioned  below;  Sam- 
uel, December  26,  1737 ;  Esther.  By  second 
marriage:    Abraham,  born  August  29,  1743. 

(IV)  John  (2),  son  of  Elnathan  Beach, 
was  born  in  1733,  at  Wallingford.  He  set- 
tled on  a  farm  left  him  by  his  father,  and  the 
house,  a  large,  red,  two-story  one,  stood  in 
the  south  part  of  Cheshire,  Connecticut.  He 
married  Eunice  Eaton  in  1744.  Children: 
Hannah,  born  January  29,  1756;  Isaac,  Au- 
gust 25,  1758;  Elnathan,  August  30,  1760; 
James  Eaton,  September,  1762,  mentioned  be- 
low; John,  May,  1764;  Eunice,  January  4, 
1766;  Abijah,  1768;  Bildad,  September,  1770; 


Abraham,   1772,   died   1772 ;   Lois,  December, 

1774- 

(V)  James  Eaton,  son  of  John  (2)  Beach, 
was  born  in  Cheshire,  September,  1762,  died 
in  1838  in  Bridgeport.  In  the  revolution  he 
took  his  brother's  place  in  the  ranks  of  the 
nine-months  men.  His  home  at  this  time  was 
in  Cheshire,  but  after  his  term  of  service  in 
the  army  had  expired  he  removed  to  Bridge- 
port, Connecticut,  and  began  the  practice  of 
medicine.  He  was  the  first  doctor  there,  and 
continued  his  work  for  over  fifty  years.  He 
was  one  of  the  most  prominent  men  in  the 
First  Congregational  Church,  and  was  one 
of  the  acting  deacons  when  he  died.  He  mar- 
ried, October  20,  1789,  Hulda,  daughter  of 
Matthew  Sherman,  who  inherited  a  large  es- 
tate in  the  north  part  of  the  town  on  what 
was  formerly  Division  street,  now  Park  ave- 
nue. This  home,  over  one  hundred  years  old, 
is  still  in  the  possession  of  the  family.  Chil- 
dren: Polly,  born  August  2,  1795,  married 
Sylvanus  Sterling;  Laura,  married  Ira  Sher- 
man :    Isaac   Eaton,    mentioned   below. 

(VI)  Isaac  Eaton,  son  of  Dr.  James  Eaton 
Beach,  was  born  in  Bridgeport,  May  23,  1802. 
He  married  EHzabeth,  daughter  of  Gurdon 
and  Annie  Hawley,  who  lived  on  Main  street. 
The  last  twenty-five  years  of  his  life  he  spent 
in  reading  and  studying  literature,  especially 
theological  works.  In  1877  he  died  aged 
seventy-four,  and  his  wife  died  in  1885,  aged 
eighty-two.  He  was  a  member  of  the  old 
North  Church.  Children:  John  H.,  men- 
tioned below ;  George  E.,  died  in-  1877. 

(VII)  John  H.,  son  of  Isaac  Eaton  Beach, 
was  born  in  Bridgeport,  August  9,  1824.  He 
received  his  primary  education  in  the  district 
schools,  and  at  the  age  of  fourteen  entered  a 
classical  school  in  Lafayette  street,  where  he 
remained  two  years  under  the  able  instruc- 
tion of  Isaac  M.  Johnson,  principal.  At  the 
age  of  sixteen  he  became  clerk  in  the  dry 
goods  business  in  the  store  of  Shelton  & 
Thatche,  on  State  street,  Bridgeport,  a  little 
east  of  Main  street.  At  that  time  there  was 
very  little  business  in  Main  street.  Two  years 
later  he  returned  to  take  charge  of  his  fa- 
ther's farm.  His  father's  health  failed,  and 
the  call  of  duty  brought  him  to  the  farm  and 
doubtless  changed  his  career  from  mercan- 
tile business  to  agricultural.  He  made  a  spe- 
cialty of  market  gardening  and  was  a  pioneer 
in  the  business.  He  admitted  his  sons  to 
partnership  and  the  firm  scored  a  great  suc- 
cess, especially  with  strawberries,  of  which 
they  had  some  fifteen  to  eighteen  acres.  Hot- 
houses were  erected  for  growing  early  vege- 
tables. Most  of  the  produce  found  an  excel- 
lent  market    in    New    York    City.      The    son 


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David  separated  and  built  for  himself, 
and  for  ten  years  the  firm  continued 
as  John  H.  Beach  &  Son.  During  this 
time  the  addition  of  new  greenhouses  for  the 
cultivation  of  flowers  was  begun,  and  in  a 
few  years  this  branch  of  the  business  grew 
to  mammoth  proportions.  In  1895  the  senior 
member  of  the  firm  withdrew,  and  since  then 
the  business  has  been  conducted  by  James  E. 
Beach,  the  junior  partner.  Mr.  Beach  owned 
nearly  a  hundred  acres  of  the  best  farming 
land  in  the  county  and  two  attractive  houses 
on  Park  avenue.  In  politics  he  was  always 
a  Republican.  For  fourteen  years  he  was  on 
the  school  committee.  He  was  an  able,  indus- 
trious, faithful  citizen,  highly  esteemed  by 
the  community  in  which  he  was  known.     He 

married    (first) ,   daughter  of  Captain 

Samuel  Stratton,  in  1845,  ^"d  in  the  same 
year  built  himself  a  house  just  below  the  old 
house.  In  less  than  two  years  his  young  wife 
died,  and  two  years  later  he  married  (second) 
Mary  A.,  daughter  of  Orson  Merchant,  of 
Redding.  Children  of  second  wife :  i.  James 
E.  2.  Amelia  M.,  born  August  27,  1855 ; 
married  George  S.  Curtis,  and  lives  at  East 
Orange.  3.  David  Sherman,  mentioned  below. 
4.  Edmund  H.,  born  October  28,  1864.  5. 
Frederick  H.,  born  July  3,  1867.  Two  died 
young. 

Mary  A.  Beach,  widow  of  John  H.  Beach, 
died  July  23-,  1910,  at  her  home,  1984  Park 
avenue,  after  a  short  illness,  aged  eighty- 
three  years.  She  was  a  member  of  the  First 
Congregational  Church,  and  was  one  of  the 
best-known  residents  of  the  city,  and  had  re- 
sided at  the  homestead  on  Park  avenue  for 
sixty  years.  She  was  survived  by  two  sons, 
James  E.  and  David  S.,  and  a  daughter,  Mrs. 
Amelia  B.  Curtis,  of  East  Orange,  New  Jer- 
sey. 

(VIII)  David  Sherman,  son  of  John  H. 
Beach,  was  born  in  Bridgeport,  February  26, 
1861.  He  attended  the  seminary  of  Guy  B. 
Day  from  the  age  of  seven  to  twelve,  and  was 
also  a  student  in  S.  B.  Jones'  Park  Avenue 
Institute.  At  the  age  of  fourteen  he  became 
a  partner  of  his  father  and  brother  in  the 
firm  of  John  H.  Beach  &  Son.  At  the  age  of 
eighteen  he  spent  a  term  of  ten  weeks  in  the 
Eastman  Business  College  at  Poughkeepsie, 
New  York,  then  returned  home,  and  during 
the  next  ten  years  was  an  active  member  of 
the  firm  of  John  H.  Beach  &  Sons.  At  the 
age  of  twenty-eight  he  withdrew  from  this 
firm  and  engaged  in  the  market  gardening- 
business  on  his  own  account  and  built  up  an 
extensive  business.  Fie  has  fifty  thousand 
square  feet  or  more  of  glass  in  his  green- 
house plant,  and  owns  a  large  amount  of  val- 


uable real  estate.  In  the  second  year  of  his 
business  he  lost  his  buildings  by  fire,  but  with 
his  characteristic  activity  promptly  rebuilt 
them.  In  addition  to  his  greenhouses  he  has 
one  of  the  best  farms  and  the  finest  peach, 
apple  and  pear  orchards  in  New  England. 
Mr.  Beach  was  the  founder  of  the  North 
American  Investment  Company,  incorporated 
under  the  laws  of  New  Jersey,  May  26,  1896, 
with  offices  in  Jersey  City  and  Bridgeport. 
He  has  been  interested  for  many  years  in  life 
insurance  and  kindred  subjects,  and  one  of 
his  great  plans  is  his  municipal  insurance 
plan,  whereby  the  public  debt  of  any  city, 
government,  state  or  railroad  corporation  may 
be  paid  with  economy  by  life  insurance  or  by 
liquidating  and  refunding  bonds.  It  is  a  novel 
and  striking  idea,  characteristic  of  the  bril- 
liant mind  of  the  inventor.  Briefly  stated,  the 
plan  provides  that  any  government,  state, 
county,  city,  town,  railroad  company,  corpo- 
ration of  any  class,  or  an  individual,  may 
take  out  insurance  policies,  sufficient  to  their 
needs,  upon  the  lives  of  citizens  between  the 
ages  of  twenty-five  and  fifty-five  years,  in 
any  amount  not  exceeding  $1,000,000  for  any 
one  risk ;  or,  liquidating  and  refunding  bonds 
to  any  limit,  without  restriction.  In  any  event 
where  an  application  is  approved  and  accept- 
ed^  all  policies  or  liquidating  and  refunding 
bonds  are  made  payable  direct  to  the  party  or 
parties  in  whose  interest  they  are  applied 
for  and  the  purposes  for  which  such  indemnity 
was  created.  Characters  and  numerals  can 
be  utilized  along  the  same  lines  as  citizens,  as 
real  risks,  as  in  pure  life  insurance :  and,  if 
need  be,  all  premiums  are  to  be  paid  from  the 
same  source  or  sources  that  precipitated  their 
specific  use  and  conception.  In  1895  Mr. 
Beach  presented  the  plan  to  the  city  of  Bridge- 
port, and  although  received  with  favor  by  all 
classes  of  citizens,  it  was  not  at  this  time 
adopted.  In  1910  the  agitation  was  again 
started.  It  was  brought  to  the  attention  of 
the  common  council,  who  appointed  a  commit- 
tee to  investigate  the  matter,  and  a  hearing- 
was  given  to  Mr.  Beach,  who  gave  an  inter- 
esting and  convincing  explanation  of  his  plan. 
The  matter  was  then  referred  to  the  present 
maj'or,  Hon.  Edward  T.  Buckingham,  and 
the  city  attorney,  with  instructions  to  report 
on  the  same,  and  they  now  (1910)  have  the 
matter  under  consideration.  In  a  communica- 
tion to  a  Bridgeport  newspaper  we  find  the 
following  : 

"Mr.  Beach  put  forth  this  same  line  of 
thought  in  1896,  fourteen  years  ago,  and  ex- 
plained his  plan  and  if  adopted  the  length  of 
time  it  would  take  to  pay  the  debt  of  the  city, 
and  asked :     How  much  of  the  debt  has  since 


7?uLhc  'De6i  of  ike  Ciit^ 
qf^ridyeport 

{§>  'y'  per  cent 
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in  20 years  and  save  the 

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or- 
SSS,500,00     yeariy 
or  /^ifo/^ Its  Yfarly  in- 
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cou^c(  borrow  its  money 
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up  to  any  one. 
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Public 'l)€ht  of Mw  York 
City 

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in  7^/0 

/can  pai/  this  deht 
under  my  plan, 
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in  20 years  and sav 

tAe-  tax  payer ■s 
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money  under  my  pta7t/t 

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COUK.  Jordi-  it  IS  openjoru 


iSTccXisM^  VrciwWxe  a',  liSifi^  ' 


ifo-i^i^i  C/i^^ 


/Ae yyiun  yvAo  ca7i  totv 
the  7a. X  l^aTe 
TAg  0ond  I  ho  id  ia  my  Aaftds 
Sa.yes  a  city  ur  an  uj.difid.n-- 

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drait^n  and  computed  psr^ 
sonally  my'Set/  and  is 
Ti^e^edeefniny  artd Tltjuld- 
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and  Aas  na  efu<2t 
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or  any  .yiinliyiny  to  da^  /e^e 

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dust  the         "^  /^ercs-nTayeair 
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grant hcariTt-s  ^^^^  --, 
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rfiriddeport,  Conn.,  and. tint,: 

H.Lcipal  Insurance  dU^  to 
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CONNECTICUT 


435 


been  paid?  Had  we  adopted  his  plan  at  that 
time,  it  would  only  require  six  years  more 
and  the  entire  debt  would  be  paid.  What  a 
wide  diilerence  this  would  make  to  our  tax- 
payers, or  those  of  any  city  situated  likewise. 
I  say  to  all  citizens  and  taxpayers,  'Be  up 
and  doing.  Watch  this  leech  that  is  sapping 
the  sinews  of  finance  in  our  great  land,  and 
as  years  pass  our  indebtedness  grows  larger 
and  more  difficult  to  overcome,  for  it  will 
eventually  undermine  any  individual,  corpora- 
tion, city,  state,  or  nation,  as  nothing  is  so 
rapid  and  deadly  certain  as  simple  interest  and 
compound  interest,  woven  together,  which 
grows  larger  every  moment,  day  and  night. 
Even  the  little  insignificant  penny,  doubled 
each  day  for  a  period  of  one  year,  would  buy 
the  world  and  everything  contained  in  it,  and 
I  say  it  again,  to  those  who  are  now  living 
and  the  generations  that  are  destined  to  fol- 
low, watch  this  insignificant  penny  before  you 
succumb  to  its  power,  for  it  never  stops  its 
coiU"se  when  once  set  in  action.'  " 

This  indicates  the  feeling  of  a  large  number 
of  the  taxpayers  of  the  city,  but  like  all  ideas 
of  an  advanced  nature,  it  is  hard  to  have  them 
adopted,  and  the  opposition  shown  is  one  of 
the  most  potent  indications  that  this  is  the 
most  advanced  solution  how  to  pay  debts  up 
to  the  present  da}^  and  for  the  purpose  for 
which  it  is  intended. 

Mr.  Beach  has  spent  a  lifetime  in  close 
study  of  and  computing  mortuary  tables  of 
the  various  insurance  companies  of  the. United 
States,  in  fact,  throughout  the  world.  Prob- 
ably there  is  no  mathematician  who  has  de- 
voted so  much  time  without  compensation,  or 
made  such  deep  and  intricate  mathematical  re- 
search in  figures  on  this  one  subject.  Mr. 
Beach  has  prepared  columns  upon  columns 
and  tables  upon  tables,  showing  the  results  of 
life  insurance  as  an  auxiliary  and  of  liquidat- 
ing and  refunding  bonds,  taken  at  all  ages, 
with  premiums  in  accordance,  and  under  every 
conceivable  condition.  Under  his  municipal 
plan,  as  fully  copyrighted  December  28,  1896, 
he  has  computed  the  exact  cost  of  the  debt  per 
capita,  dependent  upon  the  contract  made  ef- 
fective by  its  citizens  as  to  its  total  cost,  and 
the  ratio  in  which  the  debt  of  any  city  would 
be  decreased,  the  taxes  lowered  and  the  exact 
time  in  which  the  debt  would  be  paid  and 
closed  forever. 

The  amount  of  work  which  Mr.  Beach  has 
done  along  these  lines  is  incomprehensible  and 
no  adec|uate  conception  can  be  gained  except 
by  seeing  his  exhaustive  figures  and  the  meth- 
ods employed  to  obtain  these  great  results. 
Not  only  has  he  computed  the  debts  which 
might  be  paid  in  this  way,  of  towns  and  large 


cities  of  New  England  and  other  states,  and 
even  nations,  but  among  others  the  tremen- 
dous debt  of  Greater  New  York,  with  its 
nearly  9,000,000  population  and  its  vast  debt 
of  $648,000,000.  By  his  plan  this  can  be  paid, 
and  a  saving  of  one-half  made  in  twenty  years. 
This  statement  can  be  substantiated  by  posi- 
tive facts  and  figures  that,  while  they  may 
sound  strange  to  many,  are  not  disputed  by 
the  best  actuaries  of  the  leading  companies  of 
to-day. 

It  is  proposed  to  shortly  bring  this  matter 
to  the  attention  of  the  present  mayor  of  New 
York  City,  William  J.  Gaynor,  and  give  the 
metropolis  an  opportunity  to  better  its 
financial  condition.  So  clear  is  this  plan  that 
before  long  "it  surely  will  be  adopted  by  some 
city,  if  not  by  Bridgeport,  and  in  this  way  the 
bonded  debt  under  which  that  city  is  strug- 
gling will  be  paid,  taxation  lowered,  and  op- 
pressiveness from  that  standpoint  will  not 
prevail,  and  the  name  of  the  man,  a  native  of 
Bridgeport,  who  first  conceived  the  idea  and 
formulated  the  plan,  will  stand  as  a  living 
monument  for  all  generations  to  come,  as  the 
greatest  liquidator  of  public  indebtedness  that 
was  ever  born. 

Mr.  Beach's  next  step  will  be  the  organiza- 
tion of  a  company  which  is  to  be  known  as 
"The  -World's  Liquidating  and  Refunding 
Company  of  the  World."  It  is  to  be  capital- 
ized with  one  billion  dollars,  and  its  object  is 
to  provide  for  the  liquidation  of  debts  of  all 
classes,  including  individuals,  corporations  of 
any  class,  railroads,  cities  or  towns,  states  and 
nations.  The  plan  upon  which  it  is  conceived 
is  a  unique  one,  entirely  original  with  Mr. 
Beach,  and  when  fully  perfected,  bids  fair  to 
be  one  of  the  most  successful  ever  put  into 
operation.  It  is  one  step  in  advance  of  his  in- 
surance plan  that  not  only  provides  for  the 
liquidating  of  debts  of  cities,  but  also  of  indi- 
viduals, thereby  creating  a  vast  source  of  help 
to  those  who  are  struggling  under  a  heavy 
burden  of  debt,  which  by  this  plan  can  be  paid. 
When  this  star  of  hope  appears,  rejoicings 
will  follow,  for  it  promises  the  solution  of  the 
most  serious  problem  which  confronts  human- 
•ity  to-day. 

jMr.  and  ]\Irs.  Beach  are  members  of  the 
First  Congregational  Church.  In  politics 
he  is  a  Republican.  He  married,  October  15, 
1885,  Mary  Jane,  born  December  7,  1864, 
daughter  of  Burr  and  Sarah  Jane  Meeker,  of 
Westport,  Connecticut.  Children:  i.  Ella  F., 
born  January  10,  1887.  2.  John  H.,  May  11, 
1889.  3.  David  S.  Sherman  Jr.,  April  14, 
1891.  4.  Harold  Page,  August  13,  1893.  5. 
and  6.  Victor  Curtis  and  Vincent  Meeker 
(twins),  August  2,  1899,  died  in  infancy. 


436 


CONNECTICUT 


The  surname  Duffie  is  Scotch  in 
DUFFIE     its  derivation  and  formerly  had 

the  prefix  Mac,  originating  from 
the  MacPhee  clan.  John  Duffie  I,  born  in 
Scotland,  set  sail  for  America  in  1741,  with 
his  wife  and  young  son,  but  did  not  live  to 
see  the  shores  of  America,  as  he  was  lost  at 
sea.  His  wife  was  Catherine  Carmichael,  a 
widow  when  he  married  her,  and  whose 
maiden  name  is  unknown,  but  she  was  born  in 
France,  and  according  to  tradition  her  parents 
were  wealthy  and  had  been  imprisoned  for 
being  Huguenots.  In  addition  to  the  son  re- 
ferred to,  John  Duffie  left  a  daughter  who  re- 
mained in  Scotland  and  married  William  Wal- 
lace, a  linen  manufacturer  of  Edinburgh. 
Mrs.  Duffie  and  her  son  settled  in  New  York 
and  became  members  of  the  old  French  Pro- 
testant Church  founded  by  Huguenots,  and 
Mrs.  Duffie  was  buried  in  the  old  churchyard 
in  Pine  street. 

(II)  Duncan  Duffie,  son  of  John  Duffie,  was 
born  in  Edinburgh,  April  ig,  1733.  and  was 
only  eight  years  old  when  he  landed  in  New 
York  with  his  bereaved  mother.  During  the 
French  and  Indian  war  Duncan  Duffie  be- 
came a  privateer,  having  joined  his  fortunes 
with  one  Angus  McGuire  in  1757.  In  the  war 
of  the  revolution  he  was  a  commissary  with 
rank  of  major.  He  died  soon  after  the  estab- 
lishment of  peace,  at  his  residence  on  Ferry 
street,  leaving  a  widow,  who  was  Mary 
Thompson,  born  in  May  1730,  and  four  chil- 
dren:  Mary,  born  May  11,  1756;  John,  men- 
tioned below;  James,  born  May  26,  1765,  and 
Margaret,  born  February  3,  1767.  Another 
child,  Duncan,  died  in  infancy. 

(III)  John  Duffie,  son  of  Duncan  Duffie, 
was  born  in  New  York  City,  December  14, 
1763.  He  began  his  business  career  as  a  clerk 
for  Isaac  Clason,  and  later  entered  into  part- 
nership with  his  brother-in-law,  Cornelius  C. 
Roosevelt,  in  the  wholesale  grocery  business. 
Later  Mr.  Roosevelt  retired  and  was  succeeded 
by  W.  W.  Todd,  and  the  business  became  ex- 
clusively given  to  the  sale  of  salt,  in  which 
the  descendants  of  Mr.  Todd  are  still  engaged. 
Mr.  Duffie  married  Maria,  daughter  of  Cor- 
nelius and  Margaret  (Herring)  Roosevelt, 
who  was  born  July  2,  1760.  Mrs.  Duffie  was  a 
direct  descendant  of  Claes  Martenson  Van 
Roosevelt,  the  founder  of  the  Roosevelt  fam- 
ily in  America,  and  ancestor  of  Ex-President 
Theodore  Roosevelt,  who  arrived  at  New 
Netherlands  from  Holland  in  1649  or  1650. 
Mrs.  Duffie's  father,  who  was  born  in  1731, 
served  as  a  private  in  Colonel  Hay's  regiment 
of  New  York  State  colonial  troops,  and  was 
later  an  alderman  of  New  York.  John  Duffie 
died  July  8,  1808,  his  wife  surviving  till  May 


17,  1 82 1.  Their  children  were:  i,  Maria  Car- 
oline, born  December  20,  1787;  married  Col- 
onel W.  W.  Todd,  and  had  numerous  children. 
2.  Cornelius  Roosevelt,  mentioned  below.  3. 
Margaret,  died  in  1876,  unmarried.  4.  Ma- 
tilda, married  Gerard  De  Peyster,  died  in  1880. 
5.  Cornelia,  died  in  1873,  unmarried.  6.  Jane 
Antoinette,  married  (first)  Miles  R.  Burke, 
(second)  Isaac  Gibson,  died  in  1889,  leaving 
no  issue.     7.  John  Henry,  died  in  youth. 

(IV)  Cornelius  Roosevelt  Duffie,  son  of 
John  Duffie,  was  born  in  New  York  City, 
March  31,  1789.  He  entered  Columbia  Col- 
lege in  1805,  and  was  one  of  the  founders  and 
first  president  of  the  Peithologian  Literary  and 
Debating  Society.  After  graduation  in  1809 
he  entered  the  law  office  of  his  cousin,  Samuel 
Jones,  afterward  chancellor  of  the  State  of 
New  York.  He  entered  the  Tenth  New  York 
Regiment  of  Militia,  becoming  ensign  and  later 
paymaster  with  rank  of  lieutenant,  serving 
during  the  war  of  1812.  After  the  war  he 
was  commissioned  captain  by  Governor  Tomp- 
kins. In  1813  he  received  the  degree  of  Mas- 
ter of  Arts   from  Columbia. 

Deciding  not  to  take  up  law  as  a  profession, 
Mr.  Duffie  joined  his  brother-in-law,  W.  W. 
Todd,  in  the  salt. business,  but  not  finding  com- 
mercial afifairs  congenial  to  his  nature,  he 
decided  to  enter  the  ministry  of  the  Episcopal 
church,  having  been  since  18 17  a  vestryman 
of  Old  Trinity  Church.  Mr.  Duffie  was  or- 
dained deacon  by  Bishop  Hobart,  an  intimate 
friend,  August  6,  1823,  and  soon  founded  the 
parish  of  St.  Thomas,  of  which  he  became  the 
first  rector,  the  church  edifice  being  erected  at 
the  corner  of  Broadway  and  Houston  street, 
where  it  stood  for  many  years  until  the  build- 
ing of  the  new  church  at  Fifth  avenue  and 
53d  street.  Mr.  Duffie  was  ordained  priest  by 
Bishop  Croes  of  New  Jersey,  October  11,  1824. 
His  early  death  from  typhoid  on  August  20, 
1827,  removed  a  life  of  great  promise  in  the 
church.  Mr.  Duffie  married,  on  April  16,  1816, 
Helena,  daughter  of  James  Bleecker,  of  New 
York.  Mrs.  Duffie  was  descended  from  Jan 
lansen  Bleecker,  who  came  to  America  from 
"Holland  in  1658,  and  died  in  Albany  in  1732. 
Mrs.  Duffie's  mother  was  Sarah,  daughter  of 
Theophylact  Bache,  one  of  the  leading  citizens 
of  New  York,  whose  wife  was  Ann  Dorothea, 
daughter  of  Andrew  Barclay,  and  grand- 
daughter of  Rev.  Thomas  Barclay,  founder 
of  St.  Peter's  parish,  Albany,  and  a  noted  mis- 
sionary to  the  New  York  Indian  tribes.  The 
Barclays  trace  their  descent  through  Saxon, 
Scotch  and  French  lines  back  to  Alfred  the 
Great,  Robert  Bruce  and  Hugh  Capet.  The 
Baches  came  to  America  from  Yorkshire,  Eng- 
land, but  were  of  Norman  descent. 


CONNECTICUT 


437 


The  children  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Duffie  were: 
I.  Charles  William,  died  in  early  boyhood.  2. 
Helena  Bleecker,  born  in  1818  and  died  un- 
married, at  Litchfield,  Conn.,  September  18, 
1886.  3.  Maria  Roosevelt,  born  in  1820,  and 
died  unmarried,  at  New  York,  March  6,  1876. 
4.  Cornelius  Roosevelt,  mentioned  below. 

(V)  Cornelius  Roosevelt  Duffie  (2)  was 
born  in  New  York  City,  August  6,  1821.  His 
mother  died  when  he  was  only  a  few  days  old 
and  he  and  his  young  sisters  were  brought 
up  under  the  care  of  their  paternal  aunts,  being 
left  orphans  at  their  father's  death  a  few  years 
later.  He  followed  his  father's  footsteps  and 
entered  Columbia  College  in  1837,  graduating 
in  1841  and  receiving  the  degree  of  M.A.  in 
1844.  He  further  followed  his  father's  exam- 
ple by  entering  the  ministry,  being  ordained 
deacon  by  Bishop  Brownell  in  Christ  Church, 
Hartford,  June  29,  1845,  after  completing  a 
course  in  the  General  Theological  Seminary  of 
New  York.  Mr.  Duffie  was  ordained  priest 
b}'  Bishop  Whittingham  in  Trinity  Church, 
New  York,  March  4,  1849.  After  his  ordina- 
tion as  deacon  he  served  as  curate  in  Trinity 
Church,  New  York,  and  in  1848  he  founded 
and  became  first  rector  of  the  Church  of  St. 
John  the  Baptist,  services  being  held  at  first 
in  a  temporary  chapel  at  the  southeast  corner 
of  Lexington  avenue  and  35th  street,  and  later 
the  parish  being  permanently  established  in  the 
church  erected  on  the  northeast  corner  of  the 
same  streets,  on  land  given  by  Mr.  Duffie's 
aunts,  which  had  long  been  in  the  family  as 
part  of  the  old  Kip's  Bay  farm.  In  1857  Mr. 
Duffie  was  chosen  as  the  first  regular  chaplain 
of  Columbia  College,  and  in  1865  was  ap- 
pointed a  trustee  of  the  General  Theological 
Seminary.  He  received  the  degree  of  D.  D. 
from  the  University  of  the  City  of  New  York, 
and  the  degree  of  S.  T.  D.  from  Columbia. 
Dr.  Duffie  continued  in  active  duty  as  rector 
of  St.  John  Baptist  until  that  parish  was 
consolidated  with  the  parish  of  Epiphany,  in 
1893,  the  St.  John  Baptist  church  being  used 
by  the  combined  congregations  under  the 
Epiphany  name,  and  soon  after  the  consolida- 
tion Dr.  Duffie  became  rector  emeritus.  He 
also  retired  from  his  active  duties  at  the  col- 
lege about  this  time,  as  chaplain  emeritus, 
thus  after  nearly  half  a  century  of  active  serv- 
ice obtaining  a  well-earned  rest.  In  1873  Dr. 
Duffie  purchased  the  old  Lewis  homestead  on 
South  street,  Litchfield,  for  a  summer  home, 
and  he  became  deeply  attached  to  Litchfield 
and  its  people.  He  died  at  Litchfield,  from  the 
infirmities  of  old  age,  on  July  8,  1900. 

Dr.  Duffie  married,  on  June  23,  1863,  Sarah 
daughter  of  Joel  and  Mary  (Brush)  Clark. 
The  Clarks  are  an  old  New  Jersey  family,  and 


Abram  Clark,  signer  of  the  Declaration  of 
Independence,  was  Mrs.  Duffie's  great-great- 
uncle.  Joel  Clark  was  a  hat  manufacturer  at 
Newark,  New  Jersey,  and  Danbury,  Connec- 
ticut, Mrs.  Duffie  having  been  born  in  Dan- 
bury.  Her  mother  was  the  daughter  of  Robert 
Brush,  of  the  old  Long  Island  family  of  that 
name.     Mrs.  Duffie  died  in  New  York,  March 

4,  1880,  and  Dr.  Duffie  eleven  years  later.  May 

5,  1891,  married  Lilian,  daughter  of  John  Pel- 
ton,  of  New  York,  who  survives.  Dr.  Duffie 
had  four  children,  all  by  his  first  wife,  all  men- 
tioned below. 

(VI)  Cornelia  Roosevelt  Duffie,  daughter  of 
Cornelius  Roosevelt  Duffie  (2),  born  at  New 
York,  April  26,  1864,  died  at  Litchfield,  Sep- 
tember 25,  1878. 

(VI)  Cornelius  Roosevelt  Duffie  (3),  son  of 
Cornehus  Roosevelt  Duffie  (2),  was  born  in 
New  York,  November  18,  1866.  He  was  pre- 
pared for  college  at  Trinity  School  and  the 
School  of  Languages,  New  York,  and  entered 
Columbia  College  in  1884,  his  father  being 
desirous  that  he  should  live  up  to  the  tradition 
of  his  name  and  heritage  and  enter  the  min- 
istry. Young  Mr.  Duffie,  however,  did  not  feel 
the  higher  call  that  he  considered  essential  for 
the  ministry,  his  inclination  being  toward  a 
business  career,  so  in  1886  he  left  college  and 
took  a  clerkship  in  the  Chemical  National 
Bank,  where  he  remained  for  about  three  years. 
He  then  moved  to  Litchfield,  where  he  became 
editor  and  publisher  of  the  Litchfield  Enquirer. 
In  1895  Mr.  Duffie  sold  his  interest  in  the 
newspaper  to  George  C.  Woodruff,  the  present 
owner,  and  has  since  devoted  most  of  his  time 
to  real  estate  and  insurance.  In  1900  he  pur- 
chased a  farm  on  the  shores  of  Bantam  Lake, 
in  the  town  of  Morris,  where  he  has  since  re- 
sided, having  served  his  town  in  various  local 
offices  and  as  representative  in  the  legislature 
of  1909,  where  he  waged  a  successful  battle  to 
prevent  the  city  of  Waterbury  from  taking 
water  from  Bantam  Lake.  Mr.  Duffie  is  a 
warden  of  St.  Paul's  Church,  Bantam,  and  a 
lay  reader  in  the  diocese  of  Connecticut.  Mr. 
Duffie  is  also  an  organist,  and  was  one  of  the 
first  pupils  in  America  of  Frederic  Archer,  the 
noted  English  organist.  At  an  early  age  he 
was  assistant  organist  in  his  father's  church  in 
New  York,  and  later  was  assistant  organist  at 
St.  Thomas'  Church,  New  York,  which  his 
grandfather  had  founded.  He  was  also  or- 
ganist at  St.  George's,  Flushing,  New  York, 
St.  Peter's,  Westchester,  New  York,  and  later, 
at  St.  Michael's,  Litchfield,  Connecticut. 

Mr.  Duffie  married,  in  New  York,  January 
9,  1888,  Edith  Normington,  daughter  of 
Thomas  B.  and  Susanna  (Springett)  Lang- 
don,  born  October  26,   1867.     Mrs.  Duffie's 


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parents  were  born  in  England,  and  were  de- 
scendants of  old  English  families,  her  mother 
being  a  collateral  descendant  of  William  Penn, 
who  married  Gulielma  Springett.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Duffie  have  two  children :  Dorothy,  born 
in  New  York,  June  13,  1889,  and  Archibald 
Duncan,  born  in  Litchfield,  April  13,  1892.  It 
is  worthy  of  note  that  the  son  is  a  member  of 
the  class  of  1913  at  Columbia  University,  being 
of  the  fourth  successive  generation  of  the  fam- 
ily at  Columbia,  and  having  entered  just  one 
hundred  years  after  the  graduation  of  his 
great-grandfather. 

(VI)  Jane  Antoinette  Duffie,  born  in  New 
York,  December  12,  1868,  married  Edward 
Hamilton  Cahill,  of  New  York,  June  14,  1887. 
Mrs.  Cahill  resides  in  Litchfield  with  her 
daughter,  Helen  Antoinette,  born  November  4, 
1892. 

(VI)  Archibald  Bleecker  DufHe,  born  in 
New  York,  April  16,  1871,  is  a  real  estate 
broker  in  New  York  City,  and  a  member  of 
several  clubs,  and  a  former  officer  of  Squadron 
A,  the  noted  cavalry  detachment  of  the  New 
York  militia.  He  married,  June  19,  1894,  An- 
toinette Larocque,  daughter  of  Livingston 
Roe,  of  New  York.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Duffie  have 
one  child,  a  son.  Roe  Clark  Duffie,  born  March 
24,  1898. 


Thomas  Burpee,  immigrant  an- 
BURPEE     cestor,  came  from  England  to 

Massachusetts  about  1644.  He 
was  settled  in  Rowley  in  165 1.  There  his  first 
wife,  Martha  (Cheney)  Burpee,  was  buried 
June  24,  1658.  His  second  wife  was  Sarah, 
daughter  of  John  Kelly,  of  Newbury,  Massa- 
chusetts, who  was  born  February  12,  1641, 
married,  April  15,  1659.  Thomas  Burpee  died 
in  Rowley,  June  i,  i/Oi,  and  his  wife  Sarah, 
December  25,  1713.  Children  by  first  wife: 
Hannah,  born  March,  1655  :  John,  November 
16,  1656;  Sarah,  May  21,  1658.  Children  by 
second  wife:  Sarah,  February  15,  1660-61; 
Thomas,  December  25,  1663,  mentioned  be- 
low :  Mary,  baptized  October  24,  1675. 

(II)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Thomas  (i)  Bur- 
•j^ee,  was  born  in  Rowley,  December  25,  1663 ; 
married  there,  December  3,  1690,  Hester, 
daughter  of  Jonathan  Hopkinson.  He  died 
June  24,  1709,  and  she  died  October  3,  1722, 
in  her  fifty-fifth  year.  Children:  .Jeremiah, 
born  October  27,  169 1  :  Sarah,  December  15, 
1692;  Esther,  March  13,  1693-94;  Thomas, 
October  31,  1695:  Ebenezer,  January  8,  1697- 
98,  mentioned  below ;  Jonathan,  December  7, 
1699:  David,  November  27.  1701 ;  Hannah, 
December  15,  1703;  Nathan,  January  8,  1704- 
05;  Sarah,  May  20,  1707;  Samuel,  March  17, 
1708-09.     Of   these,   Jeremiah   went   to   New 


Hampshire ;  Thomas  and  Samuel  settled  in 
Lancaster,  Massachusetts ;  Jonathan  in  Nova 
Scotia. 

(III)  Ebenezer,  son  of  Thomas  (2)  Burpee, 
was  born  in  Rowley,  January  8,  1697-98,  died 
there,  September  11,  1771.  He  married  Mir- 
iam, daughter  of  Jeremiah  Pearson,  of  New- 
bury, Massachusetts,  December  15,  1721.  She 
died  January  15,  1782.  Children,  born  in 
Rowley :  Hepsibah,  October  3,  1722 ;  Jere- 
miah, September  10,  1724,  mentioned  below; 
Sarah,  July  10,  1726;  Priscilla,  January  18, 
1728-29;  Ebenezer,  January  14,  1730-31;  Da- 
vid ;  Moses. 

(IV)  Jeremiah,  son  of  Ebenezer  Burpee, 
was  born  in  Rowley,  September  10,  1724.  He 
had  settled  in  Lancaster  before  1753,  and  died 
in  Sterling  in  1817.  Children,  born  in  Lan- 
caster. Molly,  baptized  November  6,  1748; 
Moses,  born  August  11,  1750,  mentioned  be- 
low; Ebenezer,  September  9,  1753;  Jeremiah, 
October  11,  1755;  Ebenezer,  January  9,  1758; 
Jeremiah,  November   15,   1770. 

(V)  Moses,  son  of  Jeremiah  Burpee,  was 
born  in  Lancaster  (Sterling),  August  11, 
1750.  He  married  there,  Elizabeth  Kendall, 
of  Leominster,  about  January  2,  1775.  He 
was  a  soldier  in  the  American  revolution,  and 
served  in  Captain  Thomas  Gates'  company, 
from  Lancaster,  on  the  Lexington  alarm, 
April  19,  1775,  and  in  Captain  Solomon  Stu- 
art's company.  Colonel  Josiah  Whitney's  reg- 
iment, on  the  Bennington  alarm,  August  21, 
1777.  He  died  November,  1827.  His  will 
was  filed  for  probate,  December  4,  1827.  Chil- 
dren, born  in  Sterling :  Abel :  Thomas,  Jvme 
20,  1780,  mentioned  below;  Betsey;  Prudence; 
Relief ;  Edmund. 

(VI)  Thomas  (3),  son  of  Moses  Burpee, 
was  born  June  20,  1780,  in  Sterling.  He 
married  (first)  Polly  Haskell,  October  5,  1804, 
in  Lancaster.  She  died  there  April  6,  18 16. 
His  second  wife,  whom  he  married  in  Staf- 
ford, Connecticut,  January  8,  1817,  was  Bet- 
sey Temple,  who  was  born  at  West  Boylston, 
Massachusetts,  February  4,  1793.  He  died  in 
Somers,  Connecticut,  August  8,  1840;  his  wife 
died  in  the  same  place,  August  20,  1843.  Chil- 
dren by  first  wife :  Mary  Ann,  married  Robert 
Dennison,  of  Stafford,  Connecticut ;  Eliza, 
married  Peter  Smith,  of  Somers,  Connecticut. 
Children  by  second  wife :  Henry  Loomis, 
born  November  10,  1821,  in  Palmer,  Massa- 
chusetts ;  Lucy  Moore,  January  17,  1824,  in 
Somers,  Connecticut ;  Sophia  Louisa,  Janu- 
ary 24,  1825,  in  Somers,  Connecticut:  Martha 
Kendall,  February  8,  1827,  in  Stafford,  Con- 
necticut ;  Thomas  Francis,  mentioned  below. 

(VII)  Thomas  Francis,  son  of  Thomas 
(3)  Burpee,  was  born  in  Stafford,  Connect!- 


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cut,  February  17,  1830.  After  a  common 
school  education  and  a  term  in  the  Ellington 
Academy,  he  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of 
woolen  cloths  in  Rockville,  Connecticut,  and 
was  so  employed  at  the  outbreak  of  the  civil 
war.  He  had  already  shown  a  liking  and  apti- 
tude for  military  affairs.  At  the  age  of  nine- 
teen he  was  a  corporal  in  the  active  militia 
company  in  Rockville,  a  year  later  a  sergeant, 
and  afterward  lieutenant,  adjutant,  and  at 
twenty-five  captain  of  a  company  in  the  old 
Fifth  Regiment  of  State  Militia.  In  response 
to  Governor  Buckingham's  call  for  volun- 
teers on  April  16,  1861,  he  offered  his  com- 
pany, which  was  accepted  and  assigned  to  the 
Fifth  Connecticut  Volunteers.  But  three  reg- 
iments more  than  filled  the  quota  of  this  state, 
and  the  president  of  the  United  States  declined 
the  sennces .  of  the  Fourth  and  Fifth  Regi- 
ments, and  they  were  discharged.  In  July, 
1862,  Captain  Burpee  recruited  a  company 
which  became  Company  D,  Fourteenth  Con- 
necticut Volunteers,  and  he  was  mustered  into 
service  as  its  captain.  In  September  follow- 
ing he  was  appointed  major  and  within  a 
few  days  lieutenant-colonel  of  the  Twenty- 
first  Regiment,  Connecticut  Volunteers,  of 
which  he  was  afterward  commissioned  colonel, 
and  which  he  commanded  almost  continuously 
until  his  death.  He  was  a  well-read  and  skill- 
ful tactician  and  a  strict  disciplinarian,  and  al- 
ways zealous  for  the  welfare  and  comfort  of 
his  men,  who  regarded  him  with  unusual  re- 
spect and  affection.  In  the  battle  of  Drury's 
Bluff,  May  16,  1864,  his  skillful  handling  of 
his  command  and  stubborn  resistance  to  an 
unexpected  attack  by  the  enemy  saved  the 
right  wing  of  the  federal  army  under  Butler 
from  destruction.  He  led  his  men  coolly  into 
the  murderous  assaults  at  Cold  Harbor,  and 
came  out  unscathed ;  but  a  week  later,  while 
doing  his  duties  as  field  officer  of  the  day  in 
the  trenches  close  up  to  the  enemy's  works,  he 
was  singled  out  by  a  Confederate  sharp- 
shooter and  mortally  wounded,  Thursday 
morning,  June  9,  1864.  He  was  carried  to 
White  House,  Virginia,  where  he  died  Satur- 
day evening,  June  11,  1864.  Just  before  his 
death,  he  directed  that  his  sword  be  given  to 
his  older  son.  His  remains  were  sent  to  his 
home  in  Rockville,  where  they  were  buried 
with  military  honors. 

In  his  nature  Colonel  Burpee  was  sincerely 
feligious  and  intensely  patriotic.  To  his  sis- 
ter, whose  oldest  son  was  then  serving  in  the 
Fourteenth  Connectictif  Volunteers,  he  sent 
this  message:  "Tell  Louise  not  to  be  over- 
anxious about  William.  I  should  rather  see 
him  sacrificed  for  a  holy  principle  than  to  see 
him   remain  in   inglorious   waiting  at   a   time 


like  this.  The  Lord  has  said,  'Whosoever 
would  save  his  life  shall  lose  it,'  and  this  has 
often  been  the  case  in  this  accursed  rebellion. 
If  any  one  lacks  enthusiasm  in  this  cause,  let 
him  go  to  work,  and  if  that  doesn't  awaken 
him,  then  he  is  a  coward.  The  lofty  inspira- 
tion of  this  cause  is  worth  living  a  life-time  to 
feel ;  and  if  I  had  a  thousand  lives  I  would  not 
withhold  one  of  them.  *  *  *  Should  I  be 
laid  in  the  grave,  remember  our  Heavenly 
Father  doeth  all  things  well.  Look  on  the 
bright  side,  and  the  bright  side  only." 

To  the  same  sister,  after  her  son  had  fallen 
at  Gettysburg,  he  wrote: 

"Nothing  can  be  untimely  which  is  ordered 
by  an  all-wise  God.  The  blow  which  laid  him 
low  welded  our  hearts  to  our  country's  cause. 
The  sacrifice  of  suffering  and  blood  which  he 
poured  out  sanctified  to  us  its  soil." 

After  the  battle  of  Fredericksburg,  he  wrote 
to  his  wife : 

"I  am  thankful  that  it  has  pleased  God  to 
protect  me  from  all  harm  and  bring  me  safe 
to  the  present  time.  '^^  '■'  *  But  do  not  ever 
forget  that  we  are  always  safe  in  the  hands  of 
our  Heavenly  Father." 

A  day  or  two  after  the  battle  of  Drury's 
Bluff,  above  referred  to,  he  says : 

"We  lay  at  rest  after  reaching  Drury's  Bluff 
on  the  15th,  until  four  o'clock  P.  M.,  when 
we  took  position  in  front  of  the  rebel  works, 
which  position  we  were  ordered  to  hold  at  all 
hazards.  On  the  next  morning  we  had  a 
battle.  The  night  had  been  foggy  and  wet, 
and  at  four  o'clock  the  fog  was  so  thick  that 
nothing  could  be  seen  two  rods  off.  *  *  * 
I  had  just  sent  out  skirmishers  in  front  of 
the  Twenty-first,  when  a  tremendous  fire  was 
poured  on  the  right  of  my  brigade,  which  was 
the  right  of  the  whole  line  occupied  by  our 
troops.  The  enemy  had  turned  our  right 
flank,  and  were  in  our  rear.  *  *  *  j  ^ju 
not  attempt  to  describe  the  whole  fight  now; 
suffice  it  to  say,  that  in  an  hour  and  a  half 
I  was  left  alone  with  the  Twenty-first  to  cope 
with  the  enemy,  who  were  in  front  and  on 
both  flanks,  and  a  thick  swampy  wood  was  in 
our  rear.  The  men  fought  well,  in  some  in- 
stances hand  to  hand  with  the  rebels.  We 
changed  our  front  to  rear,  and  fought  for  five 
hours  through  the  swamp  and  timber,  gradu- 
ally falling  back  but  often  charging  upon  them 
when  they  pressed  too  hard  on  us.  *  *  * 
We  lost  106  men,  and  four  commissioned  offi- 
cers. As  for  myself,  I  received  no  scratch. 
A  bullet  struck  the  spur  upon  my  heel,  and 
glanced  off.  God  covered  my  head  in  the 
hour  of  danger  and  brought  me  safely 
through." 

Colonel  Burpee's  last  letter  was  written  in 


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the  trenches  in  front  of  Cold  Harbor  only  a 
few  days  before  he  was  shot.    In  it  he  writes : 

"It  is  appointed  unto  men  once  to  die ;  and 
it  matters  little  when  or  where,  if  we  are 
prepared  and  engaged  in  duty." 

In  a  letter  written  after  Colonel  Burpee's 
■death,  Connecticut's  great  war  governor  said : 

"Make  my  kindest  regards  to  Mrs.  Burpee, 
and  say  that  from  the  time  her  honored  hus- 
band entered  the  service  to  this  hour  I  have 
never  entertained  any  other  than  a  high  re- 
spect for  his  ability  and  fidelity  as  an  officer, 
as  well  as  for  his  personal  character.  That 
he  is  one  of  the  few  officers  against  whom 
I  never  heard  a  complaint.  I  sympathize  with 
her  in  her  affliction,  but  doubt  not  that  so  pure 
an  offering,  presented  in  the  name  of  human 
liberty  upon  the  altar  of  our  country,  is  ac- 
cepted by  Him  who  said  'That  inasmuch  as 
ye  have  done  it  for  one  of  the  least  of  these 
my  brethren,  ye  have  done  it  unto  me.'  I 
give  below  a  sentence  which  is  as  brief  as  I 
can  write  one  and  express  my  views  of  the 
character  of  Colonel  Burpee,  and  which  in  my 
judgment  may  with  propriety  be  placed  upon 
his  monument.  Acknowledge  the  receipt  of 
this  and 

"Believe,  I  am,  with  great  respect,  your 
obedient  servant, 

"Wm.  a.  Buckingham." 

The  sentence,  which  was  accepted  as  Col- 
onel Burpee's  epitaph,  is  as  follows : 

"In  the  hour  of  National  peril  he  gave 
his  life  to  his  country,  leaving  this  tes- 
timony that  he  was  a  pure  patriot,  a 
faithful  soldier,  and  a  sincere  Christian." 

Colonel  Burpee  married,  November  28, 
1852,  Adaline  M.,  born  in  Staft'ord,  Connecti- 
cut, July  29,  1829,  daughter  of  Ebenezer  Har- 
wood,  a  lineal  descendant  in  the  fifth  genera- 
tion from  Henry  Harwood,  who  came  to  Bos- 
ton with  John  Winthrop  in  1630  and  settled  in 
Salem. 

(VIH)  Lucien  Francis,  son  of  Colonel 
Thomas  Francis  Burpee,  was  born  in  Rock- 
ville,  Tolland  county,  Connecticut,  October  12, 
1855.  In  1863-64  he  was  for  a  time  with  his 
father  and  the  regiment  he  commanded  in 
Virginia,  where  his  study  was  in  Casey's  tac- 
tics and  his  amusement  in  watching  drills  and 
parades.  In  1874  he  enlisted  in  the  First 
Regiment,  Connecticut  National  Guard,  in 
Rockville,  and  was  discharged  in  1878  for 
non-residence.  In  March,  1886,  he  was  ap- 
pointed second  lieutenant  of  Company  A,  Sec- 
ond Regiment,  Connecticut  National  Guard,  in 
Waterbury,  Connecticut ;  promoted  to  first 
lieutenant  in  June,  1886 ;  to  captain  in  June, 
1887;  to  major  in  February,  1890;  to  lieuten- 
ant-colonel  in   May,   1893 ;  and  to  colonel   in 


July,  1895 ;  and  held  the  command  of  his 
regiment  until  he  retired  in  November,  1899. 
Under  his  command,  this  regiment  was  rated 
by  United  States  army  officers  assigned  to  in- 
spect state  organizations  as  one  of  the  best 
drilled  and  disciplined  in  the  country. 

At  the  outbreak  of  the  Spanish  war  he 
recruited  his  regiment  to  the  maximum 
strength  allowed  by  law,  and  tendered  it  for 
service  in  the  United  States  A^olunteers, 
April  25,  1898,  "for  any  time  and  in  any 
place,"  and  maintained  it  in  fit  condition  and 
complete  readiness  for  the  field  until  the  end 
of  the  war.  In  this  offer  and  during  this 
period,  he  was  unanimously  and  heartily  sup- 
ported by  all  his  officers  and  men ;  but  their 
services  not  being  immediately  required.  Col- 
onel Burpee  obtained  temporary  leave  of  ab- 
sence from  his  command,  and  accepted  a  com- 
mission as  lieutenant-colonel  in  the  United 
States  Volunteers,  offered  to  him  by  Presi- 
dent McKinley.  He  served  with  that  rank 
during  the  campaign  in  Porto  Rico  on  the 
staff  of  Major  General  Nelson  A.  Miles, 
commanding  United  States  army,  and  of 
Major  General  James  H.  Wilson,  command- 
ing First  Division,  First  Army  Corps.  He 
was  honorably  mentioned  for  distinguished 
service.  After  his  return  to  the  United 
States,  General  Wilson  in  his  report  said 
that  Colonel  Burpee's  conduct  "reflected  great 
credit  on  him,  and  that  he  was  a  man  who 
would  not  have  failed  to  reach  the  highest  dis- 
tinction had  the  war  lasted."  In  October, 
1898,  Colonel  Burpee  was  assigned  to  duty  on 
the  staff  of  General  Wilson,  who  was  then  in 
command  of  the  First  Army  Corps,  and  served 
in  that  position  in  Kentucky  and  Georgia  un- 
til January  i,  1899.  Then,  peace  having  been 
secured,  he  resigned  and  was  honorably  dis- 
charged. 

Colonel  Burpee  was  prepared  in  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  Rockville  to  enter  Yale  College 
in  1875,  and  was  graduated  there  with  honors 
in  1879.  He  was  a  member  of  Phi  Beta 
Kappa  and  of  Skull  and  Bones,  and  editor  of 
the  Yale  Record  and  of  the  Yale  Literary 
Magazine.  After  graduation,  he  attended 
Yale  Law  School  and  Hamilton  Law  School, 
receiving  his  degree  of  LL.  B.  there  in  1880. 
He  then  returned  to  Yale  College  for  a  year 
to  take  special  work  in  American  history  and 
continue  his  studies  in  law.  In  1881  he  be- 
gan to  practice  law  in  Waterbury  in  the  office 
of  the  Hon.  S.  W.  Kellogg,  under  the  name 
first  of  Kellogg  &  Burpee,  and  afterwards 
of  Kellogg,  Burpee  &  Kellogg.  This  partner- 
ship was  dissolved  in  1889.  From  1883  to 
1890  he  was  the  prosecuting  attorney  of 
Waterbury ;   from    1890  to   1896  he  was  cor- 


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poration  counsel  of  the  city;  and  from  1897 
to  1909  he  was  judge  of  the  Waterbury  city 
court.  In  1900  he  took  Terrence  F.  Car- 
mody,  of  Waterbury,  into  partnership.  In 
1905  tlie  office  of  judge  of  the  district  court 
of  Waterbury  was  offered  to  him  and  de- 
chned.  In  1909  he  was  appointed  a  judge 
of  the  superior  court  of  Connecticut,  the  high- 
est trial  court  of  the  state. 

Colonel  Burpee  has  been  active  in  public 
affairs,  but  never  a  candidate  for  office.  He 
is  a  Congregationalist  in  religion ;  a  member 
of  Continental  Lodge,  No.  76,  Free  and 
Accepted  Masons ;  of  Nosahogan  Lodge,  In- 
dependent Order  of  Odd  Fellows ;  of  Wad- 
hams  Camp,  Sons  of  Veterans ;  of  the  Soci- 
ety of  Foreign  Wars ;  of  the  Military  Order 
of  the  Loyal  Legion  of  the  United  States ;  of 
the  Spanish  War  Veterans ;  of  the  Society  of 
the  Porto  Rican  Expedition ;  of  the  Military 
and  Naval  Order  of  the  Spanish,  War,  and  of 
the  Sons  of  the  American  Revolution.  '  He 
has  also  the  medal  given  by  congress  for  for- 
eign service  in  the  Spanish  war.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Waterbury  Club,  of  the  Grad- 
uates and  Union  League  clubs  of  New  Haven, 
of  the  Army  and  Navy  Club  and  of  the 
United  States  Military  Service  Institution  of 
New  York. 

He  married  (first)  September  25,  1881, 
Lida  (Eliza)  Wood,  who  died  July  23,  1889. 
She  was  a  daughter  of  Stephen  W.  Wood,  of 
Cornwall,  New  York,  and  Catherine  C.  B. 
(Ring)  Wood,  a  descendant  of  James  Sands, 
who  settled  in  Plymouth,  Massachusetts,  in 
1658,  and  in  Block  Island  in  1661.  He  mar-^ 
ried  (second)  April  28,  1904,  Irene  A.  Fitch, 
born  April  21,  1867,  daughter  of  Martin  P. 
and  Exene  (Tobey)  Fitch,  of  Southfield, 
Massachusetts.  She  is  a  lineal  descendant  of 
Roger  de  Knapp,  who  was  knighted  by  Henry 
VIII.  in  1540,  and  whose  grandson,  Nicholas, 
Mrs.  Burpee's  ancestor,  came  with  Governor 
Winthrop  to  Massachusetts  in  1630.  Children 
by  first  wife:  i.  Lida,  born  in  Waterbury, 
August  31,  1883  ;  married  John  S.  Ellsworth, 
of  Simsbury,  Connecticut,  July  15,  1905; 
children :  John  S.,  Jr.,  born  June  16,  1907, 
Thomas  Burpee,  January  16,  191 1.  2.  Helen, 
Tx)rn  in  Waterbury,  August  31,  1883.  3.  Fran- 
■cis,  born  in  Waterbury,  September   15,   1885. 

(VIII)  Charles  Winslow,  son  of  Colonel 
Thomas  Francis  Burpee,  was  born  in  Rock- 
ville,  November  13,  1859,  and  was  graduated 
at  Yale  College  in  the  class  of  1883.  He  was 
■city  editor  of  the  Waterbury  American  from 
August,  1883,  to  July,  1891,  when  he  re- 
moved to  Bridgeport,  Connecticut,  and  be- 
came associate  editor  of  the  Standard.  In 
1895  he  became  state  editor  of  the  Hartford 


Courant,  of  which  paper  he  was  managing 
editor  from  1900  to  1904.  Since  then  he  has 
been  at  the  head  of  the  educational  and  edi- 
torial departments  of  the  Phoenix  Mutual 
Life  Insurance  Company  of  Hartford.  He  is 
secretary  of  the  Hartford  Board  of  School 
Visitors,  has  been  president  of  the  Hartford 
Yale  Alumni  Association,  and  is  a  member 
of  a  number  of  organizations  and  clubs,  local 
and  otherwise.  He  has  been  a  contributor 
to  various  periodicals.  He  served  in  the  First 
Regiment,  Connecticut  National  Guard,  a 
short  time;  became  second  lieutenant  in  Com- 
pany A,  Second  Regiment,  in  Waterbury ;  was 
appointed  adjutant  of  the  Fourth  Regiment 
in  1892,  in  Bridgeport;  was  made  captain  of 
Company  K  of  that  regiment  the  same  year; 
was  appointed  inspector  of  small  arms  prac- 
tice on  the  staff  of  the  First  Regiment  in 
Hartford ;  retired  in  1897,  with  rank  of  cap- 
tain; served  as  volunteer  aide  on  staff  of  the 
First  Regiment,  Connecticut  Volunteer  In- 
fantry, in  the  early  part  of  the  Spanish  war. 
He  is  historian  of  the  First  Regiment.  "The 
Military  History  of  Waterbury"  was  written 
by  him. 

He  married,  November  5,  1885,  Bertha 
Stiles,  of  Bridgeport,  daughter  of  Ransom 
and  Anna  (Stillman)  Stiles.  His  wife  is  a 
direct  descendant  of  "Mr."  Francis  Stiles  of 
Milbroke,  England,  who  came  to  Windsor, 
Connecticut,  in  1635,  and  whose  brother  was 
the  ancestor  of  President  Ezra  Stiles  of  Yale 
College.  A  son.  Stiles,  was  born  April  12, 
1903. 


Samuel    Shanklin    lived    in 
SHANKLIN     Wythe      county,      Virginia. 
Among    his     children    was 
Wesley  Dunscomb,  mentioned  below. 

(II)  Wesley  Dunscomb,  son  of  Samuel 
Shanklin,  was  born  in  Wythe  county,  Vir- 
ginia, November  27,  1827.  He  is  a  successful 
merchant  and  banker,  now  living  in  Carroll- 
ton,  Missouri.  He  married  Locke  Ann, 
daughter  of  Wyatt  and  Frances  (Austin)  Ar- 
nold. Their  eldest  child  was  Dr.  William  Ar- 
nold, mentioned  below. 

(III)  William  Arnold  Shanklin,  LL.  D.,  son 
of  Wesley  Dunscomb  Shanklin,  was  born  at 
Carrollton,  Missouri,  April  18,  1862.  He  at- 
tended the  public  schools  of  his  native  town 
and  entered  Hamilton  College  in  1879,  grad- 
uating with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts  in 
the  class  of  1883.  He  was  graduated  from 
Garrett  Biblical  Institute,  the  Theological  De- 
partment of  Northwestern  University,  in  1891, 
with  the  degree  of  B.  D.  In  1895  he  received 
the  honorary  degree  of  Doctor  of  Divinity 
from  the  University  of  Washington ;  in  1906 


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the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Laws  from  Baker 
University;  in  1909  that  of  Doctor  of  Huniane 
Letters  from  Upper  Iowa  University.  In  1910 
Allegheny  College  conferred  upon  him  the 
degree  of  Doctor  of  Divinity,  and  Trinity  Col- 
lege that  of  Doctor  of  Laws.  He  united  with 
the  South  Kansas  conference  of  the  Metho- 
dist Episcopal  church  in  18S7.  Before  gradu- 
ating from  the  Theological  School  he  entered 
upon  the  pastorate  of  the  First  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church  at  Spokane,  Washington, 
and  continued  there  through  1893.  He  then  be- 
came pastor  of  the  First  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church  at  Seattle,  Washington.  In  1896  he 
was  transferred  to  the  historic  St.  Luke's 
Church  at  Dubuque,  Iowa,  where  he  was  min- 
ister until  1900,  and  became  one  of  the  most 
prominent  clergymen  of  his  denomination  in. 
the  state.  During  the  next  five  years  he  was 
pastor  of  the  Memorial  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church  at  Reading,  Pennsylvania.  Before 
leaving  his  parish  in  Iowa,  Dr.  Shanklin  had 
declined  the  offer  of  the  presidency  of  an  im- 
portant educational  institution.  In  August, 
1905,  he  was  elected  president  of  the  Upper 
Iowa  University,  Fayette,  Iowa,  and  his  en- 
ergy and  enthusiasm  transformed  it  com- 
pletely. He  was  conspicuous  as  an  educator  in 
the  western  states  and  was  described  in  public 
prints  as  "a  refined  scholar"  and  "an  inveterate 
worker."  In  1909  he  resigned  to  accept  the 
presidency  of  Wesleyan  University  at  Middle- 
town,  Connecticut,  to  which  office  he  was 
elected  November  13,  1908.  His  administra- 
tion has  begun  auspiciously.  He  has  a  wide 
personal  acquaintance  with  men  of  affairs  as 
well  as  with  educators  of  note.  He  was  for- 
mally installed  as  president  of  Wesleyan  Uni- 
versity, November  12,  1909 ;  there  were  in  at- 
tendance about  six  hundred  alumni,  thirty- 
seven  trustees  of  the  university,  about  ninety 
delegates — forty  of  them  presidents — from 
eighty-one  institutions,  and  a  large  number  of 
other  distinguished  guests,  among  whom  were 
four  bishops  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church  and  one  bishop  of  the  Protestant  Epis- 
copal church,  the  governor  of  Connecticut  and 
five  ex-governors,  and,  as  guests  most  distin- 
guished even  in  such  a  company,  the  eminent 
junior  senator  from  New  York,  the  vice-presi- 
dent and  the  president  of  the  United  States. 

Dr.  Shanklin  is  a  prominent  Free  Mason, 
member  of  the  Blue  Lodge,  of  the  Chapter 
and  of  the  Commandery.  He  has  twice  been 
grand  chaplain  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Iowa. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  university  senate  of 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  which  has 
charge  of  the  education  institutions  under  the 
auspices  of  that  denomination.  In  politics  he 
is  independent. 


He  married,  October  14,  189 1,  Emma  Eliza- 
beth, born  October  4,  1869,  daughter  of  Jef- 
ferson Emory  and  Mary  Ann  (McAllister) 
Brant,  of  Bloomington,  Indiana.  Children : 
Mary  Arnold,  born  October  6,  1892 ;  Wil- 
liam Arnold  Jr.,  July  16,  1895  ;  Anna  Brant, 
April   18,   1900. 

An  investigation  of  the  Eng- 

BARNUM     lish   ancestry   of   the    Barnum 

family    of    America     justifies 

the   belief   that   the    immigrant   ancestor   was 

son   or   grandson   of    Sir   Martin   and  Judith 

(Calthorpe)      Barnham.       His     mother      (or 

-grandmother)  was  daughter  of  Sir  Martin 
Calthorpe,  lord  mayor  of  London,  and  Sir 
Francis  Barnham,  knight  of  Hollingbourne, 
was  either  stepbrother  or  uncle,  and  the  vvife 
of  Francis  Bacon  (Lord  Bacon),  great  lord 
chancellor  and  viscount,  was  either  first  or 
second  cousin.  The  alabaster  monument  of 
Sir  Martin  Barnham,  which  stands  in  All 
Saints  Church,  Hollingbourne  Hill,  England, 
is  thus  inscribed :  "Sacred  to  the  memory  of 
Sir  Martin  Barnham.  Sprung  from  the  old 
Southampton  family  of  Barnhams,  who  mar- 
ried LTrsuIa,  daughter  of  Robert  Rudstone, 
of  Bouton,  Nonchelsey,  and  had  two  daugh- 
ters and  one  son.  On  her  death,  he  married 
Judith,  the  daughter  of  Sir  Martin  Calthorpe, 
Lord  Mayor  of  London,  by  whom  he  had  five 
sons  and  five  daughters.  He  was  a  man  on 
every  side  of  gentle  birth,  most  happy  in  the 
extreme  piety  of  his  life  and  death  alike ;  on 
whom    God   of  the   boundless    riches   of    His 

^ercy  poured  (piled  upon  him)  of  this  world's 
gifts  of  nature,  Grace  and  Honor,  good  meas- 
ure, pressed  down,  shaken  together  and  run- 
ning over.  He  died  12th  December  1610,  aged 
60  years." 

The  name  in  Fairfield  and  Norwalk  is 
spelled  Barnam  but  it  may  have  been  orig- 
inally Burnham  or  Burnam,  all  of  which  are 
English  names.  In  Burke's  "Encyclopedia  of 
Heraldry"  is  given  the  name  Barnam  and  a 
coat-of-arms  as  follows :  Sable,  a  cross  be- 
tween  four  crescents,  argent. 

(I)'  Thomas  Barnum,  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  one  of  the  first  eight  settlers  of  the  town 
of  Danbury,  Connecticut.  They  purchased 
the  land  from  the  Indians  and  commenced 
the  preparation  for  settlement  in  the  year 
1684,  and  all  were  living  there  in  the  spring 
of  1685.  Before  this,  however,  there  is  men- 
tion of  Thomas  Barnum  on  a  Fairfield  book 
of  records  as  follows:  "28  Feb,  1673.  Tho: 
Barnum  hath  by  purchase  of  John  Crump  one 
parcel  of  land  at  Maximus,  being  in  quantity 
by  estimation  three  quarters  of  an  acre  more 
or  less."    The  next  record  is  in  Norwalk  dated 


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April  30,  1678,  and  another  at  the  same  time 
says  the  plantation  granted  to  Thomas  Bar- 
num  was  "three  acres  l3ang  by  the  land  said 
Thomas  purchased  of  John  Rayment."  Hall's 
history  of  Norwalk  says :  "Thomas  Barnam, 
of  Fairfield,  had  a  grant  before  1663."  The 
same  history  gives  the  assessment  of  Mr.  Bar- 
num's  estate  in  lands  in  that  town  in  1671 
and  1687  as  forty  pounds.  At  a  town  meet- 
ing in  Norwalk,  November  8,  1681,  he  was 
"appointed  for  to  oversee  and  to  keep  good 
Decorum  amongst  the  youth  in  times  of  exer- 
cise on  the  Sabbath  and  other  Publique  meet- 
ings ;  and  the  Town  doe  impower  him  if  he 
see  any  disorderly,  for  to  keep  a  small  stick 
to  correct  such  with ;  onely  he  is  desired  to 
doe  it  with  clemency ;  and  if  any  are  incoridg- 
able  in  such  disorder,  he  is  to  present  them 
either  to  their  parents  or  masters ;  and  if  they 
do  not  reclaime  them,  then  to  present  such 
to  authority." 

He  married  (second)  Sarah,  widow  of  John 
Hurd,  Senior,  of  Stratford.  Her  first  hus- 
band died  in  1681.  She  was  the  daughter  of 
John  Thompson,  the  first  of  the  name  in 
Stratford.  Thomas  Barnum  died  in  Danbury, 
December  26,  1695,  about  seventy  years  old, 
leaving  no  will.  His  estate,  which  amounted 
to  three  hundred  and  thirty  pounds  four  shil- 
lings four  pence,  was  divided  among  "five 
sons  and  five  daughters,  the  eldest  son  to  have 
a  double  portion.'"  His  widow  Sarah  returned 
to  Stratfield  in  Stratford,  and  died  there  in 
June,  17 18,  aged  seventy-six  years.  Children, 
the  first  four  recorded  in  Fairfield :  Thomas, 
July  9,  1663;  John,  February  24,  1677;  Han- 
nah, October  4,  1680;  Ebenezer,  May  29, 
1682  :  Francis  ;  Richard  ;  four  daughters  whose 
names  are  not  known. 

(H)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Thomas  (i) 
Barnum,  was  born  July  9,  1663,  in  Fairfield, 
and  removed  to  Danbury  with  his  father's 
iamilj.  He  married  Sarah,  daughter  of  Sam- 
uel Beardsley,  of  Stratfield  society.  His  will 
is  dated  December  17,  1730,  and  he  died  soon 
after,  leaving  an  estate  valued  at  one 
hundred  and  ninety  pounds  five  shillings  two 
pence.  Children  :  Thomas  ;  Ebenezer  ;  Josh- 
ua :  Sarah,  married Hoyt ;  Esther,  mar- 
ried   Judd ;  daughter,  married 

Wilks,  died  before  her  father ;  Mary ;  Eph- 
raim,  mentioned  below. 

(HI)  Ephraim,  son  of  Thomas  (2)  Bar- 
num,  married    Mehetable .      He   lived 

in  that  part  of  Danbury  which  is  now  the 
town  of  Bethel,  and  here  his  descendants  have 
been  numerous.  He  was  a  farmer  by  occupa- 
tion. He  died  in  August,  1775,  aged  about 
sixty-five.  Children :  Ephraim,  born  Au- 
gust  28,    1733,    mentioned    below;    Matthew, 


1736:  Elijah,  February  i,  1738;  David;  Com- 
fort ;  Philip ;  Samuel :  Ruth,  married  John 
Bassett ;  Rachel,  married  Benjamin  Hickok. 

(IV)  Captain  Ephraim  (2)  Barnum,  son 
of  Ephraim  (i)  Barnum,  was  born  August 
28,  1733.  He  was  a  captain  in  the  revolution. 
He  married  (first)  May  2,  1753,  Keziah  Co- 
vill,  who  died  August  4,  1775,  aged  forty- 
four  years.  He  married  (second)  February 
I,  1776,  Mrs.  Rachel  (Starr)  Beebe,  daughter 
of  Jonathan  and  Rachel  (Taylor)  Starr,  and 
widow  of  Jonathan  Beebe,  of  Danbury.  She 
died  April  4,  1798,  aged  fifty-eight  years.  He 
married  (third)  Anna  (Darrow)  Stow,  widow 
of  Robert  Stow,  of  Redding,  who  died  August 
28,  1822.  He  died  April  17,  1817.  His  es- 
tate was  appraised  at  nine  hundred  pounds 
eleven  shillings.  Children :  Joseph,  died  at 
age  of  three;  Keziah,  born  January  28,  1756; 
Lucy,  November  9,  1757;  Rebecca,  May  13, 
1759;  Joseph,  August  14,  1761  ;  Ruth,  No- 
vember 20,  1763;  Dorcas,  January  13,  1766; 
Noah,  July  5,  1768,  died  July  25,  1775;  Han^ 
nah.  November  5,  1771,  died  July  5.  1775; 
Chloe,  July  30,  1774,  died  April  7,  1775. 
Children  of  second  wife :  Noah,  August  28, 
1777;  Philo,  April  4,  1779,  mentioned  below; 
Eder,  January  12,  1780;  Rebecca,  July  8, 
1781  ;  Peter.  March  or  April  7,  1784. 

(V)  Philo,  son  of  Captain  Ephraim  (2) 
Barnum,  was  born  April  4,  1779,  died  1825. 
He  was  a  farmer,  tailor  and  hotel  keeper.    He 

married    (first)     Polly,    daughter    of   

Fairchild,  of  Newtown,  Connecticut.  She  died 
June  23,  1808,  aged  twenty-six  years.  He 
married  (second)  December  14,  1808,  Irene, 
daughter  of  Phineas  and  Molly  (Sherwood) 
Taylor,  of  Bethel.  She  was  born  October  7, 
1784,  died  March  14,  1868.  He  died  at  Bethel, 
September  7,  1826,  and  his  gravestone  is  in 
the  old  cemetery  there.  Children :  Rana, 
born  February  26,  1800;  Almon,  1801  ;  Mi- 
nerva, 1803;  Philo  Fairchild,  1807;  Mary  H., 
January  31,  1808.  Children  of  second  wife: 
Phineas  Taylor,  July  5,  1810,  mentioned  be- 
low; Eder,  May  18,  1813;  Mary,  August  22, 
1815;  Cordelia,  February  12,  1820;  Almira, 
June  5,   1823. 

(VT)  Phineas  Taylor,  son  of  Philo  Bar- 
num, was  born  at  Bethel,  Fairfield  county, 
Connecticut,  July  5,  1810,  died  at  his  home  in 
Bridgeport,  Connecticut,  April  7,  1891.  In 
his  youth  he  was  a  typical  farmer's  boy.  He 
drove  the  cows  to  pasture,  weeded  the  garden, 
plowed  the  fields,  made  hay  and  during  the 
winter  attended  the  district  school.  Later  on 
he  was  clerk  in  his  father's  general  store, 
and  when  his  father  died  in  1825,  leaving  the 
family  Vi'ithout  means,  he  started  upon  a  busi- 
ness career  as  clerk  in  a  store  at  Grassy  Plains 


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with  a  monthly  stipend  of  six  dollars.  In 
1826  he  became  a  clerk  in  the  store  of  Oliver 
Taylor  in  Brooklyn,  New  York,  and  in  the 
following  year  was  in  business  in  New  York 
City.  In  1829  he  had  a  fruit  and  confection- 
ery store  in  his  grandfather's  carriage  house 
in  Bethel,  conducted  a  lottery  business,  and 
was  auctioneer  in  the  book  trade.  In  183 1, 
in  partnership  with  his  uncle,  Alanson  Tay- 
lor, he  opened  a  country  store  at  Bethel  and 
after  a  few  months  bought  out  his  uncle's 
share.  In  the  same  year  he  established  his 
newspaper,  the  Herald  of  Freedom.  His  ex- 
perience as  a  journalist  was  not  lacking  in  ex- 
citement. He  was  soon  sued  for  libel  and 
sentenced  to  pay  a  fine  of  one  hundred  dol- 
lars and  to  sixty  days  in  the  county  jail.  He 
made  the  most  of  the  occasion,  and  during 
his  imprisonment  continued  to  edit  his  paper, 
having  a  good  room,  receiving  the  visits  of 
friends  and  receiving  large  additions  to  his 
subscription  lists.  At  the  expiration  of  his 
jail  sentence,  he  was  given  an  ovation,  and 
after  a  sumptuous  dinner  with  toasts,  speeches, 
ode  and  oration,  Mr.  Barnum,  in  a  coach 
drawn  by  six  horses,  escorted  by  forty  horse- 
men, sixty  carriages  of  citizens  and  a  band 
of  music,  rode  to  his  home  in  Bethel,  where 
the  band  played  "Home,  Sweet  Home."  The 
procession  returned  to  Danbury  and  Barnum 
was  the  hero  of  the  hour.  His  career  as  edi- 
tor was  brilliant  but  brief.  Despite  litigation 
and  bitter  contests,  he  persevered  in  the  pub- 
lication of  the  Herald  until  the  spring  of 
1835,  when  he  removed  to  New  York  City. 
After  working  for  a  time  as  traveling  sales- 
man for  various  firms,  he  conducted  a  pri- 
vate boarding  house  and  bought  an  interest 
in  a  grocery  store. 

In  1835  Mr.  Barnum  began  the  business 
which  made  him  famous  throughout  the  world. 
His  first  experience  as  a  showman  was  in 
the  purchase  and  exhibition  of  Joyce  Heth,  a 
colored  woman,  said  to  have  been  the  nurse 
of  George  Washington  and  one  hundred  and 
sixty-one  years  old.  His  next  venture  was 
the  exhibition  of  Signor  Antonio  and  Mr. 
Roberts.  In  1836  he  was  with  the  Aaron  Tur- 
ner traveling  circus  in  the  south  and  in  the 
following  year  he  organized  a  circus  com- 
pany and  went  west  as  far  as  the  Missouri 
river,  chartered  a  steamer  and  sailed  down  the 
Mississippi  to  New  Orleans,  where  he  traded 
the  steamer  for  sugar  and  molasses  and  re- 
turned to  New  York,  arriving  June  4,  1838. 
In  1 84 1  he  bought  the  American  Museum  in 
that  city  and  struck  out  in  a  bold  and  sensa- 
tional way  to  attract  patronage.  He  intro- 
duced the  lecture  room  as  a  reform  in  the 
theatre    and    made    an    appeal    to    the    better 


classes.  He  was  constantly  obtaining  some- 
thing new,  amusing  and  wonderful  for  his 
museum,  and  he  had  a  genius  for  clever  ad- 
vertising. In  1842  he  secured  General  Tom 
Thumb,  the  dwarf,  and  after  scoring  a  bril- 
liant success  with  the  prodigy  in  this  country, 
in  1844,  took  the  midget  and  his  parents 
abroad,  exhibited  Tom  Thumb  to  royalty  and 
reaped  a  golden  harvest  in  London,  repeating 
the  triumph  in  Paris.  He  was  invited  to  the 
palace  and  exhibited  to  the  king,  queen  and 
royal  family.  For  the  first  day's  exhibition 
to  the  general  public  in  Paris,  Mr.  Barnum  re- 
ceived five  thousand  five  hundred  francs: 
Thence  the  party  traveled  through  France  and 
Belgium  and  back  to  England,  returning  to 
New  York  in  1847.  The  general's  father,  on 
returning  from  abroad,  possessed  an  ample 
fortune  which  he  invested  for  himself  and 
son  and  built  a  residence  costing  thirty  thou- 
sand dollars  at  North  avenue  and  Main  street, 
Bridgeport.  Mr.  Barnum  continued  with  Gen- 
eral Tom  Thumb  in  a  prolonged  and  profitable 
tour  of  this  country  and  Cuba.  In  1847-48 
he  built  his  residence  at  Bridgeport,  called 
"Iranistan,"  and  November  14,  1848,  gave  an 
old-fashioned  house-warming  at  which  a 
thousand  guests  were  entertained.  The  house 
was  at  the  northeast  corner  of  Fairfield  and 
Iranistan  avenues.  Some  years  later  it  was 
destroyed  by  fire.  The  house  itself  became 
famous.  It  was  a  beautiful  Oriental  structure 
and  its  picture  in  the  illustrated  papers  ex- 
cited the  attention  of  the  whole  country.  At 
that  time  such  magnificent  homes  were  rare 
and  Bridgeport  itself  was  widely  advertised 
as  the  home  of  Barnum  and  the  location  of 
his  palatial  dwelling.  Mr.  Barnum  made  a 
contract  as  impresario  for  Jenny  Lind,  the 
great  Swedish  singer,  Jantiary  9,  1850,  under 
the  terms  of  which  he  deposited  the  sum  of 
$187,500  as  a  guarantee  fund.  Miss  Lind  ar- 
rived in  New  York,  September  i,  1850,  and 
the  first  concert  was  given  September  11  fol- 
lowing, the  proceeds  of  which  amounted  to 
$17,864.05.  Ninety-three  concerts  were  given 
under  this  contract  which  terminated  in  May, 
1 85 1,  and  the  total  receipts  were  greater  than 
those  of  any  similar  undertaking.  At  the 
same  time  the  American  Museum  continued 
profitably  with  Tom  Thumb  and  many  other 
attractions.  His  next  venture  was  his  "Great 
Asiatic  Caravan,  Museum  and  Menagerie," 
which  he  fitted  out  at  a  cost  of  $100,000  and 
exhibited  for  four  years. 

In  185 1  Mr.  Barnum  bought  of  William  H. 
Noble,  of  Bridgeport,  the  undivided  half  of 
his  father's  estate,  consisting  of  fifty  acres  of 
land  on  the  east  side  of  the  river,  opposite 
the  city  of   Bridgeport.     They  intended   this 


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tract  to  become  the  nucleus  of  a  new  city, 
which  they  believed  would  soon  be  built,  owing 
to  many  natural  advantages  of  the  place.  A 
clock  company  in  which  Mr.  Barnum  was  a 
stockholder  was  induced  to  come  from  Litch- 
field and  locate  here.  It  was  proposed  to 
transfer  the  entire  business  of  the  Jerome 
Clock  Company  of  New  Haven  to  this  loca- 
tion and  to  bring  this  about  Mr.  Barnum  lent 
the  company  money  and  notes  to  the  amount 
of  $110,000  with  the  positive  assurance  that 
he  would  be  involved  no  further,  but  the 
amount  eventually  became  over  half  a  mil- 
lion, the  company  failed  and  wiped  out  Mr. 
Barnum's  fortune.  He  managed  to  pay  a 
larger  percentage  to  his  creditors  than  could 
have  been  secured  by  the  sale  of  all  his  prop- 
erties, and  began  to  make  another  fortune. 
Early  in  1857  he  took  Tom  Thumb  to  Europe 
with  another  midget,  Miss  Cordelia  Howard, 
and  her  parents,  and  traveled  through  Eng- 
land, Germany  and  Holland,  and  receiving  a 
most  enthusiastic  greeting  wherever  he  went. 
He  went  to  England  again  in  1858  with  Tom 
Thumb  and  his  show  traveled  through  Scot- 
land and  Wales  while  he  devoted  himself 
principally  to  the  lecture  field.  His  subject 
was  the  "Art  of  Making  Money,"  and  he 
found  his  lecture  a  source  of  great  profit.  He 
returned  to  the  United  States  and  in  i860 
found  himself  within  $20,000  of  extinguishing 
the  debts  on  account  of  the  clock  enterprise 
and  he  resumed  control  of  the  museum  in  New 
York.  In  i860  he  built  a  new  house  in 
Bridgeport  on  Fairfield  avenue  about  a  hun- 
dred rods  west  of  the  site  of  "Iranistan,"  call- 
ing it  "Lindencroft"  in  honor  of  Jenny  Lind, 
and  again  turned  his  attention  to  the  develop- 
ment of  East  Bridgeport.  Progress  had  al- 
ready been  made  there.  The  Wheeler  &  Wil- 
son Sewing  Machine  Company  in  1856  had 
bought  the  old  clock  factory,  enlarged  it  and 
had  a  plant  there  employing-  a  thousand  hands. 
Churches,  dwellings  and  factories,  including 
that  of  the  Home  Sewing  Machine  Company, 
had  been  built.  The  final  success  of  the  plan, 
after  the  years  of  adversity  and  loss,  was  a 
source  of  much  gratification  to  Mr.  Barnum. 
He  never  ceased  to  give  his  assistance  and 
support  to  the  upbuilding  and  development  of 
the  city  of  Bridgeport,  however,  and  the  city 
owes  much  to  his  great  energy  and  influence  at 
an  important  period  of  growth. 

In  1861  Mr.  Barnum  secured  for  his  mu- 
seum another  remarkable  dwarf.  Commo- 
dore Nutt,  a  native  of  New  Hampshire,  and 
in  1862  he  secured  still  another,  Lavinia  War- 
ren, both  of  whom  became  as  famous  as  Tom 
Thumb.  In  1865  the  American  Museum  in 
New  York  was  burned,  entailing  great  loss  to 


the  owner.  Mr.  Barnum  built  a  new  building 
and  fitted  it  with  new  attractions.  Again  it 
was  destroyed  by  fire  in  1868.  In  these  fires 
and  in  that  which  destroyed  "Iranistan,"  Mr. 
Barnum  lost  a  million  dollars  or  more.  In 
1867  he  sold  "Lindencroft"  and  built  a  new 
residence  at  Bridgeport,  called  "Waldemere." 
When  he  bought  the  land,  it  was  part  of  an  old 
farm  adjoining  the  west  end  of  Seaside  Park 
and  extended  from  Atlantic  street  to  the 
sound.  He  gave  to  the  city  seven  acres  in 
front  of  his  residence  to  enlarge  this  park, 
and  in  1884  he  gave  thirty  acres  more,  ex- 
tending the  park  westward  toward  Black  Rock 
harbor.  In  1889  he  built  "Marina,"  which 
has  since  then  been  the  family  residence  in 
Bridgeport. 

In  1870,  at  the  age  of  sixty,  Mr.  Barnum 
began  the  most  ambitious  of  all  his  projects, 
Barnum's  Circus,  which  ever  since  has  been 
known  the  wide  world  over  as  "The  Greatest 
Show  on  Earth."  Year  by  year  the  show  has 
grown  and  on  both  sides  of  the  Atlantic  it 
has  held  its  place  at  the  head  of  all  amuse- 
ments. After  forty  years  the  name  of  Bar- 
num still  proves  the  greatest  drawing  card 
of  the  circus.  It  was  and  is  the  custom  to 
open  the  season  in  Madison  Square  Garden, 
New  York  City,  and  then  to  make  a  tour  of 
this  country  and  Canada.  In  one  of  the  show 
tents  an  audience  of  twenty  thousand  is  seated. 
He  gathered  the  largest  and  best  menagerie 
of  wild  animals  ever  collected.  His  Ethno- 
logical Congress  contained  the  greatest  col- 
lection of  different  races  and  tribes  ever  gath- 
ered together.  The  elephant.  Jumbo,  pur- 
chased by  Mr.  Barnum  from  the  Royal  Zoo- 
logical Gardens  of  London,  was  the  largest 
ever  seen  on  exhibition.  He  had  forty  other 
elephants.  A  hundred  railroad  cars  were  re- 
quired to  transport  the  show,  and  the  daily 
expense  reached  $6,000  a  day.  But  from  the 
first  the  venture  was  profitable,  bringing  in  a 
million  dollars  a  season.  In  later  years  ,Mr. 
Barnum  admitted  to  partnership  several  able 
and  experienced  men  and  made  wise  provision 
for  the  continuance  of  the  enterprise.  The 
winter  quarters  of  the  show  are  still  located 
at  Bridgeport  and  the  building  and  grounds 
are  a  center  of  attraction. 

In  1875  Mr.  Barnum  was  elected  mayor  of 
Bridgeport  and  he  proved  an  admirable  execu- 
tive. He  inaugurated  the  improvements  in 
the  Park  City.  He  laid  out  many  streets  and 
planted  hundreds  of  trees  in  the  city,  built 
blocks  of  houses,  many  of  which  he  sold  to 
mechanics  on  the  installment  plan,  thus  pro- 
viding homes  at  small  cost  for  the  thrifty. 
He  gave  nearly  a  hundred  thousand  dollars 
to  Tufts  College  to  establish  the  Barnum  Mu- 


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seum  of  Natural  History.  He  gave  to  Bridge- 
port the  Barnum  Institute  of  Science  and  His- 
tory. He  was  generous  with  his  wealth  and 
set  a  noble  example  in  wise  benefactions. 

Before  the  civil  war  he  was  a  Democrat, 
but  from  the  formation  of  the  Republican 
party  gave  it  his  earnest  support  as  long  as 
he  lived.  In  1865  he  represented  Fairfield  in 
the  general  assembly,  and  in  1877  he  was 
elected  from  Bridgeport. 

Few  books  have  made  a  deeper  impression 
and  enjoyed  a  larger  sale  than  his  autobiog- 
raphy. From  the  first  the  book  sold  readily 
on  its  merits.  Each  year  he  added  an  appen- 
dix and  sold  the  work  in  his  circus  at  fifty 
cents  a  copy,  the  cost  of  printing.  The  life 
story  of  this  wonderful  man  reads  like  a  ro- 
mance. But  the  charm  of  the  book  is  due  also 
to  the  wit  and  charm  of  the  writer.  He  was  a 
gifted  story-teller  and  fond  of  practical  jokes, 
as  the  autobiography  reveals  with  a  wealth  of 
anecdote.  In  1876  he  wrote  "The  Adventure 
of  Lion  Jack,"  a  work  of  fiction  founded  on 
facts,  and  dedicated  to  the  boys  of  America. 
It  may  safely  be  said  that  P.  T.  Barnum  ranks 
with  Mark  Twain  as  men  dearest  to  the  heart 
of  Young  America  of  several  generations  past. 
In  1881  Mr.  Barnum  presented  to  Bethel,  his 
native  place,  a  bronze  fountain,  made  in  Ger- 
many. From  an  impromptu  speech  made  at 
the  dedication  the  following  characteristic  ex- 
tract is  made :  "Among  all  the  varied  scenes 
of  an  active  and  eventful  life,  crowded  with 
strange  incidents  of  struggle  and  excitement, 
of  joy  and  sorrow,  taking  me  often  through 
foreign  lands  and  bringing  me  face  to  face 
with  the  king  in  his  palace  and  the  peasant 
in  his  turf-covered  hut,  I  have  invariably  cher- 
ished— with  the  most  affectionate  remem- 
brance of  the  place  of  my  birth — the  old  vil- 
lage meeting"  house,  without  steeple  or  bell, 
where  in  the  square  family  pew  I  sweltered  in 
summer  and  shivered  through  my  Sunday- 
school  lessons  in  winter,  and  the  old  school 
house,  where  the  ferule,  the  birchen  rod  and 
the  rattan  did  active  duty,  of  which  I  deserved 
and  received  a  liberal  share." 

His  desire  for  success  did  not  lead  him  from 
the  ambition  to  improve  the  character  of  pub- 
lic amusements,  and  he  lived  to  see  the  preju- 
dice against  the  circus  effectually  removed. 
During  most  of  his  long  life  he  was  a  total 
abstainer  from  intoxicating  liquor  and  lost 
no  opportunity  to  preach  of  the  value  of  "tee- 
totalism,"  as  it  was  called.  In  the  later  dec- 
ades of  his  life  he  also  abstained  from  to- 
bacco. His  example  was  a  powerful  aid  to 
the  temperance  movement  that  came  into  be- 
ing when  his  fame  was  great.  He  was  presi- 
dent  of   the   Pequonnock    National    Bank   of 


Bridgeport ;  of  the  Bridgeport  Hospital  and 
of  the  Bridgeport  Water  Company;  and  he 
was  a  commissioner  of   Seaside  Park. 

Fie  married  (first)  November  8,  1829,  Char- 
ity Flallett,  born  at  Bethel,  October  28,  1808, 
died  November  19,  1873,  daughter  of  Ben- 
jamin Wright  and  Hannah  (Sturges)  Hallett. 
He  married  (second)  September  16,  1874, 
Nancy  Fish,  of  Southport,  Lancashire,  Eng- 
land. Children  of  first  wife:  i.  Caroline  Cor- 
nelia, born  May  27,  1833;  married,  October 
19,  1852,  David  W.  Thompson;  children:  i. 
Frances  Barnum  Thompson,  born  December 
27,  1853,  married  William  B.  Leigh,  who  now 
resides  in  New  York;  first  child,  Nancy  Bar- 
num, deceased ;  ii.  Phineas  Taylor  Barnum 
Thompson,  born  April  10,  1865,  died  Feb- 
ruary 27,  1868.  2.  Helen  Maria,  born  April 
18,  1840;  married,  October  20,  1857,  Samuel 
H.  Hurd ;  children :  i.  Helen  Barnum  Hurd, 
born  November  12,  1858,  married,  June  14, 
1883,  Frank  W.  Rennell ;  had  four  children: 
Henry  Hurd,  Frank  J.,-  deceased,  Carita,  de- 
ceased, Mildred ;  ii.  Julia  Caroline  Hurd,  born 
July  30,  i860,  married  Henry  P.  Clarke ;  now 
residing  in  South  Carolina  ;  have  two  children  ; 
iii.  Caroline  Thompson  Hurd,  born  March  14, 
1862,  died  July  27,  1883.  3.  Frances  Irena, 
born  May  i,  1842,  died  April  11,  1844.  4. 
Pauline  Taylor,  born  March  i,-  1846;  married 
Nathan  Seeley  and  died  April  11,  1877;  chil- 
dren :  Clinton  Barnum  Seeley,  Jesse  Barnum 
Seeley,    Herbert    Barnum    Seeley. 


(Ill)     Thomas     (3).    son    of 
BARNUM     Thomas    (2)   Barnum   (q.  v.), 
was    born   at   Danbury,    about 
1690.      He   married    Deborah .      Chil- 
dren :  Eliphalet,  mentioned  below  ;  Caleb,  De- 
borah. 

(IV)  Eliphalet,  son  of  Thomas  (3)  Bar- 
num, was  born  at  Danbury,  about  1720-30. 
He  was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution,  sergeant 
in  Captain  Noble  Benedict's  company  (sixth). 
May  13  to  October  19,  1775.  He  married 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Thomas  Benedict, 
granddaughter  of  James  Benedict,  and  great- 
granddaughter  of  Thomas  Benedict,  of  whom 
a  sketch  appears  elsewhere  in  this  work. 
Children,  born  at  Danbury:  Thaddeus,  men- 
tioned below ;  Eliphalet,  Eli,  Micajah,  Jeru- 
sha,  Mary,  Elizabeth,  Caleb. 

(V)  Thaddeus,  son  of  Eliphalet  Barnum, 
was  born  in  Danbury,  about  1750-60.  He 
married  Lois  Stephens.  (See  Danbury  pro- 
bate records,  vol  4,  p.  454.)  Children:  Lewis, 
Milo,  mentioned  below ;  Eliphalet,  Deborah, 
Eli,  Ira. 

(VI)  Milo,  son  of  Thaddeus  Barnum,  was 
born  at  Dover,  Dutchess  county.  New  York, 


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where  his  parents  settled  after  the  revolution, 
July  i6,  1790.  He  died  at  Lime  Rock,  town 
of  Salisbury,  Connecticut,  May  10,  i860.  He 
settled,  in  the  spring  of  1820,  at  Lime  Rock, 
and  engaged  in  business  as  a  merchant.  Soon 
afterward,  getting  possession  of  the  iron  foun- 
dry there,  he  associated  with  him  his  son-in- 
law,  Leonard  Richardson,  and  his  son,  Wil- 
liam H.  Barnum,  as  partners,  and  engaged  in 
the  iron  business.  The  foundry  was  conducted 
first  on.  a  small  scale,  in  connection  with  the 
store  of  the  firm  of  Barnum,  Richardson  & 
Company,  making  clock  weights,  window 
weights,  plow  castings,  etc.,  for  the  local 
trade.  About  1840  the  firm  began  to  under- 
take railroad  work,  such  as  chains,  frogs  and 
head  blocks.  Large  quantities  were  made  un- 
der contract  for  the  Boston  &  Albany  rail- 
road, then  building  between  Springfield  and 
Albany.  The  castings  were  transported  by 
team  to  Springfield  and  Chatham,  a  distance 
of  fifty  miles  or  more.  The  great  tensile 
strength  and  natural  chilling  qualities  of  the 
Salisbury  iron  proved  it  of  great  value  in 
manufacturing  cast-chilled  car  wheels,  which 
naturally  followed,  in  a  few  years,  the  making 
of  the  smaller  railroad  castings.  This  iron 
early  obtained  still  holds  the  reputation  of  being 
the  best  known  for  the  purpose.  In  1852  Milo 
Barnum  retired  from  business,  and  the  name 
then  became  Richardson,  Barnum  &  Company. 
He  married  Laura  Tibbals,  born  in  Sheffield, 
Massachusetts,  July  10,  1796,  died  May  4, 
1880.  Children :  Lucy  Ann,  born  July  18, 
1814  :  William  Henry,  mentioned  below  ;  Caro- 
line Tibbals,  May   18,   1822. 

(VII)  Hon.  William  Henry  Barnum,  son 
of  Milo  Barnum,  was  born  at  Boston  Corners, 
New  York,  September  17,  1818,  died  at  Lime 
Rock,  Connecticut,  town  of  Salisbury,  April 
30,  1889.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  town,  and  after  he  came 
of  age  was  admitted  to  partnership  by  his 
father.  The  development  of  the  iron  busi- 
ness has  been  described.  After  his  father 
retired  fi^om  the  firm  the  business  increased 
rapidly,  as  the  demands  of  the  railroads  and 
manufacturers  developed.  The  present  corpo- 
ration, known  as  the  Barnum-Richardson 
Company,  was  organized  in  1864.  The  plant 
was  enlarged  from  time  to  time,  and  the  com- 
pany added  to  its  holdings  in  various  mining 
properties.  His  great  executive  ability  was 
shown  at  an  early  age,  and  much  of  the  suc- 
cess of  the  concern  was  due  to  his  foresight 
and  business  ability.  During  the  period  of 
railroad  development  Mr.  Barnum  became  in- 
terested in  various  companies,  and  for  many 
years  was  president  of  the  Housatonic  rail- 
road.   When  he  took  charge  the  road  was  un- 


profitable, and  he  put  new  life  into  the  com- 
pany and  made  it  a  good  property.  For  some 
years  he  was  president  of  the  Connecticut 
Western  railroad,  and  was  a  director  in  both 
companies  at  the  time  of  his  death.  He  was 
also  one  of  the  promoters  and  owners  of  the 
Jacksonville,  Tampa  &  Key  West  railroad. 
Mr.  Barnum  was  best  known,  however,  from 
his  career  in  public  life.  In  185 1  he  was 
elected  to  represent  his  town  in  the  general 
assembly  and  was  re-elected  the  following 
year.  Although  very  active  in  politics,  he 
declined  further  nominations  until  1866,  when 
he  consented  to  run  for  congress  on  the  Dem- 
ocratic ticket,  and  was  elected  in  the  fourth 
Connecticut  district,  defeating  the  famous 
Phineas  T.  Barnum  in  a  memorable  contest. 
In  1866  he  was  a  delegate  from  Connecticut 
to  tlie  National  union  convention  held  at  Phil- 
adelphia, and  was  a  delegate  to  the  Demo- 
cratic national  conventions  of  1868-72-76-80- 
84-88.  Re-elected  to  congress  in  1869,  he  took 
a  prominent  part  in  the  legislation  of  that 
session  and  developed  great  strength  as  a 
Democratic  party  leader.  Pie  was  re-elected 
to  the  forty-second,  forty-third  and  fortj'- 
fourth  congresses,  and  served  on  many  im- 
portant committees.  Upon  the  death  of  Orrin 
S.  Ferry,  United  States  senator  from  Con- 
necticut, he  was  one  of  four  candidates  for 
the  vacant  place.  The  others  were  Henry  B. 
Harrison,  Republican,  James  E.  English  and 
Charles  R.  Ingersoll,  Democrats.  When  the 
joint  session  was  held  Mr.  Barnum  received 
one  hundred  and  sixty-eight  out  of  two  hun- 
dred and  sixty-seven  votes,  and  was  accord- 
ingly elected  on  the  first  ballot.  He  was  sen- 
ator from  May,  1876,  to  March  3,  1879.  At 
the  close  of  the  national  campaign  of  1876  he 
was  elected  chairman  of  the  Democratic  na- 
tional committee,  succeeding  Hon.  Abram  S. 
Hewitt,  of  New  York,  and  continued  to  hold 
this  important  office  during  the  campaign  of 
1880  at  the  request  of  the  nominee  for  presi- 
dent, General  Winfield  S.  Hancock.  Mr.  Bar- 
num had  urged  Mr.  Tilden  to  become  a  can- 
didate again  in  that  year,  but  gave  General 
Hancock  his  enthusiastic  support  and  con- 
ducted a  brilliant  and  skillful  campaign.  In 
1884  he  was  again  chairman  of  the  national 
committee,  and  conducted  the  remarkable 
campaign  that  ended  in  the  election  of  the 
Democratic  candidate  for  president,  Grover 
Cleveland.  Much  against  his  will,  he  was  in- 
duced to  continue  as  chairman  in  the  next 
presidential  campaign  also.  He  served  in  this 
office  thirteen  years  in  succession.  Senator 
Barnum  possessed  an  acute  intellect  and  great 
shrewdness.  He  understood  human  nature, 
and   was   rarely   at  fault   in  his   estimates   of 


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men  and  character.  He  selected  his  lieuten- 
ants with  rare  discernment.  It  has  been  said 
of  him  that  "as  a  politician  he  was  more 
abused  than  any  other  member  of  the  Demo- 
cratic party,  simply  for  the  reason  that  he 
could  not  be  managed." 

He  was  Jacksonian  in  his  ideas  and  meth- 
ods, and  an  indication  of  his  character  is 
found  in  his  famous  epigrammatic  saying,  "I 
never  give  up  the  fight  before  the  battle  is 
begun."  He  had  the  simple  honesty  and  inde- 
pendence of  character  that  distinguished  him 
from  most  men  in  public  life.  He  was  always 
active  and  industrious,  not  only  in  business, 
but  in  public  affairs.  His  death  was  due,  it 
is  thought,  to  overwork  during  the  campaigns 
he  managed.  He  was  not  self-seeking,  and 
did  not  use  his  office  to  advance  the  interests 
of  himself  or  his  friends.  The  labor  per- 
formed by  Mr.  Barnum  in  political  affairs 
was  most  exacting,  and  the  traveling  neces- 
sary was  in  itself  a  strain  upon  his  endurance. 
His  great  business  responsibilities  were  bur- 
densome, but  he  never  neglected  them.  He 
was  devoted  to  his  home  and  family  and  was 
greatly  beloved  by  those  nearest  to  him. 

He  was  prostrated  by  a  serious  illness  in 
1888,  and,  although  he  rallied  from  it,  did 
not  regain  his  health.  In  the  neighborhood 
of  his  home  his  death  was  felt  as  a  personal 
bereavement  by  all,  and  there  was  not  a  house 
in  the  village  without  its  badge  of  mourning 
on  the  day  of  his  funeral.  Some  fifteen  hun- 
dred men,  life-long  friends  in  business,  pol- 
itics and  social  life,  came  to  his  funeral.  The 
New  York  Herald  at  that  time  said :  "In  the 
death  of  William  H.  Barnum,  yesterday,  the 
Democratic  party  loses  one  of  its  ablest  fight- 
ers. His  sagacity,  experience  and  nerve  will 
be  missed  in  the  battles  that  are  to  come." 
Among  the  tributes  to  his  memory  must  be 
given  that  of  President  Cleveland,  who  said : 
"Mr.  Barnum  was  the  most  unselfish  man  I 
ever  knew.  He  gave  liberally  of  his  time  and 
money  for  the  benefit  of  the  Democratic  party, 
and  never  used  his  position  as  chairman  of 
the  national  committee  to  advance  the  for- 
tunes of  himself  or  his  political  friends."  A 
few  descriptive  sentences  are  quoted  from 
various  newspapers :  "Even  as  a  boy  he  was 
a  model  for  a  business  man  of  the  old  Yan- 
kee type — that  type  which  has  pushed  its  for- 
tunes wherever  it  could  find  place  for  them, 
without  regard  to  what  the  work  to  be  done 
was."  "He  was  a  remarkable  specimen  of  the 
self-made  business  man,  a  long-headed  or- 
ganizer, a  keen  judge  of  men,  an  untiring 
worker."  "He  had  also  held  a  seat  in  the 
senate,  where  he  won  the  esteem  of  his  col- 
leagues  by   unfailing   courtesy   and    industry. 


and  a  broad  and  intelHgent  grasp  of  public 
affairs."  "Although  a  prominent  Democrat, 
he  did  not  agree  with 'many  of  the  leaders 
in  his  party  in  the  policy  of  'tariff  for  reve- 
nue only.'  "  "He  was  not  a  free  trader  in 
any  sense,  but  held  to  the  Republican  idea 
that  American  manufacturers  should  be  en- 
couraged by  such  a  tariff  as  would  afford 
them  protection  against  the  encroachments  of 
goods  made  by  pauper  labor  in  foreign  coun- 
tries. And  yet  his  endeavors  for  the  success 
of  the  Democratic  party  at  the  polls  were  most 
vigorous."  The  resolutions  passed  by  the 
Democratic  national  committee,  besides  ex- 
pressing profound  loss,  personally  and  as  a 
party,  contained  the  following  estimate  of 
Mr.  Barnum's  character :  "His  impartiality, 
tireless  energy,  liberality,  sound  judgment, 
rare  knowledge  of  men,  and  acute  penetra- 
tion into  the  causes  of  political  results,  marked 
him  as  one  of  the  most  competent  as  well  as 
most  devoted  of  party  managers.  To  his 
fidelity  to  official  duty  the  people  of  Con- 
necticut and  of  the  country,  particularly  those 
who  were  his  colleagues  in  congress,  unani- 
mously bear  witness.  Respecting  his  great 
merits  as  a  private  citizen  and  man  of  affairs 
there  is  universal  concurrence  among  a  wide 
circle  of  associates  and  friends,  including 
many  to  whom  his  business  enterprises  fur- 
nished employment."  Said  one  who  knew  him 
well :  "Though  not  a  professing  Christian, 
he  came  nearer  to  the  practice  of  Christian 
virtues  in  all  his  relations  with  his  fellow  men 
than  most  people  who  claim  to  be  guided  by 
the  teachings  of  the  Gospel.  In  his  family 
relations  he  was  truly  a  model  husband  and 
father.  Though  always  overburdened  with 
the  cares  of  his  business,  he  never  brought 
them  into  the  family  circle ;  there  was  never  a 
place  for  them  there ;  he  entered  deeply  into 
the  hearts  and  affections  of  his  wife  and  chil- 
dren ;  never  was  there  a  more  loving  and  de- 
voted family ;  it  was  a  model  family,  and 
about  it  has  been  shed  the  holiest  and  sweet- 
est influences :  he  was  always  in  his  home  so 
kind  and  gentle,  so  firm  and  yet  so  indulgent, 
that  he  had  the  love  and  respect  of  his  chil- 
dren as  fully  as  a  father  could."  Mr.  Bar- 
num married,  December  7,  1847,  Charlotte 
Ann,  daughter  of  Charles  Burrall.  She  was 
born  in  Canaan,  October  22,  1819,  died  Feb- 
ruary II,  1895,  in  Lime  Rock,  Connecticut. 
Her  mother,  Lucy  (Beach)  Burrall,  was 
daughter  of  Ebenezer  Beach.  Children:  i. 
Laura  C,  mentioned  below.  2.  Charles  Wil- 
liam, mentioned  below.  3.  William  Milo, 
born  January  25,  1856;  a  lawyer,  residing  in 
Mamaroneck,  New  York,  practicing  in  New 
York  City ;  was  formerly  of  the  firm  of  Simp- 


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son,  Thatcher  &  Barnum,  later  of  Harvey 
Fisk  &  Sons,  bankers ;  married  Anna  Theresa 
Phelps,  of  Glens  Falls.  New  York ;  children : 
Laura,  married  Richmond  Levering ;  Wil- 
liam Henry,  married  Rosalind  Hazard,  and 
has  daughter  Rosalind  ;  Walter ;  Phelps.  4. 
Lucy  Beach,  born  November  4,  1859;  mar- 
ried, in  1883,  Rev.  Howard  Saxtone  Clapp, 
born  at  Hartford,  Connecticut,  April  28,  1851, 
died  October  16,  1898,  a  Protestant  Episcopal 
clergyman,  graduate  of  Yale  College  and  of 
Berkeley  Divinity  School ;  had  pastorates  in 
Wethersfield  and  Norwalk,  Connecticut ; 
daughter  Marjorie,  born  at  Norwalk,  Febru- 
ary 13,  1885,  resides  with  her  mother  in  the 
Barnum  homestead  in  Lime  Rock. 

(Vni)  Laura  C,  daughter  of  Hon.  Wil- 
liam Henry  Barnum,  was  born  at  Lime  Rock, 
Salisbury,  Connecticut,  September  29,  1853, 
and  has  always  lived  in  the  house  in  which 
she  was  born.  She  is  a  member  of  the  So- 
ciety of  Colonial  Dames  and  of  the  Society 
of  Colonial  Governors.  She  is  a  descendant 
of  Governor  William  Bradford  of  Plymouth. 

(Vni)  Hon.  Charles  William  Barnum,  son 
of  Hon.  William  Henry  Barnum,  was  born 
at  Lime  Rock,  October  31,  1854.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  select  and  private  schools  in  his  na- 
tive town.  At  the  age  of  eighteen  he  began 
to  work  in  the  offices  of  his  father's  company, 
the  Barnum-Richardson  Company,  and  after 
the  death  of  his  father  was  made  vice-presi- 
dent of  the  corporation,  a  position  he  has 
filled  since  1889.  He  is  active  in  politics,  and 
since  1906  has  been  state  senator  from  his 
district.  In  religion  he  is  an  Episcopalian. 
He  married.  May  27,  1875,  Mary,  born  at 
Hoosick  Falls,  New  York,  May  30,  1857, 
daughter  of  Rev.  George  H.  and  Julia 
(Phelps)  Nicholls.  Children:  i.  Richard 
Nicholls,  mentioned  below.  2.  Charlotte,  born 
October  12,  1878;  married.  May  2,  1900,  Wal- 
ter R.  Gilbert,  of  Yonkers,  New  York,  an  in- 
surance agent ;  children :  Helen  Gilbert,  died 
aged  two  years  and  a  half ;  Walter  Barnum 
Gilbert,  born  July  22,   1908. 

(IX)  Richard  Nicholls,  son  of  Hon.  Charles 
William  Barnum,  was  born  at  Lime  Rock, 
Connecticut,  April  8,  1876.  He  attended  the 
public  schools  of  his  native  place  and  the 
Westminster  School  at  Simsbury,  Connecticut, 
from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1894,  and 
Yale  College,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in 
the  class  of  1898.  He  has  since  then  been 
connected  with  the  Barnum-Richardson  Com- 
pany, of  which  he  is  treasurer.  In  politics 
he  is  a  Republican,  in  religion  an  Episcopa- 
lian. He  married,  May  23,  1900,  Marion 
Cocks,  of  Brooklyn,  New  York,  daughter  of 
John  James  Cocks,  of  Brooklyn,  New  York, 


and  Florence  (Hutchinson)  Cocks.  Children: 
John  Charles,  born  February  23,  1901 ;  Elea- 
nor, September  10,  1905  ;  Richard  Nicholls  Jr., 
February  3,  1910. 

(The  Burrall  Line). 

(I)  William  Burrall,  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  born  in  England,  died  in  Connecticut, 
1723 ;  married  Joanna  Westover. 

(II)  Colonel  Charles  Burrall,  son  of  Wil- 
liam Burrall,  was  born  February  21,  172D, 
died  October  7,  1803 ;  was  a  soldier  in  the 
revolution ;  married,  December  25,  1746,  Abi- 
gail Kellogg,  born  September  28,  1728,  died 
January  28,  1789. 

(III)  Charles  (2),  son  of  Colonel  Charles 
(i)  Burrall,  was  born  February  18,  1751,  died 
January  17,  1820;  married  Anna  Beebe. 

(IV)  Charles  (3),  son  of  Charles  (2)  Bur- 
rall, was  born  at  Canaan,  Connecticut,  Feb- 
ruary 22,  1787,  died  at  Falls  Village,  in  that 
state,  May  24,  1872 ;.  married,  January  i, 
1810,  Lucy  Beach,  iDorn  September  21,  1790, 
died  May  27,  1834 ;  daughter  Charlotte  Ann, 
born  at  Canaan,  October  22,  1819,  died  Feb- 
ruary II,  1895;  married  Hon.  William  Henry 
Barnum  (see  Barnum  VII), 


Thomas  Canfield,  immigrant 
CANFIELD  ancestor,  was  born  in  Eng- 
land. The  surname  is  also 
spelled  Camfield  and  Campfield.  He  first  lo- 
cated at  New  Haven,  where  he  had  a  grant 
of  three  acres  for  a  home  lot,  and  remained 
until  1647,  when  he  located  at  New  Milford, 
where  he  spent  the  remainder  of  his  life.  He 
was  admitted  to  the  church  in  1657,  and  was 
sergeant  of  the  train  band  and  deputy  to  the 
general  assembly,  1674-76.  He  married  Phebe 
Crane.  His  will  was  dated  February  23, 
1687.  Children,  born  at  Milford:  Thomas, 
mentioned  below;  Mary,  January  I,  1655-56; 
Sarah,  1656,  married  Josiah  Pratt;  Eliz- 
abeth, February  14,  1659-60 ;  Phebe,  April, 
1661  ;  Jeremiah,  1663  ;  Abigail,  1665  ;  Hannah, 
November  20,  1667;  Mehitable,  July  2,  1671. 

(II)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Thomas  (i)  Can- 
field,  was  born  at  Milford,  October  14,  1654, 
and  removed  to  Durham,  Connecticut,  before 
1734.  He  married  Rebecca  .  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Milford:  Rebecca,  June  28, 
1682,  married  Jonathan  Stiles;  Israel,  March 
24,  1684,  settled  in  New  Jersey;  Phebe,  bap- 
tized May  29,  1687;  Abiram,  baptized  Janu- 
ary 5,  1688-89;  Thomas,  mentioned  below. 

(III)  Thomas  (3),  son  of  Thomas  (2) 
Canfield,  was  born  at  Milford  in  1690.  He 
settled  at  Branford,  Connecticut.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  January  3,  1705-06,  Mary  Camp; 
(second)    Margaret   Brainerd,   November  26, 


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1740.  He  died  December  i,  1760.  Children, 
born  at  Branford,  Connecticut:  Joel,  men- 
tioned below,  Gideon,  born  1717,  married 
Anne  Robinson ;  John,  Ann,  Mary,  Hannah, 
Thomas,  Rev.  Thomas. 

(IV)  Joel,  son  of  Thomas  (3)  Canfield, 
was  born  at  Branfield  in  171 1,  died  in  1750. 
He  settled  at  Saybrook.  Children:  Benja- 
min, Isaiah,  mentioned  below ;  Hezekiah,  Joel, 
John,  Joseph,  Jared. 

(V)  Isaiah,  son  of  Joel  Canfield,  was  born 
at  Saybrook  and  also  lived  in  Chester,  Con- 
necticut. According  to  the  Federal  census, 
in  1790  he  and  his  father  were  heads  of  fam- 
ilies at  Saybrook,  Connecticut.  Children, 
born  at  Chester:  Charles,  Captain  Ira  B.,  men- 
tioned below ;  Hezekiah,  John,  Caroline,  Julia, 
Lucy  S.,  Sophia. 

(VI)  Captain  Ira  B.  Canfield,  son  of  Isaiah 
Canfield,  was  born  in  Chester  in  1776.  He 
was  a  master  mariner  and  captain  of  a  ves- 
sel lost  at  sea.  A  stone  has  been  erected  to 
his  memory  in  the  cemetery  at  East  Had- 
dam,  Connecticut,  by  the  lodge  of  Free  Ma- 
sons of  which  he  was  a  member.  He  married 
Melinda,  daughter  of  Andrew  and  Margaret 
Buckingham.  Children,  born  at  Chester : 
Jane,  Emeline,  William  B.,  Ira,  Rev.  Joseph 
A.,  Harriet,  Jared  H.,  mentioned  below. 

(A^II)  Jared  H.,  son  of  Captain  Ira  B. 
Canfield,  was  born  at  Chester,  Connecticut, 
May  19,  181 1.  He  spent  his  early  years  in 
Chester  and  attended  the  common  schools 
there.  He  then  removed  to  Saybrook,  Con- 
necticut, and  learned  the  shoemaker's  trade. 
He  began  to  manufacture  boots  and  shoes  on 
a  small  scale  at  New  Haven  at  a  time  when 
large  factories  were  unknown  and  all  the 
work  was  done  by  hand.  He  was  an  expert 
shoe  cutter  and  in  1842  was  engaged  to  make 
patterns  and  cut  stock  for  rubber  shoes  for 
Charles  R.  Goodyear,  at  Naugatuck,  Con- 
necticut, one  of  the  earliest  manufacturers  of 
rubber  shoes.  He  remained  there  until  1853. 
The  rubber  industry  was  then  in  its  infancy 
and  in  the  same  year  he  went  to  Europe  to 
establish  the  firm  of  Hutchinson,  Henderson 
&  Company,  the  first  rubber  factory  ever  oper- 
ated in  the  old  world.  He  not  only  superin- 
tended the  erection  of  the  buildings  and  in- 
stallation of  machinery,  but  himself  devised 
some  of  the  machines  in  use.  This  factory 
was  at  Montorgis,  Loretta,  France.  In  it  the 
firm  manufactured  rubber  boots  and  shoes, 
and  it  had  a  capacity  of  eight  thousand  pairs 
a  day.  The  business  was  successful  from 
the  outset  and  Mr.  Canfield  continued  there 
until  1865,  when  he  returned  to  the  United 
States  and  engaged  in  business  for  himself  at 
Meriden,    Connecticut.      Thence    he    went    to 


New  Brunswick,  New  Jersey,  where  he  was 
part  owner  of  a  rubber  factory,  and  where 
he  remained  five  years,  when  he  returned 
to  Connecticut  and  started  in  the  rubber  busi- 
ness on  his  own  account.  Soon  after  he  pat- 
ented the  celebrated  Canfield  dress  shield 
which  in  a  short  time  became  a  popular  article 
and  made  his  name  known  throughout  the 
country.  He  prospered  in  business  and  con- 
tinued actively  until  his  death,  June  30,  1883. 
His  life  affords  a  splendid  illustration  of  the 
opportunities  for  the  mechanic  who  starts  at 
the  bottom  of  the  ladder.  He  had  skill  and 
inventive  genius,  was  persistent  and  enter- 
prising, and  as  a  result  of  the  application  of 
these  qualities  he  performed  a  prominent  part 
in  the  development  of  the  rubber  industry, 
now  one  of  the  most  important  in  the  world. 
In  early  life  he  took  an  active  part  in  politi- 
cal affairs  and  held  various  public  offices.  He 
was  also  prominently  identified  with  the  mili- 
tary aft'airs  of  the  state,  and  was  a  major  on 
Governor  Buckingham's  staff.  He  was  of  a 
religious  turn  of  mind,  and  when  in  France, 
that  country  being  largely  Catholic,  and  his 
employer  being  Protestant,  he  hired  a  hall 
and  defrayed  expenses  so  that  they  might  en- 
joy their  religious  belief.  He  married  Mary 
A.  Andrews,  born  at  Meriden  in  1813,  died  in 
1854,  daughter  of  Benajah  Andrews  (see  An- 
drews VI).  Children:  i.  Isaac  A.,  died  in 
1884.  2.  Elizabeth,  died  in  France,  June  6, 
1899:  married  (first)  Wilbur  F.  Packer,  of 
Meriden;  they  had  two  children:  Louis  C. 
and  William  F.  Packer,  born  at  Meriden ; 
married  (second)  Radclift'e  Hicks:  child: 
Elizabeth  Hicks.  3.  Henry  Ogden,  men- 
tioned below. 

(VIII)  Henry  Ogden,  son  of  Jared  H.  Can- 
field,  was  born  at  Naugatuck,  Connecticut,  No- 
vember 9,  1847,  died  in  Bridgeport,  July  25, 
1910.  He  was  educated  there  in  the  public 
schools,  and  then,  going  abroad,  studied  in 
France  and  Germany  from  i860  to  1865.  For 
several  years  he  was  engaged  in  the  dry  goods 
business  in  the  firm  of  S.  B.  Chittenden  & 
Company,  Leonard  street  and  Broadway,  New 
York  City.  The  business  and  plant  of  this 
firm  was  destroyed  by  fire.  He  then  entered 
the  employ  of  his  father,  who  was  at  that 
time  in  the  soap  business  in  Rose  street,  New 
York,  and  subsequently  he  went  to  Detroit, 
Michigan,  where  he  was  employed  by  the  Dia- 
mond Match  Company,  then  to  Pekin,  Illi- 
nois. While  there  he  was  appointed  local 
agent  of  the  Peoria,  Pekin  &  Jacksonville 
railroad.  He  filled  this  position  satisfactorily 
to  all  concerned  and  was  promoted  to  the 
office  of  general  freight  agent  of  the  com- 
pany, and  remained  with  the  railroad  until  it 


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was  absorbed  by  the  Wabash  system.  During 
the  next  five  years  he  filled  a  more  difficult 
office  as  commissioner  for  various  railroad 
pools,  which  were  a  feature  of  railroad  busi- 
ness at  that  time.  In  November,  1885,  he 
accepted  the  office  of  secretary  and  general 
superintendent  of  the  Canfield  Rubber  Com- 
pany and  removed  to  Bridgeport.  He  left  this 
concern,  January  i,  1889,  to  engaged  in  the 
rubber  business  on  his  own  account.  He  built 
up  a  large  and  flourishing  business,  making  a 
specialty  of  the  Canfield  dress  shield  patented 
by  his  father.  The  factory  had  a  capacity  of 
five  million  pairs  annually.  Branch  offices 
were  located  in  New  York,  London,  Paris, 
Hamburg  and  Vienna.  In  1889  he  sold  his 
interests  in  this  business  and  organized  the 
H.  O.  Canfield  Company  with  a,  capital  of 
$100,000,  he  being  president,  his  son,  Albert 
H.  Canfield,  vice-president,  and  another  son 
Henry  B.  Canfield,  secretary.  This  business 
still  continues  in  a  flourishing  manner.  The 
concern  manufactures  a  large  variety  of  small 
rubber  specialties,  many  of  which  are  made 
under  patents  owned  by  the  company,  of 
which  it  has  exclusive  control.  The  factory 
is  equipped  with  the  latest  and  most  efficient 
machinery  and  gives  employment  to  nearly 
two  hundred  hands. 

Not  only  did  Mr.  Canfield  take  rank  among 
the  leading  manufacturers  of  the  state,  but  he 
was  also  well  known  through  his  Masonic 
affiliations.  He  was  made  a  Master  Mason, 
February  18,  1890,  in  Corinthian  Lodge,  No. 
104,  was  elected  junior  warden  in  1891,  senior 
warden  in  1892,  and  worshipful  master  in 
1893.  He  was  made  a  Royal  Arch  Mason, 
April  18,  1890,  in  Jerusalem  Chapter,  No.  13, 
and  a  Royal  and  Select  Master,  July  14,  1890, 
in  Jerusalem  Council,  No.  16,  being  deputy 
master  in  1894-95,  and  thrice  illustrious  mas- 
ter in  1896-97-98-99-1901.  He  was  made  a 
Knight  Templar,  June  26,  1890,  in  Hamilton 
Commandery,  No.  5.  He  was  elected  most 
puissant  grand  master  of  the  Grand  Council, 
Royal  and  Select  Masters,  of  Connecticut,  in 
May,  1900,  having  served  in  all  the  subordi- 
nate offices  of  the  Grand  Council  during  the 
preceding  years.  He  received  the  Ineffable 
Grades,  December  30,  1890,  in  DeWitt  Clin- 
ton Lodge  of  Perfection,  and  was  master  of 
ceremonies  of  this  body  in  1 898-99- 1900-0 1- 
02-03,  He  received  the  ancient  Traditional 
Grades,  January  19,  1891,  in  Washington 
Council,  Princes  of  Jerusalem,  of  Bridgeport, 
of  which  he  was  junior  warden  from  1895  to 
1901  inclusive.  He  received  the  Philosophical 
and  Doctrinal  Grades,  February  16,  1891,  in 
Pequonnock  Chapter  of  Rose  Croix,  H.  R. 
D.   M.,   and  was  elected  most  wise  and  per- 


fect master  of  this  body  in  1898,  serving 
through  1903,  having  served  previously  in 
all  the  offices  from  orator  up.  He  received 
the  Modern  Historical  and  Chivalric  Grades, 
March  15,  1891,  in  Lafayette  Consistory,  S. 
P.  R.  S.,  thirty-second  degree,  and  was  ap- 
pointed captain  of  guard  in  1894  and  served 
to  December,  1904,  when  he  became  com- 
mander-in-chief. He  was  district  deputy  for 
Fairfield  county  of  most  worshipful  grand 
master  of  Connecticut  in  1900-01 ;  "was  cre- 
ated a  sovereign  grand  inspector  general  at 
Milwaukee,  Wisconsin,  September  17,  19QI ; 
crowned  active  member  of  supreme  council, 
September  17,  1903,  at  Boston,  Massachu- 
setts. He  was  a  member  of  Pyramid  Temple, 
Nobles  of  the  Mystic  Shrine.  As  will  be 
seen  from  this  record  he  was  a  thirty-third 
degree  Mason  and  held  the  highest  offices  in 
the  various  Masonic  bodies,  the  highest  in 
the  gift  of  the  order.  In  politics  he  was  a 
Republican :  in  religion  an  Episcopalian. 

He  married,  April  17,  1873,  Imogene  C. 
Freshour,  born  at  Hopewell  Center,  New 
York.  Children:  i.  Joseph  B.,  born  Jan- 
uar)'  21,  1874,  died  February  20,  1904;  he  was 
associated  with  his  father  in  business.  2.  Al- 
bert H.,  born  September  19,  1875 ;  he  was  ed- 
ucated at  public  schools  and  spent  two  years 
at  Cornell  University ;  he  married,  February 
7,  1899,  Ann  Frances  Stewart;  they  had  one 
son,  Jared  O.,  who  died  May  20,  1910,  at  nine 
years  of  age.  He  was  always  associated  with 
his  father  in  the  rubber  business,  being  vice- 
president  up  to  the  time  of  his  father's  death 
and  in  August,  1910,  was  made  president.  He 
is  a  member  of  all  the  Masonic  bodies,  includ- 
ing Council,  Chapter  and.  Commandery,  and 
Scottish  Rite  up  to  thirty-second  degree.  A 
member  of  University  Club,  Brooklawn  Club, 
Country  Club  and  the  Yacht  Club.  3.  Henry 
B.,  secretary  of  the  Canfield  Rubber  Company. 

(The  Andrews  Line). 
(I)  William  Andrews,  the  immigrant,  from 
Hampsworth,  England,  was  one  of  fifty-three 
persons  who  shipped  at  Hampton,  fifteen 
miles  southwest  of  London,  about  April  6, 
1635,  on  board  the  ship  "James"  of  London, 
three  hundred  tons,  William  Cooper,  master. 
The  ship  landed  its  passengers  at  Boston, 
where  many  of  them  settled.  Andrews  was 
made  a  freeman  the  same  year.  He  went 
early  to  New  Haven,  Connecticut,  with  Eaton 
and  Davenport  and  was  the  builder  of  the 
first  meeting  house  there  in  1644.  He  is 
known  to  have  had  three  sons  and  a  daugh- 
ter and  is  thought  to  have  had  two  other 
daughters  whose  names  are  unknown.  He 
married    (first) :    (second)    December 


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7,  1665,  Anna,  daughter  of  William  Gib- 
bands,  colonial  secretary  in  1657.  Andrews 
died  in  East  Haven,  Connecticut,  March  4, 
1676:  his  widow  Anna  in  1701.  Children: 
William,  born  in  England,  died  January  3, 
1663 ;  Samuel,  mentioned  below ;  Nathan, 
born  in  1638,  ancestor  of  the  East  Haven 
branch. 

(H)  Samuel,  son  of  William  Andrews, 
was  born  in  England  in  1632,  died  October 
6,  1704.  *  He  and  his  brother  Nathan  were 
original  proprietors  of  Wallingford  in  1670. 
He  took  the  oath  of  fidelity  to  England,  May 
2,  1674 ;  settled  at  Wallingford  in  1670.  His 
will  was  dated  April  17,  1703,  and  he  died  at 
Wallingford,  October  6.  1704.  He  married 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Deacon  William  Peck, 
of  New  Haven.  She  died  at  Wallingford. 
Children,  born  at  New  Haven  and  Walling- 
ford :  William,  1658 ;  Samuel,  February  i, 
1661,  died  young;  Samuel,  April  30,  1663; 
William,  February  9,  1664 ;  John,  July  4, 
1667;  Nathaniel,  August  2,  1670;  Twins,  May 
30,  1673,  died  next  day;  Elizabeth,  July  16, 
1674 :  Mary,  March  27,  1677 ;  Joseph,  men- 
tioned below;  Margery,  January  15,  1681 ; 
Dinah,  July  25,  1684. 

(HI)  Joseph,  son  of  Samuel  Andrews, 
was  born  June  i,  1679.  He  married,  Novem- 
zer  10,  1703,  Abigail  Payne.  His  will  was 
dated  October,  12,  1741,  and  he  died  Novem- 
ber 20,  1741.  His  wife  died  June  25,  1721. 
Children,  born  at  Wallingford :  Caleb,  June 
23,  1705;  Caleb,  March  12,  1706;  Joseph, 
March  3,  1708;  Giles,  March  19,  1710;  Mercy 
(twin),  June  15,  1714:  Mary  (Twin);  Na- 
thaniel, March  16,  1717  ;  Andrew,  mentioned 
below;    Stephen,   May    24,    1721. 

(IV)  Andrew,  son  of  Joseph  Andrews,  was 
born  at  Wallingford,  August  16,  1719,  died 
February  22,  1792.  He  married  (first)  Es- 
ther     ;     (second)     Elizabeth     Dunbar. 

Children,  born  at  Wallingford :  Johanna 
(twin),  July  31,  1740;  Sarah  (twin);  Mar- 
gery, March  23,  1742;  Esther,  February  24, 
1743.  Children  of  second  wife:  Eunice,  De- 
cember 6,  1746;  Caleb,  December  9,  1748; 
]\largery,  November  23,  1751,  died  young; 
Margery,  June  14,  1752;  Andrew,  mentioned 
below  ;  Joseph,  November  26,  1758,  died  on 
the  old  prison  ship  "Jersey"'  in  the  revolu- 
tion; Mary,  May  20,  1766;  Abigail,  April  26, 
1770. 

(V)  Andrew  (2),  son  of  Andrew  (i)  An- 
drews, was  born  at  Wallingford,  August  9, 
1756,  died  July  3,  1834,  in  Sheffield,  Massa- 
chusetts. He  married  Mary  Morse,  of  Wal- 
lingford, born  November  28,  1755-56,  died  in 
Sheffield,  February  9,   1847. 

(VI)  Eenajah,    son   of    Andrew    (2)    An- 


drews,   lived    in    Meriden,    Connecticut.      He 

married .     Child:  Mary  A.,  born  1813, 

married  Jared  H.  Canfield  (see  Canfield  VII). 


(II)  Jeremiah  Canfield,  son 
CANFIELD  of  Thomas  Canfield  (q.  v.), 
was  born  in  1663,  died 
March  18,  1739-40.  He  resided  in  Milford 
until  1727  when  he  settled  in  New  ^Milford, 
Connecticut.  His  brother  Thomas  had  lot 
40  and  he  had  lot  99  in  the  list  of  origi- 
nal proprietors  of  the  new  town.  He  also 
bought  three  rights  and  a  half  of  Samuel 
Clark  and  much  of  his  land  was  laid  out  when 
he  bought  it.  He  gave  his  son  Jeremiah  half 
a  right  in  1717.  Other  land  was  laid  out  to 
him  in  1725,  and  at  the  end  of  the  century 
when  all  the  divisions  had  been  made  his  es- 
tate amounted  to  fifteen  hundred  acres  in 
New  Milford.  He  joined  the  First  Church 
there  in  1736.  After  his  death,  his  land  was 
divided  by  his  heirs.  His  wife  Alice  died 
January  4,  1739-40.  Children:  Jeremiah; 
Azariah ;  Alice,  married,  April  25,  1707,  Jo- 
siah  Bassett ;  Zerviah,  married,  December  12, 
1706,  Daniel  Terrill ;  Mary,  baptized  April  9, 
1699;  Samuel,  born  1701 ;  Thomas,  September 
16,  1704;  Jemima,  1706,  married  John  Bost- 
wick ;  Zerubbabel,  mentioned  below ;  Joseph, 
baptized  1711-12. 

(III)  Zerubbabel,  son  of  Jeremiah  Canfield, 
was  born  about  1710,  died  August  18,  1770,  at 
New  Milford.  He  came  to  this  town  with 
his  father.  He  had  a  "Sabbath-day  house"  in 
1745  and  may  have  then  been  living  in  Bridge- 
water,  part  of  New  Milford.  His  homestead 
v.-as  that  lately  owned  by  Egbert  B.  Can- 
field.  He  married,  July  26,  173 1,  Mary, 
daughter  of  John  Bostwick.  Children,  born 
at  New  Milford:  Sarah,  March  10,  1733-34; 
Betty,  October  i,  1735;  Ann,  September  i, 
1737;  Nathan,  July  28,  1739;  Enos,  February 
8,  1741-42 ;  Lemuel,  mentioned  below ;  Han- 
nah, July  2,  1746;  Daniel,  November  28,  1749, 
died  August  18,   1770. 

(IV)  Lemuel,  son  of  Zerubbabel  Canfield, 
was  born  at  New  Milford,  January  31,  1743- 
44.  He  lived  on  his  father's  homestead  in 
his  native  town.  He  married,  February  10, 
1773,  Sarah  Burton.  Children,  born  at  New 
Milford:  Daniel,  October  29,  1774;  Ann, 
July  26,  1776,  married  Ephraim  Munson ; 
Burton,  mentioned  below ;  Charles  A.,  Sep- 
tember 24,  1781  :  Augustine,  January  15, 
1784 ;  Lemuel,  March  26,  1787 ;  Orlando, 
April  4,  1794. 

(Y)  Burton,  son  of  Lemuel  Canfield,  was 
born  February  28,  1778,  died  January  10, 
1848.  He  settled  in  South  Britain  in  1800. 
He   married,    April    i,    1802,    Polly    Mitchell, 


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who  died  January  lo,  1861.  Children:  i. 
Harriet,  born  December  27,  1802,  died  in 
1879 ;  married,  in  February,  1824,  Anson 
Bradley;  children:  Lemuel  C,  Burton  C, 
Polly  Ann  and  Sarah  Eliza  Bradley.  2. 
Mitchell  Monroe,  mentioned  below.  3.  Lem- 
uel Munson,  April  9,  1820,  died  September  5, 
1854 ;  married,  March  16,  1843,  Emeline 
Northrop ;  children :  Harriet  Elizabeth,  born 
March  16,  1850,  died  August  18,  1870;  Sarah 
Eleanor,  wife  of  Otis  S.  Northrop,  president 
of  Colonial  Trust  Company,  residence,  51 
Church  street,   Waterbury,  Connecticut. 

(VI)  Mitchell  Monroe,  son  of  Burton  Can- 
field,  was  born  March  30,  1809.  He  lived  in 
South  Britain,  formerly  Southbury,  Connecti- 
cut, and  died  there  in  1890.  He  married 
Eliza  J.  Averill,  November  24,  1830.  Chil- 
dren: Averill  Burton;  Henry  Monroe,  men- 
tioned below. 

(VII)  Henry  Monroe,  son  of  Mitchell 
Monroe  Canfield,  was  born  in  Southbury,  Au- 
gust 15,  1841.  He  was  educated  in  the  Wa- 
terbury high  school,  graduated  at  Albany 
Academy,  was  matriculated  and  studied  in 
Gottingen  University  in  Hanover,  Germany. 
He  was  prominent  in  public  life  and  was  at 
one  time  consul  to  Greece.  In  politics  he  is  a 
Democrat.  He  is  past  master  of  King  Solo- 
mon Lodge,  No.  7,  and  past  high  priest  of  Hi- 
ram Chapter,  No.  i,  Free  and  Accepted  Ma- 
sons and  Ro3ral  Arch  Masons.  In  later  years 
he  has  been  a  farmer  at  South  Britain.  He  has 
traveled  extensively.  He  married,  June  i, 
1871,  Alice,  born  March  i,  1851,  daughter  of 
Stephen  and  Lucy  (Piatt)  Hayes.  Children: 
I.  Burton  H.,  born  April  i,  1872,  died  Oc- 
tober 22,  1903.  2.  Lucy  A.,  September  15, 
1874;  married,  December  21,  1909,  Wilbur 
Carleton  Knowles.  3.  Henry  Horace,  men- 
tioned below.  4.  Harriet,  March  22,  1878 ; 
married  N.  Louis  Ericsson.  5.  Samuel  M., 
July  23,  1880;  married  Ethel  S.  Ford,  Octo- 
ber I,   1907. 

(VIII)  Henry  Horace,  son  of  Henry  Mon- 
roe Canfield,  was  born  at  Southbury,  Con- 
necticut, December  22,  1875.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools  and  various  private 
schools.  He  started  the  study  of  pharmacy 
under  N.  M.  Strong,  of  Waterbury,  in  1892, 
and  has  lived  there  since,  and  in  1902  engaged 
in  business  as  a  druggist  there  on  his  own 
account.  He  is  postmaster  of  North  Wood- 
bury, director  of  the  telephone  company, 
chairman  of  the  Republican  town  committee. 
He  is  a  past  master  of  King  Solomon  Lodge, 
No.  7,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  of  Wood- 
bury;  member  of  Hiram  Chapter,  No.  i.  Royal 
Arch  Masons,  of  Sandy  Hook,  and  of  other 
fraternal    societies.      He    married,    November 


7,  1905,  Florence  Fowler,  of  Woodbury,  born 
January  27,  1877,  daughter  of  William  and 
Martha  Fowler.  They  have  one  child,  Mar- 
jorie,  born  November  9,  1906. 


Henry  Bristol,  immigrant  an- 
BRISTOL  cestor,  was  born  in  England. 
He  and  his  brother  Richard 
were  early  settlers  in  Connecticut.  Richard 
was  at  Guilford  when  the  first  division  of 
land  was  made  and  received  a  five-acre  par- 
cel of  upland  and  rocks  next  Alexander 
Chalker's ;  was  a  freeman ;  member  of  the 
Guilford  church ;  a  cooper  by  trade ;  seventh 
on  the  list  of  proprietors  in  1672 :  held  a  num- 
ber of  minor  offices  and  has  a  claim  to  fame 
as  the  originator  of  the  Bristol  apple,  which 
was  named  for  him.  Richard  married  twice 
but  left  no  children,  so  that  all  the  colonial 
Bristols  of  New  York  and  New  Eng'land 
trace  their  lines  to  the  brother.  Henry  Bris- 
tol came  to  New  Haven,  Connecticut,  as  an 
apprentice  to  William  Davis.  When  he  came 
of  age  he  settled  there.     He  was  born  about 

1625.      He   married    (first)    Rebecca   -, 

and  (second)  January  26,  1656,  Lydia,  daugh- 
ter of  Francis  and  Mary  (Edwards)  Browne. 
She  was  probably  born  about  1637-38,  died 
in  1719;  he  died  1695,  and  the  following  heirs 
acknowledged  the  receipt  of  their  portions  of 
the  estate :  Jobamah  Gunn  and  wife  Mary  of 
Milford  ;  Samuel  and  Bezaleel,  heirs  of  Sam- 
uel Bristol,  of  Guilford,  deceased ;  Elizabeth 
Bristol,  of  Milford;  Abigail  Bristol,  of  New 
Haven ;  Zaccheus  Candee ;  Stephen  Hine  and 
wife  Sarah  of  Milford ;  Thomas  Hine,  of  Mil- 
ford (New  Haven  county  court  records,  Vol. 
II,  pages  302-5).  Children  of  first  wife:  Re- 
becca, born  February  4,  1649-50;  Samuel,  De- 
cember 3,  165 1  ;  Mercy,  November  7,  1653. 
Children  of  second  wife :  Lydia,  January  3, 
1657-58 ;  John,  September  4,  1659 ;  Mary, 
September  i,  1661  ;  Hannah,  December  10, 
1663;  Abigail,  April  19.  1666;  Sarah,  Feb- 
ruary I,  1667-68;  Daniel,  May  4,  1671 ;  Eliza- 
beth, May  20,  1674;  Esther,  October  3,  1676; 
Eliphalet,  October  2,  1679 ;  Henry,  mentioned 
below. 

(II)  Henry  (2),  son  of  Henry  (i)  Bris- 
tol, was  born  June  i,  1683,  died  May,  1750. 
He  married  (first)  January  23,  1706-07,  De- 
sire   Smith;    he   married    (second)    Damaris 

.     Children:     Desire,   born   November 

5,  1707;  Henry,  November,  1709;  Austin,  No- 
vember 26,  171 1  :  Amos,  February  22,  1713; 
Mary,  February  7,  1717-18:  Thomas,  Decem- 
ber 29,  1719;  Deborah,  March  12,  1721-22; 
Gideon,  March  12,  1721-22;  Patience,  May  11, 
1723;  Jonathan,  December  27,  1725;  Lydia, 
March    16,    1728-29. 


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(III)  Austin,  son  of  Henry  (2)  Bristol, 
was  born  November  26,  171 1.  He  married 
.     Child,  Simeon,  mentioned  below. 

(IV)  Simeon,  son  of  Austin  Bristol,  was 
born  in  1738,  died  October  23,  1805.  He 
graduated  from  Yale  College  in  the  class  of 
1760  with  the  degree  of  A.  B.  His  father 
died  when  he  was  a  child.  He  made  his  home 
in  Hamden,  Connecticut,  where  he  became  a 
leading  citizen.  He  was  judge  of  the  New 
Haven  county  court.  He  was  selectman  in 
1786  and  town  clerk  from  1786  to  1801.     He 

married    Mary    ,    who    died    in    April, 

181 7,  aged  eighty  years.  Children,  born  at 
Hamden:  George  Augustus,  born  July  27, 
1762;  Simeon,  July  26,  1764;  Mary,  October 
15,  1767;  Sarah,  Atigust  20,  1771  ;  John,  De- 
cember 10,  177s ;  William,  mentioned  be- 
low. 

(V)  William,  son  of  Simeon  Bristol,  was 
born  June  2,  1779,  at  Hamden.  He  gradu- 
ated at  Yale  College  in  1798  and  was  admit- 
ted to  the  bar  in  1800.  He  was  a  prominent 
lawyer,  was  judge  of  the  superior  court  of 
Connecticut,  and  from  1819  to  1826  was 
judge  of  the  United  States  district  court  for 
Connecticut.  He  married  Sarah  Edwards,  of 
New  Haven,  born  December  11,  1780.  He 
died  in  1836,  much  honored  and  respected 
throughout  the  state.  Among  his  children 
was  William  Brooks,  who  is  further  men- 
tioned below. 

(VI)  William  Brooks,  son  of  William 
Bristol,  was  born  in  New  Haven,  Connecti- 
cutt,  July  19,  1806,  died  in  1876.  He  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar  in  1833  and  became  a 
prominent  attorney.  He  married  (first) 
Mary  Wolcott,  daughter  of  Moses  and  Mary 
(Wolcott)  BHss  (see  BHss  VIII).  He  mar- 
ried (second)  Caroline  Bliss,  sister  of  his 
first  wife.  Children  of  first  wife :  Louis 
Henry,  born  March  2,  1839,  unmarried ;  Eu- 
gene Stuart,  January  4,  1843,  married  Julia 
S.  Oilman,  no  children  ;  William  Bristol,  June 
I,  1847,  died  in  1873,  unmarried.  Children  of 
second  wife :  Mary  Bliss,  unmarried ;  John 
Wolcott,  born  May  13,  1855,  mentioned  be- 
low ;  Caroline,  married  Professor  Edward  S. 
Dana  ;  children :  Mary  Bristol  Dana,  James 
Dwight  Dana  and  AVilliam  Bristol  Dana. 

(VII)  John  Wolcott,  son  of  William 
Brooks  Bristol,  was  born  in  New  Haven,  May 
13'  1855.  He  graduated  from  Yale  College 
in  1877,  and  from  the  Yale  Law  School  in 
1879.  He  then  began  at  once  the  general 
practice  of  law  at  New  Haven,  where  he  now 
lives,  and  he  has  been  associated  in  business 
with  his  brother,  Louis  H.  Bristol,  under  the 
firm  name  of  Bristol,  Stoddard,  Beach  & 
Fisher. 


(The  Bliss  Line). 

(III)  Samuel  Bliss,  son  of  Thomas  Bliss 
(q.  v.),  was  born  in  England  in  1624,  re- 
moved to  America  with  his  father  in  1635. 
He  settled  at  Springfield,  Massachusetts, 
where  he  died  March  23,  1720,  lacking  but 
four  years  of  a  hundred.  He  married,  No- 
vember 10,  1664-65,  Mary,  born  September 
14,  1647,  died  1724,  daughter  of  John  and 
Sarah  (Heath)  Leonard.  Children,  born  at 
Springfield:  Hannah,  December  20,  1666; 
Thomas,  Eebruary  8,  1668-69 ;  Mary,  August 
4,  1670;  Jonathan,  January  5,  1672-73:  Mar- 
tha, June  I,  1674;  Sarah,  September  10, 
1677;  Experience,  April  i,  1679;  Mercy, 
July  18,  1680;  Ebenezer,  July  29,  1683,  men- 
tioned below;  Margaret,  September  11,  1684; 
Esther,  April  2,   1688. 

(IV)  Ebenezer,  son  of  Samuel  Bliss,  was 
born  in  Springfield,  July  29,  1683,  died  Sep- 
tember 7,  1717.  He  married,  January,  1707- 
08,  Mary,  daughter  of  John  and  Mary  Clark 
Gaylord :  she  was  born  about  1688-89.  Chil- 
dren :  Jedediah,  born  February  7,  1709-10, 
mentioned  below;  Ebenezer,  August  17,  1710; 
Anne,  July  27,  1712;  Moses,  August  9,  1714; 
Mary,  March  14,  1716;  Martha,  December 
27,   1717. 

(V)  Jedediah,  son  of  Ebenezer  Bliss,  was 
born  in  Springfield,  February  7,  1709-10,  died 
November  30,  1777.  He  was  a  tanner  by 
trade.  He  married  (first)  July  2,  1733.  Ra- 
chel, daughter  of  Joseph  and  Mary  Sheldon, 
of  Suffield,  Connecticut.  She  died  Novem- 
ber I,  1747.  He  married  (second)  August 
19,  1748,  Miriam,  daughter  of  John  and  Abi- 
gail Hitchcock.  She  died  November  19, 
1793.  Children:  Rachel,  born  July  24,  1734; 
Moses,  January  16,  1736,  mentioned  below; 
Jedediah  Jr.,  April  20,  1738 ;  Mary,  Decem- 
ber II,  1739;  Lucy,  June  9,  1741,  died  young; 
Lucy,  November  24,  1742 ;  Aaron,  April  4, 
1744,  one  record  says  April  6,  1745  ;  Patience, 
October  24,  1747.  Children  of  second  wife: 
Miriam,  born  May  17,  1749;  Ebenezer,  June 
26,  1750;  Reuben,  November  5,  1751  ;  Alex- 
ander, October  11,  1753;  Zenas,  February  3, 
1756;  Martha,  December  7,  1757;  Isaac,  Au- 
gust II,  1760;  Jacob,  March  12,  1763;  Naomi, 
October  22,  1765. 

(A^I)  Hon.  Moses,  son  of  Jedediah  Bliss, 
was  born  January  16,  1736,  in  Springfield, 
died  July  4,  18 14.  He  graduated  at  Yale  in 
1755,  studied  theology  and  preached  for  a 
time,  but  later  abandoned  the  ministr}-,  read 
law,  and  became  an  eminent  barrister.  Dur- 
ing the  later  years  of  his  life  he  was  judge 
of  the  court  of  common  pleas  for  the  county 
of  Hampton.  He  was  -greatly  respected  for 
his  learning,  talents  and  piety.     He  was  dea- 


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con  in  a  Congregational  church  in  Springfield. 
It  is  said  that  when  he  first  heard  of  the 
Declaration  of  Independence  he  was  so  elated 
that  he  set  fire  to  a  load  of  hay  he  had  just 
brought  across  the  river,  in  the  presence  of 
a  large  audience  of  enthusiastic  and  delighted 
spectators.  He  married,  July  20,  1763,  Abi- 
gail, daughter  of  William  and  Abigail  (Ed- 
wards) Metcalf,  of  Lebanon,  Connecticut. 
She  was  born  April  2,  1739,  died  August  29, 
1800.  Children:  George,  born  December  13, 
1764;  Lucy,  June  19,  1766;  Abigail,  Novem- 
ber 20,  1768;  William  Metcalf,  October  23, 
1770;  Frances,  May  10,  1772;  Moses  Jr., 
July  ID,  1774,  mentioned  below ;  Edmond, 
November  10,  1775;  Emily,  August  19,  1780;. 
Harriet,  March  23,  1782. 

(VII)  Moses  (2),  son  of  Hon.  Moses  (i) 
Bliss,  was  born  in  Springfield,  July  10,  1774, 
died  September  11,  1849.  He  was  a  mer- 
chant. He  married,  September  20,  1804, 
Mary  Wolcott,  of  Saybrook,  Connecticut.  She 
was  born  September  15,  1778,  died  August 
26,  i860.  Children :  Emily,  born  November 
28,  1805;  WilHam,  December  19,  1806;  Em- 
ily, August  24,  1808 :  Mary  Wolcott,  May  8, 
1810,  mentioned  below;  Henry,  March  29, 
1812;  Henry,  May  22,  1815  ;  Lucy,  May  22, 
1815;  Elizabeth,  May  22,  1815  (triplets); 
Caroline,  September  11,  1817,  mentioned  be- 
low :   Emily   C,   May  27,   181Q. 

(VIII)  Mary  Wolcott,  daughter  of  Aloses 
(2)  Bliss,  was  born  May  8,  1810,  died  Feb- 
ruary 12,  1849.  She  married,  November  15, 
1834,  William  B.  Bristol,  of  New  Haven, 
Connecticut   (see  Bristol  VI). 

(A^III)  Caroline,  daughter  of  Moses  (2) 
Bliss,  was  born  September  11,  1817;  she  mar- 
ried, November  11,  1850,  William  B.  Bristol 
(see  Bristol  VI). 


(II)    Eliphalet,  son  of  Henry 

BRISTOL     Bristol    (q.   v.),    was    born    at 

New  Haven,  October  2,  1679, 

died  there  December,  1757.     He  lived  at  New 

Haven  and  married  Esther .     Children, 

born  at  New  Haven:  Lydia,  November  i, 
1701,  married,  December  21,  1723,  James 
Crawford;  Samuel,  November  15,  1703;  Di- 
nah, July  31,  1706,  married,  September  14, 
1727,  Ebenezer  Downs;  Stephen,  August  12, 
1707;  Abigail,  August  11,  1709,  married,  Sep- 
tember 13,  1737,  Joseph  Pardee;  Eliphalet 
(mentioned  below)  ;  Aaron,  August  31,  1714; 
Moses,  February  11,  1716-17,  lived  at  Oxford; 

Esther,  February  11,  1718-19,  married 

Stevens;  Benjamin,  July  24,  1723. 

(Ill)  Eliphalet  (2),  son  of  Eliphalet  (i) 
Bristol,  was  born  at  New  Haven,  about  171 1. 
He  and  others  of  the  family  settled  at  Ox- 


ford, Connecticut.     He  had  sons :  Justis,  Gad 
(mentioned  below)    and  Asher. 

(IV)  Gad,  son  of  Ehphalet  (2)  Bristol, 
was  born  at  Oxford,  Connecticut,  about  1740. 
He  had  sons :  Gad,  Philo  Riggs,  mentioned  be- 
low, David  and  Sheldon. 

(V)  Philo  Riggs,  son  of  Gad  Bristol,  was 
born  at  Oxford,  Connecticut,  1765,  died  April 
5,  1847,  aged  eighty-two  years.  He  hved  at 
Oxford,  and  married  there  Nabbie  Abigail, 
daughter  of  Rev.  Noah  Russell,  granddaugh- 
ter of  Lyman  Russell.  Children,  born  at  Ox- 
ford :  Noah  Russell,  Philo  Burrit,  mentioned 
below. 

(VI)  Philo  Burrit,  son  of  Philo  Riggs  Bris- 
tol, was  born  December  4,  1802,  died  1888.  In 
1825  he  removed  to  Canton,  Connecticut.  He 
married  Theresa,  born  1802,  died  aged  ninety- 
two  years,  daughter  of  John  Cole,  of  Ply- 
mouth, Connecticut.  Children:  i.  Henry, 
killed  in  the  battle  of  Cold  Harbor,  in  the 
civil  war.  2.  Charles  A.,  mentioned  below. 
3.  Julia. 

(VII)  Charles  A.,  son  of  Philo  Riggs  Bris- 
tol, was  born  in  Canton,  Connecticut,  Febru- 
ary 22,  1827,  died  July  7,  1909,  in  the  town 
of  Winchester,  Connecticut.  He  was  educated 
in  the  pubHc  schools  in  Canton  and  Winches- 
ter. At  the  age  of  sixteen  he  began  to  teach 
school.  He  lived  in  the  towns  of  Canton, 
Winchester  and  Waterbury.  In  1861  he  en- 
listed in  the  Second  Connecticut  Fleavy  Ar- 
tillery and  served  to  the  end  of  the  civil  war. 
Fie  took  part  in  the  battle  of  Winchester,  bat- 
tle of  the  Wilderness,  and  battle  of  Cold  Har- 
bor, besides  many  minor  engagements.  He 
was  with  the  regiment  under  Sheridan  in  the 
Shenandoah  A^alley.  He  suffered  an  attack 
of  t3'phoid  and  spent  a  number  of  weeks  in  the 
hospital.  He  was  promoted  to  the  rank  of 
corporal.  At  close  of  war  he  returned  to 
Winchester  and  followed  farming  for  an  oc- 
cupation. He  was  an  active  and  prominent 
Democrat  and  was  often  chosen  a  delegate 
to  state,  county  and  other  nominating  conven- 
tions of  his  party.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
board  of  education  of  Winchester  for  a  period 
of  twenty-five  years  and  always  keenly,  inter- 
ested in  public  education.  For  many  years  he 
was  secretary  of  the  board.  He  was  on  the 
board  of  town  assessors  for  several  years.  He 
was  a  member  of  Palmer  Post,  Grand  Army 
of  the  Republic.  In  religion  he  was  a  Con- 
gregationalist. 

Charles  A.  Bristol  married,  February  7, 
1847,  Flarriet,  born  at  Torrington,  Connecti- 
cut, November  17,  1827,  daughter  of  Robert 
and  Sophia  (White)  Hurlburt,  granddaughter 
of  Levi  and  Sarah  (Cook)  Hurlburt.  Levi 
was   an   early   settler  in   Torrington.     Robert 


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Hurlburt  was  born  at  Torrington,  June  8, 
1785,  died  at  Waterbury,  November  g,  1869; 
Sophia  was  born  November  23,  1787,  died 
May  14,  1867.  Harriet  was  one  of  twelve 
children.  Children  of  Charles  A.  Bristol:  i. 
Lyman  Mortimer,  born  February  23,  1848, 
died  May,  1909;  married  (first)  Annie  Fenn ; 
(second)  Kate  Griffin;  children  of  first  wife: 
Howard  and  Bertha.  2.  Charles  A.,  born  Sep- 
tember 26,  185 1,  died  in  California.  March  g, 
1905,  married  Nettie  White.  3.  Clifford  Eu- 
gene, mentioned  below. 

(VHI)  Clifford  Eugene,  son  of  Charles  A. 
Bristol,  was  born  in  Winsted,  Connecticut,  No- 
vember II,  1858.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  of  Winsted,  and  began  the  study  of 
law  in  the  office  of  Judge  Fenn  of  that  town. 
He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  June,  1882, 
and  opened  an  office  in  Norfolk,  Connecticut. 
After  he  had  practiced  law  for  five  years  he 
abandoned  his  profession  to  engage  in  mercan- 
tile life.  He  was  for  a  number  of  years  a 
traveling  salesman,  and  at  length  became  a 
merchant  on  his  own  account  at  Winsted, 
where  he  has  continued  with  notable  success 
to  the  present  time.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Litchfield  County  Bar ;  a  member  of  Fred- 
erick Lodge,  No.  14,  Free  and  Accepted  Ma- 
sons, of  Plainville,  Connecticut :  of  the  Con- 
necticut Masonic  Veterans'  Association  ;  Win- 
chester Council,  No.  755,  Royal  Arcanum;  of 
E.  S.  Kellogg  Camp,  No.  29,  Sons  of  V^eter- 
ans,  of  Winsted.  In  religion  he  is  a  Congre- 
gationalist,  in  politics  a  Republican.  He  mar- 
ried, March  17,  1898,  Luella  A.,  born  in  An- 
sonia,  Connecticut,  daughter  of  William  E. 
Edwards.    They  have  no  children. 


Thomas  Woodford,  the  im- 
WOODFORD  migrant  ancestor,  was  born 
in  Lincolnshire,  England, 
and  came  among  the  early  settlers  to  Cam- 
bridge, Massachusetts.  He  was  in  Roxbury, 
Massachusetts,  in  1632,  and  in  1633  he  was 
one  of  the  party  led  by  Rev.  Thomas  Hooker 
to  Hartford,  of  which  he  became  one  of  the 
founders.  During  his  stay  there  he  took  an 
active  part  in  the  afl'airs  of  the  colony,  serving 
at  various  times  as  town  crier,  fence  viewer 
and  in  other  offices. 

Thomas  Woodford  was  married,  March  4, 
1635,  to  Mary  Blott.  In  1654  he  removed  to 
Northampton,  Massachusetts,  where  he  be- 
came a  proprietor,  and  where  he  died  March 
6,  1667.  He  is  mentioned  among  the  set- 
tlers of  Springfield  in  1636  in  the  Compact. 
His  will  was  dated  April  26,  1665,  and  proved 
March  26,  1667.  He  bequeathed  to  daughter 
Mary  and  her  children  ;  daughters  Hannah  and 
Sarah ;  sons-in-law  Isaac  Sheldon  and  Nehe- 


miah  Allen.  Children:  Hannah,  married 
Samuel  Allen ;  Joseph,  mentioned  below ; 
Sarah,  married  Nehemiah  Allen. 

(II)  Joseph,  son  of  Thomas  Woodford,  was 
born  in  Hartford,  and  in  1666  removed  to 
Farmington,  Connecticut,  where  he  acquired 
a  large  tract  of  land.  He  died  there  in  1701 
and  was  buried  in  what  was  known  as  the 
Cider  Brook  Cemetery.  He  married  Re- 
becca, daughter  of  Thomas  and  Rebecca 
(Olmstead)  Newell.  Children:  Mary,  died  in 
1723,  married  Thomas  Bird  of  Farmington; 
Rebecca,  married  John  Porter ;  Esther,  died 
1742,  married  Samuel  Bird ;  Sarah,  married 
Nathan  Bird,  and  died  1750 ;  Hannah,  mar- 
.ried  Thomas  North ;  Joseph,  born  1677,  men- 
tioned below;  Elizabeth,  born  1682,  married 
Nathan  Cole  of  Newington ;  Susan,  married 
Deacon  Anthony  Judd ;  Abigail,,  born  1685, 
died  in   1736,  married  Caleb  Cole. 

(III)  Joseph  (2),  son  of  Joseph  (i)  Wood- 
ford, was  born  in  1677,  in  Farmington,  in  the 
Societ}'  of  Northington,  now  Avon,  Connecti- 
cut, and  settled  in  what  is  known  as  Nod, 
where  he  owned  a  large  tract  of  land  and 
followed  farming.  He  died  in  1760  and  was 
buried  in  Cider  Brook  Cemetery.  He  was  one 
of  the  organizers  and  a  prominent  member  of 
the  church.  He  married,  in  1699,  Lydia 
Smith;  (second)  Sarah  Garrett,  widow,  born 
1668,  died  1769,  over  a  hundred  years  old. 
Children :  Child,  died  in  infancy,  1702 ;  Ly- 
dia, born  1702,  died  1723 ;  Mary,  born  1704, 
died  in  childhood ;  Joseph,  born  1705 ;  chil- 
dren of  second  wife:  Elizabeth,  born  1707, 
married  Thomas  Case;  Mary,  1709,  married 
Isaac  North:  Rebecca,  1711:  Samuel,  1712; 
Sarah,  1714;  Rebecca,  1716;  John,  1718,  men- 
tioned below  ;  Susanna  ;  William,  1722. 

(IV)  John,  son  of  Joseph  (2)  Woodford, 
was  born  in  Northington  in  1718,  and  died 
at  Avon  in  1802.  He  was  called  ''captain." 
He  married  Sarah,  born  June  23,  1729,  daugh- 
ter of  Amos  and  Sarah  (Pettibone)  Phelps 
(married  July  i,  1723).  Amos,  born  at  Sims- 
bury,  Connecticut,  in  1708,  and  died  June  11, 
1777;  a  soldier  in  the  revolution  three  months 
in  1776,  fourth  regiment.  Sarah  Pettibone 
was  daughter  of  John  and  Mary  (Buell)  Pet- 
tibone. Joseph  Phelps,  father  of  Amos,  was 
born  at  Windsor,  Connecticut.  August  20, 
1667;  married  (second)  Sarah  Case,  daughter 
of  John  and  Sarah  (Spencer)  Case.  Joseph 
Phelps,  father  of  Joseph,  was  born  in  Eng- 
land, in  1629,  lived  at  Dorchester,  Massa- 
chusetts, and  Windsor;  married  (first)  Sep- 
tember 20,  1660,  Hannah,  daughter  of  Roger 
Newton.  William  Phelps,  the  first  in  this 
country,  father  of  Joseph  Phelps,  was  bap- 
tized at  Tewksbury  Abbey  Church,  England, 


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August  19,  1599,  son  of  John  and  Dorothy 
Phelps. 

(V)  Ezekiel,  son  of  John  Woodford,  was 
born  at  Northington,  now  Avon,  and  settled 
at  Winsted,  Connecticut,  where  he  bought  of 
John  Sweet  the  house  and  land  at  the  corner 
of  Main  and  Coe  streets,  and  there  he  lived 
the  rest  of  his  days.  He  kept  a  tavern  most 
of  the  time  and  also  had  a  sawmill,  situated 
nearly  opposite  his  dwelling  house.  He  died 
May  10,  1820,  aged  seventy-one  years.  He 
married  Anne  Bishop,  who  died  December  23, 
1831,    aged    seventy-seven.      Children:    Lucy, 

married Wadsworth ;  Erastus,  lived  at 

Winsted ;  Jeremiah,  of  Bloomfield  ;  Nancy ; 
Romanta  (son),  lived  at  Winsted  and  at  Ben- 
nington, New  York ;'  Ezekiel,  mentioned  be- 
low:  Mary;  Harriet;  Lester,  born  June  19, 
1797,  married  Rosanna  Case. 

(VI)  Ezekiel  (2),  son  of  Ezekiel  (i) 
Woodford,  was  born  June  30,  1790,  and  died 
August  14,  1859.  He  came  when  a  minor 
to  Winsted  with  his  parents.  He  bought  the 
farm  of  his  brother  Romanta  when  he  went 
to  New  York  state,  December,  1817,  and  re- 
sided there  until  1822,  when  he  removed  to 
Hartford,  living  on  Windsor  street.  He  was 
an  inn  keeper  there  for  many  years.  He  re- 
turned to  Winsted  in  1857  ^"d  lived  in  a 
house  on  the  north  side  of  Hinsdale  street, 
next  the  graded  school.  He  married,  Sep- 
tember 7,  1825,  Roxana  Lyman,  born  June  18, 
1797,  died  December  26,  1871.  Children: 
Andrew  D.,  born  June  15,  1826,  died  Decem- 
ber 9,  1826;  George  L.,  December  29,  1827, 
painter,  lived  at  Winsted,  married  Helena  J. 
Watson :  John,  mentioned  below. 

(VII)  John  (2),  son  of  Ezekiel  (2)  Wood- 
ford, was  born  at  Hartford,  March  4,  1831, 
died  February  7,  1904.  He  was  educated  in 
the  public  schools  and  began  life  as  clerk  in 
the  store  of  C.  J.  Camp,  who  afterward  ad- 
mitted him  to  a  partnership,  which  lasted 
thirty-five  years.  He  married.  May  24,  i860, 
Laura  Clarene  Burnham,  daughter  of  Hiram 
and  Hannah  Clarene  (Sanford)  Burnham. 
She  was  born  March  6,  1840.  Hannah  Clarene 
Sanford  was  the  daughter  of  Strong  and  Tem- 
perance (Hotchkiss)  Sanford.  Children:  i. 
Arthur  Burnham,  born  October  7,  1861,  men- 
tioned below.  2.  Frank  Clark,  iDorn  Novem- 
ber 24,  1867;  died  November  17,  1868.  3. 
Frances  Louise,  born  January  18,  1870,  mar- 
ried John  Palmer  Bankson  of  Philadelphia, 
December  29,  igoo.  4.  Laura  Isabelle,  born 
April  28,  1874,  married  Timothy  Field  Allan, 
Jr.,  of  New  York  and  Litchfield,  September 
28,  1897. 

(VIII)  Professor  Arthur  Burnham  Wood- 
ford, son  of  John    (2)    Woodford,  was  born 


at  Winsted,  October  7,  1861.  He  attended  the 
public  schools  and  Williston  Seminary  at 
Easthampton,  Massachusetts.  He  entered  the 
Sheffield  Scientific  School  of  Yale  University, 
from  which  he  was  graduated  with  the  degree 
of  Ph.  B.  in  the  class  of  1881.  He  took 
post-graduate  courses  at  Yale  University,  the 
LTniversity  of  Michigan,  at  Johns  Hopkins 
University,  from  which  he  received  the  de- 
gree of  Ph.  D.  in  1891,  at  L'ficole  Libre  des 
Sciences  Politiques,  Paris,  and  at  Berlin  Uni- 
versity. He  was  given  the  degree  of  Master 
of  Arts  by  Indiana  University  in  1886.  He 
was  a  special  agent  in  the  United  States  De- 
partment of  Labor  in  1885.  From  1885  to 
1889  he  was  professor  of  economics  in  the 
Indiana  University.  In  1891  and  1892  he  was 
an  assistant  professor  of  political  economy 
at  the  Wharton  School  of  Finance,  Univer- 
sity of  Pennsylvania ;  from  1892  to  1896  in 
the  School  of  Social  Economics,  an  instructor 
in  English  and  economics.  Since  1897  ^^  ^^^ 
been  in  the  faculty  of  the  Hopkins  Grammar 
School  of  New  Haven,  and  rector  since  1906. 

The  Plopkins  Grammar  School,  New  Haven, 
in  which  Professor  A¥oodford  is  an  instructor 
and  rector,  was  founded  in  1660,  and  ranks 
as  the  third  oldest  school  in  the  country,  and 
as  the  oldest  school  in  Connecticut.  It  was 
founded  in  accordance  with'  the  wishes  of  Ed- 
ward Hopkins,  Esquire,  who  in  his  will,  signed 
in  London,   March  7,   1657,  left  "the  residue 

of  my  estate  in  New  England  to  my 

father,  Theophilus  Eaton,  Esq.,  Mr.  John  Dav- 
enport, Mr.  John  CuUick,  and  Mr.  William 
Goodwin,  in  full  assurance  of  their  trust  and 
faithfulness  in  disposing  of  it  according  to 
the  true  intent  and  purpose  of  me,  the  said 
Edward  Hopkins  which  is  to  give  some  en- 
couragement in  those  forrayne  Plantations  for 
the  breeding  up  of  hopefull  youths  both  at 
the  Grammar  Schoole  and  Colledge  for  the 
publique  service  of  the  Country  in  future 
tymes." 

Edward  Hopkins  was  born  in  England 
about  1600  and  came  to  this  country  in  1637, 
in  the  ship  "Hector,"  together  with  a  com- 
pany of  Puritan  emigrants,  "men  of  fair  es- 
tate and  of  great  esteem  for  religion  and  wis- 
dom in  outward  afifairs."  Among  them  were 
two  of  the  men  mentioned  in  the  foregoing 
will,  Rev.  John  Davenport  and  Theophilus 
Eaton,  whose  stepdaughter  Mr.  Hopkins  had 
married.  Mr.  Hopkins  united  himself  with 
the  colony  of  Connecticut  and  made  his  home 
in  Hartford,  already  settled  by  Rev.  Thomas 
Hooker's  company.  In  the  new  colony  his 
ability  was  at  once  recognized.  His  name  is 
signed  to  the  famous  constitution  drawn  up 
in  January,  1639.  He  became  the  first  secretary 


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of  the  new  government,  and  was  chosen  gov- 
ernor in  1640  and  every  alternate  year  from 
1644  to  1654.  At  the  same  time  he  continued 
his  career  as  a  merchant  (in  London  he  had 
been  a  "Turkey  merchant"),  pushing  his  posts 
up  the  river  and  opening  a  trade  in  cotton  with 
the  West  Indies.  In  1652  he  returned  to  Eng- 
land and  served  under  Cromwell  as  navy  Com- 
missioner, and  in  1655  as  Admiralty  Commis- 
sioner. At  the  time  of  his  death  he  was  a 
member  of  Parliament,  representing  Clifton  in 
Devonshire.  His  interest  in  New  England 
continued  undiminished  until  his  death,  which 
occurred  in  London  in  1657.  A  year  before 
this  event,  writing  to  Mr.  Davenport  in  regard 
to  the  project  for  a  collegiate  school,  he  said, 
"If  I  understand  that  a  college  is  begun  and 
like  to  be  carried  on  at  New  Haven  for  the 
good  of  posterity,  I  shall  give  some  encour- 
agement thereunto." 

In  1664,  after  six  years  of  litigation,  Mr. 
Hopkins'  estate  in  New  England  was  divided 
by  the  two  surviving  trustees  as  follows :  to 
the  town  of  Hartford  £400 ;  to  the  town  of 
New  Haven,  £412,  to  the  town  of  Hadley, 
£308;  to  Harvard  College,  £100.  The  remain- 
ing £500,  of  which  his  wife  was  residuary 
legatee,  was  diverted  to  ends  entirely  different 
from  those  originally  intended.  Mrs.  Hop- 
kins did  not  die  until  1698,  the  trustees  under 
the  will  having  already  died.  In  1709,  in  de- 
fault of  other  claimants.  Harvard  College, 
through  its  agent  in  London,  brought  suit  to 
recover  the  property.  The  court  found  at 
Cambridge  such  a  school  and  college  as  were 
specified  in  the  will,  and  appointed  trustees  to 
purchase  land  in  the  province,  three-fourths  of 
the  income  to  be  for  the  benefit  of  Harvard 
College,  "for  bringing  up  students  in  Divin- 
ity for  the  service  of  the  country,"  and  the 
other  fourth  for  the  benefit  of  the  grammar 
school  in  the  town  of  Cambridge.  The  trus- 
tees accordingly  purchased  land  in  171 5,  and 
the  place  was  called  Hopkinton  in  Hopkins' 
honor.  The  college  has  regularly  received 
payment  from  these  funds,  part  of  it  being 
used  as  deturs,  or  gifts  of  books  to  deserving 
undergraduates.  These  are  still  known  as 
Hopkins  deturs.  Until  1839  an  annual  pay- 
ment was  made  to  the  old  Cambridge  grammar 
school  for  the  support  of  a  classical  teacher. 
At  that  date  a  separate  school  was  established, 
called  the  Hopkins  Classical  School.  It  was 
discontinued  in  1854,  when  the  trustees  agreed 
to  pay  the  interest  to  the  city  of  Cambridge  for 
the  improvment  of  classical  instruction  in  the 
high  school. 

The  fund  allotted  to  Hadley,  Massachu- 
setts, whither  Mr.  Goodwin,  the  other  surviv- 
ing trustee,   had    removed,   was   increased  by 


several  generous  gifts.  The  school  began  its 
work  in  1667  and  continued  without  serious 
interruption  as  a  classical  school.  In  1816 
the  "grammar  school"  was  incorporated  as 
Hopkins  Academy.  In  1865,  the  school  build- 
ing having  been  burned,  the  trustees  ofi:ered 
to  pay  all  the  expenses  of  a  high-school  cur- 
riculum, if  the  town  would  provide  a  building 
and  keep  it  in  repair.  This  offer  was  ac- 
cepted by  the  town  and  the  agreement  has 
continued  in  force.  The  school  is  still  known 
as  the  Hopkins  Academy. 

In  Hartford  a  school  house  was  built  from 
the  funds  in  1665.  In  1798  the  school  was 
incorporated  as  the  Hartford  Grammar 
School,  with  a  self-perpetuating  board  of  trus- 
tees. Since  1747  the  grafnmar  school  has  been 
practically  united  with  the  high  school,  the 
trustees  paying  the  salary  of  a  classical  in- 
structor from  the  income  of  the  Hopkins 
funds. 

In  New  Haven,  on  June  4,  1660,  Mr.  Dav.- 
enport,  pastor  of  the  Church  of  Christ,  re- 
signed Governor  Hopkins'  donation  to  the  gen- 
eral court.  The  record  of  the  transaction,  as 
it  stands  in  the  ancient  record  book  of  the 
colony,  opens  with  the  Latin  formula  of  bene- 
diction, "Quod  feli.v  faitstumqne  sit."  Dav- 
enport's plan  was  the  fulfillment  of  an  earlier 
resolution  of  the  court,  to  found  in  New  Ha- 
ven "a  small  college,  such  as  the  day  of  small 
things  will  permit.''  A  colony  grammar 
school  was  indispensable  as  an  adjunct  to  the 
proposed  college.  In  accepting  Mr.  Daven- 
port's trust,  the  town  granted  thirty  pounds 
per  annum  for  such  a  school,  which  the  gen- 
eral court  in  the  previous  year  had  voted  to 
establish.  This  colony  grammar  school,  be- 
gun in  October,  1660,  did  not  flourish,  but 
instruction  was  guaranteed  by  the  town  until 
the  Hopkins  funds  became  available  four  years 
later.  New  Haven's  share  in  these  funds  was 
less  than  originally  expected  and  intended. 
Political  unrest  and  the  dearth  of  teachers 
caused  the  project  of  a  Hopkins  College  to 
be  finally  abandoned. 

The  existence  of  the  grammar  school  has 
been  uninterrupted,  and  since  1784  it  has 
never  lacked  a  college  graduate  as  its  rector, 
nor  failed  to  give  a  college  preparation.  In 
1838  the  present  property  at  the  corner  of 
Wall  and  High  streets  was  purchased,  and  a 
new  building  was  erected,  which  now  forms 
the  central  portion  of  the  school.  In  1869  the 
rear  addition  was  built,  and  in  1873  the  front 
wing,  which  forms  the  main  portion  of  the 
present  school  building. 

The  Hopkins  Grammar  School  is  the  only 
one  of  the  Hopkins  schools  which  has  contin- 
ued an   independent  existence.     All  of  them 


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are  directly  related  to  the  "ancient  and  honor- 
able family  of  the  grammar  schools  of  Eng- 
land." Eaton  and  Davenport  were  school- 
mates in  the  Free  Grammar  School  of  Cov- 
entry, which  served  as  a  model  for  the  Hop- 
kins Grammar  School  in  New  Haven.  The 
Hopkins  schools  have  always  been,  what  the 
term  "grammar"  still  implies  in  England,  pre- 
paratory schools  and  classical  schools.  The 
head  master  of  the  New  Haven  school  is  still 
called  rector. 

(The  Burnham  Line). 

Walter  De  Ventre  came  to  England,  at  the 
time  of  the  Norman  Conquest  in  1066,  in  the 
train  of  his  cousin-german  Earl  Warren,  son- 
in-law  of  William  the  Conqueror.  He  was 
made  Lord  of  the  Saxon  villages  of  Burnham 
and  others,  and  froin  Burnham  where  he  lived 
he  was  known  as  De  Burnham.  He  took  his 
surname,  as  many  others  of  the  Norman  con- 
querors, from  an  old  English  town.  The  name 
is  cited  spelled  Burham,  Berham  and  Barn- 
ham  as  well  as  Burnham,  and  in  the  old  An- 
glo-Saxon Beornham,  Byrbham,  etc.  In  old 
Norse  the  name  is  Bjorh,  which  in  Anglo- 
Saxon  is  Beorn  and  Burn  (a  bear)  meaning, 
according  to  Eerguson,  "chief,  hero,  man." 
There  were  towns  of  this  name  in  both  Som- 
ersetshire and  Sussex  county,  before  900,  and 
the  family  has  been  distinguished  ever  since. 
The  ancient  coat-of-arms  of  the  family  is : 
Sable,  a  cross  between  four  crescents  argent. 

(I)  Thomas  Burnham,  the  immigrant  an- 
cestor, was  born  in  1617,  it  is  believed  in  Hat- 
field, Herefordshire,  England,  which  was  the 
home  of  one  branch  of  the  English  Burnhams. 
November  20,  1635,  according  to  an  old  rec- 
ord, he  "imbarqued  for  the  Barbadoes,  in  the 
Expedition,  Peter  Blacklee,  Master,  took  the 
oath  of  Allegiance  and  Supremacy,  Examined 
by  the  Minister  of  the  town  of  Gravesend." 
He  appears  first  in  America  in  1649,  where 
he  is  recorded  in  Hartford  as  bondsman  for 
his  servant  Rushmore,  "that  he  should  carry 
good  behavior."  He  was  an  educated  man, 
and  on  first  coming  to  this  country  practiced 
as  a  lawyer.  In  1659  he  purchased  from  Tan- 
tonimo,  chief  sachem  of  the  Potunke  tribe 
of  Indians,  a  tract  of  land  now  covered  by  the 
towns  of  South  Windsor  and  East  Hartford, 
on  which  he  afterward  lived,  and  a  part  of 
which  is  still  in  possession  of  his  descendants. 
He  held  this  land  under  a  deed  from  Tanto- 
nimo,  and  later  in  1661,  by  a  deed  from  six 
of  the  latter's  successors  and  allies,  bv  which 
they  renounce  "all  our  right  and  title  in  those 
lands  aforesayd  unto  Thomas  Burnam  and  his 
heirs."  The  possession  of  this  land  led  to 
endless  lawsuits,  supported  by  the  government. 


and  it  was  ordered  to  be  divided.  Burnham 
refused  to  give  it  up,  however,  and  the  con- 
test continued  for  many  years.  It  resulted 
finally  in  the  appointment  in  1688,  at  a  town 
meeting  of  the  inhabitants  of  Hartford,  "of  a 
Committee  in  behalf  of  this  town,  to  treat  with 
Thomas  Burnham,  Senior,  upon  his  claim  to 
the  lands  on  the  East  side  of  the  Great  River." 
He  erected  a  house  on  these  lands  at  Potunke, 
which  was  one  of  five,  on  the  east  side  of  the 
Connecticut,  to  be  fortified  and  garrisoned 
during  the  Indian  war  of  1675.  In  1649-56-59- 
60,  he  appears  as  plaintiff  in  court,  and  usu- 
ally argued  his  own  cases.  In  1659  he  was  at- 
torney for  Jeremy  Adams,  Northampton,  and 
in  1662  for  Abigail  Betts,  accused  of  blas- 
phemy. For  his  successful  defense  of  her, 
"for  saving  her  neck,"  the  court  condemned 
him  to  "ye  prison-keep."  This  sentence  was 
not  carried  into  effect,  however,  though  he 
was  deprived  of  his  citizenship  for  a  time,  and 
prohibited  from  acting  as  attorney  for  others, 
but  allowed  to  argue  his  own  cases.  In  1655 
he  was  on  the  jury,  and  in  1662,  being  com- 
plained of  for  abuse  in  the  case  of  Abigail 
Betts,  gave  bonds  to  keep  the  peace. 

He  married  in  1639  (  ?)•  Anna  Wright  (  ?), 
who  was  born  in  England,  in  1620  (?),  and 
died  August  5,  1703.  He  died  June  28,  1688. 
Before  his  death  he  had  divided  the  greater 
part  of  his  estate  among  his  children  by  deed, 
with  the  condition  that  it  should  remain  in  the 
family.  His  wife  did  not  produce  his  will 
when  it  was  called  for  by  the  court,  and  it  was 
subsequently  proved  by  the  witnesses,  June, 
1690.  Children:  Elizabeth,  born  about  1640; 
Mary,  about  1642;  Anna,  1644;  Thomas,  1646, 
mentioned  below;  John,  1648;  Samuel,  1650; 
William,  1652;  Richard,  1654;  Rebecca,  1656. 

(II)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Thomas  (i) 
Burnham,  was  born  in  1646,  and  married,  Jan- 
uary 4,  1676,  Naomi,  daughter  of  Josiah  Hull 
of  Killingworth.  She  was  born  February  17, 
1657-58,  in  Windsor,  Connecticut,  and  died 
March  15,  1727-28.  Her  father  was  deputy  to 
the  general  court  from  Windsor  1659-60-62, 
and  from  Killingworth,  1667-74.  Thomas 
Burnham  died  March  19,  1726-27.  His  will 
was  dated  March  15,  1726,  and  offered  for 
probate  April  5,  by  his  son  Charles,  his  exec- 
utor.' It  was  allowed  to  stand  good,  Novem- 
ber I,  1726.  Children:  Thomas,  mentioned 
below :  John,  May  22,  1681  ;  Elizabeth,  June 
4,  1684;  Sarah,  March  7,  1687-88;  Naomi, 
June  3,  1688;  Charles,  May  16,  1690;  Mary, 
July  12,  1692;  Abigail,  March  25,  1694;  Jo- 
siah, September  6,  1696. 

(III)  Thomas  (3),  son  of  Thomas  (2) 
Burnham,  was  born  or  baptized  April  16,  1678, 
and  married,  November  9,  171 1,  Mrs.  Eliza- 


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beth  (Strong)  Boardman,  daughter  of  John 
Strong,  and  widow  of  Nathaniel  Boardman 
(Borman).  She  was  born  February  20,  1671, 
and  died  April  18,  1720.  He  lived  in  Hart- 
ford, and  died  May  12,  1726.  His  will  was 
made  February  11,  1725-26,  and  mentioned 
son  Thomas,  daughters  Elizabeth  and  Esther. 
He  gave  to  the  son  Thomas  his  house  and 
land.  His  estate,  called  "large  and  valuable," 
was  inventoried  May  20,  1726.  Children: 
Thomas,  July  24,  1712,  mentioned  below ; 
EHzabeth,  May  16,  1715  ;  Esther,  July  5,  1718. 

(IV)  Thomas  (4),  son  of  Thomas  (3) 
Burnham,  was  born  July  24,  1712,  and  mar- 
ried, April  20,  1737,  Mary,  daughter  of  Jo- 
seph and  Mary  (Loomis)  Barber,  of  Windsor, 
Connecticut.  She  was  born  March  24,  17 14, 
and  died  November  7,  1803.  He  died  June  5, 
1802.  His  last  residence  was  in  Simsbury, 
Connecticut.  His  will  was  made  April  4,  1793, 
and  exhibited  in  court  July  15,  1802,  by  the 
executor,  Eleazur  Burnham,  who  declined  the 
trust.  The  will  was  proved  by  the  witnesses 
and  approved  by  the  court,  and  ordered  re- 
corded. The  original  will  was  delivered  to 
Calvin  Burnham,  July  7,  1803.  The  second 
son  of  Thomas  Burnham,  Phineas,  was  a  sol- 
dier in  the  revolution,  and  escaping  the  dan- 
gers of  the  war,  returned  home  to  die  of 
camp  fever.  Children:  Mary,  May  12,  1740 
(?);  Reuben,  June  22,  1742,  mentioned  be- 
low ;  Phineas,  April  8,  1753. 

(V)  Reuben,  son  of  Thomas  (4)  Burn- 
ham, was  born  June  22,  1742,  and  married, 
August  20,  1765,  Chloe,  daughter  of  Joseph 
Fitch,  and  sister  of  John  Fitch,  who  first  ap- 
plied steam  to  the  propelling  of  boats.  .  She 
was  born  May  28,  1745,  and  died  November 
27,  1814.  He  lived  in  West  Hartland,  and 
died  December  22,  1812.  Children:  Luther, 
born  July  10,  1766;  Chloe,  March  6,  1768; 
Miriam,  January  5,  1770  ;  Thomas,  October  12, 
1771,  mentioned  below;  Reuben,  November -3, 
1773;  Calvin,  March  9,  1776;  Anna,  Septem- 
ber 30,  1778;  Phineas,  September  30,  1782; 
Shaylor  F.,  May  9,  1787. 

(VI)  Thomas  (5),  son  of  Reuben  Burn- 
ham, was  born  October  12,  1771,  and  married, 
June  15,  1794,  Phebe  Fairchild.  She  was  born 
February  16,  1776,  and  died  November  15, 
1857.  He  lived  in  East  Hartland,  and  died 
December  12,  1854.  April  12,  1801,  declared 
himself  a  parishioner  of  Christ  Church,  Mid- 
dletown,  Connecticut.  A  deed  of  land  dated 
April  23,  1803,  is  recorded  on  Middletown 
land  records  from  Thomas  and  Phebe  Burn- 
ham to  Elisha  Fairchild.  Children:  Chloe, 
March  12,  1795  ;  Luther,  July  26,  1797:  Phebe, 
August  29,  1799;  Hiram,  May  30,  1802,  men- 
tioned below :  Anson,  August  28,   1804 ;   Me- 


lissa, June  12,  1807 ;  Nelson  T.,  December  26, 
1811;  Laura,  March  14,  1815. 

(VII)  Hiram,  son  of  Thomas  (5)  Burn- 
ham, was  born  May  28  or  30,  1802,  and  mar- 
ried, April  2,  1828,  Hannah  Clarene  Sanford. 
She  was  born  December  23,  1802,  and  died 
November  22,  1884.  In  1846  he  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Connecticut  House  of  Representa- 
tives from  Barkamsted.  He  lived  in  Winsted, 
Connecticut,  and  died  April  29,  1873.  Chil- 
dren :  George,  January  4,  1830 ;  Mary  J., 
April  6,  1834 ;  Laura  C,  March  6,  1840,  men- 
tioned below. 

(VIII)  Laura  C,  daughter  of  Hiram  and 
Hannah  Clarene  (Sandford)  Burnham,  was 
born  March  6,  1840,  and  married.  May  24, 
i860,  John  Woodford   (see  Woodford). 


(II)  Richard,  son  of 
BURNFIAM     Thomas    Burnham    (q.    v.), 

was  born  in  1654  and  died 
April  28,  1731.  ^Vith  his  brothers  he  inher- 
ited a  large  landed  estate.  May  29,  171 1,  he 
and  three  of  his  brothers  received  a  deed  of 
land  from  three  Indian  women,  a  small  part 
of  the  same  lands  deeded  in  1661  by  the  In- 
dian chiefs  to  Thomas  Burnham.  There  is 
also  another  deed  from  John  Morecock  to 
Richard,  of  land  belonging  to  the  latter's  fa- 
ther, dated  1721.  In  1730,  the  proprietors  of 
the  five  miles  of  land  on  the  east  side  of  the 
great  river,  in  the  township  of  Hartford,  con- 
fined to  the  heirs  of  Thomas  Burnham  the 
title  to  two  hundred  and  twenty-seven  acres 
of  land,  in  place  of  lands  taken  by  the  town 
of  Windsor.  Richard  Burnham  married,  June 
I,  1580,  Sarah,  daughter  of  Michael  and  Pris- 
cilla  (Grant)  Humphries,  of  Windsor,  Con- 
necticut. Michael  Humphries  came  to  Wind- 
sor in  1643.  He  married,  October  14,  1647, 
Priscilla  Grant.  November  17,  1664,  he  with 
others  demanded,  as  a  member  of  the  Church 
of  England,  baptism  for  his  children  and  ad- 
mission for  himself  to  full  church  privileges 
in  the  non-conforming  church  of  Windsor, 
or  else  relief  from  taxation  in  support  of  the 
ministry.  For  this  demand  he  came  before 
the  court  charged  with  making  trouble  in  the 
church.  Before  coming  to  Windsor,  he  had 
doubtless  been  at  Dorchester ;  he  was  free- 
man of  Connecticut  in  1657.  and  removed  to 
Simsbury  in  1669;  he  died  there  before  1697. 
Matthew  Grant,  father  of  Priscilla,  was  born 
in  county  Devon,  England ;  he  came  in  the 
"Mary  and  John,"  1630;  removed,  1635,  to 
Windsor:  freeman.  May  18,  1661 ;  was  many 
years  town  clerk ;  and  supposed  to  be  the  an- 
cestor of  President  Grant.  Children  of  Rich- 
ard Burnham:  Sarah,  born  July  11,  1683, 
died    young;    Rebecca,    September    20,    1685; 


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Mercy,  April  14,  1688,  died  young ;  Mary, 
May  18,  1690,  died  young :  Richard,  men- 
tioned below;  Martha,  October  8,  1694;  Es- 
ther, March  22,  1697;  Charles,  July  23,  1699; 
Michael  (twin).  May  30,  1705;  Susannah 
(twin). 

(III)  Lieutenant  Richard  (2)  Burnham, 
son  of  Richard  (i)  Burnham,  was  born  July 
6,  1692,  died  February  11,  1754.  In  1738  he 
was  confirmed  by  the  assembly  to  be  lieuten- 
ant of  the  third  company  in  the  first  regi- 
ment in  this  colony.  December  26,  1716,  he, 
Roger  Wolcott  and  Captain  Stoughton  were 
appointed  to  "dignify  the  seats  in  the  Meeting 
House."  In  1726  he  received  a  deed  of  land 
on  the  east  side  of  the  Connecticut  from  the 
administrators  of  the  estate  of  John  Easton, 
of  Hartford.  There  is  also  another  deed  of 
land  to  him  from  Joseph  Keeney.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  May  5,  1715,  Abigail  Easton,  born 
March  16,  1687.  He  married  (second)  Han- 
nah, probably  Goodwin  or  Risley ;  both  these 
Hannahs  were  baptized  April  12,  1695 ;  she 
died  March  23,  1784.  September  3,  1734, 
the  court  granted  letters  of  administration  on 
his  estate  and  his  widow  Hannah  had  her 
third  set  out  to  her.  Children :  Elisha.  men- 
tioned below;  Aaron,  May  5,  1719;  Ezra,  July 
16,  1721 ;  Moses,  August  30,  1723;  Abigail, 
June  3,  1725. 

(IV)  Elisha,  son  of  Lieutenant  Richard 
(2)  Burnham,  was  born  June  22,  1717,  died 
July  18,  1770,  of  an  epidemic  fever  which, 
within  a  few  weeks,  also  carried  away  three 
of  his  children.  He  was  a  man  noted  for 
his  size  and  strength.  "Richard  Burnham,  son 
of  Mr.  Elisha  Burnham,  had  his  thigh,  leg, 
and  ankle  broke,"  by  the  explosion  of  pow- 
der in  the  brick  school  house,  at  the  celebra- 
tion of  the  repeal  of  the  Stamp  Act  on  Fri- 
day, May,  1766,  appointed  by  the  general  as- 
sembly as  a  day  of  rejoicing;  he  survived  his 
wounds  but  a  few  days.  Elisha  Burnham 
married,  February  5,  1742,  Sarah  Olmstead, 
born  November  10,  1716,  died  September  3, 
1810,  aged  ninety-four  years,  forty  years  after 
the  death  of  her  husband.  She  died  at  the 
house  of  her  daughter,  Mrs.  Mary  Ann  Good- 
win, of  Hartford  Neck.  She  was  daughter 
of  Deacon  Joseph  and  Hannah  (Marsh)  Olm- 
stead, of  East  Hartford ;  granddaughter  of 
Nicholas  Olmstead.  who  was  in  the  Peqout 
war  of  1637,  and  of  whom  it  is  said  that 
"after  sowing  his  wild  oats  he  became  a  good 
citizen" ;  he  was  deputy  in  1672-73,  captain, 
1675  ;  married,  before  September  28,  1640,  a 
daughter  of  Joseph  Loomis,  of  Windsor,  and 
died  August  31,  1684;  she  was  great-grand- 
daughter of  James  Olmstead,  who  came  from 
Suffolk,   England,   to   Boston,    September    16, 


1632,  in  the  "Lyon"  from  London;  he  was 
constable  some  years  at  Cambridge,  Massa- 
chusetts, and  removed  with  the  earliest  set- 
tlers to  Hartford,  Connecticut,  1636,  of  which 
he  was  an  original  proprietor,  with  large  lots 
of  land.  He  left  a  large  estate  and  his  will, 
dated  September  28,  1640,  gives  fifty  pounds 
to  the  church  in  Hartford  and  names  only  two 
children,  Nicholas  and  Nehemiah ;  it  provides 
for  his  niece  and  her  brothers,  and  his  serv- 
ant William  Corbee.  Hannah  (Marsh)  Olm- 
stead, mother  of  Elisha  Burnham's  wife,  de- 
scended from  John  Marsh  who  was  in  Hart- 
ford in  1636  and  married  Ann,  daughter  of 
Governor  John  Webster.  On  November  i, 
1770,  the  court  granted  administration  on  the 
estate  of  Elisha  Burnham,  late  of  Hartford, 
to  Joseph  Church  Jr.,  who  gave  bonds  with 
Elisha  Burnham,  son  of  Elisha,  and  took  let- 
ters. Children :  Elisha,  born  December  5, 
1743;  Sarah,  September  27,  1745;  Richard, 
March  6,  1748;  Ephraim,  May  21,  1751; 
George,  mentioned  below  ;  Abner,  August  15, 
175s;  Abigail,  October  25,  1757;  Mary  Ann, 
June  12,   1761. 

(V)  George,  son  of  Elisha  Burnham,  was 
born  August  13,  1753,  died  March  10,  1830. 
He  married,  November  16,  1775,  Nancy  Bige- 
low,  born  November  18,  1754,  died  January 
16,  1800,  aged  forty-five  years.  Children : 
George,  born  June  21,  1776;  Nancy,  January 
4,  1778 ;  William,  August  24,  1779 ;  Henry, 
December  10,  1780 ;  James,  February  8,  1782 ; 
Richard,  May  17,  1783  ;  Henry,  November  18, 
1784 ;  Charles,  mentioned  below  ;  Abigail,  Jan- 
uary 8,  1788;  John,  November  17,  179 1  ; 
Sarah,  April  8,  1793  ;  Elizabeth,  April  7,  1796. 

(VI)  Charles,  son  of  George  Burnham,  was 
born  June  18,  1786,  died  May  29,  1852.  He 
married  (first)  December  13,  1809,  Hannah 
White,  who  was  born  February  20,  1786,  died 
October  16,  1812,  aged  twenty-six.  He  married 
(second)  Persis  White,  May  23,  1813.  She 
was  born  April  30,  1792.  Hannah  and  Per- 
sis White  were  daughters  of  Preserved  White, 
of  Springfield,  great-granddaughters  of  Dan- 
iel White,  of  West  Springfield,  great-great- 
granddaughters  of  Deacon  Nathaniel  White, 
of  Hadley,  Massachusetts,  great-great-great- 
granddaughters  of  Captain  Nathaniel  White, 
of  Middletown,  Connecticut ; .  great-great- 
great-great-granddaughters  of  Elder  John 
White,  who  came  to  America  in  the  "Lyon," 
Captain  Pierce,  which  sailed  from  London, 
England,  June  22,  and  reached  Boston,  Sep- 
tember 16.  1632;  he  was  one  of  the  first  set- 
tlers of  Cambridge,  Plartford  and  Hadley, 
and  held  important  offices  in  all  the  places. 
"Gore  Hall,"  the  library  building  of  Harvard 
LTniversity,  now  stands  on  what  was  the  cow- 


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yard  attached  to  his  home  lot  in  Cambridge ; 
his  home  in  Hartford  was  near  the  "Charter 
Oak" ;  Deacon  Nathaniel  White  lived  on  the 
farm  in  Hadley  originally  owned  by  his 
grandfather,  Elder  John.  Children  of  Charles 
Burnham  :  Charles,  mentioned  below  ;  Han- 
nah White,  May  23,  1815;  George,  March  11, 
1817;  Nancy,  January  5,  1819;  James  Henry, 
March  10,  182 1 ;  Franklin  White,  July  2, 
1823  ;  William  Stanford,  August  8,  1825  ;  Ed- 
ward Goodwin,  June  2,  1827;  Simon  Colton, 
June  13,  1835. 

(VII)  Charles  (2),  son  of  Charles  (i) 
Burnham,  was  born  May  20,  181 1.  He  mar- 
ried, September  19,  1838,  Olivia  S.,  daughter 
of  John  Bliss,  of  Tolland,  Connecticut.  Chil- 
dren :  Mary  Elizabeth,  born  July  6,  1839,  died 
April  14,  1847 ;  Charles  Abbot,  mentioned 
below;  Mary  Eliza,  April  6,  1847;  Georgianna, 
October  29,  1851. 

(VIII)  Charles  Abbot,  son  of  Charles  (2) 
Burnham,  was  born  September  10,  1841,  died 
July  4,  1883.  He  was  born  while  his  parents 
were  living  in  the  Hawaiian  Islands,  his  fa- 
ther having  gone  there  to  build  a  church  for 
a  missionary  society.  When  a  young  man 
he  became  associated  in  the  business  of  his 
father  who  had  purchased  the  book  store  of 
Lee  &  Edwards,  Norwich,  Connecticut.  It 
easily  took  first  rank  in  that  line  in  Norwich, 
and  Mr.  Burnham  continued  the  business  with 
abundant  success  until  the  time  of  his  death. 
He  was  a  prominent  member  of  the  Broadway 
Congregational  Church  and  for  many  years 
its  clerk.  He  married  (first)  April  25,  1866, 
Mary  Burt,  born  January  6,  1846,  died  Sep- 
tember 20,  1871,  leaving  no  children.  He 
married  (second)  May  26,  1875,  Catharine 
Cook  Lanman,  born  December  16,  1847, 
daughter  of  Peter  and  Catharine  (Cook)  Lan- 
man, of  Norwich  (see  Lanman  V).  Chil- 
dren :  Mabel  Lanman,  born  November  8, 
1876,  married  Frederick  D.  Warner:  Catha- 
rine Cook,  September  2.  1878,  married  Shel- 
don C.  Peck :  Charles,  mentioned  below. 
Charles  Abbot  Burnham  died  in  the  prime  of 
life  from  a  prolonged  attack  of  malarial  fever. 
The  Nonvich  Bulletin  said  of  him  in  an  obit- 
uary notice:  "Mr.  Burnham  was  a  gentleman 
of  much  culture,  delightful  conversational 
powers  and  noticeably  winning  ways,  and  all 
who  knew  him  well  will  recall  many  instances 
of  his  singularly  delicate  consideration  for 
others.  His  death  brings  a  real  loss  to  society, 
as  well  as  to  his  family,  and  he  will  be  deeply 
and  sincerely  mourned." 

(IX)  Charles  (3),  son  of  Charles  Abbot 
Burnham,  was  born  March  14,  1880.  He  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools,  learned  the 
trade  of  machinist,   at   the   age   of  seventeen 


years  worked  in  the  factory  of  Brown  & 
Sharpe,  Providence,  Rhode  Island,  and  aft- 
erward in  the  factory  of  Eaton,  Cole  &  Burn- 
ham, of  Bridgeport,  Connecticut,  where  he 
became  a  draughtsman.  He  removed  to  San 
Francisco,  California,  and  began  his  career 
as  an  inventor.  He  has  patented  many  use- 
ful devices,  perhaps  the  most  important  being 
a  basket-making  machine.  He  was  employed 
to  complete  practically  an  unfinished  model  of 
a  basket-making  machine,  but  rejected  the  idea 
and  started  upon  a  different  line,  creating  a 
very  useful  and  efficient  model  for  making 
small  wooden  fruit  baskets.  A  company  has 
been  formed  to  manufacture  his  machine.  He 
married  Beatrice  McBride,  of  New  York. 

(The  Lanman  Line). 

(I)  Thomas  Lanman,  of  London,  England, 
married  Lucy  Elton.  They  had  a  son,  James, 
mentioned  below.  The  arms  of  this  Lanman 
family:  "He  beareth  az.  and  or,  three  garbs, 
a  sickle,  by  the  name  of  Lanman."  Arthur's 
"Family  Names"  defines  Lanman  as  "a  spear- 
man, a  lanceman,"  and  Professor  Charles  Dod 
gives  the  derivation  "the  son  of  Lanval." 

(II)  James  Lanman,  immigrant  ancestor, 
son  of  Thomas  Lanman,  of  London,  England, 
was  born  in  London  and  came  to  America 
between  1692  and  1714.  He  married  Joanna, 
daughter  of  Dr.  Thomas  and  Mary  (Gard- 
ner) Boylston,  July  5,  1714,  at  Watertown, 
Massachusetts.  She  was  born  at  Roxbury, 
Massachusetts,  in  1692,  died  at  Plymouth  in 
1775,  aged  eighty-three.  James  Lanman  set- 
tled for  a  short  time  at  Boston.  Massachusetts, 
but  his  residence  for  ten  years  after  his  mar- 
riage cannot  be  ascertained.  An  old  record 
says :  "James  Lanman  and  Joanna  Boylston 
came  to  Plymouth  about  1724-5."  Children: 
Mary,  born  1715:  Samuel,  1722:  Peter,  men- 
tioned below  ;  William,  born  at  Plymouth,  Jan- 
uary I,  1726;  Thomas,  born  at  Plymouth,  June 
II,  1728;  Joanna,  born  at  Plymouth,  Febru- 
ary 3,  1730 ;  Edward,  born  at  Plymouth,  Oc- 
tober 5,  1733. 

(III)  Peter,  son  of  James  Lanman,  was 
born  at  Plymouth,  in  1725.  He  married  Sarah 
Spaulding,  daughter  of  Colonel  Samuel  and 
Sarah  (Spaulding)  Coit,  December  6,  1764. 
She  was  born  May  12,  1743,  died  February  2, 
1829.  He  died  April  14,  1804,  at  Norwich,  Con- 
necticut, and  was  buried  there.  He  came  to 
Norwich  from  Plymouth  about  1750  and  was 
a  prominent  member  of  the  Presbyterian 
church  with  which  he  united  in  1786,  and 
which  he  had  helped  to  organize.  He  was  ac- 
tively engaged  in  shipping  and  mercantile  busi- 
ness and  his  name,  as  well  as  that  of  his  son 
Peter,  was  conspicuous  in  mercantile  life  for 


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nearly  seventy  years.  He  was  a  staunch  pa- 
triot, a  profound  thinker,  a  courtly  gentleman 
and  of  strong  religious  character.  His  wife's 
will  was  proved  February  11,  1829.  Children, 
born  at  Norwich  :  Sarah,  December  10,  1765  ; 
Joanna  Boylston,  June  10,  1767;  James,  June 
13,  1769  ;  Peter,  mentioned  below  ;  Mary,  July 
29,  1773  ;  Samuel  Coit,  April  16,  1775 ;  Joseph, 
November  5,  1778. 

(IV)  Peter  (2),  son  of  Peter  (i)  Lan- 
man,  was  born  at  Norwich,  June  5,  1771.  He 
married  Abigail,  daughter  of  David  Trumbull, 
son  of  Colonial  Governor  Jonathan  Trum- 
bull, the  original  "Brother  Jonathan,"  on  De- 
cember 8,  1801.  She  was  born  January  2, 
1781,  died  June  5,  1861.  He  died  December 
29,  1854.  Children :  David  Trumbull,  born 
September  25,  1802;  Mary  Huntington,  May 
28,  1804;  Abigail  Trumbull,  March  21,  1806; 
Peter,  mentioned  below ;  Sarah,  August  17, 
1809;  Joseph  (Rear-Admiral  U.  S.  N.),  July 
18,  181 1 ;  William  T.  Williams,  July  6,  1813; 
Caroline,  January  28,  1816,  died  May  24,  1817; 
Samuel  Coit,  March  9,  1818,  died  November 
15,  1820;  John  Trumbull,  October  10,  1820. 

(V)  Peter  (3),  son  of  Peter  (2)  Lanman, 
was  born  October  4,  1807.  He  married  (first) 
Catharine  Cook,  October  25,  1831.  He  mar- 
ried, (second)  Lydia  S.  Bishop,  May  6,  1857. 
He  married  (third)  Mary  E.  Golding,  Sep- 
tember 5,  1866.  His  daughter  by  the  first 
wife  was  Catharine  Cook  Lanman,  and  she 
married.  May  26,  1875,  Charles  A.  Burnham 
(see  Burnham  VHI). 


Nicholas  Snow,  immigrant  an- 
SNOW     cestor,  was  born  in  England.     He 

came  to  New  Plymouth  in  the 
ship,  "Ann,"  in  1623,  and  had  a  share  in  the 
division  of  land  in  Plymouth  in  1624.  He  set- 
tled in  Eastham  in  1634  and  became  a  promi- 
nent citizen.  His  home  was  on  the  road  from 
Plymouth  to  Eel  river  on  the  westerly  side. 
He  was  admitted  a  freeman  in  1633,  ^i^d  was 
elected  town  clerk  at  the  first  meeting  of  the 
town  of  Eastham,  holding  that  office  sixteen 
years.  He  was  deputy  to  the  general  court 
from  1648  for  three  years,  selectman  from 
1663  for  seven  years.  Pie-  and  his  son  Mark 
signed  the  call  to  Rev.  John  Mayo  to  settle  as 
their  minister  in  1655.  Nicholas  Snovi^  was 
one  of  Governor  Prence's  associates.  •  He  died 
at  Eastham,  November  15,  1676.  He  married, 
at  Plymouth,  Constance,  daughter  of  Stephen 
Hopkins,  who  came  in  the  "Mayflower."  All 
the  descendants  of  Nicholas  and  Constance 
Snow  are  eligible  to  the  Mayflower  Society. 
Constance  herself  came  on  the  "Mayflower." 
She  died  in  October,  1677.  Children,  born  in 
Plymouth :     Mark,  born   May  9,    1628,  men- 


tioned below;  Mary,  about  1630;  Sarah,  about 
1632;  Joseph,  about  1634;  Stephen,  about 
1636;  John,  about  1638;  EHzabeth,  about 
1640;  Jabez,  about  1642;  Ruth,  about  1644; 
Hannah,  born  probably  at  Eastham  about 
1646;  Rebecca,  born  at  Eastham  about  1648. 
Bradford  in  his  history  states  that  Snow  had 
twelve  children. 

(II)  Mark,  son  of  Nicholas  Snow,  was . 
born  May  9,  1628,  died  in  1695.  He  was  a  man 
of  influence  in  the  colony.  He  was  a  magis- 
trate of  "Select  Court"  in  1678;  was  elected 
in  1675  to  the  general  court  and  served  six 
years ;  was  selectman  of  Eastham  eighteen 
years  from  1667,  and  held  various  positions 
of  trust  and  honor.  He  married  (first)  Jan- 
uary 18,  1655,  Anne,  daughter  of  Josiah  Cook. 
Married  (second)  January  9,  1660,  Jane,  born 
at  Duxbury,  November  i,  1637,  died  at  Har- 
wich, 171 1,  daughter  of  Governor  Thomas 
and  Mary  (Collier)  Prence.  She  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  church  in  April,  1701.  Child 
of  first  wife,  born  in  Eastham :  Anne,  July 
7,  1656.  Children  of  second  wife,  born  in 
Eastham :  Mary,  November  30,  1661  ;  Nicho- 
las, December  6,  1663 ;  Elizabeth,  May  9, 
1666,  died  January  18,  1675  ;  Thomas,  August 
6,  1668;  Sarah,  May  10,  1671 ;  Prence,  May 
22,  1674;  Elizabeth,  June  22,  1676,  died 
March  22,  1677;  Hannah,  September  16, 
1679. 

(III)  Thomas,  son  of  Mark  Snow,  was 
born  in  Eastham,  August  6,  1668.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  Hannah,  daughter  of  Lieutenant 
Silas  and  Anna  Sears ;  she  was  born  in  East- 
ham, December,  1672,  died  before  September 
30,  1706,  when  he  married  his  second  wife, 
Lydia  (Sears)  Hamblin.  She  was  a  daugh- 
ter of  Paul  and  Deborah  (Willard)  Sears. 
She  was  born  in  Yarmouth,  October  24,  1666, 
and  married  (first)  Eleazur  Hamblin,  son  of 
James  Hamblin,  of  Harwich,  born  April  12, 
1668.  They  had  one  child,  Elisha,  born  Jan- 
uary 26,  1697-98,  married  Elizabeth  Mayo. 
Lydia  outlived  her  second  husband,  Thomas 
Snow,  and  died  early  in  the  year  1748.  His 
first  wife,  Hannah,  was  admitted  to  Har- 
wich church,  June  15,  1701,  and  her  son  Eben- 
ezer  was  the  first  child  baptized  March  30, 
1 70 1.  Lydia  Snow  was  admitted  to  the 
church,  July  7,  1707.  Thomas  Snow  died 
after  1732.  Children  of  first  wife:  Elizabeth, 
born  in  Eastham,  October  25-26,  1693  •  Mary, 
born  in  Harwich,  May  16,  1696;  Josiah,  born 
in  Harwich,  January  27,  1699-1700;  Eben- 
ezer,  born  in  Harwich,  February  14,  1700-01 ; 
Hannah,  born  in  Harwich,  March  21,  1702-03. 
Children  of  second  wife,  all  born  in  Harwich: 
Lydia,  July  24,  1707;  Thomas,  June  15,  1709, 
mentioned  below;  Aaron,  February  15,  1710- 


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II :  Ruth,  February  23,  1712-13,  died  July  15, 
1717. 

(IV)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Thomas  (i) 
Snow,  was  born  in  Harwich,  June  15,  1709. 
He  married  Rachel  Nickerson  (intention  dated 
January  31,  1729-30)  at  Harwich.  His  chil- 
dren, Ruth,  Thomas,  Samuel  and  Silas,  were 
baptized  at  Brewster,  formerly  Harwich,  July 
17,  1737.  Thomas  Jr.  and  a  son  Isaac  were 
baptized  at  Harwich,   September  4,    1740. 

(V)  Thomas  (3),  son  of  Thomas  (2) 
Snow,  was  born  probably  at  Harwich  about 
1730.  He  removed  from  Cape  Cod  to  Gor- 
ham,  Maine,  about  1778,  and  settled  in  the 
north  part  of  the  town,  having  part  of  the 
seventy-acre  lots  68  and  78.  The  house  is 
torn  down,  but  at  last  accounts  the  barn  was 
standing.  He  married  Jane  Magne  and  her 
mother  and  sister  came  with  them.  The  sis- 
ter died  unmarried.  He  died  about  June, 
1825;  his  wife  Jane  died  March  5,  1837,  aged 
one  hundred  and  two  years.  Children,  born 
on  Cape  Cod,  at  Harwich  or  Eastham :  Alercy, 
married  John  Chase ;  Aaron,  mentioned  be- 
low; Gideon,  married,  December  28,  1788,  Jo- 
anna Edwards;  (second)  Susan  Parsons; 
Thomas,  born  about  1773;  Lydia,  born  Feb- 
ruary, 1776;  Jemima,  born  at  Gorham,  July, 

1785- 

(VI)  Aaron,  son  of  Thomas  (3)  Snow, 
was  born  on  Cape  Cod  in  1766.  He  went  with 
the  family  to  Gorham,  Maine.  He  married 
there  Eunice  Philbrick,  a  native  of  Gorham. 
Children :  Mercy,  Levi,  mentioned  below, 
Aaron,  Polly,  Hiram,  Samuel,  Fanny.  The 
last  four  children  were  born  in  Monroe, 
Maine. 

(VII)  Levi,  son  of  Aaron  Snow,  was  born 
in  Gorham,  A'laine,  in  1795.  He  married 
Mary  Tracy,  born  in  New  Brunswick,  of 
American  parents.  Children :  Odbrey  Miles, 
mentioned  below ;  Israel  T.,  born  August, 
1832 ;  Sophronia  B.,  August,  1834 ;  Henry, 
March.  1838 ;  Anne,  November,  1841  ;  Cathe- 
rine, November,  1844. 

(VIII)  Odbrey  Miles,  son  of  Levi  Snow, 
was  born  at  Jackson,  Maine,  February  21, 
183 1.  He  married  Rtith  Ridley,  born  at  Pros- 
pect, Maine,  in  1839,  daughter  of  Samuel  and 
Isabel  (Ridley)  Ginn.  Samuel  Ginn  was 
born  at  Prospect,  Maine,  November  26,  1801, 
died  December  19,  1882,  son  of  Samuel  and 
Hannah  (Keyes)  Ginn,  of  Orland.  Maine. 
Samuel  Ginn  Sr.  was  born  at  Gloucester, 
Massachusetts,  March  10.  1775,  son  of  James 
Ginn,  who  was  born  in  1745  in  Orangetown, 
Maryland,  son  of  Thomas  Ginn :  James  mar- 
ried Ann  Riggs,  born  17.48,  of  Gloucester,  in 
1768,  ceremonv  performed  by  Rev.  John  Rog- 
ers.    Tames  Ginn  settled  in  Maine  and  wished 


the  new  town  there  named  for  his  Maryland 
home,  but  owing  to  poor  spelling  it  was  called 
Orrington  instead  of  Orangetown.  Samuel 
Ginn,  father  of  Ruth  Ridley  (Ginn)  Snow, 
married,  December  11,  1823,  Isabel  Ridley, 
born  July  16,  1805,  died  January  12,  1892. 
Children  of  Samuel  and  Isabel  (Ridley)  Ginn: 
George  VV.,  born  in  Prospect,  Maine,  Septem- 
ber 9,  1824;  Enoch,  May  2,  1826;  Samuel  H., 
April  15,  1828;  Rebecca,  May  15,  1830;  John, 
March  30,  1833 ;  Alfred  A.,  May  12,  1835 ; 
James  R.,  May  5,  1837;  Ruth  Ridley,  June 
23,  1839,  mentioned  above ;  Almira  F.,  June 
7,  1841  ;  Mary  H.,  June  17,  1844 ;  Charles  F., 
January  9,  1847.  Children  of  Odbrey  M.  and 
Ruth  R.  (Ginn)  Snow:  i.  Levi  Tracy,  born 
Alay  30,  i860,  mentioned  below.  2.  Melvin 
Edgar,  born  at  Prospect,  June  10,  1865  ;  i^iai"- 
ried  Etta  Norton,  of  Cornwall,  Connecticut; 
child  Ecla,  born  July,  1905.  3.  Mary  Isabel, 
born  at  Phillipsburg,  Maine,  March  22,  1867; 
married  Walter  E.  Collar,  of  Norfolk,  Con- 
necticut ;  children :  Russell,  Frederick,  Eve- 
rett, Isabel  and  Lester  Collar.  4.  Frederick 
Wooster.  born  at  Thomaston,  Connecticut, 
June  10,  1874;  married  Pamela  Feeley,  a 
native  of  Barkhamstead,  Connecticut ;  child, 
Olive,  born  September.  1903. 

(IX)  Levi  Tracy,  son  of  Odbrey  Miles 
Snow,  was  born  at  Prospect,  Maine,  Alay  30, 
i860.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of  his 
native  town  and  of  Thomaston,  Connecticut, 
and  the  Thomaston  Academy,  Connecticut. 
He  worked  on  a  farm  for  a  time,  and  left 
home  at  the  age  of  sixteen  to  make  his  own 
way  in  the  world.  He  was  clerk  in  a  gen- 
eral store  at  Northfield,  Connecticut,  and 
later  at  Thomaston,  same  state.  He  served 
an  apprenticeship  in  the  establishment  of 
Pratt  &  Whitney  at  Hartford,  1880-84,  and 
learned  the  trade  of  machinist  and  toolmaker. 
He  became  superintendent  of  the  Strong  Fire- 
arms Company  of  New  Haven,  1886,  and 
finally  succeeded  to  the  ownership  of  the 
business,  which  he  continued  under  the  name 
of  Levi  T.  Snow.  In  1906  the  business  was 
merged  into  the  Snow-Petrelli  Manufactur- 
ing Company,  makers  of  hardware  and  ma- 
rine specialties,  with  shops  at  No.  441  Chapel 
street.  New  Haven :  he  is  president  and  treas- 
urer of  the  corporation.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Center  Congregational  Church,  and  has 
been  deacon  for  a  number  of  years.  He  is 
one  of  the  board  of  directors  of  the  Young 
]\Ien's  Christian  Association  of  New  Haven, 
also  of  the  City  Missionary  Association.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Connecticut  Society  of 
the  Sons  of  the  American  Revolution  by  virtue 
of  the  service  of  his  great-grandfather,  James 
Ginn.     He  is  a  member  of  the  Chamber  of 


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Commerce,  the  Young  Men's  Republican  Club 
of  New  Haven,  the  Union  League  Club  of 
New  Haven,  the  New  Haven  Colonial  His- 
torical Society,  the  Congregational  Club  of 
New  Haven,  and  director  and  vice-president 
of  the  New  Haven  Business  Men's  Associa- 
tion. 

He  married,  March  29,  1887,  Sila  Harrison 
Pierpont,  of  New  Haven,  born  July  31,  1863, 
a  lineal  descendant  of  the  Rev.  James  Pier- 
pont, a  founder  of  Yale  College.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Snow  reside  at  No.  136  Sherman  avenue, 
New  Haven.  Children:  Ruth  Canfield,  born 
January  10,  1888 ;  Helen  Pierpont,  Septem- 
ber 3,  1889;  Cornelius  Pierpo.nt,  June  11, 
1891,  died  February,  1893;  Marion,  May  18, 
1893;  Pierpont  Melvin,  October  21,  1900,  died 
July  15,   1909. 


(H)  Stephen  Snow,  son  of  Nich- 
SNOW  olas  Snow  (q.  v.),  was  born 
probably  at  Plymouth,  about  1636, 
died  December  17,  1705,  at  Eastham.  He 
married  (first)  December  13,  1663,  at  East- 
ham,  Susanna  (Deane)  Rogers,  daughter  of 
Stephen  and  Elizabeth  (Ring)  Deane,  born  in 
Plymouth  before  1634,  married  (first)  Joseph 
Rogers,  Jr.,  son  of  Lieutenant  Joseph  Rog- 
ers, who  came,  a  boy,  in  the  "Mayflower."' 
She  died  before  1701  and  he  married  (sec- 
ond) April  9,  1 70 1,  Mary  Bigford.  He  lived 
in  what  is  now  East  Orleans,  Massachusetts. 
Children,  born  in  Eastham:  Bathshua,  July 
26,  1664:  Hannah,  January  2,  1666;  Micajah, 
December  22,  1669;  Bethiah,  July  i,  1672; 
Mehitable :  Ebenezer,  mentioned  below. 

(IH)  Ebenezer,  son  of  Stephen  Snow,  was 
born  in  Eastham,  ]\Iassachusetts,  about  1677, 
died  before  April  9,  1725.  He  married,  De- 
cember 22,  1698,  Hope  Horton,  who  married 
(second)  Thomas  Atkins,  and  went  to  Chat- 
ham to  live.  Some  of  her  children  settled 
there.  This  naine  Horton  is  a  variation  of 
Houghton  and  related  to  the  Houghtons  of 
Milton,  descendants  of  Ralph  Houghton,  of 
Lancaster,  an  emigrant  ancestor.  Ebenezer 
Snow's  estate  was  divided,  March  4,  1737-38. 
Children,  born  in  Eastham :  Susanna,  Feb- 
ruary 6,  1699-1700;  Thomas,  February  i, 
1702;  Ebenezer,  February  16,  1703-04;  Na- 
thaniel, February  7,  1705-06;  Henry,  January 
6,  1706-07  ;  Aaron,  March  20,  1707-08  ;  Samuel, 
1709-10;  Thankful,  July  3,  1714;  Elisha,  Octo- 
ber 9,  1716;  Hope,  November  18,  1718:  Han- 
nah, December  11,  1720;  Bashua,  October  4, 

1723- 

(IV)  Aaron,  son  of  Ebenezer  Snow,  was 
born  at  Eastham,  March  20,  1707-08,  died 
there.  He  married  Hannah,  daughter  of  Ma- 
thew    and    Hannah    (Thorpe)    Gage,    grand- 


daughter of  Zebulon  Thorpe  and  of  Benjamin 
and  Elizabeth  (Lombard)  Gage.  Thomas 
Gage  was  the  father  of  Benjamin. 

(V)  Ebenezer  (2),  son  of  Aaron  Snow, 
was  horn  at  Eastham  and  died  there.  He 
married  (first)  (intentions  dated  December 
II,  1756),  Mary,  daughter  of  Stephen  Chip- 
man;  (second)  January  8,  1774-75,  Eliza- 
beth Chase;  (third)  Sarah  .  Eliza- 
beth Chase  was  a  daughter  of  Ebenezer  and 
Susanna  (Berry)  Chase,  granddaughter  of 
Ebenezer  Chase  and  great-granddaughter  of 
Jeremiah  and  Hannah  (Baker)  Chase.  Su- 
sanna Berry  was  a  daughter  of  John  and  Su- 
sanna (Crowell)  Berry,  granddaughter  of 
Samuel  and  Elizabeth  (Bell)  Berry,  great- 
granddaughter  of  Richard  and  Alice  Berry. 
Elizabeth  (Bell)  Berry  was  a  daughter  of 
John  Bell.  Susanna  (Crowell)  Berry  was  a 
daughter  of  John  and  Bethia  (Sears)  Crowell, 
granddaughter  of  John  and  Mehitable  (Mil- 
ler) Crowell,  great-granddaughter  of  John 
Crowell.  Bethia  (Sears)  Crowell  was  a 
daughter  of  Paul  and  Deborah  (Willard) 
Sears,  granddaughter  of  Richard  and  Dorothy 
(Batt)  Sears.  Deborah  (Willard)  Sears  was 
a  daughter  of  George  Willard.  Children  of 
Ebenezer  Snow  by  first  wife,  all  born  at  East- 
ham:  Chipman,  December  31,  1757,  died 
young;  Aaron,  November  10,  1759;  Eben, 
February  25,  1762 ;  Sarah,  September  5, 
1763 ;  Aventon  or  Eventon,  July  12,  1765, 
married  Hannah  Pattishall ;  Stephen,  October 
16,  1768;  Abel,  August  8,  1770;  Isaiah,  July 
3,  1773,  married,  January  20,  1796,  Sarah  Kel- 
logg. Children  of  second  wife :  Elkanah, 
m'entioned  below ;  Chipman,  September  2, 
1779;  Hannah,  May  11,  1781.  Children  of 
third  wife:'  Mary,  September  3,  1784;  Eben- 
ezer, April  7,  1785,  married,  April  i,  1801, 
Abigail  Kelly;  John,  January  6,  1787;  Ben- 
jamin, December  16,  1788;  Elizabeth,  April 
6,  1792. 

(VI)  Elkanah,  son  of  Ebenezer  (2)  Snow, 
was  born  at  Eastham,  September  8,  1775. 
He  married  (first)  in  1796,  Ruth  Taylor  Hig- 
gins,  of  Orleans;  (second)  December  20, 
18 10,  in  Orleans,  Sally,  daughter  of  Even- 
ton  and  Hannah  (Pattishall  or  Paddeshall) 
Snow,  mentioned  above.  Hannah  was  a 
daughter  of  William  Pattishall.  Children, 
born  at  Orleans,  by  first  wife :  Asa,  Elkanah, 
Jonathan,  Higgins,  Sumner,  Ruth,  Ebenezer 
and  Winthrope.  Children  of  second  wife: 
Elbridge  Gerry,  mentioned  below,  and  one 
other. 

(VII)  Elbridge  Gerry,  son  of  Elkanah 
Snow,  was  born  December  17,  181 1,  at  East- 
ham, died  at  Saratoga  Springs,  New  York, 
June    6,    1891.      Early    in   life   he    located    in 


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Pleasant  Valley,  Barkhamstead,  Connecticut, 
where  he  was  a  farmer.  He  married  (first) 
Lucinda  Cole,  who  died  without  issue,  March 
20,  1839,  aged  twenty- four  years,  at  Pleas- 
ant A'alley  and  is  buried  at  New  Hartford, 
Connecticut.  He  married  (second)  December 
17,  1839,  Eunice  Woodruff,  born  July  16, 
1815,  at  Barkhamstead,  died  October  4,  1882, 
at  St.  Lous,  Missouri,  where  she  was  living 
with  her  son  Lewis  E.  She  was  a  daughter 
of  Ebenezer  and  Rhoda  (Coe)  Woodruff 
(see  Woodruff  VI).  Children  of  second 
wife,  born  in  Barkhamstead :  Elbridge  Gerry, 
mentioned  below ;  Rev.  Frederick  E.,  now  of 
Guilford,  Connecticut ;  Lewis  E.,  who  died  in 
St.   Louis ;   Alice   Elizabeth,   unmarried. 

(VIII)  Elbridge  Gerry  (2),  son  of  El- 
bridge Gerr)'-  (i)  Snow,  was  born  in  the  town 
of  Barkhamstead,  Connecticut,  January  22, 
1841.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of  his 
native  town  and  of  Waterbury,  Connecticut, 
and  the  Eort  Edward  Institute  at  Fort  Ed- 
ward, New  York.  Having  decided  to  study 
law,  he  entered  upon  a  clerkship  in  the  office 
of  a  law  firm  at  Waterbury,  but  soon  discov- 
ered a  preference  for  business.  As  a  clerk 
in  the  office  of  J.  W.  Smith,  of  Waterbury, 
he  began  his  career  in  the  fire  insurance  busi- 
ness. In  1862,  soon  after  he  came  of  age, 
he  came  to  New  York  City  to  take  a  clerk- 
ship in  the  main  office  of  the  Home  Insurance 
Company  of  New  York  City,  and  he  contin- 
ued there  for  nine  years.  In  1871  he  ven- 
tured to  start  in  business  on  his  own  account 
with  an  insurance  agency,  but  soon  returned 
to  the  Home  Company,  to  which  he  had  be- 
come of  unusual  value,  and  he  was  soon  aft- 
erward appointed  general  agent  of  the  com- 
panj  for  the  state  of  Massachusetts,  with 
headquarters  in  Boston,  and  he  was  success- 
ful in  greatly  increasing  the  volume  of  his 
compan)''s  business  in  Massachusetts.  While 
holding  this  position,  he  formed  a  partnership 
under  the  firm  name  of  Hollis  &  Snow,  and 
conducted  an  insurance  agency  in  Boston,  rep- 
resenting the  Home  and  other  companies.  In 
1885  he  returned  to  New  York  City,  however, 
to  assume  the  duties  of  secretary  of  the  Home 
Insurance  Compan)',  and  his  successful  ad- 
ministration of  that  office  brought  his  promo- 
tion to  the  office  of  second  vice-president  in 
1888.  He  was  elected  first  vice-president  in 
1890  and  since  then  has  had  the  virtual  man- 
agement of  the  company.  Since  1904  he  has 
been  president. .  The  wisdom,  integrity  and 
good  judgment  of  Mr.  Snow  in  conducting 
the  business  of  the  company  were  shown  pub- 
licly at  the  time  of  the  recent  insurance  in- 
vestigation by  the  state  of  New  York.  The 
Home    Insurance     Company    has     prospered 


greatly  under  his  management,  its  gross  as- 
sets having  increased  from  $18,040,793,  at 
the  beginning  of  1904  to  $30,178,913.63 
Seven  years  later,  and  its  net  assets  in  the 
same  time  from  $9,574,751  to  $16,829,613.63. 
He  has  especially  inaintained  the  company's 
reputation  for  square  dealing  and  liberal 
treatment  of  honest  claimants,  the  ruling  prac- 
tice of  his  methods  (and,  in  fact,  a  revealing 
characteristic  of  the  man  himself)  tersely  set 
forth  in  a  recent  brief  advertisement  of  his 
company  in  an  agents'  convention  number  of 
an  insurance  paper,  as  follows :  "The  Home 
avoids  controversies  and  disagreements,  if 
practicable ;  if  not,  pacifies  or  reconciles,  if 
possible,  rectifies  if  justifiable,  and  never 
fights  in  court  if  preventable." 

His  views  on  the  public  duties  of  insurance 
companies,  as  stated  in  an  interview  published 
in  November,  1910,  in  the  Popular  Insurance 
Magazine  are:  "I  regard  a  fire  insurance 
company  as  charged  with  a  'quasi-public  func- 
tion,' so  far  as  concerns  its  obligations  to  use 
every  effort  to  lessen  the  fire  waste,  as  well 
as  to  indemnify  for  it ;  to  spread  the  gospel 
of  'conservation  of  created  resources,'  and  to 
lessen  the  cost  of  insurance  as  well  as  to 
assess  and  distribute  it.  No  company  which 
shapes  its  course  solely  and  exclusively  from 
the  viewpoint  of  present  dividend  payments, 
and  ignores  the  beneficent  (not  benevolent — 
business  men  do  not  want  charity)  nature  of 
its  engagement  and  overlooks  its  duty  to  show 
the  public  how  to  diminish  the  excessive  na- 
tional ash  heap,  even  though  it  thereby  re- 
duces its  own  average  rate  of  premium,  ful- 
fills its  highest  responsibility  or  occupies  a 
creditable  place  in  the  general  economy."  In 
the  same  interview  Mr.  Snow  placed  himself 
squarely  in  favor  of  supervision  and  investi- 
gation by  the  state.  "Such  supervision  is 
not  only  proper,  but  necessary.  The  ade- 
quacy, as  well  as  the  nature,  of  the  resources 
of  an  insurance  company  and  its  financial 
ability  to  meet  all  demands  made  upon  it  un- 
der its  outstanding  policy  contracts,  not  onlv 
in  ordinary  but  also  extraordinary  measures 
in  cases  of  large  conflagrations,  is  so  unques- 
tionably a  subject  of  public  interest  as  to 
make  its  ascertainment  a  very  proper  subject 
of  governmental  administration  on  the  part 
of  the  state." 

Mr.  Snow  is  a  trustee  of  the  New  York 
Life  Insurance  Company,  trustee  of  the  North 
River  Savings  Bank,  director  of  the  American 
Exchange  National  Bank  and  of  the  Fourth 
National  Bank,  all  of  New  York,  and  of  other 
corporations ;  member  of  the  Mayflower  So- 
ciety and  of  the  Metropolitan  Museum  of  Art, 
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the  New  England  Society  of  New  York,  the 
New  York  Chamber  of  Commerce  and  Board 
of  Trade  and  Transportation ;  the  Merchants' 
Association,  the  National  Geographical  S(3- 
ciety,  and  several  other  similar  societies,  city, 
state  and  national,  the  Municipal  Art  Society, 
the  Union  League  Club,  the  City  Cluh,  the 
Lotos  Club,  the  Underwriters  Club,  and  the 
Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows.  He  has 
never  been  very  active  in  politics,  but  has 
supported  Republican  candidates  and  plat- 
forms, as  a  rule. 

He  married,  September  5,  1865,  Frances 
Jane  Thompson,  born  November  17,  1841. 
They  have  had  one  child,  Elbridge  Gerry  3d., 
born  November  16,  1866,  married  (first) 
Frances,  daughter  of  Rozelle  Pickert.  He  was 
divorced,  and  married  (second)  Grace  Hoppe, 
Children  of  Elbridge  Gerry  Snow  3d.  by  first 
wife:  Dorothy  Violet,  born  February,  1898; 
Elbridge  Gerry  4th,  August,  1900.  Child  of 
second  wife :  Frances  Jannette,  born  Janu- 
ary, 1906. 

(The  Woodruff  Line). 

(IV)  Aaron  Woodruff,  son  of  Matthew 
Woodruff  (q.  v.),  was  born  October  25, 
1715,  at  Farmington,  died  there  October  7, 
1796.  He  married,  August  5,  1743,  Mary, 
born  July  23,  1723,  died  February  21,  1816, 
daughter  of  John  and  Damaris  (Phelps) 
Mills.  Children,  born  at  Farmington :  Eli- 
sha,  mentioned  below  ;  Rosanna,  December  5, 
1747;  Daniel,  September  6,  1749,  died  young; 
Daniel,  August  5,  175 1  ;  Susanna,  April  27, 
1753  ;  Aaron,  April  10,  1755  ;  Mary,  June  15, 
1757:  Elizabeth,  July  7,  1759;  Polly,  July 
24,  1761  ;  Job  Mill's,  February  18,  1770. 

(V)  Elisha,  son  of  Aaron  Woodruff,  was 
born  at  Farmington,  March  14,  1746,  died 
there  August  17,  1817.  He  married,  May  21, 
1772,  Anna  Griswold,  born  October  21,  1746, 
died  June  28,  183 1,  daughter  of  Ebenezer 
and  Deborah  (Grimes)  Griswold,  grand- 
daughter of  Jacob  and  Mary  (Wright)  Gris- 
wold, great-granddaughter  of  Michael  and 
Ann  Griswold.  Mary  (Wright)  Griswold 
was  a  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Mary  (Stod- 
dard) Wright,  granddaughter  of  Thomas 
Wright.  Mary  (Stoddard)  Wright  was  a 
daughter  of  John  and  Mary  (Foote)  Stod- 
dard, granddaughter  of  Nathaniel  and  Eliza- 
beth (Deming)  Foote.  Deborah  (Grimes) 
Griswold  was  a  daughter  of  Henry  and  Mary 
(Seymour)  Grimes,  granddaughter  of  Joseph 
and  Deborah  (Stebbins)  Grimes.  Deborah 
(Stebbins)  Grimes  was  a  daughter  of  John 
Stebbins.  iMary  (Seymour)  Grimes  was  a 
daughter  of  Zachariah  and  Mary  (Greet) 
Seymour  and  granddaughter  of  Richard  and 
Mercy    Seymour.      The    will    of    Elisha    was 


dated  March  17,  1817,  and  proved  September 
8,  1817,  bequeathing  to  wife,  Anna,  and  chil- 
dren :  Ebenezer,  mentioned  below,  Elisha, 
Daniel,  Simeon,  Allen,  Sally,  Rosanna,  De- 
borah Curtis,  and  granddaughter,  Fanny 
Curtis.  The  sons  Allen  and  Daniel  were  ex- 
ecutors. This  will  proves  erroneous  a  num- 
ber of  printed  lineages  of  this  family.  There 
was  at  the  same  time  an  Elisha  of  Litchfield, 
son  of  Samuel ;  Elisha  of  Southington,  son  of 
Hezekiah,  and  Elisha  of  Farmington,  son  of 
Josiah. 

(VI)  Ebenezer,  son  of  Elisha  Woodruff, 
was  born  at  Farmington,  July  30,  1774,  died 
there  August  17,  1851.  He  married,  August 
23,  1803,  Rhoda  Coe.  His  wife  was  born  in 
1782,  died  June  20,  1849,  daughter  of  Jona- 
than and  Eunice  (Cook)  Coe,  granddaughter 
of  Robert  and  Barbara  (Parmelee)  Coe. 
(John  [3],  Robert  [2],  Robert  [i]  Coe.) 
John  Coe  married  Mary,  daughter  of  Joseph 
and  Catharine  (Birdseye)  Hawley.  Eunice 
(Cook)  Coe  was  a  daughter  of  John  and  Ra- 
chel (Wilson)  Cook,  granddaughter  of  John 
and  Edie  Cook,  great-granddaughter  of  John 
who    was    a    son    of    Nathaniel    and    Lydia 

(Vose)  Cook,  grandson  of  Aaron  and 

(Smith)  Cook  and  great-grandson  of  Henry 
Smith.  Rachel  (Wilson)  Cook  was  a  daugh- 
ter of  John  and  Mary  (Marshall)  Wilson, 
granddaughter  of  Samuel  and  Mary  Wilson, 
great-granddaughter  of  Robert  and  Elizabeth 
(Stebbins)  Wilson.  Elizabeth  (Stebbins) 
Wilson  was  a  daughter  of  Edward  Stebbins. 
The  daughter  of  Ebenezer  Woodruff',  Eunice, 
married  Elbridge  Gerry  Snow  (see  Snow 
VII). 


The  Taft  families  of  America  are 
TAFT     descended   from  Robert   Taft   and 

a  relative,  Mathew  Taft,  who  set- 
tled near  Robert  later.  Both  were  Protestant 
Irish  by  birth.  The  name  does  not  appear  in 
Scotland  in  any  form,  and  only  in  England 
apparently  among  the  descendants  of  the  Irish 
family.  For  some  centuries  the  name  has 
been  spelled  Taaffe.  The  families  of  Tifft 
and  Tefft  in  England  may  have  the  same  ori- 
gin, and  it  is  still  in  doubt  whether  the  fam- 
ily is  of  English  or  Irish  origin.  It  is  true 
that  the  Tafts  were  associated  with  the 
Scotch-Irish  just  as  many  English  were.  Sir 
William  Taaffe  or  Taft,  a  knight  of  the  Prot- 
estant faith,  was  among  the  grantees  at  the 
time  of  the  Scotch  emigration  and  settlement 
in  Ulster  Province,  Ireland,  by  order  of  King 
James.  In  1610  he  received  a  grant  of  one 
thousand  acres  of  land  in  the  parish  of  Cas- 
tle Rahen  in  county  Cavan.  The  total  grants 
in   this    parish    amounted    to    three    thousand 


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nine  hundred  and  ninety  acres,  of  which  Sir 
Thomas  Ashe  held  one  thousand  five  hundred 
acres,  and  in  1619  he  also  held  this  grant  of 
Taft's  and  one  thousand  five  hundred  in  the 
adjoining  parish  of  Tullaghgarvy.  On  Taft's 
land  there  was  "an  old  castle  new  mended 
and  all  the  land  was  inhabited  by  Irish."  It 
seems  reasonable  to  suppose  that  Sir  William 
Taft's  sons  settled  on  this  grant.  Perhaps 
Sir  William  remained  in  Louth.  At  any 
rate,  this  is  the  only  family  who  had  any  re- 
lations with  the  Scotch-Irish  settlers  whom 
Robert  and  Matthew  Taft  seem  to  have  been 
connected  with  in  some  way.  County  Louth, 
the  Irish  home  of  the  Tafts,  is  on  the  north- 
ern coast,  bounded  by  Armagh  and  Ulster, 
on  the  east  by  the  British  channel  and  on  the 
south  by  the  Boyne.  It  is  in  the  province  of 
Leinster,  and  was  established  as  a  county  in 
1210. 

(I)  Robert  Taft,  immigrant  ancestor,  was 
born  in  Ireland  about  1640,  died  in  Mendon, 
Massachusetts,  February  8,  1725.  He  was 
first  at  Braintree,  Massachusetts,  where  he 
owned  a  lot  in  1678.  He  sold  his  land  there 
November  18,  1679,  to  Caleb  Hobart,  and 
about  the  same  time  he  bought  his  first  land 
in  Mendon,  and  became  later  one  of  the  larg- 
est property  owners  in  that  section.  He  evi- 
dently was  a  man  of  property  and  influence 
at  the  outset.  He  was  a  housewright  by 
trade.  He  was  in  the  first  board  of  select- 
men of  the  organized  town  of  Mendon  in 
1680,  and  the  same  year  served  on  a  commit- 
tee to  build  the  minister's  house.  He  and 
his  sons  built  the  first  bridge  across  the  river 
Mendon.  In  1729  his  sons  built  the  second 
bridge  also.  He  was  one  of  the  purchasers 
of  the  tract  of  land  from  which  the  town  of 

Sutton  was  formed.   He  married  Sarah , 

and  their  five  sons  all  had  large  families  and 
many  descendants.  Children :  Thomas,  born 
1671,  died  1755  ;  Robert,  1674,  mentioned  be- 
low;  Daniel,  died  August  24,  1761  ;  Joseph, 
born  1680,  died  June  18,  1747:  Benjamin, 
1684.  died  1766. 

(II)  Robert  (2),  son  of  Robert  (i)  Taft, 
was  born  in  1674.  He  settled  on  part  of 
his  father's  land  in  what  became  Uxbridge, 
and  lived  there  all  his  life.  He  was  chosen 
selectman  in  1727  at  the  first  March  meet- 
ing and  was  re-elected  manv  times.  He  was 
one  of  the  leading  citizens.  In  his  will,  dated 
February  17,  1747-48,  he  mentions  his  wife 
Elizabeth  and  children.  Children,  born  in 
Mendon :  Elizabeth,  January  18,  1695-96, 
died  young ;  Robert,  December  24,  1697 ;  Is- 
rael, April  26,  1699,  mentioned  below :  Mary, 
born  December  21,  1700:  Elizabeth,  June  18, 
1704;   Alice,   June   27,    1707;  Eunice,   Febru- 


ary 20,  1708-09;  John,  December  18,  1710; 
Jemima,  April  i,  1713;  Gideon,  October  4, 
1714;  Rebecca,  March  15,  1716. 

(III)  Israel,  son  of  Robert  (2)  Taft,  was 
born  April  26,  1699.  His  will  was  made  in 
1752,  and  allowed  September  19,  1753.  He 
married  Mercy,  daughter  of  Jacob  and  Huldah 
(Thayer)  Aldrich.  Children:  Huldah,  born 
January  28,  1718;  Priscilla,  August  15,  1721, 
married  Moses  Wood ;  Israel,  April  23,  1723 ; 
Jacob,  April  22,  1725 ;  Hannah,  November 
16,  1726:  Elisha,  May  3,  1728;  Robert,  Feb- 
ruary 14,  1730;  Samuel,  February  18,  1731 ; 
Mercy,  April  7,  1733;  Stephen,  August  21, 
1734,  died  September  14,  1741 ;  Samuel,  Sep- 
tember 23,  1735,  mentioned  below  ;  Mary,  Jan- 
uary 23,  1737,  died  June  12,  1738 :  Margery, 
May  14,  1738;  Silas,  December  13,  1739,  died 
May  10,  1741 ;  Stephen,  April  i,  1741  ;  Ra- 
chel, June  18,  1742,  died  December  30,  1747; 
Silas,  November  5,  1744;  Amariah,  April  18, 
1746,  died  September  9,  1746 ;  Phila,  died 
young. 

(IV)  Samuel,  son  of  Israel  Taft,  was  born 
September  23,  1735,  died  August  16,  1816. 
He  married  (first)  Mary,  born  January  3, 
1743,  daughter  of  Benjamin  and  Mary 
(Hyde)  Murdock,  and  granddaughter  of  Rob- 
ert and  Hannah  (Stedman)  Murdock.  He 
married  (second),  January  9,  1806,  Experi- 
ence Humes,  born  May  27,  1750,  died  Janu- 
ary 14,  1837.  He  was  a  noted  tavern  keeper 
in  his  day  during  and  after  the  revolution. 
He  had  the  honor  of  entertaining  Washing- 
ton and  his  staflf  on  one  of  his  journeys  north 
and  so  pleased  was  "the  Father  of  his  Coun- 
try" with  the  attention  he  received  at  Uxbridge 
during  his  stay  that  he  sent  to  Mr.  Taft's 
two  daughters  each  a  handsome  dress  as  a 
token  of  his  appreciation  of  their  kindness  and 
attention.  Of  his  twenty-two  children,  fol- 
lowing are  the  names  of  seventeen :  Frederick, 
mentioned  below ;  Lyman,  Sybil,  Mercy,  died 
young,  Willard,  Mercy,  Porter,  Washington, 
died  young,  Parla,  Merrett,  Otis,  Phila, 
George  Washington.  Children  of  second 
wife :  Danbridge,  Warner,  Experience, 
Polly. 

(V)  Frederick,  son  of  Samuel  Taft,  was 
born  at  Uxbridge,  June  ig,  1759,  died  there 
February  10,  1846.  He  was  a  prominent  citi- 
zen and  held  various  positions  of  trust  and 
honor.  He  was  a  surveyor  and  had  most  of 
the  business  in  this  line  in  the  southern  part 
of  Worcester  county.  For  twenty  years  he 
was  a  deputy  sherift"  of  the  county,  and  he 
was  well  known  and  popular.  He  lived  to  the 
advanced  age  of  eighty-seven  years  and  his 
wife  reached  the  age  of  ninety.  He  married, 
in  1782,  Abigail,  born  August  29,  1761,  daugh- 


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ter  of  Ezra  and  Ann  (Chapin  )Wood  (see 
Wood  IV).  Children:  Samuel,  Murdock, 
Calista,  Frederick  Augustus,  Naba,  Harriet, 
Parla,  Ezra  Wood,  mentioned  below,  Mary 
Ann,  Margaret. 

(VI)  Ezra  Wood,  son  of  Frederick  Taft, 
was  born  August  24,  1800,  died  September 
26,  1885.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of'his  native  town  of  Uxbridge.  In 
1815  he  entered  the  employ  of  Frederick  A. 
Taft  who  established  the  Dedham  ]\Ianufac- 
turing  Company  with  mills  at  Dedham,  Mas- 
sachusetts. When  he  was  twenty  years  old 
he  hired  a  small  mill  in  the  adjacent  town  of 
Walpole  and  began  business  on  his  own  ac- 
count. He  manufactured  forty  thousand 
yards  of  "negro"  cloth  for  the  southern  trade 
in  the  next  three  years.  In  1823  he  went  to 
Dover,  New  Hampshire,  and  assisted  in  start- 
ing the  Cocheco  mills  in  that  town  and  re- 
mained three  years  as  overseer  of  one  of  the 
rooms.  In  1826  he  returned  to  Dedham  and 
for  the  next  six  years  was  agent  of  the  Ded- 
ham Manufacturing  Company.  In  1832  he 
became  the  agent  of  the  Norfolk  Manufac- 
turing Company  at  East  Dedham,,  where  he 
built  the  stone  mill,  still  standing,  and  he  con- 
tinued at  the  head  of  this  industry  for  a  pe- 
riod of  thirty  years.  When  Mr.  Taft  began 
manufacturing  all  the  yarn  was  spun  at  the 
mills  and  sent  out  to  the  homes  of  the  weav- 
ers to  be  made  by  hand  into  cloth.  But  soon 
the  power  looms  came  into  use  in  the  mills, 
and  he  lived  to  see  both  cotton  and  woolen 
mills  develop  into  great  industries  employing 
many  thousands  of  hands  in  the  mills  and  fac- 
tories of  New  England.  He  was  one  of  the 
leaders  in  the  development  of  the  industry. 
In  1864  he  retired  from  manufacturing  and 
from  that  time  until  he  died  he  was  almost 
entirely  occupied  in  public  business.  For 
more  than  forty  years  he  was  a  justice  of  the 
peace  and  he  was  called  upon  to  take  many 
private  and  public  trusts.  For  more  than  thir- 
ty years  he  was  a  member  of  the  school  com- 
mittee of  Dedham  and  he  was  an  earnest  ad- 
vocate of  better  schools.  He  was  for  thirty- 
one  years  a  director  of  the  Dedham  Bank 
and  from  1873  to  the  time  of  his  death  was 
its  president.  He  was  connected  with  the 
Dedham  Institution  for  Savings  from  the 
time  of  its  incorporation  and  for  many  years 
was  a  trustee  and  member  of  the  investment 
committee.  He  was  also  one  of  the  organ- 
izers of  the  old  Norfolk  Insurance  Company, 
and  a  director  of  the  Dedham  Mutual  Insur- 
ance Company.  He  was  for  fourteen  years 
in  succession  on  the  board  of  selectmen,  and 
chairman  twelve  years.  He  represented  his 
district  for  four  years  in  the  general  court. 


No  citizen  of  Dedham  in  his  time  was  more 
prominent  in  business,  financial  affairs  and 
public  life.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Ortho- 
dox church.  In  politics  he  was  a  Republican, 
after  the  organization  of  that  party.  He 
always  labored  zealously  to  advance  the  in- 
terests of  the  town  of  Dedham,  whether  along 
material,  religious  or  educational  lines,  and 
he  was  a  prime  mover  and  leader  in  matters 
of  public  interest. 

He  married  (first),  jNIay  2,  1825,  Minerva 
Wheaton,  born  May  2,  1801,  died  January  26, 

1829.  He   married    (second),    September   8, 

1830,  Lendamine  Draper  Guild,  born  Septem- 
ber 29,  1803,  died  October  24,  1897,  daugh- 
ter of  Calvin  and  Lendamine  (Draper)  Guild, 
granddaughter  of  Joseph  and  Miriam  (Dra- 
per) Guild  (see  Guild  V),  Children  of  first 
wife:  I.  Ezra  Josephus,  born  June  2,  1827, 
died  February  15,  1829.  2.  Edwin  Wheaton, 
August  30,  1828,  died  November  23,  1832. 
Children  of  second  wife :  3.  Josephus  Guild, 
born  June  18,  1831,  mentioned  below.  4. 
Edwin  Wheaton,  born  March  24,  1833,  died 
December  27,  1890;  married,  June  7,  1864, 
Sarah  Frances  Southwick,  born  June  21, 
1844;  children:  i.  Frank  Edwin,  born  June  14, 
1868:  ii.  Lena  Male,  born  February  24,  1874, 
died  January  12,  1876;  iii.  Ruth  Male,  born 
October  24,  1876.  5.  Cornelius  Abbott,  born 
November  30,  1834 ;  married,  December  27, 
1871,  Maria  Louise  Boyd,  born  November  24, 
1843  •  children :  i.  Ella  Louise,  born  December 
21,  1874,  died  1895;  ii.  Harris  Abbott,  born 
June  29,  1876,  died  September  14,  1884.  6.  Mi- 
nerva Lendamine,  born  August  25,  1838.  7. 
Louisa  Adelaide,  born  March  20,  1840 ;  mar- 
ried, June  19,  1867,  George  Marsh,  born  June 
24,  1838,  died  December  25,  1890;  children: 
i,  Theodore  Taft  Marsh,  born  March  23, 
1868 ;  ii.  Alice  Francis  Marsh,  born  May  2, 
1869 ;  iii.  Louise  Taft  Marsh,  born  March  6, 
1874.  8.  Ezra  Fletcher,  born  March  30,  1846; 
married,  June  15,  1877,  Emma  Howe  Browne, 
born  July  8,  1850;  children:  i.  Theodore 
Howard,  born  April  8,  1883;  ii.  Fletcher 
Wood,  born  July  30,  1884;  iii.  Roger  Browne, 
born  September  14,  1887.  Their  six  children 
with  their  families  assisted  in  celebrating  the 
golden  wedding  of  their  parents,  September 
8,  1880,  a  notable  family  gathering  and  most 
interesting  occasion. 

(A^II)  Josephus  Guild,  son  of  Ezra  Wood 
Taft,  was  born  June  18,  1831,  at  Dedham. 
He  received  his  education  in  the  common  and 
high  schools  of  Dedham,  and  early  in  life  en- 
gaged in  business  as  a  saddler.  Later  he  was 
appointed  cashier  of  the  Shawmut  National 
Bank  of  Boston.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Free 
and   Accepted   Masons.      In   religion   he   is   a 


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Congregationalist,  and  in  politics  a  Republi- 
can. He  married,  May  17,  i860,  in  Ux- 
bridge,  Anna  Eliza  Shaw,  born  January  19, 
1834,  died  January  8,  1899,  daughter  of 
Franklin  King  and  Catherine  ( Pollock j  Shaw. 
The  Shaw  family  was  from  Ware,  Massachu- 
setts. Her  father  was  born  November  23, 
1805,  died  May  22,  1845 ;  her  mother  was 
born  July  14,  1804,  died  aged  sixty-nine. 
Catherine  Pollock  was  daughter  of  John  Pol- 
lock, born  April  6,  1770,  died  November  8, 
1843,  who  married  Anna  Lynd,  born  October 
25,  1770,  died  July  14,  1857.  Children  of 
Josephus  Guild  Taft:  i.  Charles  Ezra,  born 
July  II,  1863,  mentioned  below.  2.  Ade- 
laide   Shaw,    June   21,    1865,    died    December 

10,  1867.  3.  Arthur  Guild,  born  July  12, 
1869,  died  1889. 

(Vni)   Dr.  Charles  Ezra  Taft,  son  of  Jo- 
sephus Guild  Taft,  was  born  in  Dedham,  July 

11,  1863.  He  graduated  from  the  Dedham 
hig-h  school-  in  1880  and  from  Chauncy  Hall 
College  in  Boston  in  1881.  He  entered  Har- 
vard College  in  1881  and  graduated  from 
the  medical  department  in  1886  with  the  de- 
gree of  M.  D.  In  1885  and  a  part  of  1886 
he  was  house  physician  in  the  Boston  City 
Hospital,  and  then  house  surgeon  in  the  Wom- 
an's Hospital  in  New  York  City,  graduating 
1888.  In  the  summer  of  1887  he  was  ap- 
pointed medical  inspector  on  the  New  York 
board  of  health,  which  is  a.  civil  service  ap- 
pointment. In  March,  1888,  Dr.  Taft  went 
to  Hartford,  Connecticut,  and  engaged  in  gen- 
eral practice,  and  for  eight  years  occupied 
the  same  ofifice  with  Dr.  Jarvis.  He  has 
given  special  attention  to  surgery  and  the  dis- 
eases of  women.  From  1894  to  1896  he  was 
assistant  surgeon  of  First  Regiment,  Con- 
necticut Volunteer  Militia,  and  has  been  visit- 
ing surgeon  to  St.  Francis  Hospital  since 
1908.  He  is  also  the  examining  surgeon  for 
several  life  insurance  companies.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  State  Medical  Society,  the 
Hartford  City  and  the  Boston  City  Hospital 
Alumni  associations,  and  of  the  New  York 
Woman's  Hospital  Alumni  Association,  New 
York  Academy  of  Medicine.  American  Medi- 
cal Association,  and  had  contributed  many  val- 
uable papers  and  professional  themes  to  the 
state  and  Hartford  city  associations.  He  has 
also  served  as  secretary  of  the  Hartford  City 
Medical  Society,  and  as  one  of  its  censors, 
and  has  been  a  fellow  of  the  State  Society. 
In  politics  he  is  a  Republican,  but  has  no  time 
for  active  political  work.  He  is  regarded  as 
one  of  the  foremost  physicians  of  Hartford, 
and  his  conscientious  work  has  brought  him 
an  enviable  reputation.  He  married  Martha 
Louise  Jarvis,  born  February  26,  1869,  daugh- 


ter of  Dr.  G.  C.  Jarvis,  of  Hartford.  Chil- 
dren :  George  Jarvis,  born  September  9, 
1893 ;  Elizabeth,  born  June  12,  1895 ;  Elea- 
nor, born  January  i,   1901. 

(The  Wood  Line). 

( I )  Thomas  Wood,  immigrant  ancestor, 
came  to  New  England  probably  soon  after 
1650.  He  settled  in  Rowley,  where  he  died 
in  September,  1687,  and  was  buried  there 
September  12.  He  married,  April  7,  1654,  Ann 
Todd  or  Hunt,  who  died  December  29,  1714. 
Among  the  old  family  papers  belonging  to 
Charles  Mortimer  Wood,  of  Upton,  Massa- 
chusetts, is  a  record  written  possibly  by  Eben- 
ezer  Wood,  grandson  of  Thomas  Wood,  stat- 
ing that  Thomas  and  Ann  Wood  came  from 
Yorkshire,  England.  Children,  born  in  Row- 
ley :  Mary,  January  15,  1655 ;  John,  Septem- 
ber 2,  1656;  Thomas,  August  10,  1658;  Ann, 
August  8,  1660;  Ruth,  May  21,  1662;  Jo- 
siah ;  Elizabeth  (twin  of  Josiah),  born  Sep- 
tember 5,  1664;  Samuel,  December  26,  1666; 
Solomon,  May  17,  1669;  Ebenezer :  James, 
mentioned  below. 

(II)  Captain     Ebenezer    Wood,     son     of 
Thomas    Wood,    was    born    in    Rowley,    De- 
cember 29,  1671.     He  settled  in  Mendon,  and 
he  and  his  wife  were  dismissed  from  the  Row- 
ley church  to  the  church  in  Mendon,  July  14, 
1717.    He  died  at  Mendon  in  1736.     He  drew 
land    there    in    1720,    1729,    and    at    various 
times.      He   married,    April    5,    1695,    Rachel 
Nichols.      Children :     James,   born   April    28, 
1696:    Ebenezer,    December    6,    1698:    Jona- 
than.   November   2,    1701,   mentioned    below 
David,  May  30,  1704;  Samuel,  May  21,  1706 
Jane,  March  2,  1708-09;  Moses,  April  3,  1712 
Eliphalet,  August   15,   1714. 

(HI)  Lieutenant  Jonathan  Wood,  son  of 
Captain  Ebenezer  Wood,  was  born  in  Rowley, 
November  2,  1701  (1702  in  private  records). 
He  removed  to  Upton,  where  his  younger 
children  were  born.  He  married  (first)  Mar- 
garet     ;     (second)     (intentions    dated 

January  2,  1749-50),  Dorothy  Crosby,  of 
Shrewsbury.  He  bought  a  number  of  lots  of 
land  in  Mendon  in  1723,  probably  at  the  time 
of  his  marriage.  He  added  to  his  real  estate 
holdings  in  Mendon  from  year  to  year.  Chil- 
dren, all  by  .first  wife :  Ezra,  mentioned  be- 
low (and  probably  others),  in  Mendon,  about 
1724-25-26;    Daniel,    born    March    28,    1735; 

Jonathan,  married  Sarah  ;  Lois,  born 

April  27,  1740;  Eunice,  November  19,  1742; 
Simeon,  November  14,  1747. 

(IV)  Captain  Ezra  Wood,  son  of  Lieuten- 
ant Jonathan  Wood,  was  born  in  Mendon 
about  1725,  died  in  Upton,  August  29,  1815, 
according  to  the  Upton  records,  in  his  nine- 


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tieth  year.  He  then  had  nine  children,  seven- 
ty grandchildren,  one  hundred  and  forty-two 
great-grandchildren,  and  -seven  great-great- 
grandchildren, a  total  of  two  hundred  and 
twenty-eight  in  his  family.  He  married,  Oc- 
tober 24,  1747,  Anna  Chapin,  of  Uxbridge. 
His  will  was  dated  August  7,  181 1,  and  filed 
September  21,  1815.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the 
revolution,  captain  of  the  Upton  company, 
Worcester  regiment.  Children,  born  in  Up- 
ton:  Deborah,  March  31,  1749;  Margaret, 
March  16,  1751;  Anna,  March  12,  1753;  Ly- 
dia,  August  i,  1756;  Ezra;  Abigail,  born  Au- 
gust 29,  1 761,  married  Frederick  Taft  (see 
Taft  V)  ;  Bethia,  May  19,  1764;  Grace,  May 
19,  1766;  Chapin,  July  22,  1769;  Jonathan, 
mentioned  in  will. 

(The    Guild    Line). 

The  surname  Guild,  Guld,  Guide  or  Guile, 
is  of  Scotch  origin,  the  records  showing  the 
surname  as  early  as  1449  when  one  Alex- 
ander Guide  owned  property  at  Sterling,  Scot- 
land. In  the  sixteenth  century  we  find  the 
family  in  Dundee  and  in  the  seventeenth  at 
Forfarshire  and  Perth.  This  Scotch  family 
may  have  descended  from  the  Guille  family 
of  the  Isle  of  Guernsey,  the  original  seat  of 
which  was  on  the  bay  called  Saint  in  the  par- 
ish of  Saint  Martin.  According  to  tradition 
they  were  there  before  or  at  the  time  of  the 
Norman  Conquest.  At  the  dedication  of  the 
Saint  Pierre  du  Bois  Church  in  1167  John 
Guile  is  mentioned  as  one  of  the  honorable 
gentlemen  present.  The  surname  is  said  to 
be  Norman  and  is  probably  the  Norman  form 
of  the  Latin  Aegidium  (Giles  in  English). 
The  coat-of-arms  of  the  Scotch  Guilds  resem- 
bles closely  that  of  the  Guernsey  family.  The 
American  families  of  Guild  and  Guile  are  de- 
scended from  two  brothers,  John  Guild,  men- 
tioned below,  and  Samuel  Guild,  who  with 
their  sister  Ann  arrived  in  Massachusetts 
about  1636  and  settled  in  Dedham.  They 
were  probably  quite  young  when  they  came 
and  it  is  conjectured  that  Ann  was  the  eldest, 
being  but  about  twenty,  John  about  eighteen 
and  Samuel  sixteen.  Ann  married,  March  16, 
1638,  James  Allen,  and  in  1649  settled  in 
Medfield,  a  new  town  adjoining  Dedham.  . 
Samuel  went  to  Newbury,  Massachusetts,  in 
1640,  and  soon  afterward  joined  the  settle- 
ment at  Haverhill. 

(T)  John  Guild,  the  immigrant,  is  supposed 
to  have  been  born  in  England  about  161 6 
and  to  have  come  to  America  in  1636  with 
his  brother  Samuel  and  sister  Ann.  He  was 
admitted  to  the  church  at  Dedham,  July  17, 
1640,  and  bought  twelve  acres  of  upland  the 
same   year.      He  built   on   this  land   a   house 


which  was  occupied  by  himself  and  descend- 
ants for  more  than  two  hundred  years.  He 
was  admitted  a  freeman,  May  10,  1643,  and 
as  one  of  the  original  grantees  had  assigned 
to  him  three  roods  and  twelve  rods  of  land 
to  which  he  added  by  further  grants  and  pur- 
chase much  real  estate  in  Dedham,  Wren- 
tham,  Medfield  and  Natick.  He  was  thor- 
oughly honest  in  his  dealings,  industrious  and 
frugal  in  his  habits,  modest  in  deportment 
and  retiring  in  disposition.  He  held  no  of- 
fices and  the  town  records  show  his  attend- 
ance at  town  meeting  but  once  during  a  num- 
ber of  years,  and  then  on  occasion  of  con- 
siderable excitement  in  relation  to  making  ad- 
ditions and  alterations  in  the  meeting  house. 
He  married,  June  24,  1645,  Elizabeth  Crooke, 
of  Roxbury,  who  was  dismissed  from  the  Rox- 
bury  church  to  Dedham,  July  4,  1649,  ^nd 
who  died  August  31,  1669.  He  died  October 
4,  1682.  His  will  is  dated  October  3,  1682, 
and  proved  November  3,  1682.  Children, 
born  at  Dedham:  i.  John,  August  22,  1646, 
died  young.  2.  Samuel,  November  7,  1647, 
mentioned  below.  3.  John,  November  29, 
1649 ;  married  Sarah  Fisher.  4.  Eliezur,  No- 
vember 30,  1653,  died  June  30,  1655.  5. 
Ebenezer,  December  21,  1657,  died  April  21, 
1661.  6.  Elizabeth,  January  18,  1660.  7. 
Benjamin,  May  25,   1664,  died  young. 

(II)  Samuel,  son  of  John  Guild,  was  born 
at  Dedham,  November  7,  1647.  He  married, 
November  29,  1676,  Mary,  daughter  of  Sam- 
uel and  Ann  (Herring)  Woodcock,  of  Ded- 
ham. She  was  born  March  9,  1631-32.  He 
was  a  soldier  in  King  Philip's  war,  a  private 
in  Captain  Moseley's  company.  He  was  ad- 
mitted a  freeman  at  Salem  in  May,  1678. 
In  1703  he  was  one  of  a  committee  to  invest 
and  manage  the  school  funds ;  was  selectman 
of  Dedham  from  1693  to  1713,  and  a  deputy 
to  the  general  court  in  1719.  He  died  in  Ded- 
ham, January  i,  1730.  Children,  born  in 
Dedham.  i.  Samuel,  October  12,  1677;  mar- 
ried Sarah  Hartshorn.  2.  Nathaniel,  Janu- 
ary 12,  1678 ;  married  Mehitable  Farming- 
ton,  or  Hartshorn.  3.  Mary,  May  9,  1681, 
died  May  27,  1768;  married.  May,  1714,  John 
Fuller,  of  Dedham.  4.  John,  June  18,  1683, 
died  October  29,  1684.  5.  Deborah,  Septem- 
ber 16,  1685.  6.  John,  October  2,  1687; 
married  Abigail  Robinson.  7.  Israel,  June  11, 
1690.  8.  Ebenezer,  July  23,  1692;  married 
Abigail  Daggett.  9.  Joseph,  September  13, 
1694,  mentioned  below.  10.  Elizabeth,  April 
14.  1697. 

'  (III)  Joseph,  son  of  Samuel  Guild,  was 
born  at  Dedham,  September  13,  1694.  He 
married  (first)  October  31,  1723,  Abigail 
Fisher,  of  Dedham,  and    (second)   December 


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4,  1732,  Hannah,  daughter  of  Jonathan  and 
Sarah  Curtis,  granddaughter  of  John  and  Re- 
becca (Wheeler)  Curtis  and  of  Samuel  L3'on. 
He  married  (third)  October  17,  1745,  Beulah 
Peck.  He  renewed  his  baptismal  covenant, 
September  30,  1724,  and  with  his  wife  was 
received  into  full  communion  in  the  Dedham 
church,  February  5,  1727.  In  1737  he  was 
precinct  collector.  At  his  death  his  inventory 
amounted  to  fourteen  hundred  pounds,  a  large 
sum  for  his  day.  His  will  was  dated  Sep- 
tember 25,  1751.  Children  of  first  wife:  i. 
Abigail,  born  at  Dedham,   baptized   May  29, 

1726,  died    young.      2.    Mary,    October    24, 

1727,  died  young.  3.  Joseph,  October  16, 
1729,  died  3'oung.  Children  of  second  wife : 
4.  Abigail,  January  22,  1733-34;  married, 
September  21,  1756,  Abel  Ellis.  5.  Joseph, 
May  II,  1735,  mentioned  below.  6.  Hannah, 
November  7,  1736;  married,  April  29,  1756, 
Timothy  Metcalf.  7.  Samuel,  June  16,  1739; 
married  Sarah  Smith.  Children  of  third  wife  : 
8.  Beulah,  July  13,  1746,  died  young.  9. 
Michael,  July  26,  1747,  died  young.  10. 
Molly,  September  18,  1748,  died  young.  11. 
Desire,  October  31,  1750;  married  Zechariah 
Whiting.  12.  Heman,  baptized  July  28,  175 1 ; 
married  Sarah  Taunt. 

(IV)  Joseph  (2),  son  of  Joseph  (i)  Guild, 
was  born  at  Dedham  May  11,  1735,  died  De- 
cember 28,  1794.  He  spent  his  early  years  on 
the  old  homestead,  and  about  the  time  of  his 
marriage  settled  on  a  farm  at  Dedham  Island 
where  he  followed  farming  the  remainder  of 
bis  life.  He  was  much  esteemed  as  an  hon- 
orable, upright  and  virtuous  man  and  an  en- 
ergetic, useful  citizen.  He  was  captain  of  a 
company  of  minute  men  at  the  beginning  of 
the  revolution  and  was  with  his  command  also 
at  Ticonderoga,  Montreal  and  elsewhere.  A 
brief  but  interesting  journal  of  his  experiences 
in  the  war  has  been  preserved.  He  served 
on  the  Dedham  committee  of  safety;  was 
muster  master  in  1775  ;  served  on  a  commit- 
tee to  provide  for  families  of  absent  soldiers 
in  the  revolution  in  1777;  on  a  committee  of 
correspondence,  safety  and  inspection  in  1780- 
81.  He  was  parish  treasurer  for  eight  years 
and  filled  various  other  offices  of  trust  and 
honor,  such  as  justice  of  the  peace,  select- 
man, representative  to  the  general  court.  He 
was  admitted  to  full  communion  with  the 
church.  May  20,  1764.  -He  married,  June  28, 
1758,  Miriam  Draper,  born  March  26,  1739, 
died  September  26,  183 1,  daughter  of  Eben- 
ezer  and  Dorothy  (Child)  Draper,  grand- 
daughter of  James  and  Abigail  (Whiting)" 
Draper  and  of  Joshua  and  Elizabeth  (Morris) 
Child.  Elizabeth  Morris  was  the  daughter  of 
Edward  and   Grace    (Betts)    Morris;  Joshua 


Child  was  son  of  Benjamin  and  Mary 
(Bowen)  Child.  Abigail  Whiting  was  daugh- 
ter of  Nathaniel  .  and  Hannah  (D wight) 
Whiting ;  James  Draper  was  son  of  James 
and  Miriam  (Stansfield)  Draper.  Children, 
born  in  Dedham:  i.  Joseph,  born  March  14, 
1760;  married  Rebecca  Felton.  2.  Reuben, 
August  18.  1762;  married  (first)  Catherine 
Whiting  and  (second)  Susannah  Hoskins.  3. 
Ebenezer,  February  6,  1765 ;  married  Mary 
Grant.  4.  Amasa,  November  23,  1768;  mar- 
ried Rebecca  Whiting.  5.  Abner,  August  17, 
1772;  married  Sophia  Hall.  6.  Calvin,  July 
6,  1775,  mentioned  below.  7.  Nathaniel, 
January  3,  1778 ;  merchant  in  Savannah, 
Georgia,  where  he  died  September  7,  1805. 

(V)  Calvin,  son  of  Joseph  (2)  Guild,  was 
born  in  Dedham,  July  6,  1775.  He  was  a 
hatter,  merchant  and  auctioneer  at  Dedham, 
and  served  the  county  as  sheriff.  He  died  at 
Dedham,  April  25,  1858.  He  married  (first) 
Lendamine  Draper,  born  March  30,  1780, 
died  October  26,  1823,  daughter  of  Major 
Abijah  and  Desire  (Foster)  Draper,  grand- 
daughter of  James  and  Abigail  (Child) 
Draper,  mentioned  above,  and  of  Ebenezer 
and  Desire  (Cushman)  Foster.  Desire  Cush- 
man  was  the  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Fear 
(Carver  or  Corser)  Cushman,  granddaughter 
of  Thomas  and  Abigail  (Fuller)  Cushman. 
Ebenezer  Foster  was  son  of  John  and  Mar- 
garet (Ware)  Foster,  grandson  of  John  and 
Mary  (Stewart)  Foster  and  of  Robert  and 
Sarah  (Metcalf)  Ware.  Calvin  Guild  mar- 
ried (second)  Mehitable  Fuller,  of  Dedham, 
widow.  Children:  i.  Francis,  born  Sep- 
tember 4,  1801 ;  married  (first)  Caroline  E. 
Covell;  (second)  Lauretta  Taft.  2.  Lenda- 
mine Draper,  September  29,  1803 ;  married, 
September  8,  1830,  Ezra  Wood  Taft  (see 
Taft  VI).  3.  Amasa,  October  12,  1805,  died 
young.  4.  Emeline,  January  17,  1807,  died 
December  11,  1809.  5.  Calvin,  November  22, 
1808;  married  Margaret  Taft.  6.  Cornelia, 
March  29,  1810;  married,  September  4, 
1849,  John  Shorey,  a  Boston  merchant,  and 
died  September  4,  1849.  7-  Nathaniel  ^let- 
calf,  July  21,  1812;  married  Mary  Messenger. 
8.  Abigail,  August  9,  1814.  9.  Nancy,  Octo- 
ber 20,  1818 ;  never  married.  10.  Lucretia, 
March  3,  1823,  died  June  2,  1832. 


Cornelius  Waldo,  immigrant 
WALDO     ancestor,  was  born  about   1624, 

probably  in  England,  and  died 
at  Chelmsford,  Massachusetts,  January  3, 
1700-01.  His  name  is  first  mentioned  in  the 
court  records  at  Salem,  July  6,  1647.  It  is 
probable  that  he  settled  first  in  Ipswich  and 
was  one  of  the   committee  appointed   to  run 


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473 


the  line  between  Ipswich  and  Gloucester.  He 
owned  a  share  and  a  half  in  Plum  Island,  and 
was  living  at  Ipswich  as  late  as  1664.  He 
married  Hannah  Cogswell,  born  1624,  died 
December  25,  1704,  daughter  of  John  and 
Elizabeth  (Thompson)  Cogswell,  of  Ipswich. 
Her  father  was  a  native  of  Westbury  Leigh, 
county  Wilts,  England,  and  came  to  New 
England  on  the  ship  "Angel  Gabriel" ;  he  was 
a  well-to-do  woollen  manufacturer  in  Eng- 
land. Her  mother  was  daughter  of  Rev.  Wil- 
liam Thompson,  vicar  of  Westbury  parish.  On 
January  2,  1651,  John  Cogswell  gave  to  his 
son-in-law  his  dwelling  house  at  Chebacco 
Falls  and  forty-nine  acres  of  land.  About 
1665  Cornelius  Waldo  removed  to  Chelms- 
ford, and  on  February  15  of  that  year  sold 
his  Chebacco  Falls  house  to  Edward  Bragg. 
In  various  deeds  during  the  next  fifteen  or 
twenty  years,  he  is  called  sometimes  of 
Chelmsford  and  sometimes  of  Dunstable, 
probably  because  his  farm  lay  part  in  each 
town.  He  was  one  of  the  first  settlers  of 
Chelmsford,  and  in  1673  was  on  the  commit- 
tee to  instruct  the  selectmen,  and  in  1678  was 
chosen  selectman.  He  was  a  charter  member 
of  the  church  organized  December  16,  1685, 
in  Dunstable,  and  was  one  of  the  first  dea- 
cons. In  1686  he  was  one  of  the  purchasers 
of  land  at  Wamesit  of  Jonathan  Tyng,  and 
in  1690  he  was  licensed  to  keep  a  tavern  in 
Chelmsford.  He  was  chosen  selectman  again 
in  1698.  He  disposed  of  his  property,  which 
consisted  of  a  large  amount  of  land  in  Dun- 
stable and  Chelmsford,  with  a  dwelling  house 
and  buildings  in  each  town,  before  his  death, 
and  died  intestate.  Children :  Elizabeth ; 
John,  mentioned  below :  Cornelius ;  Daniel, 
born  August  19,  1657 ;  Martha,  February  27, 
1658 ;  twin  sons,  February  24,  1659,  buried 
February  27,  1659:  Deborah,  January  14, 
1661 ;  Rebecca,  January  28,  1662;  Judith,  July 
12,  1664;  Mary,  September  9,  1665;  died  at 
Chelmsford,  November  29,  1665 ;  Jonathan, 
1669. 

(II)  John,  son  of  Cornelius  Waldo,  was 
born  probably  at  Ipswich,  and  died  at  Wind- 
ham, Connecticut,  April  14,  1700.  He  was  in 
King  Philip's  war  in  the  fight  at  Brookfield, 
August  2,  167s,  and  was  wounded.  He 
served  at  the  garrison  at  Groton  also.  He 
resided  at  Chelmsford  and  in  1682  was  em- 
ployed by  the  town  of  Dunstable  as  a  mount- 
ed guard  against  the  Indians.  He  removed 
to  Dunstable,  and  was  a  farmer  and  owned 
a  grist  mill  on  Nacooke  brook  in  that  town. 
He  was  deputy  to  the  general  court  in  1689 
and  about  this  time  removed  to  Boston.  In 
1697  he  owned  a  mill  and  five  acres  of  land 
in    town    Cove    in    Hingham,    but    probably 


never  lived  in  Hingham.  He  sold  this  mill 
and  bought,  November  29,  1697,  a  grist  mill 
and  mill  works,  dwelling  house  and  an  acre 
of  land  at  Windham,  Connecticut,  and  in  Jan- 
uary following  purchased  an  allotment  of  a 
thousand-acre  right  in  Windham.""  He  was 
admitted  an  inhabitant  of  Windham,  January 
30,  1697-98.  He  died  there  about  a  year 
later.  His  will  was  dated  April  14,  1700,  the 
day  that  he  died.  He  married  Rebecca 
Adams,  who  died  at  Canterbury,  Connecticut, 
September  17,  1727,  daughter  of  Captain 
Samuel  and  Rebecca  (Graves)  Adams,  of 
Charlestown.  She  married  (second)  (inten- 
tions dated  April  26,  1710),  Deacon  Eliezer 
Brown,  of  Canterbury.  Children :  Rebecca, 
died  July  2,  1677,  at  Charlestown :  John,  born 
May  ig,  1678;  Catherine,  1679-80;  Edward, 
April  23,  1684,  mentioned  below ;  Rebecca, 
August  6,  1686;  Ruth;  Sarah,  baptized  De- 
cember 6,  1691 ;  Abigail. 

(Ill)  Edward,  son  of  John  Waldo,  was 
born  April  23,  1684,  at  Dunstable,  died  at 
Windham,  August  3,  1767.  He  was  educated 
in  the  Boston  schools,  and  for  a  number  of 
years  taught  school  at  Windham.  He  was  an 
extensive  farmer  in  that  part  of  Windham 
which  is  now  Scotland.  He  built  a  house 
about  1714,  near  the  county  line,  which  is 
still  standing,  and  is  occupied  by  a  descend- 
ant. He  was  moderator  of  the  first  meeting 
of  the  Third  Society  of  Windham,  or  Scot- 
land Parish,  in  June,  1732,  and  was  on  several 
important  committees  in  the  church.  In  1734 
he  was  chosen  a  deacon  and  in  1735  he  and 
his  wife  were  transferred  from  the  Windham 
to  the  Scotland  parish  church.  In  1746  he 
and  his  family  were  strong  supporters  of  the 
Separate  church,  but  in  1763  he  was  restored 
to  his  standing  in  the  First  Church.  He  was 
a  member  of  the  general  assembly  in  1722-25- 
30.  He  was  lieutenant  of  militia,  and  in  1745 
was  one  of  the  jury  which  tried  Elizabeth 
Shaw  for  murder  and  resulted  in  the  first  ex- 
ecution in  Windham  county.  His  will  was 
dated  April  3,  1766,  and  proved  September  16, 
1767.  He  married  (first)  June  28,  1706,  at 
Windham,  Thankful  Dimmock,  born  March, 
1682,  at  Barnstable,  Massachusetts,  died  De- 
cember 13,  1757,  at  Windham,  daughter  of 
Deacon  Shubael  and  Joanna  (Bursley)  Dim- 
mock,  of  Mansfield,  Connecticut.  He  mar- 
ried (second)  Mary,  probably  daughter  of 
Elisha  and  Rebecca  (Doane)  Paine,  of  East- 
ham.  She  was  born  February  i,  1695-96, 
and  was  widow  of  Robert  Freeman.  Chil- 
dren, all  by  first  wife :  Shubael,  born  April  7, 
1707,  mentioned  below;  Edward,  born  July 
27,  1709;  Cornelius,  February  18,  1711-12; 
Anne,  November  8,  1714-15,  died  January  17, 


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1734,  unmarried;  John,  April  19,  1717,  died 
August  29,  1726;  Bethuel,  June  10,  1719; 
Thankful,  July  3,  1721,  died  August  25,  1726; 
Joannah,  April  18,  1723 ;  Zaccheus,  July  19, 
1725  ;  John,  October  18,  1728. 

(IV)  Shubael,  son  of  Edward  Waldo,  was 
born  April  7,  1707,  at  Windham,  Connecti- 
cut, died  May  12,  1776,  at  Alstead,  New 
Hampshire.  He  married,  October  14,  1730, 
at  Bridgewater,  Massachusetts,  Abigail, 
daughter  of  Samuel  and  Mary  (Alden)  Al- 
len, of  Bridgewater.  She  was  born  in  1712 
in  East  Bridgewater,  died  September  6,  1799, 
at  the  home  of  her  son,  Abiather,  at  Shafts- 
bury,  Vermont,  where  she  was  buried.  It 
has  not  been  definitely  proved  that  her  mother 
was  Mary  Alden,  the  second  wife  of  Samuel 
Allen,  but  it  is  considered  likely  by  good  au- 
thorities. After  his  marriage  Shubael  ap- 
pears to  have  lived  in  Norwich,  Connecticut, 
in  that  part  now  Lisbon,  for  in  February, 
1735^  his  father  conveyed  to  him  land  in 
Windham,  and  in  1738  he  conveyed  to  John 
French,  of  Norwich,  a  house  and  sixty  or 
seventy  acres  of  land  in  Norwich  on  the  "east 
side  of  Shautucket  River  near  Pottenauge," 
as  well  as  land  in  Windham.  At  a  town 
meeting  at  Norwich,  December  31,  1736,  he 
was  chosen  "lister,"  and  after  that  his  name 
does  not  appear  on  the  records.  He  very 
likely  left  Norwich  in  1738  when  he  sold  his 
land  there,  and  on  March  19,  1738-39,  he 
bought  an  estate  in  the  northeast  corner  of 
Mansfield,  Connecticut,  where  he  soon  moved. 
On  September  21,  1739,  he,  then  of  Mans- 
field, bought  twenty-five  acixs  of  land  there, 
and  again  bought  land,  July  29,  1745,  and  Au- 
gust 22,  1753.  He  conveyed  to  his  son  Sam- 
uel, November  27,  1754,  thirty-eight  and  a 
half  acres  of  land  in  Mansfield  and  other  land 
on  December  8,  1763,  to  his  son  Edward  of 
Mansfield.  He  and  his  wife  were  admitted  to 
the  First  Church  of  Mansfield  in  1739. 
About  1769  he  removed  with  his  family  to 
Alstead,  New  Hampshire,  where  he  lived'  the 
remainder  of  his  life.  On  May  22,  1769,  he, 
of  Mansfield,  "yeoman,"  bought  of  Timothy 
Delano,  of  Alstead,  for  three  hundred  pounds, 
lot  "No.  4  in  the  5th  range,"  and  part  of  lot 
No.  3.  On  August  25,  1769,  he  conveyed 
one-half  of  his  farm  in  Alstead  to  his  son 
Edward,  and  this  deed  was  acknowledged  in 
Tolland,  Connecticut;  on  September  18,  1770, 
he  conveyed  to  his  son  Daniel  eighty  acres 
in  Alstead,  and  on  April  24,  1775,  he  conveyed 
to  his  =on  Calvin  part  of  the  land  he  bought  of 
Captain  Delano.  As  he  had  disposed  of  most 
of  his  pro-^ertv  during  life,  be  died  intestate, 
and  on  Seotember  i^.  1776.  administration 
was  granted  to  Beulah  Waldo.     He  was  se- 


lectman of  Alstead  in  1772,  and  the  town 
meetings  were  often  held  at  his  house.  It 
was  voted,  June  30,  1773,  "to  hold  the  Town 
meetings  Still  at  mr  Shubael  Waldos."  Chil- 
dren :  Samuel,  born  at  Lisbon,  September 
18,  1731  ;  baptized  at  Windham:  Shubael, 
January  10,  1733;  Abiather,  January  2,  1735; 
Jesse,  September  6,  1736;  Jonathan,'  August 
17,  1738:  born  at  Mansfield:  Thankful,  Sep- 
tember 28,  1740;  Edward,  May  14,  1742; 
Daniel,  January  30,  1744,  mentioned  below ; 
Mary,  April  2,  1745 ;  Abigail,  January  14, 
1747;  Beulah,  January  16,  1749;  Ruth,  April 
23.  1750;  Rebecca,  March  8,  1752;  Ruth, 
April    10,    1755;   Calvin,   March    12,    1759. 

(V)  Daniel,  son  of  Shubael  Waldo,  was 
born  January  30,  1744,  at  Mansfield,  died  De- 
cember 18,  1825,  at  Chesterfield,  New  Hamp- 
shire. He  probably  went  to  Alstead  with  his 
father,  and  on  September  18,  1770,  his  father 
conveyed  to  him  eighty  acres  of  land  in  Al- 
stead. On  November  20,  1801,  he  and  his 
wife  Hannah  sold  to  John  Fuller,  of  Chester- 
field, one  hundred  and  fifty  acres  in  Alstead, 
the  farm  he  lived  on,  and  at  the  same  time 
bought  a  farm  in  Chesterfield  of  Mr.  Fuller, 
where  he  and  his  wife  lived  the  remainder  of 
their  lives.  He,  with  his  brothers  Beulah  and 
Calvin,  was  a  private  in  Captain  Amos  Shep- 
herd's company  in  Colonel  Bellow's  regiment, 
which  reinforced  the  garrison  at  Ticonde- 
roga  then  besieged.  He  enlisted  June  28  and 
was  discharged  July  2,  1777,  after  five  days' 
service.  He  may  be  the  Daniel  Waldo  who 
was  recruiting  officer  in  1780.  He  was  con- 
stable in  1771  and  1774,  and  was  fence  viewer 
in  1777,  tithingman  in  1783,  selectman  in 
1784,  school  committeeman  in  1786.  and  on  a 
committee  to  district  the  town  in  1779.  He 
married  Hannah,  daughter  of  John  and  Lidia 
(Ladd)  Carlton,  of  Haverhill,  New  Hamp- 
shire. She  was  born  August  6,  i747,  at  Tol- 
land, Connecticut,  died  December  2,  1825,  at 
Chesterfield.  Her  birth  record  is  not  recorded 
at  Tolland,  but  her  parents  are  buried  there. 
Her  father  died  July  3,  1786,  and  her  mother 
November  30,  1803 ;  Lieutenant  John  Carl- 
ton owned  land  in  Tolland  very  early  and  it 
is  doubtful  if  he  ever  lived  in  Haverhill. 
Daniel  Waldo  and  his  wife  were  buried  at 
Chesterfield  where  their  gravestones  still  re- 
main. He  "was  low  in  stature,  thick-set, 
broad  in  chest  and  shoulders,  very  muscular, 
quick  in  understanding,  scrupulously  honest 
and  very  orthodox.  His  wife  was  unusually 
large,  weighins:  two  hundred  and  forty  pounds 
and  not  overburdened  with  flesh.  I  have 
seen  her  take  a  barrel  of  cider  from  the  rear 
of  a  cart,  and  place  it,  quietly,  upon  the 
ground.     She  had  the  advantage  of  her  bus- 


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band  in  height,  and,  had  they  ever  come  to 
blows,  he,  though  a  giant  in  strength,  would 
certainly  have  had  the  worst  of  it."  Once, 
when  insulted  by  a  man  of  average  size,  "she 
seized  the  ofifender  by  the  back  of  his  neck 
and  his  pantaloons,  and,  extending  him  at 
arms'  length,  ran  with  him  over  the  road  and 
plunged  him  into  a  goose  pond."  Children, 
born  at  Alstead :  Eunice,  August  20,  1769; 
Roswell,  April  20,  1772  :  Diantha,  March  13, 
1775'  Shubael  (twin).  May  2,  1777,  men- 
tioned below;  Carlton  (twin).  May  2,  1777, 
died  May  22,  1778;  Carlton,  January  8,  1780; 
Hannah,  October  8,  1781  ;  Allen,  January  29, 
1784;  Patty,  August  17,  1786;  Nathan,  June 
23,  1788,  died  July  14,  1788. 

(VI)  Shubael  (2),  son  of  Daniel  Waldo, 
was  born  May  2,  1777,  at  Alstead,  died  Oc- 
tober 5,  1857,  at  Chesterfield.  He  lived  at 
Alstead  for  a  short  time  after  his ,  marriage, 
but  soon  removed  to  Chesterfield,  probably 
in  1802,  and  settled  on  a  farm  then  owned 
and  occupied  by  IMurray  Davis.  "He  was  a 
farmer  of  steady  habits,  strong  common  sense 
and  naturally  of  a  very  cheerful  and  happy 
disposition.  Uncle  Shub.,  as  he  was  famil- 
iarly called,  was  a  favorite  with  young  and 
old,  for  his  humor  and  inexhaustible  fund  of 
stories  and  anecdotes."  He  married  (first) 
March  9,  1800,  at  Alstead,  Rebeckah,  daughter 
of  Josiah  and  Thankful  Crosby,  of  Alstead. 
She  was  born  February  7,  1779,  at  Alstead, 
died  May  10,  1823,  at  Chesterfield.  He  mar- 
ried (second)  Mrs.  Jane  (Anderson)  Mc- 
Collom,  born  in  1778,  died  April  20,  1863,  at 
Chesterfield.  She  was  widow  of  Alexander 
McCollom,  son  of  Robert  McCollom,  of  Lon- 
donderry, New  Hampshire,  and  grandson  of 
Alexander  McCollom,  who  emigrated  from 
Londonderry,  Ireland,  in  1730.  Alexander 
McCollom,  her  husband,  settled  at  Acworth, 
New  Hampshire,  in  1793,  where  he  died 
March  30,  1813,  aged  thirty-seven.  By  his 
wife  Jane,  Shubael  Waldo  had  five  children 
of  whom  four  died  young  and  one,  Robert, 
was  "drowned  in  the  Connecticut  river,"  July 
8,  1833,  at  Chesterfield,  aged  twenty-eight. 
Children  by  first  wife,  the  first  born  at  Al- 
stead and  the  remainder  at  Chesterfield :  Dan- 
iel, born  January  6,  1802,  Josiah  Crosby,  De- 
cember 5,  1803.  mentioned  below ;  James  El- 
liott, July  II,  1805;  George  Curtis,  August  5, 
1808;  Albert  Carlton,  November  24,  1814; 
Rosalie  Melvina,  November  20,  1818. 

(VII)  Josiah  Crosby,  son  of  Shubael  (2) 
Waldo,  was  born  December  5,  1803,  at  Ches- 
terfield, died  August  28, '  1890,  at  New  Lon- 
don, Connecticut.  He  was  brought  up  in  the 
Presbyterian  faith,  but  had  long  been  medi- 
tating  a   change    in    faith   when    the    sudden 


death  of  his  mother  brought  about  a  decision. 
He  says :  "My  mother,  though  one  of  the 
best  of  that  hallowed  name  and  universally 
beloved,  had  never  made  a  profession  of  relig- 
ion, and  for  that  cause  the  Presbyterian  min- 
ister, Rev.  John  Walker,  who  attended  her  fu- 
neral, very  charitably  consigned  her  to . 

This  day's  work  settled  the  fate  of  orthodoxy 
for  me.  It  was  standing  by  her  grave  that 
day,  while  the  wound  the  priest  had  inflicted 
was  fresh  and  bleeding,  that  I  made  a  vow  to 
be  revenged  by  devoting  my  life  to  blowing 
the  obnoxious  creed  sky-high.  I  have  kept  the 
vow  to  this  hour."  He  studied  under  Rev. 
Hosea  Ballou,  of  Boston,  and  preached  in 
Boston  and  vicinity  for  two  years.  He  then 
went  to  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  where  he  found 
many  leading  men  willing  to  help  him  in 
founding  a  liberal  church,  and  a  meeting 
house  was  built  for  him  the  first  year.  At 
the  same  time  he  commenced  a  weekly  paper, 
The  Sentinel  and  Star  in  the  West,  which 
continued  for  many  years.  His  work  was 
widespread,  and  in  the  five  years  that  he  was 
there  he  preached  in  all  the  large  cities  and 
towns  of  Ohio,  Kentucky  and  Indiana,  and 
in  some  in  Virginia  and  Tennessee,  and  he 
published  over  one  hundred  controversial  ser- 
mons and  held  debates,  being  the  first  to 
start  the  liberal  faith  generally  in  the  West. 
In  Lynn,  Massachusetts,  he  was  pastor  of 
the  First  Universalist  Church  from  1835  to 
1839  and  he  established  two  flourishing  so- 
cieties there.  While  there,  he  was  seized  with 
a  disease  of. the  throat  which  compelled  him 
to  retire  temporarily,  and  for  three  years  he 
was  threatened  with  death,  but  he  recovered 
and  accepted  a  call  from  the  First  Univer- 
salist Society  in  West  Cambridge,  now  Ar- 
lington, Massachusetts,  where  he  remained 
from  March  15,  1841,  until  1847,  when  he 
went  to  Troy,  New  York,  remaining  from 
1849  until  1854.  He  then  removed  to  New 
London  because  of  his  wife's  health  and  re- 
mained there  until  his  death. 

He  married  (first)  October  26,  1831,  at 
Boston,  Elmina  Ruth,  daughter  of  Rev.  Ho- 
sea and  Ruth  (Washburn)  Ballou,  of  Boston. 
She  was  born  April  3,  1810,  at  Portsmouth, 
New  Hampshire,  died  June  29,  1856,  at  New 
London;  she  was  a  cousin  of  Eliza  Ballou, 
mother  of  President  Garfield ;  she  wrote  poetry 
for  the  periodicals  of  the  day.  He  married 
(second)  February  10,  1864,  at  Boston,  Mrs. 
Caroline  Matilda  (Wright)  Mark,  of  Boston, 
who  died  February  15,  1892,  at  New  London. 
She  was  widow  of  David  Mark,  of  Pekin,  Illi- 
nois, whom  she  married  July  28,  1840.  Chil- 
dren by  first  wife  :  i.  Ella  Fiducia  Oliver,  born 
at  West  Cambridge,  now  Arlington,  Massachu- 


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setts,  May  lo,  1835,  died  August  24,  1848.  2. 
George  Curtis,  at  Lynn,  March  20,  1837,  see 
forward.  3.  Clementina  Grace,  September  22, 
1838,  at  Woburn,  Massacliusetts.  4.  Frances 
Rebecca,  August  7,  1840,  at  Woburn,  died 
August  8,  1862,  at  New  London.  5.  Maturin 
Ballou,  January  20,  1843,  ^t  Arlington ;  mar- 
ried, April  13,  1865,  at  New  London,  Mrs. 
Lucy  Ann  (Potts)  Armstrong,  born  about 
1838,  died  May  10,  1869,  at  New  London ;  had 
a  son  by  her  first  husband  named  Willis  A. 
Armstrong,  who  was  living  in  1899  '"  ^^e 
west ;  Mr.  Waldo  had  no  children. 

(VIII)  George  Curtis,  son  of  the  Rev.  Jo- 
siah  Crosby  Waldo,  was  born  in  Lynn,  Massa- 
chusetts, March  20,  1837.  He  graduated  at 
Tufts  College,  Massachusetts,  in  i860.  He 
took  his  degrees  of  A.  B.  and  A.  M.  in  course 
and  in  1900  received  the  honorary  degree  of 
Doctor  of  Literature  (Lit.  D.)  from  the  col- 
lege. He  studied  law  in  the  office  of  the 
Hon.  A.  C.  Lippitt,  in  New  London,  Connec- 
ticut, and  from  that  office  enlisted  with  T.  M. 
Waller  in  the  first  company  that  went  from 
New  London  in  the  campaign  of  1861.  Hav- 
ing served  through  the  campaign,  Mr.  Wal- 
do, on  account  of  impaired  health,  abandoned 
the  study  of  law  and  engaged  in  active  busi- 
ness, and  in  1867  became  connected  with  the 
Bridgeport  Standard  as  city  editor  and  local 
reporter.  Two  years  later  he  became  associate 
editor,  under  the  late  John  D.  Candee,  and  re- 
tained that  position  until  the  death  of  Mr. 
Candee  in  1888,  when  he  was  made  editor-in- 
chief  and  president  of  the  Standard  Associa- 
tion, which  positions  he  still  holds.  He  has 
been  connected  with  the  Standard  for  forty- 
four  years.  He  has  been  for  nearly  a  quar- 
ter of  a  century  a  member  of  the  vestry  of 
Christ  Episcopal  Church,  and  was  for  five 
years  its  junior  warden.  He  was  with  the  late 
Rev.  Dr.  H.  N.  Powers,  one  of  the  founders  of 
the  Bridgeport  Scientific  Society,  and  for 
^five  years  its  secretary,  and  he  was  vice-presi- 
dent of  the  Fairfield  County  Historical  Soci- 
ety, since  united  with  the  Scientific  Society. 
He  was  for  five  years  a  member  of  the  Bridge- 
port board  of  education,  two  years  chairman 
of  the  commitee  on  schools,  and  was  one  of 
the  committee  for  the  town  and  the  school 
board,  which  built  the  high  school  building  on 
Congress  street.  He  was  first  president  of  the 
old  Eclectic  Club,  was  for  three  years  vice- 
president;  was  two  years  president  of  the  Sea- 
side Club ;  is  a  member  of  the  Grand  Army  of 
the  Republic,  Army  and  Navy  Club  of  Con- 
necticut, Phi  Beta  Kappa  Society  (Delta 
Chapter  of  Massachusetts),  and  of  a  number 
of  fraternal  organizations.  He  has  been  one 
of  the  shell  fish  commissioners  of  the  state  of 


Connecticut  for  twenty-two  years,  and  for  fif- 
teen years  chairman  of  the  board.  He  is  a  Re- 
publican in  politics,  and  has  been  for  several 
years  an  officer  of  the  Republican  Club  of 
Bridgeport.  In  1887  Mr.  Waldo  was  ap- 
pointed commissary  general  of  the  state,  on 
the  staff  of  Governor  Lounsbury,  but  for  busi- 
ness reasons  was  compelled  to  decline  the  po- 
sition. 

Mr.  Waldo  married,  in  1874,  in  New  Or- 
leans, Louisiana,  Annie,  daughter  of  Major 
Frederick  Frye,  formerly  of  Bridgeport,  and 
is  a  great-great-granddaughter  of  Colonel 
James  Frye,  of  Andover,  Massachusetts,  who 
commanded  a  regiment  at  Bunker  Hill.  Chil- 
dren :  Seldon  Connor,  deceased ;  Rosalie  Hill- 
man  (Mrs.  Roland  H.  Mallory),  Maturin  Bal- 
lou and  George  Curtis,  Jr. 


Edward  or  Edwin  Higbee  or 
HIGBY  Higby,  immigrant  ancestor,  was 
born  in  England  and  settled  in 
New  London,  Connecticut,  in  1648.  He  sold 
his  house  and  lot  there,  Septemjjer  7,  1649, 
for  five  bushels  of  wheat  ancl  a  dog.  He  was 
an  innkeeper  at  Middletown,  Connecticut,  in 
1674.  He  had  a  deed,  dated  October  15,  1664, 
from  Seankeet,  Indian  sachem  of  Hartford, 
for  land  adjoining  Jonathan  Gilbert's  at  Hart- 
ford. In  1666  he  was  free  of  taxes  by  vote  of 
the  court,  for  making  and  maintaining  the  wa)^ 
over  Pilgrim's  Harbor.  He  removed  about 
1675  to  Jamaica,  Long  Island.  He  was  living 
in  Huntington,  Long  Island,  in  1683  and  after- 
ward, as  late  as  1709.  His  wife  Lydia  joined 
the  church  at  Middletown,  September  30,  1674, 
coming  thither  from  the  First  Church  of 
Hartford,  and  with  her  six  children,  she  was 
dismissed  to  the  church  at  Jamaica,  October 
14,  1677.  He  was  a  brother-in-law  of  Edward 
Adams,  son  of  John  Adams,  grandson  of 
Jeremy  Adams,  according  to  a  power  of  at- 
torney, given  by  Adams  to  Higby,  in  Febru- 
ary, 1696-97,  and  filed  at  Hartford  (see  Hart- 
ford probate  records,  vol.  I,  p.  288).  He  mar- 
ried Lydia  Skidmore.  They  had  six  children, 
of  whom  John  is  mentioned  below. 

(II)  John,  son  of  Edward  or  Edwin  Higby, 
was  born  in  1658,  died  in  1688.  He  married 
Rebecca,  daughter  of  Samuel  Treadwell,  of 
Fairfield.  Connecticut,  May  i,  1679.  The  in- 
ventory of  his  estate  was  dated  December  28, 
1688,  as  taken  by  John  Hall,  Francis  Whit- 
more  and  Nathaniel  Stow  (vol.  II,  Hartford 
probate  records,  p.  7).  His  wife  died  in 
1707-08,  and  was  succeeded  in  the  adminis- 
tration of  her  husband's  estate  by  her  son  Ed- 
ward, appointed  March  i,  1707-08.  Children: 
John,  Edward,  mentioned  below,  Thomas. 
(HI)    Edward,    son    of   John    Higby,    was 


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born  in  1684,  baptized  August  24,  1684.  He 
and  his  wife  joined  the  Middletown  church, 
April  26,  1713,  and  were  dismissed  December 
^9>  ^773'  ^s  original  members  of  the  new 
church  at  Westfield,  Connecticut,  where  he 
died  November  21,  1775,  in  his  ninetj'-second 
year.  He  married,  November  29,  1706,  Re- 
becca Wheeler,  who  died  October  22,  1771,  at 
Middletown.  She  was  of  the  Stratford  fam- 
ily. He  appears  to  have  been  one  of  the  own- 
ers of  the  Golden  Parlour  Mining  Company 
of  Wallingford,  April  27,  1737,  but  the  record 
may  refer  to  a  son  or  nephew.  Children:  i. 
John,  born  at  Middletown,  July  16,  1707  ;  mar- 
ried, March  9,  1730,  Sarah  Cande,  and  died 
in  1790.  2.  Isaac,  mentioned  below.  3.  Re- 
becca, born  1715.  4.  Sarah,  born  1721.  5. 
Stephen,  1730.  6.  Daniel,  removed  to  Lewis 
county,  New  York. 

(IV)  Isaac,  son  of  Edward  Higby,  was 
born  in  1709  at  Middletown.  He  married,  in 
1730,  Dinah  Elton.  Children :  Jane,  Isaac, 
Samuel,  mentioned  below,  Joseph,  Noah,  Re- 
becca, Daniel,  Jane. 

(V)  Samuel,  son  of  Isaac  Higby,  was  born 
in  1732.  He  married,  in  1758,  Rebecca  Doo- 
little.  Children :  Samuel,  mentioned  below, 
below,  Ruth,  Lemuel,  Timothy,  Isaac,  Syl- 
vester. 

(VI)  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Samuel  (i) 
Higby,  was' born  August  14,  1758,  died  April 
23,  1843.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution,  a 
private  in  Captain  Heart's  Connecticut  troops, 
Colonel  'Erastus  Wolcott's  regiment  in  the 
siege  of  Boston,  1776.  He  was  pensioned  in 
later  years  and  was  on  the  list  of  New  Haven 
county  pensioners  in  1832  and  again  from  Mil- 
ford,  New  Haven  county,  in  the  list  of  1840 
(see  "Revolutionary  Rolls  of  Connecticut," 
pp.  383,  654  and  660).  He  married,  in  1783, 
Hannah  Galpin.  Children:  i.  Betsey,  born 
July  20,  1784.  2.  Hannah,  June  16,  1786.  3. 
Roxey,  September  i,  1788.  4.  Samuel  Galpin, 
March  17,  1791,  died  1863;  married,  in  1814, 
Lucy  Ann  Marlitt.  5.  Isaac  Riley.  6.  Lucy, 
April  27,  1794.  7.  Abigail  Riley,  January  13, 
1797.  8.  Hervey,  mentioned  below.  9.  Ben- 
jamin, July  II,  1804. 

(VII)  Hervey,  son  of  Samuel  (2)  Higby, 
was  born  in  Milford,  January  21,  1801,  died 
April  29,  1875.  He  attended  the  public  schools 
of  his  native  town,  and  about  1820  came  to 
Bridgeport.  He  learned  the  trade  of  saddler 
and  became  foreman  and  business  manager  in 
the  factory  of  S.  B.  Jones  &  Company.  He 
was  afterward  with  the  firm  of  N.  B.  Knapp 
&  Company  until  the  concern  retired  from 
business  in  1853.  He  became  a  prominent  fac- 
tor in  the  financial  affairs  of  the  community. 
He  was  for  some  years  president  of  the  Farm- 


ers Bank  (now  the  First  National)  and  in 
1864  he  succeeded  Hon.  P.  C.  Calhoun  as 
president  of  the  Connecticut  National  Bank. 
Mr.  Calhoun  resigned  to  become  president  of 
the  Fourth  National  Bank  of  New  York  City. 
He  also  succeeded  Mr.  Calhoun  in  1865  as 
special  and  financial  agent  of  the  city  and 
town  and  agent  and  active  manager  of  the  city 
and  town  sinking  funds,  which  trusts  he  man- 
aged with  singular  fidelity  and  success  until 
his  death.  He  was  president  of  the  Bridge- 
port Savings  Bank  from  1870  until  the  time  of 
his  death.  His  long  connection  with  this  bank 
as  trustee,  vice-president  and  president,  cov- 
ering a  period  of  a  quarter  of  a  century,  during 
which  his  good  judgment,  fidelity  and  financial 
ability  was  at  the  service  of  this  institution,  was 
of  great  value  during  the  most  important  peri- 
od of  its  development  and  early  growth.  He 
held  various  other  offices  of  trust  and  was 
often  called  upon  to  act  as  appraiser,  distrib- 
utor and  administrator  of  important  estates. 
He  was  one  of  the  first  members  of  the  South 
Congregational  Church  and  took  an  active  and 
prominent  part  in  its  affairs  from  its  organiza- 
tion until  his  death  and  was  a  deacon  for  thirty 
years. 

He  married  Charlotte  Baldwin,  who  died 
aged  ninety-two.  Five  children,  all  died 
young  with  the  exception  of  William  Riley, 
mentioned  below. 

(VIII)  WilHam  Riley,  son  of  Hervey  Higby, 
was  born  in  Bridgeport,  Connecticut,  August 
6,  1825,  died  September  4,  1902,  in  that  city. 
He  was  educated  in  private  schools  in  Bridge- 
port and  New  Haven.  He  began  his  business 
career  as  teller  and  bookkeeper  of  the  Con- 
necticut, now  Pequonnock  Bank,  where  he 
was  employed  for  seven  years.  He  enibarked 
in  the  manufacturing  business,  but  after  a  few 
months  his  plant  was  destroyed  by  fire.  He 
then  assisted  in  organizing  the  Pequonnock 
Bank  and  became  its  first  cashier  in  1851.  He 
continued  in  this  office  until  1869,  when  he  re- 
signed and  was  succeeded  by  the  late  Isaac  B. 
Prindle.  For  several  years  he  was  engaged  in 
the  fire  insurance  business  in  Bridgeport.  In 
1871  he  admitted  to  partnership  T.  B.  De- 
Forest  and  the  firm  name  became  Higby  & 
DeForest.  He  held  many  offices  of  honor  and 
trust  and  was  a  citizen  of  much  public  spirit 
and  influence.  From  1853  to  1857  he  was 
treasurer  of  the  city  of  Bridgeport,  also  from 
1858  to  1861,  from"  1863  to  1868,  and  in  1872 
was  town  treasurer.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
common  council  of  Bridgeport  for  two  years. 
In  1861  he  became  a  director,  secretary  and 
treasurer  of  Mountain  Grove  Cemetery  Asso- 
ciation and  held  these  offices  for  many  years 
until  he  resigned.     He  was  chosen  a  trustee 


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of  the  JBridgeport  Savings  Bank,  June  25, 
1864,  and  held  the  office  as  long  as  he  lived. 
He  was  a  director  and  vice-president  of  the 
Connecticut  National  Bank  and  president  of 
the  Bridgeport  Gas  Light  Company  for  many 
years. 

Mr.  Higby  was -one  of  the  most  prominent 
and  best-known  Masons  in  the  state,  one  of 
the  few  who  have  been  honored  with  the  thir- 
ty-third degree.  He  was  initiated  in  St.  John's 
Lodge,  No.  3,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  in 
1852.  He  was  a  member  of  Jerusalem  Chap- 
ter, Royal  Arch  Masons,  and  Jerusalem  Coun- 
cil, Royal  and  Select  Masters.  He  was  First 
Knight  Templar  to  join  Hamilton  Command- 
ery,  in  1855.  He  was  a  thirty-third  degree 
Mason  and  in  1881  was  elected  one  of  the 
two  active  members  of  the  Supreme  Council 
of  the  Ancient  and  Accepted  Scottish  Rite  for 
the  Northern  Masonic  Jurisdiction  of  the 
United  States,  and  held  this  office  for  the  re- 
mainder of  his  life.  He  was  also  grand  com- 
mander of  the  Grand  Commandery  of  the 
State  of  Connecticut  and  grand  treasurer  of 
this  body  for  a  number  of  3'ears.  In  politics 
Mr.  Higby  was  a  Republican.  He  attended 
the  South  Congregational  Church. 

He  married,  in  1846,  Mary  Ann  Johnson,  a 
native  of  New  Haven,  Connecticut,  daughter 
of  Lyman  Johnson ;  she  died  December  4, 
1904,  aged  seventy-seven.  Children:  Martha 
Louisa,  Henry  Cornelius,  Helen  Augusta,  mar- 
ried George  M.  Fames  (see  Fames  VII)  ; 
Helen. 


Thomas  Fames,  immigrant  an- 
EAMFS     cestor,     was    born    in    England 

about  1618  and  came  to  America 
as  early  as  1634.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the 
Pequot  war  in  1637.  In  1640  he  was  an  in- 
habitant and  proprietor  of  the  town  of  Ded- 
ham,  Massachusetts.  He  removed  to  Med- 
ford,  and  was  living  there  in  1652-59,  occupy- 
ing the  water  mill  on  the  Mystic  side  of 
Charlestown,  later  Woburn.  He  moved  to 
Cambridge,  where  he  owned  a  house  and  eight 
acres  of  land  east  of  the  common.  He  sold 
his  property  there  February  10,  1664,  to  Nich- 
olas Wyeth  and  removed  to  Sudbury,  where 
he  leased  Mr.  Pelham's  farm  and  lived  until 
1669.  He  settled  finally  in  Framingham, 
where  he  built  a  house  and  barn,  though  he 
attended  church  in  the  adjoining  town  of 
Sherborn  and  was  recorded  as  an  inhabitant 
there,  January  4,  1674.  During  King  Philip's 
war,  February  i,  1676,  his  wife  and  several 
children  were  killed  or  taken  captives.  He 
held  the  office  of  selectman  and  was  on  vari- 
ous important  committees  before  coming  to 
Framingham.     He  died  suddenly  January  25, 


1680.     He  married    (first)    Margaret  , 

and  (second)  Mary  Paddlefoot,  daughter  of 
Jonathan  Blanford,  of  Sudbury,  and  she  was 
killed  by  the  Indians  in  February,  1676.  Chil- 
dren:  I.  John,  born  May  16,  1641,  died  Sep- 
tember 17,  1641.  2.  John,  October  6,  1642, 
died  December  14,  1733.  3.  Mary,  May  24, 
1645.  Children  of  second  wife:  4.  Elizabeth, 
married  Thomas  Blanford.  5.  Child,  captured 
by  Indians.  6.  Child,  killed  by  Indians.  7. 
Thomas,  baptized  July  12,  1663,  killed  by 
Indians.  8.  Samuel,  born  at  Sudbury,  January 
15,  1664,  captured  b}^  Indians  but  returned. 
9.  Margaret,  July  8,  1666,  captured  by  Indians, 
redeemed,  married  Joseph  Adams.  10.  Na- 
thaniel, mentioned  below.  11.  Sarah,  October 
3,  1670,  killed  by  Indians.  12.  Lydia,  June 
29,  1672,  killed  by  Indians. 

(II)  Nathaniel,  son  of  Thomas  Fames,  was 
born  at  Sudbury,  December  30,  1668,  died 
January  I,  1746.  He  built,  in  1693,  the  east- 
ern part  of  the  Jonathan  Fames  house,  which 
was  preserved  until  1886,  when  it  was  torn 
down.  When  a  child  he  was  captured  by  the 
Indians  with  others  of  the  family,  but  regained 
his  freedom.  In  1699  he  petitioned  the  gen- 
eral court  to  have  his  lands  remain  a  part  of 
Natick,  instead  of  Sherborn.  He  was  taxed 
July  27,  1710,  to  secure  a  stock  of  ammunition 
for  the  colony.  He  was  on  the  school  com- 
mittee in  1726:  selectman,  1726-27.  He  mar- 
ried Anne  — ,  who  died  March  12,  1743. 

Children:  I.  Lydia,  born  December  10,  1694; 
married  Benjamin  Muzzey,  of  Lexfrgton.  2. 
Rebecca,  July  25,  1697;  married  Daniel  Bige- 
low.  3.  Sarah,  November  i,  1701  ;  married 
Nathaniel  Coy  or  Macoy.  4.  Nathaniel,  men- 
tioned below.  5.  Anne,  January  27,  1706-07. 
6.  William,  married  Sarah  Perry.  7.  Daniel, 
March  20,   1711-12;  married  Silence  Leland. 

(III)  Nathaniel  (2),  son  of  Nathaniel  (i) 
Fames,  was  born  in  Framingham  in  the  old 
Jonathan  Fames  house  near  the  Natick-Sher- 
born  line,  April  18,  1703,  and  lived  there  all 
his  hfe.  He  died  March  13,  1796.  He  was 
corporal  in  Captain  Isaac  Clark's  company  of 
troopers  from  August  21  to  September  18, 
1725,  in  the  Indian  war  service,  and  again  in 
1757  was  in  the  French  and  Indian  war  in 
Captain  Henry  Fames'  company.  He  was  also 
a  minute-man  at  Concord  and  Lexington, 
April  19,  177s,  at  the  age  of  seventy-two.  He 
was  one  of  the  petitioners  for  a  new  meeting 
house  in  1730.  He  married,  November  27, 
1735,  Rachel  Lovell,  of  Medfield.  She  died 
October  19,  1778,  aged  sixty-eight  years.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Framingham:  i.  Benjamin,  Sep- 
tember 15,  1737,  died  3-oung.  2.  Nathaniel, 
July  31,  1739,  died  young.  3.  William,  Feb- 
ruary 21,  1 74 1,  died  young.     4.  Ann,  August 


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6,  1744,  died  young.  5.  Nathaniel,  mentioned 
below.  6.  Alexander,  October  15,  1748.  7. 
Benjamin,  March  16,  175 1.  8.  Rachel,  mar- 
ried Richard  Gleason. 

(IV)  Nathaniel  (3),  son  of  Nathaniel  (2) 
Eames,  was  born  at  Framingham,  September 
II,  1747,  died  September  8,  1820.  He  lived 
on  the  homestead  owned  afterwards  by  his  son 
Jonathan  and  was  a  prosperous  farmer.  He 
was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution,  a  private  in 
Captain  Micajah  Gleason's  company  of  min- 
ute-men at  Concord  and  Lexington  in  April, 
1775;  also  private  in  Captain  Nathan  Drury's 
company.  Colonel  Abner  Perry's  .  regiment 
(Sixth)  in  1780.  He  married  Katherine  Rice, 
born  at  Framingham,  September  5,  1751,  died 
May  30,  1833,  daughter  of  Jonathan  and  Ruth 
(Eames)  Rice.  Children,  born  at  Framing- 
ham: I.  Anna,  born  February  5,  1772;  mar- 
ried, August  I,  1802,  Amasa  Forbes,  of  Rox- 
bury.  2.  Alexander,  July  5,  1774,  died  Octo- 
ber 28,  1861  ;  married  Abigail  Lovell,  of  Med- 
field.  3.  Zedekiah,  February  13,  1776,  died 
aged  two  years.  4.  Abel,  May  23,  1778,  died 
August  18,  1859;  married  Hitty  Eames.  5. 
Rachel,  May  30,  1780;  married  Seth  Forbes. 

6.  Stephen,  July  6,  1782,  died  aged  four  years. 

7.  Lovell,  mentioned  below.  .8.  Zedekiah,  Oc- 
tober, 1787.  9.  Patty,  1790,  died  July  29, 
1884.  10.  Jonathan,  July  5,  1793,  died  Decem- 
ber 23,  1875;  married  Susan  Eames. 

(V)  Lovell,  son  of  Nathaniel  (3)  Eames, 
was  bom  in  Framingham,  February  7,  1785, 
died  December  4,  1865;  married,  April  5, 
1810,  Lucy  Eames.  He  built  the  house  north 
of  the  Baptist  church  and  lived  there  until  his 
death.  Also  gave  the  land  on  vi^hich  the  Bap- 
tist church  is  built.  On  March  18,  1854,  he 
gave  to  the  town  of  South  Framingham  a  deed 
of  land  for  92x202  feet  in  front  of  the  Bap- 
tist church  to  be  held  for  a  common  forever. 
His  wife  Lucy  was  born  March  16,  1789,  died 
July  II,  1780;  she  was  the  daughter  of  Henry 
Eames,  also  a  minute-man  at  Lexington  and 
Concord  and  afterward  a  soldier  in  the  revo- 
lution. Henry  Eames,  father  of  Henry,  was 
son  of  Henry,  grandson  of  John  and  great- 
grandson  of  Thomas  Eames,  the  immigrant. 
Children  of  Lovell  and  Lucy  Eames:  i.  Al- 
bert, mentioned  below.  2.  Horace,  born  Feb- 
ruary 25,  1813,  died  May  17,  1878;  married 
Eliza  R.  Whittemore,  of  Ashburnham.  3.  Su- 
san, February  25,  1817;  married  Franklin 
Manson.  4.  Ann  Maria,  February  20,  1820 : 
married  Josiah  Hemenway  Jr.  5.  Elizabeth 
S.,  June  30,  1822,  died  February  14,  191 1.  6. 
Olivia  A.,  June  19,  1824;  married  Curtis  H. 
Barber. 

(VI)  Albert,  son  of  Lovell  Eames,  was  born 
at   Framingham,   March   9,    181 1,   in   the   old 


homestead  built  by  the  first  Nathaniel  in  1693. 
He  was  educated  there  in  the  public  schools, 
and  at  the  age  of  twenty-one  was  apprenticed 
to  Silas  Allen,  gunsmith,  of  Springfield,  Mas- 
sachusetts, from  whose  business  the  Spring- 
field armory  developed.  After  learning  his 
trade  he  worked  for  the  government  in  the 
mints  at  Savannah  and  New  Orleans,  making 
the  journey  between  these  cities  with  a  horse 
and  buggy  which  he  bought  for  the  purpose 
and  sold  after  making  the  trip.  He  \yent  up 
the  Mississippi  river  as  far  as  the  present  site 
of  the  city  of  St.  Paul  in  boats  which  carried 
provisions  northward  and  lumber  on  the  re- 
turn voyage.  In  1846  he  entered  the  employ 
of  the  Remingtons,  makers  of  firearms  at  Ilion, 
New  York,  and  assisted  in  filling  a  govern- 
ment contract  for  breech-loading  carbines  for 
the  navy.  In  the  manufacture  of  this  weapon 
the  system  of  finishing  the  parts  by  gauge  and 
afterwards  assembling  them  came  into  use  un- 
der his  direction,  a  system  that  has  since  been 
generall}'  adopted  by  gunsmiths  and  makers  of 
all  kinds  of  machines.  He  returned  to  Spring- 
field and  organized  the  American  Machine 
Works,  manufacturing  cotton  presses  and 
heavy  machinery.  This  business  was  de- 
stroyed by  the  civil  war,  the  assets  of  the 
firm  being  mostly  in  the  southern  states. 
In  1856  he  came  to  Bridgeport  to  work  for 
the  Wheeler  &  Wilson  Sewing  Machine 
Company  to  build  tools,  the  manufacture, 
of  sewing  machines  being  a  new  industry 
at  that  time,  and  his  connection  with  this 
business  continued  until  his  death,  Decem- 
ber 14,  1889.  He  was  president  of  the  Bridge- 
port Horse  Railroad  Company,  and  a  charter 
member  of  Hampden  Lodge  of  Odd  Fellows 
of  Springfield  and  retained  his  affiliation  with 
that  lodge  as  long  as  he  lived.  His  citizenship 
was  of  the  highest  order,  and  he  gave  his 
services  in  full  measure  on  various  municipal 
boards,  the  principal  of  which  was  the  con- 
struction of  city  parks  in  their  beginning,  and 
in  the  capacity  of  park  commissioner  he 
served  for  a  period  of  twenty-two  years,  or 
until  his  death.  He  married,  in  1844,  Harriet 
Avery  Ferre,  born  at  Monson,  Massachusetts, 
March  26,  1819,  died  September  3,  1889,  a 
descendant  of  Charles  and  Sarah  (Hermon) 
Ferre,  married  January'  29,  1661,  early  settlers 
of  Springfield,  Massachusetts.  John  Ferre, 
born  November  6,  1662,  son  of  Charles,  had  a 
son  John,  born  August  15,  1687,  by  wife,  Mar- 
tha Miller.  John  (2)  Ferre  married  Mary 
Sweetman,  August  24,  1720.  Their  son  John 
(3),  married  Sarah  Terry,  June  25.  1744,  and 
had  a  son  Solomon,  grandfather  of  Mrs. 
Eames,  and  a  soldier  in  the  revolution,  born 
at  Springfield,  September  26,  1752,  died  Feb- 


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ruary  8,  1835.  His  wife  Rhoda,  daughter  of 
Robert  Sanderson,  of  Springfield,  was  born 
June  14,  1757,  died  Ottober  19,  1830.  Horace 
Ferre,  father  of  Mrs.  Eames,  was  born  at 
Springfield,  May  11,  1790,  died  November  26, 
1865 ;  married  Harriet  Avery,  who  was  born 
at  Stafford,  Connecticut,  October  27,  1793, 
died  October  25,  1876.  She  was  a  lineal  de- 
scendant of  Captain  James  Avery,  of  New 
London  and  Groton,  Connecticut ;  children : 
Giddings  H.  Ferre,  born  August  23,  1817,  died 
September  25,  1830;  Harriet  A.  Ferre,  mar- 
ried Albert  Eames,  mentioned  above;  Horace 
Ferre,  born  October  24,  1820,  settled  in  Cali- 
fornia; Henry  P.  Ferre,  born  September  14, 
1822,  died  June  2,  1891 ;  Henrietta  Ferre,  born 
October  4,  1824;  Giddings  H.  Ferre,  born 
February  24,  1834,  settled  in  California ;  Helen 
Ferre,  born  April  9,  1840,  died  in  childhood. 
Children  of  Albert  Eames  and  wife:  i.  Mar- 
tha, died  July  i6,  1898;  married  Franklin  Mac- 
Grath,  of  Bridgeport.  2.  Mary,  died  aged 
about  a  year.  3.  Susan  M.,  married  Erva  B. 
Silliman,  of  Bridgeport.  4.  Horace  Lovell, 
died  August  13,  1895.  5-  Albert  Hyde,  died 
aged  three  years.  6.  Harriet  L.,  resides  in 
Bridgeport.  7.  George  Manson,  mentioned  be- 
low. 

(VH)  George  Manson,  son  of  Albert 
Eames,  was  born  January  19,  1859,  in  Spring- 
field, Massachusetts,  and  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  of  Bridgeport,  Connecticut.  Af- 
ter leaving  school  he  went  into  the  foundry  of 
the  Wheeler  &  Wilson  Sewing  Machine  Com- 
pany, and  from  there  up  he  worked  in  prac- 
tically every  department  of  the  business  until 
he  became  vice-president  and  general  superin- 
tendent. This  business  was  later  absorbed  by 
The  Singer  Manufacturing  Company,  and  he 
then  became  the  manager  of  the  Bridgeport 
works.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Bridgeport 
Board  of  Trade,  and  a  member  of  the  execu- 
tive board  of  the  Manufacturers  Association. 
Has  served  on  the  executive  boards  of  the 
leading  clubs  in  the  city,  and  has  served  one 
term  each  as  president  of  the  Algonquin  Club 
and  commodore  of  the  Bridgeport  Yacht  Club. 
His  particular  hobby,  however,  has  been  the 
city's  parks.  He  was  recently  re-elected  presi- 
dent of  the  board  of  park  commissioners  for 
the  seventh  consecutive  time,  at  which  time 
he  stated  to  his  colleagues  on  the  board  that 
he  considered  that  the  honor  should  be  given 
to  some  other  member  for  the  reason  that  he 
had  served  so  long,  not  through  any  lack  of 
interest;  but  his  re-election  was  unanimous, 
amply  testifying  to  his  popularity  and  effi- 
ciency. His  father  served  as  park  commis- 
sioner for  twenty-two  years,  and  the  son  is 
only   following  in   his   footsteps.     George   M. 


Eames  married  Helen  Augusta  Higby  (see 
Higby  VHI).  Children:  i.  Charlotte  M., 
married  George  W.  Ellis,  of  Monson,  Massa- 
chusetts, and  has  one  child,  Holbrook  Belknap 
Ellis.  2.  Helen,  married  Noble  E.  Vincent 
and  has  one  child,  Martha  Alene  Vincent.  3. 
Martha,  twin  of  Helen,  now  deceased.  4. 
William,  deceased.     5.  George  Manson,  Jr. 


Thomas  Jewell,  immigrant  an- 
JEWELL     cestor,    was    born    in    England 

about  1600,  and  it  is  thought 
that  he  was  of  the  same  stock  as  Bishop  John 
Jewell,  who  was  born  in  the  north  of  Devon- 
shire, in  1522,  died  in  1571.  The  surname  was 
formerly  written  Jule,  Joyell,  Jewell,  and 
in  various  other  ways.  Thomas  Jewell 
came  over  in  the  ship  "Planter,"  in  April, 
1635,  when  he  gave  his  age  as  twenty-seven 
in  the  ship  register.  He  settled  at  Mount  Wol- 
laston,  now  Braintree,  Massachusetts,  and  was 
granted  land  there  for  three  heads,  twelve 
acres,  upon  the  covenant  of  three  shillings  per 
acre,  April  24,  1639.  He  died  in  1654,  and 
his  will  was  proved  July  21,  1654,  bequeath- 
ing to  his  wife  and  children.  Administration 
was  granted  to  Grisell,  widow  of  Thomas, 
July  21,  1654,  but  October  5,  1655,  she  being 
about  to  marry  Humphrey  Griggs,  William 
Needham  and  Thomas  Foster  were  appointed 
executors  and  Griggs  agreed  to  bring  up  the 
Jewell  children.  She  was  soon  left  again  a 
widow  and  was  appointed  administratrix  of 
Humphrey  Griggs,  August  18,  1657.  She 
married  afterward  John  Gurney,  Sr.,  Henry 
Kibbe  and  John  Burge,  having  at  least  five 
husbands.  Children  :  Joseph,  mentioned  be- 
low ;  Thomas  (twin),  born  February  27,  1643; 
Hannah  (twin  of  Thomas),  married  John  Par- 
ris;  Nathaniel,  April  15,  1648;  Grisell,  March 
19,  1651  ;  Mercy,  April  14,  1653. 

(H)  Joseph,  son  of  Thomas  Jewell,  was 
born  at  Braintree,  April  24,  1642,  died  before 
September  2,  1736.  He  settled  in  Sudbury, 
Massachusetts,  and  bought  land  there  July  17, 
1694,  of  Richard  Cheever,  of  Boston.  He 
deeded  this  farm  to  his  son  John,  November 
27,  1719.  He  kept  the  ferry  at  Charlestown 
for  a  time  and  his  son  Joseph  assisted  him. 
He  had  a  grist  mill,  known  afterward  as 
Jewell's  Mill,  at  Snow,  on  the  stream  dividing 
that  town  from  Sudbury.     He  married  (first) 

Martha  ,  about  1670;  (second)   Isabel 

-,  who  lived  to  be  over  orle  hundred  and 


three.  Children  :  Joseph,  mentioned  below  ; 
Martha,  born  July  25,  1675  ;  Daughter,  mar- 
ried    Townsend ;  Mary,  married  Will- 
iam Skinner,  of  Stow  ;  John,  died  at  Stow ; 
James,  settler  of  Winchester,  New  Hamp- 
shire. 


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(III)  Joseph  (2),  son  of  Joseph  (i)  Jew- 
ell, was  born  June,  1673,  died  in  1766  at 
Dudley,  Massachusetts.  He  married  (by  the 
famous  Rev.  Cotton  j\'Iather),  September  14, 
1704,  in  Boston,  Mary  Morris.  Children : 
Mary,  died  at  Thompson,  Connecticut,  mar- 
ried    Stone;  Joseph,  born  September  i, 

1708,  died  at  Dudley;  Elizabeth,  May  31,  171 1  ; 
Nathaniel,  died  at  Dudley ;  Archibald,  men- 
tioned below;  Martha,  March  12,  1718. 

(IV)  Archibald,  son  of  Joseph  (2)  Jewell, 
was  born  April  8,  1716,  at  Plainfield,  Connec- 
ticut, died  of  smallpox  at  Dudley,  Massachu- 
setts, December  26,  1777.  He  married  Jan- 
uary 6,  1741,  Rebecca  Leonard.  Children: 
Elisha,  born  November  4,  1742;  Asahel,  men- 
tioned below;  Mary,  November  16,  1746;  Jus- 
tus, September  20,  1748;  Ebenezer,  July  13, 
1750;  Lemuel,  July  16,  1752;  Elisha,  March 
25,  1755;  Rebecca,  September  13,  1757;  Lem- 
uel, January  1,  1760;  Olive,  July  5,  1762; 
Leonard,  November  3,  1764. 

(V)  Asahel,  son  of  Archibald  Jewell,  was 
born  August  2,  1744,  died  at  Winchester,  New 
Hampshire,  April  30,  1790.  He  was  a  tanner 
and  farmer.  He  married,  November  5,  1767, 
Hannah  Wright.  Children :  Elizabeth,  born 
August  29,  1768;  Leonard,  June  18,  1770; 
Hannah,  September  21,  1773;  Asahel,  men- 
tioned below;  Rebecca,  April  24,  1778;  Sarah, 
April  17,  1780;  Rufus,  June  28,  1782;  Alvan, 
October  6,  1784;  Achsah.  February  3,  1787; 
Ezbon,  November  23,   1789. 

(VI)  Asahel  (2),  son  of  Asahel  (i)  Jew- 
ell, was  born  in  Winchester,  May  16,  1776, 
died  there  August  29,  1834.  He  was  a  tanner 
by  trade.  He  married,  Febi'uary  21,  1797, 
Hepzibah  Chamberlain.  Children,  born  at 
Winchester :  Pliny,  mentioned  below  ;  Hepzi- 
bah, August  16,  1799,  died  at  Winchester,  Oc- 
tober 2,  1802;  Moses  Chamberlain,  August  5, 
1801,  died  August  8,  1804;  Hepzibah  N.,  Oc- 
tober 16,  1805,  married  Rev.  Salmon  Ben- 
nett; Asahel  L.,  November  16,  1810,  lived  at 
Winchester;  William  H.,  January  15,  1813, 
died  at  Winchester,  May  13,  1816. 

(VII)  Pliny,  son  of  Asahel  (2)  Jewell,  was 
born  at  Winchester,  September  27,  1798,  died 
August  28,  1869,  at  Hartford,  Connecticut. 
He  attended  the  district  schools  and  academv 
and  for  some  years  taught  school  during  the 
winter  terms.  At  an  early  age  he  began  to 
learn  the  trade  of  tanner  and  step  by  step 
mastered  the  details  of  his  father's  business. 
He  succeeded  to  the  business  established  by 
his  grandfather  at  Winchester  and  continued 
by  his  father,  and  he  manufactured  leather 
there  until  1845,  when  he  sought  a  larger  field 
for  his  industry  at  Hartford,  Connecticut.  In 
1848  he  added  to  the  tanning  business  a  shop 


for  the  making  of  leather  belting.  He  asso- 
ciated with  him  at  that  time  his  two  sons, 
Pliny  Jr.  and  Marshall,  under  the  firm  name 
of  P.  Jewell  &  Sons,  and  subsequently  two 
other  sons,  Charles  A.  and  Lyman  B.  Jewell, 
were  admitted  to  the  firm.  The  shop  was  on 
Trumbull  street,  Hartford.  The  business  pros- 
pered and  grew  to  large  proportions.  It  was 
incorporated  April  16,  1883.  The  founder  and 
senior  partner  of  the  firm  retired  in  1866,  three 
years  before  his  death.  About  1856  the  firm 
established  a  tannery  at  Detroit,  Michigan, 
where  for  twenty-five  years  the  leather  was 
prepared.  At  present  the  company  has  large 
tanneries  at  Rome,  Georgia,  and  the  leather 
manufactured  there  is  used  largely  in  the  belt 
factory  at  Hartford.  Mr.  Jewell  lived  to  see 
the  industry  he  established  grow  to  the  largest 
of  its  kind  in  the  country.  To  his  great  ex- 
ecutive ability,  sagacity  and  indefatigable  in- 
dustry, the  success  of  the  business  to-day  is 
largely  due.  He  had  great  strength  of  will, 
force  of  character  and  decided  convictions.  In 
religion  he  was  a  decided  Calvinist  of  the 
stern,  old-fashioned  type.  He  was  active  in 
the  Congregational  church  of  his  native  town 
and  when  he  came  to  Hartford  joined  the 
South  Congregational  Church,  of  which  he 
was  a  member  until  a  few  years  before  his 
death,  when  he  united  with  the  Center  Church 
at  Hartford.  He  was  secretary  and  treasurer 
of  the  Windsor  Theological  Seminary  and  a 
prime  mover  in  securing  its  removal  to  Hart- 
ford. 

He  was  a  lifelong  student,  especially  of  the 
history  of  his  own  country,  of  France  and 
England,  and  few  men  of  his  day  knew  more 
about  the  politics  and  political  history  of  the 
United  States.  He  left  very  voluminous  notes 
upon  English  history  with  characteristic  criti- 
cism of  historical  personages.  He  read  old 
English  literature  and  studied  Shakespeare, 
especially  the  historical  plays,  with  scholarly 
method  and  care.  "He  was  not  a  mere  reader 
of  history,  but  he  studied  the  philosophy  of 
it,  the  motives  and  animus  of  the  characters 
who  figure  in  it,  and  the  action  and  reaction  of 
events  upon  the  actors  in  the  great  drama.  He 
talked  well  on  such  subjects,  showing  always 
a  memory  tenacious  of  facts  and  a  clear  grasp 
of  principles.  He  had  a  fondness  for  rare 
books  upon  the  subject  in  which  he  was  in- 
terested, though  he  was  not  a  collector."  And 
when  he  retired  from  business  he  had  a  pleas-^ 
ing  and  stimulating  avocation  in  his  studies, 
such  as  too  few  of  the  men  who  have  led 
active  lives  have.  Naturally  such  a  man  was 
keenly  interested  in  the  government  of  his 
country.  He  took  an  active  part  in  politics  in 
Winchester  in   the   old   Whig   party,   serving 


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several  terms  in  the  state  legislature.  But  he 
voted  for  Fremont  for  president  and  was  a 
Republican  the  remainder  of  his  life. 

He  married  Emily  Alexander,  of  Winches- 
ter, New  Hampshire,  born  Februar}"  12,  1801, 
died  March  19,  1889.  Children:  i.  Harvey, 
born  May  26,  1820,  mentioned  below.  2. 
Maria,  October  14,  1821,  married,  May  27, 
1857,  J.  E.  Coleman,  and  died  in  Paris,  France. 
June  26,  1878;  she  was  a  graduate  of  Mount 
Hol)'oke  Seminary  and  for  some  years  teacher 
in  the  Hartford  Female  Seminary,  a  promi- 
nent worker  in  local  charities  of  Hartford  and 
at  the  time  of  her  death  was  president  of  the 
Woman's  Home  on  Church  street ;  for  many 
years  superintendent  of  the  infant  class  of  the 
Sunday  school  of  the  Asylum  Hill  Congrega- 
tional Church;  she  was  energetic,  gifted  and 
useful,  an  artist  of  some  distinction ;  Mr. 
Coleman  was  a  native  of  Ohio  who  came  to 
Hartford  before  the  civil  war  and  was  asso- 
ciated in  business  with  the  Jewell  concern ; 
went  to  New  York  City  to  live  in  1870  and 
died  there  September  2,  1890.  3.  Pliny,  Sep- 
tember I,  1823,  mentioned  below.  4.  Mar- 
shall, October  20,  1825,  mentioned  below.  5. 
L3'man  B.,  August  29,  1827,  mentioned  below. 
6.  Emily,  November  6,  1829,  died  at  W^inches- 
ter,  November  i,  1836.  7.  Arthur,  August  i, 
1834,  died  at  Hartford,  February  9,  1848.  8. 
Charlotte  A.,  September  20,  1836,  resides  at 
Hartford.  9.  Edmund,  February  12,  1839, 
died  at  Winchester,  February  19,  1841.  10. 
Charles  A.,  March  29,  1841,  mentioned  below. 

(A-'ni)  Harvey,  son  of  Pliny  (i)  Jewell, 
was  born  at  Winchester,  May  26,  1820.  He 
graduated  at  Dartmouth  College  in  the  class 
of  1844,  and  began  the  study  of  law  in  the 
office  of  Lyman  Mason,  of  Boston,  where  he 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  of  Suffolk  county, 
August  II,  1847.  He  acquired  special  skill  in 
drafting  contracts,  charters  and  other  instru- 
ments in  which  clearness,  accuracy  and  fore- 
sight were  requisite.  He  became  an  authorit}- 
on  maritime  law  and  his  opinions  were  ac- 
cepted with  almost  the  force  of  judicial  decis- 
ions. From  an  earh^  age  he  was  interested  in 
politics,  first  as  a  Whig,  later  as  a  Republican. 
In  1851-52-61  he  was  a  member  of  the  city 
council  of  Boston,  and  from  1867  to  1871  a 
representative  to  the  general  court  of  ]\Iassa- 
chusetts,  serving  most  of  that  period  as  speaker 
of  the  house  with  such  ability  and  impartiality 
that  he  won  the  approval  and  esteem  even  of 
the  opposing  party.  He  was  vigorously  sup- 
ported by  his  friends  in  a  triangular  contest 
for  the  nomination  for  governor  in  the  Re- 
publican state  convention  of  1871  and  his  with- 
drawal in  favor  of  Hon.  William  B.  Washburn 
made  that  gentleman  the   candidate   and   de- 


feated General  Benjamin  F.  Butler.  In  1875 
President  Grant  appointed  Mr.  Jewell  judge 
of  the  court  of  commissioners  of  Alabama 
claims.  After  holding  that  office  two  }-ears, 
he  resigned  to  resume  the  practice  of  law  in 
Boston,  where  he  died  December  8,  188 1.  He 
was  a  law  partner  of  Governor  William  A. 
Gaston.  He  received  the  honorary  degree  of 
LL.D.  in  1875  from  Dartmouth  College.  He 
was  the  only  one  of  the  sons  of  Pliny  Jewell 
not  connected  with  the  leather  business  in 
Hartford.  He  married,  December  26,  1849, 
Susan,  daughter  of  Hon.  Richard  Bradley,  of 
Concord,  Massachusetts.  Children  :  Elizabeth 
B.,  born  October  19,  1850,  died  August  22, 
1857 ;  Susan  Emily,  March  7,  1854 ;  Helen 
Lvman,  October  27,  1858. 

'(VIII)  Phny  (2),  son  of  Pliny  (i)  Jewell, 
was  born  at  Winchester,  New  Hampshire, 
September  i,  1823.  He  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools,  and  early  in  life  began  to  learn 
the  leather  business  in  which  his  father  was 
engaged.  He  came  to  Hartford  with  his  father 
in  1845  and  was  a  partner  of  the  firm  of 
P.  Jewell  &  Sons,  formed  in  1848.  He  took 
an  active  and  important  part  in  building  up  the 
great  industry  with  which  his  name  has  been 
so  long  associated.  When  the  business  was 
incorporated  in  1883  he  became  president  of 
the  company.  Under  an  act  of  incorporation 
granted  by  the  state  in  1881,  the  Jewell  Belting 
Company  was  organized  in  1883.  The  pres- 
ent capital  stock  of  this  concern,  $800,000,  is 
owned  almost  wholly  by  the  Jewell  family. 
Lyman  B.  Jewell  was  elected  vice-president; 
Charles  A.  Jewell  treasurer,  and  Charles  E. 
Newton  secretary'.  After  the  death  of  Charles 
A.  Jewell,  June  25,  1905,  Charles  E.  Newton 
was  elected  treasurer  and  Charles  L.  Tolles 
secretary.  The  other  officers  have  continued 
to  fill  their  original  duties.  In  1890  the  com- 
pany added  to  the  works  a  brick  building  of 
massive  walls,  sixty  by  ninet}-  feet,  five  stories 
above  the  basement.  An  extension  was  built 
west  of  the  counting  room,  eighteen  by  thirty- 
two  feet,  finished  in  hard  wood  and  hand- 
somely equipped  for-  private  offices.  A  closely 
related  industry  is  the  Jewell  Pin  Company, 
largelv  owned  and  controlled  by  Mr.  Jewell 
and  his  brothers.  It  was  chartered  in  1881 
with  a  capital  of  $60,000.  The  factory  in  the 
rear  of  the  belting  works  consists  of  two 
buildings,  each  twenty-five  b}'  eighty  feet,  two 
stories  high.  The  machines  for  making  pins 
are  all  manufactured  in  this  plant  and  each 
one  has  a  capacity  of  one  hundred  and  sixty 
pins  a  minute.  The  wire  is  cut,  headed,  sharp- 
ened and  polished  in  a  single  process.  Then, 
after  passing  through  a  process  for  cleansing 
and   whitening,   the  pins   are   inserted   in   the 


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papers  hy  other  equally  ingenious  machines. 
More  than  thirty  different  sizes  of  pins  are 
made.  The  Jewell  Pad  Company  and  the 
Jewell  Belt  Hook  Company  are  under  the 
same  ownership  and  management,  and  Pliny 
Jewell  is  president  of  all  these  corporations. 
For  more  than  a  generation,  it  will  be  seen, 
Mr.  Jewell  has  been  one  of  the  industrial  lead- 
ers of  Hartford.  He  is  one  of  the  best-known 
leather  manufacturers  in  this  country,  and 
one  of  the  most  generally  respected  business 
men  of  the  city  and  state. 

He  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Repub- 
lican party  in  Connecticut  and  ever  since  then 
has  been  a  prominent  and  influential  member 
of  that  organization,  though  his  vast  and  varied 
business  duties  prevented  him  from  accepting 
public  duties  of  any  kind.  He  is  a  director  of 
the  Hartford  National  Bank,  of  the  Travelers 
Insurance  Company,  a  trustee  of  the  Hart- 
ford Trust  Company,  and  vice-president  of  the 
Board  of  Trade  of  Hartford.  He  is  a  mem- 
'  ber  of  the  Hartford  Club.  In  religion  he  is  a 
Congregationalist,  and  he  attends  the  Pearl 
Street  Congregational  Church.  He  married, 
September  5,  1845,  Caroline  Bradbury.  Chil- 
dren :  Edward,  born  January  26,  1847,  re- 
sides in  Boston ;  Emily  Maria,  February  23, 
1856,  married  Walter  Sanford,  of  Hartford. 

(VIII)  Hon.  Marshall  Jewell,  son  of  Pliny 
(i)  Jewell,  was  born  at  Winchester,  October 
20,  1825.  After  receiving  a  common  school 
education,  he  entered  the  employ  of  John 
Cummings  &  Son,  of  Woburn,  Massachusetts, 
tanners,  when  he  was  eighteen  years  old,  and 
mastered  the  trade.  About  1847  ^^  '^'^^^  at- 
tracted to  the  new  profession  of  telegraphy 
and  worked  in  that  business  first  in  Rochester, 
New'  York,  and  afterward  at  Akron,  Ohio, 
where  he  had  charge  of  a  telegraph  office. 
Later  he  went  south  and  was  engaged  in  con- 
structing telegraph  lines  in  various  southern 
states.  In  January,  1850,  he  was  admitted  to 
his  father's  firm  at  Hartford.  Much  of  his 
time  was  occupied  from  1852  to  1857  in  travel- 
ing for  the  firm  and  extending  its  business  in 
this  country  and  Europe.  He  was  abroad  in 
1859-60,  attending  to  the  foreign  trade.  In 
1865-66-67  .he  was  again  in  Europe  to  look 
after  the  export  business  which  had  grown  to 
large  proportions.  Incidentally  he  made  a  trip 
up  the  Nile  and  visited  the  Holy  Land.  He 
attended  the  Paris  Exposition  in  1867.  All 
his  life  he  continued  in  the  firm  and  company. 
He  was  one  of  the  incorporators  of  the  Phoe- 
nix Fire  Insurance  Company  of  Hartford  and 
from  its  beginning  was  on  the  board  of  direc- 
tors. He  was  also  from  the  beginning  a  di- 
rector of  the  Travelers'  Life  Insurance  Com- 
pany,  and   from    1855   until   the   time   of  his 


death  a  director  of  the  Hartford  Bank.  He 
was  connected  also  with  various  other  cor- 
porations in  Hartford  and  elsewhere  and  was 
part  owner  of  the  Hartford  Evening  Post.  For 
a  time  he  was  president  of  the  Jewell  Pin  Com- 
pany of  Hartford  and  he  was  president  of  the 
United  States  Telegraph  Association. 

Mr.  Jewell  began  his  political  career  in  1867 
as  candidate  for  state  senator  on  the  Repub- 
lican ticket  from  the  first  district.  He  shared 
in  the  general  defeat,  but  the  vigor  and  skill 
exhibited  by  him  in  the  campaign  as  candidate 
and  chairman  of  the  Republican  committee 
brought  him  much  loyal  support  and  he  was 
nominated  for  governor  of  the  state  in  the  fol- 
lowing year.  He  was  defeated  by  Governor 
English  at  the  polls,  but  in  1869  was  success- 
ful, defeating  Governor  English  in  a  notable 
campaign.  In  1871  the  same  candidates  met 
again  and  Governor  Jewell  won.  In  1872  Gov- 
ernor Jewell  was  elected  for  a  third  term  as 
governor,  winning  by  the  slight  plurality  of 
twenty-eight  votes  over  Hon.  Richard  D.  Hub- 
bard, Democrat.  As  governor  Mr.  Jewell 
proved  a  faithful,  able  and  forceful  executive. 
His  messages  show  a  careful  study  of  the  in- 
terests of  the  state,  and  his  recommendations 
were  practical  and  judicious.  Many  of  his 
recommendations  were  approved  by  the  legis- 
lature. He  retired  from  office  in  May,  1873, 
and  in  the  following  month,  much  to  his  own 
surprise,  he  was  appointed  by  President  Grant 
minister  to  Russia,  and  in  July  sailed  for  Eu- 
rope with  his  family.  Although  the  diplo- 
matic service  was  a  new  field  for  him.  Gov- 
ernor Jewell  proved  a  useful  and  able  minis- 
ter. After  one  year  at  St.  Petersburg,  Mr. 
Jewell  returned  to  this  country  to  enter  the 
cabinet  of  President  Grant  as  postmaster-gen- 
eral, succeeding  Mr.  Cresswell.  In  his  man- 
agement of  the  postoffice  department,  Mr. 
Jewell  exhibited  the  same  traits  of  character 
which  distinguished  him  in  business  life,  en- 
ergy, system,  knowledge  of  detail  and  strict 
integrity.  He  accomplished  much  in  rooting 
out  fraudulent  contracts  and  various  other 
forms  of  swindling  that  had  grown  up  in  the 
department.  He  initiated  the  fast  mail  service 
between  New  York  and  Chicago  and  was  in- 
strumental in  securing  an  advantageous  agree- 
ment with  the  postal  authorities  of  the  Domin- 
ion of  Canada.  In  July,  1876,  he  resigned 
from  the  cabinet  and  spent  the  remainder  of 
his  days  attending  to  his  varied  business  and 
private  interests.  In  1879  and  again  in  1881 
he  was  candidate  for  United  States  senator 
and  lacked  but  a  few  votes  of  winning  the 
RepubHcan  nomination.  In  1880  he  was  chair- 
man of  the  Republican  National  Committee 
and  took  an  active  and  important  part  in  the 


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presidential  campaign  that  resulted  in  the  elec- 
tion of  Gariield.  He  remained  chairman  until 
the  time  of  his  death.  For  twenty  years  he  had 
taken  an  active  part  in  the  campaigns  of  his 
party  in  state  and  nation  and  during  the  last 
four  presidential  campaigns  before  he  died  he 
spoke  constantly.  As  a  public  speaker  he  was 
unknown  until  after  he  was  nominated  for 
governor,  but  he  had  a  gift  for  easy,  natural, 
graceful  oratory,  reasoning  clearly,  carrying 
conviction.  In  1876  and  1880  he  was  in  de- 
mand for  all  parts  of  the  country  as  a  campaign 
speaker,  and  addressed  many  of  the  largest 
meetings  in  New  York,  New  England  and  the 
west.  A  promising  public  career  was  cut  short 
by  his  untimely  death  in  February,  1883.  In 
personal  appearance  Governor  Jewell  was 
stout,  somewhat  less  than  average  height,  with 
fine  silver-gray  hair,  a  singularly  friendly  and 
genial  expression,  a  pleasant  voice,  and  a  thor- 
oughly cordial  manner.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  Congregational  church. 

He  married,  October  6,  1852,  Esther  E. 
Dickinson,  of  Newburg,  New  York.  She  was 
born  June  6,  1832,  died  February  26,  1883. 
She  was  a  woman  of  many  social  graces  and 
intellectual  gifts,  was  a  student  and  scholar, 
and  a  charming  conversationalist.  She  was  a 
graceful  and  popular  hostess  and  entertained 
much  both  at  Hartford  and  Washington  while 
her  husband  was  in  public  life.  Children : 
Josephine  M.,  born  February  11,  1855,  widow 
of  Arthur  M.  Dodge,  of  New  York  City; 
Florence  W.,  August  24,  1856,  married  Will- 
iam H.  Strong,  of  Detroit,  Michigan. 

(A'lII)  Lyman  B.,  son  of  Pliny  (i)  Jewell, 
was  born  in  Winchester,  New  Hampshire.  Au- 
gust 29,  1827.  He  attended  the  district  schools 
of  his  native  town  until  he  was  sixteen  5'ears 
old.  After  leaving  school  he  was  variously 
employed  during  the  remaining  years  of  his 
minority.  From  1856  to  1872  he  was  engaged 
in  the  dry  goods  commission  business  in  New 
York  City  and  Boston.  He  moved  to  Hartford 
in  1S73  ^nd  was  admitted  to  his  father's  firm, 
P.  Jewell  &  Sons^,  afterward  the  Jewell  Belt- 
ing Company,  of  which  he  has  for  many  years 
been  vice-president  and  director.  He  is  also 
director  and  vice-president  of  the  other  three 
Jewell  corporations,  and  treasurer  of  the  De- 
troit Leather  Company.  He  is  a  director  of 
the  Phoenix  Fire  Insurance  Company,  the 
American  National  Bank  and  the  Southern 
New  England  Telephone  Company.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Hartford  Club.  In  religion  he 
is  an  Episcopalian,  in  politics  a  Republican. 
He  is  an  able,  straightforward,  outspoken 
business  man,  of  great  energy  and  force  of 
character.  His  devotion  to  the  varied  business 
interests  with  which  he  has  been  so  long  con- 


nected has  been  an  iinportant  factor  in  their 
growth,  development  and  prosperity.  He 
married,  in  January,  1858,  Charlotte  Williams, 
of  Boston. 

(VIII)  Charles  A.,  son  of  Pliny  (i)  Jewell, 
was  born  at  Winchester,  March  29,  1841.  He 
was  but  four  years  old  when  the  family  came 
to  Hartford  and  he  was  educated  in  the  com- 
mon and  high  schools  of  that  city.  After 
graduating  from  the  Hartford  high  school  he 
began  to  learn  the  leather  business  conducted 
by  his  father  and  brothers.  He  began  as  ap- 
prentice, became  a  clerk  in  the  office  and  was 
eventually  admitted  to  partnership.  From  the 
incorporation  in  1883  he  was  treasurer  of  the 
Jewell  Belting  Company  and  of  the  Jewell  Pin 
Company  and  director  of  the  other  Jewell  cor- 
porations, until  his  death  in  1905.  He  was  a 
director  of  the  City  Bank  and  of  the  Hartford 
Chemical  Company.  He  was  prominent  in  re- 
ligious and  benevolent  work.  He  belonged  to 
the  Center  Congregational  Church  and  for 
years  was  superintendent  of  the  Sunday 
school.  For  fourteen  years  or  more  he  was 
president  of  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Asso- 
ciation of  Hartford.  He  had  previously  been 
vice-president  and  for  many  years  was  one  of 
the  strongest  supporters  and  most  liberal  bene- 
factors of  the  organization.  He  was  vice- 
president  of  the  Hosmer  Hall  Choral  Union 
of  Hartford.  During  the  civil  war  he  served 
as  adjutant  of  the  Twenty-second  Regiment  of 
Connecticut  Volunteers.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  Military  Order  of  the  Loyal  Legion.  In 
politics  he  was  a  staunch  and  influential  Re- 
publican. He  married,  in  1866,  Julia  W., 
daughter  of  Roswell  Brown,  of  Hartford. 
Thev  had  no  children. 


Peter  Crary,  immigrant  ancestor, 
CRARY  settled  in  New  London,  Connec- 
ticut, as  early  as  1663,  died  in 
1708.  He  resided  on  the  Groton  side  of  the 
river.  He  married  Christobel,  daughter  of 
John  Gallup,  in  1677.  Children :  Christobel, 
born  1678-79  ;  Peter  ;  John  ;  William  ;  Marga- 
ret :  Robert,  mentioned  below ;  Ann. 

(II)  Robert,  son  of  Peter  Crary,  was  born 
in  1690  at  New  London,  died  in,  1750.  He 
married   Elizabeth  . 

(III)  Christopher,  son  of  Robert  Crary,  vvas 
born  in  1713,  died  in  1790.  He  married  Eliza- 
beth Robbins,  born  1719,  died  1796. 

(IV)  Ezra,  son  of  Christopher  Crary,  was 
born  in  1737,  died  in  1828.  He  married,  in 
1756,  Dorothy  Ramsdell,  born  1741. 

(V)  Elias,  son  of  Ezra  Crary,  was  born  in 
1764,  died  in  1847.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the 
revolution.  He  was  a  farmer,  a  Democrat  in 
politics  and  Baptist  in  religion.     He  married. 


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in  1782,  Elizabeth  Palmer.  Children :  Solo- 
mon, Polly,  Aplin,  Elias,  Sally,  Nathan,  Cyn- 
thia, David  and  George.  They  lived  in  Wal- 
lingford,  Vermont. 

(VI)  Dr.  David,  son  of  Elias  Crary,  was 
born  in  Wallingford,  Vermont,  April  18,  1806. 
He  was  educated  in  the  district  school  and  the 
high  school  at  Potsdam,  New  York.  For  a 
time  he  taught  school  in  Danby,  He  began 
to  study  medicine  under  the  instruction  of  his 
brother-in-law,  Dr.  John  Fox,  who  was  one  of 
the  leading  physicians  of  that  section  of  Ver- 
mont. He  entered  the  Aledical  College  at 
Castleton,  Vermont,  and  was  graduated  in 
1834.  For  two  years  he  practiced  at  Dorset  in 
that  state.  In  1838  he  settled  in  Hartford, 
Connecticut,  and  became  associated  with  Dr. 
Remington,  who  then  enjoyed  a  very  large 
practice,  particularly  in  the  treatment  of  malig- 
nant tumors  and  kindred  diseases.  Dr.  Crary 
succeeded  to  his  practice,  after  his  death,  and 
made  a  specialty  of  obstetrics.  He  continued 
in  the  active  practice  of  his  profession  for  a 
period  of  fifty  years,  retiring  in  1885.  He 
had  charge  of  more  than  three  thousand  ma- 
ternity cases.  In  1861  he  returned  to  Wal- 
lingford and  enjoyed  several  years  of  rest  and 
recreation,  farming,  fishing  and  hunting.  In 
1867  he  resumed  his  practice  in  Hartford.  He 
was  interested  in  ornithology  and  when  he  re- 
moved to  AVallingford  disposed  of  what  was 
probably  the  largest  private  collection  of  birds 
in  the  state  at  that  time.  Many  of  the  speci- 
mens were  rare.  Dr.  Crary  assisted  Dr.  Sam- 
uel Beresford  and  Dr.  Horace  Welles  when 
the  first  use  of  nitrous  oxide  was  made  in 
Hartford,  the  patient  being  a  woman  suiiEer- 
ing  with  a  tumor.  He  is  also  credited  with 
the  first  tracheotomy  performed  in  Hartford, 
saving  the  life  of  a  child  that  was  sufifocating 
with  membranous  croup.  In  politics  Dr. 
Crary  was  a  Democrat,  taking  a  keen  interest 
in  public  affairs.  He  represented  the  first 
ward  in  the  common  council,  and  was  chair- 
man of  the  fire  committee.  He  was  for  nine 
years  president  of  the  board  of  school  visitors. 
For  many  years  he  served  on  the  medical  staff 
of  the  hospital,  when  it  was  first  located  in  the 
building  at  the  corner  of  Maple  street  and 
-Retreat  avenue,  and  afterwards  in  the  new 
building  on  Hudson  street.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Hartford  County  and  State  Medi- 
cal societies ;  surgeon  for  the  Hartford  Light 
Guard  under  Governor  Seymour :  and  for 
many  years  president  of  the  Hartford  Fox 
Club.  He  died  April  16,  1894,  and  is  buried  in 
the  old  cemetery  at  Hartford.  In  religion  he 
was  an  Adventist.  He  married  (first)  Janu- 
ary 14,  1836,  Susan  Harris,  born  at  Brattlebor- 
ough,  Vermont,  February  8,    181 1,  died  No- 


vember 2,  1849.  He  married  (second)  in 
Glastonbury,  Connecticut,  March  12,  185 1, 
Martha  Tryon,  who  died  December  11,  1893. 
Children  of  first  wife:  Ellen,  born  April  21, 
1837 ;  Dr.  David,  April  26,  1842,  mentioned 
below:  Henry,  January  18,  1844;  Frank,  Au- 
gust 12,  1845,  settled  in  Michigan;  Susan,  No- 
vember 2,  1849,  died  in  1858.  Children  of  sec- 
ond wife:  Edwin,  July  28,  1854;  Louis,  Febru- 
ary 24,  1856,  died  in  1890,  was  clerk  in  boot 
and  shoe  store. 

(VII)  Dr.  David  (2),  son  of  Dr.  David  (i) 
Crary,  was  born  at  Hartford,  April  26,  1842. 
He  attended  the  public  schools  of  Hartford 
and  then  for  three  years  was  clerk  in  a  drug 
store  at  Rutland,  Vermont,  and  for  one  year 
clerk  in  drug  store  in  Hartford.  He  began 
to  study  medicine  under  the  tuition  of  his 
father  and  completed  his  medical  education  in 
the  Yale  Medical  School,  graduating  in  the 
class  of  1869.  In  the  same  year  he  became 
associated  with  his  father  and  continued  until 
1885,  when  his  father  retired.  Since  then  he 
has  continued  without  a  partner  and  has  en- 
joyed a  large  and  varied  general  practice.  In 
187s  he  became  physician  at  the  county  jail  at 
Hartford,  and  resigned  in  July,  1910.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  American  Medical  Associa- 
tion, Connecticut  Medical  Society,  Hartford 
County  Medical,  Society,  Hartford  City  Medi- 
cal Society,  and  the  Yale  Alumni  Association. 
In  politics  he  is  Independent.  In  1900  he  made 
a  trip  abroad  partly  for  study  and  visited  the 
Paris  Exposition,  Switzerland,  Germany,  Hol- 
land and  England.  He  married,  May  18,  1881, 
at  Hartford,  Etta  Juliette  Martin,  born  at 
Wethersfield,  Connecticut,  January  9,  1853, 
daughter  of  Joseph  Henry  and  Julia  (Wood- 
house)  Martin.  Her  father  was  contractor  at 
the  Hartford  county  jail ;  member  of  the  Hart- 
ford common  council ;  a  Free  Mason,  Odd 
Fellow  and  member  of  the  North  East  school 
committee  of  Hartford.  She  had  sisters : 
Lizzie,  Mary,  Etta,  Linda,  and  brothers :  Ar- 
thur and  William  Martin.  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Crary 
have  no  children. 


Jesse  Dayton  Crary  was  born  in 
CRARY  Mystic,  Connecticut,  January  27, 
1853,  son  of  George  Burrows  and 
Catherine  Latham  Crary,  both  of  whom  were 
born  and  reared  in  Mystic.  Descended  on  the 
Crarv  side  from  Peter  Crary,  who  was  born  in 
Scotland,  and  who  died  in  Plainfield,  Connec- 
ticut, in  1708.  Peter  Crary  married,  Decem- 
ber 30,  1667,  Christabelle  Gallup.  He  was 
one  of  two  brothers,  the  other  being  Roger 
Crary.-  Peter  Crary,  the  first,  had  three  sons, 
Peter,  John  and  William.  His  son  Peter  had 
five  sons,  one  of  whom  was  Nathan  Crary,  the 


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paternal  great-grandfather  of  Jesse  Dayton 
Crary,  and  who  married  Ann  Culver  for  his 
first  wife  and  Rutli  Searle,  secondly,  Ruth 
being  the  paternal  great-grandmother  of  Mr. 
Crary.  On  Mr.  Crary 's  mother's  side  he  de- 
scended from  Robert  Burrows.  The  first  we 
hear  of  Robert  Burrows  is  that  he  married  the 
widow,  Mary  Ireland,  of  Wethersfield,  Con- 
necticut. Mrs.  Ireland's  first  husband  was 
Samuel  Ireland.  Her  second  marriage,  to  Rob- 
ert Burrows,  took  place  in  1645.  Robert  Bur- 
rows was  probably  one  of  the  first  who  went 
out  from  Boston  and  settled  in  Wethersfield, 
about  the  year  1643.  He,  in  company  with 
several  others,  made  the  first  permanent  settle- 
ment in  New  London.  After  the  final  sub- 
jugation of  the  Pec|uots  and  the  allotment  of 
their  property  was  taken,  Robert  Burrows,  in 
company  with  others,  were  the  first  settlers  on 
the  west  bank  of  the  Mystic  river.  He  was 
the  third  gentleman  in  the  New  London  plan- 
tation in  the  amount  of  taxable  property. 

Mr.  Crary  has  two  sisters,  Mrs.  Charles  H. 
Cottrell,  a  widow,  of  Mystic,  Connecticut,  and 
Mrs.  Theodore  F.  Bailey. 

Mr.  Crary  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  Mystic ;  later  attended  Hall's  School 
at  Ellington,  Connecticut,  for  one  year ;  then 
studied  at  Schofield's  Business  College  at 
Providence,  Rhode  Island,  from  which  he 
graduated.  After  that  he  attended  the  Mystic 
Valley  Institute.  His  first  work  was  at  about 
the  age  of  seventeen,  in  the  retail  lumber  yard 
in  his  rtative  town.  In  187 1  he  went  to  Provi- 
dence, where  he  worked  as  a  clerk  in  the 
Cranston  store  of  the  A.  &  W.  Sprague  Manu-. 
facturing  Company.  He  remained  with  them 
eighteen  months,  boarding  in  Providence, 
walking  to  business  before  the  horse  cars 
started  and  coming  back  on  the  last  car  in  the 
evening.  The  cars  did  not  run  very  late  at 
the  time,  probably  till  about  7  o'clock.  At  the 
end  of  eighteen  months,  not  being  satisfied  with 
his  advancement,  he  handed  in  his  resignation. 
He  was  asked  to  report  to  the  central  office, 
where  he  was  urged  to  hold  his  position,  that 
he  would  have  a  much  better  situation  in  a 
very  short  time,  that  the  firm  had  had  their 
eye  on  him  and  was  about  to  advance  him 
materially,  but  he  did  not  consider  it  advisable 
to  stay,  so  returned  to  Mystic  and  again  went 
into  the  retail  lumber  3'ard.  At  that  time 
business  in  Mystic  was  very  dull,  and  it  did  not 
seem  that  there  was  an)'  future  in  that  town 
for  a  young  man  of  Mr.  Crary's  ambitious 
tendency,  and  so  he  sought  New  York  as  a 
proper  field  for  his  activities.  After  much 
waiting  he  finally  secured  a  position  in  the 
retail  lumber  yard  of  Keeney  &  Snow,  in  Jer- 
sey City,  where  he  started  in  the  early  part  of 


1876.  He  was  told  by  those  in  charge  that  if 
he  wanted  to  come  down  and  take  anything 
that  was  offered  at  a  salary  of  nine  dollars  a 
week,  he  could  come,  so  he  accepted,  put  on 
a  leather  apron,  and  went  to  work  in  the  yard. 
From  that  he  was  advanced  to  bookkeeper, 
then  to  assistant  foreman,  and  from  that  to 
foreman,  and  was  with  the  concern  until  they 
failed.  Upon  their  failure  he  was  offered  the 
management  of  the  hardwood  department  of 
the  then  well-known  lumber  firm  of  Dodge, 
Meigs  &  Company.  He  managed  that  depart- 
ment for  eighteen  months,  when  Dodge,  Meigs 
&  Company  decided  to  discontinue  that  branch 
of  their  lumber  business.  Mr.  Crary  then  con- 
cluded to  go  into  business  for  himself.  Started 
as  a  wholesale  and  commission  dealer  in  hard- 
wood lumber,  with  offices  at  72  Wall  street. 
His  banking  was  done  through  the  Marine 
Bank,  and  he  had  been  in  business  just  one 
year  when  the  Marine  Bank  failed,  but  he 
notified  all  his  creditors  that  their  claims  would 
be  taken  care  of  upon  presentation  at  his  office, 
and  continued  business  at  the  old  stand.  In 
1886,  at  the  earnest  solicitation  of  many  of 
the  lumbermen  in  New  York  City,  which  then 
had  no  representation  in  the  newspaper  world, 
Mr.  Crary  was  induced  to  start  The  Neiv  York 
Lumber  Trade  Journal,  a  paper  which  is  now 
in  its  twenty-fifth  year,  ancl  which  has  had 
success  from  the  beginning.  Mr.  Crary  is 
now  the  managing  director  of  the  corporation 
that  owns  the  paper,  and  with  his  wife  owns 
the  entire  stock  of  the  corporation.  In  the 
fall  of  1886  Mr.  Crary,  by  his  own  personal 
efforts,  with  the  co-operation  of  fourteen 
others,  formed  the  New  York  Lumber  Trade 
Association,  an  association  which  represents 
the  lumber  trade  of  the  Metropolitan  district 
and  which  to-day  is  recognized  as  one  of  the 
strongest  organizations  in  the  United  States. 
At  the  present  time  only  two  of  the  original 
incorporators  are  living,  and  Mr.  Crary  is  the 
only  one  of  the  original  incorporators  who  is 
now  in  active  business.  Mr.  Crary  has  been 
secretary  of  the  Association  practically  since 
its  start  and  holds  that  position  to-day.  He  is 
also  the  secretary  of  the  Association  of  Deal- 
ers in  Masons'  Building  Materials,  an  organ- 
ization which  is  composed  of  the  dealers  in 
masons'  materials  doing  business  in  New  York 
City. 

In  the  fall  of  1886  Mr.  Crary  married  Mary 
Dent,  daughter  of  William  Stith,  and  has  had 
two  children,  one  of  whom,  Paul  Stuart  Crary, 
now  in  his  eighteenth  year,  is  a  student  at 
Philips  Academy,  Andover,  Massachusetts, 
and  the  other,  Jesse  Dayton  Crary,  a  student 
at  Stevens  School,  Hoboken. 

Mr.  Crary  is  a  Baptist,  and  for  a  number 


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of  years  was  one  of  the  trustees  of  the  Wash- 
ington Avenue  Baptist  Church,  but  in  the 
spring  of  1910,  owing  to  a  disagreement  in  the 
church,  Mr.  Crary  and  a  majority  of  the  other 
officers  resigned,  and  since  then  Mr.  Crary  has 
become  a  member  of  the  Emanuel  Baptist 
Church.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Hamilton 
Club  of  Brooklyn-,  Lumbermen's  Club  of  New 
York,  the  Apollo  Club  of  Brooklyn,  of  which 
he  is  a  director  and  chairman  of  the  member- 
ship committee,  the  New  England  Society,  and 
a  member  of  Montauk  Lodge,  No.  286,  Free 
and  Accepted  Masons.  Politically  Mr.  Crary 
is  an  old-fashioned  Democrat.  Believes  in 
state  rights  and  a  tariff  for  revenue  only,  but 
has  never  held  any  political  office  of  any  kind. 

Mr.  Crary's  country  place  is  located  at  Mys- 
tic, Connecticut,  on  the  banks  of  the  Mystic 
river,  and  is  known  as  "Alongshore."  He  is 
actively  identified  in  all  matters  which  inter- 
est his  home  town,  is  a  member  of  a  number 
of  organizations  there,  besides  being  one  of  the 
largest  property  holders. 

Mr.  Crary's  family  were  mostly  seafaring 
people,  and  he  has  much  interesting  family 
history  in  this  connection.  His  grandfather, 
Jesse  Crary,  owned  and  ran  a  packet  which 
plied  between  Mystic  and  New  York,  and  in 
the  war  of  1812  was  captured  by  the  British 
cruiser  "Ramales" ;  was  put  ashore,  and  the 
packet,  which  was  named  "The  Fox,''  was 
made  an  auxiliary  cruiser.  His  grandfather 
returned  to  Mystic,  and  together  with  Mr. 
Crary's  great-uncle,  Ambrose  Burrows,  fitted 
out  a  smack,  put  a  gun  aboard  her,  and  went 
out,  and  under  Block  Island  engaged  with  and 
captured  his  former  packet  and  brought  her 
triumphantly  into  the  Mystic  river.  This 
great-uncle,  Ambrose  Burrows,  while  trading 
in  the  Pacific  Ocean,  was  captured  by  the 
pirates.  The  pirates  being  short  of  navigators, 
took  his  crew  aboard  their  vessel  and  supplied 
him  with  a  pirate  crew,  with  instructions  to 
take  the  vessel  to  the  pirates'  rendezvous.  He 
induced  them  to  allow  him  to  retain  the  serv- 
ices of  his  son,  who  was  with  him.  Every 
day  he  had  to  explain  to  the  representatives 
of  the  pirates  the  position  as  shown  on  the 
chart,  but  he  was  deceiving  them  all  the  time 
and  making  his  course  in  such  a  direction  that 
when  the  proper  time  came,  or  should  oppor- 
tunity occur,  he  could  take  possession  of  his 
vessel  once  more.  The  time  came  when  he 
got  his  crew  in  the  forecastle,  and  having 
managed  to  conceal  some  firearms,  he  called 
them  up  one  by  one,  made  them  throw  their 
arms  overboard,  after  which  they  were  bound 
and  given  the  choice  of  being  set  adrift  in  a 
small  boat  with  water  and  provisions  or  being 
taken  into  port.     Knowing  that  being  taken 


into  port  meant  death  by  hanging,  they  chose 
the  small  boat,  and  Captain  Burrows  took  his 
own  vessel  into  a  South  American  port  on  the 
Pacific  side,  sold  the  cargo,  and  came  home 
in  the  "Old  Ironsides"  with  Parnell. 

Mr.  Crary's  father  was  a  well-known  sea 
captain  in  the  Pacific  coast  trade,  and  for  many 
years  commanded  the  clipper  ship  "B.  F. 
Hoxie,"  which  was  built  for  him.  She  was 
captured  by  the  "Florida"  during  the  war  and 
burned.  Afterward  Captain  Crary  commanded 
a  number  of  other  vessels,  the  most  notable  of 
which  was  the  ship  "Calhoun,"  which  at  the 
time  she  was  built  was  the  largest  ship  ever 
built  in  America.  After  the  loss  of  the  "Cal- 
houn"  Captain  Crary  retired. 


The  Mitchell  family  is  sup- 
MITCHELL     posed  to  have  lived  origin- 
ally  in    Scotland,   and   later 
to  have  removed  to  Halifax,  Yorkshire,  Eng- 
land, where  they  lived  for  three  generations. 

(I)  Matthew  Mitchell,  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  born  in '1590,  and  is  described  as  a  dis- 
senter from  the  Church  of  England,  a  very 
pious  man,  and  one  of  considerable  fortune. 
With  other  dissenters,  he  set  sail  from  Bris- 
tol, England,  May  23,  1635,  and  arrived  at 
Boston,  August  17  of  the  same  year.  On  the 
fifteenth,  two  days  before  they  landed,  there 
arose  an  exceedingly  severe  storm,  which  car- 
ried away  their  sails,  cables  and  anchors  and 
nearly  shipwrecked  them.  He  spent  the  fol- 
lowing winter  with  his  family  in  Charlestown, 
Massachusetts,  and  removed  to  Concord  in  the 
spring.  In  the  latter  town  he  lost  consider- 
able property  by  fire.  The  next  summer  he  re- 
moved to  Saybrook,  Connecticut,  and  in  the 
spring  to  Wethersfield,  and  here  he  lost  still 
more  of  his  property.  Towards  the  close  of 
that  year,  his  son-in-law  was  murdered  b}'  the 
Pequot  Indians,  who  also  destroyed  his  cattle 
and  injured  his  estate,  according  to  tradition, 
to  the  extent  of  several  hundred  pounds.  His 
residence  became  so  uncomfortable  there  that 
he  changed  once  more  and  Iqcated  in  Stam- 
ford, Connecticut.  Here  again  he  lost  his 
property  by  fire.  He  died  in  1645.  Children : 
Rev.  Jonathan,  born  in  Yorkshire,  in  1624; 
David,  mentioned  below. 

(II)  David,  son  of  Matthew  Alitchell,  was 
born  and  settled  in  Stratford,  Connecticut. 
Children  :  Matthew,  mentioned  below  ;  John, 
settled  in  Woodbury  :  Nathan,  settled  in  Litch- 
field ;  Abraham,   settled  in  Woodbury. 

(HI)  John,  son  of  David  Mitchell,  was  born 
and  settled  in  Woodbury.  He  married  Eliza- 
beth   ,  who  died  in  1730.  He  died  Jan- 
uary 3,  1732.  Children  and  dates  of  baptism : 
David,  November,   1679,  died  young;  David,. 


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April,  1680-81 ;  Elizabeth,  November,  1683, 
died  young;  Elnathan,  October,  1686;  John, 
February,  1688-89,  mentioned  below;  Knell, 
April,  1690-91;  Elizabeth,  May,  1693;  Mar- 
tha, March,  1696-97. 

(IV)  Lieutenant  John  (2)  Mitchell,  son  of 
John  (i)  Mitchell,  was  baptized  February, 
1688-89.  He  married  (first)  Elizabeth  Cur- 
tiss,  January  17,  1717,  who  died  May  14,  1738. 

He  married  (second)  Mary ,  who  died 

January  4,  1745.  He  died  April  22,  1748;  and 
"Sarah  his  widow"  died  September  3,  1749. 
Children:  Joanna,  born  November  18,  1718; 
John,  October  12,  1720;  Asahel,  October  6, 
1723,  mentioned  below ;  Elnathan,  February  9, 
1728;  Reuben,  September,  1733,  died  January, 

1737- 

(V)  Captain  Asahel  Mitchell,  son  of  Lieu- 
tenant John  (2)  Mitchell,  was  born  October 
6',  1723,  and  lived  in  West  Side,  Woodbury. 
He  married,  January  21,  1747,  Olive  Root, 
who  died  October  i,  1813,  aged  eighty-eight. 
He  died  May  i,  1797.  Children  and  dates  of 
baptism:  Reuben,  December  25,  1748,  men- 
tioned below;  Daniel,  August  19,  1750;  Su- 
sanna, October  15,  1752;  Rev.  Justus,  Sep- 
tember 8,  1754;  Asahel,  October  17,  1756. 

(A'T)  Reuben,  son  of  Captain  Asahel 
Mitchell,  was  baptized  December  25,  1748.   He 

married  Judson,   who   died   February 

23,  1817,  aged  sixty-six.  He  died  November 
9,  1822.  Children :  Olive,  married  Justus 
Minor  ;  Asahel,  died  1825  ;  Ruth  ;  Reuben,  died 
November,  1853;  Susanna;  Abner  Allen; 
Pollv,  died  unmarried ;  Bede,  died  February 
25,  1818. 

(VII)  Asahel  (2),  son  of  Reuben  Mitchell, 
was  born  in  Woodbury,  Connecticut,  April  17, 
1789,  died  February  17,  1825.  He  was  a 
farmer.  He  was  a  lieutenant  in  the  state  mili- 
tia in  1813  and  captain  in  181 5.  He  married 
Nancy  Lamber.  Children  :  Julia  ;  Asahel  Wil- 
lis, mentioned  below ;  Mary. 

(VIII)  Asahel  Wilhs,  son  of  Asahel  (2) 
Mitchell,  was  born  in  Woodbury,  March  18, 
1818,  died  September  10,  1888.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  town 
and  afterward  worked  in  the  rubber  shops  at 
Naugatuck.  When  gold  was  discovered  in 
California,  he  was  attracted  thither  and  went 
in  1849  by  way  of  Cape  Horn.  The. voyage 
required  six  months  and  he  remained  in  Cali- 
fornia six  years.  He  was  for  a  time  clerk  for 
Adams  Express  Company  in  California.  He 
returned  home,  but  soon  afterward  went  to 
California  a  second  time,  taking  the  Isthmus 
route.  A  third  time  he  went  there  after  the 
railroads  were  built,  by  rail.  He  finally  made 
his  home  in  Woodbury,  Connecticut.  He  was 
active  in  town  affairs  and  mucJi  emplo_yed  in 


settling  estates  and  in  other  positions  of  trust. 
He  represented  the  town  two  terms  in  the 
general  assembly,  first  in  1850,  and  again  in 
1876;  he  held  various  town  offices.  He  was 
for  many  years  clerk  of  the  church.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  Frances  Cogsweh ;  (second)  Octo- 
ber 28,  1862,  Harriet  S.  Allen,  born  April  12, 
1841,  died  January  29,  1908,  daughter  of 
Minot  Mitchell  and  Catherine  (Hurlbut)  Al- 
len. Her  father  was  born  April  8,  1800,  died 
March  13,  i860;  her  mother  was  born  June 
3,  1807,  died  January  12,  1898.  He  had  by 
his  second  wife  one  child,  Asahel  Willis  Jr., 
mentioned  below. 

.  (IX)  Asahel  Willis  (2),  son  of  Asahel  Wil- 
lis (i)  Mitchell,  was  born  in  Woodbury,  Oc- 
tober 16,  1865.  He  attended  the  Parker  Acad- 
emy in  his  native  town.  His  first  business 
position  was  with  the  Bradstreet  Commercial 
Agency  at  New  Haven,  which  he  left  to  enter 
the  employ  of  the  American  Ring  Company  of 
Waterbury.  In  1887  his  health  failed  and  he 
returned  to  Waterbury,  where  he  has  since 
lived.  He  has  been  occupied  in  the  manage- 
ment of  his  father's  affairs  and  in  the  perform- 
ance of  public  duties.  He  is  superintendent, 
secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  Woodbury 
Water  Company,  of  which  he  was  one  of  the 
incorporators ;  has  been  auditor  of  the  Wood- 
bury Savings  Bank  for  fifteen  years,  and  is 
secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  Waterbury  Au- 
tomatic Telephone  Company.  He  has  been 
town  clerk  since  1895 ;  he  was  representative 
to  the  general  assembly  in  1897;  state  senator 
in  1899;  state  comptroller  in  1905-06.  He 
served  on  the  railroad  committee  in  the  house 
and.  on  the  committee  on  education,  of  which 
he  was  chairman,  and  on  the  committee  on 
executive  nominations  in  the  senate.  He  has 
been  justice  of  the  peace  for  man}^  5'ears  and 
town  auditor  for  a  dozen  years  or  more.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Congregational  church  and 
clerk  of  the  church  and  societ}'.  In  politics  he 
has  always  been  a  Republican.  He  married, 
May  15,  1901,  Josephine  Minor,  daughter  of 
John  R.  and  Jane  (Minor)  Stanton.  Chil- 
dren :  Katherine  Allen,  born  May  25,  1902 ; 
Jessie  Stanton,  July  22,  1907. 


John  S.  Mitchell,  son  of 
MITCHELL     John    Smith    Mitchell,    was 

born  in  New  Haven  in  1817. 
About  1841  he  came  to  Waterbury,  Connecti- 
cut, and  entered  the  employ  of  the  Benedict 
&  Burnham  Manufacturing  Company.  He  ad- 
vanced very  rapidly,  and  soon  became  the  prin- 
cipal manager  of  the  company's  business.  For 
many  years  he  was  a  prominent  business  man 
in  Waterbur}' ;  when  about  thirty  years  old  he 
was    stricken    with    a    chronic    disease    which 


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compelled  him  to  give  up  work  for  the  time. 
His  life  after  this  was  one  long  struggle  with 
his  heakh,  and  he  had  very  few  periods  of 
comfort.  In  spite  of  his  suffering,  he  led  an 
active,  useful  life,  and  was  ever  patient  and 
courageous.  After  his  first  long  illness  he  was 
unable  to  take  up  his  business  again,  and  he 
turned  his  attention  to  floriculture.  His  green 
houses  soon  became  the  pride  of  Waterbury, 
and  he  had  great  success  in  this  line.  He  was 
one  of  the  first  trustees  of  Riverside  cemetery, 
and  to  him  many  of  the  beautiful  and  attrac- 
tive features  of  the  cemetery  are  due.  When 
he  became  well  enough,  he  started  in  business 
again,  and  built  up  the  house  of  Mitchell, 
Vance  &  Compan_v,  of  New  York,  manufac- 
turers of  gas  fixtures,  besides  offering  much 
valuable  help  and  advice  to  other  enterprises. 
He  moved  from  Waterbury  to  New  York  on 
account  of  his  new  business,  and  finally  settled 
in  Tarr3'town,  New  York,  where  he  built  a 
beautiful  home.  As  his  poor  health  compelled 
him  to  give  up  active  work,  he  spent  more 
time  in  cultivating  his  grounds  and  making 
the  place  beautiful.  He  was  a  man  of  much 
dignity  and  mental  strength.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  First  Cono-regational  Church  of 
Waterbur}?,  and  while  he  lived  there  he  took 
great  interest  in  its  charitable  work,  especially 
in  the  part  relating  to  j^oung  persons.  He 
married,  July  3,  1838,  Mary  Lyman,  youngest 
daughter  of  Deacon  Aaron  Benedict,  of  Water- 
bury (see  Benedict  VI)..  They  had  one  child 
of  great  promise,  who  died  when  a  young  boy. 

(The  Benedict  Line). 

The  surname  Benedict  is  derived  from  the 
Latin  bcnedictus,  meaning  blessed,  used  as  a 
personal  or  baptismal  name  in  Latin  countries 
and  in  fact  throughout  all  Europe.  St.  Bene- 
dict founded  the  Roman  Catholic  order  of 
Benedictines  in  A.D.,  520 ;  fourteen  Popes  ' 
took  this  name  between  574  and  1740. 

(I)  Thomas  Benedict,  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  born  in  Nottinghamshire,  England,  in 
1617.  According  to  family  tradition,  appar- 
ently verified,  he  was  the  only  representative 
of  his  family  when  he  came  to  America.  His 
ancestors  were  originally  from  the  silk  dis- 
tricts of  France  and  of  Latin  ancestry ;  fled 
to  Germany  on  account  of  religious  persecu- 
tion, thence  to  Holland,  and  finally  settled  in 
England.  He  married  Mary  Brigum  or  Bridg- 
ham,  who  came  to  New  England  in  1638  on 
the  same  ship.  The  family  history  was  writ- 
ten in  1755  by  Deacon  James  Benedict,  who 
had  his  facts  from  the  wife  of  the  immigrant, 
viz. :  "Be  it  remembered  that  one  William 
Benedict  about  the  beginning  of  the  fifteenth 
century    (doubtless    meaning   about   the   year 


1500)  who  lived  in  Nottinghamshire,  Eng- 
land, had  a  son  born  unto  him  whom  he  called 
William  after  his  own  name  (an  only  son), 
and  this  William — the  second  of  that  name — 
had  also  an  only  son  whom  he  called  William ; 
and  this  third  William  had  in  the  year  1617 
one  only  child  whom  he  called  Thomas  and  this 
Thomas  married  the  Widow  Brigum.  Now 
this  Thomas  was  put  out  an  apprentice  to  a 
weaver  who  afterwards  in  his  twenty-first  year 
came  over  to  New  England.  Afterwards  said 
Thomas  was  joined  in  marriage  with  Mary 
Brigum.  After  they  had  lived  some  time  in 
the  Ba}'  parts  (Massachusetts)  they  removed 
to  Southold,  Long  Island,  where  were  born 
unto  them  five  sons  and  four  daughters,  whose 
names  were  Thomas,  John,  Samuel,  James, 
Daniel,  Betty,  Mary,  Sarah  and  Rebecca. 
From  thence  they  removed  to  a  farm  belong- 
ing to  the  town  called  Hassamanac,  where 
they  lived  some  time.  Then  they  removed  to 
Jamaica  on  said  island,  where  Thomas,  their 
eldest  son,  took  to  wife  Mary  Messenger  of 
that  town.  And  last  of  all  they  removed  to 
Norwalk,  Fairfield  county,  Connecticut,  with 
all  their  family,  where  the}'  all  married.''  The 
generations  are  given  down  to  the  time  of 
writing,  March  14,  1755,  by  James  Benedict,  of 
Ridgefield,  Connecticut. 

Traces  of  Thomas  Benedict  are  found  on 
the  records  at  Jamaica,  December  12,  1662, 
when  he  was  appointed  with  others  to  lay  out 
the  south  meadow  and  was  voted  a  home  lot. 
He  served  on  other  committees  and  held  vari- 
ous offices.  He  was  appointed  magistrate, 
March  20,  1663,  by  Peter  Stuyvesant,  the 
Dutch  governor  of  New  Amsterdam.  In  the 
same  year  he  signed  the  petition  for  annexa- 
tion to  Connecticut.  He  was  lieutenant  of  the 
military  company,  December  3,  1663 ;  was  a 
grantee  of  Elizabethtown,  New  Jersey.  After 
coming  to  Connecticut  he  was  town  clerk  of 
Norwalk,  1664-74-77  and  later,  and  often  a 
selectman,  serving  seventeen  j'ears,  ending  in 
1688;  was  a  freeman  as  early  as  1669;  repre- 
sentative in  the  Connecticut  general  assembly 
1670-75.  In  1684  he  was  appointed  by  the 
general  court  to  plant  a  town,  called  Danbury, 
in  1687.  "His  good  sense  and  general  intelli- 
gence, some  scientific  knowledge  and  his  skill 
as  a  penman  made  him  their  recourse  when 
papers  were  to  be  drafted,  lands  to  be  sur- 
veyed and  apportioned  and  disputes  to  be  ar- 
bitrated. It  is  evident  that  very  general  re- 
spect for  his  judgment  prevailed  and  that 
trust  in  his  integrity  was  equally  general  and 
implicit."  He  was  concerned  in  establishing 
the  church  at  Southold  and  at  Huntington 
and  also  helped  to  found  the  First  Presby- 
terian Church  at  Jamaica  in   1662.     He  was 


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deacon  of  the  Norwalk  church  the  last  years 
of  his  life.  His  will  was  dated  February  28, 
1689-90.  Of  his  household,  James  Benedict 
wrote;  "They  walked  in  the  midst  of  their 
house  with  a  perfect  heart.  They  were  strict 
observers  of  the  Lord's  Day  from  even  to 
even."  Many  of  his  descendants  followed  him 
in  the  office  of  deacon  of  the  church.  "The 
savor  of  his  piety  as  well  as  his  venerable 
name  has  been  transmitted  through  a  long 
line  of  deacons  and  other  godly  descendants  to 
the  seventh  generation."  Children  :  Thomas, 
died  November  20,  1688-89  ;  John  ;  Samuel ; 
James ;  Daniel ;  Elizabeth,  married  John  Salu- 
son ;  Mary,  married  John  Olmsted ;  Sarah, 
married  James  Beebe;  Rebecca,  married  Dr. 
Samuel  Wood. 

(II)  Lieutenant  Daniel  Benedict,  son  of 
Thomas  Benedict,  was  born  in  Southold,  Long- 
Island,  about  1650.  He  removed  to  Norwalk 
with  the  family ;  served  in  the  Swamp  fight  in 
King  Philip's  war,  December  19,  1675 ;  had  a 
grant  of  twelve  acres  as  one  who  took  part  in 
that  fight ;  sold  his  property  at  Norwalk, 
March  25,  1690,  and  removed  to  Danbury.  His 
date  of  death  is  unknown ;  he  was  alive  Feb- 
ruary 15,  1722-23.  He  married  Mary,  daugh- 
ter of  Mathew  Marvin,  of  Norwalk.  Chil- 
dren :  Mary,  Daniel,  mentioned  below,  Mercy, 
Hannah,  married  Nathan  Taylor. 

(III)  Daniel  (2),  son  of  Lieutenant  Daniel 
( I )  Benedict,  was  born  in  Norwalk.  He  mar- 
ried Rebecca,  daughter  of  Thomas  Taylor,  an 
original  settler  of  Danbur}'.  His  will  was 
dated  March  26,  1762.  and  proved  August  5, 
1776,  soon  after  his  death.  Children  :  Daniel, 
mentioned  below ;  Matthew,  died  in  1781  ; 
Theophilus,  born  1711  ;  Rebecca,  married 
Jonathan  Hoyt ;  jNIary,  born  1714:  David; 
Nathan ;  Deborah. 

(lA'^)  Captain  Daniel  (3)  Benedict,  son  of 
Daniel  (2)  Benedict,  was  born  in  1705,  died 
November  9,  1773.  He  married,  October, 
1728,  Sarah  Hickok,  born  1709,  died  May  6, 
1784.  -Following  is  her  epitaph:  "Here  lies 
buried  the  body  of  Mrs.  Sarah  Benedict  the 
meek,  benevolent  and  virtuous  consort  of  Cap- 
tain Daniel  Benedict."  His  epitaph :  "He 
was  for  many  years  Deacon  of  this  town 
(Danbury)  and  by  an  exemplary  life  and  con- 
versation endorsed  the  sincerity  of  his  Chris- 
tian profession."  His  inventory  amounted  to 
one  thousand  and  eighty-five  pounds,  sixteen 
shillings,  four  pence,  for  real  estate,  and  two 
hundred  and  sixty-two  pounds,  six  shillings 
for  "movables."  Children :  Daniel,  born  De- 
cember 27,  1731 ;  Lemuel,  August  10,  1734; 
Noah,  May  25,  1737:  Sarah,  June  16,  1740, 
married  Colonel  Joseph  Piatt  Cook,  who  com- 
manded the  Crown  Point  expedition ;  Jonas, 


September  21,  1742;  Aaron,  mentioned  be- 
low; Ruth,  June  14,  1748;  Mary,  May  30, 
1751  ;  Amos,  March  17,  1754,  graduate  of 
Yale,  1774,  aide-de-camp  of  Washington,  died 
February  18,  1777. 

(V)  Aaron,  son  of  Captain  Daniel  (3) 
Benedict,  was  born  in  Danbury,  January  17,, 
1745.  In  1770  he  removed  to  Waterbury  and 
settled  in  what  is  now  Middlebury.  He  was 
a  soldier  in  the  French  and  Indian  war,  a  lieu- 
tenant in  the  revolution,  and  took  part  in  the 
Quebec  expedition.  He  was  a  pensioner  of 
the  United  States  late  in  life.  For  some  years 
he  was  the  leading  citizen  of  the  town.  In 
1809-10  he  represented  his  town  in  the  gen- 
eral assembly  of  the  state  and  was  delegate  to 
the  state  constitutional  convention  in  August, 
1818.  He  died  December  16,  1841.  He  was 
a  remarkable  and  very  superior  type  of  the 
founders  of  the  Republic,  of  strong  mind, 
straightforward,  earnest,  capable  and  patriotic. 
He  married,  December  13,  1769,  Esther  Trow- 
bridge, born  November  6,  1748,  died  March 
16,  1833.  Children,  born  at  Waterbury:  Re- 
becca, August  3,  1772;  Daniel,  January  17, 
1774;  Mary,  April  24,  1777;  Amos,  July  6, 
1780;  Sally,  August  2,  1782;  Aaron,  August 
9,  1785,  mentioned  below;  Son,  March  16, 
1788,  died  soon;  Esther,  August  11,  1789. 

(VI)  Deacon  Aaron  (2)  Benedict,  son  of 
Aaron  ( i )  Benedict,  was  born  in  that  part  of 
Waterbury  which  is  now  Middlebury,  August 
9,  1785.  in  a  house  that  is  still  standing.  He 
attended  the  public  schools  and  entered  Yale 
College,  but  ill-health  caused  him  to  leave  in 
the  middle  of  his  sophomore  year.  At  the 
age  of  nineteen  he  became  a  partner  of  Jo- 
seph Burton  in  a  mercantile  business.  In  1812 
he  began  at  Waterbury  in  a  small  way  to 
manufacture  bone  and  ivory  buttons  and  thus 
laid  the  real  foundation  of  the  present  Bene- 
dict &  Burnham  Manufacturing  Company. 
This  business,  after  several  years,  proved  un- 
satisfactory and  Mr.  Benedict  began  to  manu- 
facture gilt  buttons  under  the  name  of  A. 
Benedict,  associated  with  Bennet  Bronson,  of 
Waterbury,  and  Nathan  Smith,  William  Bris- 
tol and  David  C.  De  Forest,  of  New  Haven. 
]\Ir.  Benedict  was  the  general  partner  and  had 
exclusive  management  of  the  concern,  which 
began  with  a  capital  of  $6,500.  The  pros- 
perity of  Waterbury  as  a  manufacturing  cen- 
ter may  be  dated  from  the  formation  of  this 
company,  although  the  gilt  button  business 
had  been  carried  on  for  some  years  before 
that.  The  enterprise  met  with  many  discour- 
agements, but  the  energy,  enterprise  and  in- 
dustry of  Mr.  Benedict  finally  won  success. 
Skillful  artisans  were  brought  from  England 
and  the  factory  produced  an  excellent  grade  of 


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goods.  During  the  year  1824  the  sales 
amounted  to  $5,000.  Soon  afterward  Benja- 
min De  Forest,  of  Watertown,  and  Alfred 
Piatt  were  admitted  to  the  firm,  and  Mr.  De 
Forest,  who  bought  out  his  brother,  proved 
an  excellent  salesman  and  greatl}'  increased 
the  volume  of  business.  In  1827  the  partner- 
ship was  renewed  and  the  capital  increased  to 
$13,000.  The  firm  name  was  changed  Feb- 
ruary 2,  1829,  to  Benedict  &  Coe  and  the  cap- 
ital raised  to  $20,000.  Mr.  Benedict's  partners 
were  Israel  Coe,  Bennet  Bronson,  Benjamin 
De  Forest,  Alfred  Piatt  and  James  Croft.  The 
plant  was  enlarged  and  a  rolling  mill  added. 
The  name  was  changed  again  February  10, 
1834,  to  Benedict  &  Burnham  and  the  capital 
raised  to  $40,000.  The  partners  were  Mr. 
Benedict,  Gordon  W.  Burnham,  Bennet  Bron- 
son, Alfred  Piatt,  Henry  Bronson,  Samuel 
S.  De  Forest  and  John  De  Forest.  The 
first  two  were  general  partners  and  agents 
of  the  concern.  The  copartnership  was  re- 
newed March  16,  1838,  and  the  capital  fixed 
at  $71,000,  and  again,  March  11,  1840,  at 
$100,000.  The  business  was  incorporated, 
January  14,  1843,  under  the  title  of  Benedict 
&  Burnham  Manufacturing  Company,  the  first 
joint  stock  corporation  in  Waterbury,  with  a 
capital  of  $100,000,  increased  in  1848  to  twice 
that  amount,  and  in  1856  to  $400,000.  From 
time  to  time  the  plant  was  enlarged,  and  now 
the  buildings  cover  several  acres.  The  busi- 
ness has  grown  constantly.  The  company 
manufactures  copper  and  all  the  alloys  of 
copper,  brass,  gilding  metal  and  German  silver 
in  sheets,  in  wire  of  all  sizes,  brazed  and 
seamless  tubing  of  brass  and  copper,  brass  and 
German  silver  headings,  drop-handles  and 
knobs  for  furniture,  also  safety  pins,  rivets, 
bars,  butt  hinges,  roller  bushings,  printers' 
rules  and  galleys,  lamp  burners  and  trimmings, 
insulated  electric  wire  and  hard-drawn  cop- 
per for  telegraph  purposes.  The  Benedict  & 
Burnham  Compan)^  has  from  time  to  time  be- 
come the  founder  of  new  corporations  for 
conducting  branches  of  the  business.  In  1846 
the  American  Pin  Company  was  established 
and  the  pin  business  transferred  to  it;  in  1849 
the  Waterbury  Button  Company  was  formed ; 
in  1852  the  Benedict  &  Scoville  Company,  a 
mercantile  corporation  ;  and  in  1857  the  Water- 
bury Clock  Company.  The  Waterbury  Watch 
Company  also  was  formed  largely  by  the  own- 
ers of  the  parent  corporation.  Aaron  Bene- 
dict was  succeeded  in  1873,  after  being  presi- 
dent of  the  company  thirty  years,  by  Charles 
Benedict.  Mr.  Benedict  was  also  treasurer 
from  1843  to  1854. 

He  continued  at  the  head  of  the  great  busi- 
ness that  he  founded  to  the  time  of  his  death. 


He  was  a  director  in  the  Waterbruy  Bank 
from  its  organization  until  his  death.  He  rep- 
resented the  town  in  the  legislature  in  1826 
and  1841  and  was  state  senator  in  1858  and 
1859.  He  was  an  active  member  of  the  First 
Congregational  Church  and  in  1823  was  chosen 
deacon,  an  office  he  filled  faithfully  for  fifty 
years.  He  contributed  generously  to  many 
charitable,  benevolent  and  religious  causes  and 
institutions  and  was  one  of  the  principal  bene- 
factors of  the  State  Industrial  School  for 
Girls.  He  gave  ten  thousand  dollars  toward 
the  fund  for  Divinity  Hall  in  New  Haven,  a 
like  amount  to  endow  the  Benedict  Professor- 
ship of  Latin  in  Iowa  College,  and  thirty  thou- 
sand dollars  to  the  building  fund  of  the  First 
Congregational  Church. 

He  married,  September  17,  1808,  Charlotte 
Porter,  born  October  29,  1789,  at  Middletown, 
Connecticut,  daughter  of  Abel  and  Hannah 
(Eliot)  Porter.  The  sixtieth  anniversary  of 
their  wedding  was  celebrated  most  happily. 
Mrs.  Benedict  died  May  g,  1870 ;  he  died  Feb- 
ruary 9,  1873.  He  left  the  largest  estate  that 
had  up  to  that  time  passed  through  the  pro- 
bate court.  He  was  naturally  quiet,  reserved 
and  deliberate.  Events  proved  that  his  wis- 
dom was  remarkable,  his  judgment  most 
sound.  He  was  faithful,  punctual  and  consci- 
entious. He  was  certainly  the  most  important 
figure  in  the  history  of  the  city  during  his  life, 
though  by  no  means  the  most  conspicuous. 
Shortly  after  his  death  a  volume  entitled 
"Aaron  Benedict;  a  Memorial,"  was  published. 
It  contained  the  address  given  at  his  funeral, 
resolutions  passed  by  various  corporations  of 
which  he  had  been  an  officer,  obituary  notices 
from  various  newspapers,  and  a  full  account 
of  the  wedding  anniversary.  Children,  born 
at  Waterbury :  Charlotte  Ann,  March  27, 
1810;  married.  May  18,  1838,  Scoville  M. 
Buckingham,  of  Waterbury ;  Frances  Jean- 
nette;  November  22,  1812,  died  February  13, 
1830;  George  William,  November  26,  1814; 
Charles,  September  23,  1817;  Mary  Lyman, 
September  24,  18 19,  married,  July  3,  1838, 
John  S.  Mitchell  (see  Mitchell). 

(VII)  Charles,  son  of  Deacon  Aaron  (2) 
Benedict,  was  born  at  Waterbury,  Connecticut, 
September  23,  1817,  died  October  30,  1881, 
on  the  steamship  "Wisconsin,"  while  returning 
from  abroad,  and  his  remains  were  interred  in 
Riverside  cemetery.  In  his  early  years  he 
attended  the  Wilton  Academy  and  the  Berk- 
shire G3'mnasium  at  Pittsfield,  Massachusetts. 
At  the  age  of  seventeen  he  was  employed  as 
assistant  bookkeeper  in  a  dry  goods  jobbing 
house  in  New  York.  The  following  year  he 
became  bookkeeper  in  the  commission  house 
of  Baldwin,  Burnham  &  Company,  which  rep- 


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resented  the  firm  of  Benedict  &  Burnham  in 
New  York,  and  remained  there  for  nine  years. 
In  1844,  in  connection  with  George  Beecher, 
he  established  an  agency  for  the  sale  of  Good- 
year's  india  rubber  goods,  but  the  following 
year  retired  from  the  firm  and  formed  a  busi- 
ness compact  with  William  Ball,  of  Chicopee, 
Massachusetts,  for  the  purpose  of  developing 
Mr.  Ball's  pin  machinery.  Some  time  after- 
wards he  became  secretary  of  the  Benedict  & 
Burnham  Manufacturing  Company,  was 
elected  its  treasurer  in  1854,  and  in  1873  suc- 
ceeded his  father  as  president.  He  also  served 
in  the  capacity  of  president  of  the  Waterbury 
Clock  Company  and  the  Waterbury  Watch 
Company,  and  held  official  relations  with  many 
other  important  manufacturing  concerns,  not 
only  in  the  Naugatuck  Valley  but  elsewhere, 
having  been  one  of  the  prominent  projectors 
of  Mitchell  Vance  &  Company  of  New  York, 
of  which  corporation  he  was  president  for  a 
number  of  years.  This  narration  of  facts 
proves  conclusively  that  he  was  one  of  the 
chief  contributors  to  the  growth  and  pros- 
perity of  his  native  city,  Waterbury,  in  whose 
affairs,  business,  political,  educational  and  so- 
cial, he  ever  took  a  keen  interest. 

Mr.  Benedict  served  as  mayor  of  Water- 
bury in  i860,  his  term  of  ofiice  being  noted  for 
efficiency  and  faithfulness,  and  also  acted  as 
councilman  and  alderman,  the  duties  pertain- 
ing thereto  being  discharged  to  the  satisfaction 
of  all  concerned.  He  was  one  of  the  presiden- 
tial electors  for  Connecticut,  in  1872,  when  he 
cast  his  vote  for  General  Grant.  He  was 
spoken  of  frequently  as  a  candidate  for  gov- 
ernor, but  he  refused  to  allow  a  nomination. 
He  was  a  devoted  member  of  the  Second  Con- 
gregational Church,  which  he  served  as  a  dea- 
con for  a  number  of  years.  He  was  a  cor- 
porate member  of  the  American  Board  of 
Commissioners  for  Foreign  Missions,  and  was 
president  of  the  American  College  and  Educa- 
tion Society.  He  was  of  a  liberal  and  charit- 
able disposition,  this  fact  being  attested  to  by 
his  generous  contributions  to  religious  and 
private  charities,  both  local  and  foreign,  and 
no  good  cause  that  interested  humanity  failed 
to  find  in  him  a  ready  response.  He  was  a 
man  of  refinement  and  considerable  culture, 
with  a  taste  that  beautified  whatever  it 
touched.  As  a  citizen  he  was  universally  es- 
teemed, alwaA^s  sustaining  the  character  of  a 
true  man.  His  business  transactions  were 
conducted  on  the  principles  of  strict  integrity, 
he  fulfilled  to  the  letter  every  trust  committed 
to  him,  and  was  generous  in  his  feelings  and 
conduct  towards  all.  As  a  Christian  he  suc- 
cessfully withstood  the  temptations  of  wealth 
in  his  younger  days  and  was   found  true  to 


the  obligations  of  religion  in  the  home  circle, 
in  the  church  and  in  the  conrpetitions  of  busi- 
ness life,  a  record  worth  emulating.  He  pos- 
sessed certain  qualities  of  mind  and  heart 
which  qualified  him  to  employ  his  large  oppor- 
tunities for  usefulness  without  begetting 
prejudice  in  petty  minds  or  arousing  the  envy 
of  those  who  were  less  favored  in  life.  ]Mr. 
Benedict  was  a  member  of  the  Union  League 
of  New  York  City. 

Mr.  Benedict  married,  October  i,  1845, 
Cornelia,  daughter  of  John  D.  Johnson.  Chil- 
dren :  Amelia  C. ;  Charlotte  B.,  wife  of  Gilman 
C.  Hill ;  Cornelia  J.,  married  Dr.  Charles  S. 
Rodman,  and  died  November  26,  1879. 


Charles  Moulton  Mitchell, 
IMITCHELL  son  of  John  Smith  Mitchell, 
was  born  in  East  Haven, 
Connecticut,  July  7,  1822.  He  attended  the 
public  schools,  and  at  the  age  of  eighteen  en- 
tered the  United  States  Naval  Academy  at 
Annapolis.  He  was  a  midshipman  for  six 
years.  Afterward  he  was  a  clerk  in  a  New 
York  City  store.  Returning  to  Connecticut, 
he  was  employed  by  the  Waterbury  Lumber  & 
Coal  Company ;  for  many  years  he  was  with 
the  Steele  &  Johnson  Manufacturing  Com- 
pany of  Waterbury  and  was  president  at  the 
time  of  his  death  ;  president  also  of  the  Bridge- 
port Brass  Company. 

He  married  (first)  February  i,  1854,  Mary 
Ann  Foote,  born  at  Bridgeport,  ilarch  20, 
1834,  daughter  of  Charles  and  Jane  Sterling 
(Thompson)  Foote  (see  Foote  ATI).  He 
died  i\Iarch  9,  1899;  his  wife  April  18,  1859. 
They  had  one  son,  Charles  Foote,  mentioned 
below.  He  married  (second)  September  5, 
i860,  i\Iary  E.,  daughter  of  Captain  Samuel 
Parsons. 

(II)  Charles  Foote,  son  of  Charles  Moul- 
ton J\Iitchell,  was  born  at  Waterbury,  Novem- 
ber 15,  1856.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  and  Cheshire  Academy.  The  first 
3-ear  after  leaving  school  he  spent  at  the 
Steele  &  Johnson  Manufacturing  Company's 
works  with  his  father.  Afterward  he  entered 
the  employ  of  the  private  banking  firm  of 
Holmes  &  Parsons,  with  whom  he  continued 
for  six  years.  After  spending  a  3^ear  abroad 
he  became  connected  with  the  Manufacturers' 
National  Bank  in  August,  1881,  and  in  various 
capacities  has  been  an  officer  of  that  institu- 
tion to  the  present  time,  serving  as  director  and 
president.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican  with 
independent  proclivities.  He  is  a  communi- 
cant of  St.  John's  Protestant  Episcopal 
Church.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Waterbury 
Club,  Home  Club,  Country  Club,  Sons  of  the 
American  Revolution  and  the  Colonial  Wars. 


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(The  Foote  Line). 
(II)  Nathaniel  (2)  Foote,  son  of  Nathaniel 
(i)  Foote  (q.  v.),  was  born  about  1620,  in 
England.  He  married,  1646,  Elizabeth,  daugh- 
ter of  Lieutenant  Samuel  Smith.  He  lived  in 
Wethersfield,  Connecticut,  and  Hadley,  Mas- 
sachusetts. He  died  in  1655,  and  his  wife 
married  (second)  William  Gull,  of  Wethers- 
field, Connecticut,  and  Hatfield,  Massachusetts. 
Children :  Nathaniel,  born  January  10,  1647  ■ 
Samuel,  May  I,  1649;  Daniel,  1652,  mentioned 
below;  Elizabeth,  1654. 

.  (Ill)  Daniel,  son  of  Nathaniel  (2)  Foote, 
was  born  in  1652.  He  lived  in  Stratford,  Con- 
necticut.    He  married    (first)    Sarah  , 

(second)     Mary    .       Children:     John, 

born  June  17,  1680;  mentioned  below;  Daniel, 
January  10,  1682;  Hannah,  February  13, 
1684;    Jehiel,    March    17,    1687;    Peter,    died 

1753- 

(IV)  John,  son  of  Daniel  Foote,  was  born 
June  17,  1680.  He  lived  in  Newtown,  Con- 
necticut. He  married,  July  13,  1715,  Sarah 
Prindle.  Children ;  Sarah,  born  October  30, 
1716;  Elizabeth,  May  14,  1718;  Nathan,  Octo- 
ber 24,  1719;  John,  November  29,  1721,  men- 
tioned below;  Phebe,  1723;  Peter,  1725;  Han- 
nah, 1727. 

(V)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Foote,  was 
born  November  29,  1721.  He  married,  1750, 
Deborah  Hoyt,  who  died  August  6,  1777, 
aged  fifty-three.  He  died  July  28,  1791.  Chil- 
dren :  Mary,  born  June  19,  1751 ;  Deborah, 
August  22,  1753;  Sarah,  May  9,  1755;  Mind- 
well,  January,  1758;  John,  April  2,  1761  ; 
Lucy,  1763;  David,  May  28,  1765;  Enoch, 
May  2,  1770. 

(VI)  Enoch,  son  of  John  (2)  Foote,  was 
born  May  2,  1770.  He  married,  1791,  Abigail 
Brooks,  widow.  She  died  June  6,  1836.  He 
lived  in  Bridgeport,  Connecticut.  Children : 
Elanson,  born  July  4,  1792,  lost  at  sea,  1812 ; 
Charles,  December  21,  1793,  mentioned  below  ; 
Mary  Ann,  May  26,  1797. 

(VII)  Charles,  son  of  Enoch  Foote,  was 
born  December  21,  1793.  He  married,  Sep- 
tember 8,  1822,  Ann  Strong,  daughter  of  Eli- 
jah Burr,  of  Fairfield,  Connecticut.  She  died 
August  12,  1832,  and  he  married  (second). 
May  16,  1833,  Jane  Sterling,  daughter  of  John 
Thompson,  of  Stratford,  Connecticut.  Mr. 
Foote  was  cashier  of  the  Connecticut  Bank 
for  over  thirty  years ;  he  also  held  the  office 
of  mayor  and  other  offices  of  trust  in  his 
native  city.  He  was  also  colonel  in  the  state 
militia.  He  was  a  Republican  in  politics ;  an 
Episcopalian  in  religion.  He  lived  in  Bridge- 
port. Children  :  Mary  Ann,  born  March  20, 
1834;  married,  February  I,  1854,  Charles  M. 
Mitchell,     of    Waterbury,     Connecticut     (see 


Mitchell)  ;  Charles  Enoch,  March  10,  1836, 
died  January  28,  1837 ;  Charles  Benjamin, 
September  6,  1837 !  William  Henry,  August 
24,  1839;  David  Thomas,  July  17,  1841  ;  Elea- 
nor Coit,  May  27,  1844;  Edward  Elanson,  Jan- 
uary 28,  1848;  Caroline  Thompson,  Julv  14, 
1850. 


Among  the  early  settlers  of  Con- 
FROST  necticut  was  VVilliam  Frost  at 
Fairfield,  in  1639.  Many  of  the 
Co.nnecticut  families  are  descended  from  him. 
His  home  lot  was  on  the  southwest  of  the 
school  and  church  division  of  the  meeting 
house  green.  He  was  then  an  old  man.  He 
came  from  Nottinghamshire,  England,  and 
was  probably  born  there.  He  died  in  1645. 
He  had  sons,  Daniel  and  Abraham,  and  daugh- 
ters, Elizabeth  and  Lydia. 

(I)  Samuel  Frost  was  born  in  1704,  died  at 
Wolcott,  Connecticut,  November  14,  1800.  The 
family  tradition  has  it  that  he  was  born  in 
England,  but  there  is  good  reason  to  believe 
that  he  was  descended  from  William  Frost,, 
mentioned  above.  Some  think  he  visited  Eng- 
land, as  it  appears  that  his  son  David  was  born 
there  and  Samuel  had  property  in  England. 
He  was  an  Episcopalian  and  that  fact  tends 
to  strengthen  the  belief  that  he  came  from 
England.  At  his  funeral,  prayer  was  offered 
by  the  Congregational  minister  of  Southing- 
ton  where  he  made  his  home,  the  sermon  was 
delivered  by  a  Baptist  clergyman,  the  closing 
prayer  by  a  Methodist  and  tlie  burial  service 
was  read  by  the  Episcopal  minister.  This  ac-, 
count  is  from  the  history  of  Southington.  He 
married,  March  21,  1733,  Naomi  Fenn,  born 
May  10,  1 712,  daughter  of  Edward  and  Mary 
(Thorp)  Fenn.  Children,  born  at  Southing- 
ton;  Moses,  born  January  6,  1734;  Naomi, 
March  31,  1735;  David,  September  15,  1743,. 
mentioned  below.     Probably  others. 

(II)  David,  son  of  Samuel  Frost,  was  born 
in  Southington  (tradition  says  England),  Sep- 
tember 15,  1743,  died  December  15,  1812.  He 
resided  at  Wolcott,  Connecticut.  He  was  a 
soldier  in  the  revolution.  He  married,  Novem- 
ber 5,  1762,  Mary  Beach,  born  December  20, 
1740,  died  February  6,  1819,  daughter  of 
Joseph  and  Experience  Beach,  of  Wallingford. 
Children,  born  at  Southington,  now  the  town 
of  Wolcott:  Jesse,  October  18,  1763;  Enoch,, 
January  8,  1765,  mentioned  below;  David,, 
March  i,  1767;  Naomi,  July  i,  1770;  Mary, 
March  24,  1775,  died  September  14,  1778; 
Mary,  March  11,  1780;  Elizabeth,  married 
Nathan  Barnes. 

(HI)  Enoch,  son  of  David  Frost,  was  born 
at  Southington,  January  8,  1765,  died  May  27, 
1822.     He   followed    farming  throughout   his 


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active  life.  He  lived  at  Southington  and 
Waterbury.  He  married  Ann,  daughter  of 
Stephen  Culver.  Children :  Anna,  born  July 
I,  died  July  2,  1793;  Stephen  Culver,  July  18, 
1795;  Selah,  February  2,  1798,  mentioned  be- 
low; Nancy,  March  31,  1801  ;  Enoch  Williams, 
May  7,  1803  ;  Eunice,  April  2,  181 1. 

(IV)  Selah,  son  of  Enoch  Frost,  was  born 
February  2,  1798,  in  Waterbury,  died  in  1848. 
He  was  engaged  as  a  merchant  in  Torrington. 
He  married  Ursula  Brooker.  Children  :  Mary, 
married  George  Mason ;  Warren  S.,  men- 
tioned below. 

(V)  Warren  S.,  son  of  Selah  Frost,  was 
born  in  Torrington,  January  19,  1827,  died 
April  20,  1899.  He  was  a  Republican  and 
served  many  years  in  the  Waterbury  common 
council.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Congrega- 
tional church.  He  married  Jennie  E.,  daugh- 
ter of  Thomas  Spring  (see  Spring  ATI).  She 
died  September  20,  1897.  Child,  Charles  W. 
S.,  mentioned  below. 

(VI)  Dr.  Charles  W.  S.  Frost,  son  of  War- 
ren S.  Frost,  was  born  in  Waterbury,  Decem- 
ber 22,  1857.  -^^  received  his  early  education 
in  the  public  schools  and  the  Waterbury  Eng- 
lish and  Classical  School.  He  entered  Yale 
Medical  School  in  1876,  and  graduated  from 
the  College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons  of 
New  York  City  in  1880,  His  vacations  were 
spent  in  the  hospitals  of  New  York,  and  soon 
after  graduation  he  opened  an  office  in  his  na- 
tive town.  He  built  up  a  large  and  lucrative 
practice,  and  has  made  a  reputation  for  unusual 
skill  and  knowledge  in  his  profession.  He  is 
consulting  physician  and  surgeon  on  staff  of 
the  Waterbury  Hospital,  and  dermatologist 
on  the  staff  of  St.  Mary's  Hospital  of  Water- 
bury. In  politics  he  is  a  Republican  and  he 
served  as  president  of  the  board  of  health  for 
two  years,  being  a  member  since  1887.  He  is 
city  and  town  health  officer,  and  a  member  of 
the  staff  of  Waterbury  Hospital.  He  was  sec- 
retary of  the  Waterbury  Medical  Society  for 
eleven  years  and  president  in  1908,  and  is  a 
member  of  the  state  and  county  medical  so- 
cieties. 

He  is  a  member  of  Continental  Lodge, 
Free  and  Accepted  Masons ;  Knights  of  Pyth- 
ias ;  Independent  Order  of  Red  Men ;  Royal 
Arcanum ;  Heptasophs ;  Order  of  United 
American  Mechanics  ;  Knights  of  the  Macca- 
bees ;  Waterbury  Lodge,  No.  265,  Elks;  Sons 
of  the  American  Revolution ;  Waterbury  Club 
and  the  Golf  Association.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  First  Congregational  Church.  He  mar- 
ried (first),  February  5,  1880,  Jennie  G.. 
daughter  of  E.  K.  Davis,  of  New  York.  He 
married  (second),  December  31,  1891,  Mrs. 
Minnie  L.  Ryder,  daughter  of  Leander  Wright, 


of  West  Ashford,  Connecticut.  Child  of  first 
wife,  Edna  J.,  married  Charles  G.  Goodale,  of 
Torrington.  Children  of  second  wife :  Bar- 
bara, Selah 


The  family  of  Spring  is  of  Eng- 
SPRING     lish    origin,    and    is    found    in 

America  shortly  after  the  com- 
ing of  the  Pilgrims.  In  both  countries  many 
of  its  members  have  adorned  the  learned  pro- 
fessions and  are  to  be  found  in  every  honor- 
able .walk  of  life.  In  the  United  States  the 
name  has  long  been  honored  by  educators  and 
theologians  of  national  reputation.  It  is  also 
well  represented  in  France,  where  it  is 
known  through  distinguished  names.  It  is  be- 
lieved that  nearly  all  of  the  family  in  the 
United  States,  and  most  certainly  in  New 
England,  are  descended  from  the  immigrant 
hereinafter  named. 

(I)  John  Spring,  immigrant  ancestor,  was 
born  in  England  in  1589.  He  came  to  New 
England  in  the  ship  ■'Elizabeth"  of  Ipswich, 
April  30,  1634.  With  him  came  his  wife 
Elinor,  aged  forty-six,  and  children :  Mary, 
aged  eleven,  Henry,  aged  six,  John,  aged  four, 
and  \'\'illiam,  aged  nine  months.  He  settled  at 
Watertown,  where  he  was  a  planter  and  pro- 
prietor in  1636.  He  took  the  oath  of  fidelity 
in  1652.  He  married  (second)  Grace  Hatch, 
widow  of  Thomas  Hatch,  of  Scituate.  She 
resided  at  Scituate  in  1659.  Children,  all  by 
first  wife,  born  in  England :  IMary,  1623 ; 
Henry,  1628;  John,  1630,  mentioned  below; 
William.    1633. 

(II)  Lieutenant  John  (2)  Spring,  son  of 
John  (i)  Spring,  was  born  in  England  in 
1630;  came  with  his  parents  to  New  Eng- 
land when  four  years  old.  He  settled  in 
Cambridge  about  the  time  of  the  ordination 
of  its  first  minister.  His  house  stood  on  the 
northwest  side  of  the  Dedham  road,  opposite 
the  old  burial  place.  He  built  the  first  grist 
mill  in  Newton,  on  -Smelt  brook,  near  the 
center  of  the  town.  He  was  selectman  eight 
years  from  1686;  deputy  three  years;  sealer 
of  weights  and  measures ;  pound  keeper ;  tith- 
ingman ;  lieutenant,  It  is  supposed  that  he 
gave  the  land  for  the  second  meeting  house  in 
169G,  which  stood  very  near  his  own  house, 
and  the  town  afterward  reconveyed  it  to  his 
son  John.  He  died  May  18,  1717.  He  mar- 
ried, in  1656.  Hannah  Barsham,  who  died 
August  18,  1 710,  daughter  of  William  and 
Anable  Barsham,  of  Watertown.  Children : 
Hannah,  born  October    i,   1657;  Mary,  June 

10,    1659;    '    April    16,    1661 ;    Sarah, 

1662;  Rebecca,  February  10,  1664;  Abigail, 
February  12,  1666;  Susanna,  August  18, 
1670,  died  young;  Mary,  February  19,   1672; 


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Elizabeth,  April  7,  1675 ;  John,  mentioned 
below. 

(Ill)  Ensign  John  (3)  Spring,  son  of 
Lieutenant  John  (2)  Spring,  was  born  in 
1678,  died  May  5,  1754.  He  was  a  corporal 
in  the  revolution  from  August  23,  1776,  to 
September  26,  1777,  in  Lieutenant  Joel  Hay's 
company.  Eighteenth  Connecticut  Regiment, 
and  served  in  the  first  campaigns  in  New 
York.  He  served  as  selectman  twelve  years. 
He  married,  March  8,  1703,  Joanna  Richards, 
of  Dedham,  and  lived  on  the  homestead. 
Children:  William,  born  December  24,  1704; 
John,  1706;  Ephraim,  May  30,  1708,  men- 
tioned below;  Mary,  November  20,  1709; 
Hannah,  February  2,  1712;  Deborah,  Febru- 
ary 29,  1714;  Nathaniel,  August  26,  1715; 
Samuel,  June  17,  1723. 

(TV)  Ephraim,  son  of  Ensign  John  (3) 
Spring,  was  born  May  30,  1708.  He  gradu- 
ated at  Harvard  College  in  1728.  He  mar- 
ried Mary  Bowen.  He  had  a  son  Thomas, 
mentioned  below. 

(V)  Thomas,  son  of  Ephraim  Spring,  was 
born  about  1740.  He  settled  in  Simsbury, 
Connecticut,  and  married  there,  April  30, 
1761,  Mary  Gossard.  In  1790  he  was  of 
Granby,  Connecticut,  according  to  the  first 
federal  census,  and  had  in  his  family  three 
males  over  sixteen,  two  under  sixteen,  and 
four  females.  Sylvester,  a  son,  also  had  a 
family  in  1790.  Children,  born  in  Simsbury: 
Mary,  February  i,  1762;  Ephraim;  Thomas, 
October  15,  1765,  mentioned  below;  Sylves- 
ter, June  26,  1767;  Sarah,  December  15, 
1769;  Amelia,  September  2,  1774;  Ciriel, 
September  11,  1776;  Samuel,  June  5,  1780. 

(VI)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Thomas  (i) 
Spring,  was  born  at  Simsbury,  Massachusetts, 
now  Connecticut,  October  15,  1765.  He 
lived  at  Granby,  Connecticut.  He  married 
Jerusha  Pomeroy.  They  had  a  son  Thomas, 
mentioned  below. 

(VII)  Thomas  (3),  son  of  Thomas  (2) 
Spring,  was  born  about  1790- 1800.  He  mar- 
ried Candace  Holcomb.  They  lived  at 
Granby  and  later  at  Collinsville,  Connecticut. 
Children :  Henry,  Jerusha,  Solomon,  Jennie 
E.,  Emma,  Nancy,  Andrew  J.,  Edwin  and 
Edward  (twins),  and  George  A.  Their 
daughter,  Jennie  E.,  married  Warren  S. 
Frost  (see  Frost  V). 


The  Ferris  family  was  originally 
FERRIS     from     Leicestershire,     England, 

and  descended  from  the  house  of 
Feriers  (Farers,  Fereis  or  Ferris),  the  pro- 
genitor of  whom  in  England  was  Henry  de 
Feriers,  son  of  Guillaume  (William)  de  Fer- 
iers, master  of  the  house  of  the  Duke  of  Nor- 


mandy, who  received  from  the  Conqueror 
large  grants  of  land  in  Staffordshire,  Derby- 
shire and  Leicestershire.  It  is  said  that  he 
took  a  prominent  part  in  the  battle  of  Hast- 
ings. William  Ferers,  the  Earl  of  Derby, 
was  a  descendant,  and  his  descendants,  the 
Ferrers  of  Groby,  bear  these  arms :  Gules 
seven  mascles  or  a  canton  ermine.  The  Ameri- 
can family  bears :  Gules  a  fleur  de  lis  or  a  can- 
ton ermine  with  a  crescent  for  difference. 

(I)  Zachariah  Ferris,  immigrant  ancestor, 
came  from  England  to  Stratford,  Connecticut. 
He  was  from  Reading,  England.  He  was  at 
Charlestown,  Massachusetts,  in  1645,  and  at 
Stratford  as  early  as  1655.  Children  :  Zach- 
ariah, baptized  February  6,  1676,  mentioned 
below;  Sarah,  born  November  12,  1676;  Han- 
nah, July  18,  1680.  These  children  may  have 
been  grandchildren  of  Zachariah  (i),  and 
children  of  a  son  Zachariah.  The  records  are 
very  meagre. 

(II)  Zachariah  (2),  son  of  Zachariah  (i) 
Ferris,  was  born  at  Stratford,  Connecticut, 
and  baptized  there  February  6,  1676.  He  died 
before  1757.  He  was  one  of  the  first  settlers 
of  New  Milford,  Connecticut.  Tradition  has 
it  that  his  father's  name  was  Samuel  and  his 
mother's  Jerusha  (Reed)  Ferris.  Another  tra- 
dition gives  his  mother's  name  as  Sarah  Noble, 
but  the  records  do  not  support  the  traditions. 
Children,  born  at  New  Milford :  Deborah, 
June  17,  1700;  Joseph,  September  27,'  1703, 
mentioned  below;  David,  May  10,  1707;  Ben- 
jamin, November  10,  1708;  Sarah,  November 

10,  1710;  Hannah,  August  6,  1712;  John, 
February  6,  1714;  Zachariah,  September  30, 
1717. 

(HI)  Joseph,  son  of  Zachariah  (2)  Fer- 
ris, was  born  at  New  Milford,  Connecticut, 
September  27,  1703.  He  also  settled  in  New 
Milford  on  a  farm  south  of  Fort  Hill.  He 
married,  at  Milford,  November  11,  1725, 
Hannah  Welch,  of  that  town.  Children,  born 
at  New  Milford:  David,  September  18,  1726, 
mentioned  below;  Sarah,  September  11,  1728; 
Joseph,  January  5,  1732 ;  Jude,  May  14,  1735 ; 
Zachariah,  March  25,  1739,  married  Phoebe 
-Ga)dord  and  had  a-  son  Zachariah  (3)  ;  Sam- 
uel, September  11,  1743;  Gilbert,  September 
24,  1747. 

(IV)  David,  son  of  Joseph  Ferris,  was  born 
at  New  Milford,  September  18,  1726,  died 
July  20,  1800.  He  married,  February  26, 
I7SS>  Abigail  Comstock,  of  Kent,  Connecti- 
cut.     She   died   at   New    Milford,    September 

11,  1797,  in  her  sixty-seventh  year.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  New  Milford :  Orange,  Decem- 
ber 14,  1755,  died  in  the  army  at  Crown  Point ; 
Jude,  February  12,  1758:  Amasa,  November 
5,    1760;   Alanson,   August    10,    1763;   David, 


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February  i8,  1766:  Betty,  May  25,  1768; 
Daniel  Hutton,  March  i,  1771,  mentioned  be- 
low; James  Fitch,  January  i,  1774. 

(V)  Daniel  Flutton,  son  of  David  Ferris, 
was  born  at  New  Milford,  March  i,  1771,  died 
there  April  2,  1843.  He  was  a  farmer  and 
for  a  time  conducted  a  hotel  on  the  Marsh 
Place.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  war  of  1812. 
He  gave  the  land  for  the  road  along  the  river. 
He   married    (first)    Rheamy    (Ruhamah    ?) 

,  who  died   November    3,    1793.      He 

married  (second),  January  29,  1795,  Annis 
Botsford,  of  Newtown,  who  died  February 
19,  1852.  Children,  born  at  New  Milford, 
by  first  wife:  John,  December  18,  1790; 
Urana,  February  17,  1792 ;  Henry,  October 
27,  1793-  Children  of  second  wife:  Julia, 
March  18,  1796;  David,  September  2,  1798; 
Martha,  January  17,  1800,  married  Flenry 
Knapp ;  Dayid,  June  30,  1802 ;  Eugene,  June 
18,  1806,  mentioned  below ;  Mary  E.,  mar- 
ried Peter  Robinson,  of  Danbur}',  Connec- 
ticut. 

(VI)  Eugene,  son  of  Daniel  Hutton  Ferris, 
was  born  at  New  Milford,  June  18.  1806,  died 
there  in  1868.  He  was  educated  in  the  com- 
mon schools  of  his  native  town.  He  learned 
the  trade  of  tanner  and  owned  a  tannery  in 
Lanesville,  town  of  New  Milford.  He  also 
made  boots  and  shoes  and  conducted  a  farm. 
He  bought  a  small  place  at  first  and  added  to 
it  by  purchase  from  time  to  time.  He  cleared 
woodland  and  added  many  acres  to  his  farm 
under  cultivation.  Fie  was  active  in  town  af- 
fairs and  for  many  years  selectman  and  jus- 
tice of  the  peace.  ITe  was  a  popular  citizen 
and  highly  respected  in  the  community.  In 
politics  he  was  a  Democrat,  in  religion  a 
member  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  church. 
He  married,  October  27,  1829,  Laura  Ann 
Hoyt,  born  September  18,  1807,  at  New  Mil- 
ford;  died  there,  June  11,  1881.  Children, 
born  at  New  Milford:  i.  Child,  died  in  in- 
fancy. 2.  Julia,  born  1838,  died  1909 ;  mar- 
ried Samuel  C.  Millington,  of  New  Milford; 
children,  Annis,  Mary  and  two  sons,  who  died 
young.  3.  James  Reville,  mentioned  below. 
4.  Daniel  H.,  mentioned  below. 

(VII)  James  Reville,  son  of  Eugene  Fer- 
ris, was  born  August  12,  1842,  at  New  Mil- 
ford. He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools, 
and  learned  the  carpenter's  trade,  which  he 
followed  for  two  years.  He  then  learned  the 
machinist's  trade,  to  which  he  devoted  him- 
self for  many  years  in  different  places,  run- 
ning stationary  engines  and  locomotives,  but 
has  retired  and  resides  in  Bridgeport  with 
his  son.  Fie  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  fra- 
ternity, and  attends  the  Protestant  Episcopal 
church. 


Mr.  Ferris  married,  April  20,  1863,  Ellen 
Maria,  born  April  9,  1844,  at  New  Milford, 
daughter  of  Nelson  Hawley  and  Betsey 
Adeline  (Brownson)  Ford.  The  former  was 
born  December  21,  1806,  was  a  son  of  Jona- 
than Ford,  died  at  New  Milford,  December 
10,  1862.  He  was  a  farmer  in  New  Milford 
and  Litchfield,  Connecticut,  and  a  member  of 
the  Congregational  church.  His  wife  was 
born  April  20,  1809,  died  October  19,  185 1, 
at  Litchfield.  Their  sons  were  James,  An- 
drew, Albert  Nelson  and  Sherman  Nelson, 
and  their  daughters  Amanda  Adeline,  Hannah 
Elvira,  Ellen  Amelia,  Ellen  Maria,  who  be- 
came the  wife  of  James  Reville  Ferris,  as 
mentioned  above.  Following  are  the  children 
of  James  Reville  and  Ellen  Maria  (Ford) 
Ferris:  i.  Charles  Eugene,  born  December 
8,  1865,  at  New  Milford ;  fireman  by  trade 
and  now  foreman  of  the  Valvoline  oil  yards 
in  Bridgeport ;  married  Clara  Elizabeth,  born 
at  Watertown,  Connecticut,  daughter  of  Isaac 
Hugh  Robinson ;  children :  Ellen,  born  De- 
cember I,  1888:  Eugene  R.,  April  13,  1898. 
2.  Edwin  Nelson,  born  March  14,  1868;  pat- 
tern maker  in  service  of  the  Crane  Vale  Com- 
pany ;  married  Susan  Cornelia  Caldwell,  and 
has  one  child,  Charles  Henry,  born  August 
22,   1894. 

(VII)  Daniel  H.,  son  of  Eugene  Ferris, 
was  born  at  New  Milford,  January  20,  1845. 
He  was  educated  in  the  district  schools.  He 
worked  on  his  father's  farm  until  attaining 
the  age  of  eighteen,  and  then  came  to  Bridge- 
port, where  he  entered  the  sewing  machine 
works  of  the  Wheeler  &  Wilson  Company. 
He  was  promoted,  from  time  to  time,  to  posi- 
tions of  responsibility  and  trust  and  ultimately 
became  a  stockholder  in  the  company,  with 
which  he  was  connected  in  various  positions 
for  a  period  of  forty  years.  He  is  now  secre- 
tary of  the  Weidlich  Brothers  Manufacturing 
Company,  of  Bridgeport,  having  been  one  of 
the  organizers  of  this  industry.  He  is  a  man 
of  quiet  tastes  and  domestic  habits  and  has 
divided  his  time  between  his  home  and  his 
business. 

Mr.  Ferris  is  a  member  of  the  Park  Club 
and  formerly  belongei  to  the  Seaside  Club. 
In  politics  he  is  an  Independent.  Mr.  Ferris 
married  Laura,  born  at  Still  River,  Connecti- 
cut, daughter  of  Charles  Ford,  and  after  her 
death,  which  occurred  at  her  native  place,  he 
married  Marietta  H.,  born  in  New  Milford, 
daughter  of  Samuel  Smith.  Children  of  sec- 
ond wife:  I.  Lester  S.,  born  January  25, 
1882,  engaged  in  the  automobile  business  in 
Bridgeport.  2.  Harry,  born  1885,  died  March 
13,  1906:  married  Carrie  Fairchild,  of  West- 
port,  Connecticut. 


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While  this  name  came  to  America 
OLIN     from    Wales,    there    can    be    little 

doubt  that  it  is  of  French  origin. 
It  is  still  found  in  France,  where  there  was  a 
village  near  Rouen  known  as  Olinville.  The 
names  which  appear  in  the  family  in  the  early 
generations  are  not  Welsh  names  and  are 
common  among  the  French  Huguenots. 
Shortly  before  the  immigrant  arrived  in  this 
country  there  was  a  large  movement  of  the 
refugees  who  fled  from  religious  persecution 
in  France  and  located  at  various  points  in 
Great  Britain. 

fl)  John  Olin  came  from  Wales  in  1678 
and  settled  at  East  Greenwich,  Rhode  Island, 
where  he  married,  October  4,  1708,  Susannah, 
daughter  of  John  and  Susannah  Spencer,  who 
came  from  Wales  and  settled  in  Rhode  Island. 
She  died  June  10,  1725,  at  Newport,  aged 
sixty-one  years.  Two  children  of  this  union 
are  recorded,  John  and  Henry. 

(II)  Henry,  son  of  John  and  Susannah 
(Spencer)  Olin,  was  born  in  1719,  in  East 
Greenwich,  where  he  resided  and  died  in  his 
ninety-third  year.  He  married  at  an  early 
age,  but  no  record  of  his  wife  can  be  discov- 
ered. Children,  born  at  East  Greenwich  :  Jus- 
tin, mentioned  below;  Mary,  born  March  15, 
1742;  Peleg,  May  20,  1746;  Caleb,  December 
8,  1753,  resided  in  Old  Warwick,  Rhode 
Island;  Henry,  October  15,  1756;  Susannah, 
died  in  Shaftsbury,  Vermont ;  Rebecca,  died 
in  New  Galway,  New  York. 

(III)  Justin,  eldest  child  of  Henry  Olin, 
was  born  July  17,  1739,  in  East  Greenwich, 
and  settled  at  Leicester,  Vermont,  where  he 
died  July  7,  1821.  He  married,  in  East  Green- 
wich, September  6,  1761,  Sarah  Dwinell,  born 
June  17,  1739,  in  East  Greenwich,  died  Octo- 
ber 14,  1812,  in  Leicester.  Children:  Ste- 
phen, born  September  9,  1763 ;  Christopher, 
August  22,  1765;  Flenry,  mentioned  below; 
Sally,  March  22,  1770;  Abigail,  April  i,  1772; 
Freelove,  June  12,  1774.  The  first  two  were 
born  in  East  Greenwich  and  the  others  in 
Leicester,  indicating  that  the  parents  settled  in 
the  latter  place  between  1765  and  1768. 

(IV)  Henry  (2),  third  son  of  Justin  and 
Sarah  (Dwinell)  Olin,  was  born  May  7,  1768, 
in  Leicester  or  Shaftsbury,  Vermont,  and 
about  1788  settled  in  the  former  town.  While 
his  early  educational  privileges  were  limited, 
he  was  a  student  and  made  much  advancement 
in  learning.  In  1799  he  was  chosen  a  member 
of  the  state  legislature  and  was  twenty-one 
times  re-elected.  He  was  chosen  an  assistant 
judge  of  the  county  court  in  1801  and  held 
the  office  eight  years.  For  fifteen  years  he 
was  chief  judge ;  was  state  councillor  in  1820- 
21  ;  member  of  congress  in  1824,  and  for  three 


consecutive  years  from  1827  was  lieutenant- 
governor  of  the  state.  His  local  popularity 
was  so  great  that  at  one  election  he  had  nearly 
the  entire  vote  of  his  fellow  townsmen  for 
governor.  In  political  principle  he  was  a  Jef- 
fersonian  Democrat,  later  a  Whig.  In  the 
spring  of  1837  he  removed  to  Salisbury,  Ver- 
mont, and  died  there  August  18,  of  the  same 
year.  In  physical  proportions  Judge  Olin  was 
almost  gigantic,  standing  six  feet  two  inches 
in  height.  His  retentive  memory  enabled  him 
to  repair  many  of  the  deficiencies  of  his  early 
education.  Possessed  of  a  clear  perception  of 
right  and  guided  by  an  ardent  love  of  justice 
and  unbending  rectitude,  he  was  a  man  of  the 
highest  morality  and  very  useful  among  his 
neighbors  as  a  promoter  of  peace  rather  than 
litigation.  He  married  (first)  in  1788,  Lois 
Richardson,  of  Cheshire,  Massachusetts,  one 
of  a  family  of  twelve  children,  who  became 
the  mother  of  eleven,  including  two  who  died 
in  infancy  and  two  sons  and  seven  daughters 
that  grew  to  maturity.  Among  these  were : 
Sally,  born  September  28,  1789,  married,  May 
30,  1816,  Rev.  Moses  Emory  Wright;  Rev. 
Stephen,  mentioned  below ;  Freelove,  born  Oc- 
tober 21,  1798;  Lois,  married  (first)  January 
24,  1849,  Deacon  John  Morse,  of  Mt.  Hope, 
McLean  county,  Illinois;  (second)  in  1853, 
Rollin  Britt ;  Clarinda. 

(V)  Rev.  Stephen  Olin,  D.  D.,  LL.  D.,  son 
of  Flenry  (2)  Olin,  was  born  March  3,  1797, 
in  Leicester,  where  he  grew  to  manhood.  He 
attended  Middlebury  College,  Vermont,  from 
which  he  was  graduated  in  1820.  He  was 
selected  valedictorian  of  his  class,  but  was 
prevented  by  ill  health  from  acting  in  that  ca- 
pacity. He  possessed  a  strong  mind,  which 
matured  early,  and  was  at  tlie  head  of  his  class 
while  in  college.  In  hope  of  recovering  his 
health  after  graduation  he  settled  in  Charles- 
ton, South  Carolina,  where  he  became  con- 
nected in  1824  with  the  South  Carolina  con- 
ference of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church. 
He  had  not  been  at  this  time  licensed  to 
preach,  and  finding  a  newly  projected  acad- 
emy in  Abbeville,  South  Carolina,  where  a 
teacher  was  wanted,  he  accepted  the  position. 
The  school  was  first  established  in  a  log  cabin, 
but  made  rapid  progress,  and  after  a  time  re- 
moved to  a  place  called  Mt.  Ariel,  where  it 
was  adopted  by  the  South  Carolina  confer- 
ence as  its  official  school.  In  1826  Mr.  Olin 
was  elected  professor  in  Franklin  College, 
Georgia,  and  two  years  later  was  ordained  a? 
an  elder  of  the  Alethodist  Episcopal  church. 
In  1832  he  was  elected  a  member  of  the  fac- 
ulty of  Randolph  Union  College  in  Virginia, 
and  two  years  later  received  from  that  institu- 
tion the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Divinity,  simul- 


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taneously  with  the  conferring  of  the  same  de- 
gree by  Franklin  College.  In  1845  Yale  Col- 
lege conferred  upon  him  the  degree  of  Doctor 
of  Laws.  In  1837  he  travelled  extensively, 
and  subsequently  published  in  two  volumes  an 
account  of  his  travels  in  the  East,  which  were 
very  favorably  received.  Dr.  Olin  was  elected 
president  of  -Wesleyan  University  at  Middle- 
town,  Connecticut,  in  1842,  and  died  in  that 
town,  August  16,  1 85 1.  After  his  death  were 
published  his  life  and  letters  in  two  volumes, 
his  sermons  and  addresses  in  two  volumes,  a 
book  of  travel  entitled  "Greece  and  the  Golden 
Horn,"  and  essays  under  the  title  of  "College 
Life."  Dr.  Olin's  high  character  and  extraor- 
dinary power  as  a  preacher  gave  him  a  dis- 
tinguished position  in  the  church. 

He  married  (first)  April  10,  1827,  Mary  E. 
Bostwick,  of  Georgia.  He  married  (second) 
1843,  Julia  ]\I.  Lynch,  born  December  14, 
1814,  in  New  York,  daughter  of  Judge  James 
and  Janet  M.  (Tillotson)  Lynch,  and  grand- 
daughter of  Judge  Robert  R.  Livingston :  her 
mother  was  a  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Mar- 
garet Tillotson.  In  early  life  she  was  con- 
firmed by  Dr.  Anthon  in  St.  Stephen's  (Prot- 
estant Episcopal)  Church,  and  afterwards 
united  with  the  Church  of  the  Ascension  un- 
der Bishop  Morton  Eastburn,  of  New  York. 
She  was  active  in  religious  work,  and  estab- 
lished and  maintained  in  her  home  at  Rhine- 
beck,  New  York,  a  Sunday  school  which  de- 
veloped into  the  Hillside  Chapel.  She  also 
did  important  work  in  New  York  City,  where 
she  was  president  of  the  Women's  Foreign 
Missionary  Society  from  its  organization  in 
1869;  was  secretary  of  the  Female  Bible  So- 
ciety from  1854,  and  had  official  connection 
with  the  New  York  Ladies'  Home  Missionary 
Society,  which  operated  at  the  Five  Points  in 
New  York  City  for  a  period  of  twenty-six 
years.  She  was  a  contributor  to  many  period- 
icals, including  the  Western  Christian  Advo- 
cate, Ladies'  Repository,  Methodist  Quarterly 
Reznezi'  and  Heathen  Women's  Friend,  and 
the  author  of  "The  Perfect  Light,"  "The  Ar- 
mor of  Light,"  and  of  many  Sunday  school 
books.  She  died  May  i,  1877,  in  the  city  of 
New  York.  Children  of  second  marriage : 
Stephen  Henry,  mentioned  below,  and  James 
Lynch,  who  died  in  infancy. 

(VI)  Stephen  Henry,  son  of  Rev.  Stephen 
Olin  and  his  second  wife,  Julia  M.  (Lynch) 
Olin,  was  born  April  22,  1847,  in  Middletown. 
He  received  his  primary  education  in  private 
schools,  subsequently  entering  Wesleyan  Uni- 
versity, from  which  he  was  graduated  in  the 
class  of  1866,  receiving  the  degree  of  LL.  D. 
in  1894.  Pursuing  a  legal  course  at  the  Al- 
bany Law  School,  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar 


in  New  York,  in  1870.  Since  that  time  he  has 
been  actively  engaged  in  the  practice  of  his 
profession  in  the  city  of  New  York  as  a  mem- 
ber of  the  legal  firms  of  Olin  &  Rives  and 
Olin,  Clark  &  Phelps,  with  offices  on  Nassau 
street.  Mr.  Olin  lives  during  the  summer  at 
Rhinebeck,  New  York.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  executive  committee  of  the  International 
Conciliation  Association  and  of  numerous 
clubs,  including  the  Century,  University, 
Downtown,  City  and  Players'  clubs  of  New 
York.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Society  of  the 
Colonial  Wars,  was  a  trustee  of  the  Astor 
Library  of  New  York  from  1888  to  1895,  and 
since  the  latter  year  has  been  trustee  of  the 
New  York  Public  Library.  Mr.  Olin  is  a 
trustee  of  Wesleyan  University.  He  was  vice- 
president  of  the  New  York  Bar  Association  in 
1898-99  and  president  of  the  LTniversity  Set- 
tlements Society  from  1902  to  1906.  He  has 
been  actively  connected  for  many  years  with 
the  National  Guard,  State  of  New  York,  and 
served  as  major,  lieutenant-colonel,  assistant 
adjutant  general  and  judge  advocate,  in  the 
First  and  Second  brigades  from  1889  to  1898. 
He  was  colonel  and  chief  of  staff  of  Major 
General  Roe  from  1898  to  1903.  Mr.  Olin 
married  (first)  October  -23,  1879,  Alice  W., 
daughter  of  Samuel  L.  M.  and  Alice  (Town- 
send)  Barlow,  of  New  York  City.  She  died, 
in  November,  1882.  He  married  (second) 
IMarch  21,  1903,  Emeline  Dodge,  widow  of 
William  Earl  Dodge,  and  daughter  of  Oliver 
Harriman,  of  New  York.  There  were  two 
children  born  of  the  first  marriage ;  Alice 
Townsend  and  Julia  Lynch.  The  first,  born 
1880,  became  the  wife  of  Tracy  Dows,  of  New 
York  City,  and  now  resides  at  Rhinebeck,  New 
York,  having  children :  Stephen  Olin  and 
Margaret  Dows.  The  second,  Julia  Lynch, 
born  1882,  is  the  wife  of  J.  Philip  Benkard,  of 
New  York,  and  has  daughters :  Phyllis  and 
Elsie. 


Philip  Mattoon,  immigrant 
MATTOON  ancestor,  was  born  in  Eng- 
land, died  December  30, 
1696.  He  was  an  early  settler  in  Springfield. 
He  served  under  Captain  Turner  at  the  Falls 
fight.  May  19,  1678.  He  was  of  Springfield 
in  1679  and  of  Deerfield,  Massachusetts,  in 
1686.  He  married,  September  10,  1677,  Sarah 
Hawks,  of  Hadley,  daughter  of  John  Hawks. 
She  married  (second)  Daniel  Belding,  of 
Deerfield,  whose  first  wife  was  killed  by  the 
Indians  in  1696.  Sarah  died  September  15, 
1751,  aged  ninety-four  years.  Children:  Mar- 
garet, born  November  4,  1678 ;  Philip,  April 
4,  1680 :  John,  October  12,  1682 ;  Isaac,  De- 
cember 10,  16B4;  Sarah,  April  25,  1687:  Flea- 


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499 


ser,  March  lo,  1689;  Gershom,  December  25, 
1690;  Nathaniel,  August  29,  1693;  Ebenezer, 
January  3  1694-95  ;  Mary,  July  25,  1697. 

(II)  John,  son  of  Philip  Mattoon,  was  born 
October  12,  1682,  died  February  19,  1754.  He 
settled  in  Wallingford,  Connecticut.  He  drew 
his  share  of  his  father's  estate  in  Falltown, 
Massachusetts.  He  married,  October  20,  1706, 
Jerusha,  daughter  of  David  Hall.  She  died 
September  28,  1780,  aged  seventy-one.  Chil- 
dren: Philip;  Eleazer,  December  13,  1707; 
Gershom,  August  18,  1710;  Ebenezer,  April  4, 
1715;  David,  mentioned  below;  Isaac;  Na- 
thaniel ;  Sarah  ;  Mary  ;  John. 

(III)  David,  son  of  John  Mattoon,  was 
born  in  Wallingford  about  1720.  He  married, 
October  5,  1742,  Phebe  Curtis.  Children,  born 
in  Wallingford;  Esther.  November  21,  1743, 
died  1769;  Charles,  January  30,  1747,  died 
June  4,  1768;  Phebe,  January  15,  1749,  died 
December  3,  1755:  Eunice,  March  19,  175 1, 
died  July  18,  1777;  Seth,  March  21,  1753; 
Amasa,  mentioned  below. 

(IV)  Amasa,  son  of  David  Mattoon,  was 
born  in  Wallingford.  January  9,  1758.  He 
served  in  Captain  James  Curtis's  compan}^  and 
was  at  Peekskill,  New  York,  in  the  army,  in 
April  and  May,  1777.  He  removed  to  Water- 
town,  Connecticut,  in  1780,  died  May  11,  1829, 
and  is  buried  in  that  town.  He  was  a  farmer 
all  his  active  life,  rie  married,  in  Walling- 
ford, May  25,  1779,  Eliz_abeth  Dayton,  who 
died  in  1840,  daughter  of  Captain  Michel  Day- 
ton, who  was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution.  Chil- 
dren, recorded  at  Waterbury ;  William,  born 
December  23,  1780,  mentioned  below ;  Curtis, 
March  9,  1782 ;  Betsey,  June  18,  1783  ;  Bethel, 
December  9,  1784;  David,  May  29,  1787,  died 
June  19,  1788;  Electa,  October  9,  1792;  David, 
September  2,  1794. 

(V)  William,  son  of  Amasa  Mattoon,  was 
born  at  Watertown,  December  23,  1780,  died 
July  12,  181 7.  He  removed  to  Vienna,  New 
York,  and  was  a  farmer  by  occupation.  In 
religion  he  was  a  Congregationalist.  He  was 
drafted  and  served  in  the  war  of  1812.  He 
married,  August  29,  1805,  Sarah  Himgerford, 
of  Watertown.  Children,  born  at  Vienna ; 
Elizabeth,  June  2,  1807;  Plyment,  September 
17,  1809;  Dayton,  August  20,  181 1,  mentioned 
below;  William,  May  10,  1814;  David,  March 
12,  1816. 

(VI)  Dayton,  son  of  William  Mattoon,  was 
born  in  Vienna,  New  York,  August  20,  181 1, 
died  October  15,  1888.  He  removed  from 
Vienna  to  Watertown,  Connecticut,  at  age  of 
six,  where  later  he  was  a  prominent  citizen. 
For  many  years  he  was  active  in  local  affairs 
and  was  for  thirty  years  inspector  of  roads 
for  the  town.     He  represented  Watertown  in 


the  general  assembly  of  Connecticut  in  1872 
and  was  selectman  for  a  number  of  years.  He 
was  a  Congregationalist  in  religion  and  for 
nineteen  years  was  deacon  of  the  Congrega- 
tional church.  He  was  a  Republican.  He  fol- 
lowed farming  for  an  occupation.  He  mar- 
ried, February  23,  1831,  Ruhamah  Wakeman, 
born  December  19,  1812,  at  Watertown,  died 
February  12,  1890,  fifteenth  child  of  Eli  and 
Ruhamah  (Goodsell)  Wakeman,  granddaugh- 
ter of  Epaphras  and  Jane  (Burr)  Goodsell. 
Eli  Wakeman,  baptized  September  ip,  1768, 
resident  of  Greenfield  and  Easton,  was  son  of 
John  and  Esther  (Bradley)  Wakeman.  John 
Wakeman,  father  of  John,  married,  April  8, 
1730,  Catherine  Gilbert,  born  July,  1706, 
daughter  of  Moses  and  Jane  Gilbert.  Captain 
John  Wakeman,  father  of  John,  married,  April 
24,  1687,  Martha,  daughter  of  Richard  and 
Elizabeth  Hubbell.  Rev.  Samuel  Wakeman, 
father  of  Captain  John,  married,  August  28, 
1656,  Hannah  Goodyear.  John  Wakeman,  fa- 
ther of  Rev.  Samuel,  was  the  immigrant,  born 
at  Berodley,  Worcestershire,  England,  1689- 
90 ;  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  William 
and  Helen  (Vicaris)  Hopkins  ;  died  at  Hart- 
ford, Connecticut,  in  1661.  Children  of  Day- 
ton Mattoon;  i.  Sarah  Elizabeth,  born  Sep- 
tember 24,  1832;  died  January  6,  1891  ;  mar- 
ried, March  29,  1853,  George  R.  Baldwin. 
2.  William  Bradley,  September  23,  1835,  died 
September  i,  1858;  married,  April  20,  1857, 
Sarah  Jane  Davis.  3.  Amelia  Jane  (twin), 
January  i,  1842,  died  May  29,  1889;  married, 
at  Watertown,  January  24,  1867,  Henry  Tru- 
man Dayton  and  had  three  children.  4.  Al- 
son  (twin),  January  i,  1842,  died  April  8, 
1842.  5.  Helen  Gertrude,  July  23,  1849.  died 
February  8,  1855.  6.  Charles  Burr,  men- 
tioned below. 

(VII)  Charles  Burr,  son  of  Dayton  Mat- 
toon, was  born  at  Watertown;  December  23, 
185 1.  He  attended  the  public  schools  and  the 
Watertown  Academy.  He  worked  with  his 
father  on  the  farm  that  had  been  his  great- 
grandfather's in  Watertown  and  continued  to 
live  there  and  follow  farming  as  a  young  man. 
In  1902  he  removed  to  the  village  and  en- 
gaged in  the  retail  milk  business,  and  has  been 
very  successful.  In  addition  to  the  milk  busi- 
ness, he  continues  to  own  and  cultivate  land  in 
the  outlying  sections  of  the  town.  In  politics 
he  is  a  Republican.  He  represented  the  town 
in  the  general  assembly  in  1885,  and  held  the 
office  of  first  selectman  in  1903.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Waterbury  Club.  He  belongs  to  the 
Congregational  church  of  Watertown.  He 
married,  October  2,  1879,  Alice  Minerva  Kel- 
logg, born  February  20,  1854,  at  Baraboo, 
Wisconsin,  daughter  of  Albert  Frederick  and 


Soo 


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Sarah  Jane    (Bassett)   Kellogg   (see  Kellogg 
VIII).     Mr.  Mattoon  has  no  children. 

(The  Bassett  Line). 

(I)  John  Bassett,  immigrant  ancestor,  was 
in  New  Haven  as  early  as  1647  ^^d  died  there 
in  February,  1653.  He  had  children  :  Robert, 
Samuel  and  probably  others. 

(II)  Robert,  son  of  John  Bassett,  was  born 
in  England  and  doubtless  came  to  this  coun- 
try with  his  father.  He  was  in  New  Haven  as 
earl}'  at  1643.  By  trade  he  was  a  shoemaker 
or  cord^fainer.  He  served  as  drummer  for  the 
town,  calling  the  people  to  meeting  on  Sunday 
and  other  days.  He  removed  to  Stratford, 
Connecticut.  According  to  the  colonial  rec- 
ords of  Connecticut,  his  wife  was  executed  for 
witchcraft  at  Stratford  in  16S1.  Evidently  he 
was  not  a  Puritan.  He  was  leader  of  a  move- 
ment to  abolish  the  requirement  of  church 
membership  (in  the  Puritan  church)  as  a  pre- 
requisite to  freemanship  and  the  right  to  vote. 
He  was  tried  for  this  "offense"  at  New  Haven 
and  only  escaped  punishment  by  "acknowledg- 
ment of  his  error".  Children  :  Robert ;  Sarah, 
married  Jacob  Walker ;  daughter,  married 
Henry  Tiff,  November  8,  1673  !  Samuel. 

(III)  Captain  Samuel  Bassett,  son  of  Rob- 
ert Bassett,  was  born  in  New  Haven,  probably. 
He  came  to  Derby  when  a  young  man  and  in 
1716-17  settled  on  a  farm  there,  given  him  by 
his  father,  May  22,  17 16.  His  home  was  at 
the  foot  of  Great  Hill  and  is  still  known  as  the 
Bassett  homestead.  He  owned  other  lands  in 
the  vicinity.  He  married  Deborah  Newton, 
from  near  Newtown,  January  i,  1719.  He  was 
commissioned  an  ensign  in  1722,  lieutenant  in 
1732,  captain  in  1735.  He  was  justice  of  the 
peace  many  years  and  held  other  offices  of 
trust  and  honor.  His  gravestone  still  stands, 
but  the  inscription  is  illegible.  Children,  born 
at  Derby:  Samuel,  November  29,  1719:  John, 
February  15,  1721,  mentioned  below;  Joseph, 
August  21,  1722 :  Abraham,  February  27, 
1725;  Deborah,  March  22,  1726:  Elizabeth, 
March  15,  1728:  Ebenezer,  June  19,  173 1  ; 
Amos,  January  7,  1734:  Mary,  November  2, 
1736;  Ephraim,  February  7,  1738;  Benjamin, 
1740. 

(IV)  Captain  John  (2)  Bassett,  son  of  Cap- 
tain Samuel  Bassett,  was  born  in  Derby,  Feb- 
ruary 15,  1 72 1.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  revo- 
lution in  Captain  Nathaniel  Johnson's  company 
of  Derby,  Connecticut.  He  married,  in  Derby, 
December  15,  1746,  Naomi  Wooster.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Derby:  Elizabeth,  March  3, 
1750;  Esther,  June  17,  1753;  Hannah,  mar- 
ried ■  Ebenezer  Piatt ;  Maria ;  Abigail,  Ebe- 
nezer, born  December  12,  1760;  Edward; 
John  ;  Truman. 


(V)  Truman,  son  of  Captain  John  Bassett, 
was  born  at  Derby.  He  married  Annie  Pang- 
man.  Among  their  children  was  George,  men- 
tioned below. 

(VI)  George,  son  of  Truman  Bassett,  was 
born  in  Derby.  He  married  Sarah  Russell. 
Their  daughter,  Sarah  Jane,  married  Albert 
Frederick  Kellogg  (see  Kellogg  VIII). 

(The  Kellogg  Line). 

(III)  Daniel  Kellogg,  son  of  Martin  Kel- 
logg (q.  v.),  was  baptized  February  6,  1630, 
at  Great  Leighs,  England,  died  in  1688.  He 
was  an  early  settler  at  Norwalk.  He  was  said 
to  be  the  largest  man  in  the  province,  seven 
feet  tall  and  "of  proportionate  dimensions  oth- 
erwise". He  was  selectman  in  1670;  deputy 
to  the  general  assembly  in  1670-72-74-75-77- 
79-83-87.  He  served  on  the  committee  in 
charge  of  building  the  new  meeting  house  in 

1673.     He  married    (first)   ;    (second) 

Bridget,  daughter  of  John  and  Alice  Bouton. 
His  wife  died  in  1689.  Children  of  first  wife: 
Mary,  1662:  Rachel,  1663;  Sarah,  February, 
1665.  Children  of  second  wife:  Elizabeth, 
August,  1666;  Daniel,  May  7,  1671 ;  Samuel, 
February  19,  1673;  Lydia,  April,  1676;  Benja- 
min (twin),  March,  1678;  Joseph  (twin), 
March,  1678. 

(IV)  Samuel,  son  of  Daniel  Kellogg,  was 
born  February  19,  1673,  at  Norwalk,  died  Oc- 
tober 13,  1757.  He  owned  land  in  what  is 
now  Canaan  and  west  of  the  Whitney  mills, 
and  deeded  land  in  Marvin  Ridge,  Clapboard 
Hill,  etc.,  to  his  children.  He  was  collector  of 
taxes  in  1703;  selectman  1705  and  1714;  mem- 
ber of  the  assembly ;  and  on  the  committee  to 
seat  the  new  meeting  house,  June  3,  1723.  He 
married  (first),  at  Norwalk,  September  6, 
1704,  Sarah  Piatt,  born  at  Norwalk,  May  27, 
1678,  daughter  of  Deacon  John  and  Hannah 
(Clark)  Piatt.  She  died  November  10,  1750. 
He  married  (second),  1755,  Sarah  (Lock- 
wood)  Flickok,  daughter  of  Jonathan  Lock- 
wood,  widow  of  Benjamin  Hickok.  Sarah 
Lockwood  married  (first)  January  25,  1700, 
Nathaniel  Selleck,  who  died  August  14,  1712; 
(second)  Benjamin  Hickok.  She  was  in  her 
seventy-third  year  and  he  in  his  eighty-third 
when  she  married  Samuel  Kellogg.  Her  will 
was  dated  January  10,  1765,  and  proved  Feb- 
ruary 23  following.  Children,  born  at  Nor- 
walk: Sarah,  September  26,  1705;  Samuel, 
December  23,  1706;  Mary,  January  29,  1708; 
Martin,  March  23,  171 1;  Mary  Lockwood; 
Abigail,  January  19,  1713;  Lydia,  October  3, 
1714;  Gideon,  December  5,  1717;  Epenetus, 
mentioned  below. 

(V)  Epenetus,  son  of  Samuel  Kellogg,  was 
born  at  Norwalk,  June  26,  17 19,  died.  June  19, 


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501 


1774.  He  was  a  farmer;  removed  to  Long 
Island,  but  returned  to  Norwalk  and  resided 
at  White  Oak  Shade,  near  Ponassus  Path.  He 
married,  in  1740,  Jemima  Rogers,  of  Hunting- 
ton, New  York,  died  June  9,  1789.  She  was 
buried  in  the  cemetery  near  the  town  liouse, 
Norwalk.  Children:  Sarah,  born  1740; 
Phebe,  1743;  Jemima,  1744;  Martha,  1745; 
Epenetus,  April,  1746;  Deborah;  Ann;  Mary; 
James,  April  5,  1755,  mentioned  below; 
Stephen,  July  i,  1757 ;  Lydia. 

(VI)  James,  son  of  Epenetus  Kellogg,  was 
born  at  Norwalk,  April  5,  1755,  died  at  North- 
field,  Connecticut,  December  28,  1828.  He 
resided  at  Norwalk  until  1793,  when  he  re- 
moved to  Franklin  and  thence  to  North  Salem, 
Dutchess  county.  New  York.  In  1802  he  re- 
turned to  Northfield.  He  married  (first)  No- 
vember 4,  1779,  Lydia  Nash,  born  July,  1761, 
daughter  of  Edward  and  Mary  (Warren) 
Nash.  Edward  Nash  was  born  July  21,  1710, 
and-  Mary  (Warren)  Nash,  December  22, 
1708,  died  August  19,  1794.  He  married  (sec- 
ond) in  February,  1795,  Mrs.  Martha  John- 
son, born  April  14,  1764,  widow  of  Levi  John- 
son, and  daughter  of  Hezekiah  Clark,  of  Mil- 
ford,  Connecticut.  She  died  in  November, 
1844.  Children  :  James,  July  17,  1781 ;  Mary, 
December  29,  1782;  Elijah,  October  18,  1784; 
Rufus,  October  13,  1786;  Abigail,  January  5, 
1789;  Edward,  OctoJoer  18,  1790;  Frederick, 
August  II,  1792;  Lydia,  April  28,  1794.  Chil- 
dren of  second  wife :  David,  born  in  Frank- 
lin, May  15,  1796;  Charles,  August  14,  1798; 
Clark,  October  14,  1800 ;  Anna  Weed,  March 
26,  1803;  Julia,  March  21,  1805;  Merritt,  De- 
cember 17,  1808. 

(VH)  Frederick,  son  of  James  Kellogg, 
was  born  at  Norwalk,  August  11,  1792,  died 
at  Baraboo,  Wisconsin,  May  11,  i860.  He  set- 
tled in  1 82 1  at  Reading,  Pennsylvania,  remov- 
ing in  March,  1834,  to  New  York  City,  where 
he  had  a  large  business.  He  lived  in  Brook- 
lyn, New  York,  from  1841  to  1849.  He  re- 
moved to  Baraboo,  Wisconsin,  where  three 
sons  were  living  in  1855.  He  married,  March 
24,  1819,  Minerva,  born  August  4,  1795, 
daughter  of  Chauncey  Warner,  of  Ph^mouth, 
Connecticut.  She  died  in  January,  i860.  Chil- 
dren, the  first  two  born  in  Northfield,  the  oth- 
ers in  Reading:  Elvira  Warner,  January  4, 
1820;  Chauncey  Warner,  December  15,  1821  ; 
Albert  Frederick,  March  20,  1824;  Edwin 
Merritt,  September  20,  1826;  Levi  Merriam, 
September  4,  1829;  Ansel  Nash,  March  20, 
1832. 

(VIII)  Albert  Frederick,  son  of  Frederick 
Kellogg,  was  born  at  Reading,  March  20, 
1824,  died  at  Baraboo,  Wisconsin,  October  16, 
1886.     He  married,  August  26,    1850,   Sarah 


Jane  Bassett,  born  at  Northfield,  Connecticut, 
May  14,  1828,  daughter  of  George  and  Sarah 
(Russell)  Bassett  (see  Bassett  VI).  Children, 
born  at  Baraboo :  Alice  Minerva,  February 
20,  1854,  married  Charles  Burr  Mattoon,  of 
Watertown,  Connecticut,  (see  Mattoon  VII)  ; 
Arthur  Albert,  March  27,  1858 ,  married  Mary 
Ellen  Wilson. 


The  surname  Taintor  is  de- 
TAINTOR     rived  from  the  French  trade 

name,  teinturer,  dyer,  but  the 
family  has  been  in  England  probably  from 
the  time  of  the  Norman  Conquest.  Le  Tain- 
turer  is  found  in  English  records  as  early  as 
1222.  Teynteretta  was  a  famous  Italian 
painter.  The  family  of  Taintor  has  been 
prominent  in  Connecticut  from  the  earliest 
settlement.  One  other  branch  of  the  family 
located  in  Massachusetts. 

(I)  Charles  Taintor,  immigrant  ancestor, 
came  to  this  country  from  Wales  to  escape 
religious  persecution.  He  is  said  to  have  had 
a  large  estate  confiscated  on  account  of  his 
non-conformist  or  Puritan  beliefs.  At  any 
rate,  he  was  of  high  social  standing,  as  shown 
by  the  use  of  the  title  "Mr."  in  the  public  rec- 
ords. Few  men  except  the  ministers  were 
given  this  distinction.  He  owned  land  at 
Wethersfield,  Connecticut,  as  early  as  1643. 
He  sold  (or  exchanged)  his  home  to  John 
Talcott  and  removed  to  Fairfield,  Connecticut, 
from  whence  he  was  a  deputy  to  the  general 
assembly  in  1647-48.  Another  account  says  he 
was  a  deputy  to  the  general  court  1643-46. 
He  was  a  merchant  and  was  lost  at  sea  in 
October,  1654,  with  Jeremiah  Jagger,  who  was 
associated  with  him  on  a  voyage  to  the  West 
Indies.  Children:  i.  Michael,  mentioned  be- 
low. 2.  Charles  Jr.,  went  to  Virginia  in  1658. 
3.  Joseph.  4.  Marie,  married  Thomas  Pier- 
sons,  at  Branford,  in  November,  1662. 

(II)  Michael  (sometimes  spelled  Micah  and 
otherwise),  son  of  Charles  Taintor,  was  born 
about  1625.  He  settled  in  Branford,  Connecti- 
cut, before  1650,  and  followed  the  sea.  He 
was  master  of  a  ketch  sailing  to  Virginia  in 
1653.  He  was  town  recorder  of  Branford  in 
1667;  deputy  to  the  general  assembly  and 
judge  of  the  local  court.  He  was  on  the  com- 
mittee to  settle  the  bounds  between  Branford 
and  New  Haven  in  1669  and  on  a  similar  com- 
mittee to  fix  the  bounds  between  Branford  and 
Guilford  in  1670.  Like  his  father,  he  was  a 
man  of  prominence  and  influence  in  the  com- 
munity. He  drew  up  the  "New  Plantation 
and  Church  Covenant"  of  Branford,  still  pre- 
served in  his  writing.  He  was  on  a  committee 
of  four  to  buy  the  house  and  lands  of  Richard 
Harrison  for  the  town  in  1667.     He  married 


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Elizabeth  (died  in  July,  1659),  daughter  of 
Robert  Rose.  His  will  was  dated  December 
22,  1672,  proved  March  20,  1673.  Children, 
born  at  Branford:  i.  John,  May,  1650.  2. 
Michael,  1652,  mentioned  below.  3.  Eliza- 
beth, June,  1655  ;  married  Noah  Rogers.  4. 
Joanna,  April,  1657.  5.  Sarah  (Sarie),  Oc- 
tober, 1658. 

(Ill)  Michael  (2),  son  of  Michael  (i) 
Taintor,  was  born  October  12,  1652,  died  Feb- 
ruary 19,  1 73 1.  He  was  an  early  settler  at 
Colchester,  Connecticut,  and  a  citizen  of  promi- 
nence. His  home  was  on  a  hill  beautifully 
located  about  a  mile  from  the  village  of  Col- 
chester. He  was  selectman  in  1697-1700  and 
town  clerk  from  1700  until  his  death;  deputy 
to  the  general  assembly  of  Connecticut  for 
twenty-six  sessions ;  on  the  committee  to  set- 
tle the  boundary  between  Colchester,  Hebron 
and  Lebanon.     He  was  called  of  Windsor  in 

1679.  He  married,  April  3,  1679,  Mary, 
daughter  of  Thomas  and  Hannah  Loomis. 
She  died  May  11,  1695.  He  married  (second) 
August  16,  1697,  Mabel  Butler,  widow  of 
Daniel  Butler.  Children  of  first  wife:  i. 
Michael,  mentioned  below.  2.  John,  born  Oc- 
tober, 1682.  3.  Mary,  September  22,  1685  ; 
married  Edward  Moore.  4.-  Joseph,  Novem- 
ber, 1687 ;  married  Elizabeth  Foote.  Child  of 
second  wife:  5.  Sarah  (Sarie),  November, 
1698  ;  married,  in  1719,  Noah  Clark. 

(TV)  Michael  {3),  son  of  Michael  (2) 
Taintor,  was  born  in  Windsor,  September  31, 

1680,  died  in  Colchester,  March  16,  1771.  He 
settled  in  Colchester  and  married  there  in  De- 
cember, 1712,  Eunice  Foote.  He  was  a  promi- 
nent citizen  and  deacon  of  the  church.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Colchester:  i.  Eunice,  April 
13,  1717.  2.  Alichael,  December  31,  1719; 
married  Sarah  Loomis.  3.  Charles,  Febru- 
ary 8,  1723;  married,  August,  1766,  Mary 
Skinner.  4.  John,  July  23,  1725  ;  mentioned 
below.  5.  Mary,  November  6,  1727;  married 
Colonel  David  Wells,  of  Shelburne,  in  1749. 
6.  Prudence,  December  9,  1729;  married  Dr. 
John  Watrous,  of  Colchester.  7.  Sarah,  April 
3,  1731  ;  married  Nathaniel  Otis,  of  Colches- 
ter. 8.  Anne,  October,  1734,  died  unmarried 
January,  1755. 

(V)  John,  son  of  Michael  (3)  Taintor,  was 

born  in  Colchester,  July  23,  1725.     He  was  a 

man  of  wealth  and  large  influence  before  and 

during  the  revolution.    He  married  (first)  Es- 

•■her   Clark,   in    1751.     He  married    (second), 

758,    Sarah,    daughter    of   Captain    Gershom 

'ulkeley,  granddaughter  of  Rev.  John  Bulke- 

V.     Gershom,  father  of  Rev.  John,  was  son 

Rev.  Peter  Bulkeley,  the  famous  progenitor 

this  distinguished  family.   Children:    i.   Es- 

-,  married  Hon.  Joseph  Johnson.    2.    Bet- 


sey, married  Captain  Charles  Bulkeley.  3. 
John,    born    September,     1760,    died    March, 

1825  ;  married  Hosford.     4.     Charles, 

December  17,  1762 ;  married  Mary  Abbe.  5. 
Gershom,  May,  1765,  died  October,  1775.  6. 
Roger,  December,  1767 ;  married,  December 
6,  1789,  Nabby  Bulkeley.  7.  Solomon,  Octo- 
ber, 1769 ;  mentioned  below.  8.  Sally,  Au- 
gust, 1773  ;  married  Joshua  R.  Bulkeley.  9. 
Polly,  May,  1777 ;  married  Godfrey  Gros- 
venor. 

(VI)  Solomon,  son  of  John  Taintor,  was 
born  in  October,  1769,  at  Colchester.  In  1797 
he  settled  at  Hampton,  Connecticut.  He  mar- 
ried, December,  1797,  Judith  Bulkeley.  He 
died  at  Hampton  in  1827.  Children,  born  at 
Hampton:  i.  Edwin  B.,  May,  1800;  gradu- 
ate of  Yale  College  in  1821 ;  married  (first) 
June,  1826,  Sally  Penniman,  of  New  Brain- 
tree,  Massachusetts;  (second)  July,  1843, 
Frances  M.  Prichard,  of  West  Brookfield.  2. 
Caroline,  May,  1808,  died  August,  1810.  3. 
Henry  G.,  mentioned  below. 

(VII)  Henry  G.,  son  of  Solomon  Taintor, 
was  born  in  Hampton,  Connecticut,  February 
17,  1813.  He  was  one  of  the  most  distin- 
guished and  substantial  citizens  of  his  native 
town.  In  1866  he  was  state  treasurer.  In 
politics  he  was  a  Republican  and  a  leader  of 
liis  party.  He  was  a  gentleman  of  leisure.  He 
was  a  man  of  strict  integrity,  recognized  abil- 
ity and  strength  of  character  and  was  highly 
esteemed,  not  only  by  his  townsmen,  but 
throughout  the  state.  He  died  in  March,  1889. 
He  married,  September  25,  1839,  Delia  W. 
Ellsworth,  of  Windsor,  Connecticut,  born  in 
June,  1818,  daughter  of  Martin  and  Sophia 
(Wolcott)  Ellsworth,  and  granddaughter  of 
Hon.  Oliver  Ellsworth,  former  chief  justice  of 
the  United  States  and  a  descendant  in  the 
fourth  generation  of  Josias  Ellsworth,  who 
was  at  Windsor  as  early  as  1654,  the  line  of 
descent  being:  David  (3);  Jonathan  (2); 
Josias  (i).  His  wife  died  in  January,  1889. 
Children,  born  at  Hampton:  i.  Henry  Ells- 
worth, August  29,  1844,  mentioned  below.  2. 
George  Edwin.  December  20,  1846,  mentioned 
below.  3.  William  Wolcott,  July  9.  185 1, 
mentioned  below.  4.  Frederick,  November 
12,  185^  ;  resides  at  Coin,  Oklahoma.  5.  Mary 
Ellen,  October  8,  i860. 

(VIII)  Henry  Ellsworth,  son  of  Henry  G. 
Taintor,  was  born  August  29,  1844,  in  Hamp- 
ton. He  attended  the  public  schools  of  his 
native  town  and  Monson  Academy  at  Monson, 
Massachusetts.  He  entered  the  freshman  class 
of  Yale  College  in  1861  and  continued  until 
January  14,  1864,  when  he  enlisted  as  a  pri- 
vate in  Company  A,  First  Connecticut  Heavy 
Artillery.    He  was  in  active  service  for  nearly 


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two  years  and  rose  to  the  rank  of  second  lieu- 
tenant. He  was  mustered  out  of  service  Sep- 
tember 25,  1865.  Although  he  did  not  return 
to  college,  he  received  his  degree  in  recogni- 
tion of  his  patriotism,  with  others  of  his  class- 
mates who  enlisted  before  completing  their 
courses. 

In  1866  Mr.  Taintor  came  to  Hartford 
and  began  the  study  of  law  in  the  offices 
of  Chamberlain  &  Hall.  He  was  admitted  to 
the  bar  of  Hartford  county  in  1868  and  prac- 
ticed his  profession  in  the  city  of  Hartford, 
and  for  many  years  held  a  leading  position 
among  the  lawyers  of  the  state.  He  was  dis- 
tinguished also  in  public  life  for  a  generation. 
He  was  executive  secretary  to  Governor 
Jewell  in  1872-73,  and  at  the  same  time  asso- 
ciate justice  of  the  Hartford  city  court.  He 
was  assistant  judge  of  the  city  court  from 
1889  to  1893.  In  1894  he  was  appointed  cor- 
oner of  Hartford  county,  to  succeed  Hon. 
Lewis  Sperry,  and  he  held  this  office  to  the 
time  of  his  death,  having  charge  of  many  im- 
portant and  difficult  cases,  and  giving  satisfac- 
tion to  all  classes  of  citizens  having  business 
with  his  office.  Judge  Taintor  served  several 
terms  in  the  common  council  of  Hartford  and 
two  years  in  the  board  of  aldermen.  He  was 
vice-president  of  '  the  Security  Company  of 
Hartford  ;  trustee  of  the  State  Savings  Bank 
and  one  of  its  attorneys ;  attorney  for  the  So- 
ciety of  Savings  on  Pratt  street ;  director  of 
the  Connecticut  General  Life  Insurance  Com- 
pany. He  was  a  member  of  Robert  O.  Tyler 
Post,  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  in  which 
he  held  the  various  offices  in  succession.  He 
was  commander  of  the  Department  of  Con- 
necticut and  judge-advocate-general  on  the 
staff  of  the  commander-in-chief  of  the  Grand 
Army.  In  politics  he  was  a  Republican ;  in 
religion  a  Congregationalist.  He  died  August 
31,  1904.  He  married.  May  13,  1869,  Jane  G., 
daughter  of  Lyman  and  Almira  (Greene) 
Bennett,  descendant  of  an  old  Hampton  fam- 
ily (see  Bennett  IV).  Their  only  child,  Har- 
lan Henry,  born  September  19,  1870,  died 
April  17,  1893,  just  after  graduating  from 
Yale  College  (A.  B.,  1892). 

(VIII)  George  Edwin,  son  of  Henry  G. 
Taintor,  was  born  December  20,  1846,  in 
Hampton,  died  April  17,  1909.  He  received  a 
liberal  education,  and  engaged  in  the  real  es- 
tate business  in  Hartford.  He  had  charge  of 
the  largest  real  estate  interests  in  the  city — 
owned  by  James  J.  and  Rev.  Francis  Good- 
win. He  was  also  trustee  of  the  Keney  es- 
tate and  Keney  Park,  another  large  estate.  He 
was  a  director  of  the  State  Bank  and  of  the 
Hartford  Street  Railway  Company.  He  mar- 
ried, October,  25,  1870,  Emily  S.,  daughter  of 


Hon.    Gustavus    F.     Davis.      Child:      Lucy 
Strong,  born  October  15,  1871. 

(VIII)  William  Wolcott,  son  of  Henry  G. 
Taintor,  was  born  in  Hampton,  July  9,  185 1. 
He  attended  the  public  schools  of  that  town, 
and  schools  in  Brooklyn  and  Woodstock,  Con- 
necticut, and  the  Hartford  high  school,  when 
the  building  was  at  the  corner  of  Asylum  and 
Ann  streets.  He  was  in  the  wool  jobbing 
business  in  New  York  City  for  a  time,  but  re- 
turned to  Hartford  in  1882,  and  since  then 
has  been  with  the  Hartford  Ice  Company,  of  . 
which  he  is  now  secretary  and  treasurer.  He 
married.  May  10,  1876,  Ehza  H.  Miller,  a  na- 
tive of  New  York  City,  daughter  of  William 
Miller.  Children:  Arline  Deolph  and  Delia 
Ellsworth. 

(The  Bennett  Line). 

(I)  William  Bennett,  the  first  of  the  name 
of  whom  we  have  information,  was  born  Feb- 
ruary ID,  1699,  died  September  3,  1764.     He 

married,  January  17,  1722,  Sarah ,  bom 

March  30,  1703,  died  September  14,  1788. 
Children:  Sarah,  born  October  22,  1722; 
Mary,  August  5,  1724:  Lucy,  July  27,  1725, 
died  November  18,  1788 ;  William  and  Job 
(twins),  May  7,  1727;  Elenor,  June  28,  1728; 
Mary,  July  25,  1730;  Lydia,  July  2,  1732; 
Jane,  October  23,  1734;  William,  December, 
21,  1736;  Isaac,  March  14,  1738,  see  forward; 
Hannah,  July  17,  1740;  Eunice,  October  26, 
1741  ;  Elizabeth,  June  9,  1744,  died  March  20, 
1765;  Hannah,  September  11,  1746. 

(II)  Isaac,  son  of  William  and  Sarah  Ben- 
nett, was  born  March  14,  1738.     He  married 

(first)  November  2,  1763,  Sarah ,  born 

May  18,  1740,  died  July  17,  1782.  A  sermon 
was  preached  at  her  funeral  from  Psalms  11 
and  97  by  a  Mr.  Cogswell.  Children:  Wil- 
liam, born  August  14,  1764,  see  forward; 
Elizabeth,  April  18,  1766;  Jared,  August  23, 
1768;  Sarah,  August  5,  1770;  Lydia,  Decem- 
ber 5,  1772;  Hannah,  January  5,  1775; 
Lucy,  October  29,  1776 ;  Clarissa,  June  24, 
1780,  died  July  4,  1780;  Isaac,  January  5, 
1782.  He  married  (second)  September  9, 
1784,  Margaret ,  born  March  28,  1734. 

(HI)  William  (2),  son  of  Isaac  and  Sarah 
Bennett,  was  born  August  14,  1764.  He  mar- 
ried, February  20,  1800,  Anna,  born  Septem- 
ber I,  1772,  daughter  of  Samuel  Fuller.  Chil- 
dren: Isaac,  born  December  21,  1804;  Wil- 
liam, October  17,  1807 ;  Samuel  Fuller,  Sep- 
tember 18,  1809;  Fidelia,  September  24,  181 1 ; 
Lyman,  see  forward. 

(IV)  Lyman,  son  of  William  (2)  and  Anna 
(Fuller)  Bennett,  was  born  January  24,  1814. 
He  married  Almira  Greene  and  they  were  the 
parents  of  Jane  G.,  aforeiTkentioned  as  the  wife 
of  Henry  E.  Taintor  (see  Taintor  VIII). 


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Robert  Dibble,  immigrant  ances- 
DIBBLE     tor,  came  to  New  England  about 

1634,  from  Weymouth,  Eng- 
land. He  was  a  native  of  Somersetshire, 
England.  He  settled  first  at  Dorchester, 
Massachusetts,  where  he  received  a  grant  of 
land,  December  17,  1635.  He  died  before 
1640.  Children:  Francis,  born,  161 1 ;  Thomas, 
mentioned  below. 

(II)  Thomas,  son  of  Robert  Dibble,  was 
torn  in  England,  in  1613,  and  came  to  New 
England  in  1635.  He  landed  at  Boston  and 
was  allotted  land  at  Dorchester,  December  17, 
1635.  He  removed  to  Windsor,  Connecticut, 
where  he  spent  the  remainder  of  his  life.  He 
died  October  17,  1700,  and  his  wife  May  14, 
1681.  Children:  Israel,  born  August  29, 
1637;  Ebenezer,  baptized  September  26,  1641 ; 
Hepsibah,  baptized  December  25,  1642 ;  Sam- 
uel, baptized  May  24,  1643 ;  Marian,  baptized 
December  17,  1645 ;  Thomas,  baptized  Sep- 
tember 3,  1647;  Joanna,  baptized  February  i, 
1650. 

(III)  Ebenezer,  son  of  Thomas  Dibble,  was 
baptized  September  26,  1641.  He  was  in  the 
Pequot  war  and  was  killed  in  the  Swamp  fight, 
December  19,  1675.  He  married,  October  27, 
1663,  at  Windsor,  Mary  Wakefield.  Children: 
Mary,  born  December  24,  1664;  Wakefield, 
September  15,  1667,  mentioned  below;  Mar- 
tha, March  10,  1669-70;  Ebenezer,  August  8, 
1671 ;  John,  February  9,  1673. 

(IV)  Wakefield,  son  of  Ebenezer  Dibble, 
was  born  September  15,  1667.  He  married 
(first)  December  27,  1692,  Sarah  Loomis.   He 

married  (second)  September  20,  1694,  Sarah 
Filer.  Children  of  second  wife:  Ezra,  born 
June  12,  1695,  died  June  20,  1695  ;  Ezra,  Octo- 
ber 7,  1697;  Mary,  March  5,  1698-99:  Sarah, 
February  9,  1701-02;  Abigail,  October  i,  1703. 
Children,  born  in  Danbury :  John,  1708,  men- 
tioned below  ;  Nehemiah,  Joseph,  Philo,  Wake- 
field, Elisha,  Daniel,  Ebenezer. 

(V)  Lieutenant  John  Dibble,  son  of  Wake- 
field Dibble,  was  born  1708,  in  Danbury,  died 
March  11,  1790.  He  married  .  Chil- 
dren: Nathan,  born  August  11,  1736;  Elea- 
zer;  Ezra,  1740,  mentioned  below;  Samuel, 
1743 ;  John,  Jane,  Sarah,  Hannah,  Mary. 

(VI)  Captain  Ezra  Dibble,  son  of  Lieuten- 
ant John  Dibble,  was  born  1740,  died  Decem- 
ber 6,  1809.  He  married  Lydia  Benedict,  of 
Bethel,  Connecticut.  Children:  Ezra,  born 
1763;  Lucina,  August  17,  1765;  Levi,  July  6, 
1770,  mentioned  below;  Lydia. 

(VII)  Levi,  son  of  Captain  Ezra  Dibble, 
was  born  July  6,  1770,  died  March  3,  1850. 
He  married,  October  29,  1789,  Charity  Wheel- 
er, who  died  January  26,  1847.  Children: 
Isaac  Wheeler,  born  August  4,  1792,  died  Sep- 


tember 3,  1794;  Amon,  June  14,  1796,  men- 
tioned below ;  Eliza  Lora,  May  13,  1798,  died 
young ;  Eliza  Wheeler,  August  27,  1804 ;  Loi"a 
Benedict,  August  25,  1806;  Lydia  Annis,  July 
25,  1808. 

(VIII)  Amon,  son  of  Levi  Dibble,  was  born 
June  14,  1796,  died  December  18,  1846.  He 
married,  November  17,  1818,  Sarah  Sellock, 
born  in  1800;  she  married  (second)  Lemon 
Chatfield.  Children:  Phebe,  born  1820;  Elec- 
tra  Lora ;  William  Wallace,  mentioned  below. 

(IX)  William  Wallace,  son  of  Amon  Dib- 
ble, was  born  November  i,  1828,  at  Brook- 
field,  Connecticut.  He  married,  December  24, 
1846,  Sarah  Grace,  daughter  of  Isaac  and 
Irene  (Durand)  Hawkins,  granddaughter  of 
Isaac  and  Annie  (Leavenworth)  Hawkins 
(see  Leavenworth  V).  Mr.  Dibble  lived  at 
Seymour.  Children,  born  at  Seymour:  i. 
Charles  Edward,  June  25,  1850.  2.  Lillian 
Isabelle,  August  11,  1852;  married  Edward  M. 
Botsford,  of  New  Haven.  3.  Sarah  Eliza- 
beth, July  2,  1854.  4.  William  Amon,  March 
23,  1857;  married  Mary  Curtis.  5.  Mary 
Frances,  July  21,  i860;  married  Everett  Smith 
and  had  Harold  Vincent  Smith,  Everett 
Smith  and  Irving  Smith.  6.  Olin  Levi,  Sep- 
tember 22,  1863,  mentioned  below.  7.  Clara 
May  (twin),  March  23,  1867;  married  George 
A.  Hill,  of  New  Haven ;  children :  Clarence, 
Helen  and  Franklin  Hill.  8.  Cora  May 
(twin),  March  23,  1867;  married  Dr.  Walter 
Johnston,  of  Seattle,  Washington,  and  have 
Huston  MacNaughton  Johnston.  9.  Fred- 
erick Wallace,  January  17,  1869;  married 
Molly  Crosby  and  have  David  Crosby  and 
Olin.  10.  Florence  Eliza,  died  unmarried, 
1907. 

(X)  Olin  Levi,  son  of  William  Wallace 
Dibble,  was  born  at  Seymour,  Connecticut, 
September  22,  1863.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  town  and  finished  at  the 
Seymour  high  school.  In  December  following 
he  entered  the  employ  of  the  Fowler  Nail 
Company  of  Seymour  as  an  office  boy.  He 
won  promotion  from  time  to  time,  and  was 
shipping  clerk,  bookkeeper,  and  finally  became 
general  manager  of  the  works  and  business, 
April  16,  1903,  a  position  he  has  filled  with 
ability  and  success  to  the  present  time.  He  is 
well  known  in  the  manufacturing  world.  His 
natural  ability,  command  of  every  detail  of 
the  business  and  characteristic  faithfulness 
have  been  of  great  value  to  the  concern  and 
have  had  much  to  do  with  its  growth  and  pros- 
perity, while  they  explain  his  own  progress  in 
life  from  the  humblest  position  to  the  head  of 
the  company.  He  has  been  called  to  fill  other 
positions  of  trust.  He  is  secretary  and  treas- 
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and  director  of  the  Seymour  Trust  Company. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Business  Men's  Asso- 
ciation of  Seymour;  member  and  past  wor- 
sliipful  master  of  Morning  Star  Lodge,  No. 
47,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  of  Seymour; 
member  of  Evening  Star  Chapter,  No.  76, 
Royal  Arch  Masons,  of  Seymour,  and  of 
Union  Council,  Royal  and  Select  Masters,  of 
Derby ;  of  New  Haven  Commandery,  No.  2, 
Knights  Templar,  of  New  Haven.  He  at- 
tends the  Protestant  Episcopal  church.  In 
politics  he  is  a  Democrat.  He  married,  Octo- 
ber 15,  1890,  Cora  Reed  Phillips,  born  at 
Sharon,  Connecticut,  daughter  of  Isaac  Bloom 
and  Louise  (Clark)  Reed.  They  have  no  chil- 
dren. 

(The  Leavenworth  Lme). 
(I)    Thomas   Leavenworth,   immigrant   an- 
cestor, was  born  in  England,  and  came  prob- 
ably to  New  Haven  after  1664.     He  married 

Grace ,  who  died  probably  in  171 5.    He 

died  at  Woodbury,  August  3,  1683.  An  in- 
ventory of  his  estate  was  taken  August  20, 

1683,  amounting  to  two  hundred  and  twenty- 
five  pounds,  two  shillings,  one  pence.  This 
appears  by  the  probate  records  of  Fairfield 
district ;  also  that  he  left  two  sons  and  one 
daughter.  He  was  a  farmer,  and  settled,  no 
doubt,  on  Good  Hill,  in  the  west  part  of  the 
present  town  of  Woodbury,  not  far  from  the 
line  of  Roxbury.  The  family  still  remains 
there  and  in  that  vicinity.  Little  is  known  of 
the  first  Thomas.  It  is  learned  that  the  names 
of  Edward  and  Thomas  Leavenworth  are  in 
the  Parish  of  St.  Clare,  Southwark,  England, 
in  1664,  about  the  time  he  is  supposed  to  have 
arrived  in  America.'  There  are  also  records  of 
business  transactions  between  him  and  per- 
sons in  London.  His  wife  Grace  survived  him 
and   remained   at  Woodbury.     One   June    11, 

1684,  she  executed  two  bonds,  which  are  on 
file  in  the  State  Library  of  Connecticut  at 
Hartford.  She  was  living  probably  at  Wood- 
bury in  February,  1686,  and  owned  land  in 
Hasky  Meadow,  about  a  mile  from  Woodbury 
village.  On  May  26,  1687,  she  deeded  lands 
in  Woodbury  to  both  of  her  sons,  Thomas  and 
John,  and  on  May  28,  1687,  she  deeded  other 
lands  to  Henry  Deering,  of  Boston.  Chil- 
dren :  Thomas,  mentioned  below ;  John,  died 
after  1718;  daughter. 

(II)  Dr.  Thom.as  (2)  Leavenworth,  son  of 
Thomas  (i)  Leavenworth,  was  born  1673, 
perhaps  at  Woodbury,  possibly  in  England. 
He  married  Mary  Jenkins,  about  1698,  at 
Stratford,  daughter  of  David  Jenkins ;  she  was 
born  in  1680,  died  at  Ripton,  in  June,  1768. 
Ripton  Parish  was  then  a  part  of  Stratford, 
now  Huntington.  He  died  at  Ripton,  August 
4,  1754,  and  was  buried  at  Ripton  Center.    On 


June  10,  1695,  John  Judson,  of  Woodbury, 
bought  house  and  lands  of  Thomas  Leaven- 
worth and  sold  to  him  property  in  Stratford, 
where  he  lived  that  year  and  probably  until 
1721.  Until  1695  he  lived  in  Woodbury.  In 
1697-98  he  was  received  into  communion  with 
the  Stratford  church,  having  on  the  nth  of 
January  of  that  year  "owned  the  covenant." 
In  1702  he  obtained  land  in  Woodbury  from 
John,  his  brother.  December  16,  1716,  he  had 
bought  land  of  Edward  Burroughs.  January 
30,  1717,  he  sold  land  to  his  brother  John.  " 
March  18,  1717,  he  received  land  near  Robert 
Wheeler's.  February  25,  1719,  he  signed  a 
petition  for  a  bridge  at  Ripton.  He  sold  his 
home  in  Stratford  in  1721.  In  1724,  Dr. 
Thomas  Leavenworth  and  his  wife  became 
original  members  of  the  church  at  Ripton. 
He  is  mentioned  as  Deacon  Thomas,  and  as 
one  of  the'  society's  committee  and  collector  of 
rates.  On  December  31,  1728,  he  received  one 
and  one-half  acres  of  six  mile  division  lands. 
He  was  interested  in  a  copper  mine  in  Wood- 
bury. On  May  5,  1734,  he  received  a  bequest 
from  his  spn  Ebenezer  in  the  distribution  of 
his  estate,  March,  1734-35.  He  also  had  a 
controversy  this  year  with  Robert  Wheeler  re- 
specting some  lands  at  Ripton.  His  will  was 
made  July  6,  1748.  His  widow  Mary  offered 
his  will  for  probate  June  12,  1754,  and  it  was 
proved  July  15,  1754.  He  was  the  common 
progenitor  of  the  whole  family  in  the  United 
States.  He  was  a  man  of  position,  influence 
and  wealth.  He  had  an  appreciation  of  learn- 
ing and  sent  his  son  Mark  to  Yale,  where  he 
graduated  in  1737.  His  son  was  educated  to 
be  a  physician  and  practiced  at  Woodbury. 
Dr.  Thomas  Leavenworth  left  much  property 
for  those  times  and  his  residence  with  real  es- 
tate in  Woodbury.  Children:  James,  born 
September  i,  1699;  David,  October  12,  1701 ; 
Ebenezer,  April  7,  1706;  John,  November, 3, 
1708;  Zebulon,  about  1710;  Mark,  about  1711 ; 
Thomas,  died  after  1795  ;  Mary,  born  about 
1717;  Hannah,  about  1719;  Sarah,  October  6, 
1722,  according  to  Stratford  records,  but  really 
November  6,  1721 ;  Edmund,  mentioned 
below. 

(Ill)  Captain  Edmund  Leavenworth,  son 
of  Dr.  Thomas  (2)  Leavenworth,  was  born  in 
1725,  at  Ripton,  died  July  28,  1785,  at  Hunt- 
ington. May  5,  1734,  Captain  Edmund  Leav- 
enworth received  a  bequest  from  his  brother 
Ebenezer ;  July  6,  1748,  in  the  will,  he  received 
from  his  father  the  whole  of  his  farm  at 
Stratford  where  he  lived,  fronting  on  the 
Hoosatonic,  saving  only  certain  privileges 
reserved  to  his  wife ;  also  all  his  rights  in 
commonage  at  Stratford.  Captain  Edmund 
Leavenworth  and  his  son  Gideon  built  the  toll 


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bridge  across  the  Hoosatonic,  a  short  distance 
above  his  residence,  about  the  years  1768-69. 
Captain  Gideon  Leavenworth  rebuilt  it,  and  it 
was  owned  in  the  family  as  long  as  it  contin- 
ued, probably.  He  also  built  and  owned  many 
vessels  at  his  boat-yard  on  the  river.  In  the 
spring  of  1777  he  was  captain  of  a  company 
of  infantry,  raised  at  Ripton  by  the  authority 
of  the  state,  called  the  "'Alarm-list  Company'' 
or  "Householders,"  which  company  belonged 
to  Colonel  Samuel  H.  Whiting's  brigade.  A 
few  days  before  Danbury  was  burned  this 
company  was  ordered  into  service  and  was  sta- 
tioned at  Fairfield  to  guard  it  for  four  months. 
They  guarded  the  prisoners  taken  at  Danbury, 
and  brought  them  to  Danbury.  At  the  end  of 
the  four  months  Captain  Joseph  Birdseye,  of 
the  South  Ripton  Parish,  was  to  relieve  Cap- 
tain Edmund  Leavenworth,  but  was  prevented 
by  illness,  and  Captain  Edmund  Leavenworth 
continued  his  command  throughout  the  cam- 
paign. In  1779  the  company  was  ordered  to 
New  Haven,  still  under  his  command,  where 
they  met  the  enemy  and  followed  them  up  the 
sound  to  Fairfield,  where  the  enemy  landed 
and  burned  the  town  with  the  loss  of  one  man 
killed.  Captain  Edmund  Leavenworth's  two 
sons,  Gideon  and  Eli,  commanded  companies, 
his  son  Abijah  was  a  lieutenant  and  lost  his 
life  through  exposure  and  hardship,  and  even 
his  son  Edmund,  though  but  a  boy,  served  as  a 
soldier  when  twelve  years  of  age.  Many  of 
the  sons  of  Captain  Edmund  Leavenworth's 
brothers  served  in  the  revolution  also.  He 
married  Abigail  Beardsley,  of  Stratford,  now 
Huntington,  about  1750.  She-  was  born  in 
1723,  died  March  18,  1804,  and  was  buried  at 
Ripton.  Children:  Abigail;  Gideon,  born  Oc- 
tober 18,  1751  ;  Annie,  mentioned  below  :  Ruth  ; 
Abijah,  October  23,   1758;  Eli:  Rachel,  July 

16,  1761  :  Sally,  December  28,  1762;  Edmund, 
December  14,  1765-66. 

(IV)  Annie,  daughter  of  Captain  Edmund 
Leavenworth,  was  born  August  19,  1756,  at 
Stratford,  now  Huntington,  died  June  23. 
1843.  She  married,  April  23,  1783,  Isaac 
Hawkins,  of  Derby,  a  farmer.  He  died  March 
18,  1834,  aged  seventy-three.  Children:  Nan- 
cy, born  January  26,  1784:  Nabby,  October  24, 
1786 ;   Isaac,  mentioned  below :   Betsey.   June 

17,  1789  ;  Sophia,  April  10,  1791  ;  Annie  Maria, 
November  25,  1794:  Abijah,  September  14. 
1799. 

fV)  Isaac  Hawkins,  son  of  Isaac  and  Annie 
(Leavenworth)  Hawkins,  was  born  August 
24,  1787,  died  January  2,  1846.  He  married 
Irene  Durand,  of  Derby.  Children :  Eliza- 
beth, who  died  at  fourteen  years ;  Sarah 
Grace,  married  William  Wallace  Dibble  (see 
Dibble  IX),  of  Derby;  Martha. 


Fenn   is   an   ancient    English    sur- 
FENN     name  derived  from  a  locality  and 

is  also  spelled  Fen  in  the  early 
records.  Benjamin  Fenn,  immigrant,  came 
from  Parish  Whittington,  Musworth,  Eng- 
land, to  Dorchester,  Massachusetts,  about 
1630. 

He  was  one  of  the  proprietors  of  Dorches- 
ter in  1637.  He  was  born  in  England 
in  1612,  died  in  1672.  He  removed  to  Mil- 
ford,  Connecticut,  and  thence  to  New  Haven. 
He  was  a  magistrate  in  New  Haven ;  repre- 
sentative to  the  general  assembly  in  1653;  as- 
sistant, 1665-72.  His  will  was  dated  Septem- 
ber 14,  1672.  He  left  a  large  estate  in  this 
country  and  in  County  Bucks,  England.  The 
English  estate  was  left  to  his  son  Samuel.  He 
married  (first)  Sarah,  daughter  of  Sylvester 
Baldwin.  She  died  April  29,  1663,  and  he 
married  (second)  March  12,  1664,  Susanna 
AVard.  The  widow,'  Susanna,  made  her  will 
September  9,  1674,  being  about  to  embark  for 
England,  and  she  died  there  probably,  for  the 
inventory  was  filed  in  November,  1676.  She 
gave  her  property  to  children,  James  and  Su- 
sanna, and  mentioned  her  aged  mother,  Su- 
sanna Ward,  of  Buckley,  County  Worcester, 
England,  a  parish  on  the  border  of  Hereford- 
shire ;  also  other  relatives  in  England.  Chil- 
dren of  first  wife :  Benjamin,  baptized  Sep- 
tember 20,  1640;  Joseph,  born  November  20, 
1642;  Sarah,  April,  1645;  Mary,  1647;  Mar- 
tha, 1650.  Children  of  second  wife :  Samuel, 
March,  1666;  Samuel,  September  4,  1667;  Su- 
sanna, May  4,  1669;  Samuel,  1671,  died 
young ;  James,  mentioned  below. 

(II)  James,  son  of  Benjamin  Fenn,  was 
born  May  14,  1672.  He  settled  in  Milford, 
Connecticut,  and  owned  land  at  Waterbury, 
now  Plymouth,  in  that  state.  Children  :  John 
and  Thomas. 

(III)  John,  son  of  James  Fenn,  was  born 
about    17 10.      He   lived    in    Wallingford    and 

Waterbury.     He  married .     Children : 

;Mary,  born   1730;  John,   1732;  Lois,  married 

Ezekiel and  Amos  Scott ;  Samuel,  born 

1739;  Amos,  1745;  Aaron,  mentioned  below. 

(IV)  Captain  Aaron  Fenn,  son  of  John 
Fenn,  was  born  about  1747.  He  came  to- 
Northbury  (Waterbury),  Connecticut,  in  1767, 
and  settled  on  a  tract  of  land  a  mile  north  of 
the  meeting  house  willed  to  him  by  his  grand- 
father, one  of  the  early  proprietors  of  Water- 
bury lands.  Part  of  this  homestead  is  owned 
by  heirs  of  Aaron  Peck  Fenn  at  the  present 
time.  Captain  Fenn  married  Mary  Bradley, 
of  Woodbridge.  Children,  born  at  Water- 
bury :  Lyman,  August  26.  1770 ;  Sally,  De- 
cember 9,  1771 ;  Aaron,  December  20,  1773  : 
Erastus,   December   29,    1781  ;   Polly,   August 


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13,    1785;  David,   November   12,    1787;  Jere- 
miah, mentioned  below. 

(V)  Jeremiah,  son  of  Aaron  Fenn,  was 
born  about  1789  in  Waterbury.  He  married 
Polly  Peck,  of  New  Haven.  Children:  Hor- 
ace, mentioned  below  ;  Aaron  Peck  ;  Stephen. 

(VI)  Horace,  son  of  Jeremiah  Fenn,  was 
born  August  2,  1833.  He  was  postmaster 
from  1861  to  1881 ;  town  treasurer  from  1862 
to  1875  ;  treasurer  of  the  Plymouth  Congrega- 
tional Church  from  1895  to  1909 ;  treasurer  of 
the  Library  Association  from  1871  to  1909; 
member  of  the  general  assembly  of  1887; 
judge  of  probate  from  1891  to  1893.  He  re- 
sides at  Plymouth,  Connecticut.  He  married 
Ella  Calista,  born  July  8,  1839,  daughter  of 
Selden  and  Lydia  H.  (Lane)  Gladwin,  grand- 
daughter of  Daniel  and  Bethia  (Buckingham) 
Gladwin.  (See  Buckingham  and  Gladwin  V 
and  VI).  Children:  Willys  Judson,  born  June 
13,  1863 ;  Jerry  Lincoln,  mentioned  below. 

(VII)  Jerry  Lincoln,  son  of  Horace  Fenn, 
was  born  in  Plymouth,  November  i,  1864.  He 
attended  the  public  schools  of  his  native  town. 
He  graduated  from  the  Storrs  Agricultural 
College  in  the  class  of- 1884  and  from  Willis- 
ton  Seminary  at  Easthampton,  Massachusetts, 
in  1887.  He  began  to  study  law  in  1887  in  the 
office  of  Hyde  &  Joslyn,  Hartford,  and  was 
admitted  to  the  Hartford  county  bar  in  1891. 
During  the  next  four  years  he  was  associated 
in  practice  with  Hyde  &  Joslyn.  In  1895  and 
1896  he  practiced  alone.  He  was  clerk  of  the 
police  court  from  1895  to  1897.  In  June,  1897, 
he  was  appointed  assistant  clerk  of  the  supe- 
rior court  and  filled  this  office  until  1905,  when 
he  resigned  to  resume  practice,  which  he  has 
continued  to  the  present  time.  In  addition  he 
is  assistant  secretary  of  the  Connecticut  Trust 
and  Safe  Deposit  Company,  to  which  office  he 
was  elected  January  i,  1909.  In  politics  he  is 
a  Republican.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Twen- 
tieth Century  Club  and  of  Trinitv  Church.  He 
married,  June  17,  1891,  Emily  Brewster,  born 
August  10,  1866,  daughter  of  Rev.  Elias 
Brewster  and  Julia  (Whittlesey)  Hilliard. 
They  have  one  child,  Phyllis,  born  at  Hart- 
ford, October  13,  1903. 

(The  Buckingham  Line). 
(I)  Thomas  Buckingham,  immigrant  ances- 
tor, was  one  of  the  company  to  which  Eaton 
and  Hopkins.  London  merchants,  and  the  two 
ministers,  Davenport  and  Prudden,  belonged. 
The  company  came  from  Londoii  in  two  ships, 
one  of  which  was  the  "Hector,"  and  arrived 
at  Boston,  in  New  England,  June  26,  1637. 
They  settled  in  New  Haven,  Connecticut,  in 
1638.  Thomas  Buckingham  was  among  the 
list  of  planters,  having  at  that  time  four  per- 


sons in  his  family,  and  an  estate  of  sixty 
pounds  (his  share  in  the  enterprise),  and  he 
received  land  in  the  first  division.  He  re- 
moved to  Milford,  Connecticut,  in  1639,  and 
was  one  of  the  company  of  which  Peter  Prud- 
den was  pastor.  He  was  one  of  the  seven 
charter  members  of  the  church,  which  was  or- 
ganized at  New  Haven,  August  22,  1639.  His 
name  is  fifth  on  the  list  of  free  planters  in 
Milford,  November  29,  1639.  His  home  lot  of 
three  acres  was  a  little  above  the  present  loca- 
tion of  the  Second  Congregational  Church,  to 
the  right,  on  the  corner  where  the  old  Bryan 
house  stood  in  1849,  and  was  then  owned  by 
descendants  on  the  mother's  side.  His  will 
was  made  September   19,-  1657.     He  married 

(first)     in    England,    Hannah    ,    who 

joined  the   New   Haven   church,   February  9, 

1639.    He  married  (second)  Ann ,  who 

died  at  Milford  in  1687.  Children  of  first 
wife :  Hannah,  born  in  England,  1632 ; 
Daniel,  born  in  England,  1636;  Samuel,  bap- 
tized June  13,  1641  ;  j\Iary,  baptized  March  27, 
1643;  Thomas,  mentioned  below. 

(II)  Rev.  Thomas  (2)  Buckingham,  son  of 
Thomas  (i)  Buckingham,  was  baptized  No- 
vember 28,  1646.  He  commenced  preaching  in 
Saybrook,  Connecticut,  early  in  1665,  succeed- 
ing Rev.  Mr.  Peck,  with  whom  the  church  had 
disagreed.  He  was  ordained  in  1670,  five 
years  later.  He  remained  minister  at  Say- 
brook  until  his  death,  April  i,  1709.  He  was 
one  of  the  founders  and  fellows  of  Yale  Col- 
lege from  1700  to  his  decease,  and  a  strong 
supporter  of  its  interests.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  synod  which  convened  at  Saybrook  in 
1708  and  formed  the  platform  for  the  govern- 
ment of  the  churches.  He  married  (first) 
September  20,  1666,  Hester,  who  died  June  3, 
1702,  daughter  of  Thomas  Hosmer,  of  Hart- 
ford. He  married  (second)  August  10,  1703, 
Mary  Hooker,  widow  of  Samuel  Hooker,  of 
Farmington,  and  daughter  of  Captain  Thomas 
Willet,  of  Swansea,  Massachusetts.  Children, 
all  by  first  wife :  Hester,  born  January  10, 
1668:  Thomas,  September  29,  1670;  Daniel, 
October  3,  1672 ;  Stephen,  September  4,  1675 ; 
Samuel,  May  26,  1678,  died  young;  Samuel, 
July  24,  1679;  Hezekiah,  June  21,  1682,  men- 
tioned below;  Temperance,  January  6,  1684; 
Anne,  August  2,  1687. 

(III)  Hezekiah,  son  of  Rev.  Thomas  (2) 
Buckingham,  was  born  June  21,  1682,  died 
1752.  His  estate  was  administered  April  11 
of  that  year.  He  was  a  leading  citizen  of 
Saybrook,  and  often  held  important  town 
offices.  He  married,  December  15,  1703, 
Sarah  Lay.  Children :  Gideon,  born  Febru- 
ary 22,  1708;  Sarah,  August  4,  1712  ;  Nathan, 
May  7,   1714,  mentioned  below ;  Phebe,  No- 


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vember    8,    1718;    Jedediah,    April    3,    1725; 
Hezekiah,  March  2,  1727. 

(IV)  Nathan,  son  of  Hezekiah  Bucking- 
ham, was  born  May  7,  17 14,  died  February  29, 
1796.  He  hved  in  that  part  of  Saybrook 
known  as  Pautapaug  Quarter.  He  married, 
March  27,  1745,  Constant  Tiffany,  who  died 
February  14,  1813,  in  her  eighty-ninth  year. 
Children:  Hester,  born  February  10,  1746; 
Sarah,  1747;  Nathan,  April  19,  1749,  died 
young;  Bethia,  June  13,  1751,  mentioned  be- 
low; Nathan,  March  13,  1753;  Jedediah, 
March  24,  1755;  Abigail,  May  i,  1758;  Hos- 
mer,  August  6,  1761 ;  Susannah,  October  16, 
1763. 

(V)  Bethia,  daughter  of  Nathan  Buckmg- 
ham,  was  born  June  13,  1751,  died  December 
26,    1843.     She   married   Daniel    Gladwin,   of 
Haddam,  Connecticut.     He  died  December  6, 
1817.    Children:    Russel,  born  1774;  Rebecca 
1777 ;   Lydia,    1779 ;    Diana,   February,    1781 
Sally,   April,    1783;    Esther,   April    16,    1786 
Nathan    Buckingham,    December    31,     1788 
James,  1790;  Selden,  July  6,  1794,  mentioned 
below  ;  Sylvanus,  March  27,  1796. 

(VI)  Selden,  son  of  Daniel  and  Bethia 
(Buckingham)  Gladwin,  was  born  July  6, 
1794.  He  was  a  farmer  and  merchant  at  Had- 
dam. He  married  (first),  November  14, 
1816,  Lydia  H.  Lane,  of  Killingworth,  who 
died  September  12,  1850;  (second),  June  22, 
1851,  Nancy  Bonfoy.  Children:  Orpha  Ma- 
tilda, born  October  14,  1817;  Gilbert  Selden, 
May  8,  1820 ;  Tamsen  Elizabeth,  January  20, 
1822 ;  Andrew  Hosmer,  June  5,  1826 ;  Rovira 
Judson,  March  13,  1833;  Ella  CaHsta,  July  8, 
1839,  married  Horace  Fenn  (see  Fenn  VI). 


This  family  is  of  English  ori- 
LOOMIS  gin,  and  for  a  long  period  the 
principal  home  of  the  family  in 
England  has  been  in  the  vicinity  of  Derby- 
shire. For  more  than  a  century  the  name  has 
been  spelled  Lomas  in  England,  but  earlier 
the  spelHngs  Lumas,  Lommas  or  Lomes  were 
used.  Other  variations  are  Lomys,  Lomis, 
Lomas,  while  the  American  spelling  is  gen- 
erally Loomis.  The  name  occurred  in  Eng- 
land in  the  early  part  of  the  fifteenth  century 
and  is  supposed  to  have  been  a  place  name. 
In  France  and  Switzerland  Lomis  is  a  com- 
mon place  name.  The  Lomas  coat-of-arms  is : 
Argent  between  two  palets,  gules  three  fleurs 
de  lis  in  pale  sable  a  chief  azure.  Crest :  On 
a  chapeau,  a  pelican  vulning  herself  proper. 

(I)  Joseph  Loomis,  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  probably  born  about  1590.  He  was  a 
woolen  draper  in  Braintree,  County  Essex, 
England,  and  sailed  from  London,  April  11, 
1638,  in  the  ship  "Susan  and  Ellen,"  arriving 


at  Boston,  July  17,  1638.  He  settled  at  Wind- 
sor, Connecticut,  and  February  2,  1640,  was 
granted  twenty-one  acres  of  land  adjoining 
the  Farmington  river,  on  the  west  side  of  the 
Connecticut,  by  purchase  and  grant.  He  is 
supposed  to  have  come  to  Windsor  in  com- 
pany with  Rev.  Ephraim  Huet,  who  arrived 
there  August  17,  1639.  Joseph  Loomis 
brought  with  him  five  sons  and  three  daugh- 
ters. His  house  was  near  the  mouth  of  Farm- 
ington river  on  what  was  known  as  "the 
Island,"  because  at  every  freshet  it  became 
temporarily  one.  His  wife  died  August  23, 
1652,  and  he  died  November  25,  1653.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Joseph,  born  in  England  about  1616; 
married  (first)  Sarah  Hill;  (second)  Mary 
Chauncey,  died  June  28,  1687.  2.  Daughter, 
married,  1640,  Captain  Nicholas  Olmstead. 
3.  Elizabeth,  married  iMay  20,  1641,  Josiah 
Hull.  4.  Deacon  John,  born  1622,  in  Eng- 
land, mentioned  below.  5.  Thomas,  born  in 
England;  married  (first)  November  i,  1663, 
Hannah  Fox;  (second)  Mary  Judd.  6.  Na- 
thaniel. 7.  Mary,  married  John  Skinner  and 
Owen  Tudor.  8.  Samuel,  married  Elizabeth 
Judd. 

(II)  Deacon  John  Loomis,  son  of  Joseph 
Loomis,  was  born  in  England  in  1622,  died 
September  i,  1688,  and  is  buried  at  Windsor, 
Connecticut.  He  was  in  Windsor  before  1640, 
and  was  admitted  to  the  church  there  October 
II,  1640.  He  had  a  grant  of  forty  acres  at 
the  Plantation  in  Windsor,  May  3,  1642. 
From  1652  to  1660  he  lived  at  Farmington 
and  then  returned  to  W^indsor.  He  was  dea- 
con of  the  AVindsor  church,  and  deputy  from 
AA^indsor  to  the  general  court,  1666-67,  1675- 
87.  His  will  is  signed  John  Loomys,  dated 
August  27,  1688.  He  owned  land  on  both 
sides  of  the  river.  He  married,  February  3, 
1648,  Elizabeth  Scott,  widow  of  Thomas  Scott, 
of  Hartford.  Children :  Deacon  John,  born 
November  9,,  1649  !  Deacon  Joseph,  November 
7,  165 1 ;  Thomas,  December  3,  1653;  Samuel, 
June  29,  1655 ;  Sergeant  Daniel,  June  16, 
1657;  James,  September  19,  1659;  jMr.  Tim- 
othy, July  27,  1661  :  Ensign  Nathaniel,  July  8, 
1663;  Samuel,  August  12,  1666:  Isaac,  Au- 
gust 31,  1668:  Elizabeth,  May  8.  1671 ;  Mary, 
August  7,  1672. 

(III)  Deacon  Samuel  Loomis,  son  of  Dea- 
con John  Loomis,  was  born  at  AMndsor,  Con- 
necticut, August  12,  1666,  died  May  20,  1754. 
He  was  a  deacon  in  the  Windsor  church.  In 
1700  he  removed  to  Colchester,  Connecticut. 
He  married  (first)  July  2,  1687,  Elizabeth 
White,  born  November  13,  1667,  died  Febru- 
ary 10,  1736,  daughter  of  Daniel  White,  of 
Hatfield.  He  married  (second)  October  25, 
1738,    Elizabeth    Church,   widow,   born    1675, 


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died  August  10,  1751.  Children  of  first  wife: 
Elizabeth,  born  1688,  died  August  6,  1688; 
Samuel,  February  28,  1689-90,  died  young. 
Deacon  Samuel,  July  17,  1692;  Isaac,  Decem- 
ber 23,  1693  ;  Deacon  Jacob,  October  25,  1694- 
95;  Lieutenant  Azariah,  May  2,  1700;  Eliza- 
beth; Sarah,  March  7,  1705;  Deacon  Caleb, 
September  2,  1707;  Daniel,  mentioned  below. 

(IV)  Daniel,  son  of  Deacon  Samuel  Loomis, 
was  born  at  Colchester,  February  20,  1709, 
died  there  March  28,  1784.  He  married,  Octo- 
ber 7,  1731,  Hannah  Witherill,  died  March  i, 
1779,  aged  seventy-six.  Children,  born  at 
Colchester:  Hannah,  July  15,  1732;  Mary, 
August  18,  1733 ;  Deacon  Daniel,  June  16, 
1735;  Elizabeth,  September  6,  1738;  John, 
June  6,  1740,  mentioned  below ;  Israel,  bap- 
tized September  2,  1741 ;  Samuel,  December 
30,  1748. 

(V)  John  (2),  son  of  Daniel  Loomis,  was 
born  at  Colchester,  June  6,  1740,  died  May  4, 
181 1.  He  lived  at  Salem,  Connecticut.  He 
married,  December  18,  1758,  Rachel  Harris, 
who  died  June  2,  1827,  aged  ninety-two  years. 
Children,  born  at  Colchester  or  Salem:  Ja- 
cob, June  19,  1761  :  John,  April  7,  1763;  Ra- 
chel, May  15,  1765;  ElizalDeth,  March  15, 
1767;  Elsie,  January  19,  1769;  Harris,  Sep- 
tember 9,  1770;  Joel,  May  6,  1773,  mentioned 
below;  Hubbell,  May  3,  1775;  Guy,  July  31, 
1777;  Elias  (twin),  July  18,  1779;  Elijah 
(twin),  July  18,  1779. 

(A'^I)  Joel,  son  of  John  (2)  Loomis,  was 
born  Alay  6,  1773,  died  March  i,  1867.  He 
settled  at  Lyme,  Connecticut,  and  became  a 
prominent  citizen,  member  of  the  general  as- 
sembly of  the  state  and  judge  of  probate.  He 
married  (first)  Hannah  Angel,  who  died  June 

16,  1806,  aged  twenty-eight  years.  He  mar- 
ried  (second)    Ellis  Chappell,  who  died  May 

17,  1853,  aged  sevent}--four  years.  Children, 
born  at  Lyme :  Hannah,  September  7,  1 797 ; 
James  (twin),  March  30,  1800;  Eliza  (twin), 
March  30,  1800;  Charlotte,  January  17,  1805; 
Joel,  May  6,  1806;  Almena,  September  27, 
1807;  Sarah  B.,  May  20,  1810;  Francis  B., 
April  9,  1812,  mentioned  below;  Christopher 
C,  February  6,  1814;  Emma  A.,  September 
20,  1815;  Ellis,  December  27,  1816;  Cordeha 
F.,  August  13,  1819. 

(VII)  Hon.  Francis  B.  Loomis,  son  of  Joel 
Loomis,  was  born  in  Lyme,  Connecticut,  April 
9,  1812,  died  July  13,  1892,  at  the  home  of 
his  daughter,  Mrs.  Charles  W.  Havemeyer, 
in  Hartford.  He  received  the  advantages  of 
five  years'  tuition  in  a  private  school.  On  com- 
ing of  age  he  engaged  in  woolen  goods  manu- 
facturing in  Lyme,  and  was  successful  from 
the  outset.  He  soon  erected  woolen  mills  at 
]\Iontville,  and  became  owner  of  the  Rockwell 


mills  at  Norwich,  and  of  others.  In  1848 
he  removed  to  New  London,  and  was  there- 
after prominently  identified  with  its  business 
and  public  interests  during  the  remainder  of 
his  active  career.  He  there  erected  a  steam 
woolen  mill,  the  first  built  there  for  the  manu- 
facture of  textile  fabrics,  and  of  which  he 
was  manager  and  sole  owner.  He  at  various 
times  afterward  built  the  woolen  mills  at  Cov- 
entry, Connecticut,  and  acquired  ownership 
of  the  large  steam  cotton  mills  at  Sag  Harbor, 
New  York,  carrying  out  all  these  enterprises 
unaided.  He  was  one  of  the  most  prominent 
factors  in  the  development  of  woolen  manu- 
facture in  the  United  States  from  1840  to 
1870.  During  the  civil  war  his  manufacturing 
was  prosecuted  more  extensively  than  by  any 
other  manufacturer  in  Connecticut,  and  his 
establishments  were  taxed  to  the  utmost,  run- 
ning day  and  night,  with  more  than  a  thou- 
sand operatives. 

Mr.  Loomis  was  also  actively  engaged  in 
other  relations,  and  was  recognized  as  a  finan- 
cier of  largest  ability.  He  organized  the  first 
National  Bank  of  New  London,  was  owner 
of  nearly  all  its  stock,  and  personally  directed 
its  business  until  it  surrendered  its  charter  in 
1877.  This  was  one  of  the  most  important 
and  most  successful  of  its  class  in  the  coun- 
try ;  it  was  the  government  depository  for  east- 
ern Connecticut  during  the  civil  war,  holding 
at  times  average  government  deposits  of  $4,- 
000,000,  and  sold  over  $20,000,000  of  govern- 
ment bonds.  For  many  years  it  declared  divi- 
dends averaging  twelve  per  cent,  in  old  gold, 
and  the  surplus  accumulations  exceeded  the 
capital. 

In  young  manhood,  Mr.  Loomis  was  promi- 
nent in  military  afifairs,  and  at  the  age  of 
twenty-one  was  chosen  colonel  of  the  Third 
Regiment,  Connecticut  Militia.  He  affiliated 
with  the  Whig  party  until  its  dissolution,  and 
aided  in  the  formation  of  the  new  Republi- 
can partv.  From  the  opening  of  the  civil  war 
he  was  a  firm  upholder  of  the  Union,  and 
was  one  of  the  foremost  and  most  liberal  in 
recruiting  and  equipping  the  first  company  of 
volunteers  from  New  London.  In  1864,  just 
prior  to  the  awful  battle  of  the  Wilderness, 
he  offered  to  furnish  and  equip,  at  his  own 
cost,  one  thousand  men  for  one  hundred  days 
to  replace  the  garrison  at  Fort  Trumbull,  in 
order  that  the  trained  soldiers  could  be  sent 
to  the  field.  The  offer  was  declined,  as  un- 
necessary, but  President  Lincoln  wrote  to  Mr. 
Loomis  a  most  appreciative  letter,  which  is 
one  of  the  most  prized  possessions  of  Mr. 
Loomis's  granddaughter.  Miss  Julia  Loomis 
Havemeyer : 

"I  cannot  pass  unnoticed  such  a  meritorious 


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instance  of  individual  patriotism.  Permit  me, 
for  the  Government,  to  express  my  cordial 
thanks  to  you  for  this  generous  and  public- 
spirited  offer,  which  is  worthy  of  note  among 
the  many  called  forth  in  these  times  of  na- 
tional trial.'' 

In  1872  Mr.  Loomis  acted  with  the  Liberal 
Republicans,  and  was  an  elector-at-large  on 
the  Greeley  and  Brown  ticket,  and  the  same 
year  declined  a  unanimous  nomination  for 
senator  from  the  seventh  district,  as  he  shortly 
afterward  did  the  congressional  nomination 
from  the  third  district.  He  was  a  delegate  to 
the  Democratic  national  convention  in  St. 
Louis  which  nominated  Tilden  for  the  presi- 
dency, and  was  a  presidential  elector  from 
Connecticut.  He  was  elected  lieutenant-gover- 
nor of  Connecticut  on  the  Democratic  ticket 
in  1876,  and  presided  over  the  senate  with  such 
ability  and  urbanity  that  on  his  retirement,  at 
the  expiration  of  his  term,  the  senators  pre- 
sented to  him  a  large  mounted  and  framed 
photograph  of  the  Old  State  House,  with  the 
twenty-one  senators  grouped  in  front  of  it,  as 
a  testimonial  of  their  friendship  and  esteem. 
Mr.  Loomis's  closing  session  was  the  last  held 
in  the  old  capitol  building.  In  1880  ^Ir. 
Loomis  was  a  prominent  candidate  for  the 
governorship,  but  shortly  before  the  assembly 
of  the   convention   withdrew   his   name. 

At  the  time  of  the  death  of  Colonel  Loomis, 
the  Nezv  London  Telegraph  said  editorially  : 

"Francis  B.  Loomis,  who  died  j'esterday  morn- 
ing, was  a  familiar  figure  in  New  London,  where 
his  death  is  greatly  regretted  by  men  of  both  par- 
ties. Mr.  Loomis  was  a  Democrat  of  the  good  old 
fashioned  kind.  He  had  been  a  prominent  man 
here  for  a  half  a  century.  He  was  a  quiet  and 
exceedingly  unostentatious  man,  who  loved  to  live  in 
a  simple  unassuming  way.  He  possessed  a  fund 
of  varied  information  with  regard  to  the  affairs 
of  state  and  country,  and  had  an  extensive  acquaint- 
ance with  leading  men  in  both  parties.  Though  not 
a  great  speaker,  it  was  everywhere  conceded  that 
he  was  a  man  of  individual  thought  and  unques- 
tioned ability." 

The  Nezi.'  London  Day  on  the  same  occasion 
said: 

"Though  an  especially  active  and  energetic  man 
in  all  the  affairs  of  life  in  his  earlier  days,  he  was 
not  known  to  the  present  generation.  He  amassed 
a  fortune,  at  one  time  a  great  one,  and  made  it 
the  instrument  of  much  good  in  helping  those  who 
had  a  claim  on  his  interest  and  many  who  had  no 
special  claim.  ?nd  in  extending  a  generous  hospital- 
ity to  his  friends.  To  the  younger  men  about  him, 
whose  ability  he  recognized,  he  was  ever  a  warm 
friend,  and  encouraged  them  with  advice  and  ma- 
terial  aid." 

Mr.  Loomis  married  (first)  December  20, 
1836,  Elizabeth  M.  Ingham,  of  Saybrook,  who 
died  March  20,  1839.  Their  only  child,  Betsy, 
married  George  D.  Whittlesey,  of  New  Lon- 


don. He  married  (second)  May  3,  1842,  An- 
genora  Beckwith,  who  survived  him,  and  died 
January  5,  1895.  Children,  born  at  New  Lon- 
don :  Two  who  died  in  infancy ;  and  Julia 
I.,  born  October  14,  1844;  married.  May  14, 
1874,  Charles  W.  Havemeyer,  of  New  York 
City.  Mr.  Havemeyer  was  born  May  15,  1848, 
and  died  May  19,  1895.  Children :  Julia 
Loomis  and  Loomis  Havemever. 


Samuel  James  Hoggson  was 
HOGGSON     born    in    Glasgow,    .Scotland. 

In  1847,  when  a  young  man, 
he  came  to  this  country  and  located  at  New 
Haven,  Connecticut.  He  married  Lucy  Mac- 
Lean,  who  was  also  a  native  of  Glasgow. 

( II )  William  John,  son  of  Samuel  James 
Hoggson,  was  born  at  New  Haven,  Connecti- 
cut, November  19,  1861.  He  attended  the 
public  schools  there.  He  learned  his  father's 
trade  of  engraving  and  designing,  worked  at 
it  in  New  Haven,  and  subsequently  embarked 
in  business  for  himself  at  Bridgeport,  Connec- 
ticut, as  an  engraver  and  designer  of  machin- 
ery and  tools.  In  1881  he  returned  to  New 
Haven  as  secretary  of  the  Hoggson  &  Pettis 
Manufacturing  Company  of  that  city.  In  1889 
he  formed  a  partnership  with  his  brother, 
Noble  Foster  Hoggson,  as  contracting  de- 
signers and  interior  decorators,  with  place  of 
business  in  New  York  City.  The  firm  con- 
tinued until  1907,  when  the  business  was  in- 
corporated and  new  departments  of  activity 
entered  upon.  In  the  course  of  twenty  years 
this  concern  has  developed  the  idea  of  bringing 
under  one  general  contract  the  designing, 
building,  decorating  and  furnishing  of  homes, 
banks,  libraries  and  other  buildings  in  order 
to  secure  greater  harmony  of  interests,  of 
thought  and  action,  and  that  the  owner  may 
turn  to  one  responsible  concern  for  the  plan- 
ning and  execution  of  the  work.  Whatever 
the  scope  of  the  building  or  alterations,  the 
owner  absolutely  avoids  the  disastrous  results 
of  divided  responsibilities  by  making  a  single 
contract  with  this  company,  which  includes  all 
professional  services,  as  well  as  labor  and  ma- 
terial of  all  kinds.  In  the  contract  the  limit 
of  cost  to  the  owner  and  of  profit  to  Hoggson 
Brothers  is  plainly  stated  and  guaranteed.  The 
field  of  activity  of  this  concern  is  unique  in 
the  building  business,  and  the  just  and  equit- 
able nature  of  the  system  accounts  for  the 
great  success  achieved.  The  company  has 
been  especially  successful  in  designing  and 
erecting  buildings  for  banks.  In  New  Haven, 
Connecticut,  alone,  this  company  had  the  con- 
tracts for  nine  banks.  All  over  the  state  of 
Connecticut  are  to  be  seen  monuments  of  their 
architectural  skill  and  good  taste,  in  the  form 


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of  substantial  public  buildings.  The  company 
has  representatives  in  fifteen  different  states. 
Mr.  Hoggson  is  president  of  the  corporation 
of  Hoggson  Brothers  Company  with  offices  at 
7  East  Forty-fourth  street,  New  York  City. 
His  home  is  at  Greenwich,  Connecticut.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  Aldine  Club  and  New  York 
Athletic  Club,  of  Hiram  Lodge,  Free  and  Ac- 
cepted Masons,  of  New  Haven,  Connecticut. 
He  is  president  of  the  Brunswick  School  of 
Greenwich.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican ;  in 
religion  an  Episcopalian. 

He  married,  October  8,  1885,  Fanny,  daugh- 
ter of  Abram  S.  Smith,  of  Albany,  New  York. 
Children :  i.  Vivian,  born  1887,  died  the  same 
year.  2.  Bruce,  born  1892  at  New  Haven.  3. 
Harriet,  born  in  New  York  City  in  1895.  4. 
Wallace,  born  in  New  York  City  in  1897.  5. 
MacLean,  born  at  Greenwich  in  1899. 


Thomas  Hine,  immigrant  ancestor, 
HINE  had  a  home  lot  in  Milford,  Connec- 
ticut, January  28,  1646.  He  was  . 
the  first  of  the  name  in  America.  The  name 
is  spelled  Hind  and  Hinde  also.  He  died  in 
Milford,  about  1696.  The  following  tradition 
appears  in  the  following  writings  in  regard  to 
him :  in  "Trumbull's  History  of  Connecticut," 
"Lambert's  History  of  New  Haven  Colony," 
"Baldwin  Genealogy,"  "Tuttle  Genealogy." 
"Grout's  History  of  New  Milford,"  "Hollister's 
History  of  Connecticut";  "Some  years  after 
Milford  was  settled  by  the  English,  a  company 
of  Mohawks  came  within  the  borders  of  the 
town  and  secreted  themselves  in  a  swamp, 
where  they  awaited  an  apportunity  of  making 
an  attack  upon  the  Milford  Indians  (The  Pe- 
quots).  Some  Englishmen  saw  the  Mohawks, 
and  were  friendly  enough  to  inform  their 
swarthy  neighbors  of  their  danger.  They  im- 
mediately rallied  in  great  numbers,  raised  the 
warhoop  and  rushing  suddenly  upon  the  Mo- 
hawks gained  a  complete  victory.  Among  the 
prisoners  was  a  stout  Mohawk  warrior,  whom 
the  captors  decided  to  kill  by  famine  and  tor- 
ture. They  stripped  him  naked,  and  having 
tied  him  to  a  stake,  left  him  in  the  tall  grass 
of  the  salt  meadows  to  be  eaten  up  by  the 
mosquitoes.  An  Englishman  named  Hine, 
who  found  the  poor  wretch  in  this  deplorable 
condition,  shocked  at  this  barbarous  mode  of 
torture,  cut  the  thongs  from  his  limbs  and  set 
him  at  liberty.  He  then  invited  him  to  his 
house,  gave  him  food,  and  helped  him  to  es- 
cape. This  kind  act  was  never  forgotten  by 
the  Mohawks.  They  treated  the  English  of 
Milford  ever  after  with  marked  civility  and 
did  many  kind  and  friendly  acts  that  testified 
their  gratitude  towards  their  deliverer  and  his 
family."    He  married  Elizabeth  .    Chil- 


dren: Thomas,  born  October  31,  1653;  John, 
March  17,  1656;  Son,  December  3,  1657;  Sam- 
uel, January  26,  1659-60;  George,  June  22, 
1662,  died  young;  Stephen,  October  25,  1663; 
Alice,  October  8,  1666,  died  young;  Alice,  De- 
cember 16,  1667 ;  Elizabeth,  baptized  Novem- 
ber 21,  1669;  William,  baptized  September  24, 
1670. 

(II)  Stephen,  son  of  Thomas  Hine,  was 
born  October  25,  1663,  in  Milford,  Connecticut. 
He  was  a   shoemaker  by  trade  and  lived  in 

Milford.       He    married    .       Children ; 

Ambrose,  mentioned  below ;  Elizabeth,  born 
December  14,  1693 ;  Stephen.  May  22,  1695 ; 
Alexander,  February  10,  1698-99. 

(III)  Ambrose,  son  of  Stephen  Hine,  was 
born  in  Milford.  He  married,  in  Boston,  Feb- 
ruary 6,  1717,  Sarah  .     She  joined  the 

First  Church  in  Milford,  September  3,  1721. 
His  will  was  dated  December  6,  1749,  and 
proved  November  27,  1750.  Children:  Ste- 
phen, mentioned  below ;  Ambrose,  baptized 
September  3,  1721  ;  Martha,  baptized  May  10, 
1724;  Ambrose,  baptized  June  26,  1726; 
Charles,  baptized  September  28,  1729;  Sarah, 
baptized  October  31,  or  17,  1731. 

(IV)  Stephen  (2),  son  of  Ambrose  Hine, 
was  born  in  Milford,  about  1721.  He  married 
(first)  January  26,  1744  or  1749,  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  John  Carrington,  of  Amity,  after- 
wards Woodbridge,  Connecticut.  She  died 
May  20,  1755,  aged  twenty-five,  and  he  mar- 
ried' (second)  Patience ,  who  died  De- 
cember 24,  1769,  aged  forty-one.  He  mar- 
ried (third)  May  19,  1773,  Susannah  Smith, 
of  Bethany,  Connecticut.  She  survived  him, 
and  married  (second)  April  17,  1794,  Deacon 
Phineas  Peck,  of  Woodbridge.  She  survived 
him  also,  and  died  in  Meriden,  Connecticut, 
November  22,  1810,  aged  seventy-four.  Ac- 
cording to  tradition,  Stephen  Hine  built  in 
BridgeVater,  a  part  of  New  Milford,  the  first 
frame  house  ever  erected  there  and  received 
his  payment  in  common  lands,  which  he  after- 
wards gave  to  his  son  Stephen.  He  spent  the 
last  part  of  his  life  in  Woodbridge,  and  died 
there,  September  11,  1791.  Children:  Philena, 
born  July  30,  1749;  Moses,  December  9,  1751 ; 
Elizabeth,  baptized  December  25,  1750;  Ste- 
phen, mentioned  below ;  Patience,  married 
Walter  Booth,  as  second  wife ;  Sarah,  mar- 
ried    Hardigan  or  Hardyear ;  Eunice, 

married,  January  9,  1794,  Ebenezer  Bronson ; 
Susannah,  married  March  19,  1792,  Charles 
Baldwin  ;  Esther,  born  in  1777. 

(V)  Stephen  (3),  son  of  Stephen  (2)  Hine, 
was  born  in  Woodbridge.  February  13,  I754- 
He  married  (first)  Naomi,  daughter  of  Phin- 
eas and  Deborah  (Clark)  Peck,  of  Wood- 
bridge,  June  19,  1782.     She  was  born  May  3 


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or  i8,  1758,  died  October  5,  1818.  Her  father 
and  mother  were  married  Februar}'  18,  1745- 
46,  and  the  wife  died  in  January,  1803.  Ste- 
phen Hine  married  (second)  December  5, 
1819,  Anna  Stilson,  born  February  9,  1772, 
died  October  3,  1851,  daughter  of  Riverius  and 
Anna  (Baldwin)  Stilson.  He  came  to  New 
Milford  when  about  twenty-one  years  old  and 
bought  land  of  John  Treat,  a  tract  of  about 
one  hundred  and  thirt3'-eight  acres,  April  17, 
1774.  His  father  gave  him  about  two  hundred 
and  fifteen  acres  located  at  the  same  place. 
On  this  land  he  built  a  log  house  with  one  win- 
dow in  it ;  each  pane  of  glass  in  this  window 
cost  him  one  bushel  of  wheat.  He  worked  for 
several  years  at  clearing  his  land,  and  in  the 
midst  of  it  was  drafted  in  the  revolutionary 
army.  He  was  present  at  the  evacuation  of 
New  York,  and  afterwards  with  General  Gates 
at  the  surrender  of  Burgoyne.  He  brought 
from  that  battle  a  gun  and  powder  horn  which 
he  had  taken  from  a  dead  Hessian.  The  horn 
is  still  in  possession  of  Francis  L.  Hine,  of  New 
York.  In  1798  he  bought  of  Nathaniel  Taylor, 
Jr.,  a  large  tract  of  land  from  the  Patrick 
Thatcher  farm,  at  the  mouth  of  Rocky  river, 
with  a  saw  mill,  flouring  mill,  fulling  mill, 
clothing  shop  and  dye  house.  It  is  said  that 
he  purchased  and  brought  into  New  Alilford 
the  first  two-horse  wagon  which  had  ever  been 
seen  in  the  town.  About  1808  his  sons,  Clark 
Anan  and  Isaac,  took  charge  of  the  mills  and 
introduced  the  art  of  coloring  cloths  blue. 
They  formed  a  partnership  under  the  namx  of 
the  Hine  Brothers,  and  in  1813  built  Hine's 
woolen  factory.  The  business  was  of  consid- 
erable importance  in  the  town  and  was  con- 
tinued in  the  family  for  some  years.  Stephen 
Hine  took  the  oath  of  fidelity,  December  12, 
1785,  and  that  of  freeman,  April  10,  1786. 
He  died  February  27,  1833.  Children:  Clark, 
born  November  23,  1783;  William,  November 
4,  1785;  Anan,  February  4,  1789:  Isaac,  June 
23  or  25,  1 791 ;  Lyman,  January  28,  1793,  men- 
tioned below. 

(VI)  Lyman,  son  of  Stephen  (3)  Hine,  was 
born  in  Woodbridge,  January  28,  1793.  He 
married  Hannah,  daughter  of  John  and  Jane 
(Camp)  Roberts,  June  i,  or  10,  1815.  She 
was  born  June  i,  1794,  died  September  28, 
1862.  He  took  the  oath  of  freeman,  April 
7,  1817,  was  a  farmer  by  occupation  and  was 
in  the  state  legislature  in  1836.  He  died  De- 
cember 2,  1881.  Children:  William  H.,  born 
June  19,  1816;  Louisa,  January  13,  1819; 
James,  mentioned  below ;  George.  August  27, 
1826 ;  Son,  died  in  infancy,  June  9,  1834. 

(VII)  James,  son  of  Lyman  Hine,  was 
born  July  21,  1822.  He  graduated  from  the 
medical  department  of  the  University  of  New 


York  in  1847.  He  settled  in  New  Milford, 
where  he  practiced  as  a  physician,  and  was 
among  the  incorporators  of  the  New  Milford 
Savings  Bank,  July,  1858,  and  its  president 
from  July,  1875-82.  He  married,  October  9, 
1849,  Catherine  Northrop,  born  January  13, 
1819,  died  August  3,  1883,  daughter  of  Cyrus 
and  Betsey  (Wells)  Northrop.  Cyrus  North- 
rop was  born  1773,  died  1869.  Children: 
Francis  Lyman,  born  December  6,  1850;  So- 
phia Mygatt,  April  15,  1855;  Caroline  Louisa, 
December  i,  1857. 

(VIII)  Francis  Lyman,  son  of  Dr.  James 
Hine,  was  born  at  New  Milford,  Connecticut, 
December  6,  1850.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  town  and  the  Oxford 
Academy  at  Oxford,  New  York,  and  began 
his  business  career  as  clerk  in  a  general  store 
in  New  Milford.  He  came  to  New  York  City 
a  few  years  later  and  was  employed  as  sales- 
man in  a  dry  goods  house  and  afterward  by 
the  Nashawannoch  Manufacturing  Company 
of  New  York,  having  mills  in  Massachusetts. 
Subsequently  he  engaged  in  business  on  his 
own  account  as  a  broker.  He  became  vice- 
president  of  the  Astor  Place  Bank  of  New 
York,  when  it  was  established,  and  since  then 
has  been  a  prominent  factor  in  the  financial 
world  and  one  of  the  foremost  bankers  of 
the  city.  He  was  cashier  of  the  First  National 
Bank  of  New  York  City,  and  since  January 
12,  1909,  has  been  its  president.  This  insti- 
tution is  located  at  2  Wall  street.  New  York, 
and  is  one  of  the  great  banking  houses  of  the 
cit}-.  He  is  also  one  of  the  trustees  of  the 
Brooklyn  Trust  Company,  president  of  the 
Nashawannoch  Alanufacturing  Company  and 
a  director  of  the  Liberty  National  Bank,  the 
National  Biscuit  Company,  the  United  States 
Rubber  Company,  the  Fidelity  Insurance  Com- 
pany, the  Home  Life  Insurance  Company,  the 
Chicago,  Rock  Island  and  Pacific  Railroad 
Company,  the  Rock  Island  Company,  William 
Cramp  &  Sons'  Ship  and  Engine  Build- 
ing Company,  the  Chase  National  Bank,  the 
L^nited  Bank  Note  Corporation,  the  Amer- 
ican Cotton  Oil  Company,  the  Securities 
Company,  Jersey  City  Water  Supply  Company, 
the  East  Jersey  Water  Company.  He  has  been 
a  trustee  since  1903  of  the  Union  Theological 
Seminary.  He  is  a  member  of  the  New  Eng- 
land Societ}'  of  New  York,  of  the  Metropoli- 
tan Museum  of  Art  of  New  York,  of  the  Long 
Island  Historical  Society,  the  Rembrandt  Club 
of  Brooklvn,  the  Societv  of  Sons  of  the  Ameri- 
can Revolution,  the  New  York  Chamber  of 
Commerce,  and  of  the  Metropolitan  Union 
League,  New  York  Yacht,  Riding,  City  Mid- 
day, Downtown  clubs  of  New  York,  of  the  . 
Hamilton  Club  of  Brooklyn  and  the  Nassau 


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513 


Country  Club.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican, 
with  independent  proclivities ;  in  religion  a 
Presbyterian,  and  he  is  a  member  of  the  First 
Presbyterian  Church  of  Brooklyn.  His  home 
is  at  38  West  Fifty-third  street ;  his  office  at  2 
Wall  street.  He  married,  April  13,  1887,  Alary 
(Idej  Low,  born  November  30,  1857,  daugh- 
ter of  Henry  Ide,  of  Wrentham,  Massachu- 
setts. Children :  Lyman  Northrop,  born  in 
Brooklyn,  June  21,  1889;  Francis  Worthing- 
ton,  born  in  Brooklyn,  April  10,  1891. 


According  to  the  best  histori- 
TERRILL  cal  and  traditional  evidence  the 
family  of  Terrill,  or  Terrell,  in 
this  country,  is  of  Anglo-Norman  origin,  and 
was  founded  in  England  by  Sir  Walter  Tyrell, 
a  Norman  knight,  about  1066,  when  William 
the  Conqueror  took  possession  of  that  coun- 
try. From  this  old  Anglo-Norman  stock  de- 
scended three  brothers,  William,  James  and 
John  Terrell,  who,  during  the  Protectorate  of 
Oliver  Cromwell,  being  Quakers,  and  griev- 
ously persecuted  on  account  of  their  religion, 
passed  over  into  Ireland,  as  English  colonists 
"within  the  Pale,"  and  after  a  temporary  resi- 
dence emigrated  to  America,  some  time  be- 
tween 1665  and  1700.  William  Terrell  settled 
in  Virginia,  one  of  the  other  brothers  settled 
in  North  Carolina,  near  Virginia,  and  the  third 
brother  is  supposed  to  have  settled  in  New 
England.  Another  tradition  is  that  the  three 
brothers  were  sent  to  Virginia  by  King  James 
the  Second  of  England  about  1687,  as  ex- 
plorers and  huntsmen  for  the  crown,  and  that 
they  were  each  awarded  for  their  services  a 
royal  grant  of  fifteen  hundred  acres  in  the 
counties  of  Hanover,  Caroline  and  King 
George. 

The  name  Terrill  is  spelled  in  various  ways. 
The  founder  of  the  family  in  -England,  Sir 
Walter,  who  crossed  from  Normandy  in  1066, 
with  William  the  Conqueror,  seems  to  have 
spelled  it  Tirell,  as  appears  from  an  engraved 
stone  in  Battle  Abbey,  which  stands  near  the 
battlefield  of  Hastings.  Since  then  various 
forms  have  been  adopted  by  different  branches 
of  the  family,  such  as  Tyrell,  Terrell,  Terrill, 
Tirrel,  Turrell,  Tyrel  and  Terrail.  The  sev- 
eral branches  of  the  family  are  scattered  widely 
over  the  LTnited  States.  The  branch  using  the 
form  Terrill  is  largely  in  New-  England,  the 
middle  eastern  states  and  west  of  the  Missis- 
sippi. The  branch  using  the  form  Terrell  is 
chiefly  to  be  found  in  the  middle  west  and 
southern  states.  From  this  latter  branch  came 
General  W.  H.  H.  Terrell,  now  or  late  of  In- 
dianapolis, Indiana,  Ex-Governor  Terrell,  of 
Georgia,  and  the  influential  Terrell  family  of 
Texas. 


Several  immigrants  of  the  name  of  Terrill 
appeared  at  an  early  period  in  Connecticut. 
Roger  Terrill,  progenitor  of  an  important 
branch  of  the  family,  was  then  in  Milford  and 
Stratford.  He  signed  the  fundamental  articles 
for  the  settlement  of  Woodbury,  Connecticut, 
whither  he  came  with  the  first  settlers,  and 
where  he  died  April  17,  1722;  his  widow, 
Sarah,  died  April  13,  1728.  WilHam  Terrail 
was  a  resident  of  Norwich,  Connecticut,  among 
the  earliest  and  was  one  of  the  petitioners  ask- 
ing to  be  allowed  to  remain  when  the  perma- 
nent settlement  was  made.  He  may  have  been 
father  of  John  Terrell,  who  was  a  taxpayer  as 
early  as  1664  and  was  one  of  the  grantees  of 
New  London,  Connecticut.  John  married 
Sarah,  daughter  of  Isaac  Willey,  and  died  Feb- 
ruary 27,  1712,  the  death  of  his  wife  occurring 
^Nlarch  7,  of  the  same  year.  No  children  are 
mentioned  in  her  will,  but  it  is  thought  that 
he  had  children  by  a  first  wife,  for  the  church 
records  mention  two  cliildren,  William  and 
Mary,  baptized  May  7,  1671. 

(I)  Lewis  Terriil  was  son  or  grandson  of 
John  Terrell,  of  New  London,  and  was  born 
1700-10.  He  married  (first)  December  25, 
1733,  Mehitable,  daughter  of  Joseph  Hebard 
(Hibbard),  of  Windham,  Connecticut.  He 
married  (second).  May  30,  1745,  Anna  Sim- 
ons. He  settled  at  Mansfield,  Connecticut, 
manv  of  the  settlers  of  which  were  from  New 
London.  Children  of  first  wife,  born  at  Mans- 
field, Connecticut:  Mary,  February  21,  1734- 
35,  baptized  May  4,  1735 ;  Mehitable,  March 
II,  1737;  Triphena,  October  23,  1739.  Chil- 
dren of  second  wife :  Thomas,  born  at  Coven- 
try, Connecticut,  in  1746;  Arad,  mentioned  be- 
low ;  Lewis,  October  8,  1752  ;  Anne,  November 
10,  1754;  Josiah,  August  23,  1756;  Hannah, 
at  Windsor,  June  27,  1758 ;  Eunice  Simons, 
January  9,  1762. 

(II)  Arad,  son  of  Lewis  Terrill,  was  born  at 
Coventry,  August  23,  1750.  He  removed 
from  Coventry  to  Hampden,  formerly  part  of 
Hampshire  county,  Massachusetts,  where  he 
lived  several  years.  Later  he  went  to  Benning- 
ton county,  Vermont,  and  died  there,  leav- 
ing many  descendants  in  that  State.  He  was 
a  blacksmith  as  well  as  a  farmer,  and  was  an 
industrious  and  upright  man.  He  married 
Jemima  Brace.  Children :  Timothy,  men- 
tioned below,  Thaddeus,  Samuel,  Jemima,  Su- 
san, Anna,  Mehitable  and  Lewis.  According 
to  the  census  of  1790  Arad  had  a  family  con- 
sisting of  two  males  over  sixteen,  two  under 
that  age  and  four  females,  and  was  living  at 
Rupert,  Bennington  county,  Vermont. 

(III)  Timothy,  son  of  Arad  Terrill,  was 
born  in  Hampden,  Massachusetts,  August  7, 
1770,  died  at  the  age  of  sixty-two.     He  was 


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a  farmer.  In  politics  lie  was  a  Whig;  in  re- 
ligion a  Congregationalist.  He  went  to  Ver- 
mont with  his  parents  and  married  at  Rupert 
(first)  November  22,  1792,  Martha  Leavitt. 
He  married  (second)  Charlotte  Fullington,  of 
Fairfax,  Vermont.  Children  of  first  wife, 
born  at  Rupert :  i.  Triphena,  August  4,  1796 ; 
married  Hiram  Cady  and  moved  to  Brown 
county,  Wisconsin,  in  the  fifties,  settling  at 
De  Pere.  2.  Moses,  mentioned  below.  3. 
Aaron,  July  19,  1801,  died  in  Vermont;  lived 
at  Morristown  and  followed  farming.  4. 
Asaph  L.,  September  2,  1803 ;  a  farmer  at 
Underbill,  Vermont.  5.  Rachel,  died  3'oung. 
6.  Arad,  April  2,  1808;  settled  in  Jefferson 
county,  New  York,  and  died  there.  7.  Silas 
H.,  December  11,  1810;  died  of  typhoid  fever 
in  Underbill  in  1861.  8.  John,  February  2, 
1814,  died  at  Morristown,  Vermont.  Children 
of  second  wife:  9.  Joseph,  October  4,  1815; 
carpenter  at  St.  Joseph,  Michigan,  where  he 
died  early  in  life.  10.  Timothy,  December  19, 
1819;  lived  at  Morrisville,  Vermont.     11.  Ma- 

lana,  November  27,  1824  ;  married Lee, 

of  Jericho,  A/'ermont. 

■  (IV)  Moses,  son  of  Timothy  Terrill,  was 
born  May  9,  1799,  at  Rupert,  Vermont.  He 
attended  the  ■  district  schools  as  opportunity 
offered,  but  the  schools  being  widely  scattered 
and  of  low  standards,  most  of  his  education 
was  obtained  after  he  came  of  age.  He  bought 
a  tract  of  land  near  his  father's  farm  and 
cleared  it,  built  a  house  and  in  the  course  of 
time  developed  one  of  the  best  farms  of  that 
section.  He  died  there  in  1883.  He  was  a  man 
of  great  energy  and  industry  and  wrung,  by 
bard  labor  and  shrewd  management,  a  com- 
fortable competence  from  the  stubborn  soil. 
In  politics  he  was  a  Democrat  in  early  life, 
but  when  the  anti-slavery  agitation  began  to 
affect  politics  he  joined  the  Liberty  party,  and 
afterward,  when  it  was  first  organized,  the 
Republican  party.  He  represented  the  town 
in  the  state  legislature.  He  was  active  and  in- 
fluential in  local  affairs,  public-spirited  and 
generous  in  support  of  churchand  charity. 

He  married  (first)  in  OctolDer,  1825,  Ma- 
tilda, born  at  Cornish,  New  Hampshire,  April 
14,  1801,  daughter  of  Moses  and  Miriam 
(Harding)  Weld.  Her  parents  moved  to  A^er- 
mont  when  she  was  ten  years  old  and  there 
she  was  brought  up  and  educated.  Her  father, 
Moses  Weld,  was  son  of  Moses  Weld,  grand- 
son of  Moses  Weld,  great-grandson  of  John 
Weld.  Joseph  Weld,  father  of  John,  was  son 
of  John  and  grandson  of  Joseph  Weld,  the 
immigrant,  who  arived  in  New  England  in 
the  year  1838  among  the  earliest  settlers  from 
Wales,  one  of  the  most  prominent  pioneers  of 
the  Massachusetts  Bay  Colony  in  military  and 


civil  Hfe.  Of  him  Savage  said :  "He  was  the 
richest  man  of  the  colony  at  the  time  of  his 
death.  As  a  recompense  for  his  important 
services  he  received  valuable  estates  in  West 
Roxbury,  recently  known  as  the  Bussey  farms, 
bequeathed  to  his  son  John.  He  stands  third 
on  the  organized  roll  of  the  Ancient  and  Hon- 
orable Artillery  Company  and  was  chosen  en- 
sign at  its  organization  at  Boston,  on  the  first 
Monday  of  June,  1638.  He  was  captain  of 
the  Roxbury  Company,  and  was  in  the  regi- 
ment of  which  John  Winthrop  was  colonel  and 
Thomas  Dudley  was  lieutenant  colonel."  The 
family  was  originally  from  Wales,  but  came 
to  New  England  from  county  Suffolk,  Eng- 
land, and  is  traced  back  to  1352,  when  William 
Weld  was  high  sheriff  of  London.  The  first 
wife  of  Moses  Terrill  died  April  13,  1830,  and 
he  married  (second)  Minerva  Calkins,  born 
at  Hyde  Park,  Vermont,  April  18,  1803,  died 
in  October,  1901,  aged  ninety-eight  years  and 
six  months.  Children  of  first  wife :  Moses 
Weld,  mentioned  below ;  Newton  Alonzo,  a 
farmer  in  Morristown ;  other  children  died 
young.  Children  of  second  wife :  Lester  H., 
born  January  7,  1833,  died  at  Middletown, 
Connecticut,  September  i,  1898;  Benjamin  F., 
December  13,  1834,  resides  at  Middlefield, 
Connecticut ;  Burton,  1836,  lived  three  or  four 
months  only;  Emily  Matilda,  May  9,  1839, 
married  Samuel  C.  Town,  of  Morristown, 
where  she  still  resides ;  Carlos  B.,  September, 
1847,  resides  at  Morristown,  Vermont. 

(V)  Moses  Weld,  son  of  Moses  Terrill,  was 
born  in  Morristown,  A'^ermont,  October  2, 
1826.  He  attended  the  public  schools  in  his 
native  town  and  was  a  student  for  one  year  at 
the  academy  in  Johnson,  A^ermont,  and  two 
terms  in  a  select  school.  His  health  and 
strength  not  being  suited  to  the  hard  labor  of 
a  farmer's  life-,  he  was  trained  for  a  mercantile 
career,  beginning  as  clerk  in  the  general  store 
of  Hon.  A^.  W.  Waterman,  at  Morristown. 
After  two  years  in  this  store  he  spent  another 
two  years  as  clerk  for  P.  S.  Benjamin,  at  Wol- 
cott,  A-^ermont,  and  then,  in  partnership  with 
AA^.  G.  Ferrin,  bought  the  business  of  Mr.  Ben- 
jamin. But  after  a  year  the  firm  was  dissolved 
and  the  store  was  sold.  Mr.  Terrill  then  es- 
tablished a  general  store  in  Morristown  and 
conducted  it  successfully  for  twelve  years. 
In  1861  he  became  interested,  with  Rev.  E. 
Dickerman,  of  Morristown,  A^ermont,  in  the 
manufacture  of  a  clothes  wringer  which  Dick- 
erman had  invented.  In  the  same  year  they 
became  associated  with  the  late  David  Lyman, 
of  Middlefield,  Connecticut,  removing  their 
business  to  that  town,  where  was  organized 
the  Metropolitan  Washing  Machine  Company, 
and    later    the    JNIetropolitan    Manufacturing 


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Company,  with  Mr.  Terrill  as  president  and 
David  Lyman  as  treasurer.  After  the  death 
of  Mr.  Lyman,  in  1871,  Mr.  Terrill  became 
treasurer  of  the  company.  The  patent  was 
valuable  and  the  business  proved  profitable. 
He  continued  to  act  as  treasurer  of  the  com- 
pany until  it  was  consolidated  in  1891  with 
the  American  Wringer  Company,  when  he 
retired  from  active  business.  However,  in  Oc- 
tober, 1 89 1,  on  the  incorporation  of  the  Rogers 
Manufacturing  Company,  at  Rockfall,  Con- 
necticut, he  became  a  large  stockholder  and 
was  elected  president,  though  he  did  not  take 
an  active  part  in  its  management.  He  was 
an  active,  progressive  and  enterprising  man 
of  business,  winning  success  and  a  fortune  from 
legitimate  industry.  The  same  high  standards 
that  characterized  his  private  life  were  applied 
to  his  dealings  in  business.  His  integrit)-  was 
never  in  question.  He  was  always  alive  to  the 
duties  of  citizenship  and  took  his  part  in  pub- 
lic affairs.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican.  His 
first  vote  was  cast  in  1848  for  the  Free  Soil 
candidate  for  president.  He  represented  J\Ior- 
ristown,  Vermont,  in  the  state  legislature  in 
1855-56  and  served  in  the  general  assembly 
of  Connecticut  in  1860-67-83.  He  was  first  se- 
lectman, assessor,  justice  of  the  peace,  mem- 
ber of  the  board  of  relief  and  school  visitor. 
From  1861  to  1892  he  lived  at  Middlefield,  and 
since  then  at  Middletown,  Connecticut.  He 
was  a  prominent  member  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  churches  of  Middlefield  and  Middle- 
town  and  served  on  the  boards  of  trustees. 
At  the  time  of  the  erection  of  the  new  church, 
in  1866,  at  Middlefield,  he  was  one  of  the 
leaders  in  giving  and  securing  contributions  to 
the  building  fund. 

He  married,  at  Morristown,  Vermont,  July 
17,  1848,  Almira  Ortensia,  born  June  24,  1826, 
daughter  of  John  and  Hannah  (Jacobs)  Fer- 
rin,  the  former  a  representative  in  the  Vermont 
legislature.  She  died  March  6,  1896.  Chil- 
dren:  I.  John  Martin,  born  June' 3,  1849,  ^^ 
Morristown,  now  a  resident  of  Bridgeport, 
Connecticut ;  formerly  in  the  livery  stable  busi- 
ness :  married  Theresa  Maria  Wetherill,  of 
Middlefield,  Connecticut;  children:  Edith, 
Alice,  Whitman,  Helen,  John,  Marjorie  and 
Ferrin.  2.  Willis  Edward,  born  June  16,  185 1, 
mentioned  below.  3.  Frederick  Weld,  April,  30, 
1853,  at  Morristown,  Vermont,  a  prominent 
citizen  of  Middlefield,  Connecticut :  has  repre- 
sented the  town  in  the  general  assembly  of  the 
state,  and  was  a  delegate  to  the  constitutional 
convention  held  at  Hartford  in  1902 ;  married 
Mary  Ida  Louise  Skinner,  of  Middlefield ; 
children ;  Ivv  Laura,  Moses  Weld,  William 
Ward,  Lily  May,  Whitman  Earl,  Alma  An- 
ner,  Paul  Ferrin  and  Maria  Ward.     4.  Lily 


May,  January  8,  1864;  married,  at  Middle- 
field,  June  2,  1887,  Rev.  David  George  Dow- 
ney, who  has  been  pastor  at  Hartford,  Con- 
necticut, Mamaroneck,  New  York,  Stamford, 
Connecticut,  and  St.  John's  Methodist  Episco- 
pal church  of  Brooklyn,  and  is  now  corre- 
sponding secretary  of  the  board  of  Sunday 
schools  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church, 
with  headquarters  at  Chicago  ;  child,  Bradford, 
born  at  Stamford,  Connecticut,  October  29, 
1894.  5.  May  Lily,  June  10,  1868;  married, 
January  15,  1896,  Thomas  Charles  Cheney, 
attorney  at  Morristown,  Vermont,  state's  at- 
torne}^,  clerk  of  the  state  legislature  several 
years  and  speaker  of  the  house  of  representa- 
tives for  two  terms. 

(VI)  Willis  Edward,  son  of  Moses  Weld 
Terrill,  was  born  June  16,  1851,  at  Morris- 
town, Vermont.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  there  and  at  Middefield,  Connecticut, 
whither  he  went  with  the  family  in  1862.  He 
also  took  a  course  at  the  United  States  Busi- 
ness College  at  New  Haven,  and  spent  two 
years — 1866-67 — and  the  winter  term,  1870- 
71,  at  Weslej'an  Academy,  Wilbraham,  Massa- 
chusetts. He  entered  the  employ  of  the  Metro- 
politan Manufacturing  Company,  of  which  his 
father  was  president,  and  was  shipping  and 
stock  clerk  for  three  years.  In  1874  he  left 
the  company  and  engaged  in  business  as  a  mer- 
chant on  his  own  account,  and  for  eight  years 
conducted  a  general  store  at  Middlefield.  He 
disposed  of  this  in  1882,  and  was  not  again 
actively  engaged  in  business  until  1884,  when 
he  went  to  Eustis,  Florida,  where  he  was  a 
successful  general  merchant  for  eighe  years. 
Mr.  Terrill  represented  Middlefield  in  the  Con- 
necticut legislature  two  sessions,  1877-78,  and 
was  county  commissioner  of  Middlesex  county 
for  five  years,  1879-84.  He  served  two  years 
in  the  city  government  of  Eustis,  as  an  alder- 
man. In  189 1  he  returned  to  Connecticut,  and 
in  1892  settled  in  Middletown,  where  he  now 
resides.  On  the  organization  of  the  Rogers 
Manufacturing  Company,  at  Rock  Falls,  Con- 
necticut, in  October,  1891,  he  became  a  stock- 
holder and  was  made  secretary-treasurer  and 
manager.  In  1905,  after  the  death  of  the 
president,  Moses  Weld  Terrill,  he  became 
president  of  the  company,  and  has  since  con- 
tinued to  act  as  president  and  treasurer.  He 
is  at  present  a  director  of  the  Middlesex 
County  National  Bank,  of  the  Farmers'  and 
Mechanics'  Savings  Bank  of  Middletown,  and 
a  member  of  the  executive  committee  of  the 
First  Ecclesiastical  Society.  For  two  years 
he  was  a  member  of  the  city  council  of  Mid- 
dletown.    In  politics  he  is  a  Republican. 

Mr.  Terrill  married,  September  5,  1872, 
Sarah  Wilson,  born  August  2,  1849,  ^t  North 


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Killingly  (now  part  of  Putnam),  Connecticut, 
daughter  of  Captain  William  and  Mary  So- 
phronia  (Wilson)  Clapp,  of  Brooklyn,  Con- 
necticut. Lowell  Clapp,  father  of  Captain 
William  Clapp,  lived  at  Oswego,  New  York ; 
died  August  2,  1820;  married  Lucy,  daughter 
of  John  and  Annis  (Bowman)  Day,  of  Day- 
ville,  Connecticut.  A  history  of  the  Day  fam- 
ily appears  elsewhere  in  this  work. 

William  Clapp,  father  of  Mrs.  Terrill,  'en- 
listed in  the  civil  war  from  Pomfret,  Connecti- 
cut, as  a  captain  in  Company  F,  Eleventh  Regi- 
ment, Connecticut  Volunteer  Infantry ;  re- 
turned home  on  account  of  illness,  but  was 
again  in  the  service  as  captain  of  Company 
D,  Twenty-first  Regiment,  Connecticut  Volun- 
teers, and  took  part  in  the  engagement  at  New- 
■  bern.  North  Carolina.  Children:  i.  Horace, 
born  September  24,  1839;  married  (first)  Lu- 
cinda  Parrot,  daughter  of  Samuel  Williams, 
March  22,  1859;  married  (second)  Mrs.  Julia 
B.  .(Webster)  Lyon,  a  widow;  had  no  chil- 
dren; died  August  31,  1891.  2.  Albert,  born 
at  Relayville,  Pennsylvania,  August  26,  1841 ; 
married,  March  18,  i860,  Ella  Thompson,  of 
Greenwich,  Rhode  Island ;  enlisted  in  Com- 
pany I,  Third  Regiment,  Connecticut  Volun- 
teers, and  was  assistant  sergeant  major,  then 
first  lieutenant ;  was  killed  at  Napoleonville, 
Louisiana,  January  18,  1865 ;  had  no  children. 
3.  Edward,  December  25,  1842,  died  December 
28,  1842.  4.  Ellen,  born  at  West  Thompson, 
Connecticut,  April  24,  1846,  died  at  Danielson, 
Connecticut,  October  14,  1875 ;  married,  March 
17,  1864,  John  Park  Dexter,  of  Pomfret,  Con- 
necticut, and  had  one  child :  William  Clapp, 
born  October  21,  1874,  at  Danielson,  Connec- 
ticut. 5.  Sarah  Wilson,  married  Willis  Ed- 
ward Terrill,  as  mentioned  above.  6.  Lowell 
Lawrence,  born  at  Pomfret,  March  31,  1852, 
died  November  19,  1879 ;  graduate  of  Wood- 
stock Academy,  1872,  and  of  Yale  University, 
class  of  1876. 

Sarah  Wilson  (Clapp)  Terrill,  wife  of  Wil- 
lis Edward  Terrill,  graduated  from  Wesleyan 
Academy,  Wilbraham,  Massachusetts,  in  the 
class  of  1871.  She  is  a  member  of  the  Con- 
gregational church  of  Middletown,  and  of 
Wadsworth  Chapter,  Daughters  of  the  Ameri- 
can Revolution,  of  that  city.  Her  grand- 
mother was  Mary,  daughter  of  Ebenezer  and 
Mary  (Williams)  Starr.  Her  mother's  father 
was  Jonas  Hewes,  son  of  John  and  Sarah 
(Hewes)  Wilson,  and  was  a  drummer  in  the 
war  of  1812.  Children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Willis 
Edward  Terrill:  i.  Child,  born  September 
20,  187.^,  died  at  birth.  2.  Olive  Clapp,  born 
at  Middletown,  December  20,  1892;  graduate 
of  the  Misses  Pattens'  Select  School,  Middle- 
town,  class  of  1909;  now  a  student  at  Welles- 


ley  College,  Wellesley,  Massachusetts,  class  of 
1913- 


The  Maxwell  familv  is  one 
MAXWELL     of    the    oldest    in    Scotland. 

Before  the  year  1200  the 
family  was  prominent  in  Roxburghshire,  Dum- 
friesshire, Renfrewshire,  Lanarkshire,  Kirk- 
cudbrightshire and  Wigtonshire.  The  family 
possesses  the  earldoms  of  Dirleton  and  Niths- 
dale,  baronies  of  Herries,  Innerwick,  Caerve- 
rock,  Eskdale  and  five  baronetcies.  A  branch 
of  the  family  settled  in  the  north  of  Ireland, 
when  the  Scotch  and  English  Protestants  were 
granted  lands  by  James,  king  of  England,  who 
dispossessed  the  Irish  Catholics.  We  have 
the  record  of  James  Maxwell,  precinct  of  Lif- 
fer,  county  of  Donegal,  in  Ulster,  who  was 
a  tenant  of  Peter  Benson  on  a  fifteen  hundred 
grant  in  1619,  according  to  the  survey  of  Nich- 
olas Pynnar.  Maxwell  was  there  in  1616.  In 
1653  James  Maxwell  was  one  of  the  Scotch 
ordered  to  remove  from  Ulster  b)-  the  King's 
commissioners.  He  was  then  of  Route  Quar- 
ters, county  Antrim.  At  the  same  time  we 
find  Captain  Colin  Maxwell  in  Lord  Clanboy's 
quarters  among  those  ordered  to  remove. 
Lieutenant  Colonel  George  Maxwell  was  one 
of  the  Protestant  officers  who  signed  an  agree- 
ment at  Londonderry,  Ireland,  JNIarch  i,  1688- 
89,  to  oppose  the  Irish  enemy,  etc.  The  family 
multiplied,  especially  in  counties  Downs  and 
Antrim,  in  which  there  were  in  1890  forty- 
eight  births  in  Maxwell  families. 

(I)  Hugh  Maxwell  lived  at  Minterburn, 
county  Tyrone,  LHster  province.  He  was 
among  the  Scotch-Irish  who  sought  a  home 
in  New  England.  He  settled  in  Bedford, 
Massachusetts,  and  later  at  Heath,  Massachu- 
setts. 

(II)  Hugh  (2),  son  of  Hugh  (i)  Maxwell, 
was  born  in  Minterburn,  Ireland,  April  27, 
1733.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  American  army 
in  the  revolution  and  attained  the  rank  of 
colonel.    He  died  October  14,  1799. 

(III)  Sylvester,  son  of  Hugh  (2)  Maxwell, 
was  born  in  Heath.  Massachusetts,  in  1775, 
died  in  December,  1858.  He  graduated  from 
Yale  College  in  1797,  and  practiced  law  at 
Charlemont,  Massachusetts.  He  married  Tir- 
zah  Taylor,  of  Buckland,  and  they  had  four 
sons  and  iour  daughters. 

(IV)  George,  son  of  Sylvester  Maxwell, 
was  born  July  30,  1817,  died  April  2,  1891. 
He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  his 
native  town.  At  the  age  of  seventeen  he  re- 
moved to  Greenfield,  Massachusetts,  where  he 
was  town  clerk  for  ten  years.  In  1843  ^^  came 
to  Rockville,  Connecticut,  where  he  was  for 
four  years  in  business  as  a  general  merchant. 


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He  was  president  of  the  New  England  Com- 
pany, manufacturers  of  woolen  goods,  and 
treasurer  and  president  of  the  Hockanum  Com- 
pany. He  was  also  treasurer  of  the  Spring- 
ville  Manufacturing  Company,  manufacturing 
woolens ;  vice-president  of  the  Rockville  Na- 
tional Bank ;  president  of  the  Rockville  Gas 
Company  and  of  the  Rockville  Railroad  Com- 
pany ;  treasurer  of  the  Rockville  Power  Com- 
pany, president  of  the  Rockville  Water  and 
Aqueduct  Company  and  director  in  the  Na- 
tional Fire  Insurance  Company  and  of  various 
other  corporations.  Mr.  Maxwell  was  a  Re- 
publican in  politics.  He  represented  the  town 
in  the  general  assembly  in  1871,  and  was  state 
senator  in  1872.  Mr.  Maxwell  was  a  citizen 
of  great  public  spirit,  aiding  various  charities 
generousty.  A  magnificent  public  library  at 
Rockville  was  erected  by  his  wife  and  chil- 
dren as  a  tribute  of  affectionate  remembrance, 
and  was  presented  to  the  town,  June  29,  1904. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Union  Congrega- 
tional Church.  He  married,  November  3, 
1846,  Harriet  Kellogg,  born  in  1824,  daughter 
of  George  Kellogg,  of  Rockville.  Children 
living:  Francis  T.,  J.  Alice,  William,  Robert. 
(V)  Francis  Taylor,  son  of  George  Max- 
well, was  born  in  Rockville,  January  4,  1861. 
He  attended  the  public  schools  and  graduated 
from  the  Rockville  high  school.  He  is  one 
of  the  leading  manufacturers  of  Rockville  and 
has  important  interests  in  many  industries  of 
that  and  other  towns.  He  is  president  of  the 
Hockanum  Mills  Company,  treasurer  of  the 
Hockanum  Company,  director  of  the  New 
England  Company,  director  of  the  Rockville 
National  Bank,  director  of  the  Rockville  Build- 
ing and  Loan  Association,  director  of  the  Na- 
tional Fire  Insurance  Company  of  Hartford, 
director  of  Travelers  Ins'urance  Company 
and  Hartford  Steam  Boiler  Insurance  Com- 
pany, Hartford  Trust  Company,  and  also 
First  National  Bank  of  Hartford ;  president 
of  the  trustees  of  the  Rockville  Public  Library. 
He  was  on  the  staff  of  Governor  Bulkeley  in 
1892,  with  the  rank  of  colonel.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  Rockville  council  in  1896,  and 
represented  his  town  in  the  general  assembly 
in  1899,  serving  on  the  committee  on  insur- 
ance. He  was  again  in  the  legislature  in  1901, 
when  he  was  state  senator,  and_  served  as  chair- 
man of  the  education  committee.  He  was  a 
delegate  to  the  Republican  national  conven- 
tions in  1900  and  1904,  and  was  presidential 
elector  in  1904.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Metro- 
politan Museum  of  Art  Association  of  New 
York  City,  Society  of  Royal  Arts,  London ; 
American  Geographical  Society,  Sons  of  the 
American  Revolution,  Society  of  Colonial 
Wars.    Connecticut    Historical    Society,    Na- 


tional Wool  Manufacturing  Association  and  of 
various  clubs.  He  married,  November  18, 
1896,  Florence  Russell  Parsons,  of  Providence, 
Rhode  Island. 

(V)  William,  son  of  George  Maxwell,  was 
born  at  Rockville,  December  7,  1862.  He  at- 
tended the  public  schools  and  was  graduated 
in  the  class  of  1881  from  the  Rockville  high 
school.  He  entered  Yale  College  and  was 
graduated  with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of 
Arts  in  the  class  of  1885.  He  has  been  treas- 
urer of  the  Springville  Manufacturing  Com- 
pany since  1887,  president  of  the  Hockanum 
Company,  treasurer  of  the  Hockanum  Mills 
Company,  director  of  the  New  England  Com- 
pany, the  Minterburn  Mills  Company,  the 
Rockville  National  Bank,  the  Rockville  Build- 
ing and  Loan  Association,  the  Rockville  Water 
and  Aqueduct  Company  and  the  Rockville 
Mutual  Fire  Insu"ance  Companies.  He  is 
president  of  the  Savings  Bank  of  Rockville. 
In  politics  he  is  a  Republican.  He  has 
been  on  the  high  school  committee  of 
Rockville  since  1890.  He  was  city  assessor 
in  1903-04.  He  is  a  member  of  various  clubs 
and  societies,  the  Hartford  Club,  the  Hartford 
Golf  Club,  the  Springfield  Country  Club,  the 
Country  Club  of  Farmington,  the  Automobile 
Club  of  America  and  the  University  Club  of 
New  York  City. 


Alexander  Black  was  born  in 
BLACK     England.     He  came  to  this  coun- 

tr)-  when  a  young  man  and  was 
engaged  in  the  shoe  business  at  Bridgeport, 
Connecticut  He  resided  also  for  a  time  in 
New  York  City.    He  died  at  Bridgeport. 

(II)  Peter  Joseph,  son  of  Alexander  Black, 
was  born  and  died  in  Bridgeport.  He  re- 
ceived his  education  in  the  public  schools  in 
New  York  City,  and  was  for  a  time  engaged 
in  the  trucking  business  there.  He  came  to 
Bridgeport  in  1852  and  embarked  in  business 
as  a  dealer  in  meats  and  provisions.  After- 
ward he  was  a  partner  in  a  firm  of  coal  deal- 
ers. He  was  an  upright  and  honorable  man, 
respected  by  all  who  knew  him.  In  religion  he 
was  a  Baptist  and  for  a  number  of  years 
deacon  of  the  church  at  Bridgeport.  He  mar- 
ried Maria  Loughton,  born  and  died  at  Bridge- 
port. Children:  Joseph  A.,  born  November 
26,  1846,  mentioned  below;  Mary  A.,  married 
William  Frisbie  and  lives  at  Bridgeport ; 
James  M.  H.,  engaged  in  the  coal  and  wood 
business  at  Bridgeport. 

(III)  Joseph  Alexander,  son  of  Peter  Jo- 
seph Black,  was  born  in  New  York  City,  No- 
vember 26,  1846,  died  in  Roxbury,  August  14, 
1902.  He  came  to  Bridgeport  when  he  was 
about  seven  years  old,  with  his  parents,  and 


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was  educated  there  in  the  pubHc  schools.  He 
began  his  business  career  as  bookkeeper  for  a 
firm  of  coal  dealers  in  Bridgeport.  In  1869  he 
went  into  the  coal  business  in  partnership  with 
his  father,  and  built  up  a  large  trade.  His 
place  of  business  was  at  the  corner  of  Noble 
and  Crescent  avenues.  Afterward  he  sold  the 
real  estate  there  to  the  railroad  company,  but 
continued  in  business  there  under  lease  to  the 
time  of  his  death.  The  business  was  moved 
after  his  death  and  continued  by  his  brother, 
James  M.  H.  Black,  and  his  sons,  Edwin  N. 
and  Frank  L.,  the  latter  a  silent  partner.  He 
was  a  very  capable  business  man  and  stood 
high  in  the  estimation  of  his  townsmen.  He 
was  active  in  the  church  and  a  prime  mover 
in  organizing  and  building  the  Second  Baptist 
Church  of  Bridgeport.  The  first  meetings 
were  held  at  his  home  and  the  plans  for  the 
new  church  later  drawn  there.  After  his  death 
Mrs.  Black  gave  to  the  church  a  beautiful 
memorial  window.  In  politics  he  was  a  Re- 
publican and  a  member  of  the  Maccabees.  He 
married,  November  26,  1867,  Gertrude  Eliza- 
beth, daughter  of  Garry  Noble  and  Laura 
Louise  (Davidson)  Bronson  (see  Bronson 
VII). 

Children:  i.  Child,  died  in  infancy.  2. 
Willis  J.,  born  August  29,  1870,  at  Bridge- 
port; graduate  of  Yale  College  and  a  civil 
engineer  with  the  New  York,  New  Haven  & 
Hartford  Railroad  Company;  married  Flora 
Lewis,  of  Bath,  New  York.  3.  Edwin  N., 
born  January  4,  1880,  at  Bridgeport;  in  part- 
nership with  his  uncle,  James  H.  Black,  bought 
and  conducts  his  father's  coal  and.  wood  busi- 
ness at  Bridgeport;  married  Grace,  daughter 
of  P.  Joseph  Black.  4.  Frank  L.,  born  Sep- 
tember 23,  1881.  at  Bridgeport;  graduate  of 
Yale  College ;  civil  engineer  b}'  profession ; 
married  Mabel  Colburn ;  child,  Edith  Col- 
burn,  born  June  8,  1909. 

(The   Bronson   Line). 

(II)  Jacob  Bronson,  son  of  John  Bronson, 
(q.  v.),  was  born  in  Farmington  in  January, 
1640.  He  resided  in  Kensington  Society,  Far- 
mington. He  married  Mary  .  Chil- 
dren: Samuel,  born  1685;  Jacob,  of  Kensing- 
ton ;  Roger,  mentioned  below  ;  Isaac,  of  Lyme  ; 
Elizabeth ;  Rebecca. 

(III)  Roger,  son  of  Jacob  Bronson,  was 
born  in  Farmington,  now  Kensington,  in  1692. 
He  settled  in  New  Milford  in  1713.  He  mar- 
ried Dorcas  .  Children,  born  in  Ken- 
sington and  New  Milford :  Roger,  born  De- 
cember 10,  1702;  Mary,  February  20,  1704; 
Abram,  December  22,  1707.  mentioned  below  ; 
Ruth,  December  25,  1710;  Gershom,  October 
4,    1713;   Josiah,    February    14,    1715;    Peter, 


October  22,  1717;  Dorcas,  September  9,  1720; 
Noah,  October  2,  1722. 

(IV)  Abram,   son  of  Roger  Bronson,  was 
born  December  22,   1707,    died    January    28,  . 
1743-44.     He  married,  January  24,    1738-39,, 
Deborah  Abbott,  who  died  November  3,  1739. 
They  had  one  child,  Noah,  mentioned  below. 

(V)  Noah,  son  of  Abram  Bronson,  was 
born  at  New  Milford,  October  18,  1739.  A 
Noah  Bronson  was  a  drummer  in  Captain 
Heecock's  company.  Thirteenth  Regiment,  in 
the  campaign  in  New  York  in  1776  during  the 
revolution.  He  married,  March  16,  1763, 
Elizabeth  Oviatt,  born  March  9,  1741,  died 
December  8,  1836.  Children,  born  at  New 
Milford:  Orsamus,  March  19,  1764;  Deb- 
orah, June  24,  1766;  Austin,  June  30,  1768; 
Noah,  October  24,  1771 ;  Lemuel  Abbott,  Sep- 
tember 3,  1773;  Dorcas,  May  7,  1775;  Nath- 
aniel, November  20,  1777,  mentioned  below; 
Orsamus,  August  5,   1781. 

(VI)  Nathaniel,  son  of  Noah  Bronson,  was 
born  November  20,  1777,  died  at  New  Mil- 
ford, August  27,  1850.     He  married  Hannah 

.      Children,   born    at    New     Milford : 

John  H.,  Betsey  A.,  Theresa,  Daniel  G., 
Garrv  N.,  Matthew,  Cornelia  M.  and  Han- 
nah H. 

(VII)  Garry  Noble,  son  of  Nathaniel  Bron- 
son, was  born  at  Second  Hill,  New  Milford, 
in  1818,  died  in  1884  at  Bridgeport,  Connec- 
ticut. He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools, 
and  began  life  on  a  farm,  later  as  clerk  in  a 
store  at  New  Milford.  For  several  years  he 
worked  at  the  trade  of  stationary  engineer 
for  Smith,  Erwin  &  Randall,  hatters,  then 
went  to  Bridgeport  and  was  an  engineer  for 
Charles  B.  Hotchkiss  there ;  later  worked  as  a 
molder  for  the  Wheeler  &  Wilson  Sewing 
Machine  Compariy  in  the  foundry ;  subse- 
quently a  stationary  engineer  for  Charles  San- 
ford's  hat  factory.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Park  Street  Church.  In  politics  he  was  a  Re- 
publican. He  married  Laura  Louise  David- 
son, born  at  Roxbury,  Connecticut,  died  at 
Bridgeport,  September  22,  1888.  Children:  i. 
Gertrude  Elizabeth,  married  Joseph  Alexan- 
der Black  (see  Black  III).  2.  Willis  N.,  lives 
at  Tarpon  Springs,  Florida,  married  (first) 
Helen  Tracy,  (second)  Jane  R.  Tracy. 


(A^I)   Asa  (2)   Fitch,  son  of  Asa 

FITCH      (i)  Fitch  (q.  v.),  was  born  May 

6,    1787.      He    married    Hannah, 

daughter  of  Ebenezer  Avery,  and  they  lived 

in  Preston,  Connecticut. 

(VII)  Edwin  Augustus,  son  of  Asa  (2) 
Fitch,  was  born  in  Preston,  January  9,  1823. 
He  attended  the  public  schools  of  his  native 
town,  and  for  several  years  taught  school  in 


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that  vicinity,  when  a  }'Oung  man.  He  was 
afterward  bookkeeper  for  the  firm  of  Rumer}' 
&  Burnham,  of  Portland,  Maine,  packers  of 
fruits,  vegetables  and  meats.  He  embarked  in 
business  on  his  own  account  in  Norwich,  Con- 
necticut, and  continued  with  marked  success 
for  a  period  of  thirty-five  years.  He  died  at 
Norwich,  September  17,  1904.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  Uncas  Lodge,  No.  11,  Odd  Fellows, 
and  was  its  treasurer  for  twenty-five  years. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Broadway  Congre- 
gational Church.  He  married,  January  7, 
1862,  Frances  Swan,  born  September  27,  1836, 
at  North  Stonington,  daughter  of  Ephraim 
and  Julia  Ann  (Grinnell)  Swan  (see  Swan 
VI).  Children:  Charles  Edward,  born  De- 
cember 17,  1862,  died  September  6,  1872 ; 
George  Swan,  December  g,  1863,  unmarried  ; 
Frank  Augustus,  February  20,  1868 :  Lillian 
Frances ;  Ella  May ;  Albert  Avery ;  William 
Asa,  died  young. 

(The   Swan  Line). 

The  family  of  the  surname  Swan  (Swann, 
Swanne,  Swayne  or  Swain)  is  very  ancient. 
Swain,  a  Dane  of  noble  ancestry,  early  settled 
in  the  southeastern  part  of  England.  The 
Swans  have  been  possessed  of  landed  prop- 
erty in  the  counties  of  Kent  and  Derby  since 
the  time  of  the  Conqueror  (1066),  when  we 
find  their  names  occur  twice  in  the  Domesday 
Book  as  land  owners,  and  nearly  as  early  as 
the  reign  of  Richard  II.,  they  wrote  them- 
selves "gentlemen",  as  appears  from  ancient 
deeds. 

John  Swan,  of  Southfieet,  sat  as  Baron  for 
the  borough  of  Sandwich  in  the  reign  of 
Henry  VI.,  Edward  IV.  and  Richard  III.  The 
family  held  large  possessions  in  county  Kent, 
including  the  manors  of  Swanscombe,  Den- 
sted,  Sutton  and  Denton.  The  chief  seats  of 
the  Swan  famih'  were  Hook  place  in  South- 
fleet,  the  residence  of  the  elder  branch,  from 
which  Swan  of  Baldwinstown  claims  descent, 
and  Lydd  and  afterwards  Wye  and  Denton 
Court,  the  places  of  location  of  the  younger 
branch,  which  intermarried  with  the  Derings, 
Boys  and  Twisdens,  all  families  of  high  ex- 
traction and  great  antiquity  in  county  Kent. 
Both  these  English  branches  have  become  ex- 
tinct, the  former  in  the  person  of  Edward 
Swan,  son  of  Sir  Francis  Swan,  of  Denton 
Court,  who  died  without  issue  in  1743  (?). 
Joseph  Percival  Swan,  the  possessor,  in  1858, 
of  Baldwintown,  representative  of  the  Irish 
branch,  claims  to  be  also  a  representative  of 
the  Southfleet  family  being  lineally  descended 
from  the  John  Swan  of  that  place  above  men- 
tioned, who  acquired  the  m.anor  of  Swans- 
combe, and  died  in  1490.   His  son,  John  Swan, 


Jr.,  presented  the  large  bell  to  the  church  at 
Southfleet  and  died  in  1550,  leaving  a  son 
Thomas,  who  left  at  decease,  in  1561,  two  sons; 
the  eldest.  Sir  William,  was  knight  of  Hook- 
place,  county  Kent,  and  the  younger,  John, 
founded  the  Irish  line,  going  to  Ireland  in  a 
military  capacity  under  the  Earl  of  Essex,  in 
the  reign  of  Queen  Elizabeth.  The  coat-of- 
arms  of  the  present  Irish  branch  of  this  lineage 
is :  Azure  on  a  fess  wavy,  argent  between 
three  swans  displayed  proper,  unguled  and 
crowned  or,  a  trefoil  vert.  Of  the  various 
coats-of-arms  of  past  families  in  Kent,  all 
were  similar  in  that  they  used  the  swan  as  an 
emblem,  indicating,  doubtless,  the  origin  of 
the  name.  The  oldest  coat-of-arms  borne  by 
the  Kent  family,  easily  recognized  by  its  sim- 
plicity, is :  Azure,  a  swan  proper.  Motto : 
Sit  nomen  decus. 

(I)  Richard  Swan,  immigrant  ancestor,  was 
born  in  England  about  1600,  died  in  Rowley, 
Massachusetts,  May  14,  1678.  He  settled  in 
Boston  before  1638,  and  was  a  husbandman 
there  as  early  as  February  6,  1638.  He  joined 
the  church.  January  6,  1639,  and  was  ad- 
mitted freeman,  May  13,  1640.  He  was  dis- 
missed from  the  Boston  church  to  the  gather- 
ing of  a  church  at  Rowley,  November  24, 
1639.  He  held  various  town  offices  in  Rowley 
and  was  deputy  to  the  general  court  from 
1666  to  1674.  He  served  in  King  Philip's  war 
and  the  expedition  to  Canada.  His  first  wife 
died  in  England  before  he  came  to  this  coun- 
try, and  he  married  (second)  Mrs.  Ann  Trum- 
bull, March  i,  1658.  She  married  (first) 
J\lichael  Hopkinson,  who  was  buried  February 
28,  1648;  (second)  John  Trumbull,  June,  1650. 
She  deposed  March  30,  1675,  that  she  was 
aged  about  sixty  years.  ,  His  will  was  dated 
April  26,  1678,  and  proved  May  23  following, 
bequeathing  to  wife  Ann  according  to  mar- 
riage contract ;  to  son  Robert  and  his  son 
Richard,  to  son-in-law  Joseph  Boynton  and  his 
wife  Sarah  and  to  children:  Elizabeth,  Samuel 
and  Sarah  Boynton ;  to  daughters :  Frances 
Ouilter,  Jane  Wilson,  Dorothy  Chapman  and 
Mercy  Warriner.  His  widow  Ann  made  her 
will  July  4,  1678,  proved  September  24,  1678, 
bequeathing  to  daughters  Abigail  Bayley  and 
Mary  Kilborne ;  to  son  Caleb  Hopkinson  a 
chest  that  his  father  made ;  to  sons  John 
and  Jonathan  Hopkinson ;  one  book  to  John 
Trumble.  Children  :  Richard ;  Dorothy,  mar- 
ried    Chapman ;  Jane,  married  


Wilson ;    Frances,    married 


Quilter ; 


Robert,  1626  or  1628,  mentioned  below;  Jona- 
than ;  Susan,  married  Samuel  Stickney,  of 
Rowley ;  Sarah,  married  Joseph  Boynton ; 
John,  born  in  Boston,  baptized  February  13, 
or  November  24,  1638 ;  Mercy,  Rowley,  July 


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4,  1640;  Faith,  Rowley,  March  30,  1644-45. 

(II)  Robert,  son  of  Richard  Swan,  was 
born  in  1626  or  1628  in  England.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  Elizabeth  Acie,  of  Rowley;  she 
died  in  1689.  He  married  (second)  April  i, 
1690,  Hannah  Russ.  He  died  February  11, 
1698.  Soon  after  his  marriage  he  went  to 
Andover,  Massachusetts,  and  in  1650  to  Hav- 
erill,  in  that  part  afterwards  set  off  and  in- 
corporated as  the  town  of  Methuen,  where 
many  of  his  descendants  have  lived.  He  took 
the  oath  of  allegiance,  November  28,  1677. 
He  was  a  soldier  in  the  great  swamp  fight, 
King  Philip's  war.  Lieutenant  Benjamin 
Swett's  company.  Children :  Elizabeth,  born 
September  30,  1653 ;  Sarah,  August  10,  1655 ; 
Robert,  May  30,  1657;  Ann,  March  3,  1658; 
Richard,  February  24,  1660;  Timothy,  March 
12,  1662-63;  Dorothy,  November  8,  1666; 
John,  August  I,  1668,  mentioned  below;  Sam- 
uel, April  II,  1670,  died  young;  Samuel,  Octo- 
ber 24,  1672;  Joshua,  September  13,  1674; 
Caleb,  June  i,  1676,  died  young. 

(III)  John,  son  of  Robert  Swan,  was  born 
August  I,  1668.  He  married,  August  i,  1699. 
Mrs.  Susanna  Wood,  daughter  of  Philip  East- 
man and  granddaughter  of  Roger  Eastman. 
She  married  (first)  Thomas  Wood,  May  16, 
1693,  who  was  killed  with  a  child,  Susanna,  by 
the  Indians,  March  15,  1697.  John  Swan  and 
his  fainily  lived  in  Haverill  until  1707,  and 
three  of  their  children  were  born  there.  The 
history  of  Haverill  gives  an  account  of  an 
attack  made  on  their  home  by  the  Indians,  dur- 
ing the  Indian  war,  and  of  the  heroism  and 
resistance  made  by  Mrs.  Swan,  which  re- 
sulted in  saving  the  family.  In  1707  they 
removed  to  Stonington  and  located  on  what  is 
now  known  as  Swan  Town  Hill,  North  Ston- 
ington, where  the  remainder  of  his  children 
were  born.  He  died  May  i,  1743,  and  his 
wife  December  20,  1772,  in  the  hundredth 
year  of  her  age.  Children,  the  first  three  born 
at  Haverill,  the  others  at  Stonington :  John, 
December  28,  1700;  Ruth,  December  31,  1703 
William,  June  24,  1706,  mentioned  below 
Nathaniel,  April  13,  1709;  Asa,  June  4,  1712 
Elizabeth,  May  14,  1715;  Timothy,  September 
2,  1721. 

(IV)  William,  son  of  John  Swan,  was  born 
at  Haverill,  June  24,  1706.  He  married  (first) 
January  20,  1726,  Thankful,  born  November 
12,  1708,  daughter  of  Joshua  and  Fear  (Stur- 
ges)  Holmes,  married  November  21,  1698. 
Fear  Sturges  was  the  daughter  of  Edward 
Sturges,  who  came  to  this  country  from  Eng- 
land in  1634  and  settled  in  Yarmouth,  ^Massa- 
chusetts.  The  latter  was  a  son  of  Philip 
Sturges,  of  Hamington  county,  Northampton, 
and  a  descandant  of  Roger  Sturges,  of  Clif- 


ton county,  Northampton,  England,  a  resident 
there  in  1530.  Thankful  (Holmes)  Swan  died 
September  7,  1742,  and  he  married  (second) 
April  14,  1743,  Anna  Smith,  of  Groton.  Chil- 
dren of  first  wife:  Mary,  January  i,  1731 ; 
Abigail,  August  6,  1733 ;  Thankful,  Septem- 
ber 30,  1734;  Wilham,  April  7,  1737;  Desire, 
July  22,  1739;  Ruth,  September  27,  1741,  died 
young.  Children  of  second  wife :  Anna,  Sep- 
tember 25,  1744;  Charles,  mentioned  below. 

(V)  Charles,  son  of  William  Swan,  was 
born  May  24,  1746.  He  married,  March  21, 
1779,  Eunice  Barnes.  Children:  Amos,  born 
September  12,  1780;  Charles, .April  3,  1782; 
Frederick,  July  18,  1784;  Louisa,  February  6, 
1786;  Christopher,  March  30,  1787,  died 
young;  Sabra,  July  24,  1789;  Denison,  No- 
vember 6,  1791  ;  Coddington,  January  15. 
1794;  Eunice,  September  13,  1796;  William, 
February  24,  1799;  Ephraim,  August  2,  1802, 
mentioned  below ;  Christopher,  April  16,  1816. 

(A-^I)  Ephraim,  son  of  Charles  Swan,  was 
born  August  2,  1802,  at  Stonington.  He  mar- 
ried, November  29,  1831,  Julia  Ann  Grinnell. 
Their  daughter  Frances,  born  September  27, 
1836,  married,  January-  7.  1862,  Edwin  Augus- 
tus Fitch   (see "Fitch  Vll). 


(VII)  Stephen,  son  of  Colonel 
FITCH  Asa  (q.  v.)  and  Susannah  (Fitch) 
Fitch,  was  born  in  Bozrah,  Con- 
necticut, August  21,  1790,  died  in  the  same 
town,  October  6,  1868.  His  early  years  were 
spent  on  the  farm  of  his  father  and  he  assisted 
the  latter  in  his  iron  business  until  he  mar- 
ried, when  he  removed  to  New  Hartford,  New 
York,  and  was  there  engaged  in  farming  until 
1832.  He  then  returned  to  Connecticut  and 
settled  in  Norwich,  but  after  the  death  of  his- 
wife  he  removed  to  Bozrah  and  for  many 
years  was  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  cot- 
ton goods  in  association  with  his  brother  Asa 
at  Fitchville.  His  political  support  was  given 
to  the  Democratic  party,  which  he  represented 
at  the  general  assembly  of  Connecticut,  and 
he  filled  a  number  of  other  public  offices.  Mr. 
Fitch  married.  March  23,  1817.  Mary  I.  Rog- 
ers, born  in  Norwich,  January  4,  1794,  died  in 
the  same  town,  September  22,  1837.  Chil- 
dren : 

I.  Sophia  Ingraham,  born  December  10, 
1817,  died  in  Paris,  July  i,  1873;  married 
William  S.  Cruft,  of  Boston.  2.  Asa  Doug- 
lass, born  at  New  Hartford,  New  York.  March 
27,  1820,  died  in  Norwich  Town,  November 
27,  1891.  3.  Mary  Elizabeth,  born  July  27, 
1827,  was  a  woman  of  more  than  ordinary  at- 
tainments, and  a  liberal  supporter  of  religious 
matters.  She  married  (first)  Hon.  R.  H. 
Winslow,  of  Westport,  Connecticut,  (second) 


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521 


Dr.  R.  C.  M.  Page,  of  Virginia.     4.  William 
Huntington,  see  forward. 

(VIII)  William  Huntington,  youngest 
child  of  Stephen  and  Mary  I.  (Rogers)  Fitch, 
was  born  in  New  Hartford,  New  York,  No- 
vember 4,  1830,  died  in  Norwich  Town,  Con- 
necticut, October  28,  1904.  He  was  but  two 
years  of  age  when  his  parents  returned  to 
Connecticut  and  his  allegiance  was  always 
given  to  that  state  in  preference  to  that  of  his 
birth.  His  education  was  acquired  in  the 
common  schools  and  in  the  Cheshire  Academy, 
from  which  he  was  graduated.  About  the 
year  1850  he  went  to  California  by  way  of 
the  Isthmus  of  Panama,  and  there  he  joined 
his  brother,  with  whom  he  became  associated 
in  a  mercantile  business  in  Portland,  Oregon. 
This  enterprise  was  continued  until  1859, 
when  he  returned  to  the  east  and  formed  a 
partnership  with  his  uncle,  Asa  Fitch,  at 
Fitchville,  for  the  purpose  of  manufacturing 
cotton  goods,  the  firm  being  known  as  W.  H. 
Fitch  &  Company.  When  his  uncle  died  J\Ir. 
Fitch  conducted  the  business  alone  until  1867, 
when  he  retired  and  took  up  his  residence  on 
a  farm  of  three  hundred  acres  between  Fitch- 
ville and  Yantic.  This  piece  of  property  is 
beautifully  located  and  improved,  and  has  mod- 
ern and  commodious  buildings.  The  farm  had 
one  of  the  best  half-mile  tracks  in  the  state  of 
Connecticut,  and  Air.  Fitch  had  a  collection  of 
fine  race  horses.  Later  he  sold  this  farm  and 
took  up  his  residence  in  Norwich  Town.  For 
a  number  of  years  he  served  as  a  director  of 
the  Uncas  National  Bank,  and  was  elected 
vice-president  of  that  institution  in  1903. 
While  often  active  in  the  interests  of  the  Dem- 
ocratic party,  Mr.  Fitch  was  never  desirous  of 
holding  public  office.  Public  honors  were, 
however,  bestowed  upon  him  on  various  occa- 
sions, and  he  served  his  district  as  judge  of  the 
probate  court.  During  his  residence  in  Oregon 
he  filled  the  office  of  assistant  commissary 
while  there  was  trouble  with  the  Indians  on 
the  frontier.  The  following  extract  from  the 
minutes  placed  on  the  records  of  the  Uncas 
National  Bank  at  the  time  of  the  death  of  Mr. 
Fitch  is  a  faithful  and  deserved  tribute  to 
his  fine  character :  "His  extensive  and  varied 
business  training  and  practical  knowledge  of 
human  nature,  as  well  as  a  prior  service  in 
another  bank  in  Norwich  and  his  close  touch 
with  many  of  the  financial  interests  of  the  city, 
entitled  his  jtidgment  to  much  consideration 
and  rendered  his  services  with  us  of  much 
more  than  ordinary  value.  He  was  a  man  of 
independent  views,  positive  convictions  and 
the  strictest  integrity.  With  him  there  was  no 
such  thing  as  any  deviation  as  a  matter  of 
policy  from  what  he  considered  as  right.     His 


own  rights  were  no  more  sacred  with  him 
than  those  of  others.  His  presence  upon  the 
board  of  any  institution  was  an  element  of 
safety  in  its  financial  management.  Alto- 
gether, Mr.  Fitch  was  a  man  of  rugged  and 
marked  personality.  He  possessed  qualities 
which  justly  entitled  him  to  the  regard  and 
respect  in  which  he  was  held  by  those  who 
knew  him.  Such  men  are  too  few  among  us, 
and  seem  sometimes  to  belong,  too  often  only, 
to  the  training  of  a  past  generation.  In  his 
death,  not  only  this  institution,  but  this  com- 
munity, has  suffered  a  great  loss." 

Mr.  Fitch  married,  in  Bozrah,  January  13, 
1870,  Louise  C,  born  in  Bozrah,  December  3, 
1844,  daughter  of  Captain  William  Smith,  of 
Norwich.  Children :  Mary  I.,  deceased ; 
Stephen  D.,  deceased :  William  D.,  born  Octo- 
ber 25,  1879;  he  was  graduated  from  the  Nor- 
wich Free  Academy,  became  a  student  at  the 
Yale  Law  School,  and  was  graduated  in  1903. 


Edward  Griswold  was  born 
GRISWOLD     in   Warwickshire,    England, 

in  1607.  He  had  four 
brothers  :  Thomas,  who  remained  in  England ; 
Francis,  who  settled  in  Cambridge,  Massachu- 
setts ;  Michael,  who  settled  in  Wethersfield, 
Connecticut;  and  Matthew,  of  Windsor  and 
Lyme,  Connecticut.  Edward  settled  first  in 
Massachusetts.  In  1639  l^^  settled  in  Windsor, 
Connecticut,  on  the  Farmington  road.  He  was 
deputy  to  the  general  court  in  1658  and  jus- 
tice of  the  peace  before  1663.  In  that  year 
the  settlement  of  the  plantation  of  Ham- 
monassett  began,  and  was  afterward  called 
Kenilworth,  from  the  place  of  Griswold's 
birth.  Through  the  bad  spelling  of  clerks,  the 
name  of  the  town  eventually  became  Killing- 
worth.      He    married     (first)     Ann    ; 

(second)  Elizabeth .  Children:  Francis, 

born  in  1629;  Sarah,  1630;  George,  1632; 
John,  1635;  Ann,  August  19,  1642;  Mary, 
October  5,  1644;  Deborah,  June  28,  1646; 
Joseph,  March  22,  1648;  Samuel,  November 
18,  1650;  John,  mentioned  below. 

(II)  John,  son  of  Edward  Griswold,  was 
born  August  i,  1652,  in  Windsor,  and  re- 
moved when  a  child  to  Killingworth,  Middle- 
sex county,  Connecticut.  He  died  there  Au- 
gust 7,  1 717.  He  became  a  landowner  and 
farmer  in  what  is  now  Clinton,  and  was  a 
prominent  citizen  and  deacon  of  the  church. 
He  married  (first)  November  18,  1672,  Mary 
Bavis,  who  died  December  29,  1679.  He  mar- 
ried (second)  Barshua,  daughter  of  Thomas 
North.  She  died  March  19,  1736.  Children: 
Mary,  born  February  2,  1674;  Margaret,  De- 
cember 10,  1675;  Hannah,  October  25,  1677; 
John,  Septeinber  22,  1679;  Dorothy.  March  4, 


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1681,  died  1690;  Bathsheba,  December  5, 
1682;  John,  September  4,  1684;  Samuel,  April 
4,  1686;  Lucy,  July  21,  1687;  Martha,  June  i, 
1689;  Joseph  (twin),  September  20,  1690; 
Benjamin  (twin),  September  20,  1690;  Dor- 
othy, September  3,  1692;  Martha,  June  16, 
1694;  Daniel,  October  25,  1696;  Waher, 
March  7,  1700. 

(III)  Joseph,  son  of  John  Griswold,  was 
born  September  20,  1690,  in  Killingworth,  died 
there  April  8,  1771.  He  was  a  farmer.  He 
married.  December  29,  1714,  Temperance 
Lay,  who  died  September  18,  1773.  Children: 
John,  born  October  10,  1715;  Joseph,  October 
22,  1716;  Nathan,  April  28,  1719;  Giles,  June 
3,  1723;  John,  March  6,  1726;  Daniel,  August 
10,  1728,  mentioned  below;  Jedediah,  Decem- 
ber 13,  1730.  All  these  children  were  boi"n  at 
Killingworth. 

(IV)  Daniel,  son  of  Joseph  Griswold,  was 
born  in  Killingworth,  August  10,  1728.  He 
was  a  captain  of  infantry  in  colonial  days  and 
went  to  Havana  in  the  war  of  1759.  He  was 
the  owner  of  mills  which  stood  on  the  site  now 
occupied  by  the  Clinton  Paper  Manufacturing 
Company.  In  1792  he  removed  with  some  of 
his  family  to  Little  Falls,  Herkimer  county. 
New  York.  The  Henry  Woodstock  house  in 
Clinton  was  owned  and  occupied  by  Captain 
Griswold  before  he  left  town  and  was  prob- 
ably built  by  him.    He  married  LydiaHuU. 

(V)  Selah,  son  or  nephew  of  Daniel  Gris- 
wold, was  born  in  Clinton,  Connecticut,  about 
1755.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution,  a 
private  in  Captain  Elderkin's  company  in 
1778,  and  a  pensioner  for  revolutionary  serv- 
ice as  late  as  1832.  He  was  living  in  Say- 
brook  in  1790,  when  the  first  federal  census 
shows  that  he  had  three  sons  under  sixteen 
and  two  females  in  his  family.  He  lived  also 
in  Essex,  Connecticut.  At  the  time  of  his 
death  he  was  eighty-three  years  old. 

(VI)  Daniel  (2),  son  of  Selah  Griswold, 
was  born  in  Essex,  March  15,  1780,  died  Jan- 
uaiy  12,  1870.  He  married  (first)  January 
17,  1801,  Fanny  Babcock,  born  April  11,  1779. 
They  lived  in  Essex,  and  there  were  born  the 
following  children,  all  of  whom  are  deceased : 
Still-born,  October  8,  1801  ;  Fannie  Maria, 
November  i,  1803,  died  April,  1865;  Alfred. 
November  28,  1805,  died  August  13,  1891 ; 
Cherella,  January  18,  1808,  died  June  2,  1829; 
William  Daniel,  March  4,  181 1,  died  October 
12,  1898;  Edwin,  March  12,  1813,  died  March 
16,  1897;  Mary,  March  15,  181 5,  died  Octo- 
ber 13,  1904;  Rachel  Conklin,  May  17,  1817, 
died  May,  1859;  Samuel,  August  21,  1821. 
Daniel  Griswold  married  (second)  Fannie 
Spencer,  November  10,  1859. 

(VII)  Samuel,    son    of   Daniel    (2)    Gris- 


wold, was  born  at  Essex,  August  21,  1821, 
died  May  13,  1906.  He  married  Susanna  E., 
daughter  of  Elias  and  Abigail  (Pratt)  Pratt, 
and  a  descendant  of  Captain  William  Pratt,  a 
soldier  in  the  revolution  (see  Pratt  X).  Chil- 
dren: I.  Frederick  Pratt,  mentioned  below. 
2.  Daniel  Porter,  born  February  8,  1856;  now 
of  Wallingford ;  married  Emily  Page,  of 
Westbrook;  child,  Morton  Daniel,  born  Feb- 
ruary 19,  1883,  died  April  5,  1910,  graduate 
of  the  Hotchkiss  Preparatory  School,  1902, 
Williams  College  (A.B.),  1906,  Harvard  Law 
School,  1909;  a  most  promising  young  man, 
equipped  for  a  brilliant  and  useful  career.  3. 
Samuel  Ames,  born  March  17,  1867;  married 
Mrs.  Marie  (Pratt)  Tyler. 

(VIII)  Frederick  Pratt,  son  of  Samuel 
Griswold,  was  born  in  Essex,  March  3,  1850. 
He  is  a  descendant  of  Edward  Doty,  who 
came  in  the  "Mayflower,"  and  of  whom  a 
sketch  appears  elsewhere  in  this  work.  He 
attended  the  public  schools  of  his  native  town, 
and  the  Sufireld  Institute  and  studied  his  pro- 
fession in  the  College  of  Physicians  and  Sur- 
geons of  New  York  City,  from  which  he  was 
graduated  with  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Medi- 
cine in  1876.  After  spending  a  year  and  a 
half  in  Bellevue  Hospital  he  began  to  practise 
at  Guilford,  Connecticut.  After  six  years 
there  he  was  a  student  for  six  months  at  the 
Polyclinic  in  New  York  City,  and  then  re- 
sumed practice  in  Meriden,  Connecticut,  in 
the  autumn  of  1884.  Since  that  time  he  has 
been  a  valued  citizen  of  Meriden  and  a  suc- 
cessful physician.  His  office  is  at  his  resi- 
dence, on  Broad  street,  opposite  the  Centre 
Congregational  Church.  He  has  been  on  the 
staff  of  the  Meriden  Hospital  since  it  was 
established.  He  is  a  member  of  the  New 
Haven  County  Medical  Society,  the  Meriden 
City  Medical  Society,  the  Connecticut  State 
Medical  Society  and  the  American  Medical 
Association.  He  is  an  examiner  for  the  Mas- 
sachusetts Mutual  and  the  National  Life  In- 
surance companies.  He  and  his  wife  are 
active  members  of  the  Centre  Congregational 
Church.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican.  Dr. 
Griswold  married,  October  30,  1878,  Caroline 
P.,  born  March  17,  1853,  daughter  of  William 
Seward  and  Caroline  (Parmelee)  Hull,  and 
granddaughter  of  Ehab  and  Lydia  (Pierson) 
Parmelee,  the  latter  of  North  Killingworth 
(see  Hull  X).  Children  of  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Gris- 
wold: I.  Frederick  Prescott,  born  April  15, 
1880;  attended  public  schools,  graduated  from 
Meriden  high  school,  1898.  and  entered  Yale 
University,  but  left  on  account  of  ill  health 
and  is  now  in  the  employ  of  C.  H.  Bird  & 
Company,  of  New  Haven.  2.  Harold  Hull, 
born    November    12,    1886;    graduated    from 


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Meriden  high  school,  1904 ;  entered  Williams 
College  and  graduated  with  the  degree  of 
Bachelor  of  Arts,  in  1908 ;  took  postgraduate 
work  in  fine  arts  at  Yale  University;  went 
abroad  in  1909  and  studied  architecture  in 
Paris. 

(The  Pratt  Line). 

(V)  Ensigli  John  Pratt,  son  of  Lieutenant 
William  Pratt  (q.  v.),  was  born  February 
20,  1644.  He  first  settled  on  lands  in  the 
old  parish  of'  Saybrook,  given  him  by  his 
father  about  1672.  When  his  father  died  the 
homestead  on  Essex  Point  fell  to  him,  1678, 
and  he  removed  to  the  latter  place.  He  was  a 
large  landholder  in  Saybrook  and  also  in 
Hebron,  Connecticut.  He  was  a  blacksmith  by 
occupation  and  his  shop  was  located  near  the 
spot  now  occupied  for  the  same  purpose  by  a 
descendant.  He  often  appears  on  the  records 
as  "Ensign,"  more  often  as  "Sergeant,"  to 
distinguish  him  from  another  of  the  same 
name.  He  was  a  man  of  some  distinction  and 
represented  his  town  several  times  in  the  gen- 
eral asseinbly.  He  married,  June  8,  1669, 
Sarah,  daughter  of  Thomas  Jones,  of  Guilford. 
He  died  in  the  year  1726.  The  inventory  of 
his  estate  was  presented  August  31,  1726,  and 
amounted  to  one  hundred  and  nineteen  pounds, 
sixteen  shillings,  three  pence.  Children,  born 
at  Saybrook:  John,  September  5,  1671,  rnen- 
tioned  below ;  Elizabeth,  April  3,  1673 ; 
Thomas,  October  28,  1675  ;  Ysacke,  January 
16,  1677;  Sarah,  June  5,  1680;  Lydia,  Febru- 
ary 18,  1682;  Mehetabel,  September  6,  1685; 
Mary,  1688. 

(VI)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Pratt,  was 
born  September  5,  1671.  He  lived  in  that 
section  of  Saybrook  called  Pautapaug,  and  his 
name  appears  in  the  list  of  inhabitants  of  the 
Second  Society  who  came  to  an  agreement 
September  18,  1722,  in  regard  to  the  situation 
of  the  meeting-house.  He  is  believed  to  have 
died  in  1744.  His  will  was  presented  for 
probate,  together  with  an  inventory  of  his 
estate,  amounting  to  three  hundred  and 
twenty-four  pounds,  one  shilling,  eight  pence, 
September  10,  1744.  He  married  Hannah  Wil- 
liams, Novernber  20,  1697.  Children,  born  at 
Saybrook  :  Elizabeth,  March  20,  1699 ;  Thom- 
as, April  23,  1701 ;  John,  September  26,  1703, 
mentioned  below ;  Nehemiah,  January  26, 
1706;  Lemuel,  February  25,  1709;  Azariah, 
August  I,  1710;  Lydia,  July  19,  1715;  Han- 
nah, January  19,  1718;  Mehetabel,  February 
16,   1720,  died  June  14,  1733. 

(VII)  John  "(3),  son  of  John  (2)  Pratt, 
was  born  September  26,  1703.  The  exact  date 
of  his  death  is  not  known.  His  estate  was 
settled  by  probate,  at  Guilford,  May  10,  1756, 
and  was  distributed  to  the  widow,  to  Asa,  eld- 


est son,  a  double  portion,  and  to  the  remainder 
of  the  children,  equally,  single  portions.  He 
bore  the  title  of  lieutenant,  and  probably 
served  in  the  French  and  Indian  war.  He 
married,  March  8,  1732,  Mary  Webb.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Saybrook  :  Mindwell,  December 
23,  1732;  Asa,  September  16,  1734,  mentioned 
below;  Mary,  September  26,  1740;  John,  July 
I,  1742;  Jacob,  December  16,  1744. 

(VIII)  Asa,  son  of  John  (3)  Pratt,  was 
born  September  16,  1734,  died  November  16, 
181 1,  and  his  wife,  July  20,  1830,  aged  ninety- 
three.  He  married,  October  7,  1759,  Abigail 
Denison.  Children:  Asa,  born  May  31,  1761, 
Saybrook;  John,  August  25,  1763,  mentioned 
below;  Elias,  May  15,  1766,  lost  at  sea;  Jen- 
net, June  I,  1768;  Lucina,  November  29,  1771 ; 
Abigail,  December  8,  1773;  Annis,  September 
25,  1776;  Piercy,  August  7,  1781. 

(IX)  John  (4),  son  of  Asa  Pratt,  was  born 
August  25,  1763.  He  lived  at  Essex,  Con- 
necticut. He  died  December  19,  1827,  and 
his  wife,  November  24,  1849.  He  married, 
February  14,  1788,  Hester  Kirkland.  Chil- 
dren: Fanny,  born  June  4,  1790;  Linus, 
March  18,  1792;  Edwin,  March  6,  1794;  Al- 
mira,  March  16,  1797;  Elias,  February  i, 
1801,  mentioned  below;  Emeline,  August  21, 
1805. 

(X)  Elias,  son  of  John  (4)  Pratt,  was 
born  February  i,  1801.  He  was  a  blacksmitli 
b}'  trade  and  lived  at  Essex.  He  died  Decem- 
ber 14,  1877.  He  married,  October  11,  1825, 
Abigail,  daughter  of  Asahel  and  Elizabeth 
Pratt.     Children:    i.   Susanna  E.,  born  June 

29,  1826,  died  February  26,  1898;  married 
Samuel  Griswold  (see  Griswold  VII).  2.  Ed- 
ward W.,  born  July  31,  1828,  deceased.  3. 
Edwin,  August  22,  1830.    4.  Julia  L.,  January 

30,  1833,  died  October  11,  1834.  5.  Augustus,  ~ 
born  June  29,  1835,  deceased.  6.  Julia,  born 
September  12,  1837,  died  November  i,  1837. 
7.  James  Elias,  born  September  14,  1841,  died 
September  12,  1842.  8.  Eveline  Hayden,  June 
21,  1844,  married  Harrison  I.  Morgan,  now 
deceased. 

(The  Hull  Lme). 

(II)  George  Hull,  immigrant  ancestor  of 
the  family,  son  of  Thomas  and  Jane  (Peron) 
Hull,  was  born  in  1590,  at  Krewkerne,  Som- 
ersetshire, England,  and  died  in  1659.  After 
coining  to  America  he  lived  at  Boston  and 
Dorchester,  Massachusetts,  and  Windsor  and 
Killingworth,  Connecticut.  He  married  Tham- 
zen.  daughter  of  Robert  Michell,  of  Sloth- 
land,  England. 

(III)  Josiah,  son  of  George  and  Thamzen 
(Michell)  Hull,  was  baptized  November  15, 
1620,  died  November  16,  1675.  He  passed 
his  life  at  Killingworth,  and  bore  the  title  of 


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lieutenant.     He   married   Elizabeth,   daughter 
of  Joseph  Loomis. 

(IV)  John,  son  of  Josiah  and  Elizabeth 
(Loomis)  Hull,  was  born  December  17,  1644, 
died  July  24,  1728.  He  also  lived  at  Killing- 
worth  and  was  known  as  lieutenant.  He  mar- 
ried, December  3,  1668,  Abigail,  daughter  of 
WilHam  Kelsey. 

(V)  Josiah  (2),  son  of  John  and  Abigail 
(Kelsey)  Hull,  was  born  September  17,  1676, 
died  May  18,  1758.  He  was  of  Killingworth, 
and  held  the  office  of  deacon  in  the  church. 
He  married  Elizabeth' . 

(VI)  Josiah  (3),  son  of  Josiah  (2)  and 
Elizabeth  Hull,  was  born  February  23,  1720, 
and  passed  his  life  at  Killingworth.  He  mar- 
ried, December   i,   1743,  Elizabeth  Buell. 

(VII)  James,  son  of  Josiah  (3)  and  Eliza- 
beth (Buell)  Hull,  was  born  July  13,  1745, 
died  February  28,  1820.  He  married  (first) 
January  24,  1771,  Lydia  Gray,  who  died  1771 ; 
(second)  Mary,  daughter  of  the  Rev.  William 
Seward,  the  first  minister  in  North  Killing- 
worth.  James  Hull  passed  his  life  at  his  birth- 
place and  was  known  as  "Captain,"  a  title 
which  he  probably  gained  in  the  continental 
army. 

(VHI)  James  (2).  son  of  James  (i)  and 
Mary  (Seward)  Hull,  was  born  December  17, 
1777,  at  Killingworth,  where  he  passed  his  life. 
He  married,  November  23,  1801,  Philetta, 
daughter  of  John  (  ?)  Herron,  a  revolutionary 
soldier. 

(IX)  William  Seward,  third  of  the  ten  sons 
of  James  (2)  and  Philetta  (Herron)  Hull, 
was  born  December  8,  1812,  died  November 
18,  1890,  at  Madison.  Connecticut.  He  mar- 
ried, October  11,  1837,  Caroline  Parmelee. 
who  died  January  ig,  1901,  at  the  home  of  her 
daughter,  in  Meriden. 

(X)  Caroline  Philetta,  daughter  of  William 
Seward  and  Caroline  (Parmelee)  Hull,  was 
born  March  17,  1853.  She  married,  October 
30,  1878,  Dr.  Frederick  Pratt  Griswold  (see 
Griswold  VIII).  Their  sons  are:  Frederick 
Prescott,  born  April  15,  1880;  Harold  Hull, 
born  November  12,  1886. 

(The    Pierson   Line). 

The  name  Pierson  is  supposed  to  have  come 
from  the  French  Pierre  and  son,  or  perhaps 
further  back,  from  the  Danish  Peterson.  In 
England  the  name  was  in  use  as  early  as  the 
first  part  of  the  fifteenth  century,  in  York- 
shire. It  has  been  variously  spelled  Pierson, 
Pearson,  Person  and  even  Parsons. 

(I)  Rev.  Abraham  Pierson,  immigrant  an- 
cestor, was  born  in  Yorkshire,  England,  in 
1613,  and  graduated  at  Trinity  College,  Cam- 
bridge, 1632.     He  came  to  America  in   1639, 


and  was  in  Boston  and  Lynn,  Massachusetts, 
in  1640.  Before  leaving  England  he  had  been 
ordained  as  qn  Episcopal  minister,  and  had 
preached  there  for  a  while.  He  came  to 
America  in  search  of  religious  liberty  and  was 
ordained  in  Boston  as  a  Congregational  minis- 
ter. In  1640,  "finding  themselves  straight- 
ened, about  40  families,  with  Pierson  as  their 
Minister,"  departed  from  Lynn  and  attempted 
to  make  a  settlement  on  the  west  end  of  Long 
Island,  but  were  prevented  by  "the  Dutch  and 
repaired  to  the  east  end,  where  they  laid  the 
foundation  of  Southampton.  He  became  the 
first  minister  of  the  church  there,  which  was 
started  as  Congregational,  but  afterward  be- 
came Presbyterian.  He  was  rigid  in  his  de- 
sire to  have  the  "civil  as  well  as  the  ecclesias- 
tical power  vested  in  the  church,  and  to  allow 
none  but  church  members  to  act  in  the  choice 
of  officers  of  Gov't,  or  to  be  eligible  as  such." 
This  led  to  a  division  of  the  colony,  and  in 
1647  Pierson,  with  a  small  part  of  his  congre- 
gation, attempted  another  settlement,  across 
the  sound,  on  the  Connecticut  shore.  There 
they  organized  and  formed  the  town  of  Bran- 
ford.  For  twenty  years  he  was  the  minister, 
and  ''enjoyed  the  confidence  and  esteem  not 
only  of  the  ministers,  but  the  more  prominent 
civilians  connected  with  the  N.  H.  colony." 
He  interested  himself  in  behalf  of  the  Indians, 
learned  their  language  and  prepared  a  cate- 
chism for  them.  He  became  to  the  Indians  of 
Connecticut  what  Eliot  and  Mayhew  were  to 
those  of  Massachusetts.  In  1665  he  united 
with  lohn  Davenport  in  opposing  the  union 
of  the  Connecticut  and  New  Haven  colonies, 
being  strongly  against  the  liberality  of  the 
clergy  of  the  Connecticut  colony  and  desiring 
to  keep  the  goveimment  entirely  in  the  church. 
On  this  account  he  refused  to  unite  with  the 
latter,  and  in  1666,  with  most  of  his  congre- 
gation, left  Branford  and  went  to  New  Jer- 
sey. Here,  on  the  Passaic,  they  purchased 
land  from  the  Indians  and  laid  the  founda- 
tion of  the  city  of  Newark.  During  that  year 
and  the  following  about  sixty-five  men  came 
from  Branford  and  two  neighboring  towns. 
They  brought  their  church  organization  with 
them  and  became  the  first  church  in  Newark. 
Each  man  was  entitled  to  a  homestead  lot  of 
six  acres.  Mr.  Pierson  was  their  minister  for 
twelve  years,  and  died  there  August  9,  1678. 
His  will  was  dated  August  10,  167 — .  He 
married  Abigail,  daughter  of  Rev.  John 
Wheelwright,  of  Lincolnshire,  England,  who 
came  to  New  Hampshire.  Children :  Abra- 
ham, 1641,  mentioned  below;  Thomas,  1641- 
42,  Southampton,  Long  Island;  John,  1643, 
Southampton;  Abigail,  1644;  Grace,  Bran- 
ford,  1650;  Susanna,  December,   1652,   Bran- 


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ford;  Rebecca,  1654,  Branford;  Theophilus, 
1659,  Branford;  Isaac;  Mar)'. 

(II)  Abraham  (2),  son  of  Rev.  Abraham 
(i)  Pierson,  was  born  in  1641,  at  Southamp- 
ton, Long  Island,  died  June  5,  1707,  at  Old 
Killingworth,  now  Clinton,  Connecticut.  He 
married  Abigail,  daughter  of  George  Clark, 
of  Milford.  He  graduated  from  Harvard  Col- 
lege in  1668,  and  removed  with  his  father  to 
the  new  settlement  of  Newark.  Here  he  be- 
came assistant  to  the  latter,  July  28,  i66g,  and 
on  his  death,  sole  pastor,  which  office  he  filled 
until  1692,  when  he  returned  to  Connecticut. 
In  1694  he  became  pastor  of  the  church  at 
Killingworth.  In  1701,  when  Yale  College  was 
established,  he  was  made  president  or  "rec- 
tor," and  for  the  last  six  years  of  his  life 
filled  the  two  positions  of  pastor  and  rector. 
Tradition  represents  him  as  an  excellent 
preacher  and  an  exceedingly  pious  and  good 
man.  Trumbull  says  of  him :  "He  had  the 
character  of  a  hard  student,  a  good  scholar  and 
a  great  divine.  In  his  whole  conduct  he  was 
wise,  steady  and  admirable ;  was  greatly  re- 
spected as  a  pastor  and  he  instructed  and 
governed  the  college  with  general  approba- 
tion." In  religion  he  was  a  Moderate  Presby- 
terian. Children:  Abraham,  born  1680,  New- 
ark; Sarah,  Susanna,  Mary,  Hannah,  Ruth, 
James,  Abigail,  John,  1689. 

(HI)  Abraham  (3),  son  of  Abraham  (2) 
Pierson,  was  born  in  1680,  at  Newark,  and 
died  on  Long  Hill,  in  Killingworth.  He  mar- 
ried, 1 710,  Mrs.  Mary  Hart,  who  died  January 
8,  1752.  He  was  3.  colonial  magistrate  of 
great  learning  and  usefulness,  and  a  pillar  in 
the  church  and  state.  Children,  probably  all 
born  in  Killingworth :  Jedediah,  born  Sep- 
tember 17,  1711;  Mary,  February  10,  1713; 
John,  May  13,  1717;  Phineas,  December  29, 
1718;  Samuel,  April  15,  1721,  mentioned  be- 
low; Dodo,  1724;  Nathan,  March  24,  1726; 
Sarah,  August  8,  1728;  Sarah,  July  9,  1732. 

(IV)  Samuel,  son  of  Abraham  (3)  Pier- 
son, was  born  April  15,  1721,  died  January  2^, 
1801,  at  Killingworth,  where  he  had  passed 
his  entire  life.  The  family  bore  an  important 
part  in  the  town  and  church  interests  of  Old 
Killingworth.  A  godly  and  scholarly  ancestry 
was  their  inheritance.  Children :  Submit, 
Sarah,  Lydia,  Samuel,  mentioned  below,  Mar- 
tha, Rachel,  Sarah. 

(V)  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Samuel  (i)  Pier- 
son, was  born  July  29,  1750,  died  March  18, 
1801.  It  is  said  of  him  that  "he  was  alive 
in  the  revolutionary  struggle,  and  it  was  said 
by  his  companions  in  arms  that  he  was  a  total 
stranger  to  fear,  that  his  courage  never  for- 
sook him  in  the  most  dangerous  and  trying 
emergencies."    His  death  was  caused  bv  being- 


thrown  from  a  young  horse,  and  was  instan- 
taneous. Children :  John  Purcell,  born  No- 
vember 30,  1773,  died  1844;  Lydia,  mentioned 
below ;  Simon,  Josiah,  John,  Betsey,  Philo, 
Thankful,  Sally,  Linus. 

(VI)  Lydia,  daughter  of  Samuel  (2)  Pier- 
son, was  born  July  28,  1776.  She  married 
Eliab  Parmelee,  bom  October  13,  1775.  They 
lived  and  died  in  Killingworth,  and  their  chil- 
dren were:  Alfred,  born  April  14,  1798,  died 
August  26,  1846,  in  Indiana ;  Harlow,  June 
28,  1800,  died  November  27,  1803;  Philemon, 
February  17,  1802,  died  October  6,  1803;  Re- 
becca, August,  1804,  died  November  5,  1S88; 
Harlow,  February  10,  1807,  died  in  Newark, 
New  Jersey,  November  9,  1833 ;  Philo,  May 
3,  1809,  died  April  11,  1879,  in  Haddam, 
Connecticut;  Maria,  November  23,  181 1,  died 
September  25,  1875;  Caroline,  mentioned  be- 
low; Eliab  Harvey,  November  27,  1816,  died 
on  Long  Island,  July  31,  1890;  Linus,  May  29, 
1819,  died  June  15,  1819;  Lydia,  twin  to 
Linus,  died  June  23,  1878. 

(VII)  Caroline,  daughter  of  Eliab  Parme- 
lee, was  born  June  22,  1814.  She  married, 
October  11,  1837,  William  Seward  Hull,  of 
West  Killingworth,  who  was  born  December 
8,  1812.  Children,  all  born  in  Madison,  Con- 
necticut : 

I.  A  daughter,  born  and  died  Septem- 
ber 30,  1840.  2.  Clarkson  Sherwood,  born 
April  22,  1842,  died  April  17,  1858.  3.  Cleve- 
land Seward,  October  5,  1844,  died  May  25, 
1848.  4.  William  Pierson,  December  4,  1846, 
died  May  21,  1854.  5.  Prescott  Seward,  April 
28,  1848,  died  September  7,  1850.  6.  James 
Myron,  October  10,  1850;  married  Sarah 
Frances,  daughter  of  Jonathan  and  Abigail 
(Harrison)  Willard ;  children:  i.  William 
Seward,  born  December  2,  1875  ;  married,  Oc- 
tober II,  1905,  Mary  Frances  Campbell, 
daughter  of  Enoch  S.  and  Sarah  A.  (Butler) 
Campbell,  and  has  two  children,  Mary  Camp- 
bell, born  October  5,  1907,  and  Anna  Frances, 
born  July  7,  1910;  ii.  Ethelyn  Luella,  born 
August  26,  1877,  married,  September  24, 
1910,  Roy  Pierson  McPherson ;  iii.  Caroline 
Albertson,  born  April  24,  1883 ;  iv.  Myron 
LeRoy,  born  February  15,  1886,  died  March 
22,  1887;  V.  Frank  Raymond,  born  March 
14,  1888,  died  August,  1888;  vi.  Elmer  Leland ; 
all  born  in  Madison,  Connecticut.  7.  Caroline 
Philetta,  born  March  17,  1853,  wife  of  Dr. 
Frederick  Pratt  Griswold.  8.  Burton  Adel- 
bert,  born  April  ic;,  1855,  died  March  22, 
1883;  married  Sarah  Warner  Chittenden,  and 
their  children  were :  i.  Grace  Burton,  born 
June  22,  1880;  ii.  Burton  Adelbert,  born 
August  8,  1882.  9.  Colin  Marcellus,  born 
August  22,  1857,  died  September  12,  1858. 


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(II)  Joseph  Griswold,  son 
GRISWOLD  of  Edward  Griswold  (q.  v.), 
was  born  March  22,  1648, 
died  November  14,  1716.  He  married  ]\Iary 
Gaylord,  July  14,  1670,  and  lived  in  Wind- 
sor. His  will  was  made  in  September,  17 16. 
His  wife  contributed  to  the  relief  of  the  poor 
of  other  colonies.  Children:  Mary,  born 
March  16,  1670,  died  May  31,  1700;  Joseph, 
January  22,  1677,  mentioned  below ;  Francis, 
July  II,  1683;  Matthew,  February  25,  1686; 
Abigail,  August  11,  1689. 

(III)  Joseph  (2),  son  of  Joseph  (i)  Gris- 
wold, was  born  January  22,  1677.  He  mar- 
ried Deborah .    Children  :  Joseph,  born 

'May  31,  1700;  Shubael,  May  2,  1701,  men- 
tioned below;  Jonah,  April  12,  1704;  Roger. 
January  30,  1708;  George,  February,  1710; 
Abel,  February  13,  1714;  Deborah,  March  10, 
1716;  Lois,  August  29,  1721 ;  Deborah,  Jan- 
uary 26,  1723;  Joseph,  January  6,   1725. 

(IV)  Shubael,  son  of  Joseph  (2)  Gris- 
wold, was  born  May  2,  1701,  died  March  6, 
1733.  He  married  Phoebe  Cornish.  Chil- 
dren :  Shubael,  mentioned  below ;  George, 
Phoebe  and  Sarah. 

(V)  Shubael  (2),  son  of  Shubael  (i)  Gris- 
wold, was  born  December  18,  1730.  He  came 
to  Torrington  when  a  young  man,  and  worked 
several  years.  He  built  his  house  in  the  spring 
of  1754.  This  house  was  probably  the  first 
framed  house  built  on  Torringford  street. 
Tradition  says  that  the  siding  of  this  house 
was  all  taken  from  one  tree,  which  stood  on 
Main  street  near  the  present  site  of  the  W.  W. 
Mertz  Company's  store  in  Torrington.  The 
siding  was  not  sawed  from  the  log,  but  rived 
and  shaved,  and  the  boards  were  about  four 
inches  wide.  This  siding  was  still  on  the 
house  and  in  good  state  of  preservation  when 
the  house  was  taken  down  in  1885.  When 
the  house  was  built  there  was  an  Indian  tent 
standing  in  the  dooryard,  where  it  remained 
some  years.  The  house  was  only  partly  fin- 
ished for  several  years  and  meetings  were  held 
in  the  unfinished  part.  He  kept  a  tavern,  and 
also  sold  tea  and  coffee,  indigo  and  other 
household  commodities.  He  was  a  leading 
man  of  Torringford.  He  died  February  23, 
1807.  He  was  a  lieutenant  in  two  campaigns 
in  the  French  and  Indian  wars,  and  a  captain 
in  the  revolutionary  war.  He  was  appointed 
captain,  December,  1776,  and  the  pay-roll  of 
his  company  is  preserved  by  his  descendants. 
He  was  in  the  campaign  of  1777.  He  was 
selectman  of  the  town  and  representative  to 
the  legislature  several  times.  His  tavern  was 
the  first  public  institution  in  that  section.  He 
married  (first),  June  8,  1754,  Abigail  Stanley, 
of  Litchfield,  who  died  April    16,   1783.     He 


married  (second)  Widow  Catlin,  who  married 
(third)  John  Gillett.  Children:  Phoebe,  born 
April  17,  1755;  Mary,  July  17,  1757;  Shubael, 
July  26,  1761  ;  Stanley,  November  14,  1763; 
Norman,  July  7,  1767;  Thaddeus,  mentioned 
below. 

(VI)  Colonel  Thaddeus  Griswold,  son  of 
Shubael  (2)  Griswold,  was  born  May  12,  1771. 
He  lived  on  the  old  homestead  all  his  life.  He 
died  August  7,  1854.  He  cgnducted  a  tavern 
in  Torringford,  as  his  father  did.  He  was  also 
a  farmer.  He  was  representative  to  the  legis- 
lature in  1810;  selectman  of  the  town;  was 
colonel  of  the  Fourth  Regiment  of  Cavalry. 
He  married  (first)  Esther,  daughter  of  Elijah 
Phelps,  February,  1788.  She  died  May  11, 
1811,  aged  thirty-nine.  He  married  (second) 
Sally  Wallace,  April,  1813,  of  Litchfield.  She 
died  September  25,  1821,  aged  thirty-six.  He 
married  (third)  Margaret  Tajdor  Gaylord, 
June  II,  1822.  She  died  June  29,  1870.  Chil- 
dren by  first  wife:  i.  Abigail  S.,  born  August 
15,  1797;  married  Trumbull  Ives,  died  May, 
1846.  2.  Edward  T.,  born  July  19,  1804,  died 
January  10,  1838 ;  married  Anna  M.,  daugh- 
ter of  Charles  Tappan,  of  Boston;  child, 
Charles  Edward,  born  November  16,  1834, 
colonel  of  Fifty-sixth  Regiment,  Massachu- 
setts Veterans,  killed  in  battle  of  the  Wilder- 
ness, May  6,  1864;  Edward  T.  Griswold  lived 
in  Boston.  Children  by  second  wife :  3.  Rich- 
ard Wallace,  born  July  21,  1815,  mentioned 
below.  4.  Stanley,  born  March  4,  181 7,  died 
April  7,  1887;  married,  November  12,  1840, 
Isabelle,  born  June  i,  1822,  died  April  20, 
1887,  daughter  of  Ira  and  Maria  (Marsh)  Sey- 
mour, of  New  Hartford.  He  lived  in  Tor- 
ringford, a  successful  farmer,  a  breeder  of 
fine  Devon  cattle  for  forty  years,  and  one  of 
the  charter  members  of  the  American  Devon 
Cattle  Club.  Children :  i.  Edward  Stanley, 
born  October  15,  1842,  died  March  10,  1846; 
ii.  Wellington  Seymour,  born  October  11, 
1844,  died  April  18,  1846;  iii.  Isabella  Wal- 
lace, born  September  21,  1846;  iv.  Anna 
Maria,  born  November  29,  1849,  married,  De- 
cember 6,  1869,  Edson  W.  Davis,  a  lawyer  of 
Oneida,  New  York,  who  died  in  Torringford, 
Connecticut,  December  12,  1903;  children:  a. 
Isabelle  Louise,  born  September  7,  1870;  b. 
Stanley  Warburton,  born  June  2,  1872,  died 
May  13,  1875;  c.  Herbert  Spencer,  born 
March  28,  1875 ;  d.  Edson  Griswold,  born 
April  19,  1879,  married,  September  16,  1903, 
Louise  M.  Birge ;  child,  Elizabeth  Louise,  born 
March  6,  1909;  e.  Max  Warburton,  born  April 
15,  1883;  f.  NelHe  A'irginia,  born  July  17, 
1885,  married,  July  31,  1907,  the  Rev.  G. 
Frederick  Goodenough :  child,  Virginia  Alice, 
born  August  i,  1908;  g.  Anna  May,  born  Jan- 


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uary  15,  1888;  v.  Ellen  Peck,  born  November 
21,  1853;  vi.  Virginia,  born  November  25, 
1858,  died  September  30,  i860;  vii.  Corinth, 
born  September  6,  1861.  Colonel  Thaddeus 
Griswold  and  his  third  wife,  Margaret  Taylor 
(Gaylord)  Griswold,  had  one  child,  Mar- 
garette  Esther,  born  March  24,  1823,  died 
March  21,  1839. 

(VII)  Richard  Wallace,  son  of  Colonel 
Thaddeus  Griswold,  was  born  July  21,  1815, 
in  Torringford.  town  of  Torrington,  died  De- 
cember 19,  1886.  He  was  educated  in  the 
common  schools  and  in  Torringford  Academy. 
He  was  a  successful  farmer  in  Torringford, 
and  made  a  specialty  of  raising  Devon  cattle. 
He  bought  the  Elijah  Gaylord  farm  and  after 
some  years  built  a  new  house  for  himself.  He 
married  (first)  April  16,  1838,  Juha  Ann, 
born  in  New  Hartford,  July  7,  1818,  died 
February  13,  1856,  daughter  of  Elisar  and 
Amanda  (Steele)  Curtis.  He  married  (sec- 
ond) December  31,  1856,  Sarah,  born  in 
Sandisfield,  Massachusetts,  May  17,  1829,  died 
July  28,  1910,  daughter  of  Michael  Clarke. 
Children,  all  by  first  wife:  i.  Margarette 
Esther,  born  February  4,  1843 ;  married,  De- 
cember 24,  1863,  George  Kellogg  Colt  (see 
Colt  XII).  2.  Irving  Richard,  February  22, 
1845,  mentioned  below.  3.  Mary  Frances, 
January  6,  1854;  married  Charles  G.  Rood, 
November  12,  1873;  children:  i.  Wallace 
Griswold,  June  6,  1880;  married,  April  6, 
1910,  Ella  Mabel  Forte,  of  Boston ;  ii.  Annie 
Margarette,  October  6,  1883 ;  married  Joseph 
A.  Norton,  of  Winsted. 

(VIII)  Irving  Richard,  son  of  Richard 
Wallace  Griswold,  was  born  in  Torrington,  at 
Torringford,  February  22,  1845.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools  and  at  the  South 
Berkshire  Institute,  at  New  Marlborough, 
Massachusetts.  He  worked  on  his  father's 
farm  until  he  was  twenty-one  years  old.  For 
several  years  afterward  he  was  in  the  employ 
of  the  Strong  Manufacturing  Company,  of 
Winsted.  In  1872  he  engaged  in  the  retail 
dry  goods  business  at  Winsted,  in  partnership 
with  John  Wing,  under  the  firm  name  of 
Wing  &  Griswold.  After  four  years  and  a 
half  the  firm  was  dissolved  and  the  senior 
partner  continued  the  business.  During  the 
next  two  years  and  a  half  Mr.  Griswold  was 
in  the  insurance  business.  He  then  became 
secretary,  treasurer  and  manager  of  the  Win- 
sted Foundry  and  Machine  Company.  In  1892 
he  engaged  in  the  brokerage  and  investment 
business  in  partnership  with  Mr.  Williams  and 
Mr.  Hallett  under  the  firm  name  of  Williams, 
Hallett  &  Griswold.  After  the  death  of  Mr. 
Williams  the  firm  name  became  Griswold, 
Hallett    &   Persons,   investment   brokers,   and 


has  continued  unchanged  to  the  present  time. 
Mr.  Griswold  is  a  director  of  the  First  Nation- 
al Bank,  the  Winsted  Gas  Company,  and  the 
Mechanics'  Savings  Bank  of  Winsted.  In 
politics  he  is  a  Republican.  He  has  been  a 
burgess  of  the  borough.  In  1891  he  repre- 
sented the  town  in  the  general  assembly,  and 
served  on  three  committees,  no  business  being 
done,  as  it  was  deadlock  year.  In  religion  he 
is  a  Congregationalist.  Mr.  Griswold  mar- 
ried, October  4,  1870,  Hettie  M.,  born  October 
I,  1847,  daughter  of  George  and  Beulah 
(Camp)  Kellogg,  of  Winsted.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Griswold  have  no  children. 

(The   Colt  Line). 

The  name  of  Dutton  Colt  appears  often  "in 
English  history.  Because  he  opposed  popery 
he  was  dispossessed  of  his  estate,  but  he  after- 
ward regained  it  by  valiant  service  for  his 
country,  and  also  was  granted  one  of  the  coats- 
of-arms  of  the  Colt  family.  Very  likely  he 
was  son  of  Sir  Oliver  Colt.  The  names  of 
Sir  Thomas,  Sir  Henry  and  Sir  George  Colt 
are  also  to  be  found.  The  line  is  probably  as 
follows:  (I)  Sir  Peter  Colt,  a  peer  of  Eng- 
land, son  of  Sir  John  Dutton  Colt.  (II)  John, 
son  of  Sir  Peter  Colt.  (HI)  John  (2),  son 
of  John  (i)  Colt.  (IV)  John  (3),  son  of 
John  (2)  Colt. 

(V)  John  (4),  son  of  John  (3)  Colt,  immi- 
grant ancestor,  was  born  in  England  about  the 
year  1625.  He  came  from  Colchester,  Eng- 
land, during  the  troubles  of  Charles  I.,  when 
eleven  years  old.  In  1638  he  removed  from 
Dorchester,  Massachusetts,  to  Hartford,  with 
a  colony  that  came  there  in   that  year.     He 

married,     afterward,     Skinner,     and 

settled  in  Windsor.  He  doubtless  married 
(second)  Mary,  daughter  of  Joseph  Fitch, 
from  whom  he  received  land  in  Windsor  for 
love  and  goodwill.  He  was  one  of  the  early 
settlers  on  the  east  side  of  the  river,  and  was 
troubled  much  by  the  Indians.  In  1665  he 
subscribed  six  shillings  to  raise  the  minister's 
salary.  He  lived  to  the  age  of  one  hundred 
and  five  years.  Child:  John,  mentioned  be- 
low. 

(VI)  John  (s),  son  of  John  (4)  Colt,  was 
born  in   1658. 

(VII)  Benjamin,  son  of  John  (5)  Colt,  was 
born  in  Connecticut  in  1700.  He  was  one  of 
the  early  proprietors  of  Harwinton,  though 
very  likely  he  never  lived  there  himself.  In 
1735  he  deeded,  "for  the  natural  love  and  good 
will  I  do  have  for  my  son  John,  all  my  land  in 
Harwinton." 

(VTII)  John  (6),  son  of  Benjamin  Colt, 
married  Mercy  Higley.  He  lived  about  one- 
half  mile  east,  and  later  one-half  mile  north  of 


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the  present  church  in  Harwinton.  Children : 
Jonathan  Higley,  born  October  13,  1735,  men- 
tioned below;  Anna,  May  6,  1737;  Mary, 
April  5,  1739;  John,  February  19,  1741 ;  Ruth, 
December  14,  1742;  John,  March  16,  1745; 
Ann,  November  17,  1747;  Dorothy,  Septem- 
ber 10,   1753. 

(IX)  Jonathan  Higley,  son  of  John  (6) 
Colt,  was  born  October  13,  1735.  He  mar- 
ried, October  12,  1761,  Mary  Tuttle,  of  Har- 
winton, who  was  born  March  22,  1741.  She 
died  October  17,  1822.  Children :  John,  born 
September  9,  1762;  Eliphalet,  February  12, 
1764;  Anson,  July  19,  1766,  mentioned  be- 
low; Allen,  March  4,  1769;  Truman,  January 
13,  1771  ;  Milicent,  January  i,  1773;  Rhoda, 
January  11,  1775;  Sarah,  October  3,  1776; 
Pollythi,  December  20,  1778;  Huldah,  August 
7,  1780;  Electa,  April  15,  1785. 

(X)  Anson,  son  of  Jonathan  Higley  Colt, 
was  born  July  19,  1766.  He  married,  Febru- 
ary 23,  1792,  Chloe,  daughter  of  Jabez  and 
Ann  Gillett,  of  Windsor.  He  came  from  Har- 
winton to  Torringford  when  he  was  twenty- 
one  years  old,  and  he  married  when  he  was 
twenty-six.  He  built  first  the  second  house 
south  of  the  present  Torringford  church  on 
the  same  side  of  the  road,  and  also  the  shop 
standing  near.  Later  he  lived  in  the  large 
two-story  house  standing  where  the  house  of 
James  Woodward  now  stands,  one-half  mile 
north  of  the  church.  About  the  year  1813  he 
removed  to  Greenwoods.  After  living  in  the 
one-story  brown  house  for  three  years,  he 
built  the  substantial  house  now  occupied  by 
the  Colts,  in  1816.  Here  he  lived  the  re- 
mainder of  his  life.  His  wife  lived  to  be 
ninety-six,  and  he  eighty-two  years  old. 
When  visiting  their  relatives  and  friends  in 
Windsor  and  Otis,  Massachusetts,  the  journey 
was  made  on  horseback,  the  mother  taking 
her  child  on  a  pillow,  and  the  father  taking 
the  youngest  one  on  a  pillion  on  the  front  of 
his  saddle.  He  died  October  28,  1848.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Nancy,  born  January  15,  1793;  mar- 
ried Ralzemon  Loomis,  July  11,  1819,  and 
removed  to  Charlestown,  Ohio,  making  the 
journey  with  oxen  and  cart  in  forty  days ; 
she  died  January  30,  1876,  2.  Anson,  January 
II,  1795.  3.  Chloe,  February  12,  1797;  mar- 
ried, February  14,  1830,  Leverett  Tuttle.  4. 
Henry,  November  25,  1800,  mentioned  below. 
5.  Charlotte,  February  21,  1803;  married  Bur- 
ton Pond,  October  5,  1829. 

(XI)  Henry,  son  of  Anson  Colt,  was  born 
November  25,  1800.  He  married  Chloe  Cat- 
lin,  October  19,  1829.  He  traveled  south, 
trading  in  dry  goods,  and  later  settled  on  his 
father's  estate,  where  he  lived  the  remainder 
of  his  life.     He   was  a  man  much  respected 


for  his  upright  and  steadfast  character.  He 
died  November  22,  1876.  Children:  i.  Henry 
Gillett,  born  November  2,  1832 ;  married, 
March  19,  1874,  Nettie  Griswold,  born  June 
24,  1849,  resided  in  Winsted.  2.  Maria  C, 
September  6,  1834;  married  David  Strong, 
September  14,  1857;  he  was  born  August  17, 
1825 ;  she  died  February  2,  1865.  3,  George 
Kellogg,  October  26,  1838,  mentioned  below. 
4.  Emerette  L.,  November  21,  1841  ;  married 
David  Strong,  June  7,  1866.  5.  Luman  Cat- 
lin,  January  20,  1849;  married  (first)  October 
II,  1870,  Mary  Virginia  Tuttle,  born  Decem- 
ber 2,  1850,  died  September  29,  1892;  mar- 
ried (second),  January  29,  1796,  Minnie  Al- 
vord  Hill,  of  Unionville,  Connecticut;  chil- 
dren of  first  wife  :  i.  Charles  Henry,  born  Sep- 
tember 24,  1872 ;  married  Blanche  Derlacker, 
of  Laramie,  Wyoming ;  children :  Virginia, 
Francis  and  Charline ;  ii.  Leila  Rosabelle,  born 
January  3,  1882;  iii.  George  Tuttle,  born  De- 
cember 4,  1883 ;  married  Jessie  Blackman,  of 
Torrington. 

(XII)  George  Kellogg,  son  of  Henry  Colt, 
was  born  in  Torringford,  October  26,  J838, 
died  in  Winsted,  April  17,  1890.  He  married, 
December  24,  1863,  Margarette  Esther,  daugh- 
ter of  Richard  Wallace  and  Julia  Ann  ( Cur- 
tis) Griswold  (see  Griswold  VII).  They  had 
one  child,  Julia  Maria,  born  July  6,  1866;  mar- 
ried Rev.  Charles  Wilson  Loomis,  a  Congre- 
gational clerg-yman,  born  in  Charlestown, 
Ohio ;  their  children :  i.  Frederick  Colt,  born 
at  Winsted,  June  13,  1892;  ii.  George  Colt, 
born  at  Winsted,  December  6,  1894;  iii.  Frank 
Warren,  born  at  West  Brookfield,  Massachu- 
setts, October  5,  1896,  died  June  27,  1903;  iv.- 
Charles  Wilson  Jr.,  born  January  24,  1901. 


Morgan  Griswold,  descend- 
GRISWOLD     ant  of  an  old   New   Haven 

family,  was  born  in  New 
Haven  and  lived  at  Seymour  and  Oxford, 
Connecticut.  He  died  at  the  advanced  age  of 
eighty-four  years.  He  married  Lucy  Towner, 
who  died  aged  eighty-six.  Children :  ]\Iary, 
resides  at  Shelton,  Connecticut,  married  Frank 
Radcliff ;  Asahel  Morgan,  mentioned  below ; 
Cyprian,  lived  at  Oxford,  Connecticut,  where 
he  died  younfi:. 

(II)  Asahel  Morgan,  son  of  Morgan  Gris- 
wold, was  born  at  Oxford,  December  25,  iS-^?. 
He  received  his  education  in  the  public  schools 
of  that  town.  In  the  spring  of  1850  he  left 
home  and  began  to  support  himself.  He 
located  at  Washington,  Litchfield  county,  Con- 
necticut, July  18,  1853,  and  worked  for  the 
humble  wages  of  six  cents  a  day.  In  the 
course  of  time  he  managed  to  save  out  of  his 
meaere  earnings  the  sum  of  one  hundred  dol- 


Born  March  3,  1767 
Died  Sept.  19,  1842 


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lars,  of  which  he  was  robbed  by  a  roon-fmate. 
He  went  to  work  for  the  Wheeler  &  Wilson 
Sewing  Machine  Company  of  Bridgeport,  in 
February,  1857,  and  was  a  contractor  in  their 
shops  until  February  10,  1879,  when  he  retired 
because  of  ill  health.  After  this  he  bought 
real  estate  and  built  a  number  of  houses  to 
rent.  He  was  an  early  member  of  the  Eas 
Washington  Avenue  Baptist  Church,  a  mem- 
ber of  various  Masonic  bodies  up  to  and  in- 
cluding the  Commandery,-  Knights  Templar. 
He  died  September  20,  i8go.  He  was  buried 
in  the  Lake  View  cemetery,  Bridgeport.  He 
left  a  fortune  of  $77,000,  accumulated  from 
the  most  humble  and  difficult  beginnings  by  a 
life  of  great  energy  and  the  exercise  of  un- 
common shrewdness  and  common  sense.  Li 
politics  he  was  a  Republican. 

He  married  (first)  at  New  Haven,  Decem- 
ber 25,  i860,  Delia  Augusta  Hodge,  who  die! 
May  19,  1866;  married  (second)  November 
20,  1866,  Lottie  Augusta  Hurlburt,  born  at 
Trumbull,  daughter  of  Anson  Hurlburt.  He 
was  born  at  Westport  and  died  at  the  age  of 
forty.  He  was  a  tailor  by  trade,  an  Episco- 
palian in  religion  and  a  Democrat  in  politics. 
Her  mother,  Sally  Ann  (Sturges)  Hurlburt, 
died  at  Bridgeport,  aged  sixty-four  years. 
Children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hurlburt :  Julia, 
married  Thomas  B.  Williams,  of  Bridgeport ; 
Lottie  Augusta,  married  Asahel  Morgan  Gris- 
wold,  of  Bridgeport,  mentioned  above ;  Henr}', 
married  Flenrietta  Gray,  of  Westport ;  Anson, 
married  Helen  Pulver,  of  Catskill,  New  York ; 
Theodore,  unmarried ;  Jane,  unmarried.  Chil- 
dren of  Asahel  Morgan  Griswold,  by  first 
wife:  Charles  A.,  born  November  i,  1861, 
died  August  28,  1890;  Henry  M.,  December 
II,  1862,  cHed  April  5,  1885:  Frank  LeGrand, 
mentioned  below.  Mrs.  Asahel  M.  Griswold 
resides  at  175  Kossuth  avenue,  Bridgeport. 

(HL)  Frank  LeGrand,  son  of  Asahel  Mor- 
gan Griswold,  was  born  May  15,  1865.  He 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Bridge- 
port. At  an  early  age  he  became  a  clerk  in 
a  confectionery  store  and  he  continued  in  that 
line  of  business  until  i8go,  when  the  death  of 
his  father  obliged  him  to  devote  all  his  atten- 
tion to  the  management  of  the  estate  to  which 
he  was  heir.  Air.  Griswold  is  held  in  the 
highest  esteem  in  Trumbull,  where  he  makes 
his  home  and  is  popular  among  all  classes  of 
citizens.  He  is  of  kindly,  hospitable,  charitable 
disposition  and  alive  with  public  spirit.  In 
politics  he  is  a  Republcan.  He  has  been  an 
assessor,  selectman,  representative,  member 
of  the  board  of  relief  of  the  town.  He  is  a 
member  of  Mithra  Lodge,  No.  8,  Knights  of 
Pythias,  of  Bridgeport,  and  of  Lmiform  Rank, 
Company  4,   in   which  he   holds   the   rank   of 


colonel,  and  is  also  member  of  the  Lodge  of 
Elks  and  Free  and  Accepted  Masons.  He 
married,  September  9,  1891,  at  Kingston,  New 
York,  Lizzie,  daughter  of  Frederick  H.  Ar- 
nold. Children:  Fred  L.,  Charles  M.,  Lottie 
M.  and  another.  Their  home  is  on  the  New- 
town turnpike,  Trumbull. 


Daniel  Kennedy  or  Cannadv, 
KENNEDY     immigrant    ancestor,    settled 

at  Salem,  Massachusetts,  and 
married  there,  November  10,  1681,  Hannah, 
daughter  of  Henry  and  Judith  (Birdsall) 
Cooke  (see  Essex  Institute  Historical  Col- 
lections, vol.  I,  p.  114,  and  vol.  2,  p.  43).  Dan- 
iel Canada's  name  appears  on  muster  roll  of 
Captain  Mosely's  company,  King  Phillip's  war, 
1675-76 ;  also  on  roll  of  garrison  duty  at  Gro- 
ton,  Massachusetts,  June  20,  1675.  He  died 
June  II,  1695. 

(II)  Isaac  Kennedy  (or  Canada),  son  of 
Daniel  Kennedy  or  Cannady,  settled  in  Wind- 
ham, Connecticut,  now  Hampton,  formerly 
called  Kennedy  Village  (see  Barber's  Conn. 
Hist.  Collections,  p.  424),  and  was  bom  at 
Salem,  January  21,  1689  (see  Essex  Hist. 
Collections,  vol.  II,  p.  43).  He  rnarried,  Jan- 
uary 21,  1729-30,  Phoebe,  daughter  of  Sam- 
uel Leonard,  of  Duxbury,  Massachusetts,  and 
Preston,  Connecticut,  son  of  Solomon  Leon- 
ard, of  Duxbury  (see  Windham  Town  Rec- 
ords, Book  A,  p.   116).     Isaac  Kennedy  died 

in   1755- 

(III)  Isaac  (2),  son  of  Isaac  (i)  Kennedy, 
was  born  December  23,  1732,  at  Windham. 
He  married,  February  25,  1761,  Miriam 
Fitch,  born  at  Windham,  June  9,  1741,  died 
June  5,  1799  (see  Windham  Town  Records, 
Book  B.,  p.  60).  John  Fitch,  Jr.,  father  of 
Miriam,  was  a  son  of  Captain  John  Fitch  and 
grandson  of  the  Rev.  James  Fitch.  The  father 
of  Alice  Fitch,  who  married  John  Jr.,  her 
second  cousin,  was  Ebenezer  Fitch,  son  of 
Major  James  Fitch.  Captain  John  Fitch,  born 
in  Norwich,  Connecticut,  in  January,  1667, 
died  May  24,  1743;  married,  July  10,  1695, 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Lieutenant  Thomas 
and  Miriam  (Tracy)  Watejnian.  He  was  a 
son  of  Rev.  James  Fitcti,  of  Bocking,  Eng- 
land, and  Norwich,  Connecticut,  and  Priscilla, 
daughter  of  Captain  John  Mason,  the  Indian 
fighter. 

(IV)  Leonard,  son  of  Isaac  (2)  Kennedy, 
was  born  at  Windham,  Conneqticut,  March  3, 
1767,  died  at  Hartford,  Connecticut,  Septem- 
ber 19,  1842.  He  was  a  merchant  and  man- 
ufacturer at  Hartford.  In  politics  he  was  a 
Federalist  and  later  a  Whig ;  in  religion  a 
Congregationalist  and  subsequently  a  Univer- 
salist.     He  married,  December  6,  1790,  Fanny 


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Pamela  Lewis,  born  at  Colchester,  Connecti- 
cut, April  24,  1768,  died  in  Hartford,  Febru- 
ary 27,  1849,  daughter  of  Ephraim  Lewis, 
born  October  4,  1735,  graduate  of  Yale  Col- 
lege in  1755,  and  granddaughter  of  the  Rev. 
Judah  Lewis,  graduate  of  Yale  in  1726. 

(V)  Leonard  (2),  son  of  Leonard  (i) 
Kennedy,  was  born  at  Hartford,  Connecticut, 
March  30,  1799,  died  December  14,  1879.  He 
was  a  hardware  merchant  at  Hartford  and 
manufacturer  of  joiners'  tools,  and  a  leading 
public-spirited  citizen.  Afterward  he  estab- 
lished his  factory  in  Milwaukee,  Wisconsin, 
engaging  also  in  the  fire  insurance  business 
there,  having  a  general  and  local  agency. 
While  residing  there,  at  the  personal  request 
of  President  Fillmore,  and  Thomas  Corwin, 
then  secretary  of  the  treasury,  Mr.  Kennedy 
made  an  inspection  of  all  the  United  States 
land  offices  in  Wisconsin,  Minnesota  and  Iowa, 
in    1854,   as  special  commissioner. 

He  married,  July  14,  1825,  Parthenia  Rob- 
inson, born  in  Moretown,  A''ermont,  Novem- 
ber,19,  1802,  died  in  Hartford,  April  11,  1874. 
She  was  a  direct  descendant  of  Rev.  John 
Robinson,  of  Scrooby,  England,  and  Leyden, 
Holland,  the  founder  of  Congregationalism. 
The  line  is  through  his  son  Isaac,  Lieutenant 
Peter  (3),  Benjamin  (4),  and  Colonel  Elijah 
Robinson  (5),  and  Captain  Elijah  Robinson 
(6).  Captain  Elijah  (6)  was  born  in  Staf- 
ford, Connecticut,  May  30,  1775,  died  at  More- 
town,  Vermont,  November  9,  1815;  married. 
May  30,  1797,  Lydia  Bragg,  born  in  Spring- 
field, Vermont,  November  19,  1778,  died  at 
Moretown,  March  28,  1864.  He  was  ensign 
lieutenant  and  captain  in  the  Vermont  militia 
in  the  war  of  1812.  Colonel  Elijah  Robinson, 
born  in  Windham  (Scotland  parish),  Connec- 
ticut, April  I,  1735,  died  in  Weathersfield, 
Windsor  county,  Vermont.  January  25,  1809: 
married,  January  22,  1761,  Lydia.  daughter  of 
Simeon  and  i\nne  (Slater)  Scripture,  of  Cov- 
entry, Connecticut.  Lj'dia  Scripture  was  born 
in  Coventry,  April  21,  1744. 

The  services  of  Elijah  Robinson  found  in 
"Connecticut  Men  in  the  War  of  the  Revolu- 
tion" :  , 

"P.  21.  From  Stafford,  'Lexington  Alarm,'  ten 
days.  P.  47.  Captain  in  Gen.  Spencer's  2nd  Regi- 
ment, 177s ;  April  and  May  were  spent  marching 
around  Boston ;  its  post  was  at  Roxbiiry  and  the 
disbanding  was  Dec.  19,  1775.  P.  389.  In  State  Reg- 
iment in  Northern  Department,  under  Colonels  jN'Iott 
and  Swift,  June-July,  1776.  stationed  at  Ticonderoga 
and  vicinity.  (Col.  iNIott's  Battalion.)  P.  614.  Cap- 
tain in  Col.  Ely's  State  Regiment,  June,  1777.  P.  537. 
Capt.  Elijah  Robinson's  Company  in  1778,  engaged 
for  three  months ;  arrived  in  camp,  June  29,  1778.'" 

"Elijah  Robinson  bought  his  first  land  in  Weath- 
ersfield, Vt.,  Oct.  30,  1784.  His  will  was  probated 
March  i,  i8og."     (F.  W.  Rugg,  Asst.  Town  Clerk). 


Obituary  of  Colonel  Elijah  Robinson,  found 
in  Volume  IV  of  "Governors  and  Cotmcil  of 
Vermont,"  page  61 : 

"Colonel  Elijah  Robinson  first  appears  in  the  Ver- 
mont records  as  representative  from  Weathersfield, 
Vt.,  1782,  when  he  was  appomted  Councilor.  To  this 
office  he  was  elected  annually  until  1802.  In  1783, 
he  was  a  member  of  the  Board  of  War  and  in  1786 
he  served  as  lieutenant-colonel  in  suppressing  the 
attempted  insurrection  in  Windsor  County.  He  was 
Judge  of  Windsor  County  Court  from  1782  until 
1787;  again  from  1788  until  i8or  and  Chief  Judge 
in  1802;  making  nineteen  years  of  judicial  service. 
He  was  also  a  member  of  the  Council  of  Censors 
in  1785.  In  1693  he  was  elected  Brigadier-General 
but  refused  to  accept  the  office." 

His  death  was  announced  in  Spooner's  Ver- 
mont Journal  of  February  13,  1809,  as  fol- 
lows : 

"Died  in  Weathersfield,  on  the  25th  ult.,  univer- 
sally lamented,  the  Honorable  Elijah  Robinson,  aged 
73,  an  officer  of  the  late  Revolutionarj'  Army  of  the 
United  States.  Colonel  Robinson  sustained  a  share 
in  the  service  of  his  country  in  the  War  of  1755 
and  was  one  of  the  number  who,  in  1759,  traversed 
the  then  wilderness  from  Charlestown,  New  Hamp-  ■ 
shire,  to  Crown  Point.  At  the  commencement  of  the 
contest  which  terminated  in  the  emancipation  of  the 
states  he  repaired  again  to  the  'tented  field'  and  con- 
tributed several  years'  personal  service  to  our  free- 
dom and  independence.  At  the  close  of  the  Revo- 
lution he  retired  to  a  wilderness  to  repair  a  fortune 
exhausted  in  the  service  of  his  country.  Since  his 
residence  in  this  state  he  has  sustained  and  dis- 
charged several  important  civil  offices  with  honor 
and  mtegrity.  He  was,  moreover  a  virtuous,  exem- 
plary, and  religious  man.  His  remains  were  com- 
mitted to  the  silent  tomb  on  the  Saturday  following, 
accompanied  by  the  greatest  concourse  of  people  ever 
witnessed  in  this  country  on  a  similar  occasion." 
("Connecticut  Men  in  the  War  of  the  Revolution." 
State  rules,  pp  21,  47,  389,  537  and  614.  State  rec- 
ords in  town  clerk's  office  at  Stafford  Springs, 
Conn.) 

Children  of  Leonard  and  Parthenia  (Rob- 
inson) Kennedy:  i.  Miriam  Parthenia,  born 
in  Utica,  New  York,  May  29,  1826,  died  in 
Hartford,  February  2,  1902.  2.  Leonard 
White,  born  in  Utica,  May  25,  1829,  died  in 
Brooklyn,  New  York,  July  21,  1898.  3. 
Fanny  Lewis,  born  at  Hartford,  December  4, 
1 83 1,  died  in  Brooklyn,  New  York,  Novem- 
ber 5,  1907.  4.  Algernon  Sidney,  August  20, 
1834;  he  enlisted  in  the  Fifth  Wisconsin  In- 
fantry on  President  Lincoln's  first  call  for 
volunteers,  in  1861,  was  in  the  battles  of  Wil- 
liamsburgh,  of  the  Chickahominy,  Antietam, 
and  others  in  which  the  Army  of  the  Potomac 
was  engaged ;  although  completely  broken  in 
health  at  the  time  of  his  discharge,  he  always 
refused  a  pension ;  died  in  Hartford,  April  2, 
1868.  5.  Samuel  Lewis,  February  9,  1837, 
living  in  Brooklyn,  New  York.  6.  Susan 
Skinner,  November  21,  1839,  died  in  Hartford, 
February  20,  1840.     7.  Elijah  Robinson,  men- 


Born  in  Hartford,  Conn.,  March  30,  1799 
Died  in  Hartford,  Conn.,       Dec.  14,  1879 


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tioned    below.      The    last   five    were    born    in 
Hartford. 

(VI)  Elijah  Robinson,  son  of  Leonard  (2) 
Kennedy,  was  born  at  Hartford,  May  6,  1844. 
When  he  was  three  years  old  his  parents 
moved  to  Milwaukee,  Wisconsin.  He  attended 
private  schools  there  and  the  seventh  ward 
high  school  and  Milwaukee  University.  He 
began  his  career  in  business  as  junior  clerk  in 
a  store  and  became  a  wholesale  hosiery  mer- 
chant in  New  York  City.  For  many  years  he 
has  devoted  himself  to  the  insurance  business. 
He  is  a  broker  in  fire,  marine,  liability  and 
casualty  insurance,  with  offices  at  123  William 
street.  New  York  City.  He  is  also  the  agent 
of  a  number  of  large  fire  insurance  companies 
and  United  States  manager  of  European  fire 
insurance  companies.  He  was  twice  president 
of  the  New  York  Board  of  Fire  Underwriters. 
In  politics  he  has  always  been  a  Republican. 
He  was  park  commissioner  of  Brooklyn  twice, 
and  president  of  the  commission  to  lav  out  the 
"Shore  Road,"  that  splendid  work  being  main- 
ly due  to  his  initiative  and  persistent  efiforts. 
He  is  a  Congregationalist  and  member  of 
Plymouth  Church,  Brooklyn.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Down  Town  Club  of  New  York,  Ham- 
ilton, of  Brooklyn,  Montauk  Club,  of  Brook- 
lyn, Nassau  Country  Club,  of  Glen  Cove, 
Long  Island,  and  Shinnecock  Hills  Golf  Club, 
of  Southampton,  Long  Island.  He  is  presi- 
dent of  the  New  England  Society  of  Brook- 
lyn ;  trustee  of  the  Brooklyn  Institute  of  Arts 
and  Sciences ;  president  of  the  Old  School- 
mates' Association,  of  JMilwaukee ;  member  of 
the  Society  of  Mayflower  Descendants, 
through  Governor  William  Bradford,  the  So- 
ciety of  Colonial  Wars,  through  Captain  John 
Mason,  and  Sons  of  the  Revolution,  through 
Colonel  Elijah  Robinson. 

He  married,  December  2,  1874,  at  40  West 
Fifty-sixth  street,  New  York  City,  Lucy 
Brace  Pratt,  born  February  27,  1846,  at  108 
Willow  street,  Brooklyn,  graduated  from  the 
Hartford  Female  Seminary,  class  of  1864, 
daughter  of  Henry  Zachariah  and  Lucy  Eliza- 
beth (Brace)  Pratt.  Both  parents  were  born 
in  Hartford.  The  father  was  a  book  pub- 
lisher and  vice-president  of  the  Aetna  Fire 
Insurance  Company  of  Hartford.  Children  of 
Henry  Zachariah  and  Lucy  Elizabeth  (Brace) 
Pratt :  Henry  Cleveland,  Thomas  Brace, 
George  Walter,  William  Hall  Brace,  Lucv 
Brace,  Charles  Cleveland,  Emily  Brace,  Susan 
Cleveland  and  Edward  Lee  Pratt. 

Lucy  Elizabeth  Brace  was  a  daughter  of 
Hon.  Thomas  Kimberly  Brace,  of  Hartford, 
who  was  born  in  Hartford,  October  16,  1779, 
died  June  14,  i860;  graduate  of  Yale  College 
in  1801  ;  represented  Hartford  in  the  general 


assembly  in  1831-32,  as-  had  his  father  before 
him,  in  1798;  was  elected  mayor  of  Hartford 
three  successive  years,  beginning  in  1840,  and 
was  a  candidate  for  congress  in  1843  ^^id 
1845 ;  organized  the  Aetna  Fire  Insurance 
Company  and  was  its,  president  for  thirty- 
eight  years.  To  his  wise  management  the 
great  prosperity  of  the  company  is  due  in  no 
small  degree.  After  graduating  from  college 
in  1 80 1,  he  read  law  at  Litchfield,  Connecticut, 
with  Judges  Reeve  and  Gould,  and  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar  (Hinman's  "Conn.  Settlers," 
p.  308;  "Memorial  History  of  Hartford 
County,"  vol.  i,  p.  505).  Mr.  Brace  married, 
August  25,  1807,  Lucy  Mather  Lee,  the  great- 
granddaughter  of  Rev.  Samuel  Mather,  grad- 
uate of  Harvard  College  in  1671,  and  one  of 
the  founders  of  Yale  College.  Thomas  Kim- 
berly Brace  was  a  son  of  Judge  Jonathan 
Brace,  born  November  12,  1754,  died"  in  Hart- 
ford, August  26,  1837,  graduate  of  Yale  Col- 
lege in  1779.  Judge  Brace  married,  April  15, 
1778,  Mrs.  Ann  White  Kimberly;  he  studied 
law  under  Oliver  Ellsworth,  once  chief  justice 
of  the  United  States,  and  held  many  important 
positions  of  honor  in  both  Connecticut  and 
Vermont;  was  elected  representative  to  con- 
gress from  Connecticut  in  1799  and  again  in 
May,  1800.  The  session  closed  in  May,  1801, 
and  was  the  last  held  in  Philadelphia.  In 
1815  he  was  chosen  mayor  of  Hartford,  and 
held  the  position  nine  years,  declining  another 
term,  being  nearly  seventy  years  old.  A  steel 
engraving  of  Judge  Brace  copied  from  his 
picture  in  the  Hartford  Atheneum  is  owned 
by  Mrs.  Elijah  Robinson  Kennedy,  as  is  also 
a  fine  oil  portrait  of  Thomas  Kimberly  Brace, 
her  grandfather. 

Susan  (Cleveland)  Pratt  (aunt  of  President 
Grover  Cleveland),  mother  of  Henry  Zach- 
ariah Pratt,  was  born  in  Norwich,  Connecti- 
cut, September  26,  1784,  died  August  19, 
1883,  daughter  of  Rev.  Aaron  Clevela'nd.  She 
married  Harry  Pratt,  of  Hartford,  May  11, 
1804,  and  was  the  mother  of  thirteen  children, 
all  of  whom  lived  to  maturity  (see  "Cleveland 
Genealogy,"  vol.  i,  p.  511)  (Hinman's  "Conn. 
Settlers,"  p.  620  and  p.  308).  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Kennedy  also  have  portraits  of  Isaac  Ken- 
nedy, Lydia  (Bragg),  wife  of  Captain  Elijah 
Robinson;  of  Leonard  Kennedy  and  his  wife, 
Fanny  (Lewis),  of  Leonard  Kennedy  Jr.  and 
his  wife,  Parthenia  (Robinson),  and  of  Harrv 
Pratt  and  his  wife  Susan   (Cleveland). 

Mrs.  Kennedy  is  a  member  of  the  Societv 
of  Colonial  Daughters  of  the  Seventeenth  Cen- 
tury and  a  charter  member  of  Fort  Greene 
Chapter,  Daughters  of  the  American  Revolu- 
tion, of  Brooklyn. 

Children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  EHjah  Robinson 


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Kennedy:  i.  Sidney  Robinson,  born  Novem- 
ber 19,  1875;  prepared  for  college  at  Phillips 
Academy,  Andover,  Massachusetts;  grad- 
uated from  Yale  University,  1898 ;  is  engaged 
in  fire  insurance  business,  holding  a  respon- 
sible position  in  the  Continental  Insurance 
Company,  of  New  York ;  married,  November 
15,  1906,  at  Brooklyn,  New  York,  Natalie 
Stanton,  a  graduate  of  Smith  College,  class  of 
1904.  2.  Susan  Pratt,  born  February  26,  1880, 
in  Brooklyn,  New  York ;  graduate  from  the 
Packer  Collegiate  Institute,  Brooklyn,  in  1901, 
from  Smith  College  (A.B.,  1903)  ;  married, 
April  18,  1906,  Francis  William  Tully,  grad- 
uate of  Yale  Law  School  in  1901  ;  children  : 
Susan,  Francis  William  Jr.  and  Sidney  Ken- 
nedy Tully.  3.  Leonard,  born  May  20,  1886, 
at  Brooklyn,  graduate  of  Phillips  Academy, 
Andover,  of  Yale  University  in  1909;  engaged 
in  the  bond  business  with  William  A.  Read  & 
Company,  bankers.  New  York  City. 


William  Averill,  immigrant 
AA^ERILL     ancestor,     and     probably     the 

progenitor  of  all  of  the  early 
families  in  this  country  of  this  surname,  came 
from  England  to  Ipswich  as  early  as  1637. 
The  name  is  variously  spelled  Averel,  Averell, 
Averhill,  Averil  and  Avery.  He  died  in  1653. 
His  will  was  dated  June  3,  1652,  proved 
March  29,  1653.  His  widow  Abigail  was 
living  in  1655.  Children:  William,  men- 
tioned below  ;  Sarah,  married  John  Wildes ; 
Thomas,  resided  at  Ipswich ;  John,  lived  at 
Ipswich.  Three  other  children,  names  un- 
known. 

(II)  Wilham  (2),  son  of  William  (i )  Ave- 
rill, was  a  carpenter  in  Ipswich  until  1666, 
when  he  bought  a  hundred  acres  of  land  at 
Topsfield,  Massachusetts,  and  removed  thither. 
Many  of  his  descendants  have  lived  in  Tops- 
field  and  vicinity,  and  the  neighborhood  of 
his  home  came  to  be  called  "The  Colleges." 
He  married,  July  31,'  1661,  Hannah  Jackson, 
of  Ipswich.  His  will  was  dated  April  15, 
1690,  proved  June  30,  1691.  His  widow  Han- 
nah was  living  in  1735.  Children:  William, 
born  May  i,  1662;  Nathaniel,  October  13, 
1664;  John  (twin),  January  i,  1666;  Job 
(twin)  ;  Hannah,  December  i,  1667;  Eben- 
ezer,  October  14,  1669;  Isaac,  January  26, 
1671-72;  Thomas,  December  9,  1672;  Abigail, 
March  8,  1673-74;  Ezekiel,  July  24,  1675; 
Paul,  June  21,  1677  ;  Silas,  May  i,  1679 ;  Isaac, 
mentioned  below ;  Mary,  baptized  Slay  16, 
1697.        • 

(III)  Isaac,  son  of  William  (2)  Averill, 
was  born  at  Topsfield,  November  10,  1680. 
One  tradition  says  that  he  emigrated  from 
Milford  Haven,  Wales,  but  this   probably  is 


of  no  value  as  a  clue  to  the  ancestry  in  Eng- 
land. He  removed  to  Connecticut  and  was  at 
Preston  in  that  state.  May  30,  1724,  when  he 
acknowledged  a  deed  there.  His  mother  was 
living  in  Connecticut  in  1735,  perhaps  with 
him.  'He  settled  in  later  life  between  Kent 
and  Woodbury,  Connecticut,  being  now  part 
of  the  town  of  Washington.  He  was  an  orig- 
inal member  of  New  Preston  Congregational 
Church,  January  5,  1757.  Children :  Samuel, 
born  1715  ;  Daniel,  mentioned  below;  Moses, 
1724. 

(IV)  Daniel,  son  of  Isaac  Averill,  was  born 
in  1716,  died  October  23,  1785.  He  deeded 
land  in  New  Preston,  January  18,  1748,  to 
Edward  Cogswell.  He  married  Lucy  Cogs- 
well, born  in  1727,  died  September  23,  1782. 
Children:  i.  Nathan,  married  Roana  Noble, 
and  lived  at  Platfsburg,  New  York;  Daniel, 
mentioned  below  ;  Nathaniel,  lived  at  Amster- 
dam, New  York:  Judah,  born  1756,  died  May 
18,  1784. 

(V)  Daniel  (2),  son  of  Daniel  (i)  Averill, 
was  born  in  Kent,  Connecticut,  about  1755. 
He  was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution  for  three 
years  from  the  town  of  Kent,  in  Captain 
Woodbridge's  company,  also  in  Captain  Ste- 
phen Billing's  company,  and  was  a  pensioner 
on  the  lists  of  1818  and  1832,  New  Haven 
county,  Connecticut.  He  married,  May  17, 
1784,  Eunice  Calhoun.  He  was  a  seafaring 
man,  and  lived  at  Branford,  Connecticut. 

(VI)  David,  son  of  Daniel  (2)  Averill,  was 
born  about  1785.  He  was  also  a  mariner.  He 
married  Polly  Morris  and  lived  at  Branford. 
Among  his  children  was  John,  mentioned  be- 
low. 

(VII)  John,  son  of  David  Averill,  was  born 
at  Branford,  March  22,  1714.  He  followed 
the  sea.  He  was  a  coaster  speculator  and  cap- 
tain of  vessels  for  several  years  and  built  a 
number  of  ships.  He  married  Almira,  daugh- 
ter of  Stephen  and  Polly  (Andrews)  Heming- 
way, of  East  Haven,  Connecticut.  Children: 
George  Marshall,  mentioned  below  ;  Harriet  J., 
born  September  27,  1840,  died  November  8, 
1907,  married  Lewis  Frisbie ;  Roland  G.,  May 
3,  1843:  Asahel  S.,  May  27,  1849;  John  F., 
September  19,  1852 ;  Mary  Elvira,  May  7, 
1856,  married  Adrian  G.  Ely. 

Stephen  Hemingway  married  Mary,  daugh- 
ter of  Timothy  and  Mary  (Pierpont)  An- 
drews. Mary  Pierpont  was  daughter  of  John 
and  Ruth  (Stiles)  Pierpont,  granddaughter  of 
Rev.  Isaac  Stiles.  John  Pierpont  Jr.,  brother 
of  Mary,  enlisted  in  the  army  in  the  revolution 
when  he  was  sixteen  years  old  in  Colonel 
Lamb's  artillery  regiment  in  1777 ;  was  pres- 
ent at  the  battle  of  Ridgefield,  where  General 
Wooster   was  killed;  was   at  Monmouth  and 


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in  other  battles  of  the  revoKition ;  at  West 
Point  he  distinguished  himself  by  dragging" 
a  cannon  several  miles  under  cover  of  night  to 
the  banks  of  the  North  river,  where  he  and 
several  others  fired  it  with  such  success  as  to 
compel  the  British  warship  "Vulture,"  which 
brought  Major' Andre  to  West  Point,  to  drop 
down  the  river  out  of  range.  In  appreciation 
of  this  act.  General  Washington  offered  Pier- 
pont  a  commission,  but  it  was  refused  with  the 
remark,  "While  John  Pierpont  lives,  the 
United  States  shall  never  lack  a  private  sol- 
dier." He  was  present  at  the  nine-day  siege 
of  Yorktown ;  died  December  29,  1851,  aged 
ninety-one ;  was  at  one  time  a  prisoner  of 
war.  John  Pierpont  Sr.  was  the  grandson  of 
Rev.  James  Pierpont,  who  donated  the  land 
for  the  green  and  church  at  North  Haven, 
Connecticut. 

(VIII)  George  Marshall,  son  of  John  Ave- 
rill,  was  born  at  Branford,  Connecticut,  Oc- 
tober 12,  1838,  died  February  22,  1908.  He 
was  educated  in  the  common  schools  and  at 
Branford  Academy,  and  for  a  number  of ' 
years  followed  the  coast,  holding  all  the  ranks 
of  seamanship  from  cook  to  captain.  For 
twenty-two  years  he  was  proprietor  of  "The 
Ark,"  a  most  popular  summer  resort  on  In- 
dian Neck,  famous  for  shore  dinners.  The 
hostelry  was  built  by  Mr.  Averill  from  an  old 
schooner.  In  politics  he  was  a  Republican. 
He  was  a  member  of  Widows  Sons  Lodge, 
No.  66,  Free  and  Accepted  Alasons.  He  mar- 
ried, March  20,  1864,  Harriet  Elizabeth  Bab- 
cock,  died  May  8,  1883,  daughter  of  Russell 
AV.  and  Wealthy  A.  Babcock.  Her  father  died 
March  31,  1850;  her  mother  November  11, 
1850.  The  Babcocks  lived  at  North  Lyme. 
Children:  i.  Frederick  Lawton,  born  July 
15,  1865  ;  married  Emma  E.  Button,  of  New 
Haven,  and  had  Helen  Pauline.  2.  George 
A¥alter,  June  13,  1870;  lives  in  San  Francisco, 
California.  3.  Lester  Marshall,  October  18, 
1871,  died  September  22,  1872.  4.  John  Rus- 
sell, September  18,  1876;  married  Daisy  Stan- 
nard  :  children  :  Russell  John,  Walter  George, 
Eleanor  H.  and  one  child  that  died  in  in- 
fancy. 5.  Louis  Southard,  July  i,  1878;  mar- 
ried Grace  Brintall,  widow.  6.  Ernest  Leroy, 
mentioned  below. 

(IX)  Ernest  Leroy,  son  of  George  Mar- 
shall Averill,  was  born  January  22,  1883.  He 
attended   the  public   schools   of   New   Haven, 

.  the  New  Haven  high  school  and  the  Gaffey 
Shorthand  School  of  New  Haven.  He  en- 
tered the  Yale  Law  School  in  1901  and  gradu- 
ated with  the  degree  of  LL.  B.  in  the  class 
of  1905.  He  began  to  practice  law  in  New 
Flaven  in  partnership  with  Mr.  Cressy  under 
the  firm  name  of  Averill  &  Cressy  in  offices 


in  Church  street  and  continued  until  January, 
1907.  He  then  took  offices  with  Prentice  W. 
Chase,  39  Center  street,  New  Haven,  and  has 
continued  in  practice  in  New  Haven  and  also 
in  Wallingford,  where  he  makes  his  home. 
He  was  admitted  to  practice  in  the  supreme 
court  of  the  United  States  in  1910.  He  was 
assistant  prosecuting  attorney  of  Wallingford, 
1907-09,  clerk  of  the  borough  of  Fair  Haven 
East  for  three  years.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  First  Naval  Battalion  of  New  Haven  for 
seven  years  and  retired  with  the  rank  of  en- 
sign. He  is  a  member  of  the  New  Haven  Bar 
Association,  the  Wallingford  Club,  the  Young 
Men's  Athletic  Club  of  Wallingford,  the 
Young  Men's  Republican  Club  of  New  Haven, 
the  Fraternal  Benefit  League,  and  the  Metho- 
dist Episcopal  church.  In  politics  he  is  a  Re- 
publican. He  married,  January  31,  1906,  Lulu 
Evelyn,  born  January  17,  1883,  daughter  of 
William  H.  Johnston.  Children :  Esther  Mar- 
guerite, born  September  25,  1906 ;  Eunice  Al- 
mira,  December  4,  1908;  William  Prentice, 
July  23,  19 10. 


(IV)  Samuel  Averill,  son  of 
AVERILL  Isaac  Averill  (q.  v.),  was  born 
in  1 71 5  in  Topsfield  or  Reho- 
both,  Massachusetts.  He  moved  with  the  fam- 
ily in  1746  and  settled  in  New  Preston,  then 
a  part  of  the  town  of  Kent  in  Connecticut,  and 
bought  land  that  has  remained  to  the  present 
time  in  the  possession  of  the  familv.  He  died 
in  New  Preston,  April  30,  1786.  He  married 
Patience  Perry,  of  Rehoboth,  Massachusetts, 
born  1716,  died  April  4,  1790.  Children: 
Samuel,  Colonel  Perry,  mentioned  below.  Pa- 
tience. 

(V)  Colonel  Perry  Averill,  son  of  Samuel 
Averill,  was  born  at  New  Preston,  September 
18,  1754,  died  there  July  10,  1842.  He  was 
a  soldier  in  the  revolution  and  also  in  the 
war  of  1812.  He  was  with  Washington's 
army  in  New  York.  In  later  life  he  was  com- 
missioned colonel  of  his  regiment  in  the  state 
militia.  He  married  (first),  September  22, 
1774,  Dorothy,  daughter  of  EHphalet  Whittle- 
sey. She  was  born  September  8,  1755,  died 
July  12,  1824.  He  married  (second),  De- 
cember 8,  1824,  Mrs.  Sarah  Turrell,  who  died 
May  19,  1830,  aged  eighty-three  years.  Chil- 
dren of  first  wife :  Perry,  EHphalet,  Heman, 
Chloe,  Dolly,  Perry,  Samuel,  mentioned  be- 
low, Matilda  Patience,  Elisha,  Augustine, 
Frederick  William  and  Horace. 

(VI)  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Colonel  Perry 
Averill,  was  born  at  New  Preston,  February 
17,  1787,  died  June  12,  1864.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  town, 
and   he   worked   on   the   homestead   to   which 


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he  eventually  succeeded,  and  on  which,  in 
183 1,  he  built  the  substantial  stone  mansion 
which  is  still  the  family  home  of  the  Averills. 
He  was  a  zealous  Qiristian  and  especially 
earnest  in  temperance  work.  He  was  a  man 
of  great  industry  and  energy  and  greatly  im- 
proved the  homestead  by  building  stone  walls 
and  clearing  land  for  hay  fields.  He  married. 
May  30,  181 5,  Betsey  Johnson,  born  May  5, 
1787,  died  January  16,  1891,  aged  nearly  one 
hundred  and  four  years,  daughter  of  Amos 
and  Patience  (Hickok)  Johnson.  Her  fatlier 
was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution.  Children : 
Dolly  Betsey,  Samuel  Johnson,  mentioned  be- 
low, Martha,  Mary  and  Sally  Johnson. 

(Vn)  Samuel  Johnson,  son  of  Samuel  (2) 
Averill,  was  born  at  New  Preston,  in  the  town 
of  Washington,  Litchfield  county,  February 
25,  181 9,  died  June  10,  1891.  He  received 
his  early  education  in  the  public  schools  of 
his  native  town,  attended  the  academy,  and 
taught  school  for  a  year.  Though  his  school- 
ing was  not  extensive,  he  was  fond  of  study 
and  reading  and  was  a  lifelong  student.  Few 
of  his  contemporaries  were  better  informed 
in  matters  of  current  news  or  general  his- 
tory. He  was  especially  interested  in  religious 
and  scientific  study.  He  was  progressive  in 
his  farming  and  bought  a  mowing  machine, 
August  4,  1853,  probably  the  first  machine  of 
the  kind  put  to  practical  use  in  Litchfield 
county.  The  capacity  of  the  farm  to  produce 
hay  has  been  materially  increased  by  the  later 
generations,  the  stones  removed  and  the  soil 
enriched.  He  made  a  business  many  years  of 
fattening  cattle  for  the  market,  and  he  made 
a  very  practical  demonstration  of  the  great 
capacity  of  the  Litchfield  county  hills  in  pro- 
ducing hay  and  grass  under  modern  methods 
of  cultivation.  He  was  keenly  interested  in 
politics  and  town  afifairs.  In  1856  he  repre- 
sented the  town  in  the  general  assembly  of 
tlie  state.  In  politics  he  was  a  Republican. 
He  was  deacon  of  the  New  Preston  Congre- 
gational Church  and  active  in  good  works  all 
his  life.  He  married,  December  4,  1844,  Laura 
Phinette,  born  in  Southbury,  Connecticut, 
June  9,  1824,  died  October  27,  1882,  daughter 
of  David  and  Julia  (Northrop)  Piatt.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Ellen  Maria,  born  December  17, 
1846;  married,  November  11,  1885,  Dayton 
Burnham,  of  New  Preston.  2.  Mary  Eliza- 
beth, October  30,  1848,  died  May  13,  1854. 
3.  Betsey  Caroline,  August  6,  1850,  died  May 
6,  1854.  4.  Edna  Amelia,  November  20,  1852, 
died  May  19,  1859.  5-  Heman  Otis,  men- 
tioned below.  6.  Julia,  October  29,  1861,  died 
January  18,   1896. 

(VIII)  General  Heman  Otis  Averill,  son  of 
Samuel   Johnson    Averill,   was   born    in    New 


Preston,  August  20,  1856.  He  has  always 
lived  on  "The  Averill  Homestead,"  on  which 
he  was  born,  and  he  cherishes  as  a  precious 
possession  the  original  quit  claim  deed  by 
which  Samuel  Chappell  conveyed  to  Sam- 
uel Averill  (IV)  in  1746  about  two 
hundred  acres  of  land,  known  now  as  "The 
Averill  Homestead,"  "situated  in  Waramaug's 
Reserve  in  the  town  of  Kent,  County  of 
Hartford  and  colony  of  Connecticut  in 
New  England."  Three  years  later,  in  1749, 
Mr.  Averill  perfected  his  title  to  the  same 
by  securing  on  payment  of  the  nominal 
sum  of  "six  pounds,"  a  warantee  deed  from 
Cheeree  Waramaug,  chief  of  the  Scaticooks, 
so  that  the  title  to  The  Averill  Homestead  is 
traced  to  the  aborigines.  He  attended  the  pub- 
lic schools,  the  Whittlesey  Academy,  the  Sci- 
entific Department  of  Oberlin  College,  Ohio. 
He  has  been  very  active  in  public  afifairs,  and 
has  been  honored  by  election  to  nearly  every 
office  of  trust  and  responsibility  in  his  native 
town.  He  was  representative  from  Washing- 
ton in  the  general  assembly  during  the  cele- 
brated deadlock  session  of  1891.  In  1894  Mr. 
Averill  was  elected  to  represent  the  twentieth 
senatorial  district  in  the  state  senate.  He  has 
served  as  paymaster-general  on  Governor 
Launsbury's  staff,  and  since  1898  has  been 
judge  of  probate  in  his  district,  being  re-elected 
each  time  on  the  nomination  of  both  political 
parties.  He  resigned  the  office  of  paymaster- 
general  to  accept  the  office  of  commissioner 
on  domestic  animals  in  1899  ^.nd  has  done 
much  effective  and  useful  work  in  the  in- 
terests of  agriculture  in  his  business.  He  is 
president  of  the  Washington  Siipply  Com- 
pany, Incorporated,  at  Washington  Depot, 
Connecticut.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican. 
General  Averill  is  a  past  master  of  Washing- 
ton Grange,  No.  11,  Patrons  of  Husbandry;  of 
Excelsior  Pomona  Grange,  No.  7,  and  of 
Rising  Sun  Lodge,  No.  27,  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons.  He  married,  October  20,  1881,  Ber- 
tha Wheaton  Buckingham,  of  Washington, 
Connecticut,  daughter  of  Ralph  and  Elvira 
(Wheaton)  Buckingham.  Children:  i.  Laura 
Buckingham,  born  April  i,  1883;  married, 
April  25,  1909,  Lester  Ford  Harvey,  of  Wash- 
ington. 2.  Ralph  Johnson,  November  8,  1884; 
has  charge  of  his  father's  extensive  farming 
interests ;  he  is  a  past  master  of  Rising  Sun 
Lodge,-  No.  27,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons, 
and  Washington  Grange,  No.  11,  Patrons  of 
Husbandry  ;  director  of  the  Connecticut  Dairy- 
men's Association,  president  of  the  board  of 
education  of  the  town  of  Washington,  and 
served  on  the  building  committee  that  had 
charge  of  erecting  the  new  high  school  at 
Washington    Depot,    Connecticut.      3.    Qara 


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W'heaton,  April  18,  1887.  4.  Dorothy,  Jan- 
uary 14,  1889.  5.  Heman  Otis  Jr.,  August  5, 
1891,  died  August  13,  1891.  6.  Heman  Perry, 
May  3,  1898.  7.  Grace  Julia,  February  12, 
1900. 

General  Averill  is  a  lineal  descendant  of 
Thomas  Dudley,  governor  of  Massachusetts, 
in  1634-35-40-41-45-46-50-51,  and  of  Thomas 
Wells,  governor  of  Connecticut  in  1655-58, 
and  his  wife  is  a  descendant  of  William  Tracy, 
governor  of  Berkley  Colony,  Virginia,  the  first 
permanent  English  settlement  on  the  Western 
Hemisphere,  and  through  him  of  Egbert,  first 
King  of  all  England. 


Thomas  Bunce,  immigrant  an- 
BUNCE  cestor,  was  born  in  1612  in  Eng- 
land and  was  of  English  or 
Scotch  ancestry.  He  died  before  August, 
1682.  In  1639  he  was  a  proprietor  of  the 
town  of  Hartford,  Connecticut,  "by  courtesie 
of  the  town."  His  house  lot  was  near  the 
site  of  the .  state  capitol.  He  served  in  the 
Pequot  war  and  was  granted  sixty  acres  of 
land  for  his  services  by  the  general  court  in 
1671  and  fifty  acres  more  in  1672.  He  and 
his  wife  were  members  of  the  South  Church 
in  1670.  He  was  chimney  viewer  in  1646 
and  1670;  constable  in  1648;  juror  in  1649; 
townsman  or  selectman  in  1653-61-65 ;  rate 
and  list  maker  in  1669-71-72-73.  He  was 
freed  from  the  obligation  of  military  training 
in  September,  1672,  being .  then  sixty  years 
old.  His  will  mentions  his  wife  Sarah,  cousin 
Elizabeth  White  and  sister  Katharine  Clark. 
His  widow  died  January,  1693-94.  Children : 
I.  John,  mentioned  below.  2.  Elizabeth,  mar- 
ried Jacob  White.  3.  Thomas,  married 
Susanna,  daughter  of  Captain  Thomas  Bull ; 
admitted  to  the  South  Church  with  his  wife 
in  1677;  townsman  many  years  between  1679 
and  1703;  had  a  large  estate  at  Rocky  Hill, 
Wethersfield  and  Hartford.  4.  Sarah,  mar- 
ried (first)  John  White,  Jr.,  of  Hatfield; 
(second)  about  1668,  Nicholas  Worthington, 
of  Hatfield ;  died  June  20,  1676.  5.  Mary, 
married  (first)  Thomas  Meakins,  of  Hatfield, 
killed  by  Indians,  October  9,  1673 :  married 
(second)   John  Downing,  of  Hatfield. 

(II)  John,  son  of  Thomas  Bunce,  was  born 
about  1650,  died  about  1734.  He  inherited 
the  house  and  Barn  and  the  homestead  bounded 
by  land  of  Thomas  Gridley  and  others  in 
Hartford.  He  was  admitted  to  the  South 
Church  in  1686  with  his  wife,  Mary  (Bar- 
nard) Bunce.  He  was  townsman  or  select- 
man in  1701-11-15.  The  inventory  of  his  es- 
tate amounted  to  five  hundred  and  thirty-eight 
pounds,  six  shillings,  eight  pence.  His  will 
was  dated  July  16,  1730.     He  bequeathed  half 


his  homestead  to  his  son  James  and  half  to 
Jacob,  John  and  Isaac  Bunce,  the  children  of 
his  son  John,  who  was  given  the  right  to  live 
in  the  house  during  his  life.  He  left  small 
legacies  to  three  daughters.  Children :  John, 
mentioned  below ;  James ;  three  daughters,  of 
whom  the  names  are  not  given  in  the  will. 
The  estate  was  divided  June  2,  1737,  and 
May,  1 75 1. 

(III)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Bunce, 
was  born  about  1690,  in  Hartford,  died  in 
1743.  He  married  Abigail  Sanford.  Chil- 
dren, born  in  Hartford:  i.  John,  born  about 
1718,  mentioned  below.  2.  Jacob,  mentioned 
in  grandfather's  will.  3.  Isaac,  mentioned  in 
the  will,  aged  sixteen  in  1743  (born  in  1727) 
(Samuel  Flagg,  of  Hartford,  was  his  guard- 
ian). 4.  Lucretia,  aged  thirteen  in  1743.  5. 
Jared,  aged  twelve  in  1743.  6.  Abigail,  aged 
ten  in  1743.  The  mother  was  guardian  of  the 
minor   children. 

(IV)  John  (3),  son  of  John  (2)  Bunce, 
was  born  1718.  He  married  Ann,  daughter 
of  Joseph  I5unce,  of  Hartford,  who  died  in 
1750,  as  he  and  his  wife  are  mentioned  among 
the  heirs  of  Joseph  Bunce.  Among  his  chil- 
dren was  John,  mentioned  below. 

(V)  John  (4),  son  of  John  (3)  Bunce, 
was  born  1750.  He  married  Susannah,  daugh- 
ter of  Captain  Nathaniel  and  Abigail  (Jones) 
Kilbourne.  Children  :  Russell,  mentioned  be- 
low;  Nathaniel. 

(VI)  Russell,  son  of  John  (4)  Bunce,  was 
born  in  Hartford,  October  10,  1776.  He  be- 
came a  leading  merchant  and  substantial  citi- 
zen of  Hartford,  and  for  many  years  was 
deacon  of  the  First  (Centre)  Congregational 
Qiurch.  He  married  Lucinda  Marvin,  of 
Lyme,  Connecticut,  a  descendant  of  Thomas 
Lee,  of  Saybrook  (1641).  Children,  born  at 
Hartford:  i.  Lucinda,  born  March  12,  1800, 
died  July  23,  1874;  married  Haynes  Lord 
Porter,  born  1798,  died  1874.  2.  John  Lee, 
1802,  died  April  10,  1878;  was  president  of 
the  Phoenix  Bank  of  Hartford,  and  one  of  the 
leading  citizens  of  the  city.  3.  Susan,  mar- 
ried Daniel  Henchman,  of  Boston ;  son  Russell 
succeeded  his  father  in  business.  4.  James 
Marvin,  October  13,  1806,  mentioned  below. 
5.  Mary  Jane,  1809,  died  November  21,  i860; 
rnarried  Samuel  S.  Ward,  of  Montreal;  both 
died  in  Hartford.  6.  Emma,  1814,  Hving  in 
191 1,  in  her  ninety-seventh  year. 

(VII)  James  Marvin,  son  of  Russell  Bunce, 
was  born  October  13,  1806,  in  Hartford,  died 
there  July  25,  1859.  He  was  educated  in  the 
pubhc  schools,  and  in  1825  began  his  career  as 
clerk  in  the  Phoenix  Bank  and  later  was  teller. 
He  went  into  business  on  his  own  account  as 
member  of  the  firm  of  T.  K.  Brace  &  Com- 


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pany,  February  i,  1830.     The  firm  carried  on 
an   extensive   commission    business.      At    that 
time   Hartford    was    an    important    center    of 
this  hne  of  business.     After  a  time  the  name 
of  the  firm  was  changed  to  Brace  &  Bunce  and 
when  the  senior  partner  retired,  V.  A.  Bailey 
entered   the   firm,   the  name  becoming  J.    M. 
Bunce  &  Company.     ^Ir.  Bailey  died  suddenly 
and  was  succeeded  by  Drayton  Hillyer.     i\Ir. 
Bunce  continued  at  the  head  of  the  business 
until  his  death.     For  some  time  the  firm  dealt 
chiefly  in  wool  and  cotton.     Mr.  Bunce  was 
also  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Hillyer,  Mun- 
yan    &    Company,    dealers    in    groceries,    and 
located  in  the  same  building  with  J.  M.  Bunce 
&  Company.     He  had  large  interests  outside 
his  firm.     He  was  one  of  the  active  agents  of 
Hartford  in  opposing  the  construction  of  the 
Air  Line  railroad  bridge  over  the  Connecticut 
river  at   Middletown.     The  controversy  over 
this  bridge  lasted  from  1847  to  1849  and  dur- 
ing its  progress  Mr.  Bunce  became  well-known 
throughout   the   state   for   a   sturdy   and   able 
fighter.    He  was  chosen  president  of  the  Hart- 
ford, Providence  &  Fishkill  Railroad  Company 
and  devoted  all  his  energies  to  the  construc- 
tion and  development  of  this  road.    He  was  a 
prime  mover  in  the  eft'ort  to  have  an  adequate 
and  fitting  high  school  building  in  Hartford 
and    forwarded    the    agitation    by    circulating 
documents,  publishing  newspaper  articles,  and, 
as  a  member  of  the  building  committee  after- 
ward, he  contributed  liberally  toward  the  com- 
pletion of  the  edifice  in  accordance  with  the 
ambitious  ideas  he  himself  held.     Needless  to 
say,   Hartford   has  been  grateful  to  him   for 
the  foresight  and  persistence  he  showed.     He 
was  originally  a  Whig  in  poHtics.     He  was  in 
sympathy    with    the    anti-slavery    movement, 
but   continued    with   the   Whig   party    to    the 
end,   assisting  to   organize  the  new   Republi- 
can party.     He  was  a  delegate  to  the  first  Re- 
publican   national    convention    at    Pittsburg. 
His  pledge  that  Connecticut  would  give  a  plu- 
rality  for  the   Republican   candidate   was   re- 
ceived  with   incredulity.     "We   doubt  if  any 
man  in  the  state  gave  more  generously  to  the 
cause  (of  the  new  party)  here  or  in  Kansas, 
or   rejoiced   more   heartily   over   the   splendid 
vote  of  Connecticut  in  1856."    His  temper  was 
naturally  most   ardent   and   impetuous,   impa- 
tient of  obstacles,  leading  him  straight  towards 
his  object.     But  he  was  exceedingly  generous 
and  his  warm  aft'ections  were  easily  touched 
by  distress  or  the  demands  of  any  good  cause. 
He  left  a  goodly  estate,  but  he  gave  away  more 
than  he  left,  for  his  benefactions  began  early, 
increased  as  his  means  allowed  and  continued 
to  the  time  of  his  death. 

Many  years  he  was  a  member  of  the  Centre 


Church,  but  he  joined  the  colony  from  that 
church  to  establish  the  now  flourishing  Pearl 
Street  Church.  He  was  an  active  and  earnest 
Christian,  taking  every  opportunity  to  do  good 
to  others  and  to  lead  them  to  the  faith  in  which 
he  believed.  His  death  was  caused  by  a  run- 
away accident,  while  he  was  yet  active  in  busi- 
ness and  social  life.  His  great  force  of  char- 
acter, his  zeal  for  the  public  welfare  and  de- 
termination to  do  all  in  his  power  to  promote 
the  public  good,  his  inflexible  integrity,  strong 
will  and  high  purposes,  placed  him  among  the 
foremost  and  most  useful  and  honored  citi- 
zens of  Hartford  and  made  his  death  lamented 
as  that  of  few  men  have  ever  been  in  that  city. 
He  married  (first)  March  15,  1830,  Frances 
A.  Brace,  born  April  8,  1808,  died  September 
9,    1838.      He   married    (second)    October   9, 

1839,  Elizabeth  H.  Chester,  born  October  31, 
1807,  died  Alarch  6,  1861.  Children  of  first 
wife :  Jonathan  Brace,  born  April  4,  1832, 
mentioned  below ;  Francis  ]\larvin,  admiral  in 
the  United  States  navy.  Children  of  second 
wife :    William    Gedney,   born    September    19, 

1840,  an  artist;  James  Russell,  1842,  died  De- 
cember 21,  1874;  Frances  Ann,  May  20,  1844. 
Russell,  died  January  21,  1874;  Alfred  Ches- 
ter, February  12,  1851,  resides  in  Brooklyn, 
New  York;  Ellen,  February  15,  1853. 

(Vni)  Jonathan  Brace,  son  of  James  Mar- 
vin Bunce,  was  born  in  Hartford,  April  4, 
1832.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of  his 
native  city  and  fitted  for  college  in  the  Hart- 
ford high  school.  He  was  a  student  for  a 
year  and  a  half  in  the  Sheffield  Scientific 
School  of  Yale  University,  and  afterward  be- 
came associated  in  business  with  his  father. 
He  learned  the  business  thoroughly  and  at 
the  age  of  twenty-two  engaged  in  the  com- 
mission business  in  New  York  City  as  part- 
ner in  the  firm  of  Dibble  &  Bunce  and  con- 
tinued in  this  business  with  substantial  suc- 
cess until  1859,  when  he  returned  to  Hart- 
ford and  succeeded  his  father  in  the  firm  of 
J.  M.  Bunce  &  Company.  His  partnership 
with  Drayton  Hillyer  thus  begun,  continued 
for  a  period  of  fifteen  years.  In  1875  he 
withdrew  from  the  business  to  take  the  office 
of  vice-president  of  the  Phoenix  Mutual  Life 
Insurance  Company  of  Hartford,  and  filled  the 
office  with  ability  and  honor.  In  1889,  when 
the  company  was  reorganized,  he  was  ad- 
vanced to  the  office  of  president,  a  position  in 
which  he  has  distinguished  himself  and 
brought  credit  and  honor  to  his  company.  The 
Phoenix  Mutual  Life  Insurance  Company  was 
chartered  in  May,  185 1,  and  issued  its  first 
policy  in  September  following.  The  original 
name  was  the  American  Temperance  Life  In- 
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policies  at  first  only  upon  lives  of  total  ab- 
stainers. The  present  name  was  taken  in  1861 
when  the  policy  was  modified.  The  company 
does  no  foreign  business,  but  has  agencies 
throughout  the  United  States.  Mr.  Bunce  re- 
signed his  position  as  president  in  1903,  but 
still  served  the  company  as  director  and  chair- 
man of  its  finance  committee. 

At  the  beginning  of  the  civil  war  Mr.  Bunce 
was  appointed  quarter-master  by  Governor 
Buckingham  and  he  served  out  the  balance 
of  the  term  of  his  predecessor.  With  charac- 
teristic energy  and  executive  ability  he  brought 
order  and  efficiency  into  the  department  at  a 
time  when  the  war  multiplied  the  business  of 
the  office  a  hundred-fold.  He  fitted  out  nine 
regiments  of  infantry,  a  battalion  of  cavalry 
and  another  of  artillery  far  the  army.  The 
demands  of  his  own  large  business  made  him 
relinquish  further  honors  in  military  life.  He 
has  held  many  positions  of  private  and  public 
trust.  He  is  a  director  of  the  Phoenix  National 
Bank,  the  Hartford  Fire  Insurance  Company, 
president  and  director  of  the  Society  for  Sav- 
ings, the  same  having  the  largest  amount  of 
any  savings  bank  in  the  state  of  Connecticut, 
and  trustee  of  the  Connecticut  Trust  and  Safe 
Deposit  Company.  He  has  been  active  in  va- 
rious charitable  institutions,  especially  the 
Hartford  Hospital  and  the  American  School 
for  the  Deaf.  In  religion  he  is  a  Congre- 
gationalist  and  an  active  member  of  the  Farm- 
ington  Avenue  Congregational  Church,  of 
which  he  was  one  of  the  original  incorpora- 
tors.   In  politics  he  is  a  Republican. 

He  married.  May  9,  i860,  Laura,  born  Sep- 
tember 15,  1838,  daughter  of  Calvin  B.  and 
Lura  (Hayes)  Dibble,  of  Granby,  Connecti- 
cut. Children,  born  at  Hartford :  James  Mar- 
vin, January  31,  1861  ;  Walter  Hayes,  October 
22,  1862;  Philip  Dibble,  August  6,  1864; 
Louise  Sheldon,  May  17,  1866;  Anne  Kim- 
berly,  April  i,  1870;  Frank  Russell,  J'une  13, 
1873 ;  Alexander,  September  9,  i"875 ;  Helen 
Brace,  November  14,  1878. 

(The  Tuttle  Line). 

The  word  Tuthill,  meaning  a  conical  hill, 
is  a  common  place  name  in  England,  of  re- 
mote antiquity.  From  one  or  more  places 
named  Tuthill,  the  surname  Tuthill  or  Tut- 
tle is  derived,  following  a  custom  prevalent  in 
the  twelfth  century  and  later,  when  sur- 
names came  into  use  in  England.  The  fam- 
ilv  has  been  especially  prominent  in  Devon- 
shire,   England. 

There  came  to  America  in  1635  in  the 
ship,  "Planter,"  three  families  of  this  name 
from  the  parish  of  St.  Albans,  Hertford- 
shire,  England.     John,   Richard  and  William 


Tuttle,  the  heads  of  these  families,  were 
doubtless  brothers.  John  Tuttle,  mercer,  aged 
thirty-nine,  according  to  the  passenger  list, 
settled  at  Ipswich,  Massachusetts ;  was  in  Ire- 
land in  1654,  and  probably  fell  sick  there,  for 
his  wife  went  to  Carrickfergus,  Ireland,  and 
wrote  April  6,  1657,  that  he  died  there  De- 
cember 30,  1656.  Richard  Tuttle,  aged  forty- 
five,  settled  in  Boston,  where  he  died  May  8, 
1640.     William  Tuttle  is  mentioned  below. 

(I)  William  Tvittle,  immigrant  ancestor, 
came  from  St.  Albans  parish,  Hertfordshire, 
England,    on    the    ship    "Planter,"    in    April, 

1635,  with  his  brothers,  John  and  Richard,  and 
their  families.  He  stated  his  age  as  twenty-six. 
His  wife  Elizabeth,  aged  twenty-three,  and 
children  John,  aged  three  and  a  half,  and 
Thomas,  aged  three  months,  came  at  the  same 
time.  His  occupation  was  given  as  husband- 
man. His  wife  joined  the  church  at  Boston, 
August  14,  1636.  As  early  as  1635  he  was 
granted  liberty  to  build  a  windmill  at  Charles- 
town,  and  was  a  proprietor  of  that  town  in 

1636.  His  wife  was  dismissed  to  the  Ipswich 
church,  September  8,  1639,  and  they  doubtless 
lived  there  for  a  time.  He  was  part  owner  of  a 
ketch  with  Zebulon  Tuttle,  of  Ipswich,  and  was 
associated  to  some  extent  in  business  with 
John  Tuttle,  of  Ipswich.  He  and  John  owned 
land  deeded  them  by  George  Griggs  for  debt 
and  the  same  George  Griggs  gave  him  a  mort- 
gage of  house  and  land  on  Beacon  street,  Bos- 
ton, October  8,  1650,  after  Tuttle  had  moved 
to  New  Haven.  About  1639  Tuttle  moved  to 
New  Haven.  In  1641  he  was  the  owner  of  the 
home  lot  of  Edward  Hopkins,  who  had  re- 
moved to  Hartford.  This  lot  was  on  the 
square  bounded  by  Grove,  State,  Elm  and 
Church  streets.  In  1656  Tuttle  bought  of 
Joshua  Atwater  his  original  allotment,  man- 
sion house  and  barn  with  other  lands.  He 
made  his  home  there  until  his  death,  and  his 
widow  after  him  until  her  death,  a  period  of 
twenty-eight  years.  At  the  time  of  his  death 
it  was  appraised  at  one  hundred  and  twenty 
pounds.  He  shared  in  the  division  of  com- 
mon lands  in  1640  and  afterward.  William 
Tuttle  and  Mr.  Gregson  were  the  first  owners 
of  land  at  East  Haven,  Connecticut,  and  Mr. 
Tuttle  surveyed  and  laid  out  the  road  from 
the  ferry  at  Red  Rock  to  Stony  river.  His 
land  there  was  bounded  by  a  line  running 
from  the  old  ferry  (where  the  new  bridge 
over  the  Quinnipiack  now  is),  eastward  to 
a  spring  where  issues  the  small  stream  called 
Tuttle  "s  brook,  thence  south  along  this  brook 
to  Gregson's  land  at  Solitarv  cove,  thence  west 
to  a  point  on  the  New  Haven  harbor  near 
the  chemical  works  and  Fort  Hale,  thence 
north   along  the   harbor   to  the   point  of  be- 


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ginning.  It  included  Tuttle's  hill.  In  1659 
he  became  the  owner  of  land  at  North  Haven. 
He  sold  or  conveyed  most  of  his  property  to 
his  children  before  he  died.  Judging  from 
the  seat  he  was  assigned  in  the  meeting  house, 
he  was  among  the  foremost  men  of  New 
Haven,  as  early  as  1646-47.  He  was  inter- 
ested in  the  projected  settlement  from  New 
Haven  on  the  Delaware,  which  failed  on  ac- 
count of  the  opposition  of  the  Dutch  in  New 
Netherlands.  He  filled  many  positions  of  trust 
and  responsibility  in  the  colony :  was  commis- 
sioner to  decide  on  an  eciuivalent  to  those  who 
received  inferior  meadow  lands  in  the  first 
allotment;  was  fence  viewer  in  1644;  road 
commissioner  in  1646;  commissioner  to  settle 
the  dispute  as  to  boundary  between  New 
Haven  and  Branford  in  1669  and  to  fix 
the  bounds  of  New  Haven,  Milford,  Bran- 
ford  and  Wallingford  in  1672.  He  was 
often  a  juror  and  arbitrator ;  was  con- 
stable in  1666-67.  He  died  early  in  June, 
1673.  His  inventory  was  dated  June  6, 
1673.  His  wife  died  December  30,  1684, 
aged  seventy-two.  She  had  been  living  with 
her  youngest  son,  Nathaniel,  who  presented 
her  will,  but  the  other  children  objected  to  it 
and  it  was  not  allowed.  The  inventory  of  her 
estate  is  dated  February  3,  1685.  Her  grave- 
stone was  removed  with  the  others  in  1821 
from  the  Old  Green  to  the  Grove  street  ceme- 
tery, and  it  now  stands  in  a  row  along  the 
north  wall  of  the  cemetery,  but  part  of  the  in- 
scription is  gone. 

Children:  i.  John,  born  in  England,  1631. 
2.  Hannah,  born  in  England,  1632-33  ;  married 
John  Pantry  (see  Pantry  II).  3.  Thomas, 
born  in  England,  1634-35.  4.  Jonathan,  bap- 
tized July  8,  1637.  5.  David,  baptized  in 
Charlestown,  April  7,  1639,  settled  in  Wal- 
lingford. 6.  Joseph,  baptized  in  New  Haven, 
November- 22,  1640.  7.  Sarah,  baptized  April 
1642.  8.  Elizabeth,  baptized  November  9, 
1645.  9.  Simon,  baptized  March  28,  1647. 
10.  Benjamin,  baptized  October  29,  1648.  11. 
Mercy,  born  April  27,  1650.  12.  Nathaniel, 
baptized  February  29,   1652. 

(The  Pantry  Line). 
(I)  William  Pantry  (Peyntree,  Pantree), 
immigrant  ancestor,  came  from  England  to 
New  England  in  the  same  ship  with  Samuel 
Grenhill,  Timothy  Stanley,  Simon  Willard  and 
other  prominent  pioneers.  He  was  at  New- 
towne  (Cambridge)  in  1634  and  had  a  lot 
granted  to  him  August  4,  1634.  He  was  freed 
from  training,  November  7,  1634 ;  was  ad- 
mitted a  freeman,  March  4,  1635.  He  went 
to  Hartford  and  was  one  of  the  wealthiest  of 
the    original    proprietors    of    Hartford.      His 


home  lot  in  1639  was  on  what  is  now  Front 
street,  and  was  bounded  on  the  south  by  land 
of  James  Olmstead  and  on  the  north  by  land 
of  Thomas  Scott.  He  was  townsman  .(select- 
man) in  1641-45;  constable  in  1649.  His  in- 
ventory, dated  November  29,  1649,  amounted 
to  one  thousand  and  eleven  pounds,  ten  shill- 
ings. The  will  of  his  wife  Margaret, 'Septem- 
ber 12,  1651,  bequeathed  to  her  daughter, 
Mary  Bryan,  Sister  Brunson  and  her  two  chil- 
dren by  Richard  Brunson,  John  and  Abigail 
Brunson ;  also  her  son  John  Pantry.  Children, 
born  in  England:  I.  Mary,  married  Richard 
Bryan,  of  Hartford.  2.  John,  mentioned  be- 
low. 

(II)  John,  son  of  William  Pantry,  was  born 
about  1629,  and  was  admitted  a  freeman  of 
Hartford  in  1650.  His  will  was  dated  Septem- 
ber I,  1653,  and  the  inventory  was  taken  No- 
vember 25  of  the  same  year.  He  married 
Hannah  Tuttle,  born-in  England,  1632-33,  died 
in  Hartford,  August  9,  1683  (gravestone) 
(see  Tuttle  I)  ;  she  married  (second)  June  23, 
1654,  Thomas  Welles.  Children  :  i.  John,  bap- 
tized Alarch  17,  1650,  mentioned  below.  2. 
Hannah,  born  August,  1652.  3.  Mary  (prob- 
ably posthumous).  Children  of  Thomas  and 
Hannah  (Pantry)  Welles:  4.  Rebecca  Welles, 
born  Ma}',  1655.  5.  Thomas  Welles,  Octo- 
ber, 1657.  6.  Sarah  Welles,  October,  1657. 
7.  Ichabod  Welles,  November,  1660.  8.  Sam- 
uel Welles,  October,  1662.  9.  Jonathan  Welles, 
September,  1664.  10.  Joseph  Welles,  August, 
1667. 

(III)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Pantry, 
was  baptized  in  Wethersfield,  Connecticut, 
March  17,  1650,  died  April  4,  1736.  He  re- 
sided in  Hartford,  where  he  was  a  leading  citi- 
zen and  a  man  of  wealth.  He  married  Abigail 
Mix,  baptized  January  22,  1660,  daughter  of 
Thomas  and  Rebecca  (Turner)  Mix,  of  New 
Haven,  and  granddaughter  of  Captain  Nathan- 
iel Turner,  of  New  Haven.  Children :  i. 
John,  married  Mary  Norton.  2.  Abigail,  born 
Januarv  11,  1678-79.  3.  Hannah,  married 
Hezekiah  Goodwin.  4.  Rebecca,  mentioned 
below. 

(IV)  Rebecca,  daughter  of  John  (2)  Pan- 
try, was  baptized  April  25,  1692,  died  Febru- 
arv  28,  1776.  She  inherited  considerable  prop- 
erty in  East  Hartford.  She  married,  April 
30,  1713,  Nathaniel  Jones.  Children:  i.  Mary, 
born  September  8,  1714.  2.  Pantry,  married 
Jerusha  Caldwell.  3.  Abigail,  married  Captain 
Nathaniel  Kilbourne,  born  January  15,  1731, 
son  of  Thomas  and  Mary  (Higgins)  Kil- 
bourne, of  East  Hartford ;  he  was  a  sea-cap- 
tain and  died  at  sea,  June  14,  1759,  and  his 
brother  Thomas,  the  mate,  died  on  the  same- 
day  on  the  same  ship,  a  suspicion  of  murder 


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by  the  crew ;  she  died  in  Hartford,  January 
19;  1798,  aged  seventy-one;  children:  i.  Re- 
becca Kilbourne,  married  Isaac  Mason ;  ii. 
Mary  Ann  Kilbourne,  baptized  April  28,  1754; 
iii.  Susannah  Kilbourne,  married  John  Bunce, 
of  Hartford  (see  Bunce  V).  4.  John  Pantry, 
baptized  August  9,   1730. 


Captain  Joseph  Bunce,  of  the 
BUNCE     fifth    generation    from    Thomas 

Bunce,  the  immigrant  (q.  v.), 
lived  in  Hartford,  and  was  a  master  mariner. 
He  was  lost  at  sea.  Children:  i.  William, 
went  to  Atlanta,  Georgia,  where  he  published 
the  first  newspaper ;  left  a  large  estate ;  no  de- 
scendants. 2.  Rufus,  a  jeweler  for  many  years 
in  Hartford.  3.  Thomas,  went  to  New  York 
state  when  a  young  man.  4.  Betsey,  married 
David  Taylor,  of  Hartford.  5.  Lucy,  married 
Kepper.    6.  Horace,  mentioned  below. 

(VI)  Horace,  son  of  Captain  Joseph  Bunce, 
was  born  at  Hartford,  May  29,  1776,  died  Jime 
16,  1863,  in  Southington.  He  was  educated 
in  the  district  schools,  and  learned  the  trade 
of  cooper.  In  connection  with  his  cooperage 
business  he  conducted  a  farm.  He  married, 
December  25,  1797,  at  Southington,  where  he 
was  then  living,  Hannah  Woodruff,  born  July 
24,  1776,  daughter  of  Robert  and  Jerusha 
(Bronson)  Woodruff.  She  died  January  30, 
1856.  Children,  born  in  Southington:  I. 
Nancy,  May  19,  1799.  2.  Emarilla,  October  9, 
1800;  married  John  O.  Camp,  who  died  sud- 
denly at  Newbern,  North  Carolina,  while  on 
a  visit:  she  died  December  23,  1888.  3.  Wil- 
liam Joseph,  mentioned  below.  4.  Jerusha, 
July  I,  1805,  died  May  26,  1869;  married 
Henry  Norton.  5.  Hannah,  March  14,  1808, 
died  November  6,  1835  :  married  Romulus  An- 
drews, a  shoemaker  of  Farmington.  6.  Dor- 
cas, June  3,  1811,  died  May  16,  1852;  married 
James  Hitchcock.  7.  Rufus  Rodney,  May  11, 
1814;  married  and  settled  in  Arkansas.  8. 
Henry,  August  24,  1817,  died  the  same  day. 
9.  Horace  Henry  (twin  of  Henry),  August 
24,  1817;  married  (first)  Jane  Norton;  (sec- 
ond) Ann  Curtiss ;  died  March  11,  1888;  con- 
ducted the  old  homestead  in   Southington. 

(VII)  William  Joseph,  son  of  Horace 
Bunce,  was  born  in  Southington,  August  12, 
1802,  died  May  26,  1878.  He  was  educated  in 
the  common  schools  and  learned  the  trade  of 
tailor.  He  established  himself  in  business  as 
a  merchant  tailor  at  Wallingford.  After  a 
few  years,  however,  he  sold  his  business,  and 
engaged  in  farming  in  Burlington  and  after- 
ward in  Kensington,  on  the  Meriden  and  New 
Britain  road,  a  mile  south  of  the  Kensington 
meeting  house.  He  was  a  well-to-do  farmer 
and   a   useful   citizen.     He   was   a   pious   and 


faithful  member  of  the  Congregational  church 
and  strong  in  good  works.  He  had  firm  con- 
victions;  his  judgment  was  sound  and  his  in- 
fluence great  in  the  community.  A  man  of 
great  force  of  character,  and  of  unlimited  ca- 
pacity for  work,  he  clung  to  the  traditions  of 
his  day  and  church,  intending  fully  to  dis- 
charge his  obligations  as  he  saw  them  but  with 
little  S3'mpathy  for  what  he  considered  the 
shiftless  and  unsound  inventions  and  philoso- 
phies of  the  younger  generation.  He  married, 
September  14,  1827,  in  Wallingford,  Emeline 
Hough,  born  July  15,  1808,  daughter  of  James 
and  Mary  (Berry)  Hough,  granddaughter  of 
Devon  Berry,  of  the  Lexington  alarm  list  and 
later  distinguished  for  service  throughout  the 
revolutionary  war.  She  died  October  22,  1890. 
She  passed  the  years  of  her  widowhood  on  the 
homestead  and  was  buried  beside  her  husband 
in  the  Kensington  cemetery.  She  was  a  true 
Christian,  deeply  concerned  in  the  welfare  and 
happiness  of  her  famih^  and  neighbors.  Of  an 
unusually  eager  and  inquiring  mind,  her  appre- 
ciation of  new  thoughts  was  keen  and  intelli- 
gent. No  sufferer  lacked  prompt  and  ready 
sympathy  from  her,  and  those  closest  to  her 
remember  no  harsh  or  censorious  judgments 
of  others  from  her  lips,  while  her  regard  for 
strict  and  literal  truthfulness  kept  further 
watch  upon  her  speech.  Children  :  i.  Wil- 
liam, born  December  21,  1828;  married  Ruth 
Curtiss,  and  had  two  daughters ;  he  died  at 
Plainville,  Connecticut.  2.  George,  January 
20,  1831  ;  farmer  at  Berlin,  Connecticut:  mar- 
ried (first)  Sarah  Hall;  (second)  Mrs.  Mar- 
cella  (Brooks)  Hastings.  3.  James  H.,  men- 
tioned below.  4.  Leander,  December  20,  1835  ; 
married  Harriet  Louise  Wilcox,  and  has  an 
adopted  daughter,  Catherine  Stillman,  a  music 
teacher.  5.  Horace  C,  May  i,  1839,  died  aged 
three  days.  6.  Lucy  Emeline,  July  27,  1843, 
died  April  12,  1844. 

(VIII)  James  Hough,  son  of  William  Jo- 
seph Bunce,  was  born  August  28,  1833,  in 
Kensington,  died  October  12,  1908.  He  at- 
tended the  district  school  of  his  native  town 
and  was  a  pupil  under  Asenath  Clark,  Sarah 
Gridley  and  Harriet  Elderkin,  well-known  and 
well-beloved  teachers  in  his  day.  He  attended 
the  academy  at  Southington,  of  which  Rev. 
Mr.  Day  was  then  the  principal,  and  for  two 
winter  terms  attended  a  school  at  Berlin  taught 
by  Professor  Johnson.  At  the  age  of  nine- 
teen 3'ears,  he  became  a  clerk  in  the  general 
store  of  John  Brandegee  at  Berlin,  beginning 
on  an  annual  salary  of  fifty  dollars  with  an  in- 
crease of  twenty-five  dollars,  the  second  and 
third  years,  respectively.  But  after  a  year  he 
was  released  from  his  three-year  contract  and 
entered  the  employ  of  Ward  Coe,  grocer,  at 


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Meriden.  Six  months  later,  however,  he  re- 
turned to  the  employ  of  Mr.  Brandegee  and 
continued  until  his  employer  suffered  business 
reverses.  Mr.  Bunce  w^as  appointed  by  the 
creditors  to  sell  the  stock  of  goods  and  he  won 
their  commendation  by  his  energy  and  success 
in  discharging  this  duty.  He  came  to  Middle- 
town  in  November,  1856,  and  became  a  clerk 
in  the  store  of  Colegrove  &  McFarland  at  an 
annual  salary  of  four  hundred  dollars.  In 
March,  1857,  he  became  a  clerk  in  the 
store  of  Origan  Utiey,  dealer  in  dr}^  goods 
and  carpets,  and  continued  until  the  busi- 
ness was  sold  to  H.  C.  Ransom,  of  Hart- 
ford, who  continued  the  store  at  Middletown 
in  conjunction  with  a  larger  store  in  Hartford. 
Mr.  Bunce  became  his  manager  in  Middle- 
town,  and  in  May,  1865,  bought  the  business. 
His  business  sagacity  and' enterprise  were  im- 
mediately in  evidence.  He  rented  the  adjoin- 
ing store  and  connected  the  two  stores  and  his 
business  soon  outgrew  the  enlarged  quarters, 
however.  The  building  which  now  forms  the 
front  of  his  store  had  been  built  about  one 
_year.  JNIr.  Bunce  bought  it  in  September,  1876. 
It  was  then  twenty-six  by  eighty  feet.  It  was 
later  enlarged  by  an  addition  of  forty  feet. 
In  1895  he  built  an  annex  eighty  feet  in  depth 
and  four  stories  high.  In  1900  he  added  an- 
other section  forty-eight  by  eighty  feet  and 
six  stories  high,  making  his  store  one  of  the 
largest  in  the  state,  much  larger  than  any 
other  in  Middletown  and  larger  than  any  other 
store  in  New  England  in  a  city  of  the  size  of 
this. 

Naturally  a  merchant,  he  inherited  his  fath- 
er's talent  for  application,  and  his  mother's 
keen  appreciation  of  the  newer  ways  of  life. 
An  intense  believer  in  his  country  and  its 
future,  he  himself  laid  the  credit  of  his  im- 
mediate success  to  the  prompt  business  re- 
t)ound  at  the  close  of  the  war,  for  which  he 
prepared  largely  and  intelligently.  Always  a 
little  ahead  of  others,  he  worked  with  the  zest 
and  enthusiasm  of  the  man  whose  heart  is  in 
his  business  and  who  regards  that  as  an  oppor- 
tunity for  increasing  service  to  his  community. 
No  good  cause  there  lacked  his  support,  and 
the  ideal  towards  which  he  strove  in  all  his 
efforts,  public  and  private,  was  the  realization 
of  justice,  to  every  man  according  to  his  worth 
and  work.  Few  men  strove  harder  than  he  to 
fulfill  the  requirements  of  the  prophet,  "to  do 
justice,  to  love  mercy,  to  walk  humbly  before 
the  Lord  thy  God."  A  member  of  the  First 
Congregational  Church,  he  gave  of  his  best 
to  its  growth  and  usefulness,  and  was  for 
)'ears  the  chairman  of  its  finance  committee. 

He  married.  May  17,  1865,  Mary  Anna 
Hubbard,    born    at    Middletown,    January    3, 


1838,  daughter  of  Tosiah  M.  and  Sarah  S. 
(Hubbard)  Hubbard  (see  Hubbard  V).  De- 
scended in  the  sixth  generation  from  George 
Hubbard,  a  founder  of  Middletown,-  and  of 
the  first  church  there,  she  grew  up  in  a  family 
exemplifying  the  best  traditions  of  "plain  liv- 
ing and  high  thinking."  Given  the  best  educa- 
tion that  the  times  and  the  position  of  her 
father,  a  plain  farmer,  would  permit,  and  born, 
as  it  were,  into  membership  in  the  First  Con- 
gregational Church,  she  has  been  one  with  her 
husband  in  all  his  ideals,  and  a  force,  both 
in  the  church  and  community.  Children:  i. 
Mar)'  E.,  born  November  24,  1866;  married 
Percy  Norton  Evans,  of  Montreal,  Canada, 
now  professor  of  chemistry,  Purdee  Univer- 
sity, Indiana.  2.  Grace  H.,  September  2,  1872  ; 
married  William  Paulding,  of  Cold  Springs, 
New  York,  now  colonel  of  the  Twenty-fourth 
Regiment,  United  States  Infantry.  3.  James 
H.,  December  31,  1874.  4.  Richard  H.,  May 
II,  1881  ;  married  Mabel  Pilsbury,  of  Charles- 
town,  Massachusetts.  All  were  given  the  best 
education  that  exigencies  of  health  would  per- 
mit. Both  sons  received  their  business  educa- 
tion in  their  father's  store,  and  remain  con- 
nected with  it  in  its  present  corporate  form. 
All  the  children,  in  turn,  have  joined  the  First 
Congregational  Church. 

(The  Hubbard  Line). 

(Ill)  Nehemiah  Hubbard,  son  of  Nathaniel 
Hubbard  (q.  v.),  was  born  at  Middletown, 
Connecticut,  July  22,  1721,  died  there  March 
II,  1811.  He  married  about  1747,  Sarah  Sill, 
born  January  2,  1728,  died  the  same  year  as 
her  husband,  according  to  family  tradition, 
youngest  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Phebe 
(Lord)  Sill,  of  Lyme,  Connecticut.  He  was  a 
soldier  in  the  old  French  and  Indian  war. 
Children,  born  at  Middletown:  i.  Isaac,  born 
September  24,  1750.  2.  Nehemiah,  April  10, 
1752;  married  (first)  in  1771,  Cornelia  Willis, 
who  died  November  28,  1781 ;  (second)  Feb- 
ruary 12,  1785,  Lucy  Starr:  (third)  April  22, 
1823,  Hannah  (Burnham)  Latimer:  was 
supercargo,  captain,  merchant,  paymaster  of 
Colonel  Burrill's  regiment  in  1776,  in  the  revo- 
lution :  president  of  Middletown  Savings  Bank, 
1808-22 :  justice  of  the  peace,  city  treasurer ; 
died  February  6,  1837.  3.  Elisha,  October  i, 
1753.  4.  Luc}',  April  2,  1755;  married  Rev. 
Robert  Hubbard.  5.  Jacob,  January  8,  1757. 
6.  Phebe,  January  3,  1761.  7.  Mary,  August 
20,  1765.  8.  Nathaniel,  July  17,  1766.  9. 
Mathew,  November  13,  1770.  10.  Anna.  11. 
Sarah.     12.  David.     13.  Name  unknown. 

(lA^)  Elisha,  son  of  Nehemiah  Hubbard, 
was  born  October  i,  17.S3,  died  January  28, 
1837,    at    Middletown.      He   married    Martha 


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541. 


Roberts,  born  April  15,  1767,  died  July  6, 
1827.  Children,  born  at  Middletown :  *i. 
Elisha,  1792,  died  March  7,  1858;  married, 
1850,  Ruth  Bill,  born  in  1787,  died  Septem- 
ber I,  1851.  2.  Alartha,  married  Uriah  Hay- 
den,  of  Essex,  Connecticut;  died  March  30, 
1888.  3.  Rebecca,  December  i,  1795,  died  Sep- 
tember 13,  1885;  married  Chauncey  Wetmore. 
4.  Anna,  April  23,  1797-98,  died  September 
24,  1878 ;  married  Augustus  Phillips.  5.  Sa- 
rah Sill,  married  Josiah  Meigs,  see  forward. 
6.  Phebe,  February  10,  1801,  died  March  19, 
1882 ;  married  Seth  S.  Hall.  7.  Infant,  de- 
ceased. 8.  Daniel,  October  21.  1803;  married 
Louise  Newell,  of  Union,  Connecticut.  9. 
David,  September  28,  1805 ;  lived  in  Iowa. 
10.  Mary,  February  23,  1808,  died  unmarried, 
February  21,  1893. 

(V)  Josiah  Meigs,  son  of  Jeremiah  (q.  v.) 
and  Elizabeth  (Meigs)  Hubbard,  and  through 
his  mother  a  descendant  of  John  Meigs,  the 
Guilford  farmer  who  brought  that  timely 
warning  to  the  regicides,  also  of  Simon  Wil- 
lard  who  saved  Brookfield  from  an  Indian 
massacre,  was  born  at  Middletown,  June  10, 
1785,  lived  and  died  there.  He  married,  May 
12,  1830,  Sarah  Sill  Hubbard,  born  at  Middle- 
town,  June  13,  1799,  died  there  January  19, 
1892,  daughter  of  Elisha  Hubbard,  mentioned 
above.  A  Christian  gentleman,  and  an  Ameri- 
can patriot,  steeped  in  traditions  of  family 
participation  in  the  stirring  events  of  colonial 
life  and  the  revolutionary  war.  Raised  a  Cal- 
vinist  of  the  old  school,  his  kindly  and  lovable 
nature  kept  him-  from  the  excesses  of  that 
faith.  Of  genial  temperament,  and  wide  hu- 
man sympathies,  of  stalwart  common  sense, 
and  with  an  unusual  appreciation  of  fine  litera- 
ture, the  entire  family  circle  sought  him  out 
for  companionship  and  encouragement,  while 
tireless  industry  made  him  a  leader  in  the 
small  community  of  farmers  around  him.  His 
wife,  Sarah  Sill  (Hubbard)  Hubbard,  a  sharer 
of  much  of  the  same  family  tradition,  and  a 
kindred  spirit  in  all  things,  joined  with  him 
to  produce  a  family  atmosphere  of  most  un- 
usual quality.  Of  their  two  sons,  both  in- 
herited largely  from  father  and  mother ;  as 
}'-oung  men  both  entered  the  stream  of  west- 
ward migration,  one  to  Kansas,  the  other  to 
California  ;  both  enlisted  in  the  war  for  free- 
dom, the  elder.  Robert,  to  lay  down  his  life 
at  Antietam.  Children  :  i.  Robert,  born  April, 
1831,  died  1862.  2.  Josiah  Meigs,  born  July 
16,  1832.  see  forward.  3.  Sarah  Sill,  born 
October  26,  183s;  married  Warren  Williams, 
died  1903.  4.  Mary  Anna,  born  January  3, 
1838;  married  James  H.  Bunce  (see  Bunce 
VIII).  5.  Martha  Louise,  born  October  i, 
1840.    6.  Lucy  Lyman,  born  January  15,  1845  '< 


married  (first)   Nathaniel  Hubbard,  (second) 
Joseph  Hubbard. 

(VI)  Josiah  Meigs  £2),  son  of  Josiah 
Meigs  (I)  and  Sarah  Sill  (Hubbard)  Hub- 
bard, was  born  at  Middletown,  July  16,  1832. 
He  married  (first)  Harriet  Fairchild;  (sec- 
ond) Lavina  (Bacon)  Coe.  Stirred  by  the 
struggle  to  keep  Kansas  a  free  state,  he  joined 
the  "Beecher  rifle  company,"  going  there  for 
settlement,  participated  in  many  stirring  events 
before  the  war,  served  through  the  war  in  the 
western  armies,  was  detailed  for  Indian  service 
following  the  war.  His  private  history,  an 
epitome,  as  it  were,  of  the  western  struggle 
for  free  government,  he  turned  his  back  on 
that  congenial  field  at  the  call  of  duty,  and. 
cheerfully  came  home  to  undertake  the  duties 
devolving  upon  him  there  through  the  death 
of  his  father  and  elder  brother.  Entering  as 
fully  into  the  public  life  of  his  native  state  as 
he  had  in  that  of  his  adopted,  he  became  a 
quiet  but  effective  force  in  community  and 
state  life.  A  farmer,  by  necessity,  the  new 
ways  of  agriculture  gained  his  ready  atten- 
tion, and  he  entered  heartily  into  the  public 
campaign  for  improved  agriculture,  and  bet- 
ter agricultural  education.  A  genial  and 
gifted  man,  he  fully  maintained  the  fine  tra- 
ditions of  the  family  in  which  he  had  such 
pride.  One  child,  Robert,  son  of  Harriet  (Fair- 
child)  Hubbard,  born  November  16,  1867, 
married  Sarah  Edwards  (Davis)   Hubbard. 


Nathaniel  Harwood,  immi- 
HARWOOD     grant  ancestor,  was  first  of 

Boston  and  then  of  Con- 
cord, between  1665  and  1667.  In  1665  he 
signed  a  declaration  of  non-freemen  of  Bos- 
ton, as  to  their  satisfaction  with  the  govern- 
ment.    He  was  a  cordwainer  by  trade.     He 

married  Elizabeth ,  who  died  April  25, 

1715.  He  died  February  7,  1716.  Children: 
William,  born  March  28,  1665,  in  Boston; 
Nathaniel,  born  in  Concord,  died  in  Chelms- 
ford, will  proved  October  28,  1751  ;  Peter, 
Januarj'  12,  1671  ;  John,  February  8,  1674; 
Mary,  February  5,  1676. 

(II)  Peter,  son  of  Nathaniel  Harwood,  was 
born  January  12,  1671,  in  Concord,  died  in 
Littleton,  1740:  will  proved  July  7  of  that 
year.  He  married,  November  7,  1700,  Mary 
Fox,  of  Concord.  Children :  Nathaniel,  born 
August  24,  1701,  Concord;  John,  April  28, 
1703:  Mary,  August  11,  1705;  Joseph,  Febru- 
ary 20,  1708:  Hannah,  January  30,  1710;  Ben- 
jamin, April  30,  1713;  Ebenezer,  see  forward. 

(III)  Ebenezer,  son  of  Peter  Harwood, 
was  born  February  22,  1714,  in  Concord.  He 
removed  from  Concord  to  Littleton,  1737, 
with  his  father  and  brother  Joseph,  and  thence 


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to  North  Brookfield,  in  1743-44.  In  April, 
1745,  he  joined  the  secret  expedition  against 
Louisburg,  enHsting  in  Captain  Ohnstead's 
company,  under  Sir  Wilham  Pepperell  of  the 
American  land  forces.  He  was  killed  June  17, 
1745,  and  his  widow  drew  his  prize  money  at 
Boston,  February  15,  1748.  He  married  Dor- 
othy Hubbard,  who  died  August  15,  1809,  in 
Brookfield.  Children,  the  first  three  born  in 
Littleton,  the  other  in  North  Brookfield :  Dan- 
iel, born  October  27,  1738,  died  in  infancy ; 
Peter,  May  10,  1740,  mentioned  below;  Abel, 
February  19,  1742 ;' Eunice,  1744.  His  widow 
married  (second)  at  Worcester,  July  5,  1750, 
Nathaniel  Bartlett,  of  North  Brookfield. 

(IV")  Major  Peter  (2),  son  of  Ebenezer 
Harwood,  was  born  in  Littleton,  May  10, 
1740.  He  was  a  millwright  and  a  farmer  by 
occupation.  He  was  an  officer  in  the  revo- 
lution and  was  court-martialed  for  disobedi- 
ence of  orders  to  abandon  and  destroy  a  bridge 
at  \\'hite  Plains,  which  was  then  being  held 
by  the  American  army.  In  attempting  to  hold 
and  defend  it,  it  was  captured.  On  trial,  how- 
ever, his  action  was  so  far  justified  that  he 
was  retained  and  promoted  in  the  army.  At 
the  execution  of  Andre  he  was  officer  of  the 
day.  He  was  first  lieutenant  in  Captain  Jona- 
than Barnes's  company  of  minute-men.  Colonel 
Jonathan  Warner,  on  the  Lexington  alarm, 
April,  1775,  and  later  in  the  year  he  was 
captain  in  Colonel  Ebenezer  Learned's  regi- 
ment. An  order  dated  May  27,  1775.  directs 
Harwood  not  to  take  any  other  men  from 
Colonel  Learned's  regiment  to  serve  on  board 
the  whaling  boats,  etc.,  besides  his  own  com- 
pany, except  with  the  consent  of  Lieutenant- 
Colonel  Shepard.  He  was  appointed  brigade 
major,  January  7,  1777,  and  was  major  in 
Colonel  Nixon's  (sixth)  regiment  from  Jan- 
uary 9  to  December,  1779.  His  commission 
was  issued  September  29,  1778.  as  major.  He 
commanded  a  company  in  1779  in  Colonel 
Thomas  Nixon's  regiment.  He  resigned 
from  the  Continental  army,  October  16,  1780. 
After  his  return  from  the  war  he  built  a 
brick  house,  the  most  expensive  in  North 
Brookfield,  and  this  proved  his  financial  ruin, 
in  consequence  of  which  he  removed  from 
the  town.  He  died  in  Delaware,  January  14, 
1805.  .He  married.  May  26,  1763,  Phebe 
Prouty,  of  Spencer,  born  August  3,  1744,  died 
February  13,  1811.  Children:  Ebenezer,  born 
February  29,  1764 :  Peter,  September  16, 
1765:  Phebe.  December  26,  1767:  Mary,  June 
29,  1770;  Abel,  September  19,  1772;  Jacob, 
February  17,  1775;  Dolly,  January  2,  1777; 
George  W.,  December  12,  1779,  mentioned  be- 
low :  Jonas,  February  28.  1781. 

(V)   George  W.,  son  of  Major  Peter   (2) 


Harwood,  was  born  December  12,  1779.  He 
was  a  farmer.  He  died  July  24,  i860.  He 
married,  December  31,  1807,  Anna  Bisco,  of 
Spencer,  born  March  8,  1780,  died  March  20, 
1849.  Children:  John  Bisco,  born  September 
16,  1808,  died  August  31,  1810;  Anna  Moriah, 
November  16,  1809 ;  Washington,  July  22, 
181 1  :  George,  March  8,  1813;  Harrison,  Oc- 
tober 18,  1814;  Phebe  Prouty,  July  9,  1816, 
mentioned  below;  Abigail,  January  31,  1819; 
Dolly  Powers,  November  5,  1820;  Louisa, 
October  i,  1822,  died  February  6,  1824;  Jo- 
seph Warren,  November  28,  1823. 

(VI)  Phebe  Prouty,  daughter  of  George  W. 
Llarwood,  was  born  July  9,  1816,  died  March 
21,  1868.  She  married,  February  2,  1841, 
William  Cary  Jackson,  born  in  Honesdale, 
Pennsylvania,  April  28,  1820,  son  of  George 
Jackson,  who  was  born  in  Great  Barrington, 
Massachusetts,  April  12,  1798.  died  in  West 
Brookfield,  May  8,  1876.  He  was  a  mechanic 
by  trade.  George  Jackson  married,  in  West 
Stockbridge,  Hannah  (Slaughter)  Jenks, 
widow  of  Rev.  Hervey  Jenks,  of  Hudson, 
New  York :  children,  born  in  Pennsylvania : 
William  Cary,  aforementioned,  and  Charles, 
born  February  17,  1822.  William  Cary  Jack- 
son married  (second)  August  24,  1869.  Fi- 
delia Snow,  of  Boston,  widow.  Children  of 
first  wife,  born  in  North  Brookfield:  i.  An- 
drew Fuarey.  April  3,  1842 ;  married,  Decem- 
ber 31,  1863,  Sophia  Livermore.  of  North 
Brookfield  ;  children  :  William  Moore,  Emma, 
Philip  Luds,  Ethel.  2.  George  Howard.  De- 
cember 24,  1843  ;  married  Emma  AA'inch.  of 
Natick.  3.  Anna  Bisco,  mentioned  below.  4. 
Charles  William,  July  31,  1852:  married  Clara 
A'N^ood,  of  Springfield,  ^Massachusetts :  now 
living  in  Monson,  Massachusetts:  physician; 
graduate  of  University  of  Vermont  with  de- 
gree of  M.D.  in  1884.  His  wife  was  before 
marriage  district  superintendent  of  schools. 
5.  Lauretta  Emeline,  November  6,  1855  ;  mar- 
ried, in  1882.  Alonzo  Prouty  Coombs,  of  West 
Brookfield  ;  died  in  1889,  in  Bridgeport,  Con- 
necticut. 

(VII)  Dr.  Anna  Bisco  (Jackson)  Ferris, 
daughter  of  William  Cary  Jackson,  was  born 
in  North  Brookfield,  September  6,  1846.  She 
attended  the  public  schools  of  her  native  town, 
and  studied  under  private  tutors.  She  then 
entered  the  Woman's  Medical  College  of 
Pennsylvania  in  Philadelphia  in  1871,  and 
graduated  with  the  degree  of  M.D.  in  1874. 
She  became  an  interne  at  the  Philadelphia 
Woman's  Hospital  and  remained  there  for 
about  six  months.  She  then  held  the  same 
position  at  the  New  England  Hospital  for 
Women  and  Children  in  Boston  for  one  year. 
For  the   following  six  months  she  was  resi- 


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543 


dent  physician  of  this  hospital,  and  then  re- 
moved to  Philadelphia,  1875,  and  remained 
there  until  1878,  and  while  there  she  was  clin- 
ical physician  in  the  Woman's  Flospital.  In 
November,  1878,  she  came  to  Meriden,  Con- 
necticut, and  began  the  general  practice  of 
her  profession.  Since  that  time  she  has  been 
directress  of  the  Woman's  and  Children's 
Hospital,  with  the  exception  of  the  years  be- 
tween 1895  and  1901,  which  she  spent  in 
Philadelphia.  She  was  the  first  woman  to 
be  admitted  to  the  Connecticut  State  Medical 
Society,  and  is  still  a  member.  She  is  also  a 
member  of  the  New  Haven  County  Medical 
Society.  She  is  physician  to  the  Curtis  Plome 
of  Meriden  and  also  to  the  Orphanage  and 
Old  Ladies'  Home,  and  has  a  very  successful 
practice.  In  religion  she  is  a  member  of  the 
First  Congregational  Church.  She  married, 
March  20,  1874,  Andrew  Ferris,  of  Philadel- 
phia, born  there  January  21,  1833,  died  March 
I,  1906.  He  was  the  son  of  Adam  and  the 
grandson  of  Joseph  Ferris,  of  Litchfield,  Con- 
necticut. His  brothers  were  Josiah,  Adam, 
Adam,  William  and  Joseph ;  also  a  sister,  Jane 
Elizabeth,  His  brother  William  has  a  son,  Dr. 
Frank  Ferris,  who  is  at  present  practicing  iri 
Philadelphia.  His  mother  was  Wilimina 
(Zebley)  Ferris,  born  in  Spencer,  Massachu- 
setts. Her  family  came  originally  from 
Switzerland.  Her  grandfather  was  Jacob  Zeb- 
ley, the  first  collector  of  the  port  of  Phila- 
delphia. 


Isaac  Gross,  immigrant  ancestor, 
GROSS  was  doubtless  born  in  Cornwall, 
England.  With  him  or  soon 
afterward  came  his  brother,  Edmund  Gross, 
a  seafaring  man,  who  \Na.s  a  proprietor  of 
Boston  as  early  as  1639,  and  was  admitted  to 
the  Boston  church,  March  22,  1645,  with  his 
wife  Katharine.  As  all  of  the  colonial  fami- 
lies of  Gross  are  descended  from  these  broth- 
ers, the  names  of  Edmund's  children,  born  in 
Boston,  are  here  given :  Isaac,  born  October 
I,  1642;  Susanna,  August,  1644,  baptized 
with  Isaac,  March  23,  1645  •  Hannah,  baptized 
August  15,  1647,  aged  three  days;  Lydia,  bap- 
tized March  10,  1650,  aged  about  four  days ; 
Mary,  born  September  9,  1652  ;  John,  April  21, 
1655.  Edmund's  will  was  proved  May  3,  1665, 
bequeathing  to  wife,  son  Isaac  and  daughter 
Susanna  and  three  other  children. 

Isaac  Gross  also  settled  in  Boston.  The 
early  records  have  his  name  spelled  Groce, 
Grose,  Grosse  and  Growse.  He  was  a  brewer 
by  trade,  but  appears  to  have  followed  hus- 
bandry in  this  country.  He  was  admitted  to 
the  Boston  church,  April  17,  1636,  but  fol- 
lowed the  Wheelwright  secession  during  the 


rehgious  controversy  at  Boston,  and  was  dis- 
missed from  the  Boston  church  to  Exeter, 
January  6,  1638.  He  returned  to  Boston.  In 
1636  he  had  a  grant  of  land  in  "a  great  allot- 
ment of  land  at  Muddy  River"  (now  Brook- 
line  ) .  He  probably  brought  property  from 
England,  for  when  he  died  he  left  one  of  the 
largest  estates  of  his  time.  His  will  was 
proved  at  Boston,  June  5,  1649,  and  he  prob- 
ably died  in  the  preceding  month.  He  be- 
C|ueathed  to  his  wife,  to  children,  Edmund, 
Clement  and  Mathev/  Gross ;  to  grandchildren 
Isaac,  Hannah  and  Susannah  Gross ;  Mr.  John 
Cotton,  the  minister,  Mr.  Phileemon  Pormort 
et  al.  His  widow,  Ann,  married,  August  15, 
1658,  Samuel  Sheere,  or  Shears,  of  Dedham. 

(II)  Clement,  son  of  Isaac  Gross,  was  born 
1625-30  in  England,  and  came  to  this  country 
with  his   father.     He  was   also  a   brewer  by 

trade.      He    married     (first)     Mary    -_ — ; 

(second)    Ann  .     He  lived  in  Boston. 

Children  of  first  wife :  Simon,  mentioned  be- 
low ;  Isaac,  a  cordwainer ;  Mathew.  Child  of 
second  wife :  Edmund,  born  at  Boston,  Sep- 
tember -27,  1669. 

(III)  Simon,  son  of  Clement  Gross,  was 
born  in  Boston,  about  1650,  died  at  Hingham, 
April  26,  1696.  He  settled  as  early  as  1675 
in  Hingham  and  married  there,  October  23, 
1675,  Mary,  daughter  of  John  Bond,  born  De- 
cember 16,  1657.  He  was  a  boatman.  His 
home  was  on  Scituate  street,  Hingham.  His 
widow  administered  his  estate,  which  was 
valued  at  one  hundred  and  ninety-eight 
pounds,  five  shillings,  three  pence.  Children 
born  at  Hingham:  Simon,  August  11,  1676; 
Thomas,  mentioned  below ;  John,  April  3, 
i68i._;  Jonah,  August  2,  1683  ;  Micah,  Febru- 
ary 20,  1685-86;  Alice,  April  26,  1689,  mar- 
ried John  Crowell,  of  Truro ;  Abigail,  June 
28,  1692,  married  Nathaniel  Smith,  of  East- 
ham. 

(IV)  Thomas,  son  of  Simon  Gross,  was 
born  at  Hingham,  February  4,  1677-78.  He 
resided  at  Hingham  and  Eastham,  Massachu- 
setts. He  married  (first)  at  Hingham,  De- 
cember 29,  1705,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  John 
Hincks,  of  Portsmouth,  New  Hampshire.  She 
died  at  Hingham,  June  7,  1708,  and  he  mar- 
ried (second)  October  13,  1709,  Experience 
Freeman.  She  was  a  daughter  of  Lieutenant 
Edmund  (b.  June,  1657)  and  Sarah  (Mayo) 
Freeman,  and  granddaughter  of  Major  John 
(b.  1627)  and  Mercy  (Prence)  Freeman, 
married  February  13,  1649-50.  Mercy  Prence 
was  a  daughter  of  (Governor  Prence 
and  granddaughter  of  Elder  William  Brew- 
ster of  the  "Mayflower."  She  was  descended 
also  from  Edmund  Freeman,  the  pioneer,  and 
Rev.    John    Mayo,    the    minister.      Child    of 


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Thomas  Gross  and  his  first  wife :  Hincks, 
born  June  7,  1708,  ancestor  of  a  prominent 
Cape  Cod  family.  Children  of  second  wife: 
Freeman,  mentioned  below  ;  Sarah,  born  No- 
vember 27,  1713,  at  Hingham;  Elizabeth,  June 
5,    1716;   Thomas,   October  9,    1718. 

(V)  Freeman,  son  of  Thomas  Gross,  was 
born  at  Eastham,  or  Truro,  about  1710-11, 
died  in  1742.  He  came  to  Hartford  probably 
to  join  his  two  imcles  who  had  previously 
removed  to  Hartford  from  Hingham,  Massa- 
chusetts, to  wit,  Jonah,  who  had  arrived  in 
1708;  and  John  about  1710.  Fie  was  admitted 
to  the  First  Church,  Hartford,  October  15, 
1732.  He  married  Susannah  Bunce,  and  had 
several  children,  among  them  Thomas. 

(A^I)  Thomas  (2),  of  Hartford,  son  of 
Freeman  Gross,  was  born  in  1738,  died  Au- 
gust 26,  1773.  On  May  i,  1762,  he  married 
Fluldah,  born  January  14,  1745,  died  January, 
1836,  daughter  of  Richard  Seymour,  a  de- 
scendant of  Richard  Seymour,  an  original 
proprietor  in  Hartford  in  1639.  After  the 
death  of  her  husband,  she  removed  with  her 
children  to  Litchfield,  and  subsecjuently  mar- 
ried Ashbel  Catlin  and  removed  with  him  to 
Shoreham,  Vermont.  She  is  buried  at  Crown 
Point,  New  York.  Thomas  Gross  and  Hul- 
dah,  his  wife,  left  three  children,  one  a  son, 
Thomas  Freeman. 

(VII)  Thomas  Freeman,  son  of  Thomas 
(2)  Gross,  was  born  in  Hartford,  November 
30,  1772,  died  at  Litchfield,  March  3,  1846, 
whither  he  had  removed  with  his  mother.  In 
1793  he  married  Lydia,  daughter  of  John 
Mason,  born  April  14,  1773,  died  July  23, 
1864. 

(VIII)  Mason,  son  of  Thomas  Freeman 
Gross,  was  born  in  Litchfield,  Connecticut,  in 
1809,  died  in  Hartford,  in  March,  1864.  At 
the  age  of  seventeen  he  went  to  Hartford  and 
became  a  successful  wool  merchant  there.  For 
several  years  he  was  captain  of  the  Light  In- 
fantry. He  married,  in  1832,  Cornelia,  daugh- 
ter of  John  Jr.  and  Sally  (Robbins)  Barnard, 
of  Hartford,  granddaughter  of  Captain  John 
Barnard,  a  soldier  in  the  early  French  wars 
and  also  all  through  the  revolution,  being 
present  at  the  surrender  of  Cornwallis,  and 
being  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Society  of 
the  Cincinnati.  Children :  John  Mason,  Wil- 
liam H.,  Cornelia  E.,  died  in  infancy,  Cornelia 
J.,  Sarah  A.,  married,  in  1865,  Seth  E.  Thom- 
as :•  Charles  E. 

(IX)  Charles  Edward,  son  of  Mason  Gross, 
was  born  in  Hartford,  August  18,  1847.  He 
attended  the  public  schools  of  Hartford,  and 
graduated  from  Yale  University  in  1869. 
While  in  college  he  was  a  member  of  Alpha 
Delta  Phi,  and  was  one  of  the  leading  mem- 


bers of  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa  fraternity.  The 
first  year  after  leaving  college  he  taught  in 
Hall's  school  at  Ellington.  In  1870  he  re- 
turned to  Hartford  and  took  up  the  study  of 
law  under  Hon.  Charles  J.  Hoadley,  the  state 
librarian,  and  later  in  the  office  of  Waldo, 
Hubbard  &  Hyde.  In  September,  1872,  he 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  of  Hartford  county, 
and  remained  as  a  clerk  with  Waldo,  Hubbard 
&  Hyde.  Four  years  later,  in  January,  1877, 
he  was  admitted  a  member  of  the  firm.  On 
the  death  of  Judge  Waldo  in  1881,  the  firm 
name  was  changed  to  Hubbard,  Hyde  &  Gross, 
and  after  Governor  Hubbard's  death,  in  1884, 
it  became  Hyde,  Gross  &  Hyde.  Later,  after 
the  death  of  Hon.  Alvan  P.  Hyde,  it  became 
Gross,  Hyde  &  Shipman,  which  it  still  re- 
mains, the  partners  now  being  Charles  E. 
Gross,  William  Waldo  Hyde,  Arthur  L.  Ship- 
man,  Charles  Welles  Gross  and  Alvan  Waldo 
Hyde,  all  graduates  of  Yale.  Mr.  Gross  has 
had  a  very  large  practice  as  an  insurance  and 
corporation  lawyer,  with  few  equals  in  the 
state,  and  has  gained  an  enviable  reputation 
for  his  skillful  handling  of  the  many  impor- 
tant cases  which  he  has  conducted.  »He  stands 
among  the  first  in  the  state  in  his  profession. 
He  is  a  director  in  the  Aetna  Insurance  Com- 
pany, and  has  been  a  director  of  the  Phoenix 
Mutual  Life  Insurance  Company  since  its 
reorganization  in  1889.  In  1893  he  was  chosen 
a  director  of  the  New  York  &  New  England 
Railroad  Company.  He  is  a  vice-president  of 
the  Society  for  Savings,  the  largest  institu- 
tion of  the  kind  in  Connecticut.  He  has  been 
since  i8q8  the  president  of  the  Hol3'oke  Water 
Power  Company  which  controls  the  large  dam 
across  the  Connecticut  river  at  Holyoke,  Mas- 
sachusetts. For  a  number  of  3'ears  he  repre- 
sented Mrs.  Samuel  Colt  on  the  board  of 
directors  of  the  Colts  Patent  Fire  Arms  Man- 
ufacturing Company,  and  has  been  an  active 
director  in  many  other  corporations.  He  is 
the  vice-president  of  the  Wadsworth  Athe- 
neum  which  has  charge  of  the  beautiful  Mor- 
gan Memorial,  erected  by  Mr.  J.  Pierpont 
Morgan  in  memory  of  his  father.  Mr.  Gross 
has  been  president  of  the  Yale  Alumni  Asso- 
ciation of  Hartford.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Cincinnati  and  of  many  of  the  patriotic  so- 
cieties, having  been  governor  of  two.  For 
many  vears  he  has  been  vice-president  of  the 
Hartford  Bar  Association.  For  sixteen  years 
he  has  been  a  park  commissioner  of  Hartford 
and  twice  president  of  the  board.  He  was  one 
of  the  oreanizers  of  the  Hartford  Board  of 
Trade  and  has  been  a  member  of  its  board  of 
directors  since  its  organization,  and  was  for 
several  years  its  president.  In  i88s  he  became 
secretary  of  a  committee  of  twenty  appointed 


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to  arouse  the  public  interest  to  the  importance 
of  action  on  the  license  and  other  public  c^ues- 
tions,  and  no  man  on  the  committee  did  more 
work  or  showed  greater  interest  in  the  work 
than  he.  In  1891  he  was  one  of  a  special 
committee  of  five,  appointed  by  the  town, 
under  Professor  John  J.  McCook  as  chair- 
man, on  outdoor  alms.  It  was  found  that  the 
United  States  led  the  world  as  to  expense  per 
capita  on  outdoor  alms  giving,  that  Connec- 
ticut led  the  states,  and  that  Hartford  led 
Connecticut.  Mr.  Gross  attended  to  the  legal 
questions  and  bearings  of  the  case  in  the 
report  of  the  committee  and  did  efficient  work. 
The  report  created  a  sensation  in  the  city  and 
state,  and  was  the  direct  means  of  stopping 
various  abuses.  It  has  since  been  introduced 
into  several  colleges  as  a  text  book  on  charit- 
able work,  on  account  of  its  great  statistical 
value.  Mr.  Gross  was  the  first  president  of 
the  City  Club,  created  for  municipal  reform. 
In  all  his  work  Mr.  Gross  has  the  best  in- 
terests of  the  city  at  heart. 

The  Hartford  Courant  speaks  as  follows  of 
the  important  service  rendered  by  him  to  the 
medical  practitioners  of  Connecticut :  "The 
active  struggle  before  the  last  legislature  over 
the  Medical  Practice  Act  is  still  remembered 
all  over  the  state,  as  is  the  fact  brought  out 
at  the  hearing  that  Charles  E.  Gross,  who  so 
ably  managed  the  case  for  the  Connecticut 
Medical  Society,  declined  to  accept  any  fee 
for  his  services.  The  doctors,  however,  have 
taken  another  way  to  testify  their  appreciation 
of  his  assistance,  and  yesterday  the  society, 
through  its  officers,  presented  him  with  a 
unique  and  very  choice  testimonial.  It  is  in 
the  shape  of  a  beautiful  hand-made  volume, 
bound  in  white  morocco,  and  enclosed  in  a 
rich  silk  case.  The  book,  on  opening,  is  found 
to  consist  of  a  number  of  parchment  pages 
on  which  are  exquisitely  engrossed  the  reso- 
lutions of  thanks  passed  by  the  society.  The 
illuminated  lettering  in  colors  is  worthy  of 
the  old  monks,  and  the  whole  work  is  notice- 
ably beautiful.  *  *  *  The  resolutions  which 
were  printed  in  the  volume  are  as  follows : 
In  recognition  of  the  distineuished  service 
rendered  to  the  people  of  Connecticut  by 
Charles  E.  Gross,  Esq.,  in  connection  with 
the  recent  passage  of  the  Medical  Practice 
Bill  by  the  legislature,  and  in  view  of  the 
fsct  that  this  service  has  inchT^ed  manv  scores 
of  conferences  with  the  members  of  the  com- 
mittee which  represented  this  society  in  secur- 
ing such  legislation  :  the  drafting  of  the  bill 
and  subsequent  modifications  of  it ;  the  oresen- 
tation  of  the  most  cogent  of  arguments  in 
favor  of  its  enactment :  which  latter  has  cov- 
ered  some  years   and   all  of  which  has  been 


done  without  compensation,  and  often  with 
great  personal  inconvenience  and  sacrifice  of 
business  interests,  and  with  such  devotion  to 
the  welfare  of  all  concerned  as  to  render  it 
almost  if  not  quite  unique  in  character;  there 
fore, 

"Resolved :  That  the  Connecticut  Medical 
Society  hereby  expresses  its  high  appreciation 
of  these  services  of  Mr.  Gross,  and  begs  to 
extend  to  him  in  behalf  of  its  members  and 
its  constituency  its  thanks  and  congratulations, 
that  this  resolution  be  spread  upon  the  records 
of  the  society,  and  that  a  copy  be  suitably  en-^ 
grossed  for  presentation  to  him." 

He  married,  October  5,  1875,  Ellen  C, 
daughter  of  Calvin  and  Clarissa  M.  (Root) 
Spencer,  of  Hartford.  Children:  i.  Charles 
Welles,  who  in  1905  married  Miss  Hilda 
Welch,  of  New  Haven,  and  has  one  child, 
Spencer  Gross.  2.  William  Spencer,  died  in 
1882.     3.  Helen  Clarissa.  ^,      , 


The  surname  Cole  is  derived  from 
COLE  an  ancient  personal  name  of  un- 
known antiquity,  Coel,  as  it  was 
formerly  spelled,  and  one  of  the  name,  an 
early  king  of  Britain,  gave  his  name  to  Col- 
chester. Justice  Cole  lived  in  the  reign  of 
King  Alfred.  Another  Cole  defeated  Sweyne, 
the  Danish  chieftain,  in  Pinhoe.  William 
Cole  and  wife  Isabella  are  mentioned  in  the 
assize  roll  of  county  Cornwall  in  the  year  1201, 
showing  that  Cole  was  at  that  time  established 
as  a  surname.  Various  branches  of  the  Eng- 
lish Cole  family  bear  coats-of-arms,  all  indi- 
cating relationship  by  similarity  in  device. 
The  Hertfordshire  family,  to  which  the  Amer- 
ican immigrant  is  believed  to  belong,  bears : 
Party  per  pale  or  and  argent  a  bull  passant 
within  a  bordure  sable  on  a  chief  of  the  third 
three  bezants.  Crest:  A  demi-dragon  vert 
bearing  in  his  dexter  paw  a  javelin  armed  or, 
feathered  argent. 

(I)  James  Cole,  immigrant  ancestor,  was 
living  in  Highgate,  a  suburb  of  London,  in 
1610.  He  is  mentioned  as  a  great  lover  of 
flowers.  He  married,  in  1624,  Mary,  daugh- 
ter of  the  noted  botanist  and  physician. 
Mathieu  Lobel.  Her  father  was  a  physician 
to  King  James  I.,  a  great  student  and  scholar, 
author  of  a  number  of  books  on  medicinal 
plants  and  discoverer  of  the  virtues  of  the 
plant  named  for  him,  lobelia.  In  1632  James 
Cole  and  wife  and  two  children  came  to  Saco, 
Maine,  and  in  the  following  year  came  to 
Plymouth,  where  he  was  admitted  a  freeman 
in  1633.  He  followed  the  sea.  In  1634  his 
name  appears  in  the  tax  list  and  he  received 
a  grant  of  land  at  Plymouth.  His  house  stood 
on  the  lot  next  below  the  present  site  of  the 


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Baptist  church.  He  was  the  first  settler  on 
what  is  still  known  as  Cole's  Hill,  the  site  of 
the  first  burial  ground  of  the  Pilgrims,  and 
he  probably  owned  the  land  on  which  Plym- 
outh Rock  is  located,  and  had  other  grants 
of  land.  He  was  surveyor  of  highways  in 
1 64 1 -42-5 1 -52;  constable  in  1641-44.  In  1637 
he  was  one  of  the  volunteers  against  the  Pe- 
quot  Indians.  Soon  after  his  arrival  in  Plym- 
outh he  opened  the  first  inn,  one  of  the  first 
in  New  England.  This  tavern  was  kept  by 
him  and  his  son  James  until  1698.  Children: 
James,  born  in  London,  1625;  Hugh,  1627; 
John,  mentioned  below ;  Mary,  1639,  in 
Plymouth. 

(II)  John,  son  of  James  Cole,  was 
born  in  Plymouth,  November  21,  1637,  died 
at  Swansea  in  1677.  He  was  one  of  the 
original  proprietors  of  Swansea,  Massachu- 
setts, signing  the  agreement  at  the  organiza- 
tion of  the  town.  He  married,  November  21, 
1667.  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Samuel  Ryder, 
of  Yarmouth.  His  widow  married  Thomas 
Boardman.  The  settlement  of  his  estate  is 
found  in  an  order  of  the  court,  dated  June  6, 
1677,  viz. :  "Ordered  by  the  court,  in  regard 
to  the  estate  of  John  Cole.  Forasmuch  as  the 
estate  is  small,  and  there  being  four  small 
children  to  bring  up,  that  the  whole  personal 
estate  be  settled  upon  his  widow  for  the 
bringing  up  of  the  children,  and  the  profits 
of  the  land  until  the  children  become  of  age. 
In  case  there  shall  be  necessity  for  the  bring- 
ing up  of  the  children,  then  some  of  the  land 
shall  be  sold  by  further  advice  and  leave  of  the 
court.  All  lands  left  shall  be  disposed  to  the 
two  sons,  a  small  legacy  being  allowed  the 
two  daughters."  Children:  John,  mentioned 
below;  Nathaniel;  Elizabeth,  born  1675,  mar- 
ried. June  ID,  1695,  Nathan  Hammond; 
Daughter,  whose  name  is  tmknown. 

(III)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Cole, 
was  boi-n  in  1672,  in  Swansea.  •  He  married 
(first)  June  10,  1693,  Mary,  daughter  of 
Hezekiah  Lewis,  of  Rehoboth ;  married  (sec- 
ond) November  6,  1712,  Deborah,  daughter 
of  Hugh  Cole,  son  of  Hugh  and  grandson  of 
James  Cole,  the  immigrant.  Her  father  was 
born  in  Plymouth,  March  8,  i6r,8,  married. 
May  6,  1681,  Deborah,  daughter  of  Joseph  and 
Deborah  (Allen)  Buckland.  Hugh  Cole,  Sr., 
was  born  in  London,  1627,  married  (first) 
January  8,  1654,  Mary,  daughter  of  Richard 
and  Ann  ( Shelly  1  Foxwell,  of  Barnstable; 
married  (second)  January  i,  1689,  Elizabeth, 
widow  of  Jacob  Cook,  former  widow  of  Wil- 
liam Shurtlifife  and  daughter  of  Thomas  and 
Ann  Lettuce,  of  Plymouth:  married  (third") 
Tanuary  30.  1694,  Mary,  widow  of  Deacon 
Ephraim  Morton.    Hugh  Sr.  was  a  prominent 


man,  selectman  of  Swansea,  deputy  to  the 
general  court  for  many  years ;  sergeant  in 
King  Philip's  war,  but  before  the  war  was  a 
friend  of  King  Philip.  Children  of  John  Cole : 
Lewis  (twin),  born  October  23,  1694;  Lydia 
(twin),  October  23,  1694;  Joanna,  February 
20,  1697;  Nathan,  mentioned  below;  Heze- 
kiah, February  27,  1706;  Seth,  November  17, 
1708;  Mary,  November  i,  1711,  married,  Oc- 
tober 12,  1729,  WiUiam  Case. 

(IV)  Nathan,  son  of  John  (2)  Cole,  was 
born  at  Swansea,  March  29,  1701.  He  moved 
from  the  Cape  Cod  region  to  East  Hampton 
(Chatham),  Connecticut,  about  1755  with  his 
family.  He  had  sons :  Marcus,  Abner  and 
Ebenezer. 

(V)  Marcus,  son  of  Nathan  Cole,  was  born 
about  1740.  or  before.  He  was  an  ensign,  it 
is  said,  in  the  French  and  Indian  war ;  ser- 
geant in  the  Chatham  company'  on  the  Lexing- 
ton alarm;  ensign  commissioned  May  i,  1777; 
first  lieutenant  in  Colonel  Wiley's  regiment, 
and  detailed  as  an  engineer,  January  i,  1777. 
He  served  in  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill  and  in 
the  Quebec  expedition.  Children :  Hendrick 
Abner,  Marcus  and  three  daughters. 

(VI)  Abner,  son  of  Alarcus  Cole,  was  born 
about  1760.  He  served  in  the  revolution,  in 
the  Second  Regiment,  General  Spencer,  en- 
listing May  17,  1775,  and  was  taken  prisoner 
at  Fort  Washington,  November  16,  1776.  He 
was  from  Chatham ;  was  sergeant,  January  i , 
1777,  and  ensign  June  i,  1778,  retired  May 
29,  1780 ;  he  was  paymaster  and  quarter- 
master.    Child,  Abner,  mentioned  below. 

(A^II)  Abner  (2),  son  of  Abner  (i)  Cole, 
was  born  at  Chatham.  In  the  early  forties 
he  removed  from  his  native  town  to  a  farm 
lying  partly  in  Cromwell,  near  Middletown. 
He  married,  March  28,  1824,  Eliza,  daughter 
of  Enos  and  Anna  (Williams)  Brown  (see 
Brown  V).  Children:  i.  Edwin  Halsey,  born 
April  18,  1827,  died  Jtdy  16,  1859;  rnarried, 
November,  1852,  Julia  A.  Marvin,  of  Tolland, 
Connecticut ;  he  graduated  from  Wesleyan  in 

1 85 1,  taught  school  at  Amenia,  New  York,  in 

1852,  and  in  the  Collinsville  high  school, 
1854-56;  child,  Harriet  Julia,  born  May  17, 
1856.  2.  Enos,  died  November  17,  1866.  3. 
Charles  James,  mentioned  below. 

(VIIl)  Charles  James,  son  of  Abner  (2) 
Cole,  was  born  in  Chatham,  June,  1839.  He 
spent  his  boyhood  on  his  father's  farm  near 
Middletown  and  attended  the  public  schools. 
He  studied  his  profession  in  the  Harvard  Law 
School  and  was  graduated  there  in  1863.  He 
opened  an  office  in  1864  on  Central  Row, 
Hartford,  and  practiced  there  for  a  period  of 
thirty-one  years,  and  during  much  of  that 
time  his  office  was  in  the  building  of  the  Hart- 


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ford  Trust  Company.  He  was  never  in  part- 
nership, but  at  different  times  shared  his  office 
with  Judge  Wiley,  Leonard  Morse,  Charles  A. 
Safford,  Flenry  A.  Huntington  and  others. 
Early  in  his  career  he  made  a  study  of  con- 
stitutional questions  of  law  and  he  argued 
many  important  cases  before  the  supreme 
court  where  the  constitutionality  of  the  law 
was  involved.  He  v\'as  also  prominent  among 
the  corporation  lawyers  of  the  state  and  at- 
torney for  many  well-known  Hartford  cor- 
porations, including  the  Aetna  Life  Lisurance 
Company,  the  Orient  Insurance  Company,  the 
Connecticut  General  Life  Insurance  Company, 
having  been  a  director  in  both  the  latter  com- 
panies, and  the  United  States  Bank,  of  which 
he  was  a  director.  He  was  also  counsel  for 
the  Berlin  Iron  Bridge  Company  and  other 
industrial  corporations.  He  was  prominent  in 
the  Morris-Bulkeley  quo  zuarranto  case  -which 
was  brought  to  decide  the  contested  election 
of  governor  of  the  state,  1891-93,  appearing 
for  the  Republican  candidate,  in  association 
with  Hon.  Henry  C.  Robinson  and  Hon.  Wil- 
liam C.  Case.  He  was  counsel  for  the  ex- 
ecutors in  the  two  trials  of  the  famous  Fox 
will  case  in  Hartford.  He  was  an  able  trial 
lawyer,  clear,  cogent  and  convincing  in  argu- 
ment. He  appeared  as  often  as  any  other 
Hartford  county  lawyer  in  the  state.  He  had 
no  superior  in  knowledge  of  law,  carefulness 
in  preparation  of  his  cases  and  fidelity  to  the 
interests  of  his  clients. 

In  politics  Mr.  Cole  was  a  Republican,  and 
he  held  a  position  of  leadership  for  many 
3'ears  in  city  and  state.  He  was  chairman 
of  the  Republican  state  central  committee  in 
1878,  when  Charles  B.  Andrews,  later  chief 
justice,  was  elected  governor.  He  was  again 
chairman  in  the  campaigns  when  Henry  B. 
Harrison  and  Phineas  C.  Lounsbury  were 
elected  governor.  He  was  a  shrewd  organ- 
izer, keeping  his  own  counsel  well  and  man- 
ipulating his  forces  skillfully.  He  was  can- 
didate for  the  state  senate  in  1873  against 
Hon.  Charles  Murray  Pond.  The  result  was 
in  doubt  and  was  contested,  Mr.  Cole  receiv- 
ing the  certificate  of  election.  The  result  de- 
pended on  the  vote  of  the  town  of  Southing- 
ton,  the  vote  for  Mr.  Cole,  which  had  not 
been  counted,  and,  when  the  mistake  was 
corrected,  Mr.  Pond  had  a  plurality.  Mr. 
Cole  was  for  many  years  active  in  local  af- 
fairs, and  from  1877  to  1879  he  was  city  at- 
torney. He  was  frequently  heard  in  debate 
in  town  meetings  and  in  Republican  caucuses, 
and  his  voice  and  vote  were  alwavs  on  the 
side  of  clean  politics  and  good  citizenship. 
He  was  greatly  interested  in  the  contest  of 
the  Republican  party  the  fall  before  his  death 


and  was  prominent  in  supporting  Henry  E. 
Taintor,  chairman  of  the  town  committee. 
He  was  oft'ered  the  chief  justiceship  of  the 
state  by  Governor  Bulkeley  and  declined  the 
honor.  Mr.  Cole's  services  as  attorney  were 
in  great  demand  during  the  sessions  of  the 
general  assembly.  He  appeared  before  nearly 
every  committee  in  support  or  opposition  to 
most  of  the  important  bills  under  consider- 
ation. He  was  prominent  as  the  attorney  of 
the  farmers  of  the  state  in  opposition  to  cer- 
tain proposed  legislation  relating  to  tuber- 
culosis in  cattle.  He  was  perhaps  all  the  more 
successful  in  influencing  legislators  to  his  way 
of  thinking  because  he  confined  his  eflforts  to 
arguments  in  the  committee  room  and  never 
descended  to  the  methods  of  the  lobbyist.  He 
was  extremely  industrious  and  capable  of  a 
vast  amount  of  work.  He  had  a  marvelous 
memory,  and  a  faculty  of  quickly  and  thor- 
oughly mastering  a  special  subject,  even  one 
of  technical  difficulty,  a  gift  that  stood  him  in 
good  stead  in  both  court  and  legislative  argu- 
ment. 

He  was  a  member  of  the  Connecticut  So- 
ciety of  Sons  of  the  American  Revolution. 
He  attended  Trinity  Church.  His  residence 
in  Hartford  was  at  the  corner  of  Woodland 
and  Collins  streets.  He  also  had  a  farm  in 
Norfolk,  Connecticut,  where  he  died,  August 
16,  1895.  He  was  accustomed  to  spend  part 
of  the  summer  there.  He  also  conducted  the 
homestead  of  his  father  and  frequently  visited 
it.  The  following  editorial  tribute  appeared 
in  the  Hartford  C  our  ant: 

"The  story  of  his  life  is  briefly  told  elsewhere. 
It  was  a  busy  life,  full  of  interests,  activities  and 
responsibilities,  a  studious,  intellectual  life,  a  clean, 
life,  a  useful  life.  The  news  that  it  is  over  comes 
as  an  announcement  of  loss  not  merely  to  the  bar 
but  to  the  community  and  to  Connecticut  citizenship. 

"His  brethren  of  the  law  will  presently  say  what  is 
fitting  to  be  said  of  Mr.  Cole  as  a  lawyer — of  his 
love  for  his  profession,  his  diligence  in  it,  the  pains- 
taking thoroughness  with  which  he  prepared  his 
cases,  the  soundness  of  his  advice,  his  skill  as  an 
examiner,  and  the  well-ordered  march  of  his  logical 
and  lucid  arguments.  He  won  and  held  an  envrable 
place  among  them.  They  ha-\'e  known  him  for 
years  in  the  strenuous  contentions  of  the  court- 
room— a  keen-witted,  alert,  resourceful  ally,  a  re- 
doubtable antagonist.  It  is  not  for  laymen  to  antici- 
pate  their   estimate   and    eulogy. 

"But  with  all  his  devotion  to  his  profession 
Charles  I.  Cole  was  much  more  to  this  town  and 
in  the  commonwealth  than  a  hard-working  and  suc- 
cessful lawyer.  He  was  a  good  citizen.  He  had 
the  sense  and  conscience  of  his  civic  and  political 
duties.  Busied  and  often  overburdened  with  pro- 
fessional work  as  he  was,  he  found  time  or  made 
time  for  their  performance.  Hartford  and  Connecti- 
cut were  preferred  clients.  So  wss  the  party  whose 
principles  and  ideals  attracted  him  in  his  young 
manhood,  and  of  which  all  these  later  years  he  has 
been   so   loyal   and   valued   a   member.      The   quality 


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we  call  public  spirit  (and  talk  about  ofteuer  than 
we  see)  was  one  of  the  basic  components  of  his 
character.  He  saw  something  more  in  his  town  than 
a  place  to  eat,  drink,  sleep,  work  and  make  money 
in.  He  saw  somethuig  more  in  Connecticut  than  a 
convenient  arbitrary  sub-division  of  the  earth's  sur- 
face, a  geographical  expression,  a  yellow  spot  on 
the  map.  Politics  was  something  more  to  him  than 
a  game  to  be  won  by  fair  means  or  foul,  with  office 
and  power   for   the  stakes. 

"It  is  not  in  his  profession  alone,  nor  by  his  im- 
mediate personal  friends  and  intimates  alone,  that 
a  man  of' this  sort  is  missed.  The  sense  of  loss 
extends   far  beyond   such  narrow  limits." 

He'married  Elizabeth  Adams,  daughter  of 
Judge  Samuel  H.  Huntington.  She  is  a  mem- 
ioer  of  the  Colonial  Dames.  Children:  Rich- 
ard Huntington,  Francis  W.,  Sarah  B.,  and 
a  son  and  daughter  who  died  young. 

(The  Brown  Line). 

William  Brown,  doubtless  brother  of  James 
Brown,  mentioned  below,  appears  to  have 
come  with  him  to  Hadley  and  had  a  large 
family  there.  William  settled  in  1720  at 
Leicester,  Massachusetts,  though  he  appears 
to  have  had  two  children,  Hannah  and  Wil- 
Ham,  at  Colchester,  Connecticut.  Thomas 
Brown,  Sr.,  died  at  Colchester,  April  15,  1717. 
He  may  be  father  of  James,  William  and 
Samuel  of  Colchester,  but  the  records  tell  us 
little  about  him  and  we  have  no  record  of  a 
Thomas  Jr.  He  was  not  of  the  Stonington 
family. 

(I)  James  Brown  was  born  about  1650.  He 
settled  in  Hatfield,  Massachusetts,  as  early  as 
1673,  was  in  Deerfield  in  1683,  in  Hatfield 
again  in  1702  and  finally  of  Colchester  (Sav- 
age). He  died  at  Hatfield,  July  11,  171 1 
fjudd).  He  married,  January  7,  1674,  at 
Hatfield  or  Hadley,  Remembrance  Brook. 
Children :  Mary,  born  May  26,  1677  ;  Abigail, 
September  8,  1678,  carried  by  Indians  to  Can- 
ada in  1704;  Thankful,  June  i,  1682,  married, 
at  Colchester,  April  11,  1715;  Sarah,  Decem- 
ber 14,  1683;  James,  April  9,  1685,  lived  at 
Colchester;  Mindwell,  November  20,  1686; 
Hannah,  June  i,  1688,  married,  1709,  Shu- 
bael  Rowley,  at  Colchester;  Mercy,  January 
4,  1600:  Elizabeth,  August  3,  1693,  died 
youns: :  John,  February  10,  1695. 

(Ill)  Samuel,  grandson  of  James  Brown, 
probably  born  December  5,  1703.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  August  13,  1724,  Mercy  Brown; 
(second)  in  1728.  Mary  Dunham.  Children 
of  second  wife:  Samuel,  August  17,  1729, 
mentioned  below ;  Abner,  March  2=;,  1730 ; 
Mary,  February  13.  1732.  Mary  Dunham  was 
daughter  of  Jonathan  Dunham,  of  Haddam, 
granddaughter  of  John  Dunham,  born  i67.S- 
John  Dunham,  father  of  Tohn,  was  born  in 
1648,   son   of  John   and   Mary,   the  pioneers. 


John  Dunham,  Sr.,  was  a  soldier  in  the  Pequot 
war.  Samuel  Brown  was  a  lister  (assessor) 
and  warden  of  the  town  of  Colchester ;  died 
there   August    15^    1789. 

(IV)  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Samuel  (i) 
Brown,  was  born  at  Colchester,  August  17, 
1729,  died  January  11,  1795.  He  was  a  sol- 
dier in  the  revolution.  He  married,  April  27, 
1758,  Elizabeth  Brainerd,  who  died  Novem- 
ber 29,  1812.  Elizabeth  was  a  daughter  of 
Stephen  and  Susan  (Gates)  Brainerd,  and 
was  born  December  17,  1733.  Susan  Gates 
was  daughter  of  Joseph  Gates,  born  July  21, 
1705,  died  April  29,  1793,  granddaughter  of 
Joseph  Gates,  born  November  7,  1662,  son 
of  Captain  George  Gates,  of  Haddam,  born 
about  1635,  and  Sarah .  Deacon  Dan- 
iel and  Susannah  (Ventres)  Brainerd  were 
parents  of  Stephen  Brainerd,  who  was  born 
February  27,  1699,  son  of  Daniel  Brainerd, 
born  March  2,  1665,  married,  16S8,  Susan- 
nah Ventres,  daughter  of  William,  died  Jan- 
uary 26,  1754.  Daniel  Brainerd,  Sr.,  immi- 
grant, was  brought  to  New  England  when 
eight  years  old  by  the  Wyllys  family  of  Hart- 
ford, settled  in  Haddam,  married  (first)  Han- 
nah, daughter  of  Gerard  Spencer,  and  (sec- 
ond) Hannah  Saxton.  Children  of  Samuel 
Brown:  Elizabeth,  born  1759;  Samuel,  1761  ; 
Susannah,  1763  :  Mary,  lyGj  ;  Enos,  mentioned 
below ;  Abner. 

(A^)  Enos,  son  of  Samuel  (2)  Brown,  was 
born  at  Colchester,  March  26,  1769.  He  mar- 
ried Anna,  daughter  of  Lieutenant  Thomas 
Williams.  She  was  baptized  February  17, 
1778.  Lieutenant  Thomas  Williams  was  born 
January  25,  1728;  married  (first)  Anna  Hart, 
who  died  January  16,  1784:  (second)  Eliza- 
beth Sparrow;   (third)   Sarah  .     Anna 

Hart  was  born  at  Kensington,  May  22,  1739, 
married,  1775,  was  daughter  of  Judah  and 
Ann  (Norton)  Hart.  Judah  Hart,  father  of 
Anna,  was  born  October  25,  1709,  married 
(first)  in  1735.  Anna  Norton:  (second) 
Sarah  North,  widow,  and  he  died  September 
14.  1784.  Anna  Norton,  born  1718.  died 
before  1759,  daughter  of  John  and  Anna 
(Thompson)  Norton,  granddaughter  of  Thom- 
as Thompson,  whose  wife  Ann  was  a  daugh- 
ter of  Governor  Thomas  Wells,  of  Hartford. 
Jonathan  Norton,  father  of  Jonathan,  was 
born  at  Branford.  October  14,  1657.  died  April 
25,  1725,  married  Ruth,  daughter  of  Isaac 
Moore.  John  Norton,  father  of  John,  was 
born  about   1625  in  London  :  married    (first) 

Dorothy ;   (second)   Elizabeth  . 

Tohn  was  a  son  of  Richard  and  Ellen  (Row- 
lev)  Norton,  the  immisrrants,  erandson  of 
William  and  Margaret  Norton.  Richard  Nor- 
ton, father  of  William,  was  son  of  Richard, 


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grandson  of  John,  great-grandson  of  John, 
and  great-great-grandson  of .  John  Norton, 
who  was  of  Sherpenhow,  England,  about  1450. 
Deacon  John  Hart,  father  ot  Judah,  was  born 
in  1684,  died  October  7,  1753;  married  (first j 
May  20,  1706,  Esther  Gridley,  who  died  July 
10,  ,  1743 ;  married  (second)  Hannah  Hull, 
widow,  who  died  November  27,  1760;  he  was 
town  clerk  and  was  elected  twenty-three  times 
to  the  general  court.  Esther  Gridley  was  bap- 
tized May  15,  1687;  married,  March  20,  1706, 
Deacon  John  Hart;  was  a  daughter  of  Sam- 
uel Gridley,  born  1647,  married  (first)  Esther, 
daughter  of  Thomas  and  Anna  (Wells) 
Thompson,  granddaughter  of  Governor  Wells. 
Samuel  Gridley  married  (second)  Mary 
Humphreys.  Thomas  Gridley,  father  of  Sam- 
uel, came  to  New  England  from  county  Es- 
sex, England,  settled  early  in  Hartford ;  mar- 
ried, October  29,  1644,  Mary  D.,  daughter  of 
Richard  Seymour,  and  he  died  June  12,  1655  ; 
was  a  soldier  under  Captain  Mason  in  the 
Pequot  war.  Captain  John  Hart,  father  of 
Deacon  John  Hart,  was  born  about  1655 ; 
married  Mary,  daughter  of  Deacon  Isaac 
Moore;  he  died  November  11,  1714,  aged 
sixty,  and  his  wife  September  19,  1738,  aged 
seventy-four.  John  Hart,  father  of  the  last- 
named   John,   married   Sarah   ;   joined 

the  church,  April  2,  1654,  and  was  killed  by 
the  Indians  with  all  his  family,  except  the 
son  John ;  was  an  early  settler  of  Farming- 
ton,  freeman  in  1654.  Deacon  Stephen  Hart, 
the  immigrant,  was  father  of  John  Sr.,  com- 
ing from  Braintree,  county  Essex,  England, 
to  Cambridge,  Massachusetts,  in  1632,  and  to 
Hartford  in  1636,  finally  locating  in  Farm- 
ington,  where  he  died  in  1682-83,  aged  sev- 
enty-seven. 

Lieutenant  Thomas  Williams,  who  married 
Anna  Hart,  whose  pedigree  has  just  been 
given,  was  a  son  of  Charles  and  Mary 
(Robinson)  Williams,  and  his  father  was 
born  about  1695 ;  married.  December  17, 
1713,  Mary,  born  August  23,  1695,  daughter 
of  Thomas  and  Lydia  Robinson,  of  East  Had- 
dam,  granddaughter  of  Thomas  Robinson. 
Charles  Williams,  father  of  Charles  last  men- 
tioned, was  born  about  1652 ;  lived  at  Re- 
hoboth.  removed  to  Hadley,  Massachusetts, 
about  1691,  and  was  of  Colchester,  J702-17; 
married  Elizabeth  ,  and  died  at  Col- 
chester, April  12,  1740,  aged  eighty-eight 
years. 

Children  of  Enos  and  Anna  (Williams) 
Brown :  Halsey,  of  Haddam ;  Eliza,  born 
December  19.  1801.  married,  March  28.  1824, 
Abner  Cole  (see  Cole  VII)  ;  Horace ;  Nancy, 

married   Staples,    of    Poorville.    New 

York. 


Thomas  Whaples  and  his 
WHAI'LES     brother    Ephrami    were    the 

first  of  this  surname  in  this 
country,  and  from  them  are  descended  prob- 
ably all  of  the  name  in  America.  Thomas 
was  born  in  England  about  1625  and  died  in 
Hartford,  December  10,  1671.  He  was  living 
in  Hartford  in  1664.  His  estate  was  inven- 
toried by  Thomas  Bull,  Robert  Webster,  Jo- 
seph Nash  and  Philip  Davis,  and  Webster, 
Bull  and  Nash  were  appointed  by  the  court 
overseers  of  the  estate.  The  inventory 
amounted  to  seventy-one  pounds,  eleven  shil- 
lings, six  pence.  The  settlement  of  the  es- 
tate gives  the  ages  of  the  children  in  1671. 
Children:  Rebecca,  born  1653;  Hannah,  1655  ; 
Thomas,  1656,  died  in  1713;  Joseph,  1660; 
Jane,  1664;  Ephraim,  1665;  John,  mentioned 
below. 

(II)  John,  son  of  Thomas  Whaples,  was 
born  in  Hartford  in  1667.  (See  p.  253,  vol.  I, 
Conn,  probate  records;  also  p.  130,  vol.  III.) 
He  lived  in  Wethersfield.  The  inventory  of 
his  estate,  dated  July  2,  1729,  amounted  to 
three  hundred  and  one  pounds,  six  shillings, 
eight  pence,  and  was  made  by  John  Camp 
and  Josiah  Willard.     His  will  was  dated  July 

II.    1728.      He    married    Sarah .      He 

bequeathed  to  wife  and  children  mentioned 
below :  Reuben,  had  the  homestead ;  Jona- 
than, mentioned  below ;  Jacob,  Sarah,  Marah, 
Lois. 

(III)  Jonathan,  son  of  John  Whaples,  was 
born  in  1698,  died  October  12,  1741.  He 
received  land  from  his  father  both  by  deed 
and  will.  He  married  Sarah .  Chil- 
dren, born  in  Wethersfield :  Theodora,  born 
January  18,  1727 ;  Jonathan,  September  26. 
1731,  mentioned  below;  Daniel,  September 
26,   1733. 

(IV)  Jonathan  (2),  son  of  Jonathan  (i) 
Whaples,  was  born  at  Wethersfield,  Septem- 
ber 26,  1731.  He  and  his  wife  owned  the 
covenant  in  the  Newington  church.  May  5, 
1754.  He  died  at  Claverack,  New  York.  His 
widow  Margaret  joined  the  first  church  at 
New  Britain,  November  6,  1774.  She  mar- 
ried (second)  December  22,  1774.,  Lieutenant 
Elijah  Porter,  of  Farmington.  being  his  third 
wife.  Margaret  (Woodruft')  Whaples  was 
the  daughter  of  Joseph  Woodruff.  She  died 
November  6,  1810,  aged  seventy-five  years, 
at  the  home  of  Selah  Streeter,  Sr..  New 
Britain.  Children  of  Jonathan  and  Marga- 
ret Whaples:  i.  Samuel,  baotized  at  Newing- 
ton. l\Iay  ^.  17^4:  married  Huldah  Langdon. 
2.  Elizur.  baptize^!  December  28.  1755  :  men- 
tioned below.  3.  John,  married  Rhoda.  daugh- 
ter of  David  Lusk.  4.  Sallv.  baptized  Jan- 
uary 15,   1758,  at  Farmington  :  married  Seth 


5  so 


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Porter.      5.    Mary   Ann,    baptized    September 
2,  1774.     6.  Amzi   (  ?). 

(V)  Elizur,  son  of  Jonathan  (2 J  VVhaples, 
was  born  at  Nevvington,  baptized  December 
28,  1755.  He  married  Ruth  Woodruff.  He 
was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution  in  Captain 
Noadiah  Hooker's  company,  May  to  Decem- 
ber, 1775;  also  in  Captain  Asa  Bray's  com- 
pany in  1778;  also  sergeant  of  a  troop  of 
horse  in  Lieutenant  John  Phelps's  company  in 
1781.  His  brothers  John  and  Samuel  were 
also    in    the    revolution. 

(VI)  Elisha,  son  of  Elizur  (or  Eleazer) 
VVhaples,  was  born  and  died  at  Newington, 
Connecticut. 

(VII)  Curtis,  son  of  Elisha  Whaples,  was 
born  November  21,  1804.  Early  in  1829  he 
opened  a  store  on  the  east  side  of  Main. street 
in  New  Britain,  opposite  West  Main  street, 
in  partnership  with  Frederick  T.  Stanley. 
The  upper  part  of  the  building  in  which  their 
store  was  located  was  fitted  up  for  the  manu- 
facture of  suspenders  by  F.  A.  Hart  &  Com- 
pany, both  Stanley  and  Whaples  being  in- 
terested in  the  business.  After  a  few  years 
Stanle)'-  sold  his  interests  to  his  partner  and 
Whaples  continued  the  business,  having  I.  N. 
Lee,  Fuller  &  Ward  and  O.  C.  Stanley,  suc- 
cessively, as  his  partners.  After  the  sus- 
pender iDUsiness  was  given  up,  Whaples  &  Lee 
occupied  the  rooms  for  manufacturing  stocks. 
F.  A.  Hart  •&  Company  were  the  first  manu- 
facturers of  elastic  suspenders  in  this  coun- 
try. Mr.  AVhaples  married  Elizabeth  Meigs, 
daughter  of  Solomon  and  Esther  Lopez 
(Meigs)  Lusk,  and  granddaughter  of  Major 
John  Meigs  (see  Meigs  VI).  They  had 
one  son,   Meigs   Haywood,  mentioned   below. 

(VIII)  ]\Ieigs  Haywood,  son  of  Curtis 
Whaples,  was  born  in  New  Britain,  July  16, 
1845.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of  his 
native  town  and  was  graduated  from  the  New 
Britain  high  school.  He  began  his  career  as 
clerk  in  the  New  Britain  Bank,  and.  except- 
ing the  years  1870-72,  when  he  served  in  the 
United  States  navy  under  Rear  Admirals 
Boggs  and  Glisson,  then  in  European  waters, 
he  has  been  in  the  banking  business  contin- 
uously to  the  present  time,  and  was  promoted 
step  by  step  to  positions  of  greater  respon- 
sibility. He  is  president  of  the  Connecticut 
Trust  and  Safe  Deposit  Company,  director, 
secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  Collins  Com- 
pany, vice-president  of  the  Society  for  Sav- 
ings, director  of  the  Pickering  Governor 
Company,  director  of  the  Connecticut  Mutual 
Life  Insurance  Company,  in  which  he  has 
recently  served  for  a  time  in  the  office  of  vice- 
president  ;  trustee  of  the  Scottish  LTnion  and 
National    Fire    Insurance   Companv ;    director 


of  the  Hartford  Board  of  Trade,  director  in 
Hartfard  Fire  Insurance  Company;  director 
of  the  Stanley  Rule  and  Level  Company  of 
New  Britain,  also  director  of  Hartford  Hos- 
pital Board.  He  has  been  called  to  other 
positions  of  trust  and  honor  in  public  life. 
He  has  been  president  of  the  board  of  police 
commissioners :  is  a  commissioner  of  the  Con- 
necticut River  Bridge  and  Highway  District, 
which  is  in  charge  of  one  of  the  greatest  pub- 
lic enterprises  of  modern  times  in  Connecti- 
cut. He  was  also  a  member  and  chairman 
of  the  finance  commission  of  the  city  of  Hart- 
ford. In  politics  he  is  an  independent  Re- 
publican. 

Mr.  Whaples  is  fond  of  outdoor  life,  a 
member  and  one  of  the  chief  promoters  of  the 
Hartford  Golf  Club,  and  has  a  summer  camp 
in  Maine  on  the  very  line  of  march  of  Major 
Return  Jonathan  Meigs  on  his  way  to  Can- 
ada with  General  Arnold.  Mr.  Whaples  is  a 
Congregationalist  in  religion.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Army  and  Navy  Club  of  Connec- 
ticut and  of  the  Connecticut  Society,  Sons  of 
the  American   Revolution. 

He  married,  May  15,  1S78,  Harriet  Atwater 
HotChkiss,  a  descendant  of  the  old  Atwater, 
Hotchkiss  and  Hoadley  families  of  Connecti- 
cut. Children,  born  at  Hartford:  i.  Hey- 
wood  Hotchkiss,  born  March  31,  1879;  grad- 
uate of  Yale  in  the  class  of  1901  ;  now  en- 
gaged in  investment  brokerage  business  :  mem- 
ber of  firm  of  R.  T.  H.  Barnes  &  Company, 
Hartford :  married  Constance  Roberts,  No- 
vember, 1909,  2.  Mary  Atwater,  born  .\pril 
5,  1880. 

(The  ;Meigs  Line). 

(I)  Vincent  Meigs,  immigrant  ancestor, 
came  from  Devonshire  or  Dorsetshire,  Eng- 
land, to  this  country  about  1640,  with  his 
family,  and  was  living  at  New  Haven,  Con- 
necticut, as  early  as  1644.  He  settled  upon 
the  border  of  the  present  public  square  in 
Guilford,  Connecticut,  in  the  year  1650,  and 
subsequently  removed  to  East  Guilford  and 
settled  at  Hammonassett  on  land  now  or 
lately  owned  by  Dr.  Reynold  Webb.  He  died 
in  Guilford  in  December,  1658.  Children : 
John,  mentioned  below ;  Mark. 

(II)  John,  son  of  A-'incent  Meigs,  was  born 
about  1610  and  came  to  this  country  with  his 
father.  He  was  allotted  land  at  East  Guilford, 
March  3,  1653,  and  was  admitted  a  freeman 
in  1657.  He  married  Tamzin  Fry,  of  Guil- 
ford. Children:  i.  Mary,  died  April  30, 
1703;  married,  March  3,  1653,  William  Stev- 
ens, 2.  John,  born  1640,  mentioned  below. 
3.  Concurrence,  died  October  9,  1708 :  mar- 
ried Henry  Crane,  of  Killingworth.  4.  Eliza- 
beth,  married   Richard   Hubbell.   of   Guilford. 


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5.    Tryal,   married,    1668,   Andrew    Ward,   of 
Killing-worth. 

(III)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (ij  Meigs, 
was  born  io  1640,  died  November  9,  1713. 
He  settled  at  East  Guilford.  He  married 
(first)  March  7,  1665,  Sarah,  daughter  of 
William  Wilcox  or  Wilcoxson,  of  Stratford, 
Connecticut.  Wilcox  and  Wilcoxson  were 
variations  in  spelling  of  the  same  surname. 
Sarah  died  November  24,  1691.  He  married 
(second)  Lydia  Crittenden,  who  died  Decem- 
ber, 1729.  Children  of  first  wife:  i.  Sarah, 
born  February  14,  1667,  died  April  8,  1688 ; 
married,  January  11,  1686,  Daniel  Bartlett, 
of  Guilford.  2.  John,  born  November  11, 
1670,  died  February  19,  1718.  3.  Janna,  born 
December  21,  1672,  mentioned  below.  4. 
Ebenezer,  born  September  19,  1675  ;  married, 
October  3,  1700,  Mercy  Weeks,  of  Falmouth 
(Portland),  Massachusetts,  now  Maine.  5. 
Hannah,  born  February  25,  1678 ;  married 
Jeremiah  Foster,  of  Long  Island.  6.  Hester, 
born  November  10,  1680.  7.  Mindwell,  born 
1682,  died  March  31,  1762;  married,  October 
8,  1702,  Samuel  Crittenden,  of  Guilford. 

(IV)  Janna,  son  of  John  (2)  Meigs,  was 
born  in  East  Guilford,  December  21,  1672, 
died  December  5,  1739.  He  was  the  first 
magistrate  of  the  town  of  Guilford ;  deputy 
to  the  general  assembly,  1716-26.  He  mar- 
ried. May  18,  1698,  Hannah  Willard,  of 
AVethersfield,  born  1674,  died  January  4,  1750. 
Children:  i.  Janna,  born  August  17,  1699. 
2.  Josiah,  born  May  14,  1701,  died  December 
26,  1774.  3.  Jehiel,  born  June  11,  1703,  died 
March  23,  1780.  4.  Hannah,  born  August 
13,  1705,  died  May  20,  1727.  5.  Return,  born 
I\Iarch  16,  1708,  mentioned  below.  6.  Hes- 
ter, born  December  19,  1709;  married  Stephen 
Bishop.  7.  Silence  (twin),  born  January  5, 
1712,  died  young.  8.  Submit  (twin),  born 
January  5,  1712,  died  young.  9.  Timothy, 
born  September  19,  1713,  died  September  14, 
1751.     10.  Eunice,  born  October  19,   1715. 

(V)  Return,  son  of  Janna  Meigs,  was  born 
in  East  Guilford,  March  16,  1708,  died  June 
22,  1782.  He  was  a  prominent  citizen,  deputy 
to  the  general  assembly.  He  married  (first) 
February  I,  1733,  Elizabeth  Hamlin,  of  Mid- 
dletown,  Connecticut,  who  died  September  17, 
1762.  He  married  (second)  March  25,  1763, 
Jane  Doane,  widow.  Children,  all  by  first 
wife:  I.  Elisha.  born  January  15,  1734,  died 
October  10,  1736.  2.  Janna,  born  September 
29,  1735,  died  October  4,  1736.  3.  Elizabeth, 
born  July  15,  1737,  died  April  16,  1740.  4. 
Elisha,  born  October  4,  1739,  died  December 
22,  1739.  5.  Colonel  Return  Jonathan,  born 
December  17,  1740,  died  January  28,  1823 ; 
colonel    of   the    Sixth    Connecticut    Regiment 


(Leather  Cap)  in  the  revolution^:  was  in  com- 
mand of  the  Second  Division  in  Arnold's 
Quebec  expedition  in  1775 ;  conducted  the 
Sag  Harbor  expedition,  for  his  success  in 
which  congress  voted  him  the  sword  now  to 
be  seen  represented  in  the  Peale  portrait 
owned  by  Mrs.  Curtis  Whaples ;  had  a  com- 
mand under  Mad  Anthony  at  Stony  Point  in 
1779;  after  the  war  he  was  provisional  gov- 
ernor of  Ohio  and  his  son  was  postmaster- 
general;  married  (first)  February  14,  1764, 
Joanna  Winborn,  who  died  December  30, 
17 — ;  (second)  December  22,  1774,  Grace 
Starr,  who  died  October  15.  1807.  6.  John, 
born  October  9,  1742,  died  October  28,  1750. 
7.  Captain  Giles,  born  October  29,  1744; 
great-grandfather  of  President  Noah  Porter, 
of  Yale  University.  8.  Josiah,  born  Novem- 
ber 21,  1746,  died  October  29,  1751.  9.  Eliza- 
beth, born  January  25,  1748,  died  August  4, 
1753.  10.  Timothy,  born  February  28,  1750, 
died  October  28,  1751.  11.  Hannah,  born  No- 
vember 21,  1751.  12.  John,  born  November 
21.  1753,  mentioned  below.  13.  Josiah,  born 
August  21,  1757,  died  September  4,  1822; 
graduate  of  Yale  College ;  professor  at  Yale ; 
president  of  Athens  College,  Georgia,  and 
later  of  Washington  College,  Washington. 

(VI)  Major  John  (3)  Meigs,  son  of  Return 
Meigs,  was  born  in  Middletown,  Connecticut, 
November  21,  1753,  died  in  1826.  Fle  was 
adjutant  in  Colonel  Webb's  regiment  in  the 
revolution  and  later  in  the  Third  Connecticut 
Line.  He  was  taken  prisoner  of  war  in  the 
Long  Island  campaign  of  1777.  In  the  war 
of  1812  he  was  brigade  major  in  the  regular 
army.  He  was  a  hatter  by  trade.  After  the 
war  of  the  revolution  he  removed  to  New 
Hartford,  Town  Hill,  but  in  1800  located  in 
North  End  Village.  His  widow  removed  to 
New  Britain,  Connecticut,  about  the  time  her 
daughter  Esther  married  Thomas  Lee.  He 
married,  June  18,  1781,  Elizabeth,  born  July 
3'  I755'  daughter  of  Benjamin  and  Elizabeth 
(Lord)  Henshav>r,  of  Middletown,  Connecti- 
cut. He  was  a  pensioner  and  after  his  death 
she  also  drew  a  pension  on  account  of  his 
revolutionary  service.  The  major  and  his 
widow  drew  a  total  of  six  thousand  dollars  on 
this  pension.  She  lived  until  March  5,  1847, 
and  she  was  buried  on  the  bank  of  the  Con- 
necticut river  at  Middletown,  v/here  a  large 
red  sandstone  monument  marks  her  grav'e. 
She  joined  the  First  Church  at  New  Britain, 
February  25,  1838,  and  was  dismissed  to  the 
South  Church  in   1842. 

Elizabeth  Henshaw  was  great-great-grand- 
daughter of  John  and  Priscilla  Alden,  of 
Plymouth,  who  came  in  the  "Mayflower." 
Children:     i.  Return  Jonathan,  born  August 


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30,  1782.  2.  Benjamin  Henshaw,  born  March 
2,'],  1784;  married  Ellen  Van  Dyke,  of  New 
York.  3.  Elizabeth  Lord,  born  December  8, 
1785,  died  April  28,  1792.  4.  Richard  Mont- 
gomery, born  August  8,  1787 ;  married  Maria 
Keeler,  of  Albany.  5.  Sally  Maria,  born 
March  28,  1789;  married  Dr.  Erastus  Wil- 
liams, of  Knox,  New  York.  6.  Esther  Lopez, 
born  February  24,  1791 ;  married,  November 
25,  1804,  Solomon  Lusk;  their  daughter  Eliza- 
beth married  Curtis  Whaples,  of  New  Britain 
(see  Whaples  VII).  7.  Joseph  Henshaw, 
born  May  18,  1793;  resided  at  Clarksville, 
Georgia.  8.  George  Lord,  born  February  23, 
1796,  died  at  Knox,  aged  fifty. 


Christopher  Godfrey,  immi- 
GODFREY  grant  ancestor,  came  to  Fair- 
field, Connecticut,  before 
1685.  According  to  a  family  tradition  he  was 
a  French  Huguenot.  He  may  have  been  from 
England,  however,  as  the  surname,  originally 
Norman,  is  common  enough  in  England.  He 
owned  land  at  Greens  Farms  in  1686,  then  a 
part  of  Fairfield,  bought  December  29  of  that 
year  of  Sergeant  Richard  Hubbell  and  in  1695 
of  James  Newton.  The  Godfreys  have  been 
residents  of  Greens  Farms  and  Southport 
since  1688.  His  wife  renewed  her  covenant 
with  the  church  there  July  17,  1697,  indicat- 
ing that  she  was  a  Congregationalist,  and  her 
children  were  baptized,  four  of  them,  July  17, 
1698,  others  later.  He  died  intestate  and  his 
estate  was  valued  at  two  hundred  and  seventy - 
three  pounds.  Children :  Christopher,  men- 
tioned below  ;  Samuel ;  Elizabeth  ;  Mary,  bap- 
tized with  the  three  preceding,  July  17,  1698 ; 
John,  baptized  April  23,  1699 ;  Isaac,  bap- 
tized February   14,   1703. 

(II)  Christopher  (2),  son  of  Christopher 
(i)  Godfrey,  was  born  about  1690,  baptized 
with  the  others,  July  17,  1697,  died  August 
20,  1758.  He  married,  February  11,  1711, 
Margery  Sturges,  who  died  August  20,  1759, 
daughter  of  John  Sturges,  of  Fairfield.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Fairfield :  David,  February  20, 
1713 ;  Stephen,  September  8,  1715 ;  Nathan, 
September  25,  1719,  mentioned  below  ;  Eleaz- 
er,  March  15,  1721 ;  Isaac,  December  25, 
1724 ;  Ebenezer,  June  27,   1727. 

(HI)  Lieutenant  Nathan  Godfrey,  son  of 
Christopher  (2)  Godfrey,  was  born  at  Mil- 
fcTrd,  September  25,  1719.  He  was  active  in 
the  militia  and  lieutenant  at  Ticonderoga  in 
1756,  in  Captain  Whiting's  regiment,  which 
participated  in  the  storming  of  Crown  Point 
and  Ticonderoga  during  the  French  and  In- 
dian war.  He  was  one  of  the  wealthiest  and 
most  influential  men  of  Greens  Farms,  West- 
port.      His   homestead   was   near   the   summit 


of  Clap-board  Hill.  It  was  burned  by  the 
British  soldiers  in  1779.  He  married  (first) 
June  II,  1747,  Martha  Couch,  who  died  May 
31,  1761.  Children:  Abraham,  born  March 
13,  1748;  Martha,  May  24,  1752,  married  John 
Burr;  Nathan,  August  19,  1754;  Benjamin, 
died  in  continental  service  at  Albany,  1776; 
Molly,  baptized  August  20,  1758,  married 
Seymour  Lockwood,  of  Norwalk.  He  mar- 
ried (second)  November  9,  1764,  Sarah  (An- 
drews) Nash,  widow  of  Jonathan  Nash, 
daughter  of  Jonathan  Andrews.  Children : 
Rhoda,  baptized  August  18,  1765,  settled  in 
Ohio ;  Jonathan,  mentioned  below ;  Esther, 
September  17,  1767;  Ebenezer,  March  17, 
1772 ;  Andrews,  April  14,  1776. 

(IV)  Jonathan,  son  of  Lieutenant  Nathan 
Godfrey,  was  born  at  Greens  Farms,  then  a 
part  of  Fairfield,  and  baptized  there  in  1766. 
He  settled  in  his  native  town.  He  married 
(first),  November  30,  1788,  Esther  White- 
head, who  died  March  24,  1803.  He  married 
(second),  October  26,  1803,  Huldah  Parsons. 
Children,  born  at  Fairfield :  Nathan,  baptized 
October  i,  1789,  married  Catharine  Brown,  of 
Norwalk;  Abel,  November  27,  1791,  died  in 
1811,  unmarried;  Ebenezer,  July  7,  1793,  died 
September  30,  1807;  Elsey,  October  30,  1796, 
died  July  27,  1882,  married  Samuel  Parker; 
Jonathan,  mentioned  below ;  Seth,  baptized 
March  2,  1800,  married  EHza  Cox.  Children 
of  second  wife :  Esther,  Eliza,  Mary,  Ebene- 
zer, Simon,  Ann,  Fidelia.  According  to  the 
census  of  1790,  Jonathan  was  living  at  Fair- 
field, and  had  one  son  and  one  female  in  his 
family  in  1790.  Nathan,  Stephen  and  Ebene- 
zer were  also  heads  of  families  in  1790  at 
Fairfield. 

(V)  Jonathan  (2),  son  of  Jonathan  (i) 
Godfrey,  was  born  June  2,  1798,  at  Greens 
Farms,  died  August  3,  1882.  He  was  a  man 
of  influence  and  standing  in  church  and  state, 
much  esteeemed  and  beloved  and  active  in 
charity  and  good  works.  He  served  the  state 
as  representative  from  the  town  of  Fairfield 
for  several  terms  of  the  legislature.  He  mar- 
ried, January  19,  1823,  Elizabeth  Hubbell,  of 
Southport,  Connecticut,  daughter  of  Aaron 
and  Elizabeth  Hubbell.  Children:  Elizabeth, 
died  yovmg ;  Harriet,  died  young ;  Jonathan, 
mentioned  below ;  Elizabeth,  author  of  the 
history  of  Fairfield,  married  Adrian  V.  S. 
Schenck,  son  of  Dr.  Ferdinand  S.  Schenck,  of 
New  Jersey ;  Samuel  H.,  married  Harriet  A., 
daughter  of  Edward  Godfrey ;  Mary  Cath- 
erine, married  Calvin  G.  Childs,  of  Norwalk. 

(VI)  Rev.  Jonathan  (3)  Godfrey,  son  of 
Jonathan  (2)  Godfrey,  was  born  at  the  village 
of  Southport,  town  of  Fairfield,  Connecticut, 
February  11,  1829,  died  January  22,  1865,  and 


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is  buried  at  Fairfield.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  and  Trinity  College,  from  which  he 
was  graduated  in  184 — .  He  was  rector  of 
the  Protestant  Episcopal  church  of  Saybrook, 
Connecticut.  He  married  Mary  Cartlidge, 
who  was  born  at  Lynde  Green,  Staffordshire, 
England,  died  at  Fairfield,  in  August,  1867. 
Children  :  Jonathan,  died  in  infancy  ;  daugh- 
ter, died  in  infancy ;  Dr.  Charles  Cartlidge, 
born  February  3,  1855,  mentioned  below; 
Jonathan,  resides  in  Bridgeport ;  Adrian,  died 
1899 ;  Alice  A. 

(Vn)  Dr.  Charles  Cartlidge  Godfrey,  son 
of  Rev.  Jonathan  (3)  Godfrey,  was  born  at 
Saybrook,  Connecticut.  At  the  time  of  his 
birth  his  father  was  the  rector  of  the  Episco- 
pal church  at  Saybrook,  but  not  long  after- 
ward the  family  removed  to  Aiken,  South 
Carolina,  because  of  the  latter's  ill  health. 
They  remained  in  Aiken  until  the  outbreak  of 
the  civil  war  forced  them  to  return  north,  and 
they  went  to  live  in  the  family  homestead  at 
Southport,  where  the  education  of  Charles  C. 
was  begun.  He  attended  private  and  public 
schools  in  Southport  and  Greenfield,  Connec- 
ticut, and  later  a  military  school  in  Hartford. 
He  then  entered  the  Sheffield  Scientific  School 
of  Yale  University,  where  he  specialized  in 
chemistry,  and  received  the  degree  of  Ph.  B. 
with  the  class  of  1877.  In  1881  he  located  in 
Bridgeport  and  began  the  study  of  medicine 
under  Dr.  Robert  Hubbard.  He  also  attended 
courses  of  lectures  in  the  College  of  Physi- 
cians and  Surgeons  of  Columbia  University, 
New  York, 'from  which  he  received  the  degree 
of  M.D.,  and  at  Dartmouth  College,  from 
which  he  graduated  in  1883  with  the  degree  of 
Ph.B.  On  January  i,  1884,  Dr.  Godfrey  formed 
a  partnership  with  Dr.  Hubbard,  which  contin- 
ued until  Dr.  Hubbard's  death  in  1897,  since 
when  Dr.  Godfrey  has  been  in  the  partnership 
of  Godfrey  &  Smith  (Edward  M.  Smith), 
Physicians  and  Surgeons,  at  340  State  street, 
Bridgeport,  where  he  carries  on  a  large  and 
eminent  practice.  He  is  a  surgeon  on  the  stafif 
of  the  Bridgeport  and  St.  Vincent's  hospitals, 
Bridgeport.  He  is  a  Free  Mason,  a  member 
of  St.  John's  Lodge,  No.  3 ;  Jerusalem  Chap- 
ter, Royal  Arch  Masons:  Jerusalem  Council, 
Royal  and  Select  Masters ;  Hamilton  Com- 
mandery.  Knights  Templar,  and  has  taken  the 
thirty-second  degree  in  Masonry.  He  belongs 
to  the  Brooklawn,  University  and  Algonquin 
clubs.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Bridgeport 
Medical  Society,  of  which  he  has  been  presi- 
dent, the  Fairfield  County  Medical  Society, 
the  Connecticut  State  Medical  Society,  the 
American  Medical  Association,  the  Associa- 
tion of  Military  Surgeons  of  the  United 
States,  the  New  York  Academy  of  Medicine, 


is  a  member  and  former  president  of  Bridge- 
port Scientific  Society.  He  was  surgeon  of 
the  Fourth  Regiment  of  Connecticut  National 
Guard  from  1890  to  1893,  and  surgeon-gen- 
eral of  the  state  of  Connecticut  in  1903-04, 
with  the  rank  of  colonel  on  the  stafif  of  Gov- 
ernor Abiram  Chamberlain.  He  has  been  vice- 
president  of  the  board  of  education  of  Bridge- 
port. In  politics  he  is  a  Republican ;  he  has 
represented  the  city  in  the  general  assembly 
and  was  an  alderman  of  Bridgeport  in  1892- 
93.  He  married,  April  30,  1885,  Caroline  St. 
Leon,  born  September  10,  1858,  at  Great  Bar- 
rington,  Massachusetts,  daughter  of  Colonel 
S.  B.  Sumner,  of  Bridgeport.  They  have  one 
child,  Carrie  Lucile,  born  March  23,   1886. 


Robert  Penrose  was  -born  in 
PENROSE     1632  at  Advalton,  Yorkshire, 

England.  He  removed  to 
Ireland  in  1656,  and  married  there,  Ann  Rus- 
sell, of  Kilmarket,  Catherlow,  Ireland.  He 
had  a  son  Robert,  mentioned  below. 

(II)  Robert  (2),  son  of  Robert  (i)  Pen- 
rose, was  born  in  Ireland,  and  married  there, 
at  Clanmaning,  March  29,  1695,  Mary  Clay- 
ton. He  came  to  America  in  1717  and  settled 
in  Pennsylvania.  He  had  a  son  Robert,  men- 
tioned below. 

(III)  Robert  (3),  son  of  Robert  (2)  Pen- 
rose, was  born  and  lived  in  Pennsylvania.  He 
married,  September  13,  1733,  Mary  Heacock. 
He  had  a  son  Samuel,  mentioned  below. 

(IV)  Samuel,  son  of  Robert  (3)  Penrose, 
married,  October  9,  1777,  Sarah  Roberts.  He 
had  a  son  Morris,  mentioned  below. 

(V)  Morris,  son  of  Samuel  Penrose,  was 
born  June  15,  1801,  died  1886.  He  married 
April  7,  1831,  Rebecca  A.,  daughter  of  Dr. 
Gove  and  Rebecca  J.  Mitchell,  of  the  Society 
of  Friends.  Children :  Harriet,  born  1832 ; 
Pierson  M.,  1835;  William,  mentioned  below. 

(VI)  William,  son  of  Morris  Penrose,  was 
born  February  20,  1840,  at  Hatboro,  Pennsyl- 
vania. He  received  his  education  at  the  Ten- 
nent  School  at  Hartsville,  Pennsylvania.  He 
was  engaged  in  the  dry  goods  business,  also 
the  wool  business,  in  Philadelphia,  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  LTnion  League  Club  and  lieutenant- 
colonel  of  the  Eighth  Gray  Guards  of  Phila- 
delphia. On  February  27,  1862,  at  Willow 
Grove,  Pennsylvania,  he  married  Sarah,  daugh- 
ter of  George  Rex,  who  married  (first)  Mary 
Cress  and  had  four  children,  and  (second) 
Anne  Whiteside  Rubicam,  and  had  four  chil- 
dren, two  of  whom  died  young ;  the  others 
were  George  Rex,  of  Philadelphia,  and  Sarah, 
mentioned  above.  George  Rex,  father  of 
Sarah  Rex,  was  son  &f  Levi  and  Catherine 
(Riter)  Rex,  and  grandson  of  Abraham  Rex. 


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Abraham  Rex  was  born  1736  and  died  1793; 
married  Anna  Sebastian,  born  1739,  died  1824; 
had  thirteen  children,  among  wliom  was  Levi, 
born  in  1763,  died  1828,  mentioned  above. 
Abraham  Rex  was  son  of  George  Rex,  the 
immigrant,  who  came  from  Crefield,  Germany, 
to  Germantown,  Pennsylvania,  in  1691,  and 
married  and  had  sons  George,  John,  Abraham, 
mentioned  above.  William  and  Sarah  (Rex) 
Penrose  removed  to  Hartford,  Connecticut,  in 
1877.  Their  children  are:  i.  Morris,  born 
December,  1862;  married  Lily  Pond,  daugh- 
ter of  Rev.  Dr.  Edwin  Pond  Parker,  of  Hart- 
ford, Connecticut,  has  one  child,  Lucy  Harris 
Penrose,  and  resides  in  Philadelphia.  2.  How- 
ard Mitchell,  October  23,  1869;  unmarried; 
assistant  secretary  of  the  Aetna  Indemnity 
Company,  of  Hartford,  Connecticut ;  member 
of  the  Hartford  Golf  Club,  the  Republican 
Club  and  the  Country  Club,  of  Farmington, 
Connecticut.  3.  William  Rex,  mentioned  be- 
low. 

(VII)  William  Rex,  son  of  William  Pen- 
rose, was  born  February  10,  1873,  at  Detroit, 
Michigan.  He  obtained  his  education  in  the 
public  schools  of  Hartford,  Connecticut.  He 
engaged  in  the  fire  insurance  business  with 
W.  E.  Baker  &  Son  of  Hartford,  where  he 
continued  until  1898.  Since  that  time  he  has 
been  a  partner  in  the  firm  of  Hooker  &  Pen- 
rose of  Hartford,  insurance  agents,  and  is 
special  agent  of  the  Commercial  Union  Fire 
Assurance  Company,  of  London,  England.  In 
politics  he  is  a  Republican.  He  served  with 
the  Signal  Corps,  First  Regiment,  Connecticut 
National  Guard,  of  Hartford,  receiving  his 
discharge  in  1900.  He  is  a  JMason,  a  member 
of  Washington  Commandery.  Sphinx  Temple, 
Order  of  the  Mystic  Shrine,  Hartford  Club 
and  Country  Club  of  Farmington,  Connecti- 
cut. He  is  an  attendant  at  Trinity  Episcopal 
Church,  of  Hartford.  He  married,  in  Hart- 
ford, December  11,  1901,  Mazy  Hallas  Worth- 
ington,  born  August  19,  1876,  daughter  of 
John  D.  and  Lillian  E.  Worthington.  His 
children  are:  i.  Helen,  born  1902,  died  1903. 
2.  Nathalie  Worthington,.  March,  1907. 


The  Boyd  family  is  one  of  the 
BOYD  most  distinguished  in  the  history 
of  Scotland,  tracing  its  descent 
from  a  younger  son  of  the  illustrious  lord 
high  steward  of  Scotland.  Robert,  son  of 
Simon  and  grandson  of  Alan,  the  second  lord 
high  steward,  was  of  very  light  complexion 
and  nicknamed  Boyt  or  Boyd,  meaning  fair 
or  light,  in  Gaelic.  From  this  came  the  sur- 
name of  the  family.  This  Robert  Boyd  died 
in  1240  and  from  him  it  is  said  all  the  Boyds 
of  Ireland  as  well  as  Scotland  are  descended. 


though  some  genealogists  think  the  original 
spelling  of  the  name  was  Boit.  Sir  Robert  de 
Boyd,  son  of  the  first  Robert,  died  in  1270,  and 
his  son.  Sir  Robert,  was  one  of  the  barons 
of  Scotland  who  were  forced  to  swear  fealty 
to  King  Edward  of  England  in  1296.  This 
third  Robert  was  associated  with  the  immortal 
Sir  William  Wallace  for  a  time.  His  son 
Robert  was  one  of  the  most  gallant  supporters 
of  Robert  Bruce,  and  was  made  Lord  of  Kil- 
marnock by  that  king.  His  descendants  sur- 
vived in  the  elder  niale  line  to  about  1800.  The 
family  formerly  possessed  the  earldoms  of 
Arran  and  Kilmarnock  (forfeited).  Ayrshire 
was  the  original  home  of  the  Boyds.  When 
James  III.,  a  mere  boy,  succeeded  to  the  throne 
of  Scotland,  Lord  Boyd  seized  him  and  as- 
sumed supreme  control  of  the  kingdom.  In 
1467  his  eldest  son  was  created  earl  of  Arran 
and  married  the  king's  sister.  But  the  rule 
of  the  Boyds  was  of  short  duration.  They 
were  tried  for  treason  in  1469  and  convicted. 
The  head  of  the  family  fled  to  England  where 
he  soon  afterward  died.  His  brother,  Alex- 
ander Boyd,  was  executed  at  Edinburg.  The 
earl  of  Arran  was  forced  to  flee  and  was  soon 
stripped  of  his  royal  wife  by  divorce  and  she 
afterward  married  the  head  of  the  Hamilton 
family.  i\Iost  of  the  American  Boyds  are  de- 
scended from  the  branch  of  the  Scotch  family 
in  the  province  of  Ulster,  Ireland.  Sir  Thom- 
as Boyd,  knight,  was  one  of  the  settlers  soon 
after  1610  in  the  precinct  of  Strabane,  county 
Tyrone,  and  had  a  wife  and  family  there  in 
1611.  He  came  from  Hedlay  or  Benehawe, 
Renfrewshire,  Scotland.  Before  1620  he 
transferred  a  grant  of  eighteen  hundred  acres 
at  Strabane  to  James  Hamilton.  Boyd  was  a 
son  of  Lord  Kilmarnock  (see  page  500  and 
507  Scotch-Irish  in  America,  Hanna).  In 
1653  there  was  a  Thomas  Boyd  of  prominence 
in  county  Antrim.  At  the  present  time  there 
are  thousands  of  this  surname  still  living  in 
counties  Antrim,  Down  and  Londonderry. 

Eight  heads  of  Boyd  families  signed  the 
memorial  to  Governor  Shute,  March  26,  1718, 
asking  encouragement  to  obtain  land  in  "that 
very  excellent  and  renowned  plantation"  called 
New  England.  Captain  William  Boyd  came 
to  this  country  fourteen  times  bringing  Scotch 
pioneers  from  the  north  of  Ireland,  and  finally 
located  at  Londonderry.  There  is  reason  to 
believe  that  many  of  the  Scotch  Boyds  who 
came  between  the  years  1718  and  1750  from 
Ulster  were  his  near  relatives.  A  number  of 
them  located  at  Bristol,  ]\Iaine. 

(I)  John  Boyd,  doubtless  one  of  the  Scotch- 
Irish  pioneers,  was  born   in    1704,   died  June 

30,  1789.     He  married  Margaret ,  who 

died  September  30,  1793,  aged  eighty-six.    He 


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and  his  brother  David  settled  in  1762  in  the 
town  of  Shelburne,  then  Hampshire  county, 
Massachusetts.  The  census  of  1790  gives  four 
heads  of  family  of  this  name. 

(II)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Boyd,  was 
born  in  1733,  died  at  Shelburne,  October  15, 
181 5.  His  will  is  filed  in  the  county  records 
of  Franklin  county  at  Greenfield.  His  wife 
Mary  died  at  Shelburne.  August  19,  1825, 
aged  eighty-eight  years. 

(III)  Thomas,  son  of  John  (2)  Boyd,  was 
born  at  Shelburne  in  1771,  died  at  York,  New 
York,  January  24;  1856.  He  was  a  farmer. 
He  married  (first)  Susannah,  daughter  of 
Edward  and  Beulah  (Parsons)  Smith,  the 
latter  a  daughter  of  Jacob  and  Beulah  (Hunt) 
Parsons.  She  died  August  26,  181 5,  aged 
forty  years.  He  married  (second)  Polly 
,  who  died  August  22,  1822.  He  mar- 
ried (third)  Miriam  Allis,  who  died  October 
22,   1856,  aged  eighty  years. 

(lA'-)  Thomas  Parsons,  son  of  Thomas 
Boyd,  was  born  at  Shelburne,  August  18,  1809. 
He  was  a  farmer  and  prominent  in  the  i\Ietho- 
dist  Episcopal  church,  of  which  he  was  a  local 
preacher.  He  married,  at  East  Bloomfield, 
New  York,  May  22,  1833,  Anna,  daughter  of 
Elisha  Steele  (6),  Sergeant  Elisha  (5),  Lieu- 
tenant John  (4),  Lieutenant  John  (3),  John 
(2),  John  Steele  (i),  the  immigrant  of  Farm- 
ington.  Children  of  Thomas  Parsons  Boyd : 
Almira,  born  August  8,  1834;  Pliny  Steele, 
May  18,  1836,  mentioned  below ;  Louisa  J., 
July  19,  1838;  Edward  E.,  April  16,  1842; 
Mvron  Hollv,  July  20,  1844:  Harriet  A.,  Oc- 
tober 4,  1846 ;  Ella  M.,  August  5,  1848. 

(V)  Rev.  Pliny  Steele  Boyd,  son  of  Thomas 
Parsons  Boyd,  was  born  at  Greigsville,  Liv- 
ingston, New  York,  May  18,  1836.  He  was 
a  Congregational  clergyman  and  wrote  much 
for  religious  periodicals  and  published  two 
books.  In  politics  he  was  a  Republican.  He 
graduated  from  Oberlin  College  in  the  class  of 
i860  and  taught  school  from  i860  to  1862. 
He  studied  theology  at  Andover  Theological 
Seminary  from  1862  to  1865.  He  was  in  the 
service  of  the  United  States  Christian  Com- 
mission in  1865-66.  He  was  ordained  and  in- 
stalled as  pastor  of  the  Congregational  church 
at  Shelburne  Falls.  Massachusetts,  in  1867. 
He  became  pastor  of  the  Congregational 
church  at  Ridgefield,  Connecticut,  in  1869.  He 
was  called  to  Amesbury,  Massachusetts,  in 
1871,  and  remained  in  that  parish  until  1886 
when  he  was  settled  at  Granby,  Massachu- 
setts. He  was  pastor  there  until  his  death, 
December  6,  1887.  He  married,  September  16, 
i860,  Mary  Jane  Allen,  born  at  Southbridge, 
Massachusetts,  September  16,  1836,  daughter 
of   Rev.    Ralph    Willard    Allen    (7),    Chester 


(6),  Samuel  (5),  Joseph  (4),  Samuel  (3), 
John  (2),  Samuel  Allen  (i),  immigrant 
ancestor,  of  East  Windsor,  Connecticut.  Mary 
Jones  (Tower)  Allen,  wife  of  Rev.  Ralph  Wil- 
lard Allen,  was  a  daughter  of  Moses  Tower 
(8),  Malachi  (7),  Malachi  (6),  Peter  (5), 
Jeremiah  (4),  Jeremiah  (3),  John  (2),  Robert 
Tower  ( i ) ,  of  Hingham,  Massachusetts,  the 
immigrant  ancestor.  Children  of  Rev.  Pliny 
Steele  Boyd  :  Herbert  Wendell,  born  at  Hing- 
ham, April  5,  1862;  Willard  Parsons,  Andover, 
June  29,  1863  ;  Edward  Steele,  mentioned  be- 
low ;  Maurice  Chester,  Ridgefield,  Connecticut, 
June  16,  1869 ;  Charles  Allen,  Amesbury,  Mas- 
sachusetts, July  23,  1874;  Plin)'  Arthur,  Ames- 
bury, jMarch  10,  1876. 

(A^I)  Edward  Steele,  son  of  Rev.  Pliny 
Steele  Boyd,  was  born  at  Shelburne  Falls, 
Massachusetts,  September  8,  1867.  He  gradu- 
ated from  the  Amesbury  high  school  in  the 
class  of  1885,  from  the  Arms  Academy  of 
Shelburne  Falls  in  1886,  and  from  Amherst 
College  in  the  class  of  1890,  and  was  given 
the  degree  of  A.M.  in  1893.  He  taught  school 
from  1890  to  1898.  Since  1898  he  has  been 
superintendent  of  schools  of  Woodbury,  Con- 
necticut, and  is  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the 
Woodbury  Electric  Company.  In  politics  he 
is  a  Republican.  He  has  been  selectman  of 
Woodbury  and  for  a  number  of  j'ears  has 
been  justice  of  the  peace,  and  a  member  of 
Connecticut  legislature  of  session  of  1911.  He 
is  a  member  of  King  Solomon  Lodge,  Free 
and  Accepted  Masons,  and  at  present  master. 
He  is  interested  in  history  and  genealogy  and 
is  a  member  of  the  Connecticut  Historical  So- 
ciety. In  religion  he  is  a  Congregationalist 
and  clerk  of  the  First  Congregational  Church 
of  Woodbury.  He  is  a  director  of  the  Wood- 
bury Savings  Bank.  He  belongs  to  the  Litch- 
field County  University  Club  and  the  Connecti- 
cut Society  of  Sons  of  the  American  Revolu- 
tion. 

He  married,-  at  Woodbury,  August  20, 
1895,  Helen  Amanda  Shove,  born  at  Wash- 
ington, Connecticut,  April  7,  1865,  daughter 
of  Burton  and  Sylvia  (Piatt)  Shove.  Burton 
Shove  was  a  farmer,  born  at  Warren,  Con- 
necticut, December  10,  1834,  son  of  Cyrus 
Shove  (6),  Seth  (5),  Dr.  Seth  (4),  Seth  (3), 
Rev.  Seth  of  Danbury  (2),  Rev.  George 
Shove  (i),  the  immigrant  ancestor,  who  set- 
tled at  Taunton,  Massachusetts.  Sylvia 
(Piatt)  Shove  was  born  at  Washington,  Con- 
necticut, November  20,  1830,  daughter  of 
Henry  (6),  Fowler  Merwin  (s),  Epenetus 
(4),  Gideon  (3),  Joseph  (2),  Richard  Piatt 
(i),  a  pioneer  at  Milford,  Connecticut.  Chil- 
dren of  Edward  Steele  Boyd :  Harmon  Shove, 
born  at  Woodbury.  September  24,  1896:  Anna, 


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22,   1903. 


Burton    Steele,   Auo^ust 


William  Wattles  was  an  early 
WATTLES  settler  in  Lebanon,  Connecti- 
cut. The  only  earlier  pioneer 
of  this  name  in  this  country  was  a  Richard 
Wattles,  of  Ipswich,  Massachusetts,  1648-63. 
Richard  may  have  been  father  or  grandfather 
of  William.    William  Wattles  married  Abigail 

,  who  died  November  21,  1744.  He  died 

August  II,  1737.  Children,  born  at  Lebanon: 
William,  mentioned  below;  Mary,  March  11, 
1709. 

(II)  William  (2),  son  of  William  (i)  Wat- 
tles, was  born  at  Lebanon,  November  21, 
1706.  He  married,  May  29,  1735,  at  Lebanon, 
Abigail  Dennison.  Children,  born  at  Lebanon  : 
Abigail,  March  30,  1736 ;  Ann,  March  20, 
1738;  William,  mentioned  below;  Mary,  Oc- 
tober 14,  1744;  Beecher,  November  3,  1743; 
Sarah,  February  26,  1747;  Andrew,  July  12, 
1754;  Denison,  July  12,  1754;  Daniel,  No- 
vember 5,  1755. 

(III)  A'Villiam  (3),  son  of  William  (2) 
Wattles,  was  born  at  Lebanon,  December  19, 
1739.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution  in 
the  Third  Company,  Captain  Samuel  Elmore, 
Fourth  Regiment,  Colonel  Benjamin  Hinman. 
He  had  a  son  Captain  John,  who  is  further 
mentioned  below. 

(IV)  Captain  John  Wattles,  son  of  William 
(3)  Wattles,  was  born  about  1775-80.  He 
was  an, officer  in  the  war  of  1812  and  a  dis- 
tinguished citizen.  He  was  a  corporal  in  Cap- 
tain Charles  Abel's  company  from  April  23, 
1814,  to  October  26,  1814.  He  married  (first) 
Bethinia  Huntington;  (second)  ;. 

(V)  Oliver,  son  of  Captain  John  Wattles, 
was  born  in  Lebanon.  He  lived  in  Goshen 
Society,  Connecticut.  He  married  Abigail 
Loomis. 

(VI)  Andrew  Loomis,  son  of  Oliver  Wat- 
tles, was  born  in  Lebanon,  1792,  died  1863. 
He  married  Marjory  Davison  Sterry,  born 
1796,  daughter  of  Rev.  John  Sterrv  (see 
Sterry  IV). 

(VII)  Oliver  Perr}',  son  of  Andrew  Loomis 
Wattles,  was  born  in  Norwich,  February  29, 
1812,  died  at  Norwich,  August  i,  188S.  He 
attended  the  public  schools  and  studied  law 
with  Mr.  Wait  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  of 
New  London  county.  He  settled  in  Norwich 
and  practiced  his  profession.  During  the  civil 
war  he  was  appointed  by  Governor  Bucking- 
ham to  visit  Washington,  D.  C,  and  camps 
of  federal  soldiers  to  collect  their  votes  at 
elections.  He  was  a  member  of  the  school 
committee  and  captain  of  the  local  militia 
company.     He   devoted   considerable   time   to 


securing  pensions  for  widows  of  soldiers  in 
the  revolutionary  war  and  war  of  1812.  He 
married,  in  March,  1836,  Eunice  Phillips,  who 
died  November  2,  1888.  Children:  i.  Mary 
Eunice,  born  July  30,  1840.  2.  Marcia  Amelia, 
November  30,  1841,  3.  Thomas  Jefferson, 
August  29,  1843 ;  married,  June  12,  1884, 
Emily  Gardner,  daughter  of  Moses  Pierce  (see 
Pierce).  4.  Jabez  Huntington,  February  20, 
1847 '  married  Harriet  E.  Brooks ;  children : 
i.  Oliver  Perry,  November  27,  1873,  married, 
October  12,  1905,  Lillian  Evangeline  Putnam; 
ii.  Mary,  born  at  Jamaica  Plain,  Boston,  May 
17,  1877. 

(The  Sterry  Line). 

(I)  Roger  Sterry,  immigrant  ancestor,  was 
born  in  England.  The  Sterrys  came  from 
county  Surrey,  England,  and  one  of  them, 
Peter  Sterry,  the  noted  Puritan  scholar  and 
teacher,  was  chaplain  to  the  Protector,  Oliver 
Cromwell,  and  one  of  the  famous  Westminster 
assembly  of  divines.  Another  was  the  "un- 
compromising preacher"  Peter  Sterry,  who 
wrote,  "The  Rot  Among  the  Bishops"  in  1661. 
(See  vol.  5,  "Biographer's  ]\Ianual  of  English 
Literature,"  by  W.  T.  Loundres.) 

Roger  Sterry  was  born  about  1630  and  must 
have  died  before  16S0,  as  his  widow,  Hannah, 
married  again  in  1681.  She  was  baptized  in 
1634 :  was  the  widow  of  Thomas  Hewitt  and 
daughter  of  Walter  and  Rebecca  (Short)  Pal- 
mer, of  Stonington.  Her  father,  Walter  Pal- 
mer, and  his  brother,  Abraham  Palmer,  Lon- 
don merchants,  came  to  Charlestown,  Massa- 
chusetts, in  1629  or  1630.  He  settled  in  Ston- 
ington, Connecticut. 

(II)  Samuel  Sterry,  son  of  Roger  Sterry, 
was  born  about  1674  and  died  in  1734.  He 
was  town  clerk  of  Preston,  Connecticut,  in 
1712,  In  1701  he  bought  a  hundred  acres  of 
land  in  the  town  of  Preston  on  LTpper  Moun- 
tain, called  Matteyhook  Hill.  He  married 
(first)  in  1703,  Hannah  Rose,  who  died  in 
1724.  He  married  (second)  February  8,  1725, 
Mehitable  Starkweather,  a  relative  of  Timothy 
Starkweather,  of  Preston.  Children  :  Hannah, 
born  1704-OS;  Samuel,  1706:  Cyprian,  1707, 
died  1772;  Robert,  171 1  ;  Zerviah,  1713.  Chil- 
dren of  second  wife:  Sarah,  1727:  Roger, 
mentioned  below. 

(III)  Roger,  son  of  Samuel  Sterry,  was 
born  at  Preston,  or  Stonington,  January  2, 
1730,  died  April  19,  1780.     He  married,  May 

4,  1748.  Abigail  Holms,  of  Stonington.  Chil- 
dren:  Samuel,  April  15,  1749,  died  February 
2,  1752;  Mary,  April  26,  1751,  died  ]\Iarch 
6,  1752 ;  Mary,  August  27,  1753  :  Arthur,  Jan- 
uary 26,  1757,  died  November  25,  1761 ;  Me- 
hitable, December  28,  1758  :  Consider,  October 

5,  1761,  died  November  15,  1817;  Roger,  Sep- 


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tember  14,  1764;  John,  mentioned  below;  Abi- 
gail, January  20,  1769. 

(IV)  Rev.  John  Sterry,  son  of  Roger 
Sterry,  was  born  at  Providence,  Rhode  Island, 
September  24,  1766,  died  November  5,  1823. 
He  was  educated  at  Brown  University  and 
entered  the  Baptist  ministry.  Both  he  and 
his  brother  Consider  (who  was  the  grand- 
father of  Dr.  Thomas  Sterry,  the  noted  geolo- 
gist) were  superior  mathematicians  and  writ- 
ers. When  but  a  little  past  their  majority  they 
jointly  produced  and  published  "The  Ameri- 
can Truth"  in  two  volumes,  a  new  and  com- 
plete course  of  introductory  mathematics.  The 
Rev.  John  Sterry  was  also  a  printer,  book- 
binder, paperm.aker  and  inventor  of  a  process 
for  marbleizing  paper.  In  1804  he  edited  and 
published  a  newspaper  called  The  True  Re- 
publican. He  married,  October  4,  1792,  Re- 
becca, born  1776,  died  September  10,  1833, 
daughter  of  Christopher  and  Marjory  (Davi- 
son) Bromley,  of  Preston,  Children:  John 
Holms,  born  March  16,  1794,  died  June  5, 
1870;  Marjory  Davison,  1796,  married  An- 
drew Wattles,  born  1792,  died  1863  (see  Wat- 
tles VI)  ;  Rebecca,  May  20,  1800,  died  May 
25,  1870 ;  Robert,  1803,  died  March  24,  i866_; 
George  Washington,  1807,  died  May  15,  1829; 
Caroline,  1809,  died  August  10,  1831 ;  Edward 
A.,  J\Iay  3,  1811,  mentioned  below;  Maria, 
1817,  died  February  i,  1880;  William  P.,  May 
23,  1819,  died  July  26,  1886;  Francis  D.,  Sep- 
tember 18,  1821,  died  August  27,  1902. 

(V)  Edward  Augustus,  son  of  Rev.  John 
Sterry,  was  born  at  Norwich  Town,  Connec- 
ticut, May  3,  181 1.  He  attended  the  public 
schools.  He  had  a  successful  business  career 
as  a  manufacturer  of  faucets  and  was  an  in- 
ventor of  ability,  having  valuable  patents  on 
faucets  that  he  invented.  In  politics  he  was 
a  Republican.  He  was  a  Congregationalist 
and  at  one  time  was  a  member  of  the  First 
Congregational  Church  of  Norwich.  He  mar- 
ried, at  Norwich  Falls,  May  26,  1833  (by  Rev. 
Peter  Sabin),  Catharine  Amelia  Whittlesey, 
born  May  10,  1810,  at  Saybrook,  Connecticut, 
daughter  of  John  Tulby  and  Betsey  (Whittle- 
se}')  Whittlesey.  Her  parents  were  married 
March  11,  1798;  her  mother  was  born  in 
1776,  her  father  August  6,  1770.  He  was  a 
sea  captain  and  was  much  interested  in  family 
history,  making  a  trip  to  England  for  the 
purpose  of  tracing  his  Whittlesey  ancestry  and 
brought  a  copy  of  the  coat-of-arms  back  with 
him.  Children  of  Edward  Augustus  Sterry : 
I.  John  Augustus,  married,  February  14,  1853, 
Louise  Clymena  Wescott.  2.  Annie  R.,  mar- 
ried. May  3,  1859,  Ralph  H.  Park.  3.  George 
E.,  married  Kate  Van  Vliet  DeWitt,  October 
3,  1861.    4.  Frank  W.,  married,  February  13, 


1865,  Annie  E.  R.  Browne.  5.  Tully  W.,  mar- 
ried, July  13,  1 87 1,  Minnie  A.  E.  Pearle.  6. 
Edward  A.,  born  October  12,  1845,  died  Octo- 
ber 2y,  1845.  7-  Catherine  Amelia.  8.  Carolyn 
Augusta  (twin  of  Catherine  Amelia). 

(The   Pierce    Line). 

Moses  Pierce,  father  of  Emily  Gardner 
(Pierce)  Wattles,  was  born  in  Pawtucket, 
Rhode  Island,  then  known  as  North  Provi- 
dence, July  3,  1808,  eldest  of  the  eight  chil- 
dren— five  boys  and  three  girls — of  Benjamin 
B.  and  Susan  (Walker)  Pierce,  the  former 
a  native  of  East  Greenwich,  Rhode  Island, 
and  a  tanner  by  trade,  but  later  in  life  a  cot- 
ton manufacturer. 

J\Ioses  Pierce  received  his  education  in  the 
district  schools  of  his  native  state  and  at  the 
age  of  twelve  years  began  work  as  a  chore 
boy  in  a  factory  store,  at  the  wages  of  seventy- 
five  cents  per  week.  At  the  age  of  fourteen 
years  he  became  the  bookkeeper,  and  from 
that  time  until  he  was  twenty  he  was  engaged 
in  that  and  other  capacities  in  the  cotton  mill 
business,  thereby  gaining  a  thorough  knowl- 
edge of  cotton  manufacturing.  In  1828  he 
located  in  Willimantic,  Connecticut,  and  as 
superintendent  took  charge  of  a  small  cot- 
ton mill,  one  of  the  first  in  that  now  thriving 
manufacturing  center.  The  bleaching  business 
had  begun  to  attract  attention,  and  at  the  so- 
licitation of  men  of  capital  Mr.  Pierce  became 
the  junior  member  of  an  enterprising  firm,  and 
built,  started  and  superintended  mills  in  Rhode 
Island  and  Massachusetts. 

In  October,  1839,  on  the  invitation  of  the 
late  Jedediah  Leavens,  Mr.  Pierce  came  to 
Norwich  to  consider  the  outlook  for  the  bleach- 
ing business.  The  following  Ma)',  having  con- 
cluded his  other  engagements,  he  secured  a 
lease  of  water  from  the  Water  Power  Com- 
pany, and  the  ground  was  broken  for  the 
first  mill  on  the  site  of  what  was,  until  recent 
years,  the  Norwich  Bleaching  &  Calendering 
Company.  On  September  10,  1840,  the  ma- 
chinery started,  and  the  history  of  that  great 
company  was  begun.  From  1840  to  1888  Mr. 
Pierce  was  the  real  head  of,  first,  the  com- 
pany, and,  afterward,  the  corporation.  In 
1863  Mr.  Pierce,  with  about  twenty  others, 
chiefly  of  Norwich,  united  to  form  the  Occum 
Company,  to  acquire  lands  and  flowage  rights 
which  should  enable  them  to  control  the  She- 
tucket  river  from  the  tail  race  of  the  Baltic 
mill  to  the  upper  end  of  the  Greenville  Pond. 
Three  years  later  Taftville  began  its  career. 
Associated  with  Mr.  Pierce  in  this  enterprise 
were  E.  P.  and  Cyrus  Taft,  of  Providence,  and 
James  L.  Arnold,  of  Plainfield.  A  charter 
was  obtained  from  the  legislature,  though  vio- 


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lentl}'  opposed  because  of  the  large  amount  of 
money  involved,  permitting  a  capital  of  $i,- 
500,000.  The  stock  was  marketed,  and  whesi 
the  company  was  organized  Mr.  Pierce  became 
a  director,  holding  this  place  until  1887,  when, 
by  a  sale  of  certain  stock,  the  management 
passed  into  other  hands. 

Among  other  ventures  in  which  Mr.  Pierce 
played  a  conspicuous  part  was  the  Ashland 
Cotton  Company  at  Jewett  City,  of  which  he 
was  president  for  thirty-five  years.  Another 
was  the  Aspinook  Compan)'  of  the  same  vil- 
lage. From  1873  the  water  power  at  Jewett 
City,  easily  made  serviceable  b)'  a  dam  across 
the  Quinebaug,  was  a  pet  project  of  Mr. 
Pierce.  Twenty  years  later  he  saw  his  dream 
realized  by  the  erection  of  a  printing,  bleach- 
ing and  calendering  plant  on  the  plateau  south 
of  the  falls,  and  of  this  compan}^  he  was  presi- 
dent up  to  the  time  of  his  death.  In  all  the 
various  concerns  with  which  J\Ir.  Pierce  was 
prominently  connected,  about  two  thousand 
persons  are  constantly  emplo3fed,  and  the  an- 
nual payroll  cannot  be  less  than  a  million  of 
dollars. 

In  the  political  v/orld  Mr.  Pierce  was  from 
1831  a  strict  advocate  of  temperance  principles, 
giving  of  his  time  and  money  to  further  the 
cause.  He  was  an  Abolitionist  until  the  close 
of  the  war,  and  afterward  voted  with  the  Re- 
publican party.  In  1854  he  represented  his 
district  in  the  state  legislature.  Although  posi- 
tive in  his  own  opinions  he  was  tolerant  to- 
ward the  views  of  others.  While  residing  at 
Fall  River,  in  1834,  Mr.  Pierce  united  with 
the  Congregational  church,  for  many  years 
was  a  member  of  the  church  at  Norwich  town, 
and  remained  connected  with  that  denomina- 
tion for  the  remainder  of  his  days,  later  trans- 
ferring his  membership  to  the  Park  Church, 
in  Norwich. 

Mr.  Pierce's  charities  were  legion.  From 
the  beginning  of  his  career  he  gave  in  pro- 
portion to  his  means.  In  1878  he  gave  to 
the  United  Workers  the  large  house  at  Nor- 
wich town,  now  known  as  the  Rock  Nook  Chil- 
dren's Home.  One  of  the  buildings  connected 
with  the  training  school  for  Negroes  and  In- 
dians at  Hampton,  Virginia,  made  famous  by 
its  founder.  General  Armstrong,  costing  way 
up  into  the  thousands,  was  built  with  Mr. 
Pierce's  money.  His  practical  consideration 
has  assisted  many  an  object  whose  end  was 
the  good  of  humanity.  Until  a  few  years  be- 
fore his  death  his  constitution  was  robust,  a 
fact  which  he  attributed  to  his  temperance  in 
all  things.  He  was  able  to  ride  out  up  to 
within  ten  days  of  his  death.  Mr.  Pierce  was 
a  very  methodical  man,  and  possessed  of  a 
great  deal  of  energ)',  his  native  energy  being 


far  superior  to  his  strength  in  his  old  age,  and 
he  was  always  in  danger  of  over-taxing  him- 
self. He  loved  to  be  doing  something,  and 
always  did  as  much  as  his  strength  would 
allow.  He  retained  every  faculty  until  the 
last. 

Wholl)'  without  any  solicitation  on  his  part 
Mr.  Pierce  was  called  to  many  public  posi- 
tions. In  Fall  River,  at  the  age  of  twenty-two, 
he  was  captain  of  a  fire  company  of  eight)'- 
six  men.  In  1858  he  was  elected  director  of 
the  Norwich  &  Worcester  Railroad.  He  was 
■  president  of  the  Norwich  &  New  York  steam- 
boat Company  for  eleven  years,  and  was  for 
years  a  member  of  the  board  of  directors  of 
the  Second  National  Bank  and  the  Chelsea 
Savings  Bank.  In  the  forties  he  was  vice- 
president  of  an  Association  of  Inventors,  hold- 
ing their  meetings  in  the  Franklin  Institute, 
Philadelphia.  He  was  trustee  of  the  Hampton 
school,  which  he  often  visited.  At  the  time  of 
his  death  he  was  a  member  of  the  Metropolitan 
Museum  of  Art,  of  New  York ;  a  fellow  of  the 
American  Geographical  Society  in  New  York, 
and  of  a  librar}'  association  in  Boston ;  and  a 
giember  of  the  Cotton  Manufacturers'  Asso- 
ciation and  of  the  home  Market  Club  of  that 
city. 

Mr.  Pierce  had  traveled  extensively,  cross- 
ing the  Atlantic  eight  times  for  business  and 
rest.  His  faith  in  the  future  of  his  own  coun- 
try made  him  venture  much,  and  amply  was 
he  repaid.  In  his  business  affairs  he  was  ever 
found  honest  and  progressive,  faithful  to  duty, 
and  considerate  of  his  employees.  His  life, 
showing  what  one  man  can  accomplish  by  in- 
dustry, honesty  and  perseverance,  suggests 
possibilities  and  gives  courage  to  those  aspiring 
youths  who  are  obHged  to  hew  their  own 
wa}'.  In  this  age  when  the  worker — the  doer 
— is  the  man  most  honored,  the  career  of 
Moses  Pierce  cannot  fail  to  give  a  lofty  con- 
ception of  right  and  purposeful  living.  He 
died  in  Norwich,  August  18,  1900.  His  re- 
mains rest  in  Yantic  cemetery  at  Norwich. 


Roger  Prichard.  immigrant 
PRICHARD     ancestor,   was   an  inhabitant 

of  Wethersfield,  Connecti- 
cut, as  early  as  1640.  He  removed  to 
Springfield,  Massachusetts,  in  1643,  and 
December  18,  1653,  '^^'■as  living  in  Milford, 
Connecticut.  He  was  admitted  a  freeman  in 
April,  1648.  He  married  (first)  Frances 
.  who  died  in  1651.  He  married  (sec- 
ond) December  18,  1653,  Elizabeth  (Prud- 
den)  Slough,  widow  of  William  Slough  and 
daughter  of  James  Prudden.  He  removed  to 
New  Haven  and  died  there  January  26,  1670- 
71.     Children:  Alice,  born  February  18,  1645, 


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died  1671,  married  A'Villiam  Bradley,  the  an- 
cestor of  the  Connecticut  Bradleys ;  Joan,  born 
September  i,  1647,  married  John  Lumbard; 
Benjamin,  mentioned  below.. 

(II)  Benjamin,  son  of  Roger  Prichard, 
was  born  January  31,  1657,  in  Milford,  Con- 
necticut, died  April  9,  1743,  in  Milford.  He 
married,  November  14,  1683,  Rebecca  Jones. 
Child,  James,  mentioned  below.  Other  chil- 
dren. 

(III)  James,  son  of  Benjamin  Prichard, 
was  baptized  in  Milford,  Connecticut,  in  1698, 
died  September  3,  1749.  He  married,  Decem- 
ber 25,  1 72 1,  Elizabeth  Johnson,  born  August 
28,  1701,  daughter  of  George  and  Hannah 
(Dorman)  Johnson.  She  married  (second) 
Captain  Stephen  Upson.  Children :  James, 
born  January  31,  1723;  George,  October 
5,  1724;  Elizabeth,  March  12,  1726-27,  married 
Benjamin  Nichols;  Isaac,  September  20,  1729; 
John,  bom  July  25,  1734,  died  August  6,  1749; 
David,  April  7,  1737,  mentioned  below;  Anna, 
April  4,  1740,  married  (first)  John  Strickland; 
(second)    Nathaniel   Sutcliffe. 

(I\^)  David,  son  of  James  Prichard,  was 
born  April  7,  1737.  He  married,  December 
20,  1757,  Ruth,  daughter  of  Joseph  Smith. 
Children:  Archibel,  born  June  25,  1759;  Ruth, 
October  16,  1760,  married,  1797,  Justus  P. 
Spencer;    Marianna,    May    5,    1763,    married 

Abbe;  Philoe,  August  5,  1765;  Silva, 

February  17,  1768,  married  Francis  French ; 
Molly,  June  22,  1770,  died  January  24,  1772; 
Molly,  February  28,  1773,  married,  1796, 
Jacob  Hall;  David,  October  24,  1775,  men- 
tioned below;  Damon,  November  5,  1777; 
Sally,  June  28,   1780,  married  Ira  Hotchkiss. 

(V)  David  (2),  son  of  David  (i)  Prich- 
ard, was  born  October  24,  1775.  He  married, 
November  9,  1796,  Anna,  daughter  of  Benja- 
min Hitchcock.  Children  :  Minerva,  born  June 
22,  1798,  married  Francis  Bancroft,  of  East 
Windsor;  William,  March  20,  1800,  married 
Eliza  Hall ;  Julius  Smith,  February  14,  1802, 
married  i\Iaria  Tyrrell ;  Elizur  Edwin,  Sep- 
tember 19,  1804,  mentioned  below ;  Mary 
Anna,  September  9,  1806,  died  November  24, 
1822;  Sally  Hitchkiss,  August  29,  1808,  died 
February  4,  1827;  Dr.  David,  October  24, 
1810,  married  Wealthy  Hill  Wilcox ;  Samuel 
Holland,  May  27,  1813 ;  Charlotte  Lucy,  June 
27,  1816. 

(VI)  Elizur  Edwin,  son  of  David  (2) 
Prichard,  was  born  September  19,  1804.  He 
married,  March  11,  1827,  Betsey  J.  Cooper,  of 
Derby,  Connecticut,  daughter  of  Asa  and 
granddaughter  of  Caleb  Cooper.  Children : 
I.  Elizabeth  Ann,  born  February  24,  1828.  2. 
Sarah  Johnson,  January  11,  1830;  author  of 
the    "History    of    Waterburj^"     (1674-1783), 


edited  by  Dr.  Joseph  Anderson,  author  of 
many  children's  books  and  several  novels,  and 
contributed  for  forty  years  to  many  maga- 
zines. 3.  Son,  born  February  22,  died  Febru- 
ary 26,  1834.  4.  Katharine  A.,  born  Septem- 
ber 15,  1836;  compiler  of  the  genealogical  ap- 
pendix of  the  "History  of  Waterbury,"  above 
mentioned.  5.  Florence  Cooper,  born  April 
3.  1843- 


The   Turkington    family 
TURKINGTON     is    of    ancient    English 
origin.    A  branch  of  the 
family  settled  in  Armagh,  Ireland,  province  of 
Ulster,  many  generations  ago,  and  the  family 
■  is  well  known  there  at  the  present  time.     In 
1890  the  census   shows  twelve  births   in  this 
family  in  Ulster,  of  which  nine  were  in  Ar- 
magh. 

(I)  Oliver  Turkington,  of  Scotch  and  Eng- 
lish ancestry,  was  born  in  Ulster,  at  Armagh, 
1781,  son  of  a  landed  proprietor.  He  received 
a  good  education,  and  was  "disinherited  by  his 
father  on  his  marriage  to  Ann  Rudock,  as  his 
father  was  greatly  displeased  at  the  match. 
After  his  marriage  Oliver  came  to  this  coun- 
try and  took  up  weaving  as  a  business  at  Red- 
ding, Connecticut.  After  the  death  of  his  wife, 
February  26,  1849,  ^Y  whom  there  were  thir- 
teen children,  six  girls  and  seven  boys,  Oliver 
took  for  his  second  wife  Rebecca  Canfield.  He 
died  at  Redding  in  1866. 

(II)  David,  son  of  Oliver  Turkington,  was 
born  at  Redding,  Connecticut,  August  21, 
1822,  died  in  Morris,  Litchfield  county,  April 
II,  1900.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  town.  He  came  to  Mor- 
ris from  Redding  when  a  young  man. 
He  had  a  tannery  in  Morris  for  a 
time  and  was  a  wholesale  beef  and  cat- 
tle dealer  of  much  business  ability.  He 
married,  February  28,  1849,  Lucy  A.  John- 
son, born  at  Watertown,  November  20,  1830, 
now  living  at  Morris,  daughter  of  Henry  and 
Lydia  (Wattles)  Johnson.  Children:  i.  Frank 
Henry,  mentioned  below.  2.  Arthur  H.,  born 
January  13,  1858;  married  September  30,  1882, 
Laura  Dayton ;  children  :  Grace  H,,  David  C. 
and  Florence  E.  3.  Ella  E.,  born  August  22, 
1863:  married,  February  2,  1887,  Cornelius  M. 
Judd,  died  March  22,  1897.  4.  Child,  died  in 
infanc)'. 

(III)  Frank  Henry,  son  of  David  Turking- 
ton, was  born  in  Morris,  Connecticut,  June  11, 
1854.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of  Mor- 
ris and  Winsted,  Connecticut.  He  worked  for 
several  }'ears  as  clerk  in  stores  at  Seymour 
and  Morris  and  was  afterward  engaged  in 
the  wholesale  beef  business  in  partnership 
with  his  father  in  the  town  of  Morris.     He 


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has  had  many  other  business  interests.  Of  late 
years  he  has  devoted  his  time  to  his  extensive 
farming  properties.  He  owns  some  twelve 
hundred  acres  in  farms.  In  politics  he  is  a 
Republican  and  has  held  various  town  offices. 
He  represented  for  two  terms  the  town  in 
the  general  assembly  of  the  state;  in  1906  he 
was  elected  sheriff  of  the  county  and  still 
holds  that  office.  He  is  a  member  of  St.  Paul's 
Lodge,  No.  II,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons, 
of  Litchfield.  In  religion  he  is  a  Congrega- 
tionalist.  He  married,  October  2,  1876,  Caro- 
line Ophelia  Botsford,  of  Woodbury,  Connec- 
ticut, born  May  29.  1850,  daughter  of  Heman 
and  Harriet  (Dimon)  Botsford.  Children:  i. 
Harriet  Elizabeth,  born  January  i,  1878;  mar-- 
ried  Leman  Stone  Brundage.  of  Morris ;  chil- 
dren: Frank  Turkington,  Leman  Stone,  Jr., 
and  Evelyn  Ophelia  Brundage.  2.  Charles 
Henry,  mentioned  below.  3.  Ferris  Royal,  De- 
cember II,  1882;  a  farmer  at  Morris;  mar- 
ried, September  26,  1906,  Lena  M.  Pierpont; 
children :  Alice  Patten  and  Lucy  Johnson. 

(IV)  Charles  Henry,  son  of  Frank  Henry 
Turkington,  was  born  in  Morris,  June  11, 
1880.  He  received  his  early  education  in  the 
public  schools  of  his  native  town  and  at  the 
Litchfield  high  school.  He  attended  the  Shef- 
field Scientific  School  of  Yale  University  and 
was  graduated  in  the  class  of  1903.  He 
studied  medicine  in  Johns  Hopkins  University 
and  received  the  degree  of  M.D.  there  in  1907. 
He  acquired  his  hospital  experience  on  the 
staff  of  the  Hartford  Hospital.  He  located  at 
Litchfield  in  1910  and  engaged  in  the  general 
practice  of  his  profession.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Litchfield  County  Medical  Society,  the 
Connecticut  State  Medical  Society  and  the 
American  Medical  Association.  He  is  un- 
married. 


Matthew  Woodruff,  immi- 
WOODRUFF     grant   ancestor,   was   born 

in  England.  He  settled 
early  at  Hartford,  Connecticut,  moved  to 
Farmington  in  1640-41,  and  died  there  very 
aged,  about  1682.  His  will  mentions  his  wife, 
three  sons  and  a  daughter  Hannah,  wife  of 
Richard  Seymour,  2nd.,  and  the  court  added  to 
the  list  the  name  of  another  daughter  Elizabeth 
who  was  the  wife  of  John  Broughton,  of 
Northampton,  Massachusetts.  He  ws  one  of 
the  eighty-four  proprietors  of  Farmington  in 
1672  and  was  a  freeman  in  1657.  His  wife 
Hannah  was  admitted  to  the  Farmington 
church.  April  2,  1654.  Children:  John,  born 
1643;' Matthew,  1646;  Hannah.  1648;  Eliza- 
beth, 1651  ;  Mary,  November  5,  1654,  died 
young- ;  Samuel,  August  26,  1661. 

(II)    Matthew    (2),   son   of   Matthew    (i) 


Woodruff,  was  born  at  Farmington  in  1646, 
died  in  November,  1691.  He  settled  at  Mil- 
ford,  but  returned  to  Farmington.  He  mar- 
ried (first),  June  16,  1668,  Mary,  born  1645, 
daughter  of  Robert  and  Mary  (Baldwin) 
Plum,  the  latter  a  daughter  of  Sylvester  and 
Sarah  (Bryant)  Baldwin.  He  married  (sec- 
ond) Sarah,  daughter  of  John  North  ;  she  died 
in  1692.  Children :  Matthew,  mentioned  be- 
low ;  Mary,  born  December  27,  1670 ;  John, 
February  i,  1672;  Sarah,  1674;  Samuel,  1677; 
Elizabeth,  1679;  Hannah,  1681 ;  Nathaniel, 
[May,  1687 ;  Joseph,  baptized  May  19,  1689. 

(Ill)  Matthew  (3),  son  of  Matthew  (2) 
Woodrufif,  was  born  at  Milford,  February  8, 
1669,  died  1751.  He  was  captain  of  the  mili- 
tary company  at  Farmington.  He  married 
(first)  September  15,  1694,  Elizabeth,  born 
iNIarch  29,  1673,  daughter  of  Sylvanus  and 
[Mildred  (Prudden)  Baldwin;  Sylvanus  was 
son  of  Richard  and  Elizabeth  (Alsopp)  Bald- 
win and  grandson  of  Sylvester  and  Sarah 
(Bryant)  "  Baldwin.  Mildred  (Prudden) 
Baldwin  was  a  daughter  of  Rev.  Peter  Prud- 
den. They  lived  at  Farmington  and  she 
died  there  February  5,  1729.  Fle  married 
(second),  June  10,  1730,  Martha,  widow  of 
Thomas  North.  She  died  in  1763.  Children: 
Matthew,  mentioned  below :  Sylvanus,  March 
16,  1702,  died  July  10,  1725 ;  Sarah,  June  16, 
1703,  died  July  10,  1725;  Timothy,  February 
23,  1705-06;  Joshua,  November  7,  1708; 
Abraham,  February  15,  1711;  Ehzabeth,  May 
ID,  1713;  Aaron,  October  25,  1715,  married 
Mary  Mills. 

(iV)  Matthew  (4),  son  of  Matthew  (3) 
Woodruff,  was  born  October  i,  1697.  He  re- 
sided  at   Farmington   and   married   Elizabeth 

.     He  bought  land  in  Waterbury  and 

was  of  Judd's  iMeadows  a  mile  east  of  Sam- 
uel Warner's  house  in  1732.  Land  was  laid 
out  to  Matthew  and  Elizabeth  Woodrufif  in 
Farmington  in  1739.  It  is  not  known  whether 
they  moved  from  Farmington  to  Waterbury. 

(Y)  Isaac,  son  or  nephew  of  jMatthew  (4) 
Woodruff,  probably  had  the  land  of  [Matthew 
and  settled  in  Waterbury.  Isaac  Woodrufif 
was  in  the  revolution.  Captain  Noadiah  Hook- 
er's company,  1775.  He  died  at  Waterbury, 
March  31,  1782,  aged  thirty-six  }"ears.  He 
married  Sarah  Newton.  Children,  born  in 
Waterbury:  Sarah  Newton.  May  27,  1768; 
Susanna,  January  24,  1770;  Comfort,  De- 
cember 27,  1771,  died  January  14,  1784;  Isaac, 
October  10.  1773,  mentioned  below:  Clark, 
April  30,  1776;  Joseph,  March  8,  1778:  iMer- 
rit,  June  17,  1780;  Mary,  November  15,  1782. 

(\T)  Isaac  (2),  son  of  Isaac  (i)  Wood- 
ruff, was  born  at  Waterbury,  October  10, 
1773,  died  November  29,  181 5.    He  lived  and' 


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died  at  Watertown,  formerly  Waterbury,  Con- 
necticut.     He   married   Lodina  ,   born 

1775,  died  October  12,  1863.    Children:  Isaac, 
mentioned  below,  and  Charles  Sherman. 

(VII)  Isaac  N.,  son  of  Isaac  (2)  Wood- 
ruff, was  born  September,  1793,  at  Watertown, 
died  November  17,  1875.  He  was  a  farmer 
and  lived  most  of  his  life  in  Watertown,  spend- 
ing his  last  years  with  his  son,  Isaac  B.  Wood- 
ruff, in  Winsted,  where  he  died.  He  was 
buried  in  Watertown.  He  married  Elizabeth, 
born  in  1797,  died  December  19,  1863,  daugh- 
ter of  Abram  Scott.  Children  :  Sarah,  Isaac, 
Benjamin,  mentioned  below,  Merritt  Burr  and 
Mary. 

(A^IH)  Isaac  Benjamin,  son  of  Isaac  N. 
Woodruff,  was  born  at  Watertown,  August 
II,  1818,  died  at  Winsted,  Connecticut,  April 
27,  1900.  He  received  a  common  school  edu- 
cation in  the  district  schools.  He  served  an 
apprenticeship  in  a  factory  at  Litchfield,  Con- 
necticut, learning  the  art  of  making  flutes, 
clarinets  and  other  musical  instruments  and 
afterward  became  connected  with  the  William 
L.  Gilbert  Clock  Company.  In  1866  the  busi- 
ness was  incorporated  under  the  name  of  the 
Gilbert  Manufacturing  Company  and  Mr. 
Woodruff  was  a  director,  secretary  and  treas- 
urer of  the  company.  When  Mr.  Gilbert  died 
in  1890  he  became  president  and  treasurer  of 
the  company  and  continued  in  those  offices 
to  the  time  of  his  death.  He  was  a  director 
of  the  First  National  Bank  of  Winsted  and 
of  the  Hulbert  National  Bank.  In  politics 
he  was  a  Republican,  and  he  held  various  of- 
fices of  trust  and  honor.  He  was  selectman 
of  the  town  and  served  one  term  in  the  gen- 
eral assembly  of  Connecticut.  In  religion  he 
was  an  Episcopalian  and  for  many  years 
treasurer  and  warden  of  the  Episcopal  church. 
He  was  a  plain,  modest,  capable  man,  resource- 
ful and  far-sighted  in  business,  a  worthy  and 
useful  citizen. 

Mr.  Woodruff  married,  October  16,  1841, 
Sarah  Ann  Gilbert,  born  in  Litchfield,  July 
16,  i8ig,  died  September  12,  1886,  daughter 
of  James  and  Abigail  (Kenney)  Gilbert.  She 
was  a  woman  of  much  intellectual  force  and 
sterling  character,  and  exerted  a  strong  in- 
fluence on  the  lives  and  careers  of  her  chil- 
dren. Her  brother,  William  L.  Gilbert,  was 
Winsted's  greatest  philanthropist,  founder 
and  first  president  of  the  William  L.  Gilbert 
Clock  Company.  He  built  and  endowed  the 
Gilbert  School  and  the  Gilbert  Home,  two 
of  the  finest  institutions  given  by  private  phil- 
anthropy in  the  state.  James  Gilbert,  father 
of  Mrs.  Woodruff,  was  formerly  of  North- 
field  Society,  Litchfield.  Children  :  James  Gil- 
bert, mentioned  below ;  William  Wallace,  born 


May  20,  1844,  died  December  4,  1909;  married 
Eleanora  L.   Smith. 

(IX)  James  Gilbert,  son  of  Isaac  Benjamin 
Woodruff,  was  born  in  Northfield,  in  the  town 
of  Litchfield,  August  27,  1842.  He  attended 
the  public  and  select  schools  of  his  native 
village,  the  Watertown  Academy  and  Wolcott 
Institute  of  Litchfield.  From  time  to  tixne, 
after  he  was  nine  years  old,  he  worked  in  the 
clock  factory  of  his  uncle.  Even  during  school 
term  he  worked  mornings  and  nights,  and 
learned  the  business  from  the  ground  up, 
working  in  all  the  departments  of  the  great 
factory.  At  the  age  of  seventeen  he  left 
school  and  since  then  has  devoted  most  of  his- 
time  to  this  business.  When  his  father  died 
in  1900  he  succeeded  him  as  president  an^d 
treasurer  of  the  William  L.  Gilbert  Clock 
Company.  The  concern  has  continued  to  show 
a  steady  and  healthful  growth  and  in  the  past 
ten  years  a  number  of  new  brick  buildings  have 
been  added  to  the  plant ;  the  clocks  made  by 
this  concern  find  their  way  to  all  parts  of  the 
world.  There  are  branch  offices  in  New  York, 
Chicago,  Bciston,  London,  Australia,  Rio  de 
Janeiro,  Brazil,  and  many  other  places.  The 
company  employs  about  six  hundred  hands  in 
the  factory  and  produces  goods  annually  to  the 
value  of  about  a  million  dollars.  During  the 
civil  war  Mr.  Woodruff  served  three  months 
in  the  Second  Regiment,  Connecticut  Volun- 
teers. He  is  director  and  president  of  the 
Goodwin  Kitz  Manufacturing  Company  of 
Winsted ;  director  of  the  First  National  Bank 
and  of  the  Hulbert  National  Bank.  He  is  a 
steadfast  Republican  in  politics  and  takes  a 
lively  interest  in  political  and  public  affairs. 
He  represented  his  town  one  term  in  the  gen- 
eral assembly  of  Connecticut.  In  religion  he 
is  an  Episcopalian  and  he  is  treasurer  of  St. 
James'  Church  in  Winsted.  Mr.  Woodruff's 
life  has  been  devoted  largely  to  the  upbuild- 
ing and  administering  of  the  great  business 
established  by  his  uncle  and  father.  He  has 
demonstrated  great  executive  ability  and  earn- 
estness, strength  and  breadth  of  character, 
and  the  industrial  wofld  of  which  Winsted  is 
a  center  owes  much  to  his  good  judgment 
and  public  spirit. 

He  married.  May  10,  1864,  Abbie  Elizabeth 
Osborn,  born  at  Roxbury,  Connecticut,  daugh- 
ter of  George  S.  and  Edna  A.  Osborn  (see 
Osborn  VII).  Children,  born  at  Winsted:  i. 
George  Benjamin,  September  18,  1866 ;  ma- 
chinery salesman,  living  in  London,  England  : 
married  (first)  Agnes  H.  i\Iints ;  (second) 
Nellie  Jones ;  child  by  first  wife.  Marguerite 
Elizabeth,  born  April  2,  1891  ;  by  second  wife 
Zola  De  Leon,  born  December  16,  1900.  2. 
Edna    Louise,    September   26,    1870;   married 


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Allen  Hubbard,  of  Westfield,  Massachusetts, 
consulting  engineer,  Boston ;  children :  Allen 
and  Gilbert  Hubbard.  3.  Florence  Gilbert, 
Februar}'  15,  1872;  married  Everett  W. 
Farmer,  manufacturer  of  iron  building  mate- 
rial, Boston ;  children :  Virginia  Farmer,  born 
December  14,  1900;  James  Woodruff  Farmer, 
April  26,   1906. 

(The  Osborn  Line). 

The  Osborn  family  is  of  English  ancestry. 
Richard  Osborne  sailed  from  London  in  1634, 
in  the  ship  "Hopewell,"  and  located  in  1635 
in  Hingham,  Massachusetts,  afterward  in  New 
Haven,  Connecticut,  1639.  For  service  in 
King  Philip's  war  he  received  a  land  warrant 
for  land  near  the  centre  of  Fairfield.  He  came 
to  Fairfield  about  1650,  where  he  lived  until 
November,  1682,  when  he  removed  to  West- 
chester. Children :  John,  Hannah,  Priscilla, 
Sarah,  Mary,  Elizabeth  and  David.  Wilham 
Osborne,  presumably  a  brother  of  Richard, 
settled  at  Hingham  and  was  a  proprietor  in 
1635 ;  removed  to  Braintree,  to  laecome  clerk 
of  the  iron  works ;  removed  to  Boston  in  1652; 
children :  Recompense,  Hannah,  Bezaleel,  Jo- 
seph and  Jonathan.  Jam*es  Osborne  settled 
in  Springfield ;  Thomas  Osborne  at  Charles- 
town,  before  1650. 

(I)  John  Osborne,  presumed  to  be  brother 
of  William  and  Richard,  settled  at  Weymouth, 
Massachusetts,  and  also  at  Braintree.  Chil- 
dren :  John,  born  at  Braintree,  February  2, 
1639  (mentioned  below)  :  Mathew,  died  May, 
1641 ;  Ephraim,  born  August   11,   1657. 

(H)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Osborne, 
was  born  at  Weymouth,  February  2,  1639. 
He  appears  to  have  settled  in  Connecticut. 
The  Stratford  history  says  that  the  John  next 
mentioned  was  son  of  John  (2),  and  it  is  be- 
lieved he  was  grandson  of  John  of  Weymouth 
and  nephew  of  Ephraim. 

(HI)  John  (3),  son  of  John  (2)  Osborn 
(as  the  name  is  now  spelled);  according  to  the 
Stratford  history,  was  born  about  1680;  mar- 
ried, July  14,  1709,  Prudence  Blagge.  He  is 
thought  to  have  married  (second)  Hannah 
Gilbert,  widow,  February  20,  1751.  One  of 
his  children  died  June  22,  1714.  Children, 
born  at  Stratford:  Prudence,  May  13,  1710; 
Ephraim,  January  17,  1711-12;  Mary,  August 
26,  1715;  John,  October  24,  1717;  Nathan, 
(mentioned  below)  ;  Mehitable,  April  26,  1722; 
Edward,  August  8,  1725. 

(IV)  Nathan,  son  of  John  (3)  Osborn,  was 
born  at  Stratford,  November  15,  1719.  He 
married  Sarah  Sherman.  He  was  a  farmer  at 
Stratford,  and  probably  in  later  life  of  Wood- 
bury, Connecticut.  Children :  Mere)',  born 
September    28,    1751 ;    Nathan,    at    Stratford, 


January,  1753;  Nathaniel,  baptized  November, 
1754;  Mary,  September  29,  1755;  Sarah,  Sep- 
tember, 1757;  Jemima,  born  November  30, 
1758;  Phebe,  baptized  March  12,  1758;  Isaac, 
(mentioned  below)  ;  Nathan,  bom  July  24, 
1763  ;  Esther,  August  25,  1765  ;  Molly,  August 
30,  1767;  Benjamin,  May  13,  1770;  Benjamin, 
April  12,  1772;  Enos,  August  21,  1774. 

(V)  Isaac,  son  of  Nathan  Osborn,  was 
born  August  .29,  1760,  at  Woodbury,  and  died 
at  Avon,  Connecticut,  in  October,  1853.  He 
was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution,  serving  at  the 
fort  in  New  London,  Connecticut,  and  in  later 
life  was  a  pensioner.  He  married,  1781,  Sarah 
Clark  Woodruff.  Children:  i.  Sherman,  born 
August  26,  1790;  died  June  13,  1863;  married 
at  Woodbury,  December  20,  1820,  Elizabeth 
Tolles,  and  had  one  son,  Charles  Sherman, 
born  July  6,  1822,  married  Harriet  Gould,  of 
Nashua,  New  Hampshire.  2.  Isaac  (mentioned 
below).   3.   Comfort,  married  Henry  Smith. 

(VI)  Isaac  (2),  son  of  Isaac  (i)  Osborn, 
was  born  in  1786,  and  died  April  15,  1866.  He 
was  a  farmer.  During  his  last  years  he  was  a 
Republican.  He  married  Laurin  Stoddard. 
Children :  George  (mentioned  below)  ;  Ben- 
nett; Walter;  Abigail,  born  February  8,  1820, 
died  October  22,  1841  ;  Horace,  born  May  8, 
1823  ;  ;\Iartha  E.,  February  8,  1831 ;  Jane,  Sep- 
tember 26,  1835. 

(VII)  (George  S.  Osborne  (as  he  later 
spelled  the  name),  son  of  Isaac  (2)  Osborn, 
was  born  May  10,  1818.  He  was  a  farmer. 
In  politics  he  was  a  Republican,  in  religion  a 
Congregationalist.  He  died  January  13,  1876. 
He  married  Edna  A.  Young,  at  Roxbury, 
Connecticut.  Children  :  Abbie  Elizabeth,  born 
in  Roxbury,  September  24,  1842,  educated  in 
the  private  school  of  Miss  Dayton,  at  Water- 
town,  Connecticut;  married  James  G.  Wood- 
ruff (see  Woodruff  IX)  Albert,  (twin  of  Ab- 
bie E.)  :  NelHe  A.;  Mary  E. 


(II)  Samuel  Woodruff, 
WOODRUFF     son  of  IMatthew  Woodruff 

(q.  v.),  was  born  August 
26,  1661,  in  Farmington ;  married,  in  1686, 
Rebeckah,  daughter  of  John  Clark.  He  re- 
mained in  Farmington  until  the  birth  of  his 
sixth  child,  when,  about  1698,  he  removed 
to  the  south  part  of  the  town,  in  what  is  now 
the  town  of  Southington,  and  was  the  first 
white  settler  there.  Tradition  locates  his 
house  on  the  north  side  of  the  second  road 
south  of  the  town  poor-house,  leading  east  to- 
ward the  mountain,  at  the  southeast  corner  of 
the  north  corner  lot.  The  place  where  the 
house  stood  still  shows  in  the  lot.  Woodruff 
is  said  to  have  been  of  very  large  physique  and 
great    strength,    of   excellent    disposition    and 


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friendly  with  the  Indians.  He  died  January  8, 
1742,  his  wife  August  4,  1737.  Her  tomb- 
stone in  the  north  burying-ground  records  her 
age  as  sixty-five,  evidently  an  error,  as  she 
was  nearer  seventy-five,  unless  she  became  a 
mother  as  early  as  fourteen  years.  Children : 
Samuel,  born  January  20,  1686-87 ;  Jonathan, 
November  30,  1688;  Rebeckah,  February  4, 
1690-91  ;  Ruth,  February  15,  1692;  Ebenezer, 
December  27,  1694;  Daniel,  mentioned  below; 
David,  February  27,  1698-99 ;  Hezekiah,  Au- 
gust 9,  1701  ;  Rachel,  November  20,  1703; 
Abigail.  February  26,  1705 ;  John,  April  5, 
1708;  Rede,  1710. 

(III)  Daniel,  son  of  Samuel  Woodruff,  was 
born  in  Farmington,  November  2,  1696,  and 
came  to  Southington  with  his  father  two  years 
later.  Fie  married  Lydia,  daughter  of  Eph- 
raim  and  Rachel  (Cole)  Smith,  and  he  died 
April  12,  1785.  He  had  the  military  rank  of 
ensign.  Children,  born  at  Southington:  Jon- 
athan, mentioned  below ;  Lydia,  Maixh  3,  1723  ; 
Rachel,  November  25,  1725  ;  Daniel,  October 
28,  1728;  Hannah,  July  7,  1730;  Rhoda,  bap- 
tized June  16,  1734. 

(IV)  Jonathan,  son  of  Daniel  Woodrufl:, 
was  born  at  Southington,  October  30,  1720, 
died  August  13,  1872.  He  lived  on  hrs  fa- 
ther's homestead,  east  of  the  village.  He  was 
elected  deacon  of  the  Congregational  church 
to  succeed  his  uncle  Samuel  Woodruff,  de- 
ceased, about  1766.  He  married,  February  21, 
1744-45,  Phebe  Wiard.  of  Wethersfield.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Southington :  Joel,  1745  ;  Jemi- 
ma, 1747;  Amos,  1749;  Lois,  1751;  Phebe, 
1754;  Jonathan,  1756;  Mary,  1758;  Ashbel, 
January  22,   1761  ;  Gideon,  mentioned  below. 

(V)  Dr.  Gideon,  son  of  Jonathan  Wood- 
ruff, was  born  at  Southington,  1763,  was  bap- 
tized October  30,  1763.  He  married  Sarah 
Heaton.  Dr.  AVoodruff  spent  his  early  fife  in 
Plymouth,  and  after  living  in  New  Haven  for 
a  time  returned  to  Plymouth  and  practised  his 
profession.  He  graduated  at  Yale  College  in 
the  class  of  1785.  Children  :  Abraham  ;  Joel ; 
William,  mentioned  below. 

(VI)  Dr.  William,  son  of  Dr.  Gideon  Wood- 
ruff, was  born  in  New  Haven,  July  17,  1804, 
died  in  his  eighty-ninth  year,  in  July,  1893. 
He  attended  the  public  schools  of  Plymouth, 
and  for  several  years  was  a  pupil  of  Rev. 
Luther  Hart.  He  began  to  study  medicine  in 
the  office  of  Dr.  Jonathan  Knight  about  1824, 
and  continued  under  the  direction  of  Dr. 
Nathan  Smith,  both  well-known  physicians. 
He  graduated  from  the  Yale  Medical  School 
in  1826  and  located  as  a  physician  in  Water- 
bury.  Soon  afterward,  however,  at  the  urgent 
request  of  friends,  he  removed  to  Plymouth, 
and  for  many  years  enjoyed  a  large  and  lucra- 


tive practice.  Nearly  twenty  years  before  his 
death  he  relinquished  most  of  his  practice  and 
devoted  much  time  to  travel,  visiting  Europe, 
California,  Canada  and  the  south.  He  was 
a  man  of  activity  and  energy,  an  able  physician 
and  a  useful  citizen.  He  was  a  faithful  mem- 
ber of  the  Congregational  church.  In  politics 
he  was  a  Republican.  He  married  Martha, 
daughter  of  Seth  and  Laura  (Andrews) 
Thomas.  Children :  William  Thomas,  men- 
tioned below ;  Howard  Heaton,  who  was  a 
druggist  in  Hartford,  Connecticut ;  Sarah. 

(VH)  William  Thomas,  son  of  Dr.  William 
Woodruff,  was  born  in  Plymouth,  now  Thom- 
aston,  Connecticut,  July  11,  1838.  He  at- 
tended the  public  schools  of  his  native  place, 
the  Williston  Seminary  at  Easthampton,  Mas- 
sachusetts, and  the  Hudson  River  Institute, 
in  New  York. 

Mr.  Woodruff'  began  his  business  career 
as  a  boy  in  the  employ  of  the  Seth  Thomas 
Clock  Company,  of  Thomaston.  He  began  at 
the  bottom  and  learned  the  business  thorough- 
ly, rising  step  by  step  to  the  head  of  the  con- 
cern. Since  1890  he  has  been  president  of 
the  company.  He  is  also  director  and  vice- 
president  of  the  Thomaston  National  Bank ;  di- 
rector of  the  Waterbury  Trust  Company, 
and  director  of  the  Eagle  Lock  Company,  of 
Terryville,  Connecticut.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Sons  of  the  American  Revolution ;  the 
Free  Masons  of  Thomaston ;  the  Country 
Club  of  Farmington,  ^le  Union  League  Club 
of  New  York  City,  the  Waterbury  Club,  and 
the  Country  Club,  Waterbury.  His  home  is  at 
Thomaston.  He  married,  January  22,  1868, 
Gertrude,  daughter  of  William  Slade,  of 
Thomaston.     They  have  no  children. 


(Ill)  Samuel,  son  of  Mat- 
WOODRUFF  thew  (2)  Woodruff  (q.v.), 
was  born  in  Milford,  in 
1677,  died  November  27,  1732.  He  was  a 
cordwainer  by  trade.  He  settled  in  Farming- 
ton.  Children,  born  at  Farmington :  Ezekiel, 
January,  1706;  James,  May  23,  1708;  Robert, 
"October  8,  1710;  Mary,  October  12,  1712; 
Noah,  March  2,  1715;  Abigail,  September  25, 
1717;  Samuel,  June  13,  1723,  mentioned  be- 
low; Sarah,  August  11,  1726. 

(IV)  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Samuel  (i) 
Woodruff,  was  born  in  Farmington,  June  13, 
1723,  died  July  17,  1772.  He  was  deacon  of 
the  church.  He  removed  from  Farmington 
to  Milford,  then  to  Litchfield.  He  was  in 
Captain  David  Welch's  company  from  Litch- 
field in  the  revolutionary  war,  on  the  Lexing- 
ton alarm.  He  married  Anne  Nettleton. 
Children :  Samuel,  Nathan,  Philosebius,  An- 
drew, mentioned  below,  John,  Levi,   Simeon, 


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Elisha,  Anne,  Susan  or  Susan  Andrew,  Mar- 
tha   (Patty). 

(V)  Andrew,  son  of  Samuel  (2)  Woodruff, 
was  born  at  Milford,  about  1757,  died  in  1837. 
He  married  Aliranda  Orton.  Children,  born 
at  Litchfield,  as  given  in  the  history  of  that 
town  :  Asenath,  married  Daniel  Marsh  ;  Rhoda 
and  Ruth,  twins,  married  twin  brothers ;  Sam- 
uel, Andrew,  Miranda,  Elisha,  Susan,  Luman, 
Fanny,  Lewis  H.,  Jeremiah,  mentioned  below ; 
Huldah  L,  William,  Irene,  Olive,  married 
Stephen  Sanford. 

(VI)  Rev.  Jeremiah,  son  of  Andrew  Wood- 
ruff, was  born  at  Litchfield,  March  17,  1800, 
died  July  25,  1868.  He  was  a  Presbyterian 
minister.  He  married  Clarissa  Thompson, 
born  at  East  Windsor,  Connecticut,  December 
22,  1817,  daughter  of  Anson  Thompson,  of 
East  Windsor.  Children :  James,  Andrew, 
Margaretta,  Adella,  Charles,  Frank  W.,  died 
unmarried;  Rollin  Simmons,  mentioned  be- 
low. 

(VII)  Governor  Rollin  Simmons  Wood- 
ruff, son  of  Rev.  Jeremiah  Woodruff,  was 
born  at  Rochester,  ]\Ionroe  county,  New  York, 
July  14,  1854.  He  spent  the  early  years  of 
his  life  in  a  country  village,  and  when  he  was 
fifteen  the  family  moved  to  New.  Haven,  where 
he  obtained  his  first  position  in  life  as  errand 
boy  in  a  hardware  store.  His  education  was 
limited  to  that  of  the  public  schools  in  his 
native  town  and  a  brief  period  of  schooling 
in  Lansing,  Iowa,  but  Jiis  success  in  all  he 
undertook  was  as  complete  and  .as  rapid  as 
that  of  any  college  man,  for  he  had  in  him 
all  the  material  that  enables  a  man  to  "make 
himself."  He  engaged  in  various  financial 
and  mercantile  enterprises  in  New  Haven,  and 
after  a  number  of  years  became  interested  in 
the  firm  of  C.  S.  Mersick  &  Company,  one 
of  the  most  extensive  iron  and  steel  wholesale 
dealers  in'  New  England.  When  the  'business 
was  incorporated  in  1905  he  was  elected  presi- 
dent, and  has  ever  since  been  at  its  head.  He 
is  also  president  of  the  Connecticut  Computing 
Company.  He  has  alwa}'s  been  intensely  in- 
terested in  public  affairs  and  an  ardent  sup- 
porter of  the  Republican  platform.  Mr.  Wood- 
ruff has  held  many  important  public  offices. 
In  1903  he  was  elected  state  senator,  and 
served  so  efficiently  during  his  two  years  term 
that  in  1905  he  was  nominated  for  lieutenant- 
governor,  and  was  elected  by  a  large  majority. 
He  so  well  sustained  himself  that  on  Septem- 
ber 20.  1906,  he  was  nominated  for  governor 
by  acclamation  in  the  Republican  state  con- 
vention in  New  Haven,  and  at  the  succeeding 
election  was  triumphantly  elected.  His  ad- 
ministration was  marked  by  characteristic 
good  sense  and  conspicuous  executive  ability. 


In  each  of  these  high  positions  to  which  he 
was  successively  chosen,  he  had  added  sub- 
stantially to  his  former  prestige,  well  meriting 
the  encomium  bestowed  upon  him  by  a  leading 
newspaper:  "Popular,  honest,  honorable, 
spotless  in  character,  a  plain  man  of  the  peo- 
ple, a  devoted  citizen  of  the  state,  unostenta- 
tious, but  true  blue  always — that  is  Rollin  S. 
Woodruff."  He  received  the  degree  of  LL.D. 
from  Wesleyan  University,  Middletown,  Con- 
necticut, in  1908. 

Governor  Woodruff  has  been  a  member  of 
the  Governor's  Foot  Guard  since  1896,  and 
was  lieutenant  for  about  two  years.  He  was 
appointed  by  Governor  George  E.  Lounsbury 
as  one  of  the  members  of  his  staff.  He  is  a 
director  of  the  j\Iechanics'  Bank  of  New 
Haven,  and  has  served  as  president  of  the 
New  Haven  Chamber  of  Commerce.  He  has 
attained  high  rank  in  the  Masonic  fraternity, 
and  is  affiliated  with  Hiram  Lodge,  No.  i. 
Free  and  Accepted  Masons ;  FrankHn  Chapter, 
No.  2,  Royal  Arch  Masons  ;  Harmony  Council, 
No.  8,  Royal  and  Select  Masters ;  New  Haven 
Commandery  No.  2,  Knights  Templar :  Lafay- 
ette Consistory,  Supreme  Princes  of  the  Ro)'al 
Secret.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Union  League 
Club,  'the  Young  Men's  RepubHcan  Club,  and 
the  Ouinnipiack  Club  of  New  Haven.  Gov- 
ernor Woodruff  married,  in  January,  1885, 
Kaomeo  E.  Perkins,  born  in  New  Haven,  July 
25,  1856,  daughter  of  Nathaniel  Perkins. 
They  were  the  parents  of  two  children  who 
died  young. 


(HI)     Captain     Nathaniel 
WOODRUFF     Woodruff,  son  of  ]Matthew 

(2)  Woodruff  (q.  v.),  was 
born  in  Farmington,  Connecticut.  May  16, 
1686-87,  died  at  Litchfield,  November  13.  1758. 
He  was  one  of  the  first  settlers  of  the  town  of 
Litchfield,  Connecticut,  buying  one-sixtieth 
right  August  8,  1721,  moving  thither  soon 
afterward.  He  was  a  prominent  citizen,  and 
captain  of  a  companj'  in  the  Thirteenth  Regi- 
ment Colonial  Foot.  He  married,  July  7, 
1709,  Thankful,  born  May  23,  1687,  at  North- 
ampton, died  January  31,  1774,  at  Litchfield, 
daughter  of  Benjamin  and  Thankful  (Taylor) 
Wright,  of  Northampton.  Children  :  Eunice, 
born  April  7,  1710;  Dinah,  June  17,  1712; 
Thankful,  June  22,  1714;  Benjamin,  Novem- 
ber 24,  1715  ;  Jacob,  mentioned  below  ;  Charles, 
April  19,  1720;  Thankful,  April  14,  1722; 
Sarah,  December  27,  1725;  Nathaniel,  Mav  3, 
1728. 

(IV)  Jacob,  son  of  Captain  Nathaniel 
Woodruff,  was  born  at  Farmington,  August 
13,  1717,  died  at  South  Farms,  in  the  town  of 
Litchfield,  December  21,   1790.     He  received 


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from  his  father  a  large  tract  of  land  in  that 
part  of  Litchfield  called  the  South  Farms,  now 
called  Morris,  and  cleared  a  farm,  upon  which 
he  lived  the  rest  of  his  life.  He  was  a  man  of 
abilit}-  and  prominence.  He  represented  -the 
town  in  the  general  court  in  1759  and  1768, 
and  was  one  of  five  men  chosen  as  a  committee 
of  inspection,  and  from  1759  to  1763  was  the 
only  magistrate  in  Litchfield  at  South  Farms. 
He  was  an  ensign  in  the  Thirteenth  Regiment 
Colonial  Foot,  and  a  volunteer  soldier  in  the 
revolution.  He  married,  December  31,  1741, 
Anna,  daughter  of  Captain  Jacob  Griswold,  of 
Litchfield,  born  June  ii,  1723,  died  May  27, 
1754.  Children  born  by  her  (recorded)  at 
Litchfield:  Theda,  October  8,  1742;  Wright, 
August  ID.  1744;  Jacob,  February  2,  1746-47; 
James,  mentioned  below ;  Lydia,  August  7, 
1751.  He  married  (second),  May  22,  1755, 
Lucy,  daughter  of  John  Farnam,  of  Guilford 
and  Litchfield,  by  whom  he  had :  Ann,  born 
April  5,  1756;  Lucy,  December  30,  1758; 
Ruth,  December  7,  1761  ;  Huldah,  September 
16,   1765. 

(Y)  James,  son  of  Jacob  Woodruff,  was 
born  at  Litchfield  (South  Farms),  August  21, 
1749,  died  there  April  3,  18 13.  He  was  a 
well-to-do  farmer  and  a  leading  citizen.  Like 
his  father,  he  served  in  the  revolutionary  army, 
first  in  New  York  City,  afterward  in  the  bat- 
tles along  the  Hudson  river.  He  was  a  life- 
long resident  of  his  native  town.  He  married 
(first),  October  25,  1775,  at  Litchfield  (South 
Farms),  Lucy,  daughter  of  James  Morris, 
born  August  14,  1754,  died  April  28,  1790. 
Children,  all  born  at  Litchfield  (South  Farms)  : 
Morris,  mentioned  below :  Phebe,  September 
26,  1780;  twin  children,  born  November  17, 
died  November  18,  .1784;  James,  May  20, 
1786;  Lucy,  August  9,  1789.  He  married 
(second),  August  i,  1790,  Sarah  Bartholomew, 
by  whom  he  had :  Clark,  born  August  23, 
1791 ;  Edwin  B.,  December  3,  1797. 

(VI)  General  Morris,  son  of  James  Wood- 
ruff, was  born  at  Litchfield  (South  Farms), 
now  the  town  of  Morris,  September  3,  1777, 
died  in  Litchfield,  May  17,  1840.  He  was 
brought  up  to  farming  on  the  homestead  and 
educated  in  the  district  schools  and  Morris 
Academy.  Early  in  life  he  became  a  merchant. 
He  was  a  clerk  in  the  store  of  David  Leavitt 
and  Simeon  Harrison.  He  was  afterward  in 
business  in  partnership  with  David  Leavitt, 
who  subsequently  went  to  New  York  City. 
Mr.  Woodruff  continued  in  business  as  a  gen- 
eral merchant  without  a  partner  for  many 
years.  In  1836  he  came  to  the  village  of  Litch- 
field, where  he  spent  his  last  years.  He  was 
much  emploj^ed  as  executor,  administrator  and 
arbitrator,   auditor  and  committee,   appointed 


by  the  courts.  He  was,  in  1814,  appointed 
magistrate  by  the  general  assembly,  an  office 
he  held  for  life,  and  was  also  associate  judge 
of  the  county  court  for  eleven  )'ears,  afterward 
commissioner,  the  office  that  succeeded  that 
of  the  county  court  magistracy.  He  repre- 
sented the  town  of  Litchfield  for  eleven  years 
in  the  general  assembly  of  the  state.  He  was 
an  active  and  prominent  member  of  the  Con- 
gregational church.  In  military  life  he 
achieved  high  rank.  He  was  commissioned 
captain  in  the  Thirteenth  Regiment  Connecti- 
cut Volunteer  Militia,  in  1809,  by  Governor 
Jonathan  Trumbull  and  in  the  next  few  years 
rose  through  the  various  ranks,  being  briga- 
dier-general from  1818  to  1824  in  the  Sixth 
Brigade,  to  major-general,  commissioned  by 
Governor  Wolcott  in  1824.  He  commanded 
the  Third  Division.  In  November,  1832,  he 
was  chosen  one  of  the  electors-at-large  in  the 
state  at  the  presidential  election.  In  all  the 
affairs  of  life  General  Woodruff  was  distin- 
guished by  great  activity,  energy  and  perse- 
verance, accuracy  and  fidelity  to  whatever  trust 
he  assumed.  Of  high  integrity  himself,  he 
was  stern  in  requiring  from  others  observance 
of  its  dictates ;  he  was  ready  to  do  justice  to 
others,  keenl)^  alive  to  every  sense  of  mercy, 
penetrating  in  his  scrutiny  into  the  conduct 
and  motives  of  others,  convincing  rather  than 
persuasive.  In  his  intercourse  with  men  he 
impelled  their  concurrence  in  his  views  by  pro- 
ducing confidence  in  the  soundness  of  his 
judgment  and  the  correctness  of  his  purposes. 
He  married,  November  21,  1804,  Candace, 
born  in  Harwinton,  April  2,  1786,  died  July 
22,  1871,  daughter  of  Lewis  and  Candace  Cat- 
lin.  Children  :  George  C,  mentioned  below  ; 
Lucy  M.,  born  July  i,  1807,  died  October  20, 
1894,  married  Origen  S.  Seymour ;  Lewis  B., 
June  19,  1809,  died  September  10,  1875,  was 
judge  of  the  superior  court  and  court  of  ap- 
peals of  New  York  and  of  the  United  States 
circuit  court  of  the  second  circuit ;  married 
Harriette  B.  Hornblower ;  Reuben  M.,  born 
May  8,  1810,  died  April  29,  1849 '  ^  physician ; 
married  Eliza  R.  Thompson ;  James  C.,  Jan- 
uary I,  1813,  died  January  15,  1813 ;  Infant, 
born  and  died  November  9,  1818. 

(VII)  Colonel  George  Catlin,  son  of  Gen- 
eral Morris  Woodruff,  was  born  in  Litchfield 
(South  Farms),  now  Morris,  December  i, 
1805,  died  November  21,  1885.  He  lived  in 
his  youth  on  the  homestead  at  South  Farms 
and  attended  the  village  schools  and  academy. 
He  continued  his  studies  at  a  private  school 
in  Bethlehem  under  the  instruction  of  Rev. 
John  Langdon,  and  fitted  for  college  there. 
He  graduated  from  Yale  College  in  the  class 
of   1825,  and   entered   Litchfield   Law   School 


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under  the  late  Judge  Gould,  being  admitted 
to  the  bar  in  1827.  In  the  summer  following 
graduation  he  removed  to  the  village  of  Litch- 
field and  began  to  practice,  continuing  for  fifty- 
seven  3'ears,  being  one  of  the  most  able  and 
successful  law3'ers  of  the  county.  He  was  the 
acknowledged  leader  and  was  chairman  of  the 
Bar  Association  for  many  years.  In  the  early 
years  of  his  career  he  was  daily  thrown  into 
contact  with  those  giants  of  the  profession, 
the  two  Churches,  Huntington,  Bacon,  Smith, 
and  other  able  contemporaries.  He  held  al- 
most every  office  in  town  and  county.  He  was 
justice  of  the  peace,  grand  juror,  postmaster, 
town  treasurer,  town  clerk,  bank  director,  bank 
president,  clerk  of  the  superior  court,  colonel 
of  the  militia,  member  and  clerk  of  the  general 
assembly  of  the  state,  judge  of  probate,  mem- 
ber of  the  thirty-seventh  congress — the  duties 
of  which  he  performed  with  that  rigid  exact- 
ness and  scrupulous  integrity  which  marks  the 
perfect  man.  To  him  the  state  owes  many  of  the 
best  features  of  the  revision  of  the  statutes 
adopted  in  1875.  As  a  lawyer.  Colonel  Wood- 
ruff was  conspicuous  in  those  branches  where 
certainty  is  possible.  It  was  in  the  trial  of 
questions  of  law — the  dryer  and  more  abstruse 
the  better — that  his  consummate  skill  appeared. 
In  the  supreme  court  of  errors  not  infrequently 
his  entire  argument  was  written  into  the  opin- 
ion of  the  court.  In  whatever  relation  of  life 
one  looks  at  him,  as  citizen,  as  neighbor,  in 
private  life  or  public  station,  as  counselor  or 
judge,  he  was  one  of  the  best  products  of  our 
American  civilization.  He  was  a  staunch 
Democrat  and  active  in  politics.  Colonel 
Woodruff  and  his  wife  were  members. of  the 
Congregational  church.  He  married,  Septem- 
ber 28,  T829,  Henrietta  Sophronia,  born  Oc- 
tober 25,  1806,  daughter  of  Ozias  and  Selima 
(Storrs)  Seymour.  She  was  a  sister  of  the 
late  chief  justice  of  Connecticut.  Her  father 
was  a  merchant  in  Litchfield  and  also  a  farmer. 
He  was  one  of  the  foremost  men  of  the  town, 
was  high  sheriff  of  the  county  for  ten  years, 
and  held  other  offices  of  trust  and  honor.  He 
was  a  son  of  Major  Moses  Seymour,  an  officer 
in  the  revolutionary  army  and  a  lifelong  resi- 
dent of  Litchfield.  Children  of  Colonel  and 
Mrs.  Woodruff:  Henrietta  Selima,  born  April 
II,  1831,  died  July  20,  1834;  George  Morris, 
mentioned  below. 

fVIII)  George  Morris,  son  of  Colonel 
George  Catlin  and  Henrietta  Sophronia  (Se}'- 
mour)  Woodruff,  was  born  at  Litchfield, 
March  3,  1836.  He  attended  private  schools  of 
Litchfield,  Connecticut,  then  entered  the  middle 
class,  Phillips  Academy,  Andover,  Massachu- 
setts, September,  185 1,  where  he  graduated  in 
the  summer  of  1853,  and  subsequently  entered 


Yale  College,  fall  of  1853,  graduating  in  1857, 
receiving  the   degrees   of  A.B.   and  A.M.   in 
regular  course.     He  studied  law  with  George 
C.  Woodruff  from  September,   1857,  to  Sep- 
tember,    1858,    then    entered    Harvard    Law 
School,  remaining  one  year.     While  at  Har- 
vard Law  School  he  was  awarded  the  first  prize 
of  fifty  dollars  for  an  essay  on  "The  Endorse- 
ment of  Negotiable  Paper  by  One  Not  a  Party 
to  It,"  the  judges  being  Judge  Sharswood,  of 
Philadelphia,    William    M.    Evarts,    of    New 
York,  and  Henry  W.  Paine,  of  Boston.     He 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  of  Litchfield  county 
at  the  September  term  of  the  superior  court, 
1859.    He  has  been  a  life-long  Democrat.    At 
the  October  election,  i860,  he  was  elected  town 
treasurer,  and  by  re-elections  held  the  office 
until  his  resignation,  in  the  fall  of  1906.     At 
the    October    election,    1865,    he    was    elected 
town  clerk  and  registrar,  and  held  that  office 
for  three  years.     At  the  April  election,  i860, 
he  was  elected  a  justice  of  the  peace,  and  held 
the    office    until  disqualified  by  age    (seventy 
years),   1906.     On  July  7,   1864,  he  was  ap- 
pointed clerk  of  the  court  of  probate  for  the 
district  of  Litchfield,  and  held  the  office  until  . 
he  entered  on  his  duties  as  judge  of  that  court, 
to  which  he  was  elected  in  April,  1868,  which 
office  he  continued  to  hold  by  re-elections  until 
disqualified  by  age,  March  3.  1906,  except  for 
one  3'ear,  July  4,  1871-72.     He  was  appointed 
assistant  clerk  of  the  superior  court  for  Litch- 
field county  in  1862,  but  resigned  after  a  few 
years.      In    1863    he   was   elected    representa- 
tive to  the  general  assembly,  and  was  member 
and  clerk  of  the  judiciary  committee.     On  ac- 
count of  ill  health  he  left  during  the  session 
and  sailed  for  Europe,  July  i,  1863.     He  was 
appointed  commissioner  for  the  state  of  Con- 
necticut to  the  Universal  Exposition  at  Ham- 
burg, in  1863.  He  returned  home  in  the  spring 
of  1864,  was  elected  to  the  legislature  in  April, 
1865,  and  was  again  a  member  of  the  judiciary 
committee  and  clerk  of  the  same.     In  1871  he 
was  appointed  by  the  general  assembly  one  of 
the  committee  to  revise  the  laws  concerning 
education.     In  1872  he  was  again  in  the  legis- 
lature   and    chairman    of    the    committee    on 
claims.     On   the   reorganization   of  the   state 
board  of  education,  in  1865,  he  was  chosen  the 
member  for  the  fourth  congressional  district, 
and   held   the   office   until   his   resignation,   in 
1877.     In  1867  he  was  appointed  by  Governor 
English  on  a  commission  to  examine  and  re- 
port on  the  military  system  of  the  state.     In 
September,  i860,  he  was  appointed  by  the  gov- 
ernor of  the  state  of  New  York  a  commis- 
sioner of  deeds  for  that  state,  and  held  the  of- 
fice for  forty-nine  years.     In  March,  1861,  he 
was  appointed  a  notary  public,  and  is  still  in 


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office  (1910).  On  September  30,  1864,  he  was 
appointed  by  Governor  Buckingham  a  com- 
missioner to  proceed  to  Virginia  and  receive 
the  votes  of  the  First  Regiment  Connecticut 
Heavy  Artillery,  for  president  and  vice-presi- 
dent. On  February  17,  1865,  he  was  appointed 
by  Governor  Buckingham  a  commissioner  to 
"proceed  to  the  camps,  fortresses  and  hospitals 
of  the  First  and  Second  Regiments  Connecti- 
cut Heavy  Artillery,  and  First  and  Third  Con- 
necticut Batteries,  for  the  purpose  of  receiving 
from  the  electors  in  those  and  other  military 
organizations,  except  infantry,  in  front  of 
Petersburg  and  Richmond  and  on  the  James 
river,  their  votes  for  state  officers  and  repre- 
sentatives in  congress."  In  June,  1868,  he  was 
appointed  a  United  States  commissioner  and 
held  the  office  until  1901.  In  July,  1874,  on 
the  law  being  changed  so  as  to  confer  on  the 
governor  the  power  to  appoint  railroad  com- 
missioners, he  was  appointed  by  Governor  In- 
gersoll,  and  reappointed  by  Governors  Hub- 
bard, Andrews,  Waller,  Harrison,  Bulkley  and 
Morris,  holding  the  office  until  July,  1897,  be- 
ing chairman  of  the  board  after  the  first  year. 
Governor  Harrison  told  him  that  he  hesitated 
whether  to  nominate  him  as  a  judge  of  the 
superior  court  or  renominate  him  as  railroad 
commissioner,  but  decided  to  do  the  latter,  "be- 
cause while  he  could  find  plenty  of  lawyers 
who  would  make  good  judges,  he  did  not  know 
who  could  make  good  his  place  as  railroad 
commissioner."  In  1877  he  was  appointed 
by  Governor  Hubbard  one  of  a  commission 
to  prepare  and  report  to  the  general  assembh' 
a  new  form  for  the  annual  returns  of  railroad 
companies.  (The  form  prepared  was  subse- 
quently used  as  the  basis  of  the  form  adopted 
by  The  Interstate  Railroad  Commission. )  On 
September  3,  1852,  Mr.  Woodruff  united  with 
the  First  Congregational  Church,  of  Litch- 
field ;  in  March,  i860,  he  was  chosen  superin- 
tendent of  its  Sunday  school,  and  held  the  of- 
fice until  he  resigned,  in  March,  1890.  In 
1867  he  was  chosen  a  deacon  of  said  church, 
being  still  in  office  (1910).  In  July,  1870,  he 
was  elected  a  director  of  the  Litchfield  Savings 
Society,  elected  president  in  December,  1885, 
which  position  he  still  occupies  (igio).  In 
July,  1878,  he  was  chosen  a  director  of  the 
Litchfield  Mutual  Fire  Insurance  Company; 
in  December,  1885,  became  treasurer:  re- 
signed September,  1902,  and  was  chosen  presi- 
dent. He  was  elected  director  of  the  First 
National  Bank  of  Litchfield  in  1887,  declining 
a  re-election  in  1890.  He  was  again  elected  in 
1896,  and  chosen  president  in  1899.  On  or- 
ganization of  the  Colonial  Trust  Company,  of 
Waterbury,  Connecticut,  in  1899.  he  was 
chosen   a  director,   second   vice-president   and 


trust  officer,  and  first  vice-president  in  1907. 
He  is  a  corporate  member  of  the  American 
Board  of  Commissioners  for  Foreign  Mis- 
sions ;  life  member  of  The  Connecticut  His- 
torical Society ;  life  member  of  the  Litchfield 
Historical  Society,  and  a  member  of  the  fol- 
lowing :  The  Archaeological  Institute  of 
America,  American  Health  League,  American 
Historical  Association,  American  Bar  Associa- 
tion, State  Bar  Association  of  Connecticut, 
Connecticut  Civil  Service  Association,  and 
Connecticut  Congregational  Club.  He  is  also 
a  member  of  "The  Sanctum"  and  Litchfield 
Clubs,  and  the  Litchfield  Countv  University 
Club. 

Mr.  Woodruff  married,  at  Flushing,  New 
York,  June  13,  i860,  Elizabeth  Ferris,  daugh- 
ter of  James  B.  and  Eliza  F.  Parsons.  Chil- 
dren:  I.  George  Catlin,  born  June  23,  1861, 
mentioned  below.  2.  Eliza  Parsons,  born  No- 
vember 12,  1865,  married,  June  13,  1894,  Alex- 
ander McNeil,  of  Litchfield;  children:  Mil- 
dred, born  September  6,  1895;  Elizabeth,  July 
14,  1897;  Ruth,  May  9,  1903.  3.  James  Par- 
sons, October  30,  1868,  mentioned  below. 

(IX)  George  Catlin,  son  of  George  Morris 
Woodruff,  was  born  at  Litchfield,  June  23, 
1861.  He  attended  the  public  schools  there, 
and  completed  his  preparation  for  college  at 
Phillips  Academy,  Andover.  He  entered  Yale 
College  in  the  fall  of  1881,  and  changed  to 
Amherst  College  in  1883,  graduating  in  1885, 
with  the  degre'e  of  A.B.  In  the  fall  of  1885 
he  entered  Union  Theological  Seminary,  New 
York  City,  and  graduated  in  1888,  and  in  May 
of  that  year  was  ordained  at  Litchfield.  From 
June,  1888,  to  October,  1889,  he  was  superin- 
tendent of  the  Congregational  Sunday  school 
and  Publishing  Society  of  Boston,  for  the  state 
of  Colorado.  He  made  his  headquarters  at 
Colorado  Springs  and  traveled  to  all  parts  of 
the  state.  He  received  the  degree  of  A.M. 
from  his  alma  mater  in  1889.  In  January, 
1890,  he  took  charge  of  the  Congregational 
church  at  Green  Mountain  Falls,  Colorado. 
He  returned  east  in  the  following  year  and  ac- 
cepted the  pastorate  of  Faith  Chapel  Mission, 
of  the  New  York  Avenue  Presbyterian  Church, 
of  Washington,  D.  C,  where  he  continued 
from  December  i,  1891,  to  July  i,  1894,  when 
he  resigned  to  devote  himself  to  journalism. 
He  purchased  the  Litchfield  Enquirer,  a  weekly 
paper  established  in  1825,  and  one  of  the  oldest 
and  best-known  weeklies  in  the  state.  Since 
October,  1894,  he  has  conducted  and  edited 
this  newspaper,  and  has  been  actively  con- 
nected with  the  state  and  national  editorial 
associations.  He  was  a  delegate  to  the  na- 
tional editorial  convention  in  1895,  and  nearly 
every  year  since  then,  and  has  served  on  many 


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important  committees.  He  has  been  second 
vice-president  of  the  national  association  and 
president  of  the  state  association.  The  En- 
quirer is  Independent-Republican  in  politics, 
as  the  editor  is  an  active  Republican.  Mr. 
Woodruff  has  for  many  years  been  a  member 
•of  the  volunteer  fire  department  of  Litchfield, 
and  foreman,  as  well  as  chief  engineer  and  bor- 
ough fire  marshal.  He  is  a  member  of  St. 
Paul's  Lodge,  No.  ii,  Free  and  Accepted  Ma- 
sons, of  which  he  has  been  master;  of  Darius 
•Chapter,  No.  i6,  Royal  Arch  Masons;  the  Psi 
Upsilon  college  fraternity ;  a  director  of  the 
Litchfield  Club,  a  member  of  the  Young  Men's 
Republican  Club  of  New  Haven,  of  the  Uni- 
versity Club  of  Hartford,  and  of  the  Litchfield 
County  University  Club.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Second  Company,  Governor's  Foot  Guard, 
of  New  Haven,  being  assistant  judge  advocate 
on  the  staii'  of  Major  George  T.  Hewlett,  with 
the  rank  of  lieutenant.  He  was  also  appointed 
by  Governor  Weeks  a  member  of  the  state 
conservation  commission.  He  is  actively  in- 
terested in  politics,  and  has  traveled  exten- 
sively in  all  parts  of  the  country. 

In  addition  to  the  ancestry  traced  in  this 
sketch,  Mr.  Woodruif  is  descended  from  a 
number  of  the  founders  of  Connecticut.  John 
Buel,  John  Marsh  and  Captain  Jacob  Gris- 
wold,  his  ancestors,  were  with  Nathaniel 
Woodruff  among  the  pioneers  at  Litchfield. 
Richard  Seymour,  a  founder  of  Hartford,  and 
John  Bowne,  who  came  from  Derbyshire, 
England,  to  Boston  in  1649,  were  also  his 
ancestors.  Thomas  Parsons,  another  of  his 
forebears,  came  from  Somersetshire,  England, 
to  Philadelphia,  in  1685.  Major  Moses  Sey- 
mour, one  of  his  revolutionary  sires,  took 
part  in  the  battle  of  Saratoga,  and  was 
present  at  the  surrender  of  Burgoyne  and  had 
charge  of  Major  Matthews,  the  Tory  mayor 
of  New  York  City,  at  his  home  in  Litchfield. 

Mr.  Woodruff  married,  November  5,  1889, 
Lucy  Este  Crawford,  of  Baltimore,  Mary- 
land, a  great-great-granddaughter  of  Presi- 
dent William  Henry  Harrison.  They  have 
no  children. 

(IX)  James  Parsons,  son  of  George  Mor- 
ris Woodruif,  was  born  at  Litchfield,  October 
30,  1868.  He  attended  the  Harrington  School, 
at  West  Chester,  New  York;  Phillips  Acad- 
emy, Andover,  Massachusetts,  and  the  Housa- 
tonic  Valley  Institute,  Cornwall,  Connecticut. 
He  entered  Amherst  College  in  September, 
1887,  and  was  graduated  in  i8gi,  with  the  de- 
gree of  A.  B.  He  studied  his  profession  at 
the  Yale  Law  School,  was  graduated  in  1893, 
with  the  degree  of  LL.  B.,  and  was  admitted 
to  the  Litchfield  county  bar  in  the  same  year. 
He  returned  to  the  Yale  Law  School  for  post- 


graduate work,  receiving  the  degree  of  M.  L. 
from  Yale  University,  and  the  degree  of  A.  M. 
from  Amherst  College  in  1894.  He  began 
practice  in  Litchfield  in  July,  1894,  in  part- 
nership with  his  father.  He  became  active  in 
Democratic  politics,  and  was  elected  a  member 
of  the  board  of  education  in  1894,  serving  un- 
til his  resignation,  in  1909,  being  chairman  of 
the  board  from  1899.  From  April,  1895,  to 
April,  1898,  he  was  a  member  of  the  board  of 
burgesses  of  the  borough,  being  warden  of  the 
borough  from  1896  to  1898,  serving  again  as 
a  burgess  1906-07.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
general  assembly  in  the  sessions  of  1899  and 
1903,  being  the  Democratic  candidate  for 
speaker  at  both  sessions.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  judiciary  committee  at  both  sessions,  in 
1903  being  also  a  member  of  the  committees 
on  joint  rules  and  house  rules.  He  was  the 
Democratic  nominee  for  secretary  of  state  in 
1900.  In  1904  he  was  a  delegate  from  the 
fourth  congressional  district  to  the  Demo- 
cratic national  convention  at  St.  Louis.  He 
was  clerk  of  the  court  of  probate  for  the  dis- 
trict of  Litchfield  from  1904  to  1906,  when 
he  succeeded  his  father  as  judge,  holding  the 
office  until  1907.  He  has  been  a  justice  of  the 
peace  and  notary  public  since  1894.  He  is  a 
director  and  treasurer  of  the  Litchfield  Mutual 
Fire  Insurance  Company ;  director  and  secre- 
tary of  the  Litchfield  Gas  Light  Company ; 
director  and  vice-president  of  the  Litchfield 
Water  Company ;  director  and  vice-president 
of  the  Litchfield  Savings  Society,  and  director 
in  the  First  National  Bank  of  Litchfield.  He 
has  been  a  member  of  the  First  Congrega- 
tional Church,  of  Litchfield,  since  May,  1887, 
acting  as  its  clerk  since  January,  1900.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  college  fraternity  of  Psi  Up- 
silon t  the  Law  School  fraternit}'  of  Phi  Delta 
Phi,  Yale  Chapter,  Corbey  Court,  the  Gradu- 
ate Club  of  New  Haven  :  the  Litchfield  County 
LTniversity  Club,  and  the  Litchfield  Club.  He 
is  a  member  of  St.  Paul's  Lodge  No.  11,  Free 
and  Accepted  Masons.  Judge  Woodruff  is 
naturally  athletic,  and  fond  of  all  outdoor 
sports.  He  married,  at  New  York  City,  Feb- 
ruary 12,  1895,  Lillian  Churchill,  daughter  of 
Jared  Weed  and  Harriet  (Toms)  Bell.  Chil- 
dren :  Lillian  Bell,  born  August  23,  1897 ; 
Candace  Catlin,  July  28,  1902 ;  Isabell  Par- 
sons, February  3,  1905. 


John  Miller,  immigrant  ances- 
MILLER     tor,      came      from      Maidstone, 

county  Kent,  England,  and  set- 
tled at  Lynn,  Massachusetts.  He  was  also 
for  a  time  at  Salem,  the  adjoining  town. 
With  other  Essex  county  men,  he  removed  to 
East  Hampton,  Long  Island,  about  1649.    He 


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and  his  wife  Mary  had  five  sons:  Andrew, 
who  settled  in  1671  at  Miller  Place,  Long 
Island,  died  December  22,  1718;  George,  men- 
tioned below ;  John,  born  in  1653,  died  Decem- 
ber 15,  1738;  William,  married  Hannah 
;   Jeremiah,   born    1656,    died   June    2, 

1734- 

(II)  George,  son  of  John  Miller,  was  born 
in  Easthampton,  died  October  12,  1712.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Easthampton:  George,  killed 
by  a  horse ;  John ;  Hezekiah,  mentioned  be- 
low ;  Nathan. 

(III)  Hezekiah,  son  of  George  Miller,  was 
born  at  East  Hampton,  about  1680.  He  mar- 
ried, December  11,  1706,  Elizabeth  Sherry. 
Children,  born  at  East  Hampton :  Child,  born 
and  died  in  1714;  child,  born  July,  1718,  died 
soon:  son,  1721,  died  1733;  son,  1724;  Jane, 
married  Thomas  Filer ;  Thomas,  married 
Sarah  Hopkins  ;  Henry,  married  Anna  Earle  ; 
Keturah,  baptized  in  1736 :  Joanna,  married 
Ezekiel  Hand ;  Jacob,  mentioned  below. 

(IV)  Jacob,  son  of  Hezekiah  Miller,  was 
iDorn  about  1715.  He  owned  the  covenant 
and  was  baptized  at  East  Hampton  July  13, 
1740.  He  married,  May  24,  1738,  Susanna 
Wickes  (or  Weeks),  of  Oyster  Bay,  Long 
Island.  He  removed  from  South  Hampton 
to  Huntington,  Long  Island.  He  married 
(second)  Mary  Renland  of  Huntington,  in 
1756.  Children  of  first  wife  and  dates  of 
baptism :  Elizabeth,  June  10,  1739 :  Eliza- 
beth, April  4,  1742:  Alathew,  December  16, 
1744:  Freelove,  July  26,  1747;  Jacob,  men- 
tioned below. 

(V)  Jacob  (2),  son  of  Jacob  (i)  Miller, 
Avas  baptized  at  Huntington,  Long  Island, 
April  24,  1754.  He  followed  the  sea  and 
owned  a  whaling  vessel.  During  the  revolu- 
tion he  came  to  Wallingford,  where  he  died. 
A  Jacob  Miller  served  during  the  revolution 
in  the  Second  Regiment,  Connecticut  Line, 
September-December,  1779.  He  married  Eliz- 
abeth Filer.  Children:  i.  Rev.  Samuel,  men- 
tioned below.  2.  Rev.  Thomas,  began  early 
in  life  to  preach  in  the  Baptist  ministry ;  for 
a  time  was  at  Greenpoint,  Long  Island,  and 
then  at  Palmyra,  Atwater  and  Deerfield,  Ohio ; 
married  Asenath,  daughter  of  Nathaniel  An- 
drews, of  Wallingford ;  they  resided  at  South- 
ington,  Connecticut,  a  few  years ;  he  appears 
to  have  preached  a  LTniversalist  sermon  in 
Meriden  in  1834:  children:  Sylvia,  Selina, 
Caroline,  Henry  A.,  born  January  2,  1802, 
Louisa,  Porter,  Mary,  Griswold,  Samuel,  Wil- 
liam, and  others,  said  to  be  twenty-two  in  all. 
3.  Orrin  D.  4.  Henry.  And  others,  names 
unknown. 

(VI)  Rev.  Samuel,  son  of  Jacob  (2)  Mil- 
ler, was  born  on  Long  Island,  April  15,  1773, 


died  November  14,  1829 ;  married,  April  7, 
1796,  Vincy  Blakeslee.  He  joined  the  Bap- 
tist church.  He  became  the  first  minister  of 
the  Baptist  church  of  Meriden  and  continued 
for  a  period  of  "twenty-six  years.  He  preached 
in  other  Baptist  pulpits  in  the  vicinity  from 
time  to  time  and  was  well  known.  He  mar- 
ried, April  7,  1796,  Vincy,  born  June  29,  1775, 
died  November  18,  1829,  daughter  of  Joseph 
and  Lois  (Ives)  Blakeslee.  Children:  i.  Ly- 
man, born  September  27,  1797,  died  Jul}^  21, 
1865 ;  married,  April  19.  1821,  Thankful, 
daughter  of  David  and  Thankful  (Moss) 
Hall ;  daughter,  Vincy  Ann,  was  the  mother  of 
Mrs.  Grove  W.  Curtis,  of  Hartford,  Con- 
necticut. 2.  John  Milton,  born  September  22, 
1799,  died  IDecember  4,  1837 ;  married,  in 
1823,  Mercia  Bryant,  of  Sheffield,  Massachu- 
setts. 3.  Joel,  born  October  24,  1801,  men- 
tioned below.  4.  Samuel,  born  December  i, 
1803,  died  January  11,  1878;  married,  January 
21,  1829,  Janet,  daughter  of  Ira  and  JuHa 
(Hull)  Andrews.  5.  Alonzo,  born  April  12, 
1806,  died  October  10,  1873,  buried  at  Wal- 
lingford;  married,  August  13,  1829,  Eliza  Ann 
Hobson.  6.  Almond,  born  February  7,  1809, 
died  November  29,  1864;  married,  December 
25,  1845,  Catherine  Rogers.  7.  Ohver,  born 
May  31,  181 1,  died  when  a  young  man.  8. 
Rev.  Harvey,  born  April  3,  1814,  died  Au- 
gust 27,  1856;  married.  May  21,  1839,  Sarah 
Rosetta,  daughter  of  Othniel  and  Rosetta 
(Yale)  Ives.  9.  George,  born  July  12,  1818, 
died  June  2,  1869 :  married,  August  5,  1845, 
Lucy  Marcia,  daughter  of  Elisha  B.  and  Hep- 
sibah  (Cornwall)  Wilcox. 

(VII)  Joel,  son  of  Rev.  Samuel  Miller,  was 
born  at  Meriden,  October  24,  1801,  died  Au- 
gust 25,  1864.  He  married,  March  13,  1823, 
Clarissa,  born  January  23,  1805,  died  March  4, 
1879,  daughter  of  Seth  Doud  and  Elizabeth 
(Hall)  Plum.  Seth  Doud  Plum  was  the  first 
to  engage  in  the  tinware  business  in  this  sec- 
tion and  was  a  prominent  man  in  his  day.  In 
1829  the  Millers  removed  to  Canastota,  New 
York,  and  lived  there  eight  years.  They 
then  returned  to  Meriden  and  settled  on  a 
farm  on  which  the  family  has  since  lived. 
Broad  street  cuts  through  the  old  homestead. 

(VIII)  Edward,  son  of  Joel  Miller,  was 
born  August  10,  1827,  in  Wallingford.  He 
had  the  usual  education  of  his  day,  attending 
the  public  schools  of  his  native  town  and  Post 
Academy  in  Meriden  for  a  few  terms.  When 
he  was  fifteen  years  old  he  began  to  work  in 
the  factory  of  Horatio  N.  Howard  in  Meriden, 
making  lamp  screws,  hoops  and  candlestick 
springs.  Then  for  two  years  he  was  in  the 
employ  of  Stedman  &  Clark,  who  made  simi- 
lar goods.    While  still  in  his  teens  he  engaged 


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in  business,  on  his  own  account  in  partnership 
with  his  father,  manufacturing  a  similar  line 
of  goods  to  those  of  his  former  employers. 
The  firm  name  was  Joel  Miller  &  Son.  Two 
years  later  he  bought  his  father's  share  in 
the  firm,  giving  his  note  for  eight  hundred 
dollars.  Before  the  end  of  the  following  year 
he  paid  his  father  out  of  the  profits  of  the 
business  which  continued  to  grow  and  prosper. 
Larger  quarters  were  soon  found  necessary ; 
a  wooden  building  was  erected  on  the  site  of 
the  present  works,  which  was  destroyed  by 
fire  in  1856  and  this  loss  was  followed  by  the 
financial  panic  of  1857,  but  the  business  sur- 
vived, and  in  1858  Mr.  Miller  began  to  manu- 
facture kerosene  burners  in  his  new  factory. 
Hitherto  the  burners  in  use  had  been  imported 
and  Mr.  Miller  was  the  pioneer  in  the  industry 
of  making  lamps  for  burning  kerosene  made 
from  distilled  coal.  Bronzes,  sheet  brass  and 
brass  utensils  of  various  kinds  were  added  to 
the  prodijct  of  the  factory  from  time  to  time. 
As  the  business  developed  large  additions  were 
made  to  the  factory  capacity,  and  in  1866  new 
capital  was  enlisted  and  a  joint  stock  company 
formed,  under  the  name  of  Edward  Miller  & 
Company,  with  a  capital  of  $200,000, 
with  Air.  Miller  as  president  and  manager, 
in  which  capacity  he  served  until  his  death, 
June  II,  1909.  New  buildings  were  erected 
and  the  capacity  of  the  plant  increased.  Some 
eight  hundred  hands  are  employed  regularly  in 
recent  years.  The  Miller  company  produced 
the  famous  Rochester  lamp,  first  placed  on 
the  market  in  1884.  It  gained  a  world-wide 
reputation  in  a  short  time.  Imitations  natur- 
ally came  into  the  field  and  the  Miller  com- 
pany met  competition  by  producing  the  Miller 
lamp,  the  highest  achievement  in  the  art  of 
illumination  with  kerosene.  It  is  simple  and 
cannot  get  out  of  order ;  it  has  no  dirt  pocket ; 
the  central  draft  through  a  solid  seamless 
brass  tube  cannot  leak;  it  has  screw  adjust- 
ment and  plunge  movement  and  it  has  the 
simplest  possible  arrangement  for  rewicking. 
T  he  present  officers  of  the  company  are :  Presi- 
dent, Edward  Miller :  vice-president  and  su- 
perintendent, Arthur  E.  Miller :  secretary  and 
treasurer,  Benjamin  C.  Kennard ;  directors, 
Edward  Miller.  Arthur  E.  Miller,  Hon.  Abi- 
ram'  Chamberlain,  Benjamin  C.  Kennard,  John 
L.  Billard  and  Andrew  J.  Sloper.  The  pres- 
ent capital  of  the  company  is  $750,000.  The 
company  has  recently  added  the  manufacture 
of  gas  and  electric  fixtures.  The  Mcriden 
Journal  in  an  appreciative  article  thus  de- 
scribed the  business : 

"The  company's  prosperity  is  such  that  it 
knows  no  dull  periods  or  its  workmen  want  of 
employment.       The     departments     are     fully 


equipped  with  all  the  most  modern  machinery 
that  can  aid  in  the  rapid  and  perfect  production 
of  goods.  It  is  the  rule  in  the  manufacture  of 
their  goods  that  excellence  is  the  grand  thing 
to  be  attained  and  the  high  esteem  in  which 
their  products  are  held  by  the  dealers  and  con- 
sumers warrants  the  assertion  that  they  realize 
the  end  sought.  Their  products  are  larg-ely 
exported  to  foreign  lands  and  immense  as  this 
business  is,  it  is  constantly  increasing.  It 
would  be  an  impossibility  to  enumerate  the 
great  assortment  of  articles  made  by  this 
company.  Prominent  among  them  are  lamp 
trimmings  of  every  variety,  tinners'  hard- 
ware, together  with  brass  and  bronze  goods. 
Their  designs  are  thoroughly  their  own  and 
are  selected  by  those  appreciative  of  the  supe- 
riority of  American  styles  over  those  of  for- 
eign lands.  Yet  the  company  keeps  a  sharp 
eye  on  the  centres  of  artistic  productions  with 
a  view  that  none  shall  excel  them.  The  result 
is  that  not  only  are  the  designs  of  the  art  cen- 
tres equaled,  but  in  most  cases  excelled  by  the 
addition  of  the  American  artist." 

The  creation  and  development  of  this  mam- 
moth business  has  been  the  life  work  of  Mr. 
Miller.  Although  he  has  had  the  interest  of  a. 
good  citizen  in  public  affairs,  he  has  declined 
public  office,  excepting  service  in  the  common 
council,  of  which  he  was  a  member  for  twelve 
years.  In  early  life  he  was  a  Democrat,  but 
he  has  supported  the  Republican  party  since 
it  was  organized.  He  is  a  prominent  and  hon- 
ored member  of  the  Broad  Street  Baptist 
Church  and  one  of  its  board  of  managers.  In 
1869  he  gave  to  this  church  an  excellent  pipe 
organ.  He  is  greatly  interested  also  in  the 
Young  Men's  Christian  Association  and  the 
Connecticut  Literary  Institute  at  Suffield,  to 
both  of  which  he  has  made  substantial  gifts. 
Until  recent  years  he  enjoyed  outdoor  sports 
such  as  fishing  and  hunting.  His  motto,  to 
which  he  has  held  fast  through  a  long,  useful 
and  eminently  successful  career  in  busi- 
ness, has  been :  "Whatever  you  undertake  as 
a  life  work,  do  it  thoroughly  and  stick  to  it."' 
For  3'-ears  he  was  treasurer  of  the  Connecticut 
Baptist  Educational  Society.  He  gives  lib- 
erally to  various  benevolent  organizations.  He 
contributed  a  handsome  sum  to  the  building 
fund  of  the  German  Baptist  Church. 

He  married,  August  30,  1848,  Caroline  M.. 
Neal,  born  April  14,  1830,  died  August  29,, 
1906,  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Matilda 
(Barnes)  Neal,  of  Southington,  Connecticut,, 
and  to  her  wise  counsel  and  advice  Mr.  Mil- 
ler generously  attributes  much  of  his  success. 
Children  :  Edward,  mentioned  below  ;  Layette' 
Alena,  born  January  10,  1853,  married  Charles. 
A.    Kendrick,   of   Meriden ;   Arthur   E.,   men- 


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tioned  below :  Two  others  died  young,  Car- 
rie and  Emma. 

(IX)  Edward  (2),  son  of  Edward  (i)  Mil- 
ler, was  born  at  Meriden,  February  i,  1851. 
He  attended  the  public  schools  of  his  native 
place  until  1868,  when  he  entered  the  Pre- 
paratory Academy  at  Suffield,  Connecticut, 
class  of  1870,  and  fitted  for  college.  He  grad- 
uated from  Brown  University  with  honors  in 
the  class  of  1874,  and  in  the  following  autumn 
began  in  a  practical  way  to  learn  the  business 
in  his  father's  factory,  step  by  step.  He  has 
held  the  offices  of  treasurer  and  secretary  since 
1882  and  in  recent  years  has  borne  a  large 
share  of  the  responsibility  of  the  management. 
Much  of  the  recent  growth  and  prosperity  of 
the  concern  are  due  to  his  prudent  and  sa- 
gacious handling  of  affairs,  and  he  ranks 
among  the  most  substantial  and  honored  cit- 
izens of  Meriden.  He  has  served  two  terms 
in  the  Meriden  common  council  and  has  been 
a  member  of  the  school  board.  He  is  trustee 
of  the  City  Savings  Bank  and  is  a  member  of 
the  Home  Club.  He  is  a  student  and  has  col- 
lected one  of  the  finest  private  libraries  in  the 
city.  Since  1874  he  has  had  charge  of  the 
music  of  the  First  Baptist  Church,  as  his 
father  and  grandfather  had  before  him.  He 
resides  in  the  Edward  Miller  residence  on 
Broad  street  and  is  unmarried. 

(IX)  Arthur  Eugene,  son  of  Edward  (i) 
Miller,  was  born  at  Meriden,  September  12, 
1863.  He  attended  private  schools  there  and 
graduated  from  the  Hartford  high  school  in 
the  class  of  1883.  For  one  year  he  was  a 
student  in  Brown  University,  leaving  to  take 
his  place  in  his  father's  business,  with  which 
he  was  already  somewhat  familiar  and  in 
which  he  was  then  needed.  He  learned  every 
detail  of  the  shop  work  in  a  practical  way  and 
fairly  won  his  promotion  to  the  position  of 
assistant  superintendent.  In  190 1  he  became 
superintendent  and  he  has  filled  that  position 
to  the  present  time.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Home  Club :  of  Meridian  Lodge,  No.  jy,  Free 
and  Accepted  Masons,  of  which  he  was  mas- 
ter at  one  time ;  of  Honorable  Chapter,  No. 
27,  Royal  Arch  Masons ;  of  St.  Elmo  Com- 
mandery.  Knights  Templar,  of  which  he  was 
eminent  commander,  and  has  taken  the  thirty- 
second  degree  in  Masonry.  He  resides  at  the 
homestead.     He  is  unmarried. 


Thomas  Miller,  immigrant  an- 
MILLER     cestor,   settled   first   af  Rowley, 

Massachusetts,  whence  he  came 
to  Middletown,  Connecticut,  as  shown  by  the 
church  records.  He  was  one  of  the  first  pro- 
prietors of  Middletown  and  erected 
a     mill     there.       His     wife     Isabel,   died     in 


1666  and  he  married  (second)  i,  June  6,  1666, 
Sarah,  daughter  of  Samuel  Nettleton,  of  Bran- 
ford.  In  his  will  in  1680  he  gives  his  age  as 
above  seventy,  and  in  the  settlement  of  his 
estate  soon  afterward  the  ages  of  his  children 
are  mentioned,  from  Thomas,  aged  fourteen,  to 
Sarah,  aged  one  year.     He  died  August   14, 

1680.     His  widow,   Sarah,  married  

Harris.  Child  of  first  wife :  Ann,  married,  in 
1653,  Nathaniel  Bacon.  Children  of  second 
wife:  Thomas  (mentioned  below);  Samuel, 
born  April  i,  1668;  Joseph,  August  21,  1670; 
Benjamin,  July  10,  1672;  John,  March  10, 
1674;  Alargaret,  September,  1676;  Sarah,  Jan- 
uary 7,  1679;  Mehitable,  March  28,  1681  (post- 
humous). 

(II)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Thomas  (i)  Mil- 
ler, was  born  at  Middletown,  May  6,  1667; 
died  September  7,  1727.  He  resided  in  his  na- 
tive town.  He  married,  in  1688,  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  Edward  Turner.  She  died  in 
1695  and  he  married  (second),  in  1696,  Mary 
Rowell.  Children,  born  at  Middletown,  of  first 
wife:  Thomas,  1692;  Abigail,  1694;  Elizabeth, 
1695.  Children  of  second  wife :  Mary,  1697, 
died  aged  sixteen ;  Stephen,  mentioned  be- 
low;  James,  1700;  Elizabeth.  1702;  Eunice, 
1704;  Patience,  1707;  Deborah,  1708. 

(III)  Stephen,  son  of  Thomas  (2)  Miller, 
was  born  at  Middletown  in  1699.  Among  his 
sons  was  Stephen;  mentioned  below. 

(IV)  Stephen  (2),  son  of  Stephen  (i)  Mil- 
ler, was  born  about  1730.  He  lived  in  Mid- 
dletown. In  1790,  according  to  the  first  feder- 
al census,  he  had  in  his  familv  three  males 
over  sixteen,  two  under  that  age  and  four 
females.  Other  heads  of  families  there  were- 
Caleb,  Jonathan,  Edward  and  Jared,  sons  or 
relatives  of  Stephen. 

(V)  Stephen  (3),  son  of  Stephen  (2)  Mil- 
ler, was  born  at  Middletown,  about  1770. 
Among  his  children  was  Stephen,  mentioned 
below. 

(VI)  Stephen  (4),  son  of  Stephen  (3)  Mil- 
ler, was  born  in  1795  at  South  Farms,  where 
he  followed  farming.  He  married  (first)  Cla- 
rissa Whitmore,  of  Maromas.  He  married 
(second)  Lucretia,  daughter  of  Elisha  Fair- 
child,  of  East  Long  Hill,  whither  he  moved  to 
the  farm  of  his  father-in-law  soon  after  his 
second  marriage.  He  was  a  prosperous  farm- 
er. His  last  years  were  spent  in  Middletown, 
where  he  had  a  home  near  Pameacha  Bridge., 
He  died  there  September  26,  1877.  Children 
of  first  wife:  Stepl^en  W.,  mentioned  below; 
Benjamin  W.,  a  farmer,  who  lived  at  South 
Farms  and  died  unmarried.  Children  of  sec- 
ond wife:  Darius,  mentioned  below;  Nathan 
G.,  married  (first)  Cora  McKee,  (second) 
Celia    Stanley,    (third)    Agnes    Stanley,   child 


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died  in  infancy;  Charles,  married  (first)  Abi- 
gail Walton,  (second)  Sally  Benton,  and  was 
a  successful  dry  goods  merchant  at  Waterbury ; 
Catherine  E.,  widow  of  Erwin  Strickland,  of 
Bridgeport ;  Frank,  married  Emily  Clinton, 
and  is  engaged  in  the  coal  business  in  Bridge- 
port. 

(VII)  Stephen  W.,  son  of  Stephen  (4)  Mil- 
ler, was  born  October  23,  1821.  After  his 
father's  second  marriage  and  removal  to  the 
Fairchild  farm,  he  attended  school  in  that  dis- 
trict. When  a  young  man  he  began  to  work 
for  the  William  Wilcox  Manufacturing  Com- 
pany at  Zoar,  Connecticut,  for  the  humble 
wages  of  fifty  cents  a  day,  but  he  made  rapid 
progress  in  mechanical  skill  and  won  advance- 
ment rapidly.  He  continued  with  this  concern 
for  twelve  years.  For  a  short  time  he  was  em- 
ployed in  the  Whitmore  quarries  at  Maromas, 
Connecticut.  He  inherited  fifty  acres  of  his 
father's  estate  and  upon  that  he  settled  and 
devoted  his  life  to  agriculture.  At  the  time 
of  his  death  he  owned  eighty-six  acres.  He 
added  the  culture  of  tobacco  to  his  other  crops 
and  usually  had  five  acres  planted  with  tobac- 
co. He  also  made  a  specialty  of  market  gar- 
dening. He  died  July  27,  1884,  after  several 
years  of  ill  health.  He  married  Hannah  A., 
JDorn  May  8,  1834,  at  South  Farms,  died  Feb- 
ruary 5,  1870,  daughter  of  William  and  Lucy 
(Clark)  Corey.  Her  father  was  a  carpenter 
and  joiner.  Children:  i.  Clara  W.,  born  Jan- 
uary 18,  1861  ;  married,  January  i,  1883,  Lewis 
M.  Crowell,  born  January  7,  1850,  at  Zoar, 
died  July  9,  1890,  a  farmer;  children:  Stephen 
M.  Crowell,  February  10,  1884;  Abigail  H. 
Crowell,  September  10.  1886:  Eldon  L.  Crow- 
ell, November  5,  1887;  Irene  W.  Crowell,  Oct- 
ober 21,  1889.  2.  Alice  Cora,  August  20,  1863  ; 
educated  in  the  Middletown  public  schools  and 
Durham  Academy ;  married,  November  25, 
1885,  Frank  L.  Strickland,  born  October,  1858, 
a  clerk  in  the  Parshley  shoe  store  at  Middle- 
town,  then  with  the  department  house  of  R. 
H.  White  &  Company  of  Boston,  and  since 
1886  proprietor  of  a  shoe  store  in  Rockville, 
Connecticut ;  children  :  Edna  Helen  Strickland, 
born  June  5,  1887;  Bertha  Miller  Strickland, 
June  28,  1889  :  Walker  Knight  Strickland.  Au- 
gust I,  1891,  died  January  11,  1892;. Seward 
Holmes   Strickland,   April'  8,    1898. 

(VII)  Darius,  son  of  Stephen  (4)  Miller, 
was  born  October  29,  1829.  He  was  educated 
in  the  district  schools  of  Middletown  and  in 
the  Durham  Academy.  He  began  his  business 
career  as  clerk  in  Fagan's  dry  goods  store  at 
Middletown,  where  he  worked  for  three  years. 
At  the  age  of  eighteen  he  came  to  New  Britain 
and  worked  as  clerk  in  a  store  in  that  town  for 
two  years.    With  $500  he  had  saved  and  $700 


he  received  from  his  father,  he  embarked 
in  business  as  a  dry  goods  merchant  in 
New  Britain  and  he  is  still  in  active  business 
there.  From  a  small  beginning  his  business 
grew  to  mammoth  proportions.  He  prospered 
and  invested  his  money  shrewdly.  Simplicity, 
industr)'  and  conservatism  have  characterized 
his  business  career.  No  merchant  in  the  city 
has  won  a  larger  degree  of  financial  success 
and  none  stands  higher  in  the  esteem  and  con- 
fidence of  his  townsmen. 

The  Bridgeport  Post  says  of  him :  "One  of 
the  guests  of  honor  yesterday  (at  the  golden 
wedding  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Darius  Miller,  Au- 
gust 14,  1910)  was  Darius  Miller,  founder -of 
the  Darius  Miller  Company's  dry  goods  store 
in  New  Britain,  and  his  wife.  Although 
eighty-one  years  of  age,  he  pays  close  atten- 
tion to  the  store  and  is  familiar  with  every 
detail.  He  is  an  ultra-conservative  man  in  a 
business  way,  and  has  not  been  in  a  hurry 
to  adopt  all  the  new  schemes  which  have 
been  originated  for  carrying  on  business.  His 
business  has  been  of  slow  but  sure  growth. 
He  has  always  invested  his  mone)'  wisely  and 
is  now  easily  a  millionaire.  Although  all  of 
the  other  brothers  are  married,  he  is  the  only 
one  who  has  been  able  or  will  be  able,  prob- 
ably to  celebrate  the  close  of  a  half  century 
of  married  life.  He  married  Miss  Lizzie  Bis- 
sell  of  Windsor,  fifty  years  ago  yesterday.  The 
first  wives  of  the  other  brothers  have  all  died. 
And  it  was  because  of  the  fact  that  Darius  was 
the  oldest  and  probably  the  only  one  of  the 
brothers  who  could  celebrate  a  golden  wed- 
ding that  Frank  Miller  conceived  the  idea  of 
having  a  reunion  to  observe  the  occasion  prop- 
erly." 

The  reunion  is  described  by  the  same  paper  : 
"There  was  truly  a  remarkable  family  re- 
union vesterday  at  Lehmann's  shore  house, 
when  Frank  Miller  and  Mrs.  Miller,  Mr.  Mil- 
ler's sister,  his  three  brothers  with  their  wives 
gathered  to  celebrate  the  golden  wedding  anni- 
versary of  Darius  Miller  of  New  Britain.  The 
ages  of  the  four  brothers  and  sister  aggregate 
over  360  years  and  they  represent  millions  of 
dollars.  But  it  was  a  verj^  quiet  affair  and 
carried  off  in  the  most  simple  way  possible. 

"All  were  the  guests  of  Air.  and  Mrs.  Frank 
Miller  of  this  city.  The  family  reunion  would 
have  been  a  complete  reunion  had  the  parents 
been  alive.  The  five  were  the  only  children. 
Each  of  the  brothers  has  been  unusually  suc- 
cessful in  business.  *  '''  *  Another  broth- 
er who  was  present  with  his  wife  was  Nathan 
G.,  now  of  New  York.  He  is  a  financier  and 
has  been  interested  in  enough  big  projects  to 
fill  a  book  if  they  were  enumerated.  He  is  now 
seventv-seven  and  his  more  active  davs  in  the 


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business  world  are  now  almost  over.  He  was 
first  president  of  the  Iron  Steamboat  Com- 
pany, president  of  the  Eagle  Lock  Company, 
owned  the  Nickel  Plate  Railroad  and  a  very 
large  interest  in  the  Edison  Electric  Light 
Company.  These  are  but  a  few  of  the  matters 
in  which  he  has  been  active.  He  has  always 
been  successful  and  is  very  wealthy. 

"Charles  Miller  of  Waterbur}',  who  owns 
the  Randolph  &  Clowes  Company  of  Water- 
bury  and  was  formerly  head  of  the  Miller  & 
Peck  Company,  was  present.  It  will  be  re- 
called that  on  January  i,  he  turned  this  firm 
over  to  the  clerks  in  the  store.  He  is  seventy- 
three  years  of  age. 

"Frank  Miller  is  too  well  known  in  Bridge- 
port to  call  for  any  details.  As  a  shrewd  and 
successful  business  man  he  can  take  a  place 
at  the  head  of  the  table  any  time.  Pie  is  now 
president  of  the  City  National  Ban':.  Airs. 
Miller  was  formerly  Miss  Hallock  and  is  a 
student  of  the  fine  arts. 

"Airs.  Kate  E.  (Miller)  Strickland,  a  sister, 
is  also  very  well  known  in  this  city. 

"A  striking  incident  of  the  celebration  yes- 
terday was  the  taking  of  the  pictures  of  the 
group.  The  guest  of  honor  had  not  had  a  pic- 
ture of  himself  taken  in  fifty  years,  but  he  sub- 
niitted  to  the  efiforts  of  John  P.  Haley,  pho- 
tographer, without  a  murmur,  and  several  pic- 
tures were  taken  of  himself  and  the  other 
members  of  the  family.  These  pictures  will 
be  treasured  in  the  Miller  family  as  a  memorial 
of  one  of  the  most  pleasing  incidents  in  the 
family  history.     *'     *     * 

"Frank  Aliller  and  his  brothers  were  the 
sons  of  a  farmer  and  each  started  out  to  'hoe 
his  own  row'  with  a  capital  of  $700.  The  mil- 
lions that'  have  been  accumulated  since  were 
made  out  of  a  careful  and  intelligent  use  of 
the  original  few  hundred.  Yesterday's  was 
not  the  first  reunion  of  the  family.  It  is  com- 
mon at  Christmas  and  Thanksgiving  for  the 
family  to  get  together." 

The  A^ezv  Britain  Herald  in  commenting  on 
the  reunion  said :  "Starting  with  a  modest 
bank-roll,  the  proceeds  of  the  sale  of  the  farm, 
the  boys  developed  their  resources  in  dififer- 
ent  fields.  Success  came  to  all,  and  when  they 
took  stock  of  material  things  yesterday,  they 
found  that  the  few  hundreds  with  which  they 
started  had  developed  into  many  millions,  and 
the  end  is  not  yet.  Mr.  Miller  is  one  of  New 
Britain's  worthiest  citizens.  He  is  the  oldest 
merchant  doing  business  on  Main  street,  and 
none  is  held  in  higher  respect  or  esteem.  It 
is  not  too  much  to  hope  that  he  and  his  wife 
may  be  spared  to  celebrate  other  pleasant  an- 
niversaries." 

The  account  of  this  familv  would  be  incom- 


plete without  the  interview  with  Frank  Miller 
in  the  Waterbury  American,  August  18,  1910. 
He  said :  "If  we  were  to  start  out  to-day  as  we 
did,  the  four  brothers,  over  fifty  years  ago, 
with  seven  hundred  dollars  apiece,  the  chances 
are  that  we  would  be  worth  in  the  same  given 
time  considerably  more  than  we  are  to-day." 

The  American  has  told  of  the  union  of  the 
Miller  brothers  "*  *  *  who  reckoned  up 
the  united  results  of  their  strivings  at  more 
than  twenty-five  million  dollars. 

"And  I  suppose  that  most  of  the  young  men 
who  read  that  story,"  said  Mr.  Miller,  "said  to 
himself,  'Yes,  but  that  was  in  the  good  old 
days  of  easy  times  and  great  opportunities. 
They  couldn't  do  it  to-day."  The  times  are 
easier  to-day  and  the  opportunities  greater 
than  they  ever  were.  Any  young  man  who  will 
live  as  we  used  to  and  work  as  we  used  to 
will  succeed. 

"My  father  was  a  farmer.  He  used  to  work 
— work  hard.  When  I  was  a  little  fellow  we 
boys  were  up  before  daylight,  taking  care  of 
the  stock  and  doing  three  hours'  labor  before 
mother  called  us  to  breakfast.  Then  we  work- 
ed all  day  and  till  the  sun  went  down  at  night. 
After  dark,  we  went  up  the- lane  for  the  cows 
at  the  pasture  bars  and  drove  them  home  and 
milked  after  dark.  We  never  heard  of  a  ten- 
hour  day  or  an  eight-hour  day. 

"We  had  no  holidays  except  the  Fourth  of 
July,  and  then  we  had  only  two  cents  to  spend. 
We  had  a  loving  father,  but  he  knew  the  value 
of  money  and  meant  we  should.  Father  was 
something  more  than  a  farmer.  He  was  a  pub- 
lic-spirited man  and  a  great  friend  of  Edwin 
M.  Stanton,  and  during  the  Civil  War  Mr. 
Stanton  got  father  to  do  important  things  for 
him.  I  went  through  the  war  with  Grant — 
the  First  Connecticut  Heavy  Artillery,  you 
know.  No  man  can  expect  to  succeed  who 
doesn't  do  his  duty  by  his  country.  Well,  in 
1864,  when  we  were  right  down  on  the  firing 
line  and  things  were  still  interesting,  who 
should  show  up  in  camp  one  day  but  father ! 
He  had  been  to  see  Mr.  Lincoln  and  got  my 
discharge  paper  from  him. 

"  'Frank,'  he  said,  'this  war  will  be  over 
next  year  and  I  want  you  to  come  home.  Your 
mother  wants  you.  Since  you  enlisted,  do  you 
know,  she  has  never  allowed  me  to  lock  the 
door  for  fear  3'ou  would  come  home  and  find 
it  locked?  She  has  never  gone  to  bed  at  night 
without  going  down  on  her  knees,  God  bless  . 
her,  and  praying  that  you  would  be  a  man  in 
the  face  of  the  enemy.  She  has  never  got  up 
in  the  morning  without  stealing  into  your  room 
to  see  if  bv  anv  chance  you  had  come  home 
in  the  night.'  It  was  the  hardest  situation  that 
was  ever  put  up  to  a  man,  but  I  stayed,  and. 


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sure  enough,  when  I  got  home  one  night,  after 
the  war  was  over,  I  found  the  house  unlocked 
and  my  room  waiting  for  me,  as  I  had  left  it 
when  I  went  away.  That  was  the  sort  of 
mother  we  used  to  have,  and  I  guess  that  our 
American  girls  to-day  make  just  as  good  moth- 
ers, bless  'em. 

"All  my  brothers  have  been  thrifty.  There 
is  Darius  up  in  New  Britain.  He's  worth  a 
great  deal  of  money  and  he  has  made  it  all 
himself.  But  he  still  runs  his  store  up  there, 
just  as  he  did  in  i860.  A  woman  goes  in  and 
the  same  clerk  sells  her  a  spool  of  silk  and  a 
carpet.  I  tell  him  that  he  is  losing  money  by 
not  getting  modern,  but  he  says  he  can't  see 
it,  and  hates  to  change. 

"Darius  used  to  be  a  great  friend  of  J.  P. 
Morgan's  father,  who  used  to  go  up  and  con- 
sult him  about  business.  He  always  took  Dari- 
us' advice.  He  is  like  my  father's  father — 
hardheaded  and  practical  and  kindly. 

"We  have  always  fought  shy  of  politics — 
never  had  time  to  go  into  that  sort  of  thing. 
Some  people  have  a  talent  for  it,  and  better 
let  them  do  it.  My  advice  is  to  stick  to  straight 
business.  This  country  is  all  right,  only  we 
have  too  many  politicians  and  too  much  poli- 
tics. Things  move  fast  now.  People  complain 
about  the  country  and  say  it  is  going  to  the 
dogs.  It  -isn't.  The  country  is  better  than 
ever  it  was. 

"It  costs  to  live,  but  look  at  what  you  get 
for  your  labor.  Keep  inside  the  amount  of 
your  earnings — and  3'ou  can  do  it  without  suf- 
fering— and  the  money  will  pile  up.  Be  wise 
in  your  investments  and  the  money  will  do 
the  rest.  I  have  a  mine  out  in  the  west  and 
every  3'ear  I  have  to  go  out  there  and  look 
after  it,  and  as  I  ride  across  the  country, 
I  cannot  help  thinking  what  a  wonderfully 
rich  and  prosperous  land  we  have  here.  It 
takes  the  foreigners  who  come  over  here  to 
understand  how  to  live  and  get  ahead.  Coming 
from  a  land  where  frugality  is  taught,  they 
start  in  practicing  it  and  get  ahead.  I  know 
people  talk  about  the  cost  of  living.  But  look 
at  the  pay  for  labor.  It  is  wonderful.  I  have 
been  all  through  Europe  and  I  have  seen  how 
people  live  in  those  lands  where  they  tell  us 
everything  is  rlieaper  than  it  is  here.  Things 
are  cheaper — including  wages.  All  in  all.  it 
simmers  down  to  the  same  condition — those 
who  want  to  work  and  get  ahead  can  do  it 
here  as  well  as  elsewhere  and  a  little  better. 

"Why,  there  is  Nathaniel  Miller,  here  in 
Bridgeport.  He  told  me  the  other  day  that 
the  two-doUar-a-day  workman  lives  better  than 
the  rich  man  of  his  father's  time;  and  it  is 
true. 

"The    American    people   can    be   trusted    to 


spank  those  that  need  it  and  go  calmly  on  their 
way,  making  an  honest  living  and  developing 
the  country." 

Darius  Miller  is  a  prominent  member  of 
the  Congregational  church,  and  he  gave  to  the 
society  the  land  for  the  present  church  edifice. 
He  married,  in  i860,  Elizabeth  Bissell,  of  East 
Windsor,  Connecticut.  They  have  no  chil- 
dren. 


The  surname  Brandegee 
BRANDEGEE  is  spelled  also  Brundig, 
Brandig,  Brandish,  Bran- 
diger,  Brondigee,  Brandigat,  Brandisley, 
Brondish  and  Boundikee,  and  all  these  spell- 
ings are  found  relating  to  John  Brandigee, 
who  was  in  ^^'ethersfield  as  early  as  1635. 
He  was  doubtless  of  English  birth,  though  the 
name  is  possibly  German  or  Dutch  originally. 
He  died  before  October  27,  1639,  the  date  of 
the  inventory  of  his  estate.  He  left  a  widow 
and  five  children.  It  is  believed  that  he  was 
killed  by  the  Indians  in  the  massacre  of  1637. 
He  was  at  Watertown  for  a  short  time  before 
coming  to  Wethersfield  and  was  a  freeman 
there.  His  widow  Rachel  married  Anthony 
Wilson. 

John  Brandegee,  probably  a  son,  was  a  set- 
tler in  Rye,  New  York,  and  signed  the  decla- 
ration of  loyalty  to  Charles  II.,  July  26,  1662, 
spelling  his  name  Brondish,  but  in  January, 
1663,  he  spelled  his  name  Brondig.  He  was 
the  first  town  clerk  of  Rye ;  was  deputy  to  the 
general  court  in  1677  and  1681 ;  died  in  1697. 
In  the  accounts  of  those  days  he  is  called 
"Stout  Old  John  Brundig."  He  was  in  1662 
one  of  the  original  proprietors  of  Manursing 
Island,  Rye,  and  of  Poringoe  Neck.  He  left 
four  sons.  John,  Joseph,  David  and  Joshua, 
and  they  have  had  many  descendants  in  ^^'est- 
chester  county,  New  York. 

(I)    Jacob   Brandegee,   believed   to   be   son 

of  John  and (Brock)    Brandegee,  of 

Rye,  grandson  of  "Stout  Old  John  Brundig," 
of  Rye,  settled  in  Stepney,  in  the  town  of 
Wethersfield.  According  to  family  tradition 
he  ran  away  from  home.  He  is  said  to  have 
been  born  in  1729  and  to  have  come  from  Nine 
Partners,  New  York,  to  Great  Swamp  when 
thirteen  years  old.  He  was  by  trade  a  weaver, 
and  at  one  time  kept  a  store  in  Great  Swamp 
Villaee,  now  Berlin.  He  married,  at  Newing- 
ton,  Connecticut,  October  11,  1752,  Abigail 
Dunham.  He  owned  the  covenant  in  the  New- 
ington  Church,  July  27.  1755.  In  later  life  he 
was  engaged  in  the  West  India  trade,  sail- 
ing vessels  from  Rocky  Hill,  and  died  at  sea 
on  a  return  voyage  from  Guadaroupe,  March 
25.  1765.  His  widow  married  (second)  Major 
Eells,   son   of   Rev.   Edward   Eells,   of  Upper 


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Middletown,  Connecticut,  now  Cromwell.  She 
died  January  25,  1825.  Children,  recorded  at 
Kensington :  Elishama,  born  April  17,  1754, 
mentioned  below;  Rhoda,  October  5,  1756, 
died  April,  1781 ;  Persis,  August  31,  1758; 
Abigail  August  31,  1760,  died  1820;  Mary, 
December  18,  1763,  died  1764;  Jacob,  January 

4>  1765- 

(II)  Elishama,  son  of  Jacob  Brandegee, 
was  born  at  Berlin,  Connecticut,  April  17, 
1754.  He  was  also  a  sea  captain  and  engaged 
in  the  West  India  trade  and  had  a  store  at 
Berlin.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution, 
enlisting  in  the  Second  Company,  Second 
Regiment,  under  Captain  Wyllys.  He  was  re- 
cruited in  Middlesex  county  and  took  part  in 
the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill,  after  which  he  was 
detached  and  assigned  to  Captain  Hanchett's 
company,  September  i,  1775,  taking  part  in 
the  Arnold  Expedition  against  Canada.  After 
the  assault  on  Quebec  he  was  taken  prisoner. 
The  Second  Regiment  was  organized  under 
Colonel  Wyllys  as  a  continental  regiment.  He 
married,  J\Iarch  10,  1778,  Lucy  (Plumb) 
Weston,  widow  of  Jeremiah  Weston,  daugh- 
ter of  Samuel  and  Patience  (Ward)  Plumb. 
She  died  February  i,  1827;  he  died  February 
26,  1832.  Children,  born  at  Berlin  :  Jacob, 
November  11,  1779;  Lucy,  July  15,  1781 ; 
Elishama,  mentioned  below ;  John,  November 
19,  1786:  Sarah  Milnor,  August  2,  1793,  died 
1809. 

(HI)  Elishama  (2),  son  of  Captain  Eli- 
shama (i)  Brandegee,  was  born  at  Berlin, 
Connecticut.  November  5,  1784,  died  April 
10,  1854.  Fie  married  (first)  October  14, 
181 1,  Emily  Stocking,  born  1792,  died  June 
7,  1833,  descendant  of  George  Stocking,  who 
came  to  Hartford  with  Hooker  in  1636;  (sec- 
ond) November  28,  1835,  Amna  Booth 
Mygatt,  born  March  8,  1798.-  He  was 
a  large  land  owner  and  conducted  a  store 
on  Main  street,  Berlin,  near  where  the  Town 
Hall  now  stands.  He  conducted  a  prosperous 
business,  people  coming  from  all  the  neigh- 
boring towns  to  purchase  goods  at  his  store ; 
it  was  like  the  large  department  store  of  to- 
day, because  everything  was  to  be  found  there, 
groceries,  dry  goods  and  medicines,  ploughs, 
and  also  the  post  office.  Twice  a  year  he  went 
to  New  York  by  stage  coach  to  replenish  his 
stock  and  most  of  his  buying  of  dry  goods 
was  done  on  Pearl  street.  His  daughter,  Julia 
Brandegee,  says,  "I  remember  the  mai^kings 
on  the  different  drawers,  silks,  satins,  laces, 
fine  shawls  and  dainty-colored  red  slippers. 
Our  ancestors  loved  finery.  He  ran  two 
thread  factories  and  some  of  the  spools  of 
blue  thread  are  still  in  existence.  In  the  yard 
just    south    of    his    home    stood    a    mulberry 


grove,  and  from  the  silk  worms  which  were 
fed  on  the  leaves,  his  mother  spun  some  beau- 
tiful silk.  There  is  an  old  red  silk  dress  in 
the  family  which  was  woven  about  1786,  prob- 
ably some  of  the  first  silk  made  in  this  coun- 
try." He  was  a  man  of  excellent  ability  and 
very  public  spirited.  Children,  born  at  Ber- 
lin: I.  Jacob  Sheldon,  born  September  9, 
1812;  married  Sarah  Hinsdale.  2.  Elishama, 
mentioned  below.  3.  John,  born  August  25, 
1816;  married  Mary  Ann  Bulkeley.  4,  Ca- 
millrs  Marius,  April  20,  1820,  died  May  5, 
1821,  5.  Marius,  March  8,  1823;  married 
Catherine  A.  Fountain.  6.  Henry  Justus,  July 
29,  183 1  ;  married  Sarah  Kipp  Miller.  7. 
Sarah  Elizabeth,  May  24,  1833 ;  married  Dan- 
ford  Newton  Barney.  Child  of  second  wife : 
8.  Julia  Sophia,  born  October  28,  1836 ;  lives 
in  Farmington. 

(IV)  Dr.  Elishama  (3)  Brandegee,  son  of 
Elishama  (2)  Brandegee,  was  born  at  Berlin, 
January  14,  1814,  died  February  17,  1884. 
Dr.  Brandegee  attended  the  Cheshire  Acad- 
emy and  the  Simeon  Hart  Academy  of  Far- 
mington and  graduated  from  Yale  College  in 
the  class' of  1833.  He  studied  medicine  in 
the  Yale  Medical  School  and  received  the  de- 
gree of  M.  D.  He  also  attended  lectures  at  a 
medical  school  at  Castleton.  A^ermont,  from 
which  he  also  graduated.  For  about  two  years 
he  was  engaged  in  practice  at  St.  Louis,  Mis- 
souri, but  at  the  end  of  that  time  returned 
home,  on  account  of  his  father's  ill  health, 
and  from  1841  to  within  eight  weeks  of  his 
death,  was  in  active  practice  in  Berlin.  He 
was  one  of  the  ablest  physicians  of  his  day 
in  this  section  and  enjoyed  a  large  practice, 
extending  throughout  Berlin,  East  Berlin, 
Westfield,  Newington,  Rocky  Hill,  New  Brit- 
ain,  Beckley,  and   Kensington. 

In  1850  Dr.  Brandegee  purchased  from  Jo- 
seph Booth  the  house  built  by  his  father  for 
the  teachers  of  the  Northington  Academy, 
which  was  at  one  time  a  flourishing  institu- 
tion. Dr.  Brandegee  remodeled  the  house 
and  made  it  one  of  the  most  attractive  resi- 
dences in  the  town.  He  took  a  keen  interest 
in  public  education  and  was  a  staunch  friend 
of  the  public  schools.  He  was  a  prime  mover 
in  establishing  a  public  library.  He  was  a 
lifelong  student,  making  a  specialty  of  botany 
and  ornithology.  In  politics  he  was  in  later 
years  a  Republican,  and  he  held  the  offices  of 
assessor  and  treasurer  of  the  school  board  of 
Berlin.  He  was  a  consistent  and  faithful 
member  of  the  Congregational  Church  of 
Berlin.  He  was  modest  and  retiring  in  dispo- 
sition but  attracted  many  friends  and  wielded 
a    great    influence    in    the    community. 

He  married,  April  28,  1841,  Florence  Stith, 


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of  Petersburg,  Virginia,  born  at  Florence, 
Italy,  November  8,  1822,  died  at  Berlin,  Con- 
necticut, December  28,  1901,  daughter  of  Ma- 
jor Townshend  and  Katherine  (Potter)  Stith. 
Her  father  was  a  soldier  in  the  war  of  1812, 
and  was  minister  to  Tunis  in  Monroe's- admin- 
istration. Children:  i.  Daughter,  born  and 
died  February  14,  1842.  2.  Townshend  Stith, 
served  in  the  civil  war  in  the  First  Connecticut 
Regiment ;  resided  at  San  Diego,  California, 
now  at  Berkeley,  California ;  a  civil  engineer 
and  an  expert  botanist ;  married.  May  29,  1889, 
Mary  K.  (Layne)  Curran.  3.  Charles,  served 
in  the  Fifth  New  York  Zouaves  in  the  civil 
war ;  lived  in  the  west  for  some  years,  but  re- 
turned to  Farmington,  Connecticut,  and  was 
town  clerk,  now  town  clerk  and  judge  of  pro- 
bate. He  married  Mabel  Daggett,  of  Somer- 
ville,  Massachusetts,  daughter  of  John  G.  and 
Augusta  L.  (Warner)  Daggett;  child,  Hilda, 
born  April  12,  1887.  4.  Florence  Stith,  re- 
sides at  Berlin.  5.  Robert  Boiling,  an  artist, 
educated  in  Paris,  having  a  studio  in  Farming- 
ton  ;  married,  March  17,  1898,  Susan  Lord,  of 
Northampton,  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Lucv 
(Meech)  Lord;  children:  Robert  Lord,  born 
December  31,  1898;  Paul  Montague,  Septem- 
ber 24,  1908.  6.  Emily  Stocking,  resides  at 
Berlin.  7.  Katharine,  resides  at  Berlin.  8. 
Henry  Melville,  died  January  28,  1893,  in 
Helena,  Montana,  unmarried ;  buried  in  the 
Maple  cemetery,  Berlin.  9.  Edith  Victorina, 
died  November  22,  1863.  10.  Horace  Stock- 
ing, died  March  29,  1864.  11.  Arthur  Lati- 
mer, married,  December  7,  1905,  Grace, 
daughter  of  Joseph  and  Lucy  (Meech)  Lord. 
12.  Edward  Newton,  a  real  estate  dealer  at 
Helena,  jNIontana ;  married,  October  26,  1899, 
at  Helena,  ]\Iontana.  Harriet  R.,  daughter  of 
Francis  and  Hannah  Pope  ;  children :  Florence 
Pope,  born  October  30,  1902 ;  Harriet  Stith, 
January  14,  1907. 


John  Naphey,  the  first  ances- 
NAPHEY  tor  of  this  family  of  whom  we 
have  been  able  to  secure  an  ac- 
count, was  born  in  Norwalk,  Connecticut,  and 
lived  there  to  the  advanced  age  of  eighty-five 
years.  He  followed  the  trade  of  an  oyster- 
man.  He  was  the  father  of  six  children : 
George,  Mary  Jane,  John  Edward,  see  for- 
ward, Maria.  Stephen  S.,  Elizabeth.  Of  these 
John  Edward  and  Elizabeth  are  living. 

(II)  John  Edward,  son  John  Naphey,  was 
born  in  Norwalk,  Connecticut,  September  i, 
1838.  Here  he  attended  the  public  schools, 
and  learned  the  trade  of  a  painter,  which  line 
of  work  he  followed  up  to  1871,  when  he  went 
to  New  Britain  and  continued  in  the  same 
business    up    to    1886,    when    he    removed    to 


YonkerS;  'New  York,  continuing  the  same 
business' up  to  1904,  when  he  removed  to 
Bridgeport,  Connecticut,  following  his  trade 
up  to  1908,  in  all  a  period  of  over  fifty  years. 
In  the  latter  named  year  he  retired  and  re- 
moved to  Unionville,  Connecticut,  where  he  is 
now  enjoying  a  well-deserved  rest.  He  mar- 
ried Josephine  Boyce,  who  was  born  at  Peeks- 
kill,  New  York.  Children:  John  H.,  see  for- 
ward ;  Harriet,  married  D.  J.  Gillispie.  Five 
others  are  deceased. 

(Ill)  Captain  John  H.  Naphey,  son  of  John 
Edward  Naphey,  was  born  in  Hastings,  New 
York,  August  25,  1866.  When  he  was  five 
years  old  he  went  with  his  parents  to  live  at 
New  Britain,  Connecticut,  where  he  attended 
the  public  schools.  He  then  entered  the  em- 
ploy of  the  Adkins  Printing  Company,  learn- 
ing the  trade  of  printer.  This  concern  pub- 
lished the  first  daily  newspaper  of  the  city, 
The  Nezv  Britain  Herald.  He  remained  with 
this  company  until  1890,  when  he  came  to 
Bridgeport,  Connecticut,  to  take  the  position 
of  foreman  of  the  City  Steam  Printing  Com- 
pany, and  for  the  following  seven  years  held 
this  responsible  position.  He  was  afterward 
in  the  employ  of  the  Ansonia  Sentinel,  Anso- 
nia,  Connecticut,  then  with  the  Marigold 
Printing  Company  of  Bridgeport,  and  later 
with  Walter  P.  Phillips,  inventor  of  the  Phil- 
lips-Morse telegraph  code,  as  foreman  of  the 
printing  and  a'dvertising  department.  He  re- 
mained with  this  concern  until  1898,  then  was 
with  the  printing  and  catalogue  department  of 
Warner  Brothers,  corset  manufacturers  of 
Bridgeport,  until  December  i,  1910,  since 
which  time  he  has  been  with  the  Brewer',  Col- 
gan  Compan)^  In  addition  to  this  he  owns  a 
printing  plant  which  he  operates.  Captain 
Naphey,  during  his  residence  in  both  New 
Britain  and  Bridgeport,  has  been  active  in 
the  state  militia.  He  joined  Company  E, 
First  Regiment,  Connecticut  National  Guard, 
of  New  Britain,  serving  five  years,  and  then 
for  seven  years  was  in  the  Fourth  Section, 
Machine  Gun  Battery  of  Bridgeport,  ranking 
as  sergeant  and  acting  lieutenant.  He  was 
one  year  with  the  Third  Division,  Naval  Bat- 
talion, and  three  years  with  Company  E, 
Fourth  Regiment  of  Bridgeport,  as  clerk ; 
elected  captain  in  1904,  served  until  1905, 
then  resigned.  He  has  served  for  many  years 
as  drum  major  of  the  Wheeler  and  Wilson 
Band,  one  of  the  oldest  and  most  popular 
musical  organizations  in  the  state,  and  has  ap- 
peared with  them  in  a  large  number  of  pa- 
rades in  different  parts  of  the  country.  He  is 
a  staunch  Republican  in  politics,  and  has  been 
a  candidate  of  his  party  for  state  senator  in 
the   twenty-second    district.      He   has    always 


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been  a  zealous  worker  for  good  government, 
and  has  a  strong  influence  in  his  own  party 
in  pubhc  affairs.  His  earnestness,  integrity 
and  faithfuhiess  have  won  for  him  many  po- 
Htical  and  personal  friends.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Woodmen  of  the  World,  and  has  been 
a  delegate  to  the,  convention  for  the  district 
that  includes  the  states  of  New  York,  Con- 
necticut and  Rhode  Island.  He  belongs  to  the 
Bridgeport  Club,  the  Concordia  Society,  the 
Germania  Society,  Pacific  Engine  Company, 
the  Volunteer  Firemen's  Association,  of  which 
he  has  been  secretary,  the  Fraternal  Order  of 
Eagles,  and  other  social  organizations. 

Captain  Naphey  married  (first)  Sarah 
Catherine  Vensel,  who  died  January  29,  1904, 
daughter  of  Thomas  Vensel,  born  in  New 
Britain,  and  spent  life  there.  Children:  i. 
Grace,  born  December  9,  1886:  married,  Sep- 
tember 12,  1910,  Louis  J.  Morrison,  an  ac- 
countant of  Bridgeport.  2.  Marjorie,  died 
May  14,  1907,  aged  sixteen  years.  He  mar- 
ried (second)  August  13,  1904,  Maria  Eliza- 
beth Porter,  born  in  Bridgeport,  June  22, 
1870,  daughter  of  William  H.  and  Sarah  G. 
(Richards)  Porter  (see  Porter).  Child,  Ida, 
born  November  12,  1905. 

William  H.  Porter  was  born  at  Holleyl  Or- 
leans county,  New  York,  August  22,  1836,  son 
of  Samuel  M.  Porter,  of  Waterbury,  Con- 
necticut, and  grandson  of Porter,  who 

was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution,  wintering  at 

Valley  Forge,  and  who  married  (first)  

Bronson  and    (second)   Monson,   and 

whose  children  were:  i.  Rev.  Stephen,  a 
Presbyterian  minister,  educated  at  Yale  Col- 
lege, preached  most  of  his  life  in  Geneva,  New 
York ;  his  son,  J.  Germain,  was  also  a  min- 
ister, preaching  in  Buffalo,  New  York,  before 
the  civil  war,  and  at  Eleventh  and  Locust 
streets,  St.  Louis,  and  at  Watertown,  New 
York,  where  he  died ;  his  brothers,  Edward 
Pierson  and  Samuel  Porter,  were  among  the 
first  telegraph  operators  in  this  country.  2. 
Azuba.  3.  Samuel  M.,  educated  in  Water- 
bury,  where  he  taught  school,  spending  some 
years  there,  and  then  removed  to  Holley,  New 
York,  learned  the  cabinet  and  chair-making 
trades,  following  the  same  for  forty  years ; 
he  was  a  soldier  in  the  war  of  18 12,  on  duty 
in  New  Haven ;  he  married  Maria  Carpenter 
Phillips,  born  in  New  Jersey,  died  aged  fifty- 
seven  ;  they  had  eleven  children,  of  whom  only 
two  are  living:  Mrs.  Lockling,  William  H., 
see  forward.  Samuel  M.  Porter  died  at  Al- 
bion, Michigan,  aged  ninety. 

William  H.  Porter  attended  the  public 
school  and  academy  of  Holley,  New  York, 
and  later  learned  the  trade  of  cabinet  making. 
He  enlisted  in  the  quartermaster's  department 


of  the  Army  of  the  Cumberland  and  served 
under  General  Sherman  in  his  famous  march 
from  Atlanta  to  the  sea,  then  served  under 
General  Thomas  and  was  in  the  battle  of  Nash- 
ville. At  the  end  of  six  months  he  was  hon- 
orably discharged.  He  then  came  to  Bridge- 
port and  took  a  position  as  foreman  of  a  ma- 
chine shop.  He  remained  here  until  1866  then 
went  to  Michigan  to  take  charge  of  his  fa- 
ther's affairs  and  settle  up  his  estate,  and  in 
1867  returned  to  Bridgeport  and  became  mas- 
ter mechanic  of  the  Tomlinson  Spring  and 
Axle  Company,  which  position  he  held  for 
ten  years,  until  the  company  went  out  of 
business,  when  he  entered  the  employ  of  the 
Bullard  Machine  &  Tool  Company,  with 
which  he  was  connected  for  nine  years,  dur- 
ing three  of  which  he  was  engineer.  He  was 
then  for  a  year  and  a  half  engineer  for  the 
Norton  Emery  Wheel  Company  of  Bridge- 
port, and  then  took  the  position  of  mechani- 
cal engineer  of  the  Nonpareil  Cork  Works. 
At  the  end  of  two  years  he  resigned  to  take 
charge  of  the  Masonic  Temple  of  Bridgeport, 
his  present  position.  Mr.  Porter  married,  in 
1866,  Sarah  G.  Richards,  born  at  Poultney, 
Vermont,  daughter  of  Tryon  Richards,  who 
was  a  master  mechanic  in  the  Tomlinson 
Spring  &  Axle  Works  for  twenty-five  years, 
and  then  resigned  and  was  succeeded  by  Mr. 
Porter,    as    mentioned    above.      Children    of 

Tryon  and  (Clark)    Richards:     Mrs. 

A.  T.  Wilkins ;  Henry  Richards,  a  man  of 
great  promise,  but  who  died  at  the  early  age 
of  twenty-seven  years ;  Edna  Richards,  died 
young;  Sarah  G..  married  William  H.  Porter 
and  their  only  child,  Maria  Elizabeth,  married 
Captain  John  H.  Naphey.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Por- 
ter are  charter  members  of  Orient  Chapter, 
No.  I,  Order  of  the  Eastern  Star,  of  Bridge- 
port. Mr.  Porter  is  a  member  of  St.  John's 
Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons ;  Jerusalem 
Chapter,  Royal  Arch  Masons ;  Jerusalem 
Council,  Royal  and  Select  Masters ;  Hamilton 
Commandery,  Knights  Templar,  and  of  all  the 
Scottish  Rite  bodies  including  Pyramid  Tem- 
ple, Nobles  of  the  Mystic  Shrine,  up  to  the 
thirty-second  degree,  and  has  held  office  in  the 
Council  and  Chapter.  In  religion  Mr.  Porter 
is  a  Presbyterian,  and  in  politics  a  Republican. 


PORTER 

Porter,  who 
lived  in  Hing 
sachusetts. 
England,  the 
fluence  from 
rial   bearings 


The  Porter  family  in  this  line 
is    of   pure    New    England    de- 
scent,    springing     from     John 
came   to    America   in    1635    and 
ham  and  Salem  (Danvers),  Mas- 
In    the    country    of    its    nativity, 
family  was  one  of  worth  and  in- 
a  very  early  period.     Its  armo- 
in   its   several   original   English 


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branches  vary  somewhat  in  details,  but  have 
for  their  distinctive  feature  three  church  bells 
on  the  escutcheon.  The  blazonry  as  given  by 
Matthews  ("American  Armoury  and  Blue 
Book,"  edition  of  1907,  p.  156),  for  the  New 
England  line,  is  as  follows :  "Arms — on  a 
fesse  sable  between  two  barrulets  or,  three 
bells  of  the  first.  Crest — a  portcullis  chained 
or.  Motton — Vigilantia  et  virtute."  The-  de- 
scendants of  John  Porter,  of  Hingham  and 
Salem,  have  included  many  persons  of  note  in 
the  learned  professions,  in  connection  with 
educational  interests  and  institutions,  and  in 
civic  and  military  life.  Dr.  Noah  Porter,  pres- 
ident of  Yale  College,  and  Miss  Porter,  the 
founder  of  the  celebrated  Porter  School  at 
Farmington,  Connecticut,  were  of  this  an- 
cestry, as  were  two  presidents  of  the  United 
States,  Ulysses  S.  Grant  and  Grover  Cleve- 
land. In  the  revolution,  members  of  the  Por- 
ter family  of  New  England  were  zealous  and 
active  patriots.  At  the  first  fire  of  the  British 
at  Lexington  one  of  those  killed  was  Asahel 
Porter,  of  Woburn,  and  the  first  name  in- 
scribed on  the  monumental  tablet  of  the  slain 
at  Bunker  Hill  is  that  of  an  uncle  of  the 
grandfather  of  the  present  Dr.  George  Loring 
Porter,  of  Bridgeport,  Connecticut. 

(I)  John  Porter,  American  ancestor,  was 
born  in  England,  1596.  It  is  believed  that  he 
was  from  Dorset,  and  that  Richard  Porter,  of 
Weymouth,  Massachusetts  (1635),  was  his 
brother.  On  the  second  of  April,  1635,  John 
Porter  sailed  from  England  on  the  "Susan 
and  Ellen."  Arriving  in  Massachusetts,  he 
probably  lived  for  a  time  in  Boston  or 
Dorchester,  but  soon  removed  to  Hingham. 
Hon.  Samuel  Lincoln,  the  historian  of  the  lat- 
ter place,  is  of  the  opinion  that  he  was  there  as 
early  as  1635.  He  received  a  grant  of  land 
in  Hingham,  September  2,  1637,  was  constable 
in  1 64 1,  and  was  elected  representative  to  the 
general  court  in  1644.  In  the  latter  year  he 
purchased  land  and  became  a  resident  in 
Salem  (now  Danvers),  Massachusetts,  and 
subsequently  he  largely  increased  his. posses- 
sions, "so  that  at  the  time  of  his  death  (Sep- 
tember 6,  1676)  he  was  the  largest  landholder 
in  Salem,  his  lands  lying  in  what  are  now  Dan- 
vers, Salem,  Wenham,  Topsfield  and  Beverly." 
To  his  third  son  Joseph  he  gave  as  a  marriage 
portion,  in  1663,  five  hundred  acres.  He  was 
representative  from  Salem  in  1668.  He  mar- 
ried Mary .  Children:  i.  John,  mari- 
ner, unmarried.  2.  Samuel,  see  below.  3. 
Joseph,  baptized  in  Hingham,  September  9, 
1638.  4.  Benjamin,  baptized  in  Hingham,  No- 
vember, 1639.  5.  Israel,  baptized  in  Hing- 
ham, February  12,  1643.  6-  Mary,  married 
Lieutenant    Thomas    Gardner.      7.    Jonathan, 


baptized  in  Salem,  March  12,  1648,  died  be- 
fore 1676.  8.  Sarah,  baptized  in  Salem,  June 
3,  1649;  married  Daniel  Andrews. 

(II)  Samuel,  second  child  of  John  and 
Mary  Porter,  was  probably  born  in  England. 
He  was  a  mariner  by  occupation,  residing  at 
Wenham,  where  he  owned  considerable  prop- 
erty. His  will  was  dated  the  tenth  of  the 
twelfth  month,  1658,  the  statement  being 
made  that  he  was  then  "bound  to  the  Barba- 
does."  He  died  in  1660.  He  married  Han- 
nah, daughter  of  William  and  Elizabeth 
Dodge,  of  Beverly;  she  married  (second)  De- 
cember 2,  1 661,  Thomas  Woodbury,  of  Bev- 
erly (by  whom  she  had  nine  children),  and 
died  January  2,  1689.  Child  of  Samuel  and 
Hannah  (Dodge)  Porter,  John,  see  below. 

(III)  John  (2),  only  child  of  Samuel  and 
Hannah  (Dodge)  Porter,  was  born  (prob- 
ably in  Wenham)  1658.  Inheriting  the  large 
property  of  his  father,  he  was  a  resident  of 
Wenham  throughout  his  life,  and  was  a  prom- 
inent citizen,  representing, the  town  in  the  gen- 
eral court  in  1712-24-26,  and  also  serving  at 
various  times  as  moderator  of  the  town  meet- 
ings. He  was  noted  for  his  great  independ- 
ence and  liberality  of  mind.  During  the 
witchcraft  excitement  he  deliberately  opposed 
the  persecutions,  and  in  one  of  the  trials  tes- 
tified with  his  wife  Lydia  in  favor  of  the  ac- 
cused. He  died  March  8,  1753.  He  married 
Lj'dia,  daughter  of  Henry  and  Lydia  Herrick, 
of  Beverly:  she  was  born  1661,  died  February 
2,  1737-  Children:  i.  Samuel,  born  Feb- 
ruary 17.  1681,  died  September  13,  1770. 
2.  John,  1683,  died  about  1775'.  3.  Hannah,  No- 
vember 24,  1687,  died  at  the  age  of  one  hun- 
dred ;  married  Thomas  Kimball.  4.  Elizabeth, 
died  at  the  age  of  one  hundred ;  married  Da- 
vid Gilbert.  5.  Benjamin,  see  below.  6. 
Jonathan,  born  September  11,  1696,  died  Oc- 
tober 9,  1759.  7.  Nehemiah,  died  at  the  age 
of  ninety-two.  8.  Mehitable,  born  October  11, 
169 — ,  died  at  the  age  of  eightj'-eight ;  mar- 
ried Caleb  Kimball  Jr.  9.  Sarah,  born  Janu- 
ary 6,  1698,  died  at  the  age  of  eighty-nine; 
married  Thomas  Dodge.  10.  Mary,  July  20, 
1700,  died  at  the  age  of  ninety  ;  married  (first) 
Robert  Cue;  (second)  Samuel  Tarbox.  11. 
Lydia,  died  aged  sixty ;  married  William  Lam- 
son.  The  combined  ages  of  the  foregoing 
eleven  children  was  nine  hundred  and  fifty- 
five,  an  average  of  eighty-seven ;  their  father 
lived  to  ninety-five. 

(IV)  Benjamin,  fifth  child  of  John  (2) 
and  Lydia  (Herrick)  Porter,  was  born  in 
Wenham,  1692,  removed  to  Boxford,  Massa- 
chusetts, and  died  there  June  30,  1778.  He 
married,  January  30,  17 16,  Sarah,  daughter  of 
Moses  Tyler ;  she  was  born  1696,  died  Janu- 


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ar}'  27,  1767.  Children:  i.  Moses,  see  De- 
low.  2.  Mary,  married  Deacon  Thomas  Chad- 
wick.  3.  Benjamin,  born  October  21,  1721, 
died  May  15.  1784.  4.  Sally,  born  March, 
1726.     5.  Lucy. 

(V)  Moses,  eldest  child  of  Benjamin  and 
Sarah  (Tyler)  Porter,  was  born  November 
18,  1719,  lived  in  Boxford,  and  died  there  No- 
vember 7,  1791.  He  and  his  first  wife  were 
prominent  in  organizing  the  first  church  in 
the  upper  parish,  and  he  was  a  member  of  it 
for  nearly  seventy  years.  He  married  (first) 
December  3,  1741,  Mary,  daughter  of  Ed- 
mund Chadwick,  of  Bradford ;  she  was  born 
1720,  died  March  7,  1781,  and  was  the  mother 
of  all  his  children,  as  follows:  i.  Asa,  born 
1742.  2.  William,  see  below.  3.  Mary,  born 
1748,  died  1752.  4.  Moses,  born  January  18, 
1750,  married  Ann  Kay.  5.  Aaron,  March 
28,  1752,  lived  in  Biddeford.  6.  Mary,  July  20, 
1754,  died  July,  1818;  married  Joseph  Hovey. 
7.  Lucy,  October  i,  1756,  died  May  11,  1836; 
married  Colonel  Benjamin  Towne.  8.  James, 
December,  1758,  died  1761. 

(VI)  William,  second  child  of  Moses  and 
Mary  (Chadwick)  Porter,  was  born  May  27, 
1744.  He  lived  in  Boxford  and  died  July  26, 
1822.  He  married  Mary  Adams.  Children : 
I.  Hannah,  born  January  26,  1769;  married 
Zachariah  Adams.  2.  William,  March  26, 
1770,  removed  to  Haverhill,  New  Hampshire, 
and  Danville,  A'ermont :  married  Lettice  Wal- 
lace. 3.  James,  August  28,  177 1 ;  married 
Margaret  Tilton.  4..  Aaron,  June  7,  1773; 
lived  in  Danville,  Vermont ;  married  Rebecca 
Blanchard.  5.  Mary,  June  3,  1775  ;  married 
Amos  Carlton.  6.  Sarah,  April  22,  1777  ;  mar- 
ried John  Osgood.  7.  Isaac  Adams,  see  be- 
low. 8.  Elizabeth,  November  29,  1782.  9. 
Pamelia,  February  5,  1785;  married  Luther 
Clark. 

(VII)  Isaac  Adams,  seventh  child  of  Wil- 
liam and  Mary  (Adams)  Porter,  was  born  in 
Boxford  Massachusetts,  March  22.  1779,  died 
in  Dover,  New  Hampshire,  April  15,  i860. 
He  married  (first)  Catherine  Buel,  born 
March  21,  1781,  died  at  Danville,  Vermont, 
July  20,  1815.  Their  children  were:  Albert, 
George,  Charlotte,  Mary  Ann.  He  married 
(second)  Mary  Newman,  born  July  17,  1782, 
died  December  20,  1817.  To  them  was  born 
Timothy  Newman,  December  20,  1817.  Mar- 
ried (third)  Mary  Kent,  born  May  7,  1782, 
died  in  Dover,  New  Hampshire.  Their  chil- 
dren were :  Catherine  E.,  born  September  30, 
1823  :  Lucy  Kent,  born  April  23,  1828. 

(VIII)  George,  second  child  of  Isaac 
Adams  and  Catherine  (Buel)  Porter,  was 
born  in  Danville,  Vermont,  November  21, 
1808.     In  early  life  he  established  himself  in 


Concord,  New  Hampshire,  where  he  was  en- 
gaged in  the  hardware  business  under  the 
firm  style  of  Porter  &  Rolfe.  Removing  in 
1852  to  Pittsburg,  Pennsylvania,  he  embarked 
in  the  manufacture  of  railway  spikes,  chairs 
and  other  supplies  (the  firm  being  Dilworth, 
Porter  &  Company),  and  resided  there  until 
his  death,  November  22,  188 1.  He  married, 
August  17,  1836,  Clara  P.,  daughter  of  Peter 
and  Abigail  Ayer,  of  Haverhill,  Massachu- 
setts, a  descendant  of  Simond  Ayer,  who  caine 
from  England  to  Haverhill  in  1635  ;  she  died 
August  15,  1893.  Children:  i.  George  Lor- 
ing,  see  below.  2.  Henry  Kirke,  born  Novem- 
ber 24,  1840,  head  of  the  important  corpora- 
tion of  H.  K.  Porter  &  Company,  manufac- 
turers of  locomotives,  of  Pittsburg,  Pennsyl- 
vania ;  was  representative  from  there  to  con- 
gress ;  resides  in  Washington,  D.  C. ;  married 
Annie  De  Camp  Hegeman.  3.  Mary  Buel, 
born  June  7,  1846;  married  William  E.  Lin- 
coln, now  vice-president  of  H.  K.  Porter  & 
Company  of  Pittsburg ;  they  have  one  child, 
Kirke  Porter  Lincoln. 

(IX)  Dr.  George  Loring  Porter,  eldest 
child  of  George  and  Clara  P.  (Ayer)  Porter, 
was  born  in  Concord,  New  Hampshire,  April 
29,  1838.  He  received  his  early  education  in 
academies  at  Farmington,  Maine  (under  Ja- 
cob Abbott),  Pembroke,  New  Hampshire,  and 
New  London,  New  Hampshire,  and  then  en- 
tered Brown  University  in  Providence,  Rhode 
Island,  where  he  was  graduated  in  1859,  re- 
ceiving the  degrees  both  of  Bachelor  of  Arts 
and  Master  of  Arts.  AVhile  a  student  he  was 
a  member  of  the  Alpha  Delta  Phi  and  after- 
wards an  honorary  member  of  the  Phi  Beta 
Kappa,  with  both  of  which  organizations  he 
has  since  maintained  a  connection.  After  com- 
pleting his  college  course  he  pursued  medical 
studies  successively  with  Dr.  J.  P.  Dake,  of 
Pittsburg,  and  Drs.  Brinton  and  Da  Costa,  of 
Philadelphia,  also  attending  lectures  in  the 
Jefferson  Medical  College,  and  in  March, 
1862,  the  degree  of  M.D.  was  conferred  on 
him  by  that  institution.  He  immediately  pro- 
ceeded to  qualify  himself  for  surgical  duty 
with  the  army  in  the  field,  and  on  April  29, 
1862.  passed  the  requisite  examination  for  the 
regular  army  before  the  military  board  in 
Washington.  Receiving  an  assignment  to  duty 
in  the  government  hospital  at  Strasburg,  Vir- 
ginia, he  reported  there  eleven  days  later,  and 
from  that  time  for  more  than  six  years  he  was 
actively  engaged  in  professional  work  in  the 
army.  Soon  after  his  arrival  at  Strasburg  the 
Union  forces  were  obliged  to  retreat  from  that 
locality,  and  he  was  left  in  charge  of  the  sick 
and  wounded.  Being  made  prisoner  by  an 
officer   of   Stonewall   Jackson's   command,   he 


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was  directed  by  that  officer  to  assume  respon- 
sible charge  of  the  hospital  and  to  care  for 
both  the  Union  and  Confederate  men  needing 
his  services.  It  has  been  said  that  "this  was 
probably  the  first  recognition  during  the  civil 
war  of  the  right  of  medical  officers  to  claim 
the  protection  of  the  modern  rules  of  war  gov- 
erning non-belligerents."  The  position  at 
Strasburg  was  presently  recaptured,  and  Dr. 
Porter,  after  remaining  there  a  brief  time  and 
performing  duty  in  other  hospitals,  accom- 
panied the  army  in  its  movements  as  surgeon 
of  Light  Battery  F,  Fourth  United  States  Ar- 
tillery. On  July  17,  1862,  only  a  little  more 
than  two  months  after  entering  the  service, 
he  was  commissioned  assistant  surgeon  of  the 
United  States  army  with  the  rank  of  first  lieu- 
tenant. From  November  18,  1862,  to  May  10, 
1864,  he  was  with  the  Fifth  United  States 
Cavalry,  Army  of  the  Potomac.  Throughout 
this  (as  well  as  the  preceding)  period  he  was 
present  in  many  of  the  most  terrific  battles  of 
the  war,  including  Cedar  ^Mountain,  the  sec- 
ond Bull  Run,  Fredericksburg,  Gettysburg, 
and  the  Wilderness,  repeatedly  discharging  his 
duties  under  the  direct  fire  of  the  enemy.  At 
Boonsboro  he  was  wounded  in  the  left  arm. 

His  superior  officer.  Captain  Julius  Mason 
of  the  Fifth  Cavalry,  in  recommending  him 
for  a  brevet,  wrote :  "The  regiment  was  en- 
gaged in  many  battles,  losing  heavily  in  sick 
and  wounded.  Assistant-Surgeon  Porter's 
faithfulness  to  the  sick  and  wounded  is  grate- 
fully remembered  by  the  officers  and  men,  and 
his  conspicuous  gallantry  during  the  battles 
of  Upperville,  Aldie,  Gettysburg,  Williams- 
burg, Funkstown  and  Brandy  Station,  where 
he  took  the  dead  and  wounded  almost  from 
the  hands  of  the  enemy,  entitles  him  to  the 
greatest  praise  and  consideration.''  On  May 
10,  1864,  being  ordered  to  Washington,  he 
entered  upon  duties  as  post  surgeon  in  the 
Arsenal,  where  he  continued  until  ]\Iay,  1867. 
He  was  brevetted  captain  and  major,  March 
13,  1865,  for  faithful,  gallant  and  meritorious 
service  in  the  field.  After  the  assassination 
of  Lincoln  the  responsibilit)'-  of  medical  offi- 
cer in  charge  of  the  arrested  conspirators  was 
assigned  to  him.  In  May,  1867,  he  was  or- 
dered to  St.  Paul,  Minnesota,  and  from  there 
to  Camp  Cook,  JMontana ;  and  in  the  spring 
of  1868  he  was  attached  to  the  expedition  to 
the  mouth  of  the  Mussellshell  river,  which 
was  engaged  in  that  campaign  against  Sitting 
Bull.  Shortly  after  Sitting  Bull,  with  a  large 
force  of  Indians  estimated  at  three  thousand, 
besieged  Camp  Cook  and  during  this  time  Dr. 
Porter  discharged  at  various  times  the  duties 
of  officer  of  the  day,  relieving  the  overworked 
officers.      Dr.    Porter    has    a    very    fine    testi- 


monial from  Major-General  Terry,  reading  as 
follows :  "I  well  recollect  the  great  service 
that  you  rendered  in  the  Department  of  Da- 
kota under  my  command,  and  the  high  re- 
spect and  esteem  in  which  you  were  held  by 
all  your  associates.  I  recollect  also  your  ac- 
tion at  Camp  Cook  when  it  was  attacked  by 
the  Sioux  in  taking  upon  yourself  the  duties 
of  an  officer  of  troops  in  addition  to  your 
medical  duties.  It  entitled  you  to  the  high- 
est consideration.  Very  sincerel}'  yours,  Al- 
fred H.  Terry."  In  the  following  summer  he 
resigned  from  the  army,  and,  traveling  alone 
on  horseback  from  Montana  to  the  Pacific 
coast,  returned  to  the  east  by  way  of  the  Isth- 
mus of  Panama.  At  this  time  no  transconti- 
nental railroad  extended  from  the  Mississippi 
to  the  Pacific.  The  trail  traversed  by  the 
original  explorers,  Lewis  and  Clark,  in  1805- 
06,  was  but  little  improved  and  the  locality 
through  which  he  passed  was  seven  years 
afterwards  made  historic  by  the  treacherous 
murder  by  the  Modock  Indians  of  the  United 
States  peace  commissioner.  General  Canby. 
After  many  adventures  with  prospectors  and 
trappers,  he  finally  reached  the  Columbia  river 
at  Wallula. 

Embarking  upon  the  private  practice  of  his 
profession  in  Bridgeport,  Connecticut,  Dr. 
Porter  soon  attained  a  recognized  position  as 
one  of  the  most  competent  and  successful  phy- 
sicians of  that  city.  He  has  resided  in  Bridge- 
port without  interruption  since,  and  is  a  citi- 
zen highly  respected  and  esteemed.  He  has 
taken  a  very  active,  influential  and  creditable 
part  in  connection  with  the  organization  and 
promotion  of  medical  societies  and  institutions 
for  the  interest  of  the  profession  and  the  pub- 
lic. Dr.  Porter  was  conspicuously  instru- 
mental in  procuring  the  passage  in  the  legis- 
lature of  the  "Medical  Practice  Act,"  in  1893, 
and  his  address  in  its  support,  delivered  be- 
fore that  body,  received  many  warm  com- 
mendations from  friends  of  the  measure,  and 
was  referred  to  as  follows  in  the  Nezc  Haven 
Register,  April  22,  1893,  the  editor  of  which 
was  a  stranger  to  him,  and  therefore  entirely 
unbiased :  "Two  weeks  ago  there  did  not  seem 
to  be  much  hope  for  the  bill,  because  all  the 
agitation  appeared  to  be  in  favor  of  those  op- 
posed. But,  somehow  or  other,  the  friends  of 
the  bill  got  their  second  wind,  so  to  speak,  and 
they  rallied  with  capital  efifect  at  the  final 
hearing  Tuesday.  The  sensation  at  that  hear- 
ing was  created  by  Dr.  Porter,  of  Bridgeport, 
whose  scholarly  and  eloquent  address  in  be- 
half of  the  bill  was  not  only  a  surprise  to 
those  in  whose  favor  he  was  speaking,  but  to 
the  opponents  as  well.  It  was  a  very  polished 
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and  there  with  dramatic  effects,  that  deepened 
the  interest  in  the  speaker.  The  anti-medical 
bill  people  were  captivated  with  his  charming 
and  unaffected  discourse,  and  one  of  the  first 
to  congratulate  him  on  his  brilliant  and  mas- 
terful speech  was  the  leading  counsel  for 
those  opposed  to  the  bill,  of  this  city.  It  was 
a  tribute  to  one  who  displayed  such  rare  pow- 
ers of  entertaining  even  those  who  radically 
disagreed  with  him."  One  of  the  incorpora- 
tors of  the  Bridgeport  Hospital,  he  delivered 
the  opening  address  at  the  dedication  of  its 
surgical  building,  and  became  a  member  of  its 
staff  and  executive  board.  He  served  at  vari- 
ous times  as  president  of  the  Bridgeport  Medi- 
cal Association,  Fairfield  County  Medical  As- 
sociation, and  Connecticut  State  Medical  So- 
ciet)'.  For  many  years  he  has  been  visitor  to 
the  Hartford  Retreat  for  the  Insane ;  he  has 
occupied  the  position  of  president  of  the 
United  States  pension  examining  board  for 
Fairfield  county;  he  was  a  member  of  the 
Ninth  International  Medical  Congress ;  and 
he  has  rendered  extensive  services  as  medical 
examiner  for  the  principal  life  insurance  com- 
panies. 

A  man  of  literary  tastes  and  accomplish- 
ments. Dr.  Porter  has  written  and  published 
many  papers,  both  of  scientific  and  general 
interest.  These  include :  "A  Report  of  a  Case 
of  Xanthic  Oxide  Calculus"  (the  only  speci- 
men ever  recognized  in  America)  ;  "A  New 
Danger  in  Surgery" ;  "Tubal  Pregnancy" ; 
"The  Cost  of  Sickness  to  the  Individual  and 
the  State" ;  "The  Medical  Practice  Act  in  Con- 
necticut" (an  address  to  the  legislature)  ; 
"The  Recognition  of  Death" ;  "The  Wave 
Theory,  Its  Application  in  Sickness" ;  "Con- 
necticut Work  and  Workmen"  ;  "The  Water 
Supply  of  Cities"  ;  "The  Tragedy  of  the  Na- 
tion" (an  account  of  Lincoln's  assassination), 
and  a  lecture  on  Washington. 

He  is  a  member  of  numerous  and  varied 
organizations  in  addition  to  those  already  re- 
ferred to.  Some  of  these  are  the  American 
Academy  of  Medicine,  Military  Order  of  the 
Loyal  Legion,  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic, 
Army  and  Navy  clubs  of  Connecticut  and  New 
York,  has  been  president  of  the  Outing,  Eclec- 
tic and  Seaside  clubs,  of  Bridgeport,  honor- 
ary member  of  the  Algonquin  Club  of  Bridge- 
port, Bridgeport  Library  Board,  and  Masonic 
fraternity  (in  which  he  is  of  the  thirty-second 
degree).  He  is  also  an  honorary  member  of 
the  University  Club ;  the  only  honorary  mem- 
ber of  this  club.  Throughout  his  life  he  has 
taken  an  enthusiastic  interest  in  outdoor  sports, 
and  he  is  an  active  member  of  several  select 
fishing  and  game  clubs.  In  his  religious  affili- 
ations he  is  a  Baptist.     He  has  long  been  a 


cordial  supporter  of  the  work  of  the  Young 
Men's  Christian  Association. 

Dr.  Porter  married,  November  20,  1862, 
Katherine  Maria,  daughter  of  Edwin  M.  and 
Sarah  (Simpson)  Chaffee,  of  Providence, 
Rhode  Island.  She  is  descended  from  an  old 
New  England  family.  Her  father  was  the 
inventor  of  the  Chaft'ee  cylinder  for  vulcaniz- 
ing rubber.  Children:  i.  Clara  Elizabeth, 
born  October,  1864,  died  September  20,  1865. 
2.  George,  born  December  4,  1865,  a  farmer 
in  Langdon,  New  Hampshire;  married,  June 
2,  1892,  Mary  A.,  daughter  of  Janis  Carter 
and  Marcia  (Hammond)  Walker.  Children: 
George  Loring,  Henry  Kirke  and  Katherine 
Marcia.  3.  James  Benton,  born  January  24, 
1867,  connected  with  General  Electric  Com- 
pany, making  special  reports  on  style  of  plants 
built  by  this  company.  He  resides  in  Phila- 
delphia ;  married  Helen,  daughter  of  William 
R.  and  Cornelia  (Arnold)  Talbot.  Both  rep- 
resent families  prominent  in  colonial  and  revo- 
lutionary times.  Mr.  Talbot  is  a  prominent 
member  of  the  Cincinnati  Society.  4.  Ethel, 
born  January  24,  1870 ;  married  Ezra  D.  Dick- 
erman,  June  11,  189 1 ;  died  January  17,  1908. 
Children :  Ethel  Cornelia,  Mary  Porter,  Ed- 
ward Dwight  and  Beatrice  Bradley.  5.  Lind- 
say. 6.  Mary  Hope.  7.  Alice.  8.  Aaron.  9. 
Hugh.  10.  Grace.  11.  Anna.  12.  Clarissa. 
The  last  eioht  all  deceased. 


The  first  of  this  family  in  Eng- 
PORTER  land,  William  de  la  Grande, 
was  a  Norman  knight  who 
came  with  William  the  Conqueror  in  1066 
and  acquired  lands  at. or  near  Kenilworth  in 
Warwickshire.  His  son  Ralph,  or  Roger,  be- 
came grand  porteur  to  Henry  I.  from  1120  to 
1 140,  and  from  this  the  surname  of  the  family 
was  derived.  The  ancient  coat-of-arms  of  the 
family :  Argent  of  a  f esse  sable  between  two 
or  three  church  bells  of  the  first.  Crest:  a 
portcullis  argent  chained.  Motto :  "Vigilantis 
et  virtuti." 

(I)  John  Porter,  immigrant  ancestor,  came 
to  New  England  in  1630  and  settled  first  in 
Dorchester.  In  1635  he  with  others  went  with 
Rev.  John  Warham  and  settled  on  the  Con- 
necticut river  at  Windsor.  He  was  living  there 
as  early  as  1637,  when  his  name  appears  on 
the  records.  His  residence  was  near  the  Little 
river,  at  its  junction  with  the  Connecticut,  be- 
tween the  lands  of  George  Phelps  and  Joseph 
Loomis.  He  was  a  man  of  considerable  wealth 
as  shown  by  his  will.     He  died  in  Windsor, 

April  22,  1648.    He  married  Rose , 

who  died  in  July,  1647.  Children :  John,  born 
1620;  Sarah,  1622;  Anna,  1624;  Samuel,  1626, 
mentioned  below  ;  Rebecca,  1628 ;  Mar}',  1630 ; 


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Rose,  1632;  Joseph,  1634;  James,  1638;  Na- 
thaniel, February  29,  1640;  Hannah,  Septem- 
ber 4,  1642. 

(II)  Samuel,  son  of  John  Porter,  was  born 
in  England  in  1626,  died  September  6,  1689. 
He  was  a  merchant.  He  married,  in  1659, 
Hannah,  daughter  of  Thomas  Stanlejs  the  im- 
migrant. She  died  December  18,  1708.  Chil- 
dren :  Samuel,  born  April  6,  1660 ;  Thomas, 
April  17,  1663;  Hezekiah,  January  7,  1665; 
John,  December  12,  1666,  mentioned  below; 
Hannah,  1668;  Mehitable,  September  16, 
1673  ;  Experience,  August  5,  1675 ;  Ichabod, 
June  17,  1678;  Nathaniel,  November  15,  1680; 
Stanley,  April  i,  1683. 

(III)  John  (2),  son  of  Samuel  Porter,  was 
born  December  12,  1666,  at  Windsor.  He 
married  (first)  April  3,  1690,  Mary  Butler. 
Richard  Butler,  the  immigrant,  came  from 
Braintree,  county  Essex,  England,  in  1632, 
to  Massachusetts,  and  located  at  Hartford, 
Connecticut ;  was  deputy  to  the  general  court, 
1656-60 ;  deacon  of  the  church.  He  died  Au- 
gust 6,  1684. 

Thomas  Butler,  son  of  Richard,  was  born 
in  England ;  married  Sarah,  daughter  of  Rev. 
Samuel  Stone,  of  Hertfordshire,  England,  who 
graduated  from  Emmanuel  College,  Oxford, 
A.B.  1623,  A.M.  1627,  came  to  this  country 
in  the  ship  "Griffin,"  arriving  September  4, 
1633,  and  located  first  in  Cambridge,  where  he 
was  a  teacher  under  Hooker,  was  chaplain  in 
the  Pequot  war,  and  died  at  Hartford,  July  20, 
1663.  Mary  Butler,  daughter  of  Thomas  But- 
ler, was  born  in  1670;  married,  April  3,  1690, 
John  Porter,  who  removed  from  Hadley,  Mas- 
sachusetts, to  Lebanon,  Connecticut,  in  1702, 
thence  to  Hebron.  He  married  (second),  Oct- 
ober 13,  1726,  Sarah  Church.  Richard  Church 
came  from  England  and  settled  at  Hartford, 
having  twelve  acres  of  land  in  the  first  division, 
April  18,  1659 ;  agreed  to  go  to  Hadley  in 
1660 ;  died  in  December,  1667 ;  his  wife  Anne 
died  March  10,  1684.  John  Church,  son  of 
Richard  Church,  was  born  in  England  in  1628 ; 
married,  October  27,  1657,  Sarah,  born  in 
England,  daughter  of  Richard  Beckley,  who 
came  from  England  and  settled  in  Wethers- 
field,  Connecticut;  John  Church  died  in  1696. 
John  (3),  son  of  John  (2)  Church,  was  born 
in  1669;  married,  in  1699,  Abigail  Cadwell. 
Thomas  Cadwell.  immigrant,  came  from  Eng- 
land and  settled  in  Hartford  ;  married,  in  1658, 
Elizabeth,  born  in  England,  daughter  of  Ed- 
ward Stebbins,  who  came  from  England  with 
wife  Mary,  sister  Eliza  Holyoke  from  Tam- 
worth,  Warwickshire,  to  Lynn,  Massachu- 
setts, removing  later  to  Springfield  and  died 
Mav  4,  1 66 1.  Edward  Stebbins  removed  to 
Hartford  in  1636;  was  deputy  to  the  general 


court,  1639  to  1656 ;  his  wife  Frances  died  in 
1673 ;  he  died  in  1663.  Abigail  Cadwell,  born 
November  26,  1670,  married,  1699,  John 
Church.  Sarah,  daughter  of  John  and  Abigail 
Church,  was  born  in  1700;  married,  October 
13,  1726,  John  Porter;  removed  to  Hebron 
and  he  died  January  4,  1747.  Children  :  John, 
born  January  26,  169 1,  mentioned  below; 
Mary,  May  4,  1693;  John,  October  3,  1694; 
Esther,  1696;  Sarah,  1699;  Joseph,  1702;  Reu- 
ben,  1704;  Daniel,  1706. 

(IV)  John  (3),  son  of  John  (2)  Portei , 
was  born  January  26,  1691.  He  married  (first) 
November  9,  1720,  Esther  Deane,  who  died 
July  10,  1726.  He  married  (second)  Novem- 
ber 2,  1727,  Sarah  Heaton.  Nathaniel  Heaton 
came  from  England  to  Dorchester,  Massachu- 
setts, in  1634,  with  wife  Elizabeth.  James 
Heaton,  son  of  Nathaniel,  was  born  in  Eng- 
land, removed  to  New  Haven,  in  1660-61,  mar- 
ried Sarah,  daughter  of  Nicholas  Street,  who 
came  from  England  to  Taunton  in  1637  and 
was  a  teacher  there  and  at  New  Haven ;  died 
April  22,  1674.  James  Heaton,  born  1665,  son 
of  James,  married  Sarah  Bigelow  ;  their  daugh- 
ter Sarah  Heaton,  born  171 5,  married,  Novem- 
ber 2,  1727,  John  Porter,  who  removed  to 
Lebanon,  Connecticut,  and  thence  to  Hebron ; 
was  deacon  of  the  church.  He  died  January 
5,  1753.  John  Bigelow,  born  in  England  in 
161 7,  son  of  Randall  Bigelow,  of  Wrentham, 
county  Suffolk,  came  to  Dedham,  IMassachu- 
setts,  and  married,  October  30,  1642,  Mary, 
daughter  of  John  Warren,  who  came  from 
England  to  Watertown  in  1631,  died  Decem- 
ber 13,  1667.  Mary  Bigelow  died  October  19, 
1691  ;  John,  July  14,  1703.  Jonathan  Bigelow, 
son  of  John  Bigelow,  was  born  December  11, 
1646;  married,  1671,  Rebecca,  born  1653, 
daughter  of  John  Shepard,  who  came  from 
England  to  Cambridge  in  1638-39;  married, 
October  4,  1649,  Rebecca,  daughter  of  Samuel 
Greenhill,  who  came  from  county  Kent,  Eng- 
land, to  Cambridge  in  1634,  removed  to  Hart- 
ford in  1655  ;  his  widow  Rebecca  married  Je- 
remy Adams.  Children  of  John  Porter :  Mary, 
born  July  19,  1721 ;  John,  April  30,  1723; 
Daniel,  January,  1726;  Reuben,  September  26, 
1728;  Amos,  1730;  Sarah,  November  2,  1731 ; 
Ruth,  1733;  Laura,  1735;  Anna,  1737;  Pa- 
tience, November  30,  1738  ;  Eunice.  1740  ;  Jo- 
nah, 1742. 

(V)  Daniel,  son  of  John  (3)  Porter,  was 
born  in  January,  1726.  He  married  (first) 
October  25,  1747,  Diana  Dunham,  who  died 
January  27,  1760.  He  married  (second)  April 
23,  1761,  Sarah  Barnard,  who  died  October  17, 
1769.  They  lived  at  Haddam.  Children: 
Gaylord,  mentioned  below;  Daniel,  October  i, 
1750;  Eleazer,  March  8,  1752;  Mary,  June  15, 


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1754;  Anna,  December  5,  1757;  John,  Janu- 
ary 4,  1760,  killed  in  the  service  during  the 
revohition ;  James  B.,  January  20,  1762,  set- 
tled in  Georgia ;  Ambrose. 

(VI)  Gaylord,  son  of  Daniel  Porter,  was 
born  at  Haddam,  October  4,  1748.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  October  27,  1768,  Miriam  Brown, 
who  died  July  15,  1779.  He  married  (sec- 
ond) February  10,  1783,  Susannah  Brown, 
who  died  February  25,  1795.  He  married 
(third)  August  7,  1795,  Amelia  Brown.  Fie 
died  August  5,  1823.  He  lived  at  Middletown, 
Connecticut.  Children,  born  there :  Amasa, 
May  12,  1771  ;  Roswell,  January  7,  1773,  died 
1777;  John,  August  25,  1775,  died  1778;  Su 
sannah,  November  16,  1783,  died  December 
I,  1788;  Truman,  March  3,  1790;  David,  Feb- 
ruary 4,  1794;  Anna,  May  28,  1796;  Jasper, 
September  22,  1797;  John,  mentioned  below; 
Royal,  December  2,  1800;  Barzilla  H.,  May 
I,  1802;  Orleans  B.,  September  27,  1803;  Al- 
mina,  May  27,  1805. 

(VII)  John  (4),  son  of  Gaylord  Porter, 
was  born  at  Middletown,  August  25,  1799. 
He  married,  in  1823,  Fanny,  daughter  of  Flez- 
ekiah  Scovil,  of  Haddam,  who  married  Han- 
nah Burr.  John  Porter  married  (second)  in 
1858,  Sarah  Stocking.  Fie  was  a  manufac- 
turer at  Middletown.  Benjamin  Burr,  immi- 
grant ancestor,  and  wife  Anne  came  from 
England  to  Hartford;  she  died  August  31, 
1683 ;  he  in  1682.  Samuel  Burr,  son  of  Ben- 
jamin, married  Mary,  daughter  of  John  Basey, 
of  Hartford ;  Samuel  died  September  29,  1682. 
Jonathan  Burr,  son  of  Samuel,  was  born  in 
1679;  married  Abigail,  daughter  of  Nathaniel 
and  Mary  (Earle)  Hubbard.  Nathaniel  Burr, 
son  of  Nathaniel,  was  born  March  23,  1717; 
married,  August  19,  1743,  Sarah  Porter,  and 
removed  to  Haddam;  he  died  September  12, 
1782;  she  May  21,  1799.  Jonathan  Burr,  son 
of  Nathaniel,  was  born  April  11,  1756;  mar- 
ried Lydia  Bailey ;  he  was  captain  in  the  con- 
tinental army  in  the  revolution ;  died  at  Had- 
dam, February  10,  1804.  Hannah,  daughter 
of  Captain  Jonathan  Burr,  married  Hezekiah 
Scovil,  son  of  Joseph,  born  March  31,  1757, 
soldier  in  the  revolution.  William  Scovil, 
father  of  Joseph,  was  born  June  13,  1706,  son 
of  John  Scovil  who  came  from  England. 
Children  of  John  and  Fanny  (Scovil)  Porter: 
John  S.,  born  November  16,  1835 ;  died  Febru- 
ary 18,  1882 :  Jane,  March  30,  1837,  died  Sep- 
tember 5,  1837;  Joseph.  August  30,  1839,  mar- 
ried Harriet  Stevens,  of  Cromwell,  Connecti- 
cut, and  died  in  1909 ;  Edward,  January  30, 
1841,  married  Kate  Stevens,  sister  of  the  wife 
of  his  brother  Joseph;  Alice,  June  15,  1843, 
unmarried,  living  in  New  Haven ;  Fanny,  Feb- 
ruary 4,  1848,  died  in  1849  •  Wallace,  Decem- 


ber 25,  1850,  mentioned  below.  Child  of  sec- 
ond wife ;  Martha,  born  1859,  unmarried,  lives 
at  Portland. 

(VIII)  Wallace,  son  of  John  (4)  Porter, 
was  born  at  Middletown,  December  25,  1850. 
He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  his 
native  town,  and  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  whither 
he  went  with  his  brother  John,  after  their 
father  died.  When  he  was  sixteen  3'ears  old 
he  returned  to  Connecticut  and  learned  the 
trade  of  machinist  in  New  Haven  in  the  shops 
of  George  Griswold  &  Company.  He  came 
to  Higganum,  Connecticut,  in  1894.  He  is 
now  president  of  the  D.  &  H.  Scovil  Company, 
manufacturers  of  plantation  hoes.  This  con- 
cern was  established  by  his  uncle  in  1844  and 
was  the  first  to  manufacture  the  cotton 
planter's  hoe  by  power  other  than  hand  labor. 
The  company  does  a  large  and  flourishing 
business. 

He  is  a  Democrat  in  politics  and  a  member 
of  Trumbull  Lodge,  No.  22,  Free  and  Ac- 
cepted Masons,  of  New  Haven.  He  married, 
September  29,  1881,  Florence  Gesner,  born 
August  10,  1856,  died  July  27,  1910,  daughter 
of  Benjamin  Wells,  of  Stratford.  Her  father 
went  to  Columbus,  Georgia,  before  the  civil 
war,  and  established  a  wholesale  and  retail 
boot  and  shoe  business.  He  came  north  at 
the  beginning  of  the  war,  and  after  the  war  re- 
turned to  Columbus  and  resumed  business. 
His  firm.  Wells  &  Curtis,  was  the  oldest  in 
their  line  in  that  city.  John  Wells,  father  of 
Benjamin,  married  Ruth  Birdseye,  of  Strat- 
ford, daughter  of  Rev.  Nathan  Birdseye,  a 
Congregational  clergjanan,  who  lived  to  the 
great  age  of  one  hundred  and  three  years 
three  months  and  three  days,  and  who 
preached  a  sermon  and  led  the  singing  on  his 
one  hundredth  birthday,  though  he  was  then 
blind. 

Mrs.  Porter  is  a  gifted  musician  and 
for  many  years  sang  in  the  choir  of  the  Con- 
gregational church,  of  which  Mr.  Porter  is 
organist.  John  S.  Porter,  brother  of  Wallace 
Porter,  was  also  for  many  years  organist  of 
St.  Thomas'  Church  at  New  Haven.  Mrs. 
Porter  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  at 
Stratford  and  at  Miss  Wheeler's  Young 
Ladies'  School.  Mrs.  Porter  has  four  sisters : 
Abigail  Curtis  Wells,  born  at  Columbus, 
Georgia,  in  1830,  died  in  1901,  unmarried. 
Julia  Louisa  Wells,  born  in  Columbus,  July 
25.  1833,  died  November  27,  1908;  married 
Tillott  Kenoney,  of  Ithaca,  New  York,  born 
in  Auburn,  New  York,  died  June  17,  1909. 
Adeline  Alice  Wells,  born  February  8,  1837, 
married  Henry  Robert  Taylor,  of  Westport, 
and  had  one  child,  Robert  Henry  Taylor. 
Clara  Elizabeth  Wells,  born  at  Columbus,  Oc- 


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tober  22,  1846,  married  William  Byington,  of 
Ithaca;  child,  Benjamin  Wells  Byington. 

Children  of  Wallace  Porter:  i.  Ralph  Wal- 
lace, born  in  New  Haven,  January  13,  1884; 
attended  the  public  schools  of  Haddam;  a 
farmer ;  unmarried ;  living  with  his  parents. 
2.  Whitney  Scovil,  born  at  Stratford,  Septem- 
ber 30,  1886;  educated  in  the  public  schools 
of  Haddam,  the  Worcester  Academy  and  at 
the  Worcester  Polytechnic  Institute.  3.  Philip 
Wells,  born  at  Wilkes  Barre,  Pennsylvania, 
September  5,  1888 ;  attended  the  public  schools 
at  Haddam  and  Middletown  and  the  Wor- 
cester Academy,  Worcester,  Massachusetts ; 
now  a  student  at  the  Colorado  School  of 
Mines,  Golden  City,  Colorado,  completing  his 
training  as  a  mining  engineer.  4.  Harriet 
Louise,  born  at  Wilkes  Barre,  December  31, 
1890;  attended  the  pubHc  schools  of  Haddam 
and  Middletown  and  Lasell  Seminary  at  Au- 
burndale,  Massachusetts.  5.  Florence  Adeline, 
born  at  Wilkes  Barre,  October  25,  1892 ;  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools  at  Haddam  and 
Lasell  Seminary.  6.  Esther  Caroline,  born  at 
Higganum,  September  20,  1894;  educated  in 
the  public  schools  of  Haddam  and  Middle- 
town.  7.  Hezekiah  Scovil,  born  at  Higganum, 
June  4,  1896,  attended  the  public  schools  of 
Haddam  and  Middletown  and  Choate  School 
in  Wallingford. 


Dr.  Daniel  Porter,  immigrant 
PORTER     ancestor,   was   one  of  the  first 

physicians  of  the  colony.  He 
was  doubtless  born  in  England.  He  came  to 
Connecticut  early.  He  was  fined,  INIarch  16, 
1644-45,  for  some  trivial  offense  by  the  par- 
ticular court.  He  was  licensed  to  practice 
physic  and  chirurgery  by  the  general  court  of 
Connecticut.  In  1661  a  yearly  salary  of  six 
pounds  was  ordered  paid  him  out  of  the  pub- 
lic treasury  and  his  "fee-table"  was  established 
by  law.  He  was  a  celebrated  bone-setter,  as 
the  surgeons  were  commonly  called.  He  set- 
tled in  "parmington,  Connecticut,  but  was  re- 
quired to  attend  on  the  sick  in  Hartford, 
Windsor,  Wethersfield  and  occasionally  Alid- 
dletown.  In  1668  he  was  "freed  from  watch- 
ing warding  Tryneing  (training)"  and  in  the 
following  year  a  special  grant  was  made  him 
by  the  general  court  for  his  services,  a  hun- 
dred acres  laid  out  afterward  in  the  northwest 
corner  of  Wallingford.  This  tract  proved  not 
in  the  colony  land,  and  in  1728  on  petition  of 
his  grandson,  Daniel  Porter,  son  of  Daniel  and 
Hezekiah  Porter,  of  Woodbury,  son  of  Dr. 
Richard  Porter  of  New  Haven,  one  hundred 
acres  were  granted  instead,  west  of  the  Hou- 
satonic  river.  In  1671  his  salary  was  raised 
to  twelve  pounds  as  "incouragement  for  set- 


ting bones,"  and  the  court  "advised  him  to 
instruct  some  meet  person  in  his  art."  Evi- 
dently he  instructed  his  son  Daniel.  His  sons 
Richard  and  Samuel  also  became  bone-setters. 
He  was  not  on  the  list  of  freemen  in  1669,  but 
was  in  1672.  He  died  in  1690.  He  married 
Mary .  Children :  Dr.  Daniel,  born  Feb- 
ruary 2,  1652-53,  practiced  in  Waterbury, 
died  January  18,  1726-27,  married  Deborah 
,  who  died  Alay  14,  1765;  Mary,  Feb- 
ruary 5,  1654-55,  married  Eleazer  Knowles ; 
Nehemiah,  October  24,  1656,  married  Hannah 
Lumb ;  Dr.  Richard,  March  24,  1658,  men- 
tioned below;  Anna,  1660-61;  John,  Novem- 
ber 14,  1662,  married  (first)  Rebecca  Wood- 
ford, (second)  Martha  North;  Dr.  Samuel, 
October  24,  1665,  married  Abigail  Hum- 
phreys, of  Woodbury,  died  March  25,  1763, 
succeeded  his  father  as  bone-setter  at  Farm- 
ington. 

(II)  Dr.  Richard,  son  of  Dr.  Daniel  Porter, 
was  born  at  Farmington,  March  24,  1658,  died 
1738-40.  He  lived  in  Waterbury,  where  he 
was  one  of  the  earW  proprietors,  having  a 
small  town  right  as  early  as  1684.  In  May, 
1688,  he  owned  two  acres  at  the  corner  of 
Bank  and  iNIeadow  streets,  adjoining  the  land 
of  Jonathan  Scott.  Afterwards  he  bought, 
March  18,  1694-95,  of  Abraham  Andreuss's 
widow,  for  twenty-six  pounds,  a  house  and 
thirty  acres  adjoining.  He  was  highway  sur- 
veyor in  Waterbury,  1703-04;  collector  1706; 
on  the  school  committee  1709:  selectman  1713. 
In  1712  he  was  appointed  to  dig  the  graves,  an 
elective  office  at  that  time.  He  removed  from 
Waterbury,  and  lived,  in  1718  and  later,  in 
West  Haven.  His  will  was  dated  November 
13'  1738;  proved  February,  1739-40.  He 
owned  land  at  Waterbury  and  New  Haven. 
He  was  called  Dr.  Porter  in  the  probate  rec- 
ords but  seems  not  to  have  practiced  until 
after  he  left  Waterbury.  His  wife  Ruth  died 
January  9,  1709-10.  Children :  Dr.  Daniel, 
settled  in  Simsbur\^  died  before  his  father ; 
Joshua,  born  August  7,  1688,  in  Waterbury, 
died  November  19,  1708;  Mary,  January  14, 
1690-91 ;  Ruth,  October,  1692;  Samuel,  March 
20,  1695,  died  1728,  married  Mary  Brownson ; 
Hezekiah,  January  29.  1696-97,  died  August, 
1702;  John,  June  11,  1700,  living  with  Deacon 
Clark,  1730;  Timothy,  December  21,  1701, 
married  Mary  Baldwin;  Dr.  Hezekiah,  July 
27,   1704.  mentioned  below;  Richard;  Lydia, 

married Pardee. 

(Ill)  Dr.  Hezekiah,  son  of  Dr.  Richard 
Porter,  was  born  in  New  Haven,  July  27, 
1704.  He  was  living  in  1728  in  Woodbury, 
and  in  Waterbury  in  1739  when  his  father 
died.  He  removed  to  Northampton  in  1739, 
being  called  of  Farmington  in  the  town  rec- 


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585 


ords.  He  was  given  a  settlement  jointly  by 
Hatfield,  Hadley,  Deerfield  and  Northampton, 
to  practice  in  these  towns.  He  was  called  a 
"bone-setter,"  there  being  a  physician  in  Deer- 
field  and  perhaps  others  in  the  section.  He 
was  in  Northampton,  March  27,  1739,  receiv- 
ing two  hundred  pounds  from  the  towns  men- 
tioned. He  have  record  of  four  sons ;  Hez- 
ekiah,  mentioned  below ;  Dr.  Ezekiel,  who  was 
a  soldier  in  the  revolution  from  Northampton, 
removed  to  Rutland,  Vermont,  and  according 
to  the  census  of  1790,  had  two  sons  under  six- 
teen and  two  females  in  his  family,  Dr.  Ezek- 
iel was  the  first  president  of  the  First  Ver- 
mont Medical  Society,  in  his  family  Dr.  James 
Porter  was  reared ;  Asa,  settled  at  Rutland 
and  according  to  the  census  of  1790  had  two 
males  over  sixteen  and  two  females  in  his 
family ;  Abel,  soldier  from  Northampton  in 
the  revolution  eight  months  in  1775  and  seven 
days  in  1777. 

(IV)  Dr.  Hezekiah  (2),  son  of  Dr.  Hez- 
ekiah  ( i )  Porter,  vi^as  born  in  Northampton 
about  1740.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  revolu- 
tion ;  probably  surgeon,  as  he  is  called  "Dr." 
in  the  rolls,  marching  to  Bennington,  Ver- 
mont, in  1777  and  again  in  1778.  A  Hezekiah 
was  also  in  Captain  Parsons's  company, 
Colonel  Charles  Webb's  regiment,  Connecticut 
line,  in  1780.     He  lived  in  Naugatuck. 

(V)  Asa,  son  of  Dr.  Hezekiah  (2)  Porter, 
married  and  had  son,  Henry  A. 

(VI)  Henry  A.,  son  of  Asa  Porter,  was 
born  in  Waterbury,  1807,  died  in  1903  at 
Bridgeport,  Connecticut.  The  old  Porter 
house  at  Naugatuck  is  still  standing  and  is  the 
oldest  house  in  the  town.  He  married  Abigail 
Piatt,  born  in  1814,  died  in  1903,  at  Bridge- 
port. Children  :  Charles  Henry  ;  Sarah,  mar- 
ried Calvin  Hall,  of  Bridgeport. 

(VII)  Charles  Henrj^,  son  of  Henry  A. 
Porter,  was  born  at  Naugatuck,  Connecticut, 
July  8th,  1832,  died  April  19,  1899.  In  pol- 
itics he  was  a  Republican.  He  married  Isa- 
bella Carter.  Children :  Charles  Henry,  born 
February  i,  1856,  mentioned  below;  Ida  F., 
June  9,  1869. 

(VIII)  Charles  Henry  (2),  son  of  Charles 
Henry  (i)  Porter,  was  born  February  i,  1856, 
at  Naugatuck,  Connecticut.  He  attended  the 
public  school  and  Day's  Preparatory  School  of 
Bridgeport.  He  then  devoted  himself  to  the 
study  of  music  and  in  the  course  of  time  grad- 
uated from  the  Leipsic  Conservatory  of  Music 
in  Germany.  Upon  his  return  to  this  country 
he  founded  the  Conservator)'  of  Music  at  Hali- 
fax, Nova  Scotia,  and  was  its  director  for  the 
first  sixteen  years  of  its  existence.  He  then 
accepted  the  office  of  manager  for  the  Equita- 
ble Life  Insurance  Compan}'  for  the  Maritime 


Provinces  and  Newfoundland.  While  living 
in  Nova  Scotia  he  was  teacher  of  the  piano 
and  musical  theory  in  the  Conservatory  and 
organist  of  St.  Matthew's  Presbyterian  Church 
at  Halifax.  He  was  also  the  conductor  of 
the  Opheus  Club  for  a  period  of  twenty  years. 
Since  July,  1906,  he  has  been  state  manager 
for  Connecticut  of  the  Equitable  Life  Insur- 
ance Company.  His  office  is  at  865  Chapel 
street.  New  Haven.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Quinnipiack  and  Country  clubs  of  New  Ha- 
ven ;  of  Virgin  Lodge,  No.  yj,  Free  and  Ac- 
cepted Masons  of  Halifax,  and  of  the  Cham- 
ber of  Commerce,  New  Haven.  He  is  a  Re- 
publican. He  married.  May  12,  1908,5  Eliza- 
iDeth,  born  April  24,  1877,  daughter  of  George 
R.  Chamberlain. 


(II)    Dr.    Daniel    (2)    Porter, 
PORTER     son  of  Dr.  Daniel   (i)    Porter 

(q.v.),  was  born  February  2, 
1652-53  and  died  January  18,  1726.  He  mar- 
ried Deborah  Holcomb.  They  settled  in 
Waterbury,  Connecticut,  and  she  died  there 
May  4.  1765.  He  was  for  a  considerable  time 
the  only  professional  man  in  the  town,  there 
being  no  business  for  a  lawyer  and  no  means 
of  support  for  a  minister.  Besides  medicine 
and  surger)',  which  he  learned  under  the  in- 
struction of  his  father,  he  did  land  surveying 
and  filled  various  offices  for  which  the  duties 
called  for  more  than  the  usual  amount  of  edu- 
cation. He  left  an  estate  valued  at  about  two 
thousand  dollars  and  besides  had,  while  liv- 
ing, given  much  to  his  children.  His  medical 
library,  it  may  be  said,  consisted  at  the  time 
of  his  death  of  a  "bone-set"  book  valued  at 
two  shillings.  Children,  born  at  Waterbury : 
Daniel,  March  5,  1699,  died  aged  seventy-six; 
James,  April  20,  1700,  mentioned  below; 
Thomas,  April  i,  1702,  died  aged  ninety-five; 
Deborah,  March  6,  1603-04,  married  James 
Baldwin;  Ebenezer,  December  24,  1708,  died 
aged  ninety-five;  Ann,  April  28,  1712,  married 
Thomas  Judd  and  James  Nicholas,  and  was 
living  in  1 80 1. 

(Ill)  Dr.  James  Porter,  son  of  Dr.  Daniel 
(2)  Porter  was  born  at  Waterbury,  April  20, 
1700,  and  died  at  the  age  of  eighty-six.  His 
was  a  family  of  remarkable  longevity.  He  fol- 
lowed the  profession  of  his  father  and  grand- 
father in  Waterbury.  He  was  on  the  tax  list 
in  1730,  and  his  name  is  often  in  the  town 
records.  He  settled  at  Hop  Swamp  about 
1725.  The  first  mention  of  his  house  is  found 
in  1730.  It  was  located  at  the  foot  of  Bissell 
Hill  and  west  of  the  present  Hop  Swamp 
school  house.  Tradition  tells  us  that  when  the 
house  was  building  the  workmen  went  from 
the  center  of  the  town  in  the  morning  and  re- 


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turned  at  night,  fearing  Indian  attacks.  In 
later  years  a  new  house  was  so  enclosed  un- 
der the  same  roof  with  the  old  one  that  the 
two  houses  appeared  as  one  building.  When, 
a  few  years  ago,  the  house  was  taken  down, 
the  workmen  were  greatly  surprised  to  find 
that  two  independent  frames  were  set  together. 
So  unique  was  the  work,  that  a  drawing  of  it 
was  made  for  preservation.  A  new  house 
built  by  the  Broughton  brothers  occupies  the 
very  site  of  the  house  of  1730.  In  1737  he 
sold  the  homestead  of  his  father  to  his  brother 
Thomas.  The  land  alone  conveyed  in  this 
deed  is  worth  more  than  a  million  dollars 
at  the  present  time. 

He  married  Dorcas,  daughter  of  John  Hop- 
kins, August  22,  1733,  and  she  died  at  Water- 
bury,  June  26,  1750.  He  died  there  March 
20,  1785.  Children,  born  at  Waterbury: 
Huldah,  December  8,  1733;  James,  November 
19,  1737,  mentioned  below;  David,  May  11, 
1746. 

(IV)  James  (2),  son  of  Dr.  James  (i) 
Porter,  was  born  at  Waterbury,  November  ig, 
1737.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution,  en- 
sign in  Lieutenant-Colonel  Samuel  Canfield's 
regiment  in  1781.  He  married  (first),  Novem- 
ber 9,  1762,  Lucy  Bronson,  daughter  of  Josiah. 
She  died  October  14,  1776,  and  he  married 
(second),  April  23,  1778,  at  Waterbury,  Mary 
Gambel.  He  was  on  a  committee  to  provide 
clothing  for  revolutionary  soldiers  in  1778. 
He  owned  a  grist  mill  on  Hop  Brook,  and 
sold  it  in  1781  to  Asa  Leavenworth.  Children, 
born  at  Waterbury,  by  first  wife :  Jesse,  June 
25,  1763;  Dorcas,  June  10,  1766,  married 
Ward  Peck ;  Son,  born  and  died  November 
22,  1768:  James,  August  3,  1772,  mentioned 
below.  Children  of  second  wife :  Mary,  Au- 
gust 2,  1779;  Reuben,  October  24,  1780;  Me- 
linda,  August  6,  1783,  married  Charles  Bough- 
ton ;  Clarenda,  Octoljer  15,  1789;  Josiah,  Au- 
gust 30,  1792;  Samuel,  December  28,  1793. 

(V)  James  (3),  son  of  James  (2)  Porter, 
was  born  at  Waterbury,  August  3,  1772,  and 
died  at  Woodbury,  Connecticut,  in  1836.  He 
married  Alethea  Perry,  born  August  7,  1775, 
at  Woodbury,  died  at  Bridgeport,  daughter  of 
Dr.  Joseph  Perry,  of  Woodbury.  Children : 
Phillips  ;  Harriett ;  James,  mentioned  below  ; 
Betsy. 

(VI)  James  (4),  son  of  James  (3)  Porter, 
was  born  at  Woodbury,  November  19,  1802, 
and  died  in  May,  1891,  at  Bridgeport,  Con- 
necticut. He  received  his  early  education  in 
Woodbury,  in  the  district  known  as  Hop 
Swamp.  He  was  active  in  public  affairs ;  was 
supervisor  of  the  town  poor,  and  served  three 
years  in  the  common  council  of  the  city  of 
Bridgeport.       He    was    first    employed    in    a 


grocery  store  in  Bridgeport,  and  also  went 
as  a  supercargo  on  coastwise  vessels.  After  a 
few  voyages  he  purchased  two  grist  and  flour 
mills  which  he  operated  until  they  were  swept 
away  by  a  flood.  He  then  purchased  a  farm, 
which  he  carried  on  for  some  years  and  then 
retired.  Pie  bought  his  homestead  at  Bridge- 
port of  Wilson  Hawley.  Most  of  the  original 
farm  has  been  sold  for  building  lots,  though 
the  house  remains  and  is  occupied  by  the 
family.  In  religion  he  was  a  Congregation- 
alist. 

He  married  Mary  Hawley,  born  at  Bridge- 
port, January  12,  1803,  died  December  26, 
1847.  Children:  i.  Charles  Perry,  June  17, 
1833;  mentioned  below.  2.  James,  May  11, 
1834;  died  July  11,  1891  at  Bridgeport;  mar- 
ried Mary  J.  Baylies ;  children :  i.  Child  died 
in  infancy;  ii.  Mary  Elizabeth,  November  19, 
1859;  married  Joseph  J.  Rose  and  had  Ruth 
Elizabeth  Rose,  Marion  H.  Rose  and  Bessie 
P.  Rose ;  Mr.  Rose  was  a  lawyer  in  Bridge- 
port;  iii.  Kate  Belle,  July  13,  1861  ;  married 
Austin  J.  Blanchard  of  Jamaica,  Long  Island ; 
have  no  children.  3.  Elizabeth  C,  now  living 
on  the  homestead  at  Bridgeport,  844  North 
avenue,  and  is  well  and  favorably  known 
among  the  older  residents  of  the  city. 

(VII)  Charles  Perry,  son  of  James  (4) 
Porter,  was  born  June  17,  1833,  and  died  June 
28,  1882,  at  Bridgeport.  He  was  educated  in 
a  private  school  of  Bridgeport.  He  began  his 
business  career  as  clerk  in  the  Bridgeport  Sav- 
ings Bank  and  eventually  became  treasurer, 
the  fourth  man  to  hold  that  office  succeeding 
George  Sterling  in  1871,  and  holding  the  office 
until  his  death.  He  was  a  faithful  and  able 
bank  officer  and  carried  forward  the  work  of 
his  predecessor  efficiently.  This  bank  ranks 
among  the  strongest  and  best  in  the  state,  and 
the  credit  for  its  high  standing  is  due  in  large 
measure  to  the  ability  of  its  treasurers.  Mr. 
Porter  was  a  prominent  member  of  the  Con- 
gregational church,  a  member  of  the  church 
board  and  superintendent  of  the  Sunday 
school.  He  married  Augusta  Lincoln  Wales, 
of  New  York  City.  They  had  one  child,  Edith 
Louise. 


ROBERTS 


William   Roberts  was  son  of 

and    Catherine    (Leete) 

Roberts  ("Robards,")  and 
came  to  East  Hartford  from  Middletown, 
Connecticut.  He  lived  near  the  foot  of 
Smith's  lane,  on  the  meadow  hill,  south  of  the 
present  bridge  road,  on  what  was  then  the 
main  street.  He  died  probably  in  1735.  His 
house  was  built  on  land  which  came  to  him 
from  his  wife's  father,  Captain  James  Forbes, 
who  gave  his  daughter  six  acres  on  her  mar- 


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riage.  He  married  Dorothy  Forbes,  daughter 
of  Captain  James  Forbes.  Children :  Dor- 
othy, baptized  in  tlie  South  Church  at  Hart- 
ford, 1687;  Deborah,  baptized,  First  Church, 
April,  1690 ;  William,  baptized  1695,  died 
1726,  married  Deborah  Spencer,  had  son  Will- 
iam;  Benjamin,  baptized  March  8,  1698,  men- 
tioned below;  Joseph,  baptized  August  11, 
1700;  Mary,  baptized  May  31,  1702;  Samuel, 
baptized  December  24,  1704,  married  Sarah, 
daughter  of  Ebenezer  Hills,  Sr. 

(H)  Benjamin,  son  of  William  Roberts, 
was  baptized  March  8,  1698.  He  was  a  mer- 
chant trader  and  the  owner  of  several  vessels, 
among  them  the  "Martha,"  "Samuel"  and 
"Porrige,"  engaged  in  trade  with  the  West 
Indies  and  New  London,  bringing  home  loads 
of  merchandise  which  were  stored  in  his  cellar, 
which  was  built  especially  strong  for  the  pur- 
pose. He  was  also  a  large  land  owner.  He 
marriea  (first),  September  26,  1730,  Dorothy, 
born  1705,  died  October  5,  1737,  daughter  of 
Nathaniel  and  Hester  (Hosmer)  Pitkin.  He 
married  (second),  July  13,  1739,  Jerusha 
Pratt,  a  descendant  of  John  Pratt,  who  settled 
in  Hartford  with  the  Hooker  party  in  1635. 
Children  of  first  wife:  i.  Dorothy,  born  Janu- 
ary 23,  1734;  married  Lemuel  Kingsbury  of 
Andover.  2.  Susannah,  born  1736;  died  un- 
married, 1804.  Children  of  second  wife :  3. 
Jerusha,  born  April  24,  1740;  married  Jona- 
than Stanley,  for  eighteen  years  town  clerk 
and  treasurer.  4.  Catherine  (twin  of  Jerusha), 
married  Jonathan  Hubbard,  ancestor  of  Gov- 
ernor Hubbard.  5.  Benjamin,  born  November 
15,  1741 ;  farmer  in  East  Hartford  and  mar- 
ried Dorothy  Goodwin.  6.  Sarah,  born  April 
13,  1743  ;  married  Joseph  Hurlburt.  7.  Mary, 
born  January  18,  1745;  married  Timothy 
Forbes.  8.  William,  born  January  19,  1746; 
married  Abigail  Stanley.  9.  Nathaniel,  born 
December  24,  1750;  married  Anne  Newcomb. 
10.  George,  born  November  22,  1752;  men- 
tioned below.  II.  Abigail,  born  1756;  mar- 
ried John  Norton  and  died  November  12, 
1775.     12.  Lemuel,  born  1760;  died  1775. 

(Ill)  George,  son  of  Benjamin  Roberts, 
was  born  in  East  Hartford,  November  22, 
1752,  and  died  October  4,  1824.  He  was  a 
farmer  and  business  man.  He  served  in  the 
revolution  in  Captain  Jonathan  Wells'  com- 
pany. Colonel  Erastus  Wolcott's  regiment,  and 
was  at  Boston  from  December,  1775,  to  Feb- 
ruary, 1776.  He  held  various  town  offices, 
and  was  elected  selectman  in  1820,  serving  two 
years.  He  married  (first),  Jerusha,  born 
May  20,  1757,  died  November  22,  1817, 
daughter  of  Timothy  and  Ruth  (Pitkin)  Will- 
iams, granddaughter  of  Ozias  Pitkin  and  great 
granddaughter  of  William   Pitkin,  the  immi- 


grant ancestor.  He  married  (second),  Lucre- 
tia  (Beaumont)  Abbey,  widow  of  Jeduthan 
Abbey.  Children,  all  by  first  wife :  Jerusha, 
born  1782,  died  July  7,  1798;  Clarissa,  May  4, 
1783,  died  January  28,  1864,  married  Dr.  Ed- 
ward Pitkin ;  Ozias,  August  10,  1785,  men- 
tioned below;  George,  May  28,  1789,  died 
November  10,  1808;  Alvin,  August  16,  1791, 
died  April  9,  1818:  Esther,  born  July  4,  1793, 
died  in  Manchester,  January  9,  1822,  married 
James  Budwell ;  Lucretia,  born  November  10, 
1795,  died  March  31,  1821,  married  Dr.  W. 
Cooley ;  Martin,  born  October  14,  1799,  died 
in  New  York,  April  17,  1821,  whither  he  had 
gone  to  purchase  goods  to  set  up  in  business. 
(IV)  Hon.  Captain  Ozias  Roberts,  son  of 
George  Roberts,  was  born  August  10,  1785, 
and  died  February  8,  1868,  in  the  house  where 
he  was  born.  He  was  educated  in  the  district 
school,  and  being  fond  of  adventure,  went  to 
sea  when  a  young  man.  During  the  war  of 
1812  he  shipped  with  Captain  Josiah  Griswold 
of  Wethersfield  on  board  the  privateer  "Block- 
ade." This  vessel  was  owned  by  Thomas 
Belden  and  others,  and  was  fitted  out  on  the 
Connecticut  river,  and  carried  six  guns.  After 
a  time  the  "Blockade"  was  captured  by  a 
British  brig-of-war,  and  was  run  into  the 
Bermudas,  and  the  crew  confined  in  a  prison 
ship.  Ozias  Roberts  and  Dr.  William  Cooley, 
however,  managed  to  escape  to  the  shore,  and 
were  secreted  by  a  negro  until  they  could  re- 
turn to  safety.  For  some  time  Ozias  continued 
to  follow  the  sea,  and  became  captain  of  a  ves- 
sel plying  in  the  West  Indies  trade.  At  the 
death  of  his  father,  however,  he  returned 
home  and  managed  the  estate  the  rest  of  his 
life,  making  a  successful  farmer.  At  one  time 
he  owned  and  conducted  the  ferry  at  East 
Hartford.  Two  years  prior  to  his  death,  he 
had  a  fall  in  his  dooryard,  from  the  effects  of 
which  he  never  fully  recovered,  and  was  there- 
after confined  to  his  room,  although  he  con- 
tinued to  manage  his  affairs.  In  politics  he 
was  a  Democrat,  previous  to  the  formation  of 
the  Republican  party,  and  was  a  strong  Aboli- 
tionist, and  employed  runaway  slave  labor. 
He  served  as  state  senator,  and,  for  four  terms 
after  1828,  was  a  member  of  the  House  of 
Representatives.  In  1838  he  was  elected  town 
treasurer,  serving  two  terms,  and  was  for 
many  years  custodian  of  the  school  funds. 
His  good  judgment  was  so  well  known  and 
valued  that  he  was  often  consulted  for  advice 
by  his  friends  and  neighbors,  and  he  settled 
man}'  estates.  He  was  a  Ro3'al  Arch  Mason, 
and  although  not  a  church  member  he  gave 
liberally  for  the  support  of  the  churches,  and 
was  a  member  of  the  Ecclesiastical  Society 
and  often  one  of  the  committee.     He  was  a 


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strict  disciplinarian  and  brought  his  children 
up  to  respect  the  Sabbath  and  to  live  lives  of 
usefulness.  Hon.  Richard  D.  Hubbard,  an  ex- 
governor  of  Connecticut,  was  brought  up  in 
the  family  of  Ozias  Roberts  as  his  ward  and 
cousin.  The  home  of  Captain  Roberts  was  al- 
ways open  for  the  entertainment  of  his  friends, 
and  was  the  scene  of  more  gatherings  than  any 
house  in  town.  Thanksgiving  and  Election 
days  were  always  observed  with  bountiful 
cheer,  and  the  numbers  of  relatives  and  friends 
who  gathered  there  on  those  days  testified  to 
his  popularity.  He  married  (first),  Martha, 
who  died  January  3,  1809,  aged  twenty-one, 
daughter  of  Joseph  and  Martha  (Adams) 
Treat.  He  married  (second),  Harriet  Treat, 
who  died  July  19,  1822,  aged  thirty-two,  sister 
of  his  first  wife.  He  married  (third),  March 
26,  1823,  Nancy  Comstock,  born  July  4,  1802, 
in  East  Hartford,  died  January  17,  1859, 
daughter  of  Perez  and  Abigail  (Raymond) 
Comstock,  of  Montville,  Connecticut.  Chil- 
dren of  first  wife :  i.  Mary  Ann,  died  April  3, 
1848,  aged  forty-one;  married  March  10,  1831, 
Deacon  Horace  Williams.  2.  Martha,  born 
December  23,  1808,  in  East  Hartford.  Chil- 
dren of  second  wife:  3.  George,  born  1810, 
mentioned  below.  4.  Jane  Treat,  born  Decem- 
ber 10,  181 1  ;  married  Edward  Goodwin.  5. 
Harriet,  born  October  11,  1814;  died  Novem- 
ber 19,  1875;  married,  1835,  Aaron  Olmstead 
and  had  Horace  B.,  Arthur  G.,  A.  Fred  and 
Charles  H.  Olmstead.  6.  Jerusha.  born  March 
15,  1819  ;  married  Alfred  Kilbourne.  Children 
of  third  wife :     7.  Esther  Bidwell,  born  May 

25,  1824 ;  died  September,  1883  ;  married  Al- 
bert Comstock  Raymond,  who  built  the  Ray- 
mond Library  in  East  Hartford.  8.  Luther 
Martin,  born  November  18,  1826 :  died  March 
21,  1847,  O'''  board  a  ship  on  which  he  was 
second  mate,  and  was  buried  at  Vera  Cruz, 
Mexico.  9.  Juliette,  born  July  23,  1829;  died 
October  i,  1857;  married  John  B.  Smith  of 
East  Hartford  and  Berlin.  10.  Arthur,  born 
January  14,  1831 ;  died  January  23,  1833.  11. 
Emma  (twin),  born  October  15,  1835;  died 
April  2,  1856,  unmarried.  12.  Ellen  (twin), 
born  October  15,  1835;  died  unmarried.  April 

26,  1850.  13.  Elizabeth  Bradford,  born  March 
21,  1838;  married  Henry  A.  Street,  of  New 
Haven.  14.  Arthur  Ozias,  born  February  22, 
1840;  master's  mate  in  the  civil  war.  15. 
Frances  L.,  born  August  23,  1846;  registrar 
of  the  Martha  Pitkin  Wolcott  Chapter 
Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution,  at 
East  Hartford. 

(V)  George  (2),  son  of  Captain  Ozias  Rob- 
erts, was  born  in  East  Hartford  in  1810,  and 
died  in  1878.  He  attended  the  public  schools 
and  assisted  his  father  on  the  farm  until  he 


was  seventeen  years  of  age,  when  he  went  to 
Hartford  and  entered  the  employ  of  Thomas 
K.  Brace,  as  clerk  of  his  grocery  store.  He 
remained  there  until  he  was  twenty-one,  and 
then  went  to  New  York  and  entered  the  dry- 
goods  house  of  Fitch,  Goodwin  &  Company, 
remaining  two  years,  during  which  time  oc- 
curred the  great  cholera  epidemic  in  the  city, 
when  but  few  had  the  courage  to  remain 
there.  Li  1833  he  returned  to  Hartford,  and 
in  a  short  time  was  chosen  state  director  in 
the  Phoenix  Bank.  He  formed  a  partnership 
with  Charles  H.  Northam,  carrying  on  a 
wholesale  grocery  business  under  the  firm 
name  of  Northam  &  Roberts.  In  1836  a  part- 
nership was  form.ed  with  Philip  G.  and  Edwin 
G.  Ripley,  the  firm  being  Ripley,  Roberts  & 
Company,  and  an  extensive  iron  business  was 
conducted  by  them  for  three  or  four  years. 
About  1840  Mr.  Roberts  returned  to  New 
York,  and  went  into  partnership  with  G. 
Spencer,  and  was  for  several  years  in.  success- 
ful business.  He  was  one  of  the  organizers 
of  the  Metropolitan  Bank  of  New  York.  In 
1853  he  retired  from  active  business  to  a  farm 
in  South  Windsor,  Connecticut.  In  1854  he 
was  chosen  treasurer  of  the  Hartford  Carpet 
Company,  which  owned  extensive  mills  at 
Thompsonville  and  Tarififville.  In  1856  on  the 
retirement  of  Hon.  T.  M.  Allyn,  he  was 
elected  president  and  treasurer  of  the  com- 
pany, and  continued  in  the  position  until  his 
death,  twenty-two  years  later.  One  of  the 
prominent  officials  of  this  company  said  that 
in  all  that  time  the  relations  were  most  pleas- 
ant, and  that  Mr.  Roberts  was  never  heard  to 
utter  an  unpleasant  word,  being  alwa}'s  even- 
tempered,  genial  and  kind.  He  was  prudent 
and  wise  and  managed  the  affairs  of  the  cor- 
poration with  much  ability.  He  was  president 
of  the  Woven  Wire  Mattress  Company,  a  di- 
rector in  the  Phoenix  National  Bank,  the 
Aetna  Fire  Insurance  Company,  the  Connecti- 
cut Trust  and  Safe  Deposit  Company,  and  for 
twenty  years  director  of  the  Hartford  Gas 
Company.  He  was  noted  for  his  business 
sagacity  and  good  judgment  and  was  an  ex- 
ceedingly valuable  man  in  the  corporations 
with  which  he  was  connected.  Although  by 
nature  retiring  and  modest,  yet  he  loved  the 
society  of  his  friends,  and  was  an  agreeable 
companion.  He  was  a  staunch  Republican  in 
politics,  and  a  supporter  of  the  Union  during 
the  'civil  war.  He  took  an  active  interest  in 
the  afifairs  of  his  town  and  state.  He  was  a 
member  of  Center  Church,  and  a  practical 
Christian,  carrying  the  principles  of  his  re- 
ligion into  everyday  life. 

He     married     (first),     October     19,     1836, 
Louisa,   daughter   of   Captain   Allen   Stewart. 


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He  married  (second),  Elvira  Evans,  born 
July  12,  1812,  daughter  of  Jason  and  Thank- 
ful (Taylor)  Evans,  and  a  descendant  on  her 
mother's  side  from  John  Taylor  of  Windsor. 
Her  line  of  descent  is:  Thankful  (6), 
daughter  of  Hollis  (5)  ;  Sergeant  Thomas  (4), 
who  was  prominent  in  the  French  and  Indian 
war,  being  captured  and  taken  to  Canada 
while  on  a  march  from  Northfield  to  Fort 
Dummer,  July  14,  1748;  he  received  fifty 
pounds  from  the  government  of  the  province 
for  bravery  in  action;  Thomas  Taylor  (3)  was 
wounded  at  Deerfield  and  drowned  in  the  Con- 
necticut river,  August  31,  17 17;  John  (2), 
married  Thankful  Woodward  and  was  killed 
by  the  Indians  at  New  Haven,  May  13,  1704; 
John  ( I )  was  a  first  settler  at  Windsor,  Con- 
necticut. 

Child  of  first  wife :  Louisa  Stewart,  died 
aged  about  eleven.  Children  of  the  second 
wife :  Martha,  married  Edward  C.  Ritchie  of 
Brooklyn ;  Mary,  married  George  C.  Perkins 
of  Hartford ;  George,  married  Ida  Hamilton, 
and  succeeded  his  father  as  president  of  the 
Hartford  Carpet  Company ;  Jane  L.,  married 
George  D.  Holton,  of  Chicago,  Illinois  ;  Sarah, 
died  aged  three  years ;  Henry,  born  January 
22,   1853,  mentioned  below. 

(VI)  Hon.  Henry  Roberts,  son  of  George 
(2)  Roberts,  was  born  in  Brooklyn,  New  York, 
January  22,  1853.  The  first  twelve  years  of 
his  life  were  spent  on  a  farm  in  South  Wind- 
sor, where  he  attended  the  public  schools  and 
worked  on  the  farm  during  his  boyhood.  He 
graduated  from  the  Hartford  high  school,  in 
the  class  of  1873,  and  entered  Yale  College, 
from  which  he  was  graduated  in  the  class  of 
1877  with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts.  He 
then  studied  law  and  graduated  from  the  Yale 
Law  School,  but  has  never  practiced  his  pro- 
fession. He  studied  law  for  the  purpose  of 
fitting  himself  for  a  business  career.  After 
completing  his  education  he  entered  the  office 
of  the  Hartford  Woven  Wire  Mattress  Com- 
pany, of  which  his  father  was  president,  and 
of  which  he  himself  is  now  president.  In 
1884  he  was  elected  secretary  of  the  corpo- 
ration and  since  1886  has  been  president,  suc- 
ceeding his  brother  who  was  the  head  of  the 
company  after  his  father.  This  concern  is  one 
of  the  leading  enterprises  in  Hartford  and 
has  shown  a  magnificent  record  of  growth  and 
prosperity.  He  has  had  a  most  honorable  and 
distinguished  career  in  public  life.  He  was 
elected  alderman  from  the  sixth  ward  of  Hart- 
ford in  1897  and  served  two  years  as  chairman 
of  the  ways  and  means  committee,  winning  for 
himself  the  public  confidence  and  demonstrat- 
ing an  aptitude  for  public  affairs  and  capacity 
for    high    public    service.      In    1898    he    was 


elected  to  the  general  assembly  from  the  city 
of  Hartford  and  during  the  session  of  1899 
was  chairman  of  the  house  committee  on  fin- 
ance. He  was  earnest  and  efficient  both  in  the 
work  of  the  committee  room  and  on  the  floor 
of  the  house.  His  popularity  and  influence  ex- 
tended beyond  the  city  of  his  home  to  all  parts 
of  the  state.  He  took  a  position  of  leader- 
ship in  the  Republican  party.  He  was  elected 
state  senator  from  his  district  in  1900  and  was 
appointed  chairman  of  the  appropriations  com- 
mittee. In  1902  he  was  nominated  by  the  Re- 
publican state  convention  for  lieutenant  gov- 
ernor on  the  ticket  with  Governor  Chamberlain 
and  he  was  elected.  At  the  end  of  his  two 
years  of  efificient  and  useful  service  in  this  high 
office,  a  New  Haven  newspaper  said  of  Gov- 
ernor Roberts :  "The  cordial  esteem  of  twenty- 
four  leading  men  of  the  state  is  something  an 
unworthy  man  never  gets.  The  cordial  es- 
teem of  all  who  know  him  cannot  be  enjoyed 
by  any  man  not  of  high  class,  morally  and  in- 
tellectually. Lieutenant  Governor  Roberts  has 
won  a  high  place  in  the  regard  and  affections 
of  the  people  of  Connecticut,  and  in  our  opin- 
ion no  Senate  was  ever  presided  over  more 
successfully  than  the  one  of  1903,  over  which 
the  favorite  son  of  Hartford  wielded  the 
gavel." 

The  Republican  convention  nominated  him 
for  governor,  September  14,  1904,  and  he  was 
elected  in  November  following,  by  a  hand- 
some majority  over  A.  Heaton  Robertson,  the 
Democratic  candidate.  He  was  inaugurated 
Wednesday,  January  4,  1905,  and  his  message 
received  unusual  attention  and  most  favorable 
comment  from  the  press  of  the  state.  His 
administration  was  marked  by  much  impor- 
tant legislation  and  b}^  a  most  systematic  and 
intelligent  handling  of  the  public  business. 
Governor  Roberts  fairly  won  the  high  appre- 
ciation of  his  fellow-citizens,  regardless  of 
partisan  or  other  differences.  The  estimate  of 
Governor  Roberts  made  at  the  time  of  his 
nomination,  by  Charles  Hopkins  Clark  in  the 
Hartford  Coitraiit,  of  which  he  is  editor,  shows 
again  how  faithful  a  prophet  is  Mr.  Clark,  for 
the  estimate  need  not  be  changed  except  as 
to  tenses  to  become  a  summary  of  the  Gov- 
ernor's character  and  record  at  the  close  of 
his  administration.  Mr.  Clark  wrote  :  "Being 
of  highest  character,  experienced  in  all  public 
affairs,  loyal  to  all  that  relates  to  Connecticut's 
best  welfare,  and  ambitious  only  to  perform 
everv  public  duty  for  the  greatest  good  of  the 
state,  he  is  a  candidate  who  commands  the 
respect  of  all,  and  the  better  you'  know  him 
the  better  you  will  like  him. 

"Sometimes  conventions  nominate  candi- 
dates who  are  like  bumble  bees  in  the  fact  that 


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they  are  biggest  when  first  born.  Henr}^  Rob- 
erts is  not  such  a  candidate.  He  was  big 
enough  to  get  171  more  votes  than  the  total 
number  given  to  his  three  popular  and  power- 
ful rivals.  His  growth  in  popularity  will  in- 
crease every  day  of  the  campaign.  He  will 
win  by  a  big  plurality.  He  will  be  the  next 
governor  of  Connecticut,  and  he  will  be  one 
of  the  best  governors  Connecticut  has  ever 
had." 

Like  his  father,  Governor  Roberts  is  inter- 
ested in  various  enterprises  and  financial  in- 
stitutions of  Hartford.  He  is  a  director  of 
the  Hartford  Trust  Company,  the  State  Sav- 
ings Bank,  the  Hartford  Electric  Light  Com- 
pany, the  Farmington  River  Power  Company 
and  a  trustee  of  the  Slater  Industrial  School 
at  Winston,  North  Carolina.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Country  Club  at  Farmington,  the 
Hartford  Club  and  other  social  organizations. 
He  takes  a  lively  interest  in  local  history  and 
genealogy  and  is  a  prominent  member  of  the 
Connecticut  Society  of  the  Colonial  Wars  and 
the  Sons  of  the  American  Revolution.  In  re- 
ligion Governor  Roberts  is  a  Congregational- 
ist,  attending  the  Centre  Street  Church.  He 
married,  October  5,  1881,  Carrie  E.,  daughter 
of  Isaac  W.  Smith  of  Bridgeport,  Connecticut. 
Children :  John  Taylor,  born  October  4,  1882, 
now  a  broker  in  Hartford;  Francis  Thatcher, 
born  December,  1885,  died  March  20,  1889; 
Edward  Constant,  born  June  4,  1888. 


John  Roberts  lived  in  Middle- 
ROBERTS     town,   Connecticut,   where  he 

died  July  6,  1721.  He  mar- 
ried, December  27,  1693,  Sarah  Blake,  born 
February  16,  1675,  died  May  6,  1737. 

(II)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Roberts, 
was  born  at  Middletown,  September  22,  1697, 
married  there,  November  18,  1718,  Martha 
Lucas,  born  March,  1698-99. 

(III)  Jonathan,  son  of  John  (2)  Roberts, 
was  born  at  Middletown,  June  29,  1730,  died 
December  9,  1775.  He  settled  in  Waterbury, 
Connecticut.  He  married  (first),  September 
19,  1751,  Mary  Whitmore,  who  died  May  18, 
1765.  He  married  (second)  July  11,  1765, 
Catharine,  who  died  in  1788,  daughter  of 
Thomas  Doolittle.  Children  of  first  wife : 
Esther,  born  September  18,  1752;  Benjamin, 
January  13,  1754;  Arhy,  May  12,  1755;  son, 
November  4,  1756,  Waterbury  ;  Elihu,  June  22, 
1758;  Deborah,  March  24,  1760;  Seth,  March 
27,  1763.  Children  of  second  wife:  Benja- 
min, mentioned  below  ;  Jonathan  ;  Jesse ;  and 
three  daughters. 

(IV)  Benjamin,  son  of  Jonathan  Roberts, 
was  born  at  Middletown,  September  19,  1771, 
died  May  7,   1850.     He  lived  at  Watertown, 


Connecticut.  He  married  (first)  Esther  Pres- 
ton, born  at  Torrington,  August  6,  1772,  died 
March  4,   1832.     He  married   (second)   Anna 

.     Children  of  first  wife :    Hosea,  born 

July  9,  1795;  Horace,  August  24,  1797;  Peter 
M.,  mentioned  below;  Frederick,  August  8, 
1801 ;  Maria,  October  8,  1803;  Sarah  and 
(twins),  July  17,  1805;  Jefferson,  Oc- 
tober 8,  1807;  Anna,  June  6,  1809;  Stephen, 
June  II,  181 1 ;  Harriet,  November  23,  1816. 
Child  of  second  wife:  Jerome,  born  March 
5,  1835. 

(V)  Peter  M.,  son  of  Benjamin  Roberts, 
was  born  in  West  Goshen,  Connecticut,  Au- 
gust 15,  1799,  died  May  4,  1849.  He  lived 
in  Cornwall  all  his  life  and  was  a  tavern 
keeper  and  prosperous  farmer.  He  lived  in 
what  was  called  Roberts  Hill,  where  he  died 
at  the  age  of  forty-six  years.  He  married, 
April  22,  1823,  Joanna  Wooster,  born  Novem- 
ber 8,  1805,  daughter  of  a  pioneer  settler.  She 
married  ( second )  Thomas  Herney  and  lived 
to  an  advanced  age. 

(VI)  Elbert  George,  only  child  of  Peter  M. 
Roberts,  was  born  in  Cornwall,  Connecticut, 
October  4,  1824,  died  July  24,  1889.  He  at- 
tended the  district  schools  and  Wesleyan  Uni- 
versity, at  Middletown.  After  graduation  he 
lived  with  his  mother  and  stepfather  in  St. 
Louis,  Missouri,  where  he  engaged  in  business, 
first  as  a  wholesale  dealer,  then  as  a  retailer, 
and  met  with  much  success.  He  was  also  in 
business  in  Alabama.  In  1861,  when  the  civil 
war  broke  out,  he  returned  to  Litchfield 
countv,  and  began  to  manufacture  cotton  yarn 
in  the  town  of  Goshen,  making  his  home  in 
Litchfield.  He  died  at  the  age  of  sixty-two. 
He  married  A'^irginia,  born  November  13, 
1828,  at  Montgomeiy,  Alabama,  died  June  2, 
1901,  daughter  of  John  W.  and  Margaret 
(Dial)  Kerr.  Her  father  was  born  in  1798, 
died  August  22,  1855  :  her  mother  was  born 
in  1805,  died  April  9,  1884.  Children  :  i.  Vir- 
ginia Helen,  born  February  22,  1848,  resides 
with  her  brother  Elbert  P.  2.  Elbert  Frank- 
lin. 3.  Dr.  George  Kerr,  born  March  3,  1855 ; 
graduate  of  Hobart  College  and  of  the  Col- 
lege of  Physicians  and  Surgeons  of  New 
York,  practicing  at  Attleboro,  Massachusetts, 
married,  June  20,  1882,  Susan  Hawley :  chil- 
dren :  William  Hawley,.  George  and  Helen. 
4.  Anna,  born  November  3,  1857 ;  formerly  a 
school  teacher  at  Duluth,  Michigan ;  married, 
November  3,  1908,  William  T.  Marsh,  of 
Litchfield.  5.  John  Williams,  born  November 
16,  i860,  a  farmer  in  Illinois;  married,  July 
6.  1888,  Jennie  E.  Russell.  6.  Elbert  Peter, 
mentioned  below. 

(VII)  Elbert  Peter,  son  of  Elbert  George 
Roberts,  was  born  October  29,  1863.     He  was 


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educated  at  Litchfield,  in  public  and  private 
schools.  He  began  to  study  law  in  the  office 
of  Chief  Justice  Andrews,  and  continued  with 
Mr.  Hickox,  a  prominent  lawyer  of  Litch- 
field. Having  been  admitted  to  the  bar  in 
1884,  he  has  practiced  in  Litchfield  since  then. 
In  addition  to  the  law,  he  has  a  large  real  es- 
tate business.  He  is  a  justice  of  the  peace  and 
has  been  on  the  grand  jury  and  the  school 
board.  He  is  a  member  of  St.  Paul's  Lodge, 
No.  II,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons;  of  Darius 
Chapter,  No.  16,  Royal  Arch  Masons,  and  of 
Buel  Council,  Royal  and  Select  Masters.  In 
religion  he  is  an  Episcopalian  and  in  politics 
a  Democrat.  He  has  been  auditor.  He  mar- 
ried, May  12,  1900,  Marion,  born  November 
22,  1863,  daughter  of  Charles  and  Lucy  ( Mer- 
riman)  Perkins,  of  Litchfield.  They  have  no 
•children. 


Charles     Browne,     immigrant 
BROWNE     ancestor,  was  born  in  England 

and  became  an  early  settler  in 
Rowley,  Massachusetts.  He  had  a  house  lot 
there  in  1647  and  other  lands,  to  which  he 
added  later.  That  he  was  a  man  of  education 
is  proven  by  the  fact  that  he  was  for  a  time 
the  town's  school-master.  In  1661  he  was 
granted  a  lot,  "to  beate  the  drum  for  the 
benefit  of  the  towne."  His  name  appears  in 
a  list  of  freeholders  of  Rowley,  January  28, 
1677.  It  is  also  recorded  as  "Br  Browne" 
among  the  church  members  in  full  com- 
munion, and  "Goodwife  Browne"  united 
March  7,  1671.  The  wife  of  Charles  Browne 
was  Mary,  daughter  of  William  and  Mar- 
garet Acy.  Their  marriage  occurred  i4-8mo.- 
1647,  in  Rowley.  Charles  Browne  died  in 
1687,  and  was  buried  December  16.  His  wife 
died  December  12,  1683.  They  had  eight  sons 
and  one  daughter. 

(II)  Nathaniel  Brown,  son  of  Charles 
Browne,  was  born  in  Rowley,  Massachusetts, 
May  20,  1660.  He  shared  in  the  distribution 
of  his  father's  estate  and  received  various 
grants  of  land.  On  June  29,  1707,  he  sold 
liis  homestead  to  Jonathan  Wheeler,  of  New- 
bury, and  soon  thereafter  removed  to  Groton, 
Connecticut.  A  deed  of  land  in  Groton,  Jan- 
uary 8,  1707-08,  expressly  states  that  he  was 
"late  of  Rowley,"  and  he  and  his  wife  were 
dismissed  from  the  Rowley  church  to  Groton, 
June  29,  1707.  He  purchased  lands  in  Groton 
and  was  soon  made  an  inhabitant.  His  home 
was  at  Poquonock  Cove,  where  he  bought  two 
"hundred  acres  of  Gershom  Rice.  The  town 
called  upon  him  for  service  in  various  capac- 
ities and  he  was  an  honored  townsman.  In 
Tiis  will,  proved  June  24,  1731,  he  mentions 
:sons    and    daughters,    among    them    his    son 


Nathaniel.  His  wife,  whom  he  married  in 
Rowley,  June  4,  1685,  was  the  daughter  of 
David  and  Sarah  (Wise)  Wheeler.  David 
Wheeler  was  the  son  of  John  Wheeler,  and 
was  born  about  1625,  in  England,  coming  to 
New  England  in  the  ship  "Confidence,"  in 
1638.  Sarah  Wise  was  the  daughter  of  Hum- 
phrey Wise,  of  Ipswich. 

(III)  Nathaniel  (2),  son  of  Nathaniel  (i) 
and  Mary  (Wheeler)  Brown,  was  baptized  in 
Rowley  in  September,  1690,  and  was  aged  sev- 
enteen when  his  father  removed  to  Groton. 
On  May  30,  171 7,  after  his  marriage  to  Anna 
Haynes,  which  occurred  July  11,  1715,  he 
bought  land  at  Poquonock  Cove,  but,  March 
30,  1722,  he  bought  a  one-third  interest  in  a 
tract  of  two  hundred  acres  in  the  north  part 
of  Groton  (Ledj'ard).  In  his  subsequent  life 
he  bought  and  sold  lands  quite  extensively, 
acquiring  finally  a  large  tract,  which  he  be- 
queathed to  his  decendants.  His  homestead 
was  on  the  road  from  Mystic  to  Norwich, 
about  three-quarters  of  a  mile  north  of  where 
the  "Church  Hill  meeting  house"  once  stood. 
He  was  probably  identified  with  the  Separatist 
movement  and  his  son  Nathaniel  was  ordained 
a  minister  of  that  sect  in  1751.  Nathaniel 
Brown  died  in  July,  1770,  aged  eighty  years, 
and  his  wife  shortly  afterwards.  She  was  the 
daughter  of  Josia'h  and  Elizabeth  (Starke) 
Haynes,  and  was  born  November  3,  1696,  in 
Groton.   They  had  six  sons  and  two  daughters. 

(IV)  Ebenezer,  son  of  Nathaniel  (2) 
Brown,  was  born  in  1725,  in  Groton,  died 
there  in  July,  1799,  aged  seventy-four.  The 
deeds  passed  in  the  settlement  of  his  father's 
estate  establish  his  line  of  descent.  His  home- 
stead was  originally  a  part  of  his  father's 
tract.  He  was  probably  the  Ebenezer  Brown 
who  served,  April  6  to  December  4,  1761,  in 
Major  John  Durkee's  company  of  Norwich. 
He  deeded,  during  his  life,  lands  to  several 
of  his  sons,  among  them,  November  13,  1786, 
a  tract  to  his  son  John  Brown.  The  wife  of 
Ebenezer  Brown  was  Ruth,  daughter  of 
Captain  John  Jr.  and  Sarah  (Copp)  Mor- 
gan, who  was  born  April  9,  1733,  in  Groton, 
and  married  in  1750.  She  died  in  March, 
1806.  Her  grandfather  was  Captain  John 
Morgan,  of  Groton,  a  son  of  John  Morgan 
and  grandson  of  James  Morgan,  ancestor  of 
many  distinguished  persons  of  that  name.  Her 
grandmother  was  Ruth,  daughter  of  Benjamin 
and  Mary  (Picket)  Shapley,  the  latter  being 
a  daughter  of  John  and  Ruth  (Brewster) 
Picket,  daughter  of  Jonathan  Brewster  and 
granddaughter  of  Elder  William  Brewster,  of 
the  "Mayflower." 

(V)  John,  son  of  Ebenezer  Brown,  states  in 
his  application  for  a  pension  that  he  was  born 


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'"  1 755'  i"  Groton,  Connecticut.  He  was 
therefore  about  of  age  when  the  revolutionary 
war  broke  out  and  was  living  in  one  of  the 
most  patriotic  towns  in  Connecticut.  He  en- 
listed as  fifer  in  the  Tenth  Company,  Captain 
Abel  Spicer,  Colonel  Parsons's  regiment.  May 
9,  1775,  and  served  to  December  18,  1775,  be- 
ing stationed  at  Boston.  This  regiment  was 
reorganized  early  in  1776  as  the  Tenth  Con- 
tinental, and  John  Brown  became  fifer  in  the 
company  of  Captain  Gallup,  of  Groton.  In 
this  regiment  he  served  one  year,  engaging 
in  the  battles  of  Long  Island  and  White 
Plains.  He  was  then  engaged  in  the  Rhode 
Island  service  for  three  months.  On  April 
6,  1777,  he  enlisted  at  Groton,  in  Captain 
Amos  Stanton's  company,  Colonel  Henry 
Sherburne's  regiment,  and  was  appointed 
"Fife  Major"  of  the  regiment.  After  serving 
three  years,  he  was  discharged  April  6,  1780, 
at  Morristown,  New  Jersey.  He  participated 
in  some  of  the  most  arduous  and  dreadful  ex- 
periences of  the  war,  serving  in  all  five  years. 
On  April  11,  1818,  he  made  application  for 
a  pension  and  his  claim  was  allowed.  He  was 
then  a  resident  of  Plainfield,  Connecticut.  His 
brothers,  Daniel  and  Ebenezer,  were  also  revo- 
lutionary soldiers,  serving  in  the  Tenth  Com- 
pany of  the  Sixth  Continental  Regiment. 
After  the  return  of  Major  John  Brown  from 
the  war,  he  lived  for  a  time  at  his  father's 
homestead.  In  1786  he  received  land  from 
his  father,  consisting  of  thirty-four  acres, 
where  he  probably  lived.  Subsequently  he  re- 
moved to  Plainfield  and  died  in  Sterling  in 
1835.  His  gravestone  in  "Green  Hollow" 
cemetery  bears  the  epitaph  :  "Mr.  John  Brown, 
Died  June  22,  1835,  Aged  80.  A  soldier  of 
the  Revolution."  The  wife  of  JMajor  Brown 
was  Phebe,  daughter  of  George  and  Mary 
(Fisher)  Glover.  She  was  the  sister  of  Mary 
Glover,  wife  of  Captain  Nathaniel  Prentice 
Peabody,  and  Anne  Glover,  wife  of  Captain 
Erastus  Perkins,  of  Norwich.  On  her  father's 
side  she  was  descended  from  "The  Worshipful 
Mr.  (John)  Glover,"  member  of  the  London 
Company  and  captain  of  the  Ancient  and 
Honorable  Artillery  Company  of  Boston. 
After  the  former  brother-in-law  she  named 
one  of  her  sons. 

(VI)  Gurdon  Perkins,  son  of  John  Brown, 
was  born  April  9,  1797,  in  Groton, 
baptized  in  Plainfield,  April  29.  1814.  He 
married,  June  16,  1822,  Esther,  daughter  of 
Elias  and  Elizabeth  (Giles)  Dean,  of  Plain- 
field.  Afterwards  he  occupied  the  homestead 
of  his  father-in-law.  which  oassed  to  him  and 
his  wife  at  the  death  of  Elias  Dean  in  1849. 
He  held  several  town  offices,  was  a  justice  of 
the  peace  and  a  schoolmaster  of  local  celebrity 


for  thirty-six  years.  His  death  occurred  July 
6,  1880,  in  Plainfield.  The  ancestral  line  of 
Esther  (8)  Dean  is:  Elias  (7)  Dean,  Abijah 
(6)  Dean,  Abijah  (5)  Dean,  William  (4) 
Dean,  James  (3)  Dean,  Walter  (2)  Dean, 
William  (i)  Dean,  of  South  Chard,  Somerset- 
shire, England.  The  wife  of  Elias  Dean  was 
a  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Abigail  (Hall) 
Giles,  through  whom  she  was  descended  from 
Edward  Giles,  of  Salem,  the  immigrant  an- 
cestor of  the  Giles  family,  and  from  John  Hall, 
of  Cambridge  and  Medford,  Massachusetts. 

(A^II)  John  Dean  Browne,  son  of  Gurdon 
Perkins  Brown,  was  born  August  26,  1836,  in 
Plainfield,  Connecticut.  In  youth  Mr. 
Browne's  life  was  devoted  to  the  farm  and 
district  school,  and  at  the  age  of  nineteen  he 
taught  the  schools  in  his  native  town.  In 
1855  he  made  a  visit  to  the  then  far-off  ter- 
ritory of  Alinnesota,  and  two  years  later  lo- 
cated in  Minneapolis,  where  after  varying 
occupations,  including  the  duties  of  associate 
editor  of  the  weekly  paper,  he  engaged  in  the 
service  of  the  Minneapolis  Mill  Company,  and 
for  two  years  aided  in  the  development  and 
improvement  of  the  magnificent  water  power 
at  that  point,  which  has  since  brought  wealth 
and  power  to  that  beautiful  city.  When  the 
work  was  completed,  Mr.  Browne  was  selected 
by  the  Little  Falls  Manufacturing  Company 
to  undertake  the  development  of  the  fine  water 
power  at  that  point.  He  was  elected  a  director 
and  secretary,  and  appointed  agent  to  carry  on 
the  work.  Little  Falls  was  at  that  time  a 
small  village  of  a  few  hundred  inhabitants,  on 
the  extreme  border  of  civilization,  about  one 
hundred  miles  north  of  Minneapolis.  Here  he 
spent  a  year,  with  a  large  crew,  constructing 
a  dam  across  the  Mississippi  river,  under 
great  difficulties  successfully  completing  the 
work.  This  point  was  about  three  hundred 
miles  north  of  the  nearest  railroad  (LaCrosse) 
and  nearly  all  the  supplies  for  the  crew  had 
to  be  hauled  overland  from  Minneapolis  or  St. 
Paul.  This  work  involved  a  large  responsibil- 
ity and  was  no  small  undertaking  for  a  young 
man  of  twent^'-four  years. 

While  in  Minneapolis,  Mr.  Browne  was  ac- 
tively prominent  in  local  and  state  politics, 
aided  in  the  organization  of  the  Republican 
party  in  Minnesota  in  1855  (territorial  days) 
and  held  intimate  relations  with  the  dominant 
party  at  the  national  capitol  through  the  ad- 
ministration of  President  Lincoln,  for  whose 
election  he  had  been  an  enthusiastic  and  effec- 
tive worker.  He  was  often  a  delegate  to 
county  and  state  conventions,  and  was  elected 
an  alternate  delegate  to  the  National  Repub- 
lican convention  which  nominated  Mr.  Lin- 
coln at  Chicago  in  i860.     At  the  close  of  the 


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presidential  campaign,  he  was  elected  mes- 
senger to  take  the  first  electoral  vote  of  the 
state  to  Washington,  an  office  regarded  as 
highly  complimentary  at  that  time.  He  re- 
mained in  Washington  during  the  eventful 
winter  preceding  the  withdrawal  of  the  seced- 
ing states,  and  during  his  stay  there  received 
an  appointment  in  the  interior  department, 
under  Joseph  Wilson,  commissioner  of  the  gen- 
eral land  office.  For  four  years  during  Lin- 
coln's administration,  he  was  chief  clerk  in  the 
office  of  surveyor  general  of  public  lands  in 
St.  Paul,  to  which  city  the  office  had  been  re- 
cently removed  from  Detroit.  He  was  ap- 
pointed with  the  rank  of  major  on  the  staff 
of  General  Daley,  then  in  command  of  the 
state  militia.  When  the  call  to  arms  came 
in  1861,  he  with  others  enlisted  and  recruited 
a  company  for  the  Second  Regiment,  and  re- 
ported at  Fort  Snelling,  but  was  rejected  by 
the  examining  surgeon  on  account  of  physical 
disability. 

In  1865  Mr.  Browne  returned  to  his  native 
state  and  engaged  in  the  business  of  fire  in- 
surance. In  1867  he  became  connected  with 
the  Hartford  Fire  Insurance  Company,  as  its 
general  agent  and  adjuster.  In  1870  he  was 
elected  secretary  of  that  company,  in  the  du- 
ties of  which  he  was  engaged  imtil  called  to 
the  presidency  of  the  Connecticut  Fire  Insur- 
ance Company,  in  1880.  This  company,  un- 
der his  leadership,  has  marched  steadily  for- 
ward to  its  present  position  as  one  of  the 
large  and  solid  financial  institutions  of  Hart- 
ford. 

In  politics  Mr.  Browne  is  independent.  He 
cut  loose  from  the  Republican  party  at  the 
time  of  the  nomination  of  Blaine  and  advo- 
cated the  election  of  Cleveland,  whose  adminis- 
tration he  cordially  approved.  He  is  an  im- 
compromising  foe  to  centralization,  paternal- 
ism and  imperialism  in  government.  He  be- 
lieves in  the  Declaration  of  Independence,  the 
rights  of  states,  and  the  constitution  as  tmder- 
stood  by  the  fathers.  He  is  interested  in  many 
Hartford  business,  charitable  and  social  organ- 
izations and  associations ;  is  a  trustee  of  the 
Society  for  Savings,  a  director  in  the  Phoenix 
Mutual  Life  Insurance  Company,  the  National 
Exchange  Bank ;  director,  member  of  the 
finance  committee  and  chairman  of  the  board 
of  managers  of  the  Hartford  Retreat ;  director, 
member  of  the  finance  and  executive  commit- 
tees of  the  Connecticut  Humane  Society ;  di- 
rector of  the  Charity  Organization  Society ; 
president  of  the  Charitable  Society  of  Hart- 
ford ;  member  of  the  Connecticut  Historical 
Society,  the  Hartford  Board  of  Trade,  the 
Hartford  Club,  the  Hartford  Golf  Club,  the 
Sons  of  the  American  Revolution ;  hereditary 


member  Society  of  Colonial  Wars,  the  Reform 
Club  of  New  York,  and  a  cheerful  supporter 
of  all  legitimate  charitable  and  educational 
work. 

He  married,  October  23,  1861,  Frances, 
daughter  of  Luther  and  Lydia  C.  (Wood- 
ward) Cleveland,  of  Plainfield,  Connecticut. 
She  died  in  1893,  leaving  two  daughters, 
Alice  Cleveland,  wife  of  Francis  R.  Cooley, 
of  Hartford,  and  Virginia  Frances  Browne 
(see  Cleveland  VI). 

(The  Cleveland  Line). 

Whether  written  Cleveland  or  Cleaveland, 
that  English  patronymic  is  derived  from  a 
place  of  the  same  name  in  the  north  riding  of 
Yorkshire,  where  the  family  has  been  seated 
from  the  time  of  the  Norman  Conquest.  Tradi- 
tion, supported  by  the  researches  of  students 
and  investigators  of  repute,  attributes  the 
founding  of  the  family  to  Thorkil,  who  is  sup- 
posed to  have  been  a  Saxon  land  proprietor, 
and  who  about  the  time  of  the  conquest  as- 
sumed the  name  of  de  Cliveland  and  called 
himself  Thorkil  de  Cliveland.  The  Cleveland 
genealogy  presents  the  ancient  history  of  the 
family  in  detail,  but  does  not  assume  to  de- 
termine definitely  the  English  ancestry  of  the 
immigrants.  It  states,  however,  that  the 
parish  records  of  St.  Nicholas,  Ipswich,  Eng- 
land, show  records  from  1542  to  1612,  of  Ips- 
wich Clevelands,  all  of  whom  were  without 
doubt  akin  to  Moses  Cleveland,  of  Woburn, 
Massachusetts,  the  immigrant  ancestor,  and 
bore  the  same  christian  names  as  Moses  and 
his  immediate  descendants.  The  Cleveland 
coat-of-arms  is :  Per  chevron  sable  and  er- 
mine, a  chevron  engrailed  countercharged. 
Crest :  A  demi  old  man  proper  habited  proper, 
having  on  a  cap  gules  turned  up  with  a  hair 
front  holding  in  the  dexter  hand  a  spear 
headed  argent,  on  the  top  of  which  is  fixed  a 
line  proper,  passing  behind  him,  and  coiled 
up  in  the  sinister  hand.  There  were  other 
coats-of-arms  also,  borne  by  different  branches 
of  the  family,  with  more  or  less  difference 
from  those  described. 

(I)  Moses  Cleveland,  immigrant  ancestor, 
came  when  a  youth  from  Ipswich,  England,  to 
this  country.  Tradition  says  he  came  in  1635. 
He  was  born  about  1624  and  died  at  Woburn, 
Massachusetts.  January  g,  1701-02.  He  mar- 
ried, in  Woburn,  September  26,  1648,  Ann 
Winn,  born  in  Wales  or  England  about  1626. 
Children,  born  in  Woburn :  Moses,  Septem- 
ber I,  1651  :  Hannah,  August  4,  1653;  Aaron, 
January  10,  1654-55 ;  Samuel,  June  9,  1657, 
mentioned  below;  Miriam,  July  10,  1659; 
Joanna,  September  19,  1661,  died  March  12, 
1667;   Edward,   May  20,    1664;  Josiah,   Feb- 


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ruary  26,  1666-67;  Isaac,  May  11,  1669; 
Joanna,  April  5,  1670. 

(II)  Sergeant  Samuel,  son  of  Moses  Cleve- 
land, was  born  in  Woburn,  June  9,  1657,  died 
at  Canterbury,  Connecticut,  March  12,  1735- 
36.  He  was  a  soldier  in  King  Philip's  war 
and  held  the  rank  of  sergeant.  He  was  ad- 
mitted a  freeman,  March  11,  1689-90.  He 
bought    land    in    Chelmsford,    November    17, 

1681,  on  the  north  side  of  Tadmuck  Hill.  He 
returned  to  Woburn  in  1693  and  the  same  year 
removed  to  Canterbury,  Connecticut.  The 
settlers  had  considerable  trouble  over  the  dis- 
tribution of  the  land,  and  there  were  nu- 
merous disputes  and  trials  at  law  regarding 
it.  At  one  time  Samuel  Cleveland,  together 
with  nearly  all  the  prominent  men  in  the  town, 
was  fined  for  "stealing  loads  of  hay."  On 
April  30,  1723,  the  land  under  dispute  was 
finally  apportioned  to  the  satisfaction  of  all, 
and  Samuel  Cleveland  was  among  those  who 
had  the  shares  allotted  to  first  settlers.  He 
married  (first)  in  Chelmsford,  May  17,  1680, 
Jane  Keyes,  born  in  Newbury,  October  25, 
1660,  died  November  14,  1681,  daughter  of 
Solomon  and  Frances  (Grant)  Keyes.  He 
married    (second)    at    Chelmsford,    May    23, 

1682,  Persis  Hildreth,  born  February  8,  1660, 
died  February  22,  1698,  daughter  of  Richard 
and  Elizabeth  Hildreth.  He  married  (third) 
July  25,  1699,  at  Canterbury,  Mrs.  Margaret 
Fish,  widow  of  John  Fish.  Child  of  first  wife, 
born  at  Chelmsford:  Jane,  about  1681.  By 
second  wife:  Persis,  April  21,  1683;  Samuel, 
January  12,  1685;  Ephraim,  April  10,  1687; 
Joseph,  July  18,  1689;  Elizabeth,  June  26, 
1693,  at  Woburn.  Born  at  Canterbury :  Mary, 
June  14,  1696;  children  of  third  wife:  Abigail, 
April  23,  1700,  died  February  23,  1717-18; 
Timothy,  mentioned  below. 

(III)  Captain  Timothy,  son  of  Sergeant 
Samuel  Cleveland,  was  born  at  Canterbury, 
Connecticut,  August  25,  1702,  died  there  Jan- 
uary 19,  1784.  He  was  a  farmer,  and  com- 
mander of  the  second  company  of  the  train 
band  during  the  French  war.  He  married 
Dorothy  Hide,  who  died  August  19,  1769, 
probably  daughter  of  Jonathan  Hide,  of  Can- 
terbury. 

Children,  born  at  Canterbury:  Abigail, 
March  27,  1728;  Zipporah,  September  4, 
1729;  Elizabeth,  baptized  February  4,  1731 ; 
Margaret,  born  December  24,  1732;  Timothy, 
December  29,  1734,  mentioned  below;  Lucre- 
tia,  February  2,  1737;  Samuel,  February  23, 
1738-39;  Ephraim,  August  20,  1740;  Cyrus, 
October  2,  1743;  Elkanah,  baptized  Novem- 
ber 20,  1744. 

(IV)  Lieutenant  Timothy  (2),  son  of  Cap- 
tain Timothy  (i)  Cleveland,  was  born  at  Can- 


terbury, December  29,  1734,  died  there  Octo- 
ber 27,  1803.  He  served  in  the  revolution  in 
Captain  Aaron  Cleveland's  company  at  the 
Lexington  alarm,  April  19,  1775.  He  was  at 
the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill,  and  had  the  breach 
of  his  gun  stock  shot  off  while  in  full  retreat, 
and  exclaiming,  "the  darned  British  shall  have 
no  part  of  my  gun"  ran  back  in  the  face  of 
the  advancing  foe,  and  bore  it  off  in  triumph. 
He  was  in  the  Second  Connecticut  Regiment, 
General  Israel  Putnam's,  in  1775,  known  as 
Colonel  John  Durkee's  in  1776,  reorganized 
for  the  Continental  army,  and  marched  to  New 
York  in  April,  1776.  He  was  in  the  battles  of 
Trenton  and  Princeton  and  re-entered  the  con- 
tinental army  in  1777.  He  was  commissioned 
lieutenant  in  1777.  He  married,  January  30, 
1760,  Esther  Fish,  born  February  18,  1735-36, 
died  November  3,  1803,  daughter  of  John  and 
Esther  (Johnson)  Fish.  Children,  born  in 
Canterbury:  Jacob,  ]\Iarch  6,  1761  ;  Bethabra, 
October  31,  1763,  mentioned  below;  Cyrus, 
May  12,  1766;  Jeptha,  October  7,  1768;  Dor- 
othy, May  30,  1772,  died  young;  Mary,  No- 
vember 6,  1774;  Dorothy,  October  12,  1779, 
died  unmarried  March  3,  1862 ;  Elkanah,  June 
9,  died  June  21,  1782. 

(V)  Bethabra,  son  of  Lieutenant  Timothy 
(2)  Cleveland,  was  born  at  Canterbury,  Con- 
necticut, October  31,  1763,  died  while  on  a 
visit  to  his  daughter  at  Ware,  Massachusetts, 
April  15,  1835.  He  was  a  farmer  of  Canter- 
bury. He  married,  December  31,  1794,  Mar- 
garet Pellett,  born  about  1770,  died  at  Ware, 
May  II,  1847.  Children:  Nancy,  born  Sep- 
tember 4,  1795,  died  unmarried  April  15, 
1863;  Hiram,  January  8,  1798;  Thomas,  Sep- 
tember or  October  14,  1801 ;  Mary,  August  25, 
1803 ;  Luther,  October  25,  1806,  mentioned 
below ;  Emeline,  September  25,  1809. 

(A^I)  Luther,  son  of  Bethabra  Cleveland, 
was  born  in  Canterbury,  October  25,  1806.  He 
was  educated  at  the  Plainfield  Academy,  and 
for  a  number  of  years  was  the  preceptor  of 
the  school.  He  resided  at  Plainfield,  and  was 
a  prosperous  and  prominent  citizen.  He  served 
as  collector  in  1850,  clerk  and  treasurer  of  the 
school  fund  in  the  same  year,  clerk  in  1853.  He 
was  active  in  the  church  and  for  many  years 
leader  of  the  choir.  He  married,  at  Plain- 
field,  October  16,  1834,  Lydia  Clift  Wood- 
ward, born  March  7,  181 1,  died  February  19, 
1890,  daughter  of  Captain  Lemuel  and  Brid- 
get (Gallup)  Woodward,  of  Plainfield.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Plainfield :  Frances,  December 
20,  1837,  died  December  25,  1893,  married, 
October  23,  1861,  John  Dean  Browne  (see 
Browne  VII)  ;  Julia  Woodward,  November  19, 
1841  :  Lemuel  Woodward,  twin  of  Julia  Wood- 
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The  ship  "Hector"  and  her  con- 
BROWN     sort     (name    unknown)     sailed 
from   London   and   reached  the 
Boston  Colony,  June  26,    1637.     Among  the 
fifty  men  who  came  on  these  ships  was  Fran- 
cis Brown.    In  the  company  under  Theophilus 
Eaton  and  John  Davenport  he  went  in  Sep- 
tember of  the  same  year  to  look  for  a  site  for 
a  new  colony.    They  settled  upon  Quinnipiack, 
or  New  Haven,  and  seven  men,  among  them 
being  Francis  Brown,  were  left  there  during 
the  winter  of  1637-38.     The  remainder  of  the 
party  returned  to  Boston  and  in  the  spring  of 
1638    returned,    bringing    their    families    and 
others   with   them.      In   the   division   of    land 
"seven  of  them  dwelt  on  the  bank  side,"  that 
.   is,  on  what  is  now  East  Water  street,  fronting 
I   the  harbor,  among  them  being  Francis  Brown. 
(Atwater's    History    of    the    Colony    of    New 
Haven). 

(I)  Francis  Brown  was  a  tailor  by  trade, 
and  also  for  a  tim.e  kept  the  ferry  at  Red 
Rock  over  the  East  River,  probably  the  Quin- 
nipiack river.  He  married,  in  England,  Mary 
Edwards,  who  died  December  7,  1669.  He 
died  in  East  Haven,  1668;  will  proved  April 
13,  1668,  names  wife  Mary,  daughter  Lydia 
and  four  sons. 

(II)  Eleazer,  son  of  Francis  and  Mary 
(Edwards)  Brown,  was  baptized  October  16, 
1642,  died  October  23,  1714.  He  married  Sa- 
rah Bulkeley,  born  August  12,  1640. 

(HI)  Gershom,  son  of  Eleazer  and  Sarah 
(Bulkeley)  Brown,  was  born  October  9,  1665, 
died  1724.  He  married,  1695,  Hannah  Mans- 
field, born  March  11,  1669,  died  November  i, 
1726. 

(IV)  Olive,  daughter  of  Gershom  and  Han- 
nah (Mansfield)  Brown,  was  born  February 
22,  1708,  died  October  10,  1743.  She  married, 
March  20,  1728,  Nathaniel  Brown,  no  known 
relative.  He  was  educated  in  England,  came 
to  America  from  Ireland,  and  had  a  brother 
who  was  a  lawyer  in  London,  England.  A 
family  Bible,  dated  1735,  has  his  name  written 
in  it  and  is  now  in  the  possession  of  the  family. 
He  died  October  21,  1751,  and  his  burial  was 
in  the  Old  Green  Cemetery;  later  the  stone 
marking  his  grave  was  removed  to  the  Grove 
street  cemetery,  where  it  now  is. 

(V)  Captain  Robert,  son  of  Nathaniel  and 
Olive  (Brown)  Brown,  was  born  in  1736,  died 
September  8,  1807.  He  married,  Jul)'-  2,  1767, 
Mary  Law,  who  died  June  11,  1837.  In  1790 
the  first  federal  census  shows  that  he  had  in 
his  family  five  males  over  sixteen,  three  males 
under  that  age  and  four  females. 

(\T)  Robert  (2),  son  of  Captain  Robert 
(i)  and  Mary  (Law)  Brown,  was  born  Au- 
gust 19,  1770,  died  April  20,  1854.     He  mar- 


ried, July  28,  1798,  Mrs.  Eunice  (Mix)  Har- 
wood,  born  May  17,  1774,  died  October  10, 
1869.  Children:  i.  Charles,  born  March  17, 
1801,  was  for  many  years  in  partnership  with 
his  brother,  Andrew  Law,  in  the  manufacture 
of  soap  and  candles  in  New  Haven ;  married 
Lucretia,  daughter  of  Samuel  Russel,  and  des- 
cendant of  the  Rev.  Samuel  Russel,  who  gave 
the  first  forty  volumes  as  a  nucleus  for  the 
foundation  of  Yale  College  Library ;  children : 
Frances  Louise,  married  Whiting  S.  Sanford ; 
David  Russel,  born  May  30,  183 1,  died  Feb- 
ruary 21,  1910;  James  Hotchkiss  ;  George  Al- 
exander. 2.  Andrew  Law,  see  forward.  3. 
George.  4.  Frances  Louise,  married  (first) 
James  Hotclikiss ;  (second)  Horace  Butler,  of 
New  York.  5.  Emily,  married  Major  Moul- 
throp,  an  old  time  photographer  of  New  Ha- 
ven.   6.  Catherine,  married  George  B.  Rich. 

(VII)  Andrew  Law,  son  of  Robert  (2)  and 
Eunice  (Mix-Harwood)  Brown,  was  born 
February  17,  1805,  died  February  12,  1871. 
He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  New 
Haven,  and  engaged  in  business  with  his 
brother,  Charles  Brown,  in  the  manufacture 
of  soap  and  candles  at  New  Haven.  He  mar- 
ried, November  11,  1832,  Mary  Ann  Beebe, 
born  July  4,  181 1,  died  May  17,  1892.  She 
was  a  member  of  the  First  Baptist  Church. 
Children,  born  at  New  Haven :  Robert  A., 
secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  New  Haven 
Savings  Bank  and  president  of  the  New  Ha- 
ven Manufacturing  Company ;  William  H., 
see  forward ;  Mary,  married  Henry  Holt,  of 
Springfield,    Massachusetts. 

(VIII)  WilHam  H.  son  of  Andrew  Law 
and  Mary  Ann  (Beebe)  Brown,  was  born  in 
New  Haven,  February  18,  1837.  He  received 
his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  New 
Haven  and  the  Lancastrian  school.  He  was 
engaged  in  business  as  a  dealer  in  cigars  and 
spirits  up  to  the  time  of  his  death,  January 
II,  1888.  He  married  Cornelia,  daughter 
of  Horace  Camp,  who  died  at  the  age  of 
eighty-four  years,  and  his  wife  died  at  the  age 
of  eighty-six  years.  Children :  William  H. 
Jr.,  secretary  and  treasurer  of  New  Haven 
Manufacturing  Company ;  Frederick  Ward, 
see  forward;  Dr.  Albert  R.,  a  dent- 
ist in  New  York  City;  Andrew  L.,  a  dent- 
ist in  New  York  City.  Mrs.  Brown  resides 
with  her  children  in  New  York  City. 

(IX)  Dr.  Frederick  Ward,  son  of  William 
H.  and  Cornelia  (Camp)  Brown,  was  born  in 
New  Haven,  July  14,  1863.  He  attended  the 
public  schools  of  his  native  city.  He  studied 
dentistry  under  Drs.  Austin  B.  Fuller,  Frank 
C.  Swift  and  J.  S.  Cairoli,  of  Bridgeport,  and 
Dr.  H.  J.  Stevens,  of  New  Haven.  He  then 
pursued  a  course  of  dentistry  in  the  University 


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of  Pennsylvania,  graduating  in  the  class  of 
1888  with  the  degree  of  D.D.S.  Since  then 
he  has  practised  his  profession  in  New  Haven. 
He  has  handsomely  appointed  offices,  equipped 
with  the  latest  appliances,  located  at  1098 
Chapel   street. 

Dr.  Frederick  W.  Brown  vv^as  appointed  by 
Governor  Rollin  S.  Woodruff,  July  i,  1905, 
one  of  the  state  commissioners  of  dentistry  of 
Connecticut  for  a  term  of  five  years.  In  1909 
he  was  president  of  the  Connecticut  State 
Dental  Association.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Second  Company,  Governor's  Foot  Guard, 
of  which  he  was  for  a  time  commissary  ser- 
geant, and  was  commissioned  major,  Decem- 
ber 10,  1907,  resigning  July  13,  1909.  He  is 
a  member  of  Yale  Lodge  of  Heptasophs ; 
Wooster  Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons ; 
Franklin  Chapter,  Royal  Arch  Masons ;  New 
Haven  Commandery,  Knights  Templar ;  Pyra- 
mid Temple,  Mystic  Shrine,  having  taken  all 
the  Scottish  Rite  degrees  up  to  the  thirty-sec- 
ond ;  New  Haven  Dental  Club  and  Union 
League  Club.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican. 
Dr.  Brown  married,  April  29,  1893,  Jennie 
Aalata,  daughter  of  Halsey  C.  Thomas,  of 
New  Haven.  Children :  Mildred,  born  Feb- 
ruary 13,  1894;  Leonard,  January  22,  1899. 
Dr.  Brown  and  his  wife  are  both  musical  and 
have  both  held  positions  in  various  New  Ha- 
ven churches. 


(II)  Samuel,  son  of  Francis 
BROWN  Brown,  (q.  v.),  was  baptized 
April  7,  1645,  died  in  Walling- 
ford,  November  6,  1691.  He  was  an  original 
subscriber  to  the  compact  for  the  settlement 
of  Wallingford  and  had  a  lot  assigned  to 
him,  but  not  building  on  it  within  the  time 
prescribed,  lost  his  title.  He  married.  May  2, 
1667,  Mercy  Tuttle,  born  April  27,  1650.  Chil- 
dren:  Abigail,  born  March  11,  1669,  died 
April  28,  1670;  Sarah,  August  8,  1672;  Ra- 
chel, April  24,  1677 ;  Francis,  October  7,  1679, 
mentioned  below  ;  Gideon,  July  12,  1685  ;  Sam- 
uel, October  29,  1689,  died  June  20,  1691. 

(Ill)  Captain  Francis  (2)  Brown,  son  of 
Samuel  Brown,  was  born  October  7,  1679, 
died  September  23,  1741.  His  will  shows  him 
to  have  been  a  man  of  considerable  means.  He 
married  (first)  April  11,  1705,  Hannah  Ailing, 
born  May  23,  1678,  died  December  9,  1725, 
daughter  of  John  and  Susanna  (Coe)  Ailing. 
He  married  (second)  December  22,  1726, 
Elizabeth  Rosewell,  born  September  5,  1690, 
died  October  13,  1742,  daughter  of  Richard 
and  Lydia  (Trowbridge)  Rosewell.  Children: 
John,  born  May  14,  1706;  Samuel,  October  6, 
1708;  Mehitable,  April  9,  171 1;  Stephen,  Au- 
gust   10,    1713,    mentioned    below;    Timothy, 


April  10,  1716;  Isaac,  died  November  21,  1738, 
aged  twenty-one. 

(IV)  Stephen,  son  of  Captain  Francis  (2) 
Brown,  was  born  August  10,  1713.  He  set- 
tled in  Windsor,  Connecticut.  In  1764  admin- 
istration was  granted  on  his  estate  to  his 
widow.  He  married,  September  27,  1739,  Ma- 
bel Bradley,  and  had,  it  is  said,  seventeen  chil- 
dren. She  married  (second)  Caleb  Turner, 
of  New  Haven,  who  was  appointed  guardian 
to  four  minor  children.  Seven  of  the  chil- 
dren are:  Hannah,  born  February  26,  1741 ; 
Mabel,  May  26,  1743 ;  Sibyl,  December  28, 
1745  ;  Stephen,  January  4,  175 1,  mentioned  be- 
low ;  Olive,  August  25,  1753,  died  young; 
Olive,  May  28,  1756;  Rebecca,  May  30,  1757; 
Phebe,  July  8,  1759. 

(V)  Stephen  (2),  son  of  Stephen  (i) 
Brown,  was  born  January  4,  175 1,  died  May 
5,  1833.  He  lived  in  Windsor,  and  was  in 
the  revolution  in  Captain  Nathaniel  Hayden 
Jr.'s  company  at  the  Lexington  Alarm,  April 
19'  1775-  He  married  (first)  November  26, 
1775,  Eunice  Loomis,  who  died  June  23,  1808. 

He  married   (second)   ,  of  Windsor. 

Children :  James,  borji  December  2,  1776, 
mentioned  below ;  Stephen,  born  April  30, 
1778 ;  Bradley,  December  23,  1779,  died  Sep- 
tember 16,  1845 ;  Eunice,  January  29,  1781 ; 
Sarah,  January  27,  1782,  died  February  10, 
1850 ;  Martha,  December  23,  1784,  died  June 
17,  1865 :  Rebecca,  December  6,  1786,  died 
November  16,  1867;  son,  February  11,  1789, 
died  young;  son,  April,  1790,  died  young; 
Jesse,  May  17,  1791,  died  December  27,  1870; 
Melinda,  February  14,  1795,  died  March  15, 
1849;  Oliver,  December  23,  1798;  Mabel,  Feb- 
ruary  12,    1812. 

(A'T)  James,  son  of  Stephen  (2)  Brown, 
was  born  December  2,  1776.  He  learned  the 
trade  of  blacksmith  of  his  father,  and  at  the 
age  of  twenty-one  removed  to  Canton,  Con- 
necticut, remaining  there  a  year.  In  1798  he 
removed  to  Waterbury,  and  worked  at  his  trade 
there  the  remainder  of  his  life.  He  was  an  ori- 
ginal partner  in  the  third  rolling  mill  erected 
in  Waterbury  in  1830,  afterward  known  as 
the  Brown  &  Elton  Company.  He  was  re- 
markable for  his  industry,  sobriety  and  hon- 
esty, and  was  a  respected  citizen.  Long  after 
his  frugal  habits  and  success  in  business  had 
secured  him  a  competence,  he  continued  to 
work,  believing  idleness  to  be  a  sin.  He  was 
a  colonel  of  militia  and  a  deacon  of  the  church. 
He  died  July  24,  1848.  He  married  Lavinia 
Welton.  Children :  Philo,  born  January  26, 
1803  ;  William,  June  16,  1804,  mentioned  be- 
low :  Mary  Ann,  died  young;  Augustus,  born 
August  20,  181 1 ;  Dr.  James,  July  2,  181 5. 

(VII)  Hon.  William  Brown,  son  of  James 


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Brown,  was  born  in  Waterbury,  June  i6, 
1804.  At  the  age  of  eighteen  he  became  a 
clerk  in  the  store  of  Charles  D.  Kingsbury  in 
the  old  building  still  standing  on  the  west  side 
of  Exchange  place,  and  remained  in  this  posi- 
tion for  three  years.  He  then  traveled  in  the 
southern  states  for  Mark  Leavenworth,  manu- 
facturer of  clocks.  In  1827  he  entered  into  part- 
nership with  Mr.  Leavenworth  and  the  firm 
continued  until  1830,  when  he  removed  to  Pleas- 
ant Valley  in  the  northern  part  of  South  Caro- 
lina, about  fifteen  miles  from  Charlotte,  North 
Carolina,  where  he  remained  two  years.  On 
his  return  he  opened  a  store  in  partnership 
with  his  younger  brother,  at  the  corner,  of  Ex- 
change place  and  West  Main  street.  In  the 
summer  of  1835  the  store  was  destroyed  by 
fire,  whereupon  the  firm  bought  the  stock  and 
good  will  of  Kendrick  &  Company  in  the 
building  occupied  later  by  the  Bronson 
library.  In  addition  to  the  mercantile  busi- 
ness the  firm  manufactured  buttons  and  hooks 
and  eyes.  In  1842  Mr.  Brown  took  charge  of 
the  works  at  Waterville  where  buttons  and 
pocket  cutlery  were  manufactured  and  re- 
mained there  about  five  years.  In  185 1  he 
and  his  brothers  Philo,  Augustus  and  James 
established  the  corporation  of  Brown  & 
Brothers,  brass  founders.  The  business  flour- 
ished and  the  firm  became  prominent  in  this 
line  of  industry,  and  for  fifteen  years  Mr. 
Brown  devoted  himself  with  great  energy  and 
application  to  this  business.  Then  he  retired 
and  from  that  time  until  he  died  he  was  occu- 
pied in  the  care  of  his  property,  in  advising 
the  managers  of  the  various  corporations  in 
which  he  was  a  stockholder  and  in  adminis- 
tering public  and  private  trusts.  He  was  pres- 
ident of  the  Detroit  and  Lake  Superior  Cop- 
per Company,  one  of  the  board  of  agents  of 
the  Bronson  Library  of  Waterbury,  and  direc- 
tor of  many  other  corporations. 

He  held  the  office  of  selectman  and  other 
town  and  city  offices  in  Waterbury,  and  for 
many  years  was  consulted  freely  by  public 
officers,  who  valued  his  judgment  and  experi- 
ence and  appreciated  his  good  sense  and  pub- 
lic spirit.  As  a  private  citizen  and  town  officer 
he  gave  his  time  and  talents  freely  in  the  pub- 
lic service  to  a  greater  extent  than  an)?  other 
citizen  in  his  generation.  In  politics  he  was 
a  Democrat.  He  represented  the  fifth  sena- 
torial district  in  the  legislature  in  1870  and 
was  again  elected  in  1880  and  was  in  office 
at  the  time  of  his  death.  He  represented  the 
town  in  the  assembly  in  1872-74-75.  When 
his  death  was  announced  in  the  senate  by  Sen- 
ator Coe,  the  following  resolution  was  unani- 
mously passed : 

"Resolved,     That  the  Senate  has  heard  of 


the  death  of  William  Brown,  late  a  senator  of 
the  Fifth  district,  with  profound  sorrow  and 
regret ;  that  as  an  expression  of  our  respect 
for  the  memory  of  the  deceased  a  committee 
of  three  be  appointed  by  the  president  of  the 
Senate  to  attend  the  funeral,  and  that  as  a 
further  mark  of  respect  the  Senate  do  now  ad- 
journ." 

Senator  Bradley  said :  "The  sad  intelligence 
which  comes  to  us  at  this  hour,  informing  us 
of  the  death  of  Senator  Brown  occasions  a 
profound  sorrow  not  only  to  this  body,  but 
casts  a  shade  of  sadness  over  a  large  circle 
of  acquaintances  throughout  the  state.  By 
his  genial  ways,  his  word  of  kindly  greeting 
always  extended  to  an  acquaintance  and  his 
sound  judgment  well  seasoned  by  a  long  life 
spent  in  active  business  pursuits,  he  endeared 
himself  to  us,  both  as  a  warm  friend  and  a 
valuable  member  of  this  body.  The  ripest  of 
us  all  in  the  fruitage  of  years,  and  with  one 
exception,  the  oldest  member  in  the  councils 
of  the  state  has  fallen,  and  we,  his  associates, 
deeply  mourn  his  death."  Senators  Coe,  Brad- 
street  and  Mills  were  appointed  the  committee. 

The  A't^ic  Haven  Union  said  :  "He  Was  much 
respected  and  his  death  is  universally  regret- 
ted." 

The  Hartford  Post  said:  "Personally  he 
was  a  very  agreeable  man  and  in  all  his  busi- 
ness and  official  relations  was  popular  with  his 
associates." 

The  Hartford  Times  said:  "Mr.  Brown  was 
among  the  ablest  and  most  successful  busi- 
ness men  of  the  state,  and  he  was  universally 
esteemed.  His  loss  as  a  public  man  and  as 
a  private  citizen  will  be  regretted  throughout 
the  state." 

The  Meriden  Republican  said :  "He  was 
born  and  always  lived  in  Waterbury,  where  he 
was  very  highly  respected,  and  in  the  state 
senate  he  was  looked  up  to  as  a  gentleman 
of  thorough  integrity  and  is  highly  esteemed 
by  his   associates." 

The  Nezv  Haven  Palladium  said:  "The 
death  of  Senator  Brown  of  the  Fifth  district 
has  sent  a  feeling  of  sorrow,  not  only  among 
the  members  of  the  senate,  but  also  those  of 
the  house.  Although  not  a  demonstrative  man, 
perhaps  in  consequence  of  his  age  as  well  as 
nature,  he  was  universally  esteemed  and  was 
generally  considered  a  safe  and  conservative 
adviser.  He  was  a  genial  man,  and  as  has 
been  before  mentioned  in  this  correspondence, 
was  the  oldest  member  of  the  general  assembly 
with  the  exception  of  Judge  Seymour  of  the 
house,  who  was  his  senior  by  only  a  few 
weeks." 

The  board  of  agents  of  the  Bronson  library 
took    the    following    notice    of    Mr.    Brown's 


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death:  "For  the  fourth  time  since  the  organi- 
zation of  this  board  we  are  called  upon  to 
mourn  the  loss  of  one  of  its  members.  On 
the  third  day  of  March,  1881,  at  one-thirty 
a.  m.,  Hon.  William  Brown  died  suddenly  of 
heart  disease  at  his  residence  in  this  city.  He 
was  born  in  Waterbury,  June  16,  1804.  He 
was  one  of  the  members  of  the  first  board  of 
agents  and  drew  by  lot  the  two-year  term, 
which  expired  July  4,  1870.  On  the  first 
Monday  of  October,  1875,  he  was  elected  to 
serve  for  twelve  years  from  July  4,  1876,  and 
this  term  was  but  partly  completed  at  the  time 
of  his  death.  He  was  a  valuable  member  of 
the  board,  and  his  counsel  in  this  as  in  all 
other  bodies  with  which  he  was  associated  will 
be  greatly  missed.  He  was  often  elected  to 
the  legislature  and  was  serving  a  term  as  sen- 
ator from  this  district.  Thus  one  by  one  the 
old  landmarks  are  removed.  May  as  worthy 
men  be  found  to  fill  these  vacant  places." 

Lieutenant  Governor  Bulkeley,  now  United 
States  senator,  said  of  Mr.  Brown,  "Who, 
during  the  time  when  he  represented  the  Fifth 
district  in  the  chamber  won  not  only  the  respect 
but  the  affection  of  every  senator  by  his  kindly 
manner,  his  sound  judgment,  his  great  ex- 
perience and  his  personal  worth." 

The  Waterbury  American  said  of  him:  "He 
was  a  man  of  sound  judgment  and  keen  busi- 
ness insight.  He  investigated  a  subject  with 
great  care  and  so  exhaustively  that  no  aspect 
of  it  was  likely  to  escape  him.  He  brought 
his  imagination  to  bear  on  a  question  in  such 
a  way  as  to  anticipate  all  contingencies  and 
hence  he  was  rarel)'  taken  by  surprise.  He 
was  a  safe  counselor  and  an  excellent  negoti- 
ator, patient,  wary,  thorough  and  never  losing 
sight  of  the  end  in  view.  As  a  legislator  he 
was  careful,  conservative,  uniformly  courteous 
and  moderate  ;  never  hasty  in  forming  an  opin- 
ion, but  adhering  to  it  firmly  though  not  ob- 
stinately when  formed.  He  was  domestic  in 
his  habits,  fond  of  his  home  and  a  most  kindly 
and  affectionate  husband  and  father." 

He  married  (first)  December  17,  1828,  Su- 
sannah, daughter  of  Judge  John  Kingsbury. 
She  died  May  28,  1841.  He  married  (second) 
March  25,  1844,  Rachel  Vienna,  daughter  of 
Asa  Fenn,  of  Middlebur}',  Connecticut.  His 
widow  is  still  living  at  an  advanced  age.  Chil- 
dren:  I.  Marcia  Bronson,  born  July  31,  1832, 
died  December  14,  1851.  2.  Robert  Kings- 
bury, December. 6,  1833,  mentioned  below.  3 
Eliza  Jane,  April  i,  1836;  married,  October 
14,  1858,  Guernsey  S.  Parsons,  banker  and 
judge  of  probate  in  Waterbury  ;  child,  Sarah 
I\^ingsbury,  born  November  30,  1864.  4-5.  Son, 
(twin),  born  May  i,  1841,  died  young;  daugh- 
ter  (twin)   who  died  young.  Child  of  second 


wife :  6.  Frederick  James,  born  September  30, 

1855- 

(\III)  Robert  Kingsbury,  son  of  William 
Brown,  was  born  in  Waterbury,  December  6, 
1833.  He  attended  the  public  schools  in  Water- 
bury, East  Litchfield  and  Williston  Seminary 
at  Easthampton,  Masachusetts.  After  leaving 
school  he  entered  the  employ  of  Brown  Broth- 
ers, his  father's  company,  and  learned  the  busi- 
ness thoroughly.  He  held  various  positions  of 
responsibility  in  the  concern  and  for  a  time 
had  charge  of  the  manufacturing  department. 
He  was  a  stockholder  in  the  concern  which  was 
owned  chiefly  by  his  father  and  uncles,  who 
founded  it.  After  thirteen  years  he  left  the 
brass  business  to  devote  his  entire  attention  to 
the  care  and  management  of  his  real  estate.  His 
fortune  has  been  largely  augmented  by  wise  in- 
vestment, and  he  is  now  the  largest  owner  of 
real  estate  in  the  city  of  Waterbury.  No  man 
has  worked  harder  or  contributed  more  to  the 
welfare  and  development  of  the  city  of  Water- 
bury, and,  on  the  other  hand,  perhaps  no  man 
has  reaped  a  more  substantial  reward  for  his 
confidence  in  the  growth  and  future  of  the 
city.  He  was  frugal  and  saving  in  his  per- 
sonal habits  from  early  youth.  He  went  with- 
out shoes  and  stockings  to  get  together  his 
first  capital.  One  of  his  first  investments  was 
two  hundred  dollars  in  the  stock  of  the  Citi- 
zens' Savings  Bank  of  Waterbury.  His  object 
in  making  this  investment  was  the  privilege  it 
gave  him  to  attend  the  business  meetings  of 
the  bank. 

He  has  been  averse  to  holding  public  office 
and  has  declined  repeatedly  to  be  a  candidate, 
though  not  lacking  in  interest  in  public  affairs. 
Indeed,  Mr.  Brown  is  active  in  public  affairs 
in  Waterbury,  and  often  writes  and  circulates 
tracts  to  influence  the  public  to  his  way  of 
thinking,  or  to  remonstrate  against  bad  govern- 
ment. "Upon  the  love  and  esteem  of  the  gov- 
ernment depends  the  strength  of  the  govern- 
ment, and  when  the  laws  are  considered  just, 
everv  man  becomes  an  executor.  When  the 
laws  are  used  with  their  iron-clad  power  re- 
venge is  often  the  unspoken  motive.  *  *  * 
The  average  American  has  but  a  vague  idea  of 
the  constitution  and  the  laws  governing  the 
free  American  people.  Blinded  by  her  growth 
and  prosperity,  trusting  in  the  people  to  rule, 
and  meekly  following  our  political  leaders,  it 
has  never  seemed  to  occur  to  us  that  this  thing 
would  not  cease  content  with  the  present."  The 
foregoing  is  an  extract  from  one  of  his  political 
tracts. 

He  married,  January  22,  1856,  Elizabeth 
Nichols,  daughter  of  Stiles  Middlebrook,  of 
Bridgeport,  Connecticut.  They  have  no  chil- 
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'  Professor     Irving     Fisher,     of 

FISHER  New  Haven,  Connecticut,  pro- 
fessor of  political  economy  at 
Yale  University  since  1898,  traces  his  ancestry 
on  the  paternal  side  to  William  Fisher,  a 
farmer  in  Ashgrove,  New  York,  and  a  sol- 
dier of  the  revolution. 

(II)  Zachariah,  son  of  William  Fisher,  was 
born  1767,  died  1840.  He  was  a  farmer  at 
Nine  Partners,  New  York.  He  married  De- 
light Norton,  born  1770,  died  1855,  daughter 
of  George  Norton,  born  1724,  died  1776,  of 
Roxbury,  Connecticut,  a  revolutionary  soldier, 
who  was  fatally  wounded  at  Trenton ;  he  was 
the  son  of  George  Norton,  born  in  1697,  mar- 
ried Agnes  Austin ;  he  was  the  son  of  George 
Norton,  whose  wife  was  Hannah  Younglove, 
daughter  of  John  Younglove,  the  first  minis- 
ter to  Suffield.  Connecticut ;  he  was  the  son  of 
George  Norton,  born  1641,  died  1696,  whose 
wife  was  Sarah  Hart ;  he  was  the  son  of 
George  Norton,  who  married  Mary  Machias, 
and  emigrated  from  London  in  the  fleet  with 
Francis  Higginson,  the  first  minister  to  come 
to  Salem.  George  Norton  was  sent  out  by  the 
Company  of  Massachusetts  Bay  and  recom- 
mended to  the  consideration  of  the  settlers  as 
a  carpenter ;  he  built  the  first  meeting  house 
in  Salem  in  1654,  which  is  still  standing.  Back 
of  him,  according  to  the  best  information  ob- 
tainable, the  line  of  Nortons  was  as  follows : 
He  was  the  son  of  Robert  Norton,  of  Bedford- 
shire, England ;  he  was  the  son  of  Thomas 
Norton,  whose  wife  was  the  daughter  of 
Thomas  Cranmer,  Archbishop  of  Canterbury ; 
he  was  the  son  of  Thomas  Norton,  who  was 
the  son  of  John  Norton,  third,  married  Jane 
Cooper,  daughter  of  John  Cooper,  and  who 
was  the  son  of  John  Norton,  who  was  the 
son  of  Sir  John  Norton,  whose  wife  was  Annie 
Grey,  daughter  of  Lord  Grey.  Sir  John  Nor- 
ton was  a  son  of  Sir  De  Norville,  who  was  the 
son  of  a  line  of  five  Sir  De  Norvilles,  the 
father  of  the  last  of  whom  was  Le  Signeur 
De  Norville,  who  came  over  to  England  with 
William  the  Conqueror. 

(Ill)  John,  son  of  Zachariah  and  Delight 
(Norton)  Fisher,  was  born  1794,  died  1861. 
He  was  a  farmer  in  Cambridge,  New  York, 
and  a  captain  in  the  war  of  18 12.  He  mar- 
ried Almira  King,  daughter  of  •  Hezekiah 
King,  born  1755,  died  1823,  and  Mercy 
(Thornton)  King,  born  1757,  died  1824. 
Hezekiah  King  was  a  revolutionary  soldier ; 
lived  in  Massachusetts  as  a  farmer,  and  after- 
wards came  to  Cambridge,  New  York ;  his 
brother  John  also  served  in  the  revolution : 
they  were  sons  of  John  King,  zorn  1730,  died 
108,  a  farmer  in  Egremont,  Massachusetts, 
and  a  revolutionary  soldier.     The  continental 


payrolls  on  file  in  the  sfate  house  in  Boston 
show  that  John  King  was  in  service  from 
July,  1776,  to  August,  1777,  and  from  June 
to  July,  1780,  in  Colonel  Hopkins'  regiment. 
He  married  Elizabeth,  born  1727,  died  1808, 
daughter  of  John  Fenner,  of  Saybrook,  Con- 
necticut. John  King  was  the  son  of  Heze- 
kiah King,  born  1690.  died  1740,  of  Wey- 
mouth, Massachusetts,  and  Sarah,  born  1694, 
died  1750,  daughter  of  William  Read,  whose 
wife  was  Esther  Thompson.  Hezekiah  King 
(1690-1790)  was  the  son  of  Hezekiah  King, 
who  was  the  son  of  John  and  Esther  (Bay ley) 
King,  and  the  former  named  was  the  son  of 
John  King. 

(IV)  Rev.  George  Whitefield  Fisher,  son  of 
John  and  Almira  (King)  Fisher,  was  born 
1831,  died  1884.  He  was  a  Congregational 
minister,  his  chief  pastorate  being  in  Peace 
Dale,  Rhode  Island.  He  married  Elmira, 
born  in  1846,  and  still  living,  daughter  of 
John  and  Catherine  (Bozorth)  Westcott. 
John  Westcott  was  born  in  1822,  died  1898;: 
he  was  a  glass-cutter  in  New  Jersey ;  he  was 
the  son  of  Reuben  Westcott,  born  1790,  died 
1853,  a  farmer  in  Pleasant  Mills,  New  Jersey, 
and  Amy  (Beebe)  Westcott,  born  1796,  died 
1838.  Reuben  Westcott  was  the  son  of 
Thomas  Westcott,  of  Westcott  Neck,  Gallo- 
way, New  York,  born  1747,  died- 1823.  Thom- 
as Westcott  was  the  son  of  Daniel  Westcott, 
born  1705,  died  1791,  who  was  supposed  to 
have  come  to  New  Jersey  from  New  Eng- 
land. It  is  not  absolutely  certain  that  this 
Daniel  Westcott  is  the  father  of  Thomas 
Westcott,  and  the  genealogy  back  of  this  Dan- 
iel may  belong  to  another  line.  This  last  Dan- 
iel Westcott  was  the  son  of  Daniel  Westcott^ 
who  was  the  son  of  Daniel  Westcott,  who 
died  in  1702,  who  was  the  son  of  Richard 
Westcott,  who  died  in  1651,  and  was  a  brother 
of  Stukely  Westcott  and  William  Westcott. 
These  three  brothers  came  from  England 
some  time  after  1636.  Catherine  (Bozorth) 
Westcott,  wife  of  John  Westcott,  is  the 
daughter  of  Samuel  and  Elizabeth  (Bettel) 
Bozorth.  Samuel  Bozorth  was  the  son  of  Wil- 
liam Bozorth,  whose  wife  was  a  Norcross. 
Elizabeth  (Bettel)  Bozorth  was  a  daughter  of 
Richard  and  Catherine  (Oebertorf)  Bettel, 
who  was  the  daughter  of  Caspar  Oebertorf. 

(V)  Professor  Irving  Fisher,  son  of  the 
Rev.  George  Whitefield  and  Elmira  (West- 
cott) Fisher,  was  born  at  Saugerties,  New 
York,  February  27,  1867.  He  graduated  at 
Yale  College  in  1888,  continuing  his  studies 
at  Berlin  and  Paris.  In  1893  he  was  ap- 
pointed tutor  in  mathematics  at  Yale,  since 
which  time  he  has  been  constantly  engaged  in 
teaching,  lecturing  and  writing.     In   1898  he 


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was  appointed  professor  of  political  economy 
at  Yale,  in  which  capacity  he  is  serving  at 
the  present  time.  He  is  a  member  of  many 
economic  and  mathematical  societies  in  this 
■country  and  abroad,  and  several  of  his  books 
are  standard  textbooks  to-day  in  many  of  the 
universities  and  colleges  of  this  country.  Pro- 
fessor Fisher  married,  June  24,  1893,  Mar- 
garet, fifth  child  of  Rowland  Hazard,  of  Peace 
Dale,  Rhode  Island,  a  prominent  manufac- 
turer. Children :  Margaret,  born  April  30, 
1894;  Caroline,  June  17,  1897;  Irving  Nor- 
ton, November  11,  1900. 


Cornelius  Jones,  immigrant  ances- 
JONES     tor,  was  of  A'Velsh  or  English  an- 

cestr)'.  He  settled  in  Stamford, 
Connecticut,  where  his  descendants  have  been 
numerous.  He  died  in  1657.  Children: 
Ebenezer,  born  August  20,  1646;  Mary,  Feb- 
ruary, 1647 ;  Cornelius,  November,  1648 ; 
Child,  aged  six  in  1657  ■  Child,  aged  three  in 

1657- 

(II)  Ebenezer,  son  of  Cornelius  Jones,  lived 
at  Stamford  or  vicinity. 

(III)  Benjamin,  son  of  Ebenezer  Jones, 
was  born  about  1700.  He  married,  at  Stam- 
ford, December  4,  1735,  Mary  Haley.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Stamford:  Benjamin,  October 
16,  1736;  Joseph,  July  16,  1738;  Mary,  Feb- 
ruary 17,  1739-40;  Prudence,  January  i,  1741- 
42 ;  Ebenezer,  December  20,  1743 ;  Lewis, 
:mentioned  below. 

(IV)  Lewis,  son  of  Benjamin  Jones,  was 
iDorn  at  Stamford,  December  20,  1745.  He 
married.  May  9,  1790,  Sally  Masters.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Stamford :  Phebe.  January  23, 
179 1 ;  John,  mentioned  below;  Oliver,  Octo- 
ber 8,  1794;  Benjamin,  March  16,  1797. 

(V)  John  Hamlin,  son  of  Lewis  Jones,  was 
born  at  Stamford,  February  12,  1793.  He  was 
educated  in  the  district  schools ;  he  learned 
the  trade  of  shoemaker  and  made  shoes  on 
his  own  account  later,  and  on  one  of  the  trips 
he  made  to  sell  his  shoes  and  buy  stock  in 
New  York  City  he  disappeared  and  was  pre- 
sumably murdered.  He  was  a  man  of  excel- 
lent character  and  enjoyed  the  respect  of  the 
entire  community.  He  had  a  small  place  in 
Darien  where  he  also  did  some  gardening  and 
farming.  He  married  in  Darien,  formerly 
Stamford,  Sally  Jennings,  born  1798,  in  South 
Norwalk,  died  in  1861.  Children,  born  at 
Darien:  i.  Henry,  married  Sarah  Ann  Butts, 
died  aged  fifty-three;  three  children  in  South 
Norwalk :  Frederick ;  Samuel ;  Elizabeth, 
married  George  Piatt.  2.  Gershom,  died  at 
South   Norwalk,  aged  twenty-one.     3.   Susan 


Ann,  died  aged  fifty ;  married  Henry  Prince, 
shoemaker,  of  New  Haven  and  Darien ;  he 
died  aged  sixty.  4.  John  H.,  mentioned  below. 
(VI)  John  Hamlin  (2),  son  of  John  Ham- 
lin (i)  Jones,  was  born  at  Darien,  August  3, 
1829.  He  attended  the  district  schools  in  the 
winter  terms  until  he  was  sixteen  years  old. 
From  the  age  of  seven  to  fifteen  he  was  ap- 
prenticed to  a  farmer,  and  then  served  an 
apprenticeship  of  five  years  in  the  tanner's 
trade,  and  afterward  worked  in  the  patent 
leather  factory  for  a  time.  He  subsequently 
left  the  leather  business  and  started  on  his 
own  account  a  livery  stable  in  Bridgeport, 
conducting  it  successfully  for  ten  years  or 
more.  In  1858  he  sold  his  livery  business  and 
bought  out  the  leather  business  of  W.  H.  Al- 
drich  and  conducted  this  successfully  for 
eight  years,  when  he  repurchased  his  old 
stables,  which  he  rebuilt  on  the  site  next  to 
the  present  postoffice ;  conducted  this  until 
1877  and  then  disposed  of  them.  Having  dur- 
ing this  time  purchased  a  farm  in  Fairfield 
near  the  Brooklawn  Club,  he  m.oved  to  this 
and  conducted  it  successfully  for  four  years, 
and  then  embarked  in  the  trucking  business 
and  conducted  that  four  years ;  then  engaged 
in  the  flour  and  feed  business  for  three  years ; 
then  sold  and  engaged  in  the  house-moving 
business,  which  he  conducted  successfully  for 
twelve  years,  v/hen  he  retired.  He  married 
(first)  Jane  Ann  Sherman,  born  at  Newton, 
daughter  of  Z.  R.  Sherman.  She  died  in 
1865.  He  married  (second),  October  6,  1869, 
Eliza  G.  (Milne)  Shannon,  widow  of  James 
Shannon,  and  daughter  of  Robert  Milne,  who 
was  born  in  Scotland  and  died  in  Bridgeport. 
Huldah  (Thompson)  Milne,  wife  of  Robert 
Milne,  was  a  daughter  of  David  Thompson, 
of  Weston,  Connecticut,  granddaughter  of 
Samuel  and  Hannah  Thorp.  Mr.  Milne  was 
a  successful  gardener  and  florist.  His  wife 
was  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  church. 
Children  of  Robert  and  Huldah  Milne:  i. 
Eliza  G.,  mentioned  above.  2.  Jennet,  de- 
ceased ;  married  Robert  Hitchins,  of  Bridge- 
port; child,  Carrie  Hitchins.  3.  James,  a  sol- 
dier in  the  civil  war;  deceased.  Children  of 
John  Plamlin  and  Jane  Ann  (Sherman) 
Jones:  i.  William,  died  in  infancy.  2.  Edith 
Sherman,  married  Charles  L.  Buckingham,  a 
millwright  of  New  jMilford,  and  lives  at  Den- 
ver, Colorado ;  children :  Mabel  Sherman, 
Harold  John,  Marian.  Children  of  second 
wife :  3.  Dr.  Robert  M.,  born  Bridgeport, 
September  2,  1870,  graduate  of  Flower  Hos- 
pital in  New  York,  a  homeopathic  physician 
of  that  city,  residing  in  Madison  avenue. 


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